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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. Clupea sapidissimaShad Shad (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of
fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a
herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a
fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring
family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is
abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers
in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European
allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C.
finta), are less important species. [Written also chad.]
Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other
fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under Gizzard),
called also mud shad, white-eyed shad, and winter
shad.
Hardboaded, or Yellow-tailed, shad, the menhaden.
Hickory, or Tailor, shad, the mattowacca.
Long-boned shad, one of several species of important food
fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus
Gerres.
Shad bush (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs
or small trees of the rosaceous genus Amelanchier (A.
Canadensis, and A. alnifolia) Their white racemose
blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and
the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence
they are called Juneberries. The plant is also called
service tree, and Juneberry.
Shad frog, an American spotted frog (Rana halecina); --
so called because it usually appears at the time when the
shad begin to run in the rivers.
Trout shad, the squeteague.
White shad, the common shad. DissidenceDissidence Dis"si*dence, n. [L. dissidentia: cf. F.
dissidence. See Dissident, a.]
Disagreement; dissent; separation from the established
religion. --I. Taylor.
It is the dissidence of dissent. --Burke. Dissident
Dissident Dis"si*dent, n. (Eccl.)
One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the
established religion.
The dissident, habituated and taught to think of his
dissidenc? as a laudable and necessary opposition to
ecclesiastical usurpation. --I. Taylor.
Dissidently
Dissidently Dis"si*dent*ly, adv.
In a dissident manner.
Dissilience
Dissilience Dis*sil"i*ence (?; 106), Dissiliency
Dis*sil"i*en*cy, n.
The act of leaping or starting asunder. --Johnson.
Dissiliency
Dissilience Dis*sil"i*ence (?; 106), Dissiliency
Dis*sil"i*en*cy, n.
The act of leaping or starting asunder. --Johnson.
Dissilient
Dissilient Dis*sil"i*ent, a. [L. dissiliens, -entis, p. pr. of
dissilire to leap asunder: dis- + salire to leap.]
Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force;
dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp.
Dissilition
Dissilition Dis`si*li"tion, n.
The act of bursting or springing apart. [R.] --Boyle.
Dissimilar
Dissimilar Dis*sim"i*lar, a. [Pref. dis- + similar: cf. F.
dissimilaire.]
Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men
are as dissimilar as their features.
This part very dissimilar to any other. --Boyle.
Dissimilarity
Dissimilarity Dis*sim`i*lar"i*ty, n.
Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as,
the dissimilarity of human faces and forms. --Sir W. Jones.
Dissimilarly
Dissimilarly Dis*sim"i*lar*ly, adv.
In a dissimilar manner; in a varied style.
With verdant shrubs dissimilarly gay. --C. Smart.
Dissimilate
Dissimilate Dis*sim"i*late, v. t.
To render dissimilar.
Dissimilation
Dissimilation Dis*sim`i*la"tion, n.
The act of making dissimilar. --H. Sweet.
Dissimile
Dissimile Dis*sim"i*le, n. [L. dissimile, neut. ?? dissimilis
unlike.] (Rhet.)
Comparison or illustration by contraries.
Dissimilitude
Dissimilitude Dis`si*mil"i*tude, n. [L. dissimilitudo, fr.
dissimilis: cf. F. dissimilitude.]
1. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.
Dissimilitude between the Divinity and images.
--Stillingfleet.
2. (Rhet.) A comparison by contrast; a dissimile.
DissimulateDissimulate Dis*sim"u*late, a. [L. dissimulatus, p. p. of
dissimulare. See Dissemble.]
Feigning; simulating; pretending. [Obs.] --Henryson. Dissimulate
Dissimulate Dis*sim"u*late, v. i.
To dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
Dissimulation
Dissimulation Dis*sim`u*la"tion, n. [L. dissimulatio: cf. F.
dissimulation.]
The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance;
concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.
Let love be without dissimulation. --Rom. xii. 9.
Dissimulation . . . when a man lets fall signs and
arguments that he is not that he is. --Bacon.
Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and
dissimulation a concealment of what is. --Tatler.
Dissimulator
Dissimulator Dis*sim"u*la`tor, n. [L.]
One who dissimulates; a dissembler.
DissimuleDissimule Dis*sim"ule, v. t. & i. [F. dissimuler. See
Dissimulate.]
To dissemble. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Dissimuler
Dissimuler Dis*sim"u*ler, n.
A dissembler. [Obs.]
Dissimulour
Dissimulour Dis*sim"u*lour, n. [OF. dissimuleur.]
A dissembler. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Dissipable
Dissipable Dis"si*pa*ble, a. [L. dissipabilis.]
Capable of being scattered or dissipated. [R.]
The heat of those plants is very dissipable. --Bacon.
Dissipate
Dissipate Dis"si*pate, v. i.
1. To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to
scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud
gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun;
the heat of a body dissipates.
2. To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit
of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.
DissipateDissipate Dis"si*pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissipated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Dissipating.] [L. dissipatus, p. p. of
dissipare; dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw.]
1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear;
-- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never
again be collected or restored.
Dissipated those foggy mists of error. --Selden.
I soon dissipated his fears. --Cook.
The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate
all intellectual energy. --Hazlitt.
2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to
squander.
The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated.
--Bp. Burnet.
Syn: To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste;
consume; lavish. Dissipated
Dissipated Dis"si*pa`ted, a.
1. Squandered; scattered. ``Dissipated wealth.' --Johnson.
2. Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of
pleasure; dissolute; intemperate.
A life irregular and dissipated. --Johnson.
DissipatedDissipate Dis"si*pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissipated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Dissipating.] [L. dissipatus, p. p. of
dissipare; dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw.]
1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear;
-- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never
again be collected or restored.
Dissipated those foggy mists of error. --Selden.
I soon dissipated his fears. --Cook.
The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate
all intellectual energy. --Hazlitt.
2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to
squander.
The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated.
--Bp. Burnet.
Syn: To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste;
consume; lavish.
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