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Catostomus CommersoniSucker Suck"er (s[u^]k"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by
which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere
to other bodies.
2. A suckling; a sucking animal. --Beau. & Fl.
3. The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a
pump basket. --Boyle.
4. A pipe through which anything is drawn.
5. A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string
attached to the center, which, when saturated with water
and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth
surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure,
with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be
thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a
plaything.
6. (Bot.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of
a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment
from the body of the plant.
7. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of North American
fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family
Catostomid[ae]; so called because the lips are
protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of
little value as food. The most common species of the
Eastern United States are the northern sucker
(Catostomus Commersoni), the white sucker (C.
teres), the hog sucker (C. nigricans), and the
chub, or sweet sucker (Erimyzon sucetta). Some of
the large Western species are called buffalo fish,
red horse, black horse, and suckerel.
(b) The remora.
(c) The lumpfish.
(d) The hagfish, or myxine.
(e) A California food fish (Menticirrus undulatus)
closely allied to the kingfish
(a); -- called also bagre.
8. A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above.
They who constantly converse with men far above
their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if
thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker,
no branch. --Fuller.
9. A hard drinker; a soaker. [Slang]
10. A greenhorn; one easily gulled. [Slang, U.S.]
11. A nickname applied to a native of Illinois. [U. S.]
Carp sucker, Cherry sucker, etc. See under Carp,
Cherry, etc.
Sucker fish. See Sucking fish, under Sucking.
Sucker rod, a pump rod. See under Pump.
Sucker tube (Zo["o]l.), one of the external ambulacral
tubes of an echinoderm, -- usually terminated by a sucker
and used for locomotion. Called also sucker foot. See
Spatangoid. Chamber of commerceCommerce Com"merce, n.
Note: (Formerly accented on the second syllable.) [F.
commerce, L. commercium; com- + merx, mercis,
merchandise. See Merchant.]
1. The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp.
the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between
different places or communities; extended trade or
traffic.
The public becomes powerful in proportion to the
opulence and extensive commerce of private men.
--Hume.
2. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in
society with another; familiarity.
Fifteen years of thought, observation, and commerce
with the world had made him [Bunyan] wiser.
--Macaulay.
3. Sexual intercourse. --W. Montagu.
4. A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to
exchange, barter, or trade. --Hoyle.
Chamber of commerce. See Chamber.
Syn: Trade; traffic; dealings; intercourse; interchange;
communion; communication. CommerceCommerce Com"merce, n.
Note: (Formerly accented on the second syllable.) [F.
commerce, L. commercium; com- + merx, mercis,
merchandise. See Merchant.]
1. The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp.
the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between
different places or communities; extended trade or
traffic.
The public becomes powerful in proportion to the
opulence and extensive commerce of private men.
--Hume.
2. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in
society with another; familiarity.
Fifteen years of thought, observation, and commerce
with the world had made him [Bunyan] wiser.
--Macaulay.
3. Sexual intercourse. --W. Montagu.
4. A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to
exchange, barter, or trade. --Hoyle.
Chamber of commerce. See Chamber.
Syn: Trade; traffic; dealings; intercourse; interchange;
communion; communication. CommerceCommerce Com*merce" (? or ?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Commerced;
p>. pr. & vb. n. Commercing.] [Cf. F. commercer, fr. LL.
commerciare.]
1. To carry on trade; to traffic. [Obs.]
Beware you commerce not with bankrupts. --B. Jonson.
2. To hold intercourse; to commune. --Milton.
Commercing with himself. --Tennyson.
Musicians . . . taught the people in angelic
harmonies to commerce with heaven. --Prof.
Wilson. Commerce destroyer
Commerce destroyer Com"merce de*stroy"er (Nav.)
A very fast, unarmored, lightly armed vessel designed to
capture or destroy merchant vessels of an enemy. Not being
intended to fight, they may be improvised from fast passenger
steamers.
CommercedCommerce Com*merce" (? or ?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Commerced;
p>. pr. & vb. n. Commercing.] [Cf. F. commercer, fr. LL.
commerciare.]
1. To carry on trade; to traffic. [Obs.]
Beware you commerce not with bankrupts. --B. Jonson.
2. To hold intercourse; to commune. --Milton.
Commercing with himself. --Tennyson.
Musicians . . . taught the people in angelic
harmonies to commerce with heaven. --Prof.
Wilson. CommercialCommercial Com*mer"cial, a. [Cf. F. commercial.]
Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with
commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages;
commercial relations. ``Princely commercial houses.'
--Macaulay.
Commercial college, a school for giving instruction in
commercial knowledge and business.
Commercial law. See under Law.
Commercial note paper, a small size of writing paper,
usually about 5 by 71/2 or 8 inches.
Commercial paper, negotiable paper given in due course of
business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes,
bank checks, etc.
Commercial traveler, an agent of a wholesale house who
travels from town to town to solicit orders.
Syn: See Mercantile. Commercial collegeCommercial Com*mer"cial, a. [Cf. F. commercial.]
Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with
commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages;
commercial relations. ``Princely commercial houses.'
--Macaulay.
Commercial college, a school for giving instruction in
commercial knowledge and business.
Commercial law. See under Law.
Commercial note paper, a small size of writing paper,
usually about 5 by 71/2 or 8 inches.
Commercial paper, negotiable paper given in due course of
business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes,
bank checks, etc.
Commercial traveler, an agent of a wholesale house who
travels from town to town to solicit orders.
Syn: See Mercantile. Commercial lawCommercial Com*mer"cial, a. [Cf. F. commercial.]
Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with
commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages;
commercial relations. ``Princely commercial houses.'
--Macaulay.
Commercial college, a school for giving instruction in
commercial knowledge and business.
Commercial law. See under Law.
Commercial note paper, a small size of writing paper,
usually about 5 by 71/2 or 8 inches.
Commercial paper, negotiable paper given in due course of
business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes,
bank checks, etc.
Commercial traveler, an agent of a wholesale house who
travels from town to town to solicit orders.
Syn: See Mercantile. Commercial note paperCommercial Com*mer"cial, a. [Cf. F. commercial.]
Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with
commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages;
commercial relations. ``Princely commercial houses.'
--Macaulay.
Commercial college, a school for giving instruction in
commercial knowledge and business.
Commercial law. See under Law.
Commercial note paper, a small size of writing paper,
usually about 5 by 71/2 or 8 inches.
Commercial paper, negotiable paper given in due course of
business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes,
bank checks, etc.
Commercial traveler, an agent of a wholesale house who
travels from town to town to solicit orders.
Syn: See Mercantile. Commercial paperCommercial Com*mer"cial, a. [Cf. F. commercial.]
Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with
commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages;
commercial relations. ``Princely commercial houses.'
--Macaulay.
Commercial college, a school for giving instruction in
commercial knowledge and business.
Commercial law. See under Law.
Commercial note paper, a small size of writing paper,
usually about 5 by 71/2 or 8 inches.
Commercial paper, negotiable paper given in due course of
business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes,
bank checks, etc.
Commercial traveler, an agent of a wholesale house who
travels from town to town to solicit orders.
Syn: See Mercantile. Commercial travelerCommercial Com*mer"cial, a. [Cf. F. commercial.]
Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with
commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages;
commercial relations. ``Princely commercial houses.'
--Macaulay.
Commercial college, a school for giving instruction in
commercial knowledge and business.
Commercial law. See under Law.
Commercial note paper, a small size of writing paper,
usually about 5 by 71/2 or 8 inches.
Commercial paper, negotiable paper given in due course of
business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes,
bank checks, etc.
Commercial traveler, an agent of a wholesale house who
travels from town to town to solicit orders.
Syn: See Mercantile. Commercialism
Commercialism Com*mer"cial*ism, n.
The commercial spirit or method. --C. Kingsley.
Commercially
Commercially Com*mer"cial*ly, adv.
In a commercial manner.
CommercingCommerce Com*merce" (? or ?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Commerced;
p>. pr. & vb. n. Commercing.] [Cf. F. commercer, fr. LL.
commerciare.]
1. To carry on trade; to traffic. [Obs.]
Beware you commerce not with bankrupts. --B. Jonson.
2. To hold intercourse; to commune. --Milton.
Commercing with himself. --Tennyson.
Musicians . . . taught the people in angelic
harmonies to commerce with heaven. --Prof.
Wilson. Cybium CommersoniiSeerfish Seer"fish` (-f[i^]sh), n. (Zo["o]l.)
A scombroid food fish of Madeira (Cybium Commersonii).
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