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AppertinanceAppertinance Ap*per"ti*nance, Appertinence Ap*per"ti*nence,
n.
See Appurtenance. Coccothraustes vespertinaEvening E"ven*ing, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See even, n., and cf.
Eve.]
1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of
darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of
the sum.
In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that
usher evening rose. --Milton.
Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the
United States, the afternoon is called evening.
--Bartlett.
2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as
of strength or glory.
Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. ``Evening
Prayer.' --Shak.
Evening flower (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants
(Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with
sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which
expand in the evening.
Evening grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), an American singing bird
(Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill.
Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail
black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called
because it sings in the evening.
Evening primrose. See under Primrose.
The evening star, the bright star of early evening in the
western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically,
the planet Venus; -- called also Vesper and Hesperus.
During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are
also evening stars. See Morning Star. Concertina
Concertina Con`cer*ti"na, n. [From It. concerto a concert.]
A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion.
It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on
the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of
the two hexagonal heads.
LibertinageLibertinage Lib"er*tin*age (-t[i^]n*[asl]j), n. [Cf. F.
libertinage. See Libertine.]
Libertinism; license. [R.] Macrochelys lacertinaAlligator Al"li*ga`tor, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el
lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L.
lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See Lizard.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile
family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader
snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower
jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal
notches. Besides the common species of the southern United
States, there are allied species in South America.
2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens
like the movable jaw of an alligator; as,
(a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle
ball;
(b) (Mining) a rock breaker;
(c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also alligator
press.
Alligator apple (Bot.), the fruit of the Anona palustris,
a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its
properties. --Loudon.
Alligator fish (Zo["o]l.), a marine fish of northwestern
America (Podothecus acipenserinus).
Alligator gar (Zo["o]l.), one of the gar pikes
(Lepidosteus spatula) found in the southern rivers of
the United States. The name is also applied to other
species of gar pikes.
Alligator pear (Bot.), a corruption of Avocado pear. See
Avocado.
Alligator snapper, Alligator tortoise, Alligator turtle
(Zo["o]l.), a very large and voracious turtle
(Macrochelys lacertina) inhabiting the rivers of the
southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of
two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to
which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a
scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This
name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of
Trionyx.
Alligator wood, the timber of a tree of the West Indies
(Guarea Swartzii). NemertinaNemertina Nem`er*ti"na, n. pl. [NL. See Nemrtes.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth,
often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating
cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and
Rhynchoc[oe]la.
Note: The mouth is beneath the head, and the straight
intestine at the posterior and. They have a very
singular long tubular proboscis, which can be everted
from a pore in the front of the head. Their nervous
system and blood vessels are well developed. Some of
the species become over one hundred feet long. They are
mostly marine and seldom parasitic; a few inhabit fresh
water. the two principal divisions are Anopla and
Enopla. PertinaciousPertinacious Per`ti*na"cious, a.[L. pertinax, -acis; per +
tenax tenacious. See Per-, and Tenacious.]
1. Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design,
with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as,
pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.
2. Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.
Diligence is a steady, constant, and pertinacious
study. --South.
Syn: Obstinate; stubborn; inflexible; unyielding; resolute;
determined; firm; constant; steady. --
Per`ti*na"cious*ly, adv. -- Per`ti*na"cious*ness, n. PertinaciouslyPertinacious Per`ti*na"cious, a.[L. pertinax, -acis; per +
tenax tenacious. See Per-, and Tenacious.]
1. Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design,
with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as,
pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.
2. Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.
Diligence is a steady, constant, and pertinacious
study. --South.
Syn: Obstinate; stubborn; inflexible; unyielding; resolute;
determined; firm; constant; steady. --
Per`ti*na"cious*ly, adv. -- Per`ti*na"cious*ness, n. PertinaciousnessPertinacious Per`ti*na"cious, a.[L. pertinax, -acis; per +
tenax tenacious. See Per-, and Tenacious.]
1. Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design,
with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as,
pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.
2. Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.
Diligence is a steady, constant, and pertinacious
study. --South.
Syn: Obstinate; stubborn; inflexible; unyielding; resolute;
determined; firm; constant; steady. --
Per`ti*na"cious*ly, adv. -- Per`ti*na"cious*ness, n. PertinacyPertinacy Per"ti*na*cy, n. [L. pertinere to pertain. See
Pertinence.]
The quality or state of being pertinent; pertinence. [Obs.] PertinacyPertinacy Per"ti*na*cy, n. [L. pertinacia, fr. pertinax. See
Pertinacious.]
Pertinacity. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Pertinate
Pertinate Per"ti*nate, a.
Pertinacious. [Obs.]
Pertinately
Pertinately Per"ti*nate*ly, adv.
Pertinaciously. [Obs.]
Pinus LambertinaPinite Pi"nite, n. [L. pinus the pine tree.]
1. (Paleon.) Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having
belonged to the Pine family.
2. (Chem.) A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from
the gum of a species of pine (Pinus Lambertina). It is
isomeric with, and resembles, quercite. Siren lacertinaMud Mud, n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw.
modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. Mother a
scum on liquors.]
Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.
Mud bass (Zo["o]l.), a fresh-water fish (Acantharchum
pomotis) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep
grunting note.
Mud bath, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in
mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for
disease.
Mud boat, a large flatboat used in deredging.
Mud cat. See Catfish.
Mud crab (Zo["o]l.), any one of several American marine
crabs of the genus Panopeus.
Mud dab (Zo["o]l.), the winter flounder. See Flounder,
and Dab.
Mud dauber (Zo["o]l.), a mud wasp.
Mud devil (Zo["o]l.), the fellbender.
Mud drum (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into
which sediment and mud in the water can settle for
removal.
Mud eel (Zo["o]l.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian
(Siren lacertina), found in the Southern United States.
It has persistent external gills and only the anterior
pair of legs. See Siren.
Mud frog (Zo["o]l.), a European frog (Pelobates fuscus).
Mud hen. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The American coot (Fulica Americana).
(b) The clapper rail.
Mud lark, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud.
[Slang]
Mud minnow (Zo["o]l.), any small American fresh-water fish
of the genus Umbra, as U. limi. The genus is allied to
the pickerels.
Mud plug, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler.
Mud puppy (Zo["o]l.), the menobranchus.
Mud scow, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat.
[U.S.]
Mud turtle, Mud tortoise (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous
species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States.
Mud wasp (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to Pep[ae]us, and allied
genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached,
side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings,
etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with
spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve
as food for the larva. Called also mud dauber. Siren lacertinaSiren Si"ren, n. [L., fr. Gr. ???: cf. F. sir[`e]ne.]
1. (Class. Myth.) One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according
to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island
near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness
that they lured mariners to destruction.
Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas; Their
song is death, and makes destruction please. --Pope.
2. An enticing, dangerous woman. --Shak.
3. Something which is insidious or deceptive.
Consumption is a siren. --W. Irving.
4. A mermaid. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. (Zo["o]l.) Any long, slender amphibian of the genus
Siren or family Sirenid[ae], destitute of hind legs
and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as
lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of
the Southern United States. The more common species
(Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and
becames two feet long.
6. [F. sir[`e]ne, properly, a siren in sense 1.] (Acoustics)
An instrument for producing musical tones and for
ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per
second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds
are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A
form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed
air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog. [Written
also sirene, and syren.] Vespertinal
Vespertinal Ves"per*ti`nal, a.
Vespertine. --Lowell.
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