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Aquila Aquila Aq"ui*la, n.; pl. Aquil[ae]. [L., an eagle.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of eagles.
2. (Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and
Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.
Aquila alba [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of
calomel. --Brande & C.
Aquila alba Aquila Aq"ui*la, n.; pl. Aquil[ae]. [L., an eagle.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of eagles.
2. (Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and
Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.
Aquila alba [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of
calomel. --Brande & C.
Aquila audax Bold eagle Bold eagle, (Zo["o]l.)
an Australian eagle (Aquila audax), which destroys lambs
and even the kangaroo.
To make bold, to take liberties or the liberty; to venture.
Syn: Courageous; daring; brave; intrepid; fearless;
dauntless; valiant; manful; audacious; stouthearted;
high-spirited; adventurous; confident; strenuous;
forward; impudent.
Aquila chrysaetus Eagle Ea"gle, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob.
named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf.
Lith. aklas blind. Cf. Aquiline.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family,
esp. of the genera Aquila and Hali[ae]etus. The eagle
is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure,
keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most
noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila
chrysa["e]tus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A.
mogilnik or imperialis); the American bald eagle
(Hali[ae]etus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle
(H. albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus
harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds,
is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for
standards and emblematic devices. See Bald eagle,
Harpy, and Golden eagle.
2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten
dollars.
3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a
star of the first magnitude. See Aquila.
4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard
of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or
standard of any people.
Though the Roman eagle shadow thee. --Tennyson.
Note: Some modern nations, as the United States, and France
under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their
national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for
an emblem a double-headed eagle.
Bald eagle. See Bald eagle.
Bold eagle. See under Bold.
Double eagle, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty
dollars.
Eagle hawk (Zo["o]l.), a large, crested, South American
hawk of the genus Morphnus.
Eagle owl (Zo["o]l.), any large owl of the genus Bubo,
and allied genera; as the American great horned owl (Bubo
Virginianus), and the allied European species (B.
maximus). See Horned owl.
Eagle ray (Zo["o]l.), any large species of ray of the genus
Myliobatis (esp. M. aquila).
Eagle vulture (Zo["o]l.), a large West African bid
(Gypohierax Angolensis), intermediate, in several
respects, between the eagles and vultures.
Aquilae Aquila Aq"ui*la, n.; pl. Aquil[ae]. [L., an eagle.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of eagles.
2. (Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and
Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.
Aquila alba [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of
calomel. --Brande & C.
Aquilaria Agallocha Agalloch Ag"al*loch, Agallochum A*gal"lo*chum, n. [Gr. ?, of
Eastern origin: cf. Skr. aguru, Heb. pl. ah[=a]l[=i]m.]
A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly
aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is
called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also
given to some other species.
Aquiline Aquiline Aq"ui*line (?; 277), a. [L. aquilinus, fr. aquila
eagle: cf. F. aquilin. See Eagle. ]
1. Belonging to or like an eagle.
2. Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; --
applied particularly to the nose
Terribly arched and aquiline his nose. --Cowper.
Aquilon Aquilon Aq"ui*lon, n. [L. aquilo, -lonis: cf. F. aquilon.]
The north wind. [Obs.] --Shak.
M aquila Eagle Ea"gle, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob.
named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf.
Lith. aklas blind. Cf. Aquiline.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family,
esp. of the genera Aquila and Hali[ae]etus. The eagle
is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure,
keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most
noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila
chrysa["e]tus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A.
mogilnik or imperialis); the American bald eagle
(Hali[ae]etus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle
(H. albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus
harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds,
is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for
standards and emblematic devices. See Bald eagle,
Harpy, and Golden eagle.
2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten
dollars.
3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a
star of the first magnitude. See Aquila.
4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard
of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or
standard of any people.
Though the Roman eagle shadow thee. --Tennyson.
Note: Some modern nations, as the United States, and France
under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their
national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for
an emblem a double-headed eagle.
Bald eagle. See Bald eagle.
Bold eagle. See under Bold.
Double eagle, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty
dollars.
Eagle hawk (Zo["o]l.), a large, crested, South American
hawk of the genus Morphnus.
Eagle owl (Zo["o]l.), any large owl of the genus Bubo,
and allied genera; as the American great horned owl (Bubo
Virginianus), and the allied European species (B.
maximus). See Horned owl.
Eagle ray (Zo["o]l.), any large species of ray of the genus
Myliobatis (esp. M. aquila).
Eagle vulture (Zo["o]l.), a large West African bid
(Gypohierax Angolensis), intermediate, in several
respects, between the eagles and vultures.
Myliobatis aquila Ray Ray, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. Roach.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order
Rai[ae], including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
(b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat,
narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See
Skate.
Bishop ray, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray
(Stoasodon n[`a]rinari) of the Southern United States
and the West Indies.
Butterfly ray, a short-tailed American sting ray
(Pteroplatea Maclura), having very broad pectoral fins.
Devil ray. See Sea Devil.
Eagle ray, any large ray of the family Myliobatid[ae], or
[AE]tobatid[ae]. The common European species
(Myliobatis aquila) is called also whip ray, and
miller.
Electric ray, or Cramp ray, a torpedo.
Starry ray, a common European skate (Raia radiata).
Sting ray, any one of numerous species of rays of the
family Trygonid[ae] having one or more large, sharp,
barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also
stingaree.
P aquilina Brake Brake, n. [OE. brake fern; cf. AS. bracce fern, LG.
brake willow bush, Da. bregne fern, G. brach fallow; prob.
orig. the growth on rough, broken ground, fr. the root of E.
break. See Break, v. t., cf. Bracken, and 2d Brake, n.]
1. (Bot.) A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P.
aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary
stems dividing into three principal branches. Less
properly: Any fern.
2. A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles,
with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes.
Rounds rising hillocks, brakes obscure and rough, To
shelter thee from tempest and from rain. --Shak.
He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for
stone. --Sir W.
Scott.
Cane brake, a thicket of canes. See Canebrake.
S aquila Meagre Mea"gre, n. [F. maigre.] (Zo["o]l.)
A large European sci[ae]noid fish (Sci[ae]na umbra or S.
aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a
food fish. [Written also maigre.]
