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C familiarisCreeper Creep"er (kr[=e]p"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.
Standing waters are most unwholesome, . . . full of
mites, creepers; slimy, muddy, unclean. --Burton.
2. (Bot.) A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to
the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper
(Ampelopsis quinquefolia).
3. (Zo["o]l.) A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to
the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is C.
familiaris, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits
America; -- called also tree creeper and creeptree.
The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia.
4. A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead
of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe
to prevent one from slipping.
5. pl. A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables
one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph
creepers.
6. A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
7. pl. An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at
the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and
bringing up what may lie there.
8. Any device for causing material to move steadily from one
part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding
machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.
9. pl. (Arch.) Crockets. See Crocket. Chlorine familyChlorine Chlo"rine, n. [Gr. ? pale green, greenish yellow. So
named from its color. See Yellow.] (Chem.)
One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a
greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air,
of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and
exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most
important compound being common salt. It is powerful
oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl.
Atomic weight, 35.4.
Chlorine family, the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine,
and iodine, called the halogens, and classed together
from their common peculiarities. FamiliarFamiliar Fa*mil`iar, a. [OE. familer, familier, F. familier,
fr. L. familiaris, fr. familia family. See Family.]
1. Of or pertaining to a family; domestic. ``Familiar
feuds.' --Byron.
2. Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion;
well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with
the Scriptures.
3. Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate
friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible. ``In
loose, familiar strains.' --Addison.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. --Shak.
4. Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a
familiar illustration.
That war, or peace, or both at once, may be As
things acquainted and familiar to us. --Shak.
There is nothing more familiar than this. --Locke.
5. Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate. --Camden.
Familiar spirit, a demon or evil spirit supposed to attend
at call. --1 Sam. xxviii. 3, 7-9. Familiar
Familiar Fa*mil"iar, n.
1. An intimate; a companion.
All my familiars watched for my halting. --Jer. xx.
10.
2. An attendant demon or evil spirit. --Shak.
3. (Court of Inquisition) A confidential officer employed in
the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending
and imprisoning the accused.
Familiar spiritFamiliar Fa*mil`iar, a. [OE. familer, familier, F. familier,
fr. L. familiaris, fr. familia family. See Family.]
1. Of or pertaining to a family; domestic. ``Familiar
feuds.' --Byron.
2. Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion;
well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with
the Scriptures.
3. Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate
friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible. ``In
loose, familiar strains.' --Addison.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. --Shak.
4. Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a
familiar illustration.
That war, or peace, or both at once, may be As
things acquainted and familiar to us. --Shak.
There is nothing more familiar than this. --Locke.
5. Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate. --Camden.
Familiar spirit, a demon or evil spirit supposed to attend
at call. --1 Sam. xxviii. 3, 7-9. Familiar spiritsSpirit Spir"it, n. [OF. espirit, esperit, F. esprit, L.
spiritus, from spirare to breathe, to blow. Cf. Conspire,
Expire, Esprit, Sprite.]
1. Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes,
life itself. [Obs.] ``All of spirit would deprive.'
--Spenser.
The mild air, with season moderate, Gently
attempered, and disposed eo well, That still it
breathed foorth sweet spirit. --Spenser.
2. A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a
mark to denote aspiration; a breathing. [Obs.]
Be it a letter or spirit, we have great use for it.
--B. Jonson.
3. Life, or living substance, considered independently of
corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart
from any physical organization or embodiment; vital
essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.
4. The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the
soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides;
the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions,
whether spiritual or material.
There is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the
Almighty giveth them understanding. --Job xxxii.
8.
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith
without works is dead also. --James ii.
26.
Spirit is a substance wherein thinking, knowing,
doubting, and a power of moving, do subsist.
--Locke.
5. Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it
has left the body.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was,
and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
--Eccl. xii.
7.
Ye gentle spirits far away, With whom we shared the
cup of grace. --Keble.
6. Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a
specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an
elf.
Whilst young, preserve his tender mind from all
impressions of spirits and goblins in the dark.
--Locke.
7. Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.
``Write it then, quickly,' replied Bede; and
summoning all his spirits together, like the last
blaze of a candle going out, he indited it, and
expired. --Fuller.
8. One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great
activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper;
as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.
Such spirits as he desired to please, such would I
choose for my judges. --Dryden.
9. Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or
disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the
plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be
downhearted, or in bad spirits.
God has . . . made a spirit of building succeed a
spirit of pulling down. --South.
A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the
same spirit that its author writ. --Pope.
10. Intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to
formal statement; also, characteristic quality,
especially such as is derived from the individual genius
or the personal character; as, the spirit of an
enterprise, of a document, or the like.
11. Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed
of active qualities.
All bodies have spirits . . . within them. --Bacon.
12. Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol,
the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first
distilled from wine): -- often in the plural.
13. pl. Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors
having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt
liquors.
14. (Med.) A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf.
Tincture. --U. S. Disp.
15. (Alchemy) Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal
ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some,
orpiment).
The four spirits and the bodies seven. --Chaucer.
16. (Dyeing) Stannic chloride. See under Stannic.
Note: Spirit is sometimes joined with other words, forming
compounds, generally of obvious signification; as,
spirit-moving, spirit-searching, spirit-stirring, etc.
Astral spirits, Familiar spirits, etc. See under
Astral, Familiar, etc.
Animal spirits.
(a) (Physiol.) The fluid which at one time was supposed
to circulate through the nerves and was regarded as
the agent of sensation and motion; -- called also the
nervous fluid, or nervous principle.
(b) Physical health and energy; frolicsomeness;
sportiveness.
Ardent spirits, strong alcoholic liquors, as brandy, rum,
whisky, etc., obtained by distillation.
Holy Spirit, or The Spirit (Theol.), the Spirit of God,
or the third person of the Trinity; the Holy Ghost. The
spirit also signifies the human spirit as influenced or
animated by the Divine Spirit.
Proof spirit. (Chem.) See under Proof.
Rectified spirit (Chem.), spirit rendered purer or more
concentrated by redistillation, so as to increase the
percentage of absolute alcohol.
Spirit butterfly (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
delicate butterflies of tropical America belonging to the
genus Ithomia. The wings are gauzy and nearly destitute
of scales.
Spirit duck. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The buffle-headed duck.
(b) The golden-eye.
Spirit lamp (Art), a lamp in which alcohol or methylated
spirit is burned.
Spirit level. See under Level.
Spirit of hartshorn. (Old Chem.) See under Hartshorn.
Spirit of Mindererus (Med.), an aqueous solution of acetate
of ammonium; -- named after R. Minderer, physician of
Augsburg.
Spirit of nitrous ether (Med. Chem.), a pale yellow liquid,
of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor. It is
obtained by the distillation of alcohol with nitric and
sulphuric acids, and consists essentially of ethyl nitrite
with a little acetic aldehyde. It is used as a
diaphoretic, diuretic, antispasmodic, etc. Called also
sweet spirit of niter.
Spirit of salt (Chem.), hydrochloric acid; -- so called
because obtained from salt and sulphuric acid. [Obs.]
Spirit of sense, the utmost refinement of sensation. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Spirits, or Spirit, of turpentine (Chem.), rectified
oil of turpentine, a transparent, colorless, volatile, and
very inflammable liquid, distilled from the turpentine of
the various species of pine; camphine. See Camphine.
Spirit of vitriol (Chem.), sulphuric acid; -- so called
because formerly obtained by the distillation of green
vitriol. [Obs.]
Spirit of vitriolic ether (Chem.) ether; -- often but
incorrectly called sulphuric ether. See Ether. [Obs.]
Spirits, or Spirit, of wine (Chem.), alcohol; -- so
called because formerly obtained by the distillation of
wine.
Spirit rapper, one who practices spirit rapping; a
``medium' so called.
Spirit rapping, an alleged form of communication with the
spirits of the dead by raps. See Spiritualism, 3.
Sweet spirit of niter. See Spirit of nitrous ether,
above. Familiarization
Familiarization Fa*mil`iar*i*za"tion, n.
The act or process of making familiar; the result of becoming
familiar; as, familiarization with scenes of blood.
Familiarly
Familiarly Fa"mil"iar*ly, adv.
In a familiar manner.
Familiarness
Familiarness Fa*mil"iar*ness, n.
Familiarity. [R.]
FamiliaryFamiliary Fa*mil"ia*ry, a. [L. familiaris. See Familiar.]
Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic. [Obs.]
--Milton. Familism
Familism Fam"i*lism, n.
The tenets of the Familists. --Milton.
FamilistFamilist Fam"i*list, n. [From Family.] (Eccl. Hist.)
One of afanatical Antinomian sect originating in Holland, and
existing in England about 1580, called the Family of Love,
who held that religion consists wholly in love. FamilisteriesFamilistery Fam"i*lis*ter*y, n.; pl. Familisteries. [F.
familist[`e]re.]
A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and
are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs. FamilisteryFamilistery Fam"i*lis*ter*y, n.; pl. Familisteries. [F.
familist[`e]re.]
A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and
are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs. Familistic
Familistic Fam`i*listic, Familistical Fam`i*lis"tic*al, a.
Pertaining to Familists. --Baxter.
Familistical
Familistic Fam`i*listic, Familistical Fam`i*lis"tic*al, a.
Pertaining to Familists. --Baxter.
Family altarAltar Al"tar, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl.
altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier,
F. autel. Cf. Altitude.]
1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of
stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense
burned to a deity.
Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii.
20.
2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or
other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist;
the communion table.
Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread.
Altar cloth or
Altar-cloth, the cover for an altar in a Christian church,
usually richly embroidered.
Altar cushion, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian
church to support the service book.
Altar frontal. See Frontal.
Altar rail, the railing in front of the altar or communion
table.
Altar screen, a wall or partition built behind an altar to
protect it from approach in the rear.
Altar tomb, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc.
Family altar, place of family devotions.
To lead (as a bride) to the altar, to marry; -- said of a
woman. ForisfamiliateForisfamiliate Fo`ris*fa*mil"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Forisfamiliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Forisfamiliating.] [LL.
forisfamiliatus, p. p. of forisfamiliater to forisfamiliate;
L. foris abroad, without + familia family.] (LAw)
Literally, to put out of a family; hence, to portion off, so
as to exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate (as
a with his own consent) from paternal authority.
--Blackstone. Forisfamiliate
Forisfamiliate Fo`ris*fa*mil"i*ate, v. i. (Law)
To renounce a legal title to a further share of paternal
inheritance.
ForisfamiliatedForisfamiliate Fo`ris*fa*mil"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Forisfamiliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Forisfamiliating.] [LL.
forisfamiliatus, p. p. of forisfamiliater to forisfamiliate;
L. foris abroad, without + familia family.] (LAw)
Literally, to put out of a family; hence, to portion off, so
as to exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate (as
a with his own consent) from paternal authority.
--Blackstone. ForisfamiliatingForisfamiliate Fo`ris*fa*mil"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Forisfamiliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Forisfamiliating.] [LL.
forisfamiliatus, p. p. of forisfamiliater to forisfamiliate;
L. foris abroad, without + familia family.] (LAw)
Literally, to put out of a family; hence, to portion off, so
as to exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate (as
a with his own consent) from paternal authority.
--Blackstone. Forisfamiliation
Forisfamiliation Fo`ris*fa*mil`i*a"tion, n. (Law)
The act of forisfamiliating.
Happy familyHappy Hap"py, a. [Compar. Happier; superl. Happiest.]
[From Hap chance.]
1. Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate;
successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy
expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen.
Chymists have been more happy in finding experiments
than the causes of them. --Boyle.
2. Experiencing the effect of favorable fortune; having the
feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of
enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace,
tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous; as, happy hours,
happy thoughts.
Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord. --Ps.
cxliv. 15.
The learned is happy Nature to explore, The fool is
happy that he knows no more. --Pope.
3. Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.
One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels in
a in a rejoinder. --Swift.
Happy family, a collection of animals of different and
hostile propensities living peaceably together in one
cage. Used ironically of conventional alliances of persons
who are in fact mutually repugnant.
Happy-go-lucky, trusting to hap or luck; improvident;
easy-going. ``Happy-go-lucky carelessness.' --W. Black. PateresfamiliasPaterfamilias Pa`ter*fa*mil`i*as, n.; pl. Pateresfamilias.
[L., fr. pater father + familias, gen. of familia family.]
(Rom. Law)
The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an
estate; one who is his own master. PaterfamiliasPaterfamilias Pa`ter*fa*mil`i*as, n.; pl. Pateresfamilias.
[L., fr. pater father + familias, gen. of familia family.]
(Rom. Law)
The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an
estate; one who is his own master. Pear familyPear Pear (p[^a]r), n. [OE. pere, AS. peru, L. pirum: cf. F.
poire. Cf. Perry.] (Bot.)
The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus
communis), cultivated in many varieties in temperate
climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See Pear
family, below.
Pear blight.
(a) (Bot.) A name of two distinct diseases of pear trees,
both causing a destruction of the branches, viz., that
caused by a minute insect (Xyleborus pyri), and that
caused by the freezing of the sap in winter. --A. J.
Downing.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) A very small beetle (Xyleborus pyri) whose
larv[ae] bore in the twigs of pear trees and cause them
to wither.
Pear family (Bot.), a suborder of rosaceous plants
(Pome[ae]), characterized by the calyx tube becoming
fleshy in fruit, and, combined with the ovaries, forming a
pome. It includes the apple, pear, quince, service berry,
and hawthorn.
Pear gauge (Physics), a kind of gauge for measuring the
exhaustion of an air-pump receiver; -- so called because
consisting in part of a pear-shaped glass vessel.
Pear shell (Zo["o]l.), any marine gastropod shell of the
genus Pyrula, native of tropical seas; -- so called from
the shape.
Pear slug (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a sawfly which is very
injurious to the foliage of the pear tree. Rose family Rose de Pompadour, Rose du Barry, names succesively given
to a delicate rose color used on S[`e]vres porcelain.
Rose diamond, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the
other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges
which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf.
Brilliant, n.
Rose ear. See under Ear.
Rose elder (Bot.), the Guelder-rose.
Rose engine, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe,
by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with
a variety of curved lines. --Craig.
Rose family (Bot.) the Rosece[ae]. See Rosaceous.
Rose fever (Med.), rose cold.
Rose fly (Zo["o]l.), a rose betle, or rose chafer.
Rose gall (Zo["o]l.), any gall found on rosebushes. See
Bedeguar.
Rose knot, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to
resemble a rose; a rosette.
Rose lake, Rose madder, a rich tint prepared from lac and
madder precipitated on an earthy basis. --Fairholt.
Rose mallow. (Bot.)
(a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus
Hibiscus, with large rose-colored flowers.
(b) the hollyhock.
Rose nail, a nail with a convex, faceted head.
Rose noble, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the
figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward
III., and current at 6s. 8d. --Sir W. Scott.
Rose of China. (Bot.) See China rose
(b), under China.
Rose of Jericho (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant
(Anastatica Hierochuntica) which rolls up when dry, and
expands again when moistened; -- called also resurrection
plant.
Rose of Sharon (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub
(Hibiscus Syriacus). In the Bible the name is used for
some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or
possibly the great lotus flower.
Rose oil (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from
various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief
part of attar of roses.
Rose pink, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk
or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also,
the color of the pigment.
Rose quartz (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red.
Rose rash. (Med.) Same as Roseola.
Rose slug (Zo["o]l.), the small green larva of a black
sawfly (Selandria ros[ae]). These larv[ae] feed in
groups on the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and
are often abundant and very destructive.
Rose window (Arch.), a circular window filled with
ornamental tracery. Called also Catherine wheel, and
marigold window. Cf. wheel window, under Wheel.
Summer rose (Med.), a variety of roseola. See Roseola.
Under the rose [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret;
privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the
rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and
hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there
said was to be divulged.
Wars of the Roses (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of
York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the
House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster. Subfamily
Subfamily Sub*fam"i*ly, n. (Biol.)
One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into
which certain families are divided.
Superfamily
Superfamily Su"per*fam`i*ly, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A group intermediate between a family and a suborder.
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