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A candidissimaEgret E"gret, n. [See Aigret, Heron.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The name of several species of herons which
bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among
the best known species are the American egret (Ardea, or
Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A. alba); the
little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the American
snowy egret (A. candidissima).
A bunch of egrets killed for their plumage. --G. W.
Cable.
2. A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress,
or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.
3. (Bot.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or
achenes, as the down of the thistle.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A kind of ape. Ardea candidissimaSnowy Snow"y, a.
1. White like snow. ``So shows a snowy dove trooping with
crows.' --Shak.
2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. ``The snowy top of
cold Olympus.' --Milton.
3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.
There did he lose his snowy innocence. --J. Hall
(1646).
Snowy heron (Zo["o]l.), a white heron, or egret (Ardea
candidissima), found in the Southern United States, and
southward to Chili; -- called also plume bird.
Snowy lemming (Zo["o]l.), the collared lemming (Cuniculus
torquatus), which turns white in winter.
Snowy owl (Zo["o]l.), a large arctic owl (Nyctea
Scandiaca, or N. nivea) common all over the northern
parts of the United States and Europe in winter time. Its
plumage is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually
more or less marked with blackish spots. Called also
white owl.
Snowy plover (Zo["o]l.), a small plover ([AE]gialitis
nivosa) of the western parts of the United States and
Mexico. It is light gray above, with the under parts and
portions of the head white. Candicant
Candicant Can"di*cant, a. [L. candicans, p. pr. of candicare
to be whitish.]
Growing white. [Obs.]
CandidCandid Can*did (k[a^]n"d[i^]d), a. [F. candide (cf. It.
candido), L. candidus white, fr. cand[=e]re to be of a
glowing white; akin to accend[e^]re, incend[e^]re, to set on
fire, Skr. chand to shine. Cf. Candle, Incense.]
1. White. [Obs.]
The box receives all black; but poured from thence,
The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence.
--Dryden.
2. Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge
according to truth and justice, or without partiality or
prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion.
``Candid and dispassionate men.' --W. Irving.
3. Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.
Syn: Fair; open; ingenuous; impartial; just; frank; artless;
unbiased; equitable.
Usage: Candid, Fair, Open, Frank, Ingenuous. A man
is fair when he puts things on a just or equitable
footing; he is candid when be looks impartially on
both sides of a subject, doing justice especially to
the motives and conduct of an opponent; he is open and
frank when he declares his sentiments without reserve;
he is ingenuous when he does this from a noble regard
for truth. Fair dealing; candid investigation; an open
temper; a frank disposition; an ingenuous answer or
declaration. Candidacy
Candidacy Can"di*da*cy, n.
The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate;
candidateship.
Candidate
Candidate Can"di*date, n. [L. Candidatus, n. (because
candidates for office in Rome were clothed in a white toga.)
fr. candidatus clothed in white, fr. candiduslittering,
white: cf. F. candidat.]
One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a
suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office,
privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of
governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for
scholastic honors.
Candidateship
Candidateship Can"di*date*ship, n.
Candidacy.
Candidating
Candidating Can"di*da`ting, n.
The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the
preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement. [Cant, U.
S.]
Candidature
Candidature Can"di*da*ture, n.
Candidacy.
Candidly
Candidly Can"did*ly, adv.
In a candid manner.
Candidness
Candidness Can"did*ness, n.
The quality of being candid.
CandiedCandied Can"died, a. [From 1st Candy.]
1. Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike
substance; as, candied fruits.
2.
(a) Converted wholly or partially into sugar or candy; as
candied sirup.
(b) Conted or more or less with sugar; as, candidied
raisins.
(c) Figuratively; Honeyed; sweet; flattering.
Let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp. --Shak.
3. Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or
candy.
Will the cold brook, Candiedwith ice, caudle thy
morning tast? --Shak. Candify
Candify Can"di*fy, v. t. or v. i. [L. candificare; cand["e]re
to be white + -facere to make.]
To make or become white, or candied. [R.]
Candiot
Candiot Can"di*ot, a. [Cf. F. candiote.]
Of or pertaining to Candia; Cretary.
Candite
Candite Can"dite, n. (Min.)
A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, in
Ceylon.
Cygis candidaGoeland Go`["e]`land", n. [F. go["e]land.] (Zo["o]l.)
A white tropical tern (Cygis candida). H candidusStilt Stilt, n. [OE. stilte; akin to Dan. stylte, Sw. stylta,
LG. & D. stelt, OHG. stelza, G. stelze, and perh. to E.
stout.]
1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop
to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is
sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged
upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
--Landor.
2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to
Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are
remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks,
stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
Note: The American species (Himantopus Mexicanus) is well
known. The European and Asiatic stilt (H. candidus)
is usually white, except the wings and interscapulars,
which are greenish black. The white-headed stilt (H.
leucocephalus) and the banded stilt (Cladorhynchus
pectoralis) are found in Australia.
Stilt plover (Zo["o]l.), the stilt.
Stilt sandpiper (Zo["o]l.), an American sandpiper
(Micropalama himantopus) having long legs. The bill is
somewhat expanded at the tip. Lilium candidumAnnunciation lily An*nun`ci*a"tion lil"y (Bot.)
The common white lily (Lilium candidum). So called because
it is usually introduced by painters in pictures of the
Annunciation. Lysiloma candidaPalo blanco Pa"lo blan"co [Sp. blanco white.]
(a) A western American hackberry (Celtis reticulata),
having light-colored bark.
(b) A Mexican mimosaceous tree (Lysiloma candida), the bark
of which is used in tanning. Nyctea ScandiacaSnowy Snow"y, a.
1. White like snow. ``So shows a snowy dove trooping with
crows.' --Shak.
2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. ``The snowy top of
cold Olympus.' --Milton.
3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.
There did he lose his snowy innocence. --J. Hall
(1646).
Snowy heron (Zo["o]l.), a white heron, or egret (Ardea
candidissima), found in the Southern United States, and
southward to Chili; -- called also plume bird.
Snowy lemming (Zo["o]l.), the collared lemming (Cuniculus
torquatus), which turns white in winter.
Snowy owl (Zo["o]l.), a large arctic owl (Nyctea
Scandiaca, or N. nivea) common all over the northern
parts of the United States and Europe in winter time. Its
plumage is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually
more or less marked with blackish spots. Called also
white owl.
Snowy plover (Zo["o]l.), a small plover ([AE]gialitis
nivosa) of the western parts of the United States and
Mexico. It is light gray above, with the under parts and
portions of the head white. ScandiaScandia Scan"di*a, n. [NL. See Scandium.] (Chem.)
A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium. Scandic
Scandic Scan"dic, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to scandium; derived from, or containing,
scandium.
Scandinavian
Scandinavian Scan`di*na"vi*an, a.
Of or pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, and
Denmark. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Scandinavia.
Scandinavian lockJail Jail, n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole,
jaiole, F. ge[^o]le, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L.
cavea cavity, cage. See Cage.]
A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons
held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with
reference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also
gaol.]
This jail I count the house of liberty. --Milton.
Jail bird, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison.
[Slang]
Jail delivery, the release of prisoners from jail, either
legally or by violence.
Jail delivery commission. See under Gaol.
Jail fever (Med.), typhus fever, or a disease resembling
it, generated in jails and other places crowded with
people; -- called also hospital fever, and ship fever.
Jail liberties, or Jail limits, a space or district
around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on
certain conditions, allowed to go at large. --Abbott.
Jail lock, a peculiar form of padlock; -- called also
Scandinavian lock. ScandiumScandium Scan"di*um, n. [NL. So called because found in
Scandinavian minerals.] (Chem.)
A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence
was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means
of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum
analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and
gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic
weight 44. scandiumEkabor Ek"a*bor` ([e^]k"[.a]*b[=o]r`), Ekaboron Ek"a*bo"ron
(-b[=o]"r[o^]n), n. [G., fr. Skr. [=e]ka one + G. bor, boron,
E. boron.] (Chem.)
The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic
law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then
unknown, but since discovered and named scandium; -- so
called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group.
See Scandium. Vitis candicansMustang Mus"tang, n. [Sp. muste[~n]o belonging to the
graziers, strayed, wild.] (Zo["o]l.)
The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc.
It is small, hardy, and easily sustained.
Mustard grape (Bot.), a species of grape (Vitis
candicans), native in Arkansas and Texas. The berries are
small, light-colored, with an acid skin and a sweet pulp.
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Staton (/ˈsteɪtən/, STAY-tən) (born
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Candi & The
Backbeat (initially
named Candi) was a
Canadian pop band
fronted by lead
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members included Nino (Big...
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written by
David Crawford and
originally recorded by
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Candi bentar, or
split gateway, is a
classical Javanese and
Balinese gateway entrance commonly found at the
entrance of
religious compounds, palaces,...
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Candi Milo (born
January 9, 1961) is an
American actress. She has
voiced various characters on many
animated series including Tiny Toon Adventures, SWAT...
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Candace "
Candi"
Carpenter is an
American singer-songwriter who was born in Toledo, Ohio but
raised in Lansing, Michigan.
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Candi sugar is a
Belgian sugar product commonly used in
brewing beer. It is
particularly ****ociated with
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Candi War Cemetery, also
Dutch Field of
Honor Candi (Dutch:
Nederlands Ereveld Candi, Indonesian:
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