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A linariusRedpoll Red"poll` (-p?l`), n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of small northern finches of
the genus Acanthis (formerly [AE]giothus), native of
Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or
rosy. The male of the most common species (A. linarius)
has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also redpoll
linnet. See Illust. under Linnet.
(b) The common European linnet.
(c) The American redpoll warbler (Dendroica palmarum). Acanthis linariaLinnet Lin"net (l[i^]n"n[e^]t), n. [F. linot, linotte, from L.
linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[=i]netwige, fr. AS.
l[=i]n flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds of
flax and hemp. See Linen.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera
Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common
European species (L. cannabina), which, in full summer
plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or
less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown,
tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet,
rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse
thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The
American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria) often has the
crown and throat rosy. See Redpoll, and Twite.
Green linnet (Zo["o]l.), the European green finch. Achirus lineatusHogchoker Hog"chok`er, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An American sole (Achirus lineatus, or A. achirus),
related to the European sole, but of no market value. Air line
Air line Air line
A path through the air made easy for a["e]rial navigation by
steady winds.
Air line 14. (Paint.)
(a) The representation or reproduction of the effect of
the atmospheric medium through which every object in
nature is viewed. --New Am. Cyc.
(b) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of
that portrait has a good air. --Fairholt.
15. (Man.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse.
Note: Air is much used adjectively or as the first part of a
compound term. In most cases it might be written
indifferently, as a separate limiting word, or as the
first element of the compound term, with or without the
hyphen; as, air bladder, air-bladder, or airbladder;
air cell, air-cell, or aircell; air-pump, or airpump.
Air balloon. See Balloon.
Air bath.
(a) An apparatus for the application of air to the body.
(b) An arrangement for drying substances in air of any
desired temperature.
Air castle. See Castle in the air, under Castle.
Air compressor, a machine for compressing air to be used as
a motive power.
Air crossing, a passage for air in a mine.
Air cushion, an air-tight cushion which can be inflated;
also, a device for arresting motion without shock by
confined air.
Air fountain, a contrivance for producing a jet of water by
the force of compressed air.
Air furnace, a furnace which depends on a natural draft and
not on blast.
Air line, a straight line; a bee line. Hence
Air-line, adj.; as, air-line road.
Air lock (Hydr. Engin.), an intermediate chamber between
the outer air and the compressed-air chamber of a
pneumatic caisson. --Knight.
Air port (Nav.), a scuttle or porthole in a ship to admit
air.
Air spring, a spring in which the elasticity of air is
utilized.
Air thermometer, a form of thermometer in which the
contraction and expansion of air is made to measure
changes of temperature.
Air threads, gossamer.
Air trap, a contrivance for shutting off foul air or gas
from drains, sewers, etc.; a stench trap.
Air trunk, a pipe or shaft for conducting foul or heated
air from a room.
Air valve, a valve to regulate the admission or egress of
air; esp. a valve which opens inwardly in a steam boiler
and allows air to enter.
Air way, a passage for a current of air; as the air way of
an air pump; an air way in a mine.
In the air.
(a) Prevalent without traceable origin or authority, as
rumors.
(b) Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled.
(c) (Mil.) Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken
in flank; as, the army had its wing in the air.
To take air, to be divulged; to be made public.
To take the air, to go abroad; to walk or ride out. Anticlinal lineAnticlinal An`ti*cli"nal (-kl[imac]"nal), a. [Pref. anti- +
Gr. kli`nein to incline.]
Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal.
Anticlinal line, Anticlinal axis (Geol.), a line from
which strata dip in opposite directions, as from the ridge
of a roof.
Anticlinal vertebra (Anat.), one of the dorsal vertebr[ae],
which in many animals has an upright spine toward which
the spines of the neighboring vertebr[ae] are inclined. Artificial linesArtificial Ar`ti*fi"cial, a. [L. artificialis, fr. artificium:
cf. F. artificiel. See Artifice.]
1. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human
skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial
heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers.
Artificial strife Lives in these touches, livelier
than life. --Shak.
2. Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
``Artificial tears.' --Shak.
3. Artful; cunning; crafty. [Obs.] --Shak.
4. Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as,
artificial grasses. --Gibbon.
Artificial arguments (Rhet.), arguments invented by the
speaker, in distinction from laws, authorities, and the
like, which are called inartificial arguments or proofs.
--Johnson.
Artificial classification (Science), an arrangement based
on superficial characters, and not expressing the true
natural relations species; as, ``the artificial system'
in botany, which is the same as the Linn[ae]an system.
Artificial horizon. See under Horizon.
Artificial light, any light other than that which proceeds
from the heavenly bodies.
Artificial lines, lines on a sector or scale, so contrived
as to represent the logarithmic sines and tangents, which,
by the help of the line of numbers, solve, with tolerable
exactness, questions in trigonometry, navigation, etc.
Artificial numbers, logarithms.
Artificial person (Law). See under Person.
Artificial sines, tangents, etc., the same as logarithms
of the natural sines, tangents, etc. --Hutton. Axial lineAxial Ax"i*al, a.
1. Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or
resembling, an axis; around an axis.
To take on an axial, and not an equatorial,
direction. --Nichol.
2. (Anat.) Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial
skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as,
the axial bones.
Axial line (Magnetism), the line taken by the magnetic
force in passing from one pole of a horseshoe magnet to
the other. --Faraday. B lineatusBuzzard Buz"zard (b[u^]z"z[~e]rd), n.[O.E. busard, bosard, F.
busard, fr. buse, L. buteo, a kind of falcon or hawk.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to
the genus Buteo and related genera.
Note: The Buteo vulgaris is the common buzzard of Europe.
The American species (of which the most common are B.
borealis, B. Pennsylvanicus, and B. lineatus) are
usually called hen hawks. -- The rough-legged buzzard,
or bee hawk, of Europe (Pernis apivorus) feeds on
bees and their larv[ae], with other insects, and
reptiles. -- The moor buzzard of Europe is Circus
[ae]ruginosus. See Turkey buzzard, and Carrion
buzzard.
Bald buzzard, the fishhawk or osprey. See Fishhawk.
2. A blockhead; a dunce.
It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not
be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a
buzzard. --Goldsmith. B lineatusHen Hen, n. [AS. henn, hen, h[ae]n; akin to D. hen, OHG.
henna, G. henne, Icel. h?na, Dan. h["o]na; the fem.
corresponding to AS. hana cock, D. haan, OHG. hano, G. hahn,
Icel. hani, Dan. & Sw. hane. Prob. akin to L. canere to sing,
and orig. meaning, a singer. Cf. Chanticleer.] (Zo["o]l.)
The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse,
pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray
hen.
Note: Used adjectively or in combination to indicate the
female; as, hen canary, hen eagle, hen turkey, peahen.
Hen clam. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A clam of the Mactra, and allied genera; the sea clam
or surf clam. See Surf clam.
(b) A California clam of the genus Pachydesma.
Hen driver. See Hen harrier (below).
Hen harrier (Zo["o]l.), a hawk (Circus cyaneus), found in
Europe and America; -- called also dove hawk, henharm,
henharrow, hen driver, and usually, in America, marsh
hawk. See Marsh hawk.
Hen hawk (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of large hawks
which capture hens; esp., the American red-tailed hawk
(Buteo borealis), the red-shouldered hawk (B.
lineatus), and the goshawk. Balk lineBalk Balk, n. [AS. balca beam, ridge; akin to Icel. b[=a]lkr
partition, bj[=a]lki beam, OS. balko, G. balken; cf. Gael.
balc ridge of earth between two furrows. Cf. Balcony,
Balk, v. i., 3d Bulk.]
1. A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the
end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.
Bad plowmen made balks of such ground. --Fuller.
2. A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a
house. The loft above was called ``the balks.'
Tubs hanging in the balks. --Chaucer.
3. (Mil.) One of the beams connecting the successive supports
of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.
4. A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
A balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker.
--South.
5. A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
6. (Baseball) A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to
deliver the ball.
Balk line (Billiards), a line across a billiard table near
one end, marking a limit within which the cue balls are
placed in beginning a game; also, a line around the table,
parallel to the sides, used in playing a particular game,
called the balk line game. Bee line
Bee line Bee" line`
The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a
bee to its hive when loaded with honey; an air line. ``A bee
line for the brig.' --Kane.
Blank lineBlank Blank, a. [OE. blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, fr. F.
blanc, fem. blanche, fr. OHG. blanch shining, bright, white,
G. blank; akin to E. blink, cf. also AS. blanc white. ?98.
See Blink, and cf. 1st Blanch.]
1. Of a white or pale color; without color.
To the blank moon Her office they prescribed.
--Milton.
2. Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty
space to be filled in with some special writing; -- said
of checks, official documents, etc.; as, blank paper; a
blank check; a blank ballot.
3. Utterly confounded or discomfited.
Adam . . . astonied stood, and blank. --Milton.
4. Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space;
a blank day.
5. Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank
desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections,
hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of
sensations; as, blank unconsciousness.
6. Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated
characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.;
expressionless; vacant. ``Blank and horror-stricken
faces.' --C. Kingsley.
The blank . . . glance of a half returned
consciousness. --G. Eliot.
7. Absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror.
Blank bar (Law), a plea put in to oblige the plaintiff in
an action of trespass to assign the certain place where
the trespass was committed; -- called also common bar.
Blank cartridge, a cartridge containing no ball.
Blank deed. See Deed.
Blank door, or Blank window (Arch.), a depression in a
wall of the size of a door or window, either for
symmetrical effect, or for the more convenient insertion
of a door or window at a future time, should it be needed.
Blank indorsement (Law), an indorsement which omits the
name of the person in whose favor it is made; it is
usually made by simply writing the name of the indorser on
the back of the bill.
Blank line (Print.), a vacant space of the breadth of a
line, on a printed page; a line of quadrats.
Blank tire (Mech.), a tire without a flange.
Blank tooling. See Blind tooling, under Blind.
Blank verse. See under Verse.
Blank wall, a wall in which there is no opening; a dead
wall. brown linnetLinnet Lin"net (l[i^]n"n[e^]t), n. [F. linot, linotte, from L.
linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[=i]netwige, fr. AS.
l[=i]n flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds of
flax and hemp. See Linen.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera
Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common
European species (L. cannabina), which, in full summer
plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or
less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown,
tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet,
rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse
thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The
American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria) often has the
crown and throat rosy. See Redpoll, and Twite.
Green linnet (Zo["o]l.), the European green finch. Bulked lineBulkhead Bulk"head`, n. [See Bulk part of a building.]
1. (Naut.) A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on
the same deck.
2. A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of
earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a
mine; the limiting wall along a water front.
Bulked line, a line beyond which a wharf must not project;
-- usually, the harbor line. Casting lineCasting Cast"ing, n.
1. The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.
2. The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of
shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process
of pouring molten metal into a mold.
3. That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so
cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.
4. The warping of a board. --Brande & C.
5. The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as
skin, feathers, excrement, etc.
Casting of draperies, the proper distribution of the folds
of garments, in painting and sculpture.
Casting line (Fishing), the leader; also, sometimes applied
to the long reel line.
Casting net, a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction
from a net that is set and left.
Casting voice, Casting vote, the decisive vote of a
presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house
are equally divided. ``When there was an equal vote, the
governor had the casting voice.' --B. Trumbull. Chalk lineChalk Chalk, n. [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See
Calz, and Cawk.]
1. (Min.) A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or
yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate,
and having the same composition as common limestone.
2. (Fine Arts) Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing
implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and
black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See
Crayon.
Black chalk, a mineral of a bluish color, of a slaty
texture, and soiling the fingers when handled; a variety
of argillaceous slate.
By a long chalk, by a long way; by many degrees. [Slang]
--Lowell.
Chalk drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with crayons. See
Crayon.
Chalk formation. See Cretaceous formation, under
Cretaceous.
Chalk line, a cord rubbed with chalk, used for making
straight lines on boards or other material, as a guide in
cutting or in arranging work.
Chalk mixture, a preparation of chalk, cinnamon, and sugar
in gum water, much used in diarrheal affection, esp. of
infants.
Chalk period. (Geol.) See Cretaceous period, under
Cretaceous.
Chalk pit, a pit in which chalk is dug.
Drawing chalk. See Crayon, n., 1.
French chalk, steatite or soapstone, a soft magnesian
mineral.
Red chalk, an indurated clayey ocher containing iron, and
used by painters and artificers; reddle. Circular linesCircular Cir"cu*lar, a. [L. circularis, fr. circulus circle:
cf. F. circulaire. See Circle.]
1. In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.
2. repeating itself; ending in itself; reverting to the point
of beginning; hence, illogical; inconclusive; as, circular
reasoning.
3. Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence,
mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic.
Had Virgil been a circular poet, and closely adhered
to history, how could the Romans have had Dido?
--Dennis.
4. Addressed to a circle, or to a number of persons having a
common interest; circulated, or intended for circulation;
as, a circular letter.
A proclamation of Henry III., . . . doubtless
circular throughout England. --Hallam.
5. Perfect; complete. [Obs.]
A man so absolute and circular In all those
wished-for rarities that may take A virgin captive.
--Massinger.
Circular are, any portion of the circumference of a circle.
Circular cubics (Math.), curves of the third order which
are imagined to pass through the two circular points at
infinity.
Circular functions. (Math.) See under Function.
Circular instruments, mathematical instruments employed for
measuring angles, in which the graduation extends round
the whole circumference of a circle, or 360[deg].
Circular lines, straight lines pertaining to the circle, as
sines, tangents, secants, etc.
Circular note or letter.
(a) (Com.) See under Credit.
(b) (Diplomacy) A letter addressed in identical terms to a
number of persons.
Circular numbers (Arith.), those whose powers terminate in
the same digits as the roots themselves; as 5 and 6, whose
squares are 25 and 36. --Bailey. --Barlow.
Circular points at infinity (Geom.), two imaginary points
at infinite distance through which every circle in the
plane is, in the theory of curves, imagined to pass.
Circular polarization. (Min.) See under Polarization.
Circular or Globular sailing (Naut.), the method of
sailing by the arc of a great circle.
Circular saw. See under Saw. Clew lineClew Clew, Clue Clue, n. [OE. clewe, clowe, clue, AS.
cleowen, cliwen, clywe ball of thread; akin to D. kluwen,
OHG. chliwa, chliuwa, G. dim. kleuel, kn["a]uel, and perch.
to L. gluma hull, husk, Skr. glaus sort of ball or tumor.
Perch. akin to E. claw. [root]26. Cf. Knawel.]
1. A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.
Untwisting his deceitful clew. --Spenser.
2. That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful
or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the
solution of a mystery.
The clew, without which it was perilous to enter the
vast and intricate maze of countinental politics,
was in his hands. --Macaulay.
3. (Naut.)
(a.) A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner
of a fore-and-aft sail.
(b.) A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.
(c.) A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock
is suspended.
Clew garnet (Naut.), one of the ropes by which the clews of
the courses of square-rigged vessels are drawn up to the
lower yards.
Clew line (Naut.), a rope by which a clew of one of the
smaller square sails, as topsail, topgallant sail, or
royal, is run up to its yard.
Clew-line block (Naut.), The block through which a clew
line reeves. See Illust. of Block. Cod lineCod Cod, n. [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L.
gadus merlangus.] (Zo["o]l.)
An important edible fish (Gadus morrhua), taken in immense
numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is
especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of
Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities.
Note: There are several varieties; as shore cod, from
shallow water; bank cod, from the distant banks; and
rock cod, which is found among ledges, and is often
dark brown or mottled with red. The tomcod is a
distinct species of small size. The bastard, blue,
buffalo, or cultus cod of the Pacific coast belongs
to a distinct family. See Buffalo cod, under
Buffalo.
Cod fishery, the business of fishing for cod.
Cod line, an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish.
--McElrath. Complex of linesComplex Com"plex, n. [L. complexus]
Assemblage of related things; collection; complication.
This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it
the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges
exhibited by the gospel. --South.
Complex of lines (Geom.), all the possible straight lines
in space being considered, the entire system of lines
which satisfy a single relation constitute a complex; as,
all the lines which meet a given curve make up a complex.
The lines which satisfy two relations constitute a
congruency of lines; as, the entire system of lines, each
one of which meets two given surfaces, is a congruency. Cotidal linesCotidal Co*tid"al (k?-t?d"al), a.
Marking an equality in the tides; having high tide at the
same time.
Cotidal lines (Phys. Geog.), lines on a map passing through
places that have high tide at the same time. Dandy lineDandy Dan"dy, n.; pl. Dandies. [Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly
fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to
E. dandle. Senses 2&3 are of uncertain etymol.]
1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to
dress; a fop; a coxcomb.
2. (Naut.)
(a) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is
set.
(b) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small
boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen.
3. A dandy roller. See below.
Dandy brush, a yard whalebone brush.
Dandy fever. See Dengue.
Dandy line, a kind of fishing line to which are attached
several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at
each end.
Dandy roller, a roller sieve used in machines for making
paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the
paper. Date line
Date line Date line
The hypothetical line on the surface of the earth fixed by
international or general agreement as a boundary on one side
of which the same day shall have a different name and date in
the calendar from its name and date on the other side.
Note: Speaking generally, the date line coincides with the
meridian 180[deg] from Greenwich. It deflects between
north latitudes 80[deg] and 45[deg], so that all Asia
lies to the west, all North America, including the
Aleutian Islands, to the east of the line; and between
south latitudes 12[deg] and 56[deg], so that Chatham
Island and the Tonga group lie to the west of it. A
vessel crossing this line to the westward sets the date
forward by one day, as from Sunday to Monday. A vessel
crossing the line to the eastward sets the date back by
one day, as from Monday to Sunday. Hawaii has the same
day name as San Francisco; Manila, the same day name as
Australia, and this is one day later than the day of
Hawaii. Thus when it is Monday May 1st at San Francisco
it is Tuesday may 2d at Manila.
Datum lineDatum Da"tum, n.; pl. Data. [L. See 2d Date.]
1. Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted;
that upon which an inference or an argument is based; --
used chiefly in the plural.
Any writer, therefore, who . . . furnishes us with
data sufficient to determine the time in which he
wrote. --Priestley.
2. pl. (Math.) The quantities or relations which are assumed
to be given in any problem.
Datum line (Surv.), the horizontal or base line, from which
the heights of points are reckoned or measured, as in the
plan of a railway, etc. Diagramma lineatumBodian Bo"di*an, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large food fish (Diagramma lineatum), native of the East
Indies. Drag line
Drag line Drag line or rope
ope . (A["e]ronautics)
A guide rope.
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