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Antonomasia
Antonomasia An`to*no*ma"si*a (?; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr.
? to name instead; ? + ? to name, ? name.] (Rhet.)
The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity,
or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as
when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of
Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use
of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise
man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.
AntonomasticAntonomastic An`to*no*mas"tic, a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia. --
An`to*no*mas"tic*al*ly, adv. AntonomasticallyAntonomastic An`to*no*mas"tic, a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia. --
An`to*no*mas"tic*al*ly, adv. Antonomasy
Antonomasy An*ton"o*ma*sy, n.
Antonomasia.
Antonym
Antonym An"to*nym, n. [Gr. ? a word used in substitution for
another; ? + ?, ?, a word.]
A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a
correlative of synonym. [R.] --C. J. Smith.
CantonCanton Can"ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cantoned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Cantoning.] [Cf. F. cantonner.]
1. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or
separate, as a distinct portion or division.
They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the
intellectual world. --Locke.
2. (Mil.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different
parts or divisions of an army or body of troops. Canton
Canton Can"ton, n.
A song or canto [Obs.]
Write loyal cantons of contemned love. --Shak.
Canton or China mattingIndia In"di*a, n. [See Indian.]
A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and
Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or
Hindostan.
India ink, a nearly black pigment brought chiefly from
China, used for water colors. It is in rolls, or in
square, and consists of lampblack or ivory black and
animal glue. Called also China ink. The true India ink
is sepia. See Sepia.
India matting, floor matting made in China, India, etc.,
from grass and reeds; -- also called Canton, or China,
matting.
India paper, a variety of Chinese paper, of smooth but not
glossy surface, used for printing from engravings,
woodcuts, etc.
India proof (Engraving), a proof impression from an
engraved plate, taken on India paper.
India rubber. See Caoutchouc.
India-rubber tree (Bot.), any tree yielding caoutchouc, but
especially the East Indian Ficus elastica, often
cultivated for its large, shining, elliptical leaves. Cantonal
Cantonal Can"ton*al, a.
Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a
canton.
CantonedCanton Can"ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cantoned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Cantoning.] [Cf. F. cantonner.]
1. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or
separate, as a distinct portion or division.
They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the
intellectual world. --Locke.
2. (Mil.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different
parts or divisions of an army or body of troops. Cantoned
Cantoned Can"toned, a.
1. (Her.) Having a charge in each of the four corners; --
said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield
itself.
2. (Arch.) Having the angles marked by, or decorated with,
projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier
or pilaster.
CantoningCanton Can"ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cantoned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Cantoning.] [Cf. F. cantonner.]
1. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or
separate, as a distinct portion or division.
They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the
intellectual world. --Locke.
2. (Mil.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different
parts or divisions of an army or body of troops. Cantonize
Cantonize Can"ton*ize, v. i.
To divide into cantons or small districts.
Cantonment
Cantonment Can"ton*ment, n. [Cf. F. cantonnement.]
A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to
a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of
rest for an army; quarters.
Note: When troops are sheltered in huts or quartered in the
houses of the people during any suspension of
hostilities, they are said to be in cantonment, or to
be cantoned. In India, permanent military stations, or
military towns, are termed cantonments.
Incanton
Incanton In*can"ton, v. t.
To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community.
--Addison.
PantonPanton Pan"ton, n. [F. patin. See Patten.] (Far.)
A horseshoe to correct a narrow, hoofbound heel. Santon
Santon San"ton, n. [Sp. santon, augmented fr. santo holy, L.
sanctus.]
A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as
a saint: also, a hermit.
Santonate
Santonate San"to*nate, n. (Chem.)
A salt of santonic acid.
Santonic
Santonic San*ton"ic, a. (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid (distinct from
santoninic acid) obtained from santonin as a white
crystalline substance.
Santonin
Santonin San"to*nin, n. [L. herba santonica, a kind of plant,
fr. Santoni a people of Aquitania; cf. Gr. ?: cf. F.
santonine.] (Chem.)
A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste,
extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an
anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color
blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a
yellow glass.
Santoninate
Santoninate San"to*nin`ate, n. (Chem.)
A salt of santoninic acid.
Santoninic
Santoninic San`to*nin"ic, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to santonin; -- used specifically to
designate an acid not known in the free state, but obtained
in its salts.
WantonWanton Wan"ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wantoned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Wantoning.]
1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to
revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
Nature here wantoned as in her prime. --Milton.
How merrily we would sally into the fields, and
strip under the first warmth of the sun, and wanton
like young dace in the streams! --Lamb.
2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play
lasciviously. Wanton
Wanton Wan"ton, v. t.
To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.
[Obs.]
WantonedWanton Wan"ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wantoned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Wantoning.]
1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to
revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
Nature here wantoned as in her prime. --Milton.
How merrily we would sally into the fields, and
strip under the first warmth of the sun, and wanton
like young dace in the streams! --Lamb.
2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play
lasciviously. WantoningWanton Wan"ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wantoned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Wantoning.]
1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to
revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
Nature here wantoned as in her prime. --Milton.
How merrily we would sally into the fields, and
strip under the first warmth of the sun, and wanton
like young dace in the streams! --Lamb.
2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play
lasciviously. Wantonize
Wantonize Wan"ton*ize, v. i.
To behave wantonly; to frolic; to wanton. [R.] --Lamb.
Wantonly
Wantonly Wan"ton*ly, adv.
1. In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint;
loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly;
lasciviously.
2. Unintentionally; accidentally. [Obs.] --J. Dee.
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