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A beating windBeat Beat, v. i.
1. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock
vigorously or loudly.
The men of the city . . . beat at the door.
--Judges. xix.
22.
2. To move with pulsation or throbbing.
A thousand hearts beat happily. --Byron.
3. To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force;
to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.
Sees rolling tempests vainly beat below. --Dryden.
They [winds] beat at the crazy casement.
--Longfellow.
The sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he
fainted, and wisbed in himself to die. --Jonah iv.
8.
Public envy seemeth to beat chiefly upon ministers.
--Bacon.
4. To be in agitation or doubt. [Poetic]
To still my beating mind. --Shak.
5. (Naut.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a
zigzag line or traverse.
6. To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.
7. (Mil.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the
drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.
8. (Acoustics & Mus.) To sound with more or less rapid
alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to
produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones,
or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
A beating wind (Naut.), a wind which necessitates tacking
in order to make progress.
To beat about, to try to find; to search by various means
or ways. --Addison.
To beat about the bush, to approach a subject circuitously.
To beat up and down (Hunting), to run first one way and
then another; -- said of a stag.
To beat up for recruits, to go diligently about in order to
get helpers or participators in an enterprise. A great grossGross Gross, n. [F. gros (in sense 1), grosse (in sense 2).
See Gross, a.]
1. The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass. ``The gross
of the enemy.' --Addison.
For the gross of the people, they are considered as
a mere herd of cattle. --Burke.
2. sing. & pl. The number of twelve dozen; twelve times
twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.
Advowson in gross (Law), an advowson belonging to a person,
and not to a manor.
A great gross, twelve gross; one hundred and forty-four
dozen.
By the gross, by the quantity; at wholesale.
Common in gross. (Law) See under Common, n.
In the gross, In gross, in the bulk, or the undivided
whole; all parts taken together. Ablaqueate
Ablaqueate Ab*la"que*ate, v. t. [L. ablaqueatus, p. p. of.
ablaqueare; fr. ab + laqueus a noose.]
To lay bare, as the roots of a tree. [Obs.] --Bailey.
Ablaqueation
Ablaqueation Ab*la`que*a"tion, n. [L. ablaqueatio.]
The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to
expose them to the air and water. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
Achirus lineatusHogchoker Hog"chok`er, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An American sole (Achirus lineatus, or A. achirus),
related to the European sole, but of no market value. Aculeate
Aculeate A*cu"le*ate, a. [L. aculeatus, fr. aculeus, dim. of
acus needle.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp
like a prickle.
2. (Bot.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with
prickles.
3. Severe or stinging; incisive. [R.] --Bacon.
Aculeated
Aculeated A*cu"le*a`ted, a.
Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.
After-eatage
After-eatage Aft"er-eat`age, n.
Aftergrass.
Aleatory
Aleatory A"le*a*to*ry, a. [L. aleatorius, fr. alea chance,
die.] (Law)
Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory
contract. --Bouvier.
Alineation
Allineation Al*lin`e*a"tion, Alineation A*lin`e*a"tion, n.
Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets
with the sun. --Whewell.
The allineation of the two planets. --C. A. Young.
AlineationAlineation A*lin`e*a"tion, n.
See Allineation. Allineate
Allineate Al*lin"e*ate, v. t. [L. ad + lineatus, p. p. of
lineare to draw a line.]
To align. [R.] --Herschel.
Allineation
Allineation Al*lin`e*a"tion, Alineation A*lin`e*a"tion, n.
Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets
with the sun. --Whewell.
The allineation of the two planets. --C. A. Young.
Alveated
Alveated Al"ve*a`ted, a. [L. alveatus hollowed out.]
Formed or vaulted like a beehive.
Ambreate
Ambreate Am"bre*ate, n. (Chem.)
A salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base
or positive radical.
Amphitheatric
Amphitheatric Am`phi*the*at"ric, Amphitheatrical
Am`phi*the*at"ric*al, a. [L. amphitheatricus.]
Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an
amphitheater.
Amphitheatrical
Amphitheatric Am`phi*the*at"ric, Amphitheatrical
Am`phi*the*at"ric*al, a. [L. amphitheatricus.]
Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an
amphitheater.
Amphitheatrically
Amphitheatrically Am`phi*the*at"ric*al*ly, adv.
In the form or manner of an amphitheater.
Aneath
Aneath A*neath", prep. & adv. [Pref. a- + neath for beneath.]
Beneath. [Scot.]
Animal heatAnimal An"i*mal, a. [Cf. F. animal.]
1. Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.
2. Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as
distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or
spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.
3. Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.
Animal magnetism. See Magnetism and Mesmerism.
Animal electricity, the electricity developed in some
animals, as the electric eel, torpedo, etc.
Animal flower (Zo["o]l.), a name given to certain marine
animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or
sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes,
etc.
Animal heat (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a
living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at
nearly a uniform temperature.
Animal spirits. See under Spirit.
Animal kingdom, the whole class of beings endowed with
animal life. It embraces several subkingdoms, and under
these there are Classes, Orders, Families, Genera,
Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in
regular subordination, but variously arranged by different
writers.
Note: The following are the grand divisions, or subkingdoms,
and the principal classes under them, generally
recognized at the present time: Ant-eaterAnt-eater Ant"-eat`er, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed
upon ants. See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and
Echidna. Aureate
Aureate Au"re*ate, a. [L. aureatus, fr. aureus golden, fr.
aurum gold.]
Golden; gilded. --Skelton.
Australian ant-eaterEchidna E*chid"na, n. [L., a viper, adder, Gr. ?.]
1. (Gr. Myth.) A monster, half maid and half serpent.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia,
Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered
with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and
Australian ant-eater. AweatherAweather A*weath"er, adv. [Pref. a- + weather.] (Naut.)
On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction
from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm
aweather! --Totten. B lineatusBuzzard Buz"zard (b[u^]z"z[~e]rd), n.[O.E. busard, bosard, F.
busard, fr. buse, L. buteo, a kind of falcon or hawk.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to
the genus Buteo and related genera.
Note: The Buteo vulgaris is the common buzzard of Europe.
The American species (of which the most common are B.
borealis, B. Pennsylvanicus, and B. lineatus) are
usually called hen hawks. -- The rough-legged buzzard,
or bee hawk, of Europe (Pernis apivorus) feeds on
bees and their larv[ae], with other insects, and
reptiles. -- The moor buzzard of Europe is Circus
[ae]ruginosus. See Turkey buzzard, and Carrion
buzzard.
Bald buzzard, the fishhawk or osprey. See Fishhawk.
2. A blockhead; a dunce.
It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not
be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a
buzzard. --Goldsmith. B lineatusHen Hen, n. [AS. henn, hen, h[ae]n; akin to D. hen, OHG.
henna, G. henne, Icel. h?na, Dan. h["o]na; the fem.
corresponding to AS. hana cock, D. haan, OHG. hano, G. hahn,
Icel. hani, Dan. & Sw. hane. Prob. akin to L. canere to sing,
and orig. meaning, a singer. Cf. Chanticleer.] (Zo["o]l.)
The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse,
pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray
hen.
Note: Used adjectively or in combination to indicate the
female; as, hen canary, hen eagle, hen turkey, peahen.
Hen clam. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A clam of the Mactra, and allied genera; the sea clam
or surf clam. See Surf clam.
(b) A California clam of the genus Pachydesma.
Hen driver. See Hen harrier (below).
Hen harrier (Zo["o]l.), a hawk (Circus cyaneus), found in
Europe and America; -- called also dove hawk, henharm,
henharrow, hen driver, and usually, in America, marsh
hawk. See Marsh hawk.
Hen hawk (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of large hawks
which capture hens; esp., the American red-tailed hawk
(Buteo borealis), the red-shouldered hawk (B.
lineatus), and the goshawk. BaccalaureateBaccalaureate Bac`ca*lau"re*ate, a.
Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.
Baccalaureate sermon, in some American colleges, a sermon
delivered as a farewell discourse to a graduating class. Baccalaureate sermonBaccalaureate Bac`ca*lau"re*ate, a.
Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.
Baccalaureate sermon, in some American colleges, a sermon
delivered as a farewell discourse to a graduating class. Baked-meat
Bakemeat Bake"meat` (b[=a]k"m[=e]t`), Baked-meat
Baked"-meat` (b[=a]kt"-), n.
A pie; baked food. [Obs.] --Gen. xl. 17. --Shak.
Bakemeat
Bakemeat Bake"meat` (b[=a]k"m[=e]t`), Baked-meat
Baked"-meat` (b[=a]kt"-), n.
A pie; baked food. [Obs.] --Gen. xl. 17. --Shak.
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