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AppellationAppellation Ap`pel*la"tion, n. [L. appellatio, fr. appellare:
cf. F. appellation. See Appeal.]
1. The act of appealing; appeal. [Obs.] --Spenser.
2. The act of calling by a name.
3. The word by which a particular person or thing is called
and known; name; title; designation.
They must institute some persons under the
appellation of magistrates. --Hume.
Syn: See Name. AppellativeAppellative Ap*pel"la*tive, a. [L. appellativus, fr.
appellare: cf. F. appelatif. See Appeal.]
1. Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive
denomination; denominative; naming. --Cudworth.
2. (Gram.) Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a
class. Appellative
Appellative Ap*pel"la*tive, n. [L. appelativum, sc. nomen.]
1. A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common
name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or
species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is
the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and
vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth.
A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single
thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie.
2. An appellation or title; a descriptive name.
God chosen it for one of his appellatives to be the
Defender of them. --Jer. Taylor.
Appellatively
Appellatively Ap*pel"la*tive*ly, adv.
After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express
whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used
appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong
man.
Appellativeness
Appellativeness Ap*pel"la*tive*ness, n.
The quality of being appellative. --Fuller.
Cancellation
Cancellation Can`cel*la"tion, n. [L. cancellatio: cf. F.
cancellation.]
1. The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the
cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the
contract itself.
2. (Math.) The operation of striking out common factors, in
both the dividend and divisor.
CastellationCastellation Cas`tel*la"tion, n. [LL. castellation, fr.
castellare, fr. L. castellum. See Castle.]
The act of making into a castle. CompellationCompellation Com`pel*la"tion, n. [L. compellatio, fr.
compellare to accost, fr. compellere. See Compel.]
Style of address or salutation; an appellation.
``Metaphorical compellations.' --Milton.
He useth this endearing compellation, ``My little
children.' --Bp.
Beveridge.
The peculiar compellation of the kings in France is by
``Sire,' which is nothing else but father. --Sir W.
Temple. Compellative
Compellative Com*pel"la*tive, n. (Gram.)
The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.
crenellationCrenelation Cren`el*a"tion (-?"sh?n), n.
The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an
indentation or an embrasure. [Written also crenellation.] CupellationCupellation Cu`pel*la"tion (k[=u]`p[e^]l*l[=a]"sh[u^]n) n.
[See Cupel.]
The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in a
cupel.
Note: The process consist in exposing the cupel containing
the metal to be assayed or refined to a hot blast, by
which the lead, copper, tin, etc., are oxidized,
dissolved, and carried down into the porous cupel,
leaving the unoxidizable precious metal. If lead is not
already present in the alloy it must be added before
cupellation. Debellation
Debellation Deb`el*la"tion, n. [LL. debellatio.]
The act of conquering or subduing. [Obs.]
Flabellation
Flabellation Flab`el*la"tion, n.
The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan
or some other contrivance. --Dunglison.
FlagellatingFlagellate Flag"el*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flagellated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Flagellating.] [L. flagellatus, p. p. of
flagellare to scoure, fr. flagellum whip, dim. of flagrum
whip, scoure; cf. fligere to strike. Cf. Flall.]
To whip; to scourge; to flog. Flagellation
Flagellation Flag`el*la"tion, n. [L. flagellatio: cf. F.
flagellation.]
A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging. --Garth.
Interpellation
Interpellation In`ter*pel*la"tion, n. [L. interpellatio: cf.
F. interpellation.]
1. The act of interpelling or interrupting; interruption.
``Continual interpellations.' --Bp. Hall.
2. The act of interposing or interceding; intercession.
Accepted by his interpellation and intercession.
--Jer. Taylor.
3. An act of interpellating, or of demanding of an officer an
explanation of his action; imperative or peremptory
questioning; a point raised in a debate.
4. A official summons or citation. --Ayliffe.
panellationPanelation Pan`el*a"tion, n.
The act of impaneling a jury. [Obs.] [Written also
panellation.] --Wood. Scutellation
Scutellation Scu`tel*la"tion, n. (Zo["o]l.)
the entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as on
the legs and feet of a bird.
Stellation
Stellation Stel*la"tion, n.
Radiation of light. [Obs.]
Subconstellation
Subconstellation Sub*con`stel*la"tion, n. (Astron.)
A subordinate constellation. --Sir T. Browne.
TessellatingTessellate Tes"sel*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tessellated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Tessellating.] [L. tessellatus tessellated.
See Tessellar.]
To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.
The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the
fashion of France. --Macaulay. Tessellation
Tessellation Tes`sel*la"tion, n.
The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed.
--J. Forsyth.
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