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A chip off the old blockChip Chip, n.
1. A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by
an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.
2. A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.
3. Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited
in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
4. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used
contemptuously.
5. One of the counters used in poker and other games.
6. (Naut.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log
line.
Buffalo chips. See under Buffalo.
Chip ax, a small ax for chipping timber into shape.
Chip bonnet, Chip hat, a bonnet or a hat made of Chip.
See Chip, n., 3.
A chip off the old block, a child who resembles either of
his parents. [Colloq.] --Milton.
Potato chips, Saratoga chips, thin slices of raw potato
fried crisp. a lie or an assertionNail Nail, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nailed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nailing.] [AS. n[ae]glian. See Nail, n.]
1. To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by
means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.
He is now dead, and nailed in his chest. --Chaucer.
2. To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.
The rivets of your arms were nailed with gold.
--Dryden.
3. To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a
bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion;
hence, to catch; to trap.
When they came to talk of places in town, you saw at
once how I nailed them. --Goldsmith.
4. To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] --Crabb.
To nail a lie or an assertion, etc., to detect and expose
it, so as to put a stop to its currency; -- an expression
probably derived from the former practice of shopkeepers,
who were accustomed to nail bad or counterfeit pieces of
money to the counter. a little slamSlam Slam, n. (Card Playing)
Winning all the tricks of a deal (called, in bridge,
grand slam, the winning of all but one of the thirteen
tricks being called
a little slam). a McIntire jointSleeve Sleeve, n. (Elec.)
A double tube of copper, in section like the figure 8, into
which the ends of bare wires are pushed so that when the tube
is twisted an electrical connection is made. The joint thus
made is called
a McIntire joint. A note shaver--Salmagundi.
As I have mentioned at the door to this young shaver, I am
on a chase in the name of the king. --Dickens.
5. (Mech.) A tool or machine for shaving.
A note shaver, a person who buys notes at a discount
greater than the legal rate of interest. [Cant, U.S.] A piece of bric-a-bracBric-a brac Bric"-a brac`, n. [F.]
Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art,
considered collectively.
A piece of bric-a-brac, any curious or antique article of
virtu, as a piece of antiquated furniture or metal work,
or an odd knickknack. Abaft the beamAbaft A*baft" ([.a]*b[.a]ft"), prep. [Pref. a- on + OE. baft,
baften, biaften, AS. be[ae]ftan; be by + [ae]ftan behind. See
After, Aft, By.] (Naut.)
Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse.
Abaft the beam. See under Beam. ablative absoluteAblative Ab"la*tive, (Gram.)
The ablative case.
ablative absolute, a construction in Latin, in which a noun
in the ablative case has a participle (either expressed or
implied), agreeing with it in gender, number, and case,
both words forming a clause by themselves and being
unconnected, grammatically, with the rest of the sentence;
as, Tarquinio regnante, Pythagoras venit, i. e.,
Tarquinius reigning, Pythagoras came. Able forAble A"ble, a. [Comp. Abler; superl. Ablest.] [OF. habile,
L. habilis that may be easily held or managed, apt, skillful,
fr. habere to have, hold. Cf. Habile and see Habit.]
1. Fit; adapted; suitable. [Obs.]
A many man, to ben an abbot able. --Chaucer.
2. Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or
resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed
of qualifications rendering competent for some end;
competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman,
soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to
reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain;
able to play on a piano.
3. Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong
mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever;
powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able
speech.
No man wrote abler state papers. --Macaulay.
4. (Law) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence;
as, able to inherit or devise property.
Note:
Able for, is Scotticism. ``Hardly able for such a march.'
--Robertson.
Syn: Competent; qualified; fitted; efficient; effective;
capable; skillful; clever; vigorous; powerful. Able seamanSeaman Sea"man, n.; pl. Seamen. [AS. s[ae]man.]
One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships
at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and
common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to
landman, or landsman.
Able seaman, a sailor who is practically conversant with
all the duties of common seamanship.
ordinary seaman. See Ordinary. above allAbove A*bove", prep. [OE. above, aboven, abuffe, AS. abufon;
an (or on) on + be by + ufan upward; cf. Goth. uf under.
[root]199. See Over.]
1. In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper
surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath.
Fowl that may fly above the earth. --Gen. i. 20.
2. Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect;
surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as,
things above comprehension; above mean actions; conduct
above reproach. ``Thy worth . . . is actions above my
gifts.' --Marlowe.
I saw in the way a light from heaven above the
brightness of the sun. --Acts xxxvi.
13.
3. Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a
hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above,
adv., 4.)
above all, before every other consideration; chiefly; in
preference to other things.
Over and above, prep. or adv., besides; in addition to. Above parPar Par, n. [L. par, adj., equal. See Peer an equal.]
1. Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the
value expressed on the face or in the words of a
certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
2. Equality of condition or circumstances.
At par, at the original price; neither at a discount nor at
a premium.
Above par, at a premium.
Below par, at a discount.
On a par, on a level; in the same condition, circumstances,
position, rank, etc.; as, their pretensions are on a par;
his ability is on a par with his ambition.
Par of exchange. See under Exchange.
Par value, nominal value; face value. absolute blockingBlock system Block system (Railroads)
A system by which the track is divided into short sections,
as of three or four miles, and trains are so run by the
guidance of electric, or combined electric and pneumatic,
signals that no train enters a section or block until the
preceding train has left it, as in
absolute blocking, or that a train may be allowed to follow
another into a block as long as it proceeds with excessive
caution, as in
permissive blocking. Absolute constantConstant Con"stant, n.
1. That which is not subject to change; that which is
invariable.
2. (Math.) A quantity that does not change its value; -- used
in countradistinction to variable.
Absolute constant (Math.), one whose value is absolutely
the same under all circumstances, as the number 10, or any
numeral.
Arbitrary constant, an undetermined constant in a
differential equation having the same value during all
changes in the values of the variables. Absolute curvatureCurvature Cur"va*ture (k?r"v?-t?r; 135), n. [L. curvatura. See
Curvate.]
1. The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved;
a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or
surface from a rectilinear direction; a bend; a curve.
--Cowper.
The elegant curvature of their fronds. --Darwin.
2. (Math.) The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical
curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a
tangent drawn to the curve at that point.
Aberrancy of curvature (Geom.), the deviation of a curve
from a circular form.
Absolute curvature. See under Absolute.
Angle of curvature (Geom.), one that expresses the amount
of curvature of a curve.
Chord of curvature. See under Chord.
Circle of curvature. See Osculating circle of a curve,
under Circle.
Curvature of the spine (Med.), an abnormal curving of the
spine, especially in a lateral direction.
Radius of curvature, the radius of the circle of curvature,
or osculatory circle, at any point of a curve. Absolute spaceSpace Space (sp[=a]s), n. [OE. space, F. espace, from L.
spatium space; cf. Gr. spa^n to draw, to tear; perh. akin to
E. span. Cf. Expatiate.]
1. Extension, considered independently of anything which it
may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable
and possible.
Pure space is capable neither of resistance nor
motion. --Locke.
2. Place, having more or less extension; room.
They gave him chase, and hunted him as hare; Long
had he no space to dwell [in]. --R. of
Brunne.
While I have time and space. --Chaucer.
3. A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one
thing to another; an interval between any two or more
objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the
sound was heard for the space of a mile.
Put a space betwixt drove and drove. --Gen. xxxii.
16.
4. Quantity of time; an interval between two points of time;
duration; time. ``Grace God gave him here, this land to
keep long space.' --R. of brunne.
Nine times the space that measures day and night.
--Milton.
God may defer his judgments for a time, and give a
people a longer space of repentance. --Tillotson.
5. A short time; a while. [R.] ``To stay your deadly strife a
space.' --Spenser.
6. Walk; track; path; course. [Obs.]
This ilke [same] monk let old things pace, And held
after the new world the space. --Chaucer.
7. (print.)
(a) A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so
as not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to
separate words or letters.
(b) The distance or interval between words or letters in
the lines, or between lines, as in books.
Note: Spaces are of different thicknesses to enable the
compositor to arrange the words at equal distances from
each other in the same line.
8. (Mus.) One of the intervals, or open places, between the
lines of the staff.
Absolute space, Euclidian space, etc. See under
Absolute, Euclidian, etc.
Space line (Print.), a thin piece of metal used by printers
to open the lines of type to a regular distance from each
other, and for other purposes; a lead. --Hansard.
Space rule (Print.), a fine, thin, short metal rule of the
same height as the type, used in printing short lines in
tabular matter. Absolute zero Absolute zero (Physics), the be ginning, or zero point, in
the scale of absolute temperature. It is equivalent to
-273[deg] centigrade or -459.4[deg] Fahrenheit.
Syn: Positive; peremptory; certain; unconditional; unlimited;
unrestricted; unqualified; arbitrary; despotic;
autocratic. Absque hoc
Absque hoc Abs"que hoc [L., without this.] (Law)
The technical words of denial used in traversing what has
been alleged, and is repeated.
Abuse of distressAbuse A*buse", n. [F. abus, L. abusus, fr. abuti. See Abuse,
v. t.]
1. Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad
purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an
abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an
abuse of language.
Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty,
as well as by the abuses of power. --Madison.
2. Physical ill treatment; injury. ``Rejoice . . . at the
abuse of Falstaff.' --Shak.
3. A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as,
the abuses in the civil service.
Abuse after disappeared without a struggle..
--Macaulay.
4. Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive
language; virulent condemnation; reviling.
The two parties, after exchanging a good deal of
abuse, came to blows. --Macaulay.
5. Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child. [Obs.]
Or is it some abuse, and no such thing? --Shak.
Abuse of distress (Law), a wrongful using of an animal or
chattel distrained, by the distrainer.
Syn: Invective; contumely; reproach; scurrility; insult;
opprobrium.
Usage: Abuse, Invective. Abuse is generally prompted by
anger, and vented in harsh and unseemly words. It is
more personal and coarse than invective. Abuse
generally takes place in private quarrels; invective
in writing or public discussions. Invective may be
conveyed in refined language and dictated by
indignation against what is blameworthy. --C. J.
Smith. Acceptance of a bill of exchange Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the
constituent elements into which all contracts are
resolved.
Acceptance of a bill of exchange, check, draft, or
order, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms.
This engagement is usually made by writing the word
``accepted' across the face of the bill.
Acceptance of goods, under the statute of frauds, is an
intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of
the transaction.
6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.]
Acceptance of persons, partiality, favoritism. See under
Accept. Acceptance of goods Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the
constituent elements into which all contracts are
resolved.
Acceptance of a bill of exchange, check, draft, or
order, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms.
This engagement is usually made by writing the word
``accepted' across the face of the bill.
Acceptance of goods, under the statute of frauds, is an
intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of
the transaction.
6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.]
Acceptance of persons, partiality, favoritism. See under
Accept. Acceptance of persons Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the
constituent elements into which all contracts are
resolved.
Acceptance of a bill of exchange, check, draft, or
order, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms.
This engagement is usually made by writing the word
``accepted' across the face of the bill.
Acceptance of goods, under the statute of frauds, is an
intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of
the transaction.
6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.]
Acceptance of persons, partiality, favoritism. See under
Accept. Accessary after the factAccessary Ac*ces"sa*ry (277), n.; pl. Accessaries. [Cf.
Accessory and LL. accessarius.] (Law)
One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or
instigator to the commission of an offense.
Accessary before the fact (Law), one who commands or
counsels an offense, not being present at its commission.
Accessary after the fact, one who, after an offense,
assists or shelters the offender, not being present at the
commission of the offense.
Note: This word, as used in law, is spelt accessory by
Blackstone and many others; but in this sense is spelt
accessary by Bouvier, Burrill, Burns, Whishaw, Dane,
and the Penny Cyclopedia; while in other senses it is
spelt accessory. In recent text-books on criminal law
the distinction is not preserved, the spelling being
either accessary or accessory. Accessary before the factAccessary Ac*ces"sa*ry (277), n.; pl. Accessaries. [Cf.
Accessory and LL. accessarius.] (Law)
One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or
instigator to the commission of an offense.
Accessary before the fact (Law), one who commands or
counsels an offense, not being present at its commission.
Accessary after the fact, one who, after an offense,
assists or shelters the offender, not being present at the
commission of the offense.
Note: This word, as used in law, is spelt accessory by
Blackstone and many others; but in this sense is spelt
accessary by Bouvier, Burrill, Burns, Whishaw, Dane,
and the Penny Cyclopedia; while in other senses it is
spelt accessory. In recent text-books on criminal law
the distinction is not preserved, the spelling being
either accessary or accessory. Accountable ness
Accountable ness Ac*count"a*ble ness, n.
The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.
acropetal botryose centripetal indefinite inflorescenceIndeterminate In`de*ter"mi*nate, a. [L. indeterminatus.]
Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not
precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. --Paley.
Indeterminate analysis (Math.), that branch of analysis
which has for its object the solution of indeterminate
problems.
Indeterminate coefficients (Math.), coefficients
arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to
facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are
subsequently determined.
Indeterminate equation (Math.), an equation in which the
unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values,
or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate
when it contains more unknown quantities than there are
equations.
Indeterminate inflorescence (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence
in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the
terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the
stem indefinitely; -- called also acropetal, botryose,
centripetal, & indefinite inflorescence. --Gray.
Indeterminate problem (Math.), a problem which admits of an
infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are
fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or
required results.
Indeterminate quantity (Math.), a quantity which has no
fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with
any proposed condition.
Indeterminate series (Math.), a series whose terms proceed
by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also
with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate
coefficients. -- In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly adv. --
In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness, n. Active capitalActive Ac"tive, a. [F. actif, L. activus, fr. agere to act.]
1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change;
communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to
passive, that receives; as, certain active principles;
the powers of the mind.
2. Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body;
nimble; as, an active child or animal.
Active and nervous was his gait. --Wordsworth.
3. In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; --
opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as,
active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
4. Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic;
diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish,
indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business;
active mind; active zeal.
5. Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to
sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or
service; active scenes.
6. Given to action rather than contemplation; practical;
operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical;
as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
7. Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
8. Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease;
an active remedy.
9. (Gram.)
(a) Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to
passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
(b) Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts
upon or affects something else; transitive.
(c) Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct
from mere existence or state.
Active capital, Active wealth, money, or property that
may readily be converted into money.
Syn: Agile; alert; brisk; vigorous; nimble; lively; quick;
sprightly; prompt; energetic. Active hyperaemiaHyperaemia Hy`per*[ae]"mi*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over +
a"i^ma blood.] (Med.)
A superabundance or congestion of blood in an organ or part
of the body.
Active hyper[ae]mia, congestion due to increased flow of
blood to a part.
Passive hyper[ae]mia, interchange due to obstruction in the
return of blood from a part. -- Hy`per*[ae]"mic, a.
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