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CateringCater Ca"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Catered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Catering.] [From Cater, n.]
1. To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.
[He] providently caters for the sparrow. --Shak.
2. By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at
theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for
or to. Commaterial
Commaterial Com`ma*te"ri*al, a.
Consisting of the same material. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Crateriform
Crateriform Cra*ter"i*form (kr?-t?r"?-f?rm), a. [L. cratera +
-form.] (Bot.)
Having the form of a shallow bowl; -- said of a corolla.
Dematerialize
Dematerialize De`ma*te"ri*al*ize, v. t.
To deprive of material or physical qualities or
characteristics.
Dematerializing matter by stripping it of everything
which . . . has distinguished matter. --Milman.
DiabaterialDiabaterial Di*ab`a*te"ri*al, a. [Gr. ? ? (sc. ?) offerings
before crossing the border, fr. ? to pass over. See
Diabase.]
Passing over the borders. [R.] --Mitford. Ecbalium ElateriumCucumber Cu"cum*ber (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.[OE.
cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen. cucumeris;
cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.)
A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the
genus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of
which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants
or fruits of several other genera. See below.
Bitter cucumber (Bot.), the Citrullus or Cucumis
Colocynthis. See Colocynth.
Cucumber beetle. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small, black flea-beetle (Crepidodera cucumeris),
which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon
vines.
(b) The squash beetle.
Cucumber tree.
(a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus Magnolia
(M. acuminata), so called from a slight resemblance of
its young fruit to a small cucumber.
(b) An East Indian plant (Averrhoa Bilimbi) which produces
the fruit known as bilimbi.
Jamaica cucumber, Jerusalem cucumber, the prickly-fruited
gherkin (Cucumis Anguria).
Snake cucumber, a species (Cucumis flexuosus) remarkable
for its long, curiously-shaped fruit.
Squirting cucumber, a plant (Ecbalium Elaterium) whose
small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe
and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force
through the opening thus made. See Elaterium.
Star cucumber, a climbing weed (Sicyos angulatus) with
prickly fruit. ElateriteElaterite El"a*ter*ite, n. (Min.)
A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in
soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc,
and elastic bitumen. ElateriumElaterium El`a*te"ri*um, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, neut. of ?
driving. See 2d Elater.]
A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or
greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild
or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly called
Momordica Elaterium). Formed materialFormed Formed, a.
1. (Astron.) Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as,
formed stars. [R.]
2. (Biol.) Having structure; capable of growth and
development; organized; as, the formed or organized
ferments. See Ferment, n.
Formed material (Biol.), a term employed by Beale to denote
the lifeless matter of a cell, that which is
physiologically dead, in distinction from the truly
germinal or living matter. Hypocrateriform
Hypocrateriform Hyp`o*cra*ter"i*form, a. [Pref. hypo- +
krath`r cup + -form.] (Bot.)
hypocraterimorphous; salver-shaped. --Wood.
Hypocraterimorphous
Hypocraterimorphous Hyp`o*cra*ter`i*mor"phous, a. [Pref. hypo-
+ Gr. krath`r bowl + morfh` form.] (Bot.)
Salver-shaped; having a slender tube, expanding suddenly
above into a bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in the
blossom of the phlox and the lilac.
Immaterially
Immaterially Im`ma*te"ri*al*ly, adv.
1. In an immaterial manner; without matter or corporeal
substance.
2. In an unimportant manner or degree.
Immaterialness
Immaterialness Im`ma*te"ri*al*ness, n.
The state or quality of being immaterial; immateriality.
Immateriate
Immateriate Im`ma*te"ri*ate, a.
Immaterial. [Obs.] --Bacon.
LaterigradaeSpider Spi"der, n.[OE. spi[thorn]re, fr. AS. spinnan to spin;
-- so named from spinning its web; cf. D. spin a spider, G.
spinne, Sw. spindel. Seee Spin.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of arachnids
comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles
converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is
large and not segmented, with two or three pairs of
spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin
threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect
their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs
to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are
usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on
the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under
Araneina.
Note: Spiders are divided into two principal groups: the
Dipneumona, having two lungs: and the Tetrapneumona,
having four lungs. See Mygale. The former group
includes several tribes; as, the jumping spiders (see
Saltigrad[ae]), the wolf spiders, or Citigrad[ae]
(see under Wolf), the crab spiders, or
Laterigrad[ae] (see under Crab), the garden, or
geometric, spiders, or Orbitell[ae] (see under
Geometrical, and Garden), and others. See Bird
spider, under Bird, Grass spider, under Grass,
House spider, under House, Silk spider, under
Silk.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of various other arachnids resembling
the true spiders, especially certain mites, as the red
spider (see under Red).
3. An iron pan with a long handle, used as a kitchen utensil
in frying food. Originally, it had long legs, and was used
over coals on the hearth.
4. A trevet to support pans or pots over a fire. Lateritic
Lateritic Lat`er*it"ic, a.
Consisting of, containing, or characterized by, laterite; as,
lateritic formations.
LateritiousLateritious Lat"er*i"tious, a. [L. lateritius, fr. later a
brick.]
Like bricks; of the color of red bricks.
Lateritious sediment (Med.), a sediment in urine resembling
brick dust, observed after the crises of fevers, and at
the termination of gouty paroxysms. It usually consists of
uric acid or urates with some coloring matter. Lateritious sedimentLateritious Lat"er*i"tious, a. [L. lateritius, fr. later a
brick.]
Like bricks; of the color of red bricks.
Lateritious sediment (Med.), a sediment in urine resembling
brick dust, observed after the crises of fevers, and at
the termination of gouty paroxysms. It usually consists of
uric acid or urates with some coloring matter. Materia medicaMateria medica Ma*te"ri*a med"i*ca [L. See Matter, and
Medical.]
1. Material or substance used in the composition of remedies;
-- a general term for all substances used as curative
agents in medicine.
2. That branch of medical science which treats of the nature
and properties of all the substances that are employed for
the cure of diseases. MaterialMaterial Ma*te"ri*al, n.
The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be
made.
Raw material, any crude, unfinished, or elementary
materials that are adapted to use only by processes of
skilled labor. Cotton, wool, ore, logs, etc., are raw
material. Material
Material Ma*te"ri*al, v. t.
To form from matter; to materialize. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Material causeCause Cause (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf.
Cause, v., Kickshaw.]
1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which
anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to
make one thing begin to be. --Locke.
2. That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground;
reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.
3. Sake; interest; advantage. [Obs.]
I did it not for his cause. --2 Cor. vii.
12.
4. (Law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by
which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he
regards as his right; case; ground of action.
5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question;
affair in general.
What counsel give you in this weighty cause! --Shak.
6. The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and
upheld by a person or party; a principle which is
advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.
God befriend us, as our cause is just. --Shak.
The part they take against me is from zeal to the
cause. --Burke.
Efficient cause, the agent or force that produces a change
or result.
Final cause, the end, design, or object, for which anything
is done.
Formal cause, the elements of a conception which make the
conception or the thing conceived to be what it is; or the
idea viewed as a formative principle and co["o]perating
with the matter.
Material cause, that of which anything is made.
Proximate cause. See under Proximate.
To make common cause with, to join with in purposes and
aims. --Macaulay.
Syn: Origin; source; mainspring; motive; reason; incitement;
inducement; purpose; object; suit; action. Materialistic
Materialistic Ma*te`ri*al*is"tic, Materialistical
Ma*te`ri*al*is"tic*al, a.
Of or pertaining to materialism or materialists; of the
nature of materialism.
But to me his very spiritualism seemed more
materialistic than his physics. --C. Kingsley.
Materialistical
Materialistic Ma*te`ri*al*is"tic, Materialistical
Ma*te`ri*al*is"tic*al, a.
Of or pertaining to materialism or materialists; of the
nature of materialism.
But to me his very spiritualism seemed more
materialistic than his physics. --C. Kingsley.
Materialization
Materialization Ma*te`ri*al*i*za"tion, n.
The act of materializing, or the state of being materialized.
Materialize
Materialize Ma*te"ri*al*ize, v. i.
To appear as a material form; to take substantial shape.
[Colloq.]
Materially
Materially Ma*te"ri*al*ly, adv.
1. In the state of matter.
I do not mean that anything is separable from a body
by fire that was not materially pre["e]xistent in
it. --Boyle.
2. In its essence; substantially.
An ill intention is certainly sufficient to spoil .
. . an act in itself materially good. --South.
3. In an important manner or degree; essentaily; as, it
materially concern us to know the real motives of our
actions.
Materialness
Materialness Ma*te"ri*al*ness, n.
The state of being material.
MateriarianMateriarian Ma*te`ri*a"ri*an, n. [L. materiarius.]
See Materialist. [Obs.] Materiate
Materiate Ma*te"ri*ate, Materiated Ma*te"ri*a`ted, a. [L.
materiatus, p. p. of materiare to build of wood.]
Consisting of matter. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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