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AmbergreaseAmbergrease Am"ber*grease, n.
See Ambergris. AppeaseAppease Ap*pease", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appealed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Appeasing.] [OE. apesen, apaisen, OF. apaisier,
apaissier, F. apaiser, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. pais peace, F.
paix, fr. L. pax, pacis. See Peace.]
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to
still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease
the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease
hunger or thirst.
Syn: To pacify; quiet; conciliate; propitiate; assuage;
compose; calm; allay; hush; soothe; tranquilize. Appeasement
Appeasement Ap*pease"ment, n.
The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased;
pacification. --Hayward.
Appeaser
Appeaser Ap*peas"er, n.
One who appeases; a pacifier.
Begrease
Begrease Be*grease", v. t.
To soil or daub with grease or other oily matter.
Bowling creaseCrease Crease, n. [Cf. LG. krus, G. krause, crispness,
krausen, kr[aum]usen, to crisp, curl, lay on folds; or perh.
of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. kriz a wrinkle, crease, kriza to
wrinkle, fold, W. crych a wrinkle, crychu to rumple, ripple,
crease.]
1. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable
substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
2. (Cricket) One of the lines serving to define the limits of
the bowler and the striker.
Bowling crease (Cricket), a line extending three feet four
inches on each side of the central strings at right angles
to the line between the wickets.
Return crease (Cricket), a short line at each end of the
bowling crease and at right angles to it, extending toward
the bowler.
Popping crease (Cricket),, a line drawn in front of the
wicket, four feet distant from it, parallel to the bowling
crease and at least as long as the latter. --J. H. Walsh
(Encyc. of Rural Sports). Caisson disease
Caisson disease Cais"son dis*ease" (Med.)
A disease frequently induced by remaining for some time in an
atmosphere of high pressure, as in caissons, diving bells,
etc. It is characterized by neuralgic pains and paralytic
symptoms. It is variously explained, most probably as due to
congestion of internal organs with subsequent stasis of the
blood.
Cease
Cease Cease, v. t.
To put a stop to; to bring to an end.
But he, her fears to cease Sent down the meek-eyed
peace. --Milton.
Cease, then, this impious rage. --Milton
Cease
Cease Cease, n.
Extinction. [Obs.] --Shak.
CeaseCease Cease (s[=e]s), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ceased; p. pr. &
vb. n. Ceasing.] [OE. cessen, cesen, F. cesser, fr. L.
cessare, v. intemsive fr. cedere to withdraw. See Cede, and
cf. Cessation.]
1. To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to
desist; as, the noise ceased. ``To cease from strife.'
--Prov. xx. 3.
2. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
The poor shall never cease out of the land. --Deut.
xv. 11.
Syn: To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue;
refrain; leave off; pause; end. CeasedCease Cease (s[=e]s), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ceased; p. pr. &
vb. n. Ceasing.] [OE. cessen, cesen, F. cesser, fr. L.
cessare, v. intemsive fr. cedere to withdraw. See Cede, and
cf. Cessation.]
1. To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to
desist; as, the noise ceased. ``To cease from strife.'
--Prov. xx. 3.
2. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
The poor shall never cease out of the land. --Deut.
xv. 11.
Syn: To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue;
refrain; leave off; pause; end. Ceaseless
Ceaseless Cease"less, a.
Without pause or end; incessant.
Ceaseless
Ceaseless Cease"less, adv.
Without intermission or end.
Chronic diseaseChronic Chron"ic, a. [L. chronicus, Gr. ? concerning time,
from ? time: cf. F. chronique.]
1. Relating to time; according to time.
2. Continuing for a long time; lingering; habitual.
Chronic disease, one which is inveterate, of long
continuance, or progresses slowly, in distinction from an
acute disease, which speedly terminates. Contagious disease
Contagious disease Con*ta"gious dis*ease" (Med.)
A disease communicable by contact with a patient suffering
from it, or with some secretion of, or object touched by,
such a patient. Most such diseases have already been proved
to be germ diseases, and their communicability depends on the
transmission of the living germs. Many germ diseases are not
contagious, some special method of transmission or
inoculation of the germs being required.
CreaseCrease Crease, n. (Lacrosse)
The combination of four lines forming a rectangle inclosing
either goal, or the inclosed space itself, within which no
attacking player is allowed unless the ball is there; --
called also goal crease. CreaseCrease Crease (kr[=e]s), n.
See Creese. --Tennyson. CreaseCrease Crease, n. [Cf. LG. krus, G. krause, crispness,
krausen, kr[aum]usen, to crisp, curl, lay on folds; or perh.
of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. kriz a wrinkle, crease, kriza to
wrinkle, fold, W. crych a wrinkle, crychu to rumple, ripple,
crease.]
1. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable
substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
2. (Cricket) One of the lines serving to define the limits of
the bowler and the striker.
Bowling crease (Cricket), a line extending three feet four
inches on each side of the central strings at right angles
to the line between the wickets.
Return crease (Cricket), a short line at each end of the
bowling crease and at right angles to it, extending toward
the bowler.
Popping crease (Cricket),, a line drawn in front of the
wicket, four feet distant from it, parallel to the bowling
crease and at least as long as the latter. --J. H. Walsh
(Encyc. of Rural Sports). Creaser
Creaser Creas"er (kr?s"?r), n.
1. A tool, or a sewing-machine attachment, for making lines
or creases on leather or cloth, as guides to sew by.
2. A tool for making creases or beads, as in sheet iron, or
for rounding small tubes.
3. (Bookbinding) A tool for making the band impression
distinct on the back. --Knight.
DeceasedDeceased De*ceased", a.
Passed away; dead; gone.
The deceased, the dead person. DecreaseDecrease De*crease", n. [OE. decrees, OF. decreis, fr.
decreistre. See Decrease, v.]
1. A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease
of revenue or of strength.
2. The wane of the moon. --Bacon. Decreaseless
Decreaseless De*crease"less, a.
Suffering no decrease. [R.]
It [the river] flows and flows, and yet will flow,
Volume decreaseless to the final hour. --A. Seward.
Degrease
Degrease De*grease", v. t.
To remove grease or fatty matter from, as wool or silk.
DiseaseDisease Dis*ease", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diseased; p. pr. &
vb. n. Diseasing.]
1. To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress.
[Obs.]
His double burden did him sore disease. --Spenser.
2. To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease
or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in
the participle diseased.
He was diseased in body and mind. --Macaulay. DiseaseDisease Dis*ease", n. [OE. disese, OF. desaise; des- (L. dis-)
+ aise ease. See Ease.]
1. Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.
[Obs.]
So all that night they passed in great disease.
--Spenser.
To shield thee from diseases of the world. --Shak.
2. An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its
organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the
vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and
weakness; malady; affection; illness; sickness; disorder;
-- applied figuratively to the mind, to the moral
character and habits, to institutions, the state, etc.
Diseases desperate grown, By desperate appliances
are relieved. --Shak.
The instability, injustice, and confusion introduced
into the public counsels have, in truth, been the
mortal diseases under which popular governments have
every where perished. --Madison.
Disease germ. See under Germ.
Syn: Distemper; ailing; ailment; malady; disorder; sickness;
illness; complaint; indisposition; affection. --
Disease, Disorder, Distemper, Malady,
Affection. Disease is the leading medical term.
Disorder mean? much the same, with perhaps some slight
reference to an irregularity of the system. Distemper is
now used by physicians only of the diseases of animals.
Malady is not a medical term, and is less used than
formerly in literature. Affection has special reference
to the part, organ, or function disturbed; as, his
disease is an affection of the lungs. A disease is
usually deep-seated and permanent, or at least
prolonged; a disorder is often slight, partial, and
temporary; malady has less of a technical sense than the
other terms, and refers more especially to the suffering
endured. In a figurative sense we speak of a disease
mind, of disordered faculties, and of mental maladies. Disease germDisease Dis*ease", n. [OE. disese, OF. desaise; des- (L. dis-)
+ aise ease. See Ease.]
1. Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.
[Obs.]
So all that night they passed in great disease.
--Spenser.
To shield thee from diseases of the world. --Shak.
2. An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its
organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the
vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and
weakness; malady; affection; illness; sickness; disorder;
-- applied figuratively to the mind, to the moral
character and habits, to institutions, the state, etc.
Diseases desperate grown, By desperate appliances
are relieved. --Shak.
The instability, injustice, and confusion introduced
into the public counsels have, in truth, been the
mortal diseases under which popular governments have
every where perished. --Madison.
Disease germ. See under Germ.
Syn: Distemper; ailing; ailment; malady; disorder; sickness;
illness; complaint; indisposition; affection. --
Disease, Disorder, Distemper, Malady,
Affection. Disease is the leading medical term.
Disorder mean? much the same, with perhaps some slight
reference to an irregularity of the system. Distemper is
now used by physicians only of the diseases of animals.
Malady is not a medical term, and is less used than
formerly in literature. Affection has special reference
to the part, organ, or function disturbed; as, his
disease is an affection of the lungs. A disease is
usually deep-seated and permanent, or at least
prolonged; a disorder is often slight, partial, and
temporary; malady has less of a technical sense than the
other terms, and refers more especially to the suffering
endured. In a figurative sense we speak of a disease
mind, of disordered faculties, and of mental maladies. Disease germGerm Germ, n. [F. germe, fr. L. germen, germinis, sprout, but,
germ. Cf. Germen, Germane.]
1. (Biol.) That which is to develop a new individual; as, the
germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the
earliest form under which an organism appears.
In the entire process in which a new being
originates . . . two distinct classes of action
participate; namely, the act of generation by which
the germ is produced; and the act of development, by
which that germ is evolved into the complete
organism. --Carpenter.
2. That from which anything springs; origin; first principle;
as, the germ of civil liberty.
Disease germ (Biol.), a name applied to certain tiny
bacterial organisms or their spores, such as Anthrax
bacillus and the Micrococcus of fowl cholera, which have
been demonstrated to be the cause of certain diseases. See
Germ theory (below).
Germ cell (Biol.), the germ, egg, spore, or cell from which
the plant or animal arises. At one time a part of the body
of the parent, it finally becomes detached,and by a
process of multiplication and growth gives rise to a mass
of cells, which ultimately form a new individual like the
parent. See Ovum.
Germ gland. (Anat.) See Gonad.
Germ stock (Zo["o]l.), a special process on which buds are
developed in certain animals. See Doliolum.
Germ theory (Biol.), the theory that living organisms can
be produced only by the evolution or development of living
germs or seeds. See Biogenesis, and Abiogenesis. As
applied to the origin of disease, the theory claims that
the zymotic diseases are due to the rapid development and
multiplication of various bacteria, the germs or spores of
which are either contained in the organism itself, or
transferred through the air or water. See Fermentation
theory. DiseasedDisease Dis*ease", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diseased; p. pr. &
vb. n. Diseasing.]
1. To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress.
[Obs.]
His double burden did him sore disease. --Spenser.
2. To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease
or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in
the participle diseased.
He was diseased in body and mind. --Macaulay. DiseasedDiseased Dis*eased", a.
Afflicted with disease.
It is my own diseased imagination that torments me.
--W. Irving.
Syn: See Morbid. Diseasedness
Diseasedness Dis*eas"ed*ness, n.
The state of being diseased; a morbid state; sickness. [R.]
--T. Burnet.
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