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Awe-stricken
Awe-stricken Awe"-strick`en, a.
Awe-struck.
ChickenChicken Chick"en, n. [AS. cicen, cyceun, dim. of coc cock;
akin to LG. kiken, k["u]ken, D. Kieken, kuiken, G.
k["u]chkein. See Cock the animal.]
1. A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.
2. A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden.
``Stella is no chicken.' --Swift.
Chicken cholera, a contagious disease of fowls; -- so
called because first studied during the prevalence of a
cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true
cholera. Chicken choleraChicken Chick"en, n. [AS. cicen, cyceun, dim. of coc cock;
akin to LG. kiken, k["u]ken, D. Kieken, kuiken, G.
k["u]chkein. See Cock the animal.]
1. A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.
2. A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden.
``Stella is no chicken.' --Swift.
Chicken cholera, a contagious disease of fowls; -- so
called because first studied during the prevalence of a
cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true
cholera. Chicken choleraCholera Chol"er*a, n. [L., a bilious disease. See Choler.]
(Med.)
One of several diseases affecting the digestive and
intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the
one commonly called Asiatic cholera.
Asiatic cholera, a malignant and rapidly fatal disease,
originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more
filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or
specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized
by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps,
pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a
state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of
reaction of fever.
Cholera bacillus. See Comma bacillus.
Cholera infantum, a dangerous summer disease, of infants,
caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and
especially fatal in large cities.
Cholera morbus, a disease characterized by vomiting and
purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by
imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance.
Chicken cholera. See under Chicken.
Hog cholera. See under Hog.
Sporadic cholera, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic
cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely
becoming epidemic. Chicken pox
Chicken pox Chick"en pox" (Med.)
A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only;
varicella.
chicken snakeMilk Milk, n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to
OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj?ok,
Sw. mj["o]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk,
OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. ?. ????. Cf.
Milch, Emulsion, Milt soft roe of fishes.]
1. (Physiol.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of
female mammals for the nourishment of their young,
consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a
solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic
salts. ``White as morne milk.' --Chaucer.
2. (Bot.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color,
found in certain plants; latex. See Latex.
3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of
almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and
water.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
Condensed milk. See under Condense, v. t.
Milk crust (Med.), vesicular eczema occurring on the face
and scalp of nursing infants. See Eczema.
Milk fever.
(a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first
lactation. It is usually transitory.
(b) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle;
also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after
calving.
Milk glass, glass having a milky appearance.
Milk knot (Med.), a hard lump forming in the breast of a
nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and
congestion of the mammary glands.
Milk leg (Med.), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in
puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and
characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an
accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular
tissue.
Milk meats, food made from milk, as butter and cheese.
[Obs.] --Bailey.
Milk mirror. Same as Escutcheon, 2.
Milk molar (Anat.), one of the deciduous molar teeth which
are shed and replaced by the premolars.
Milk of lime (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate,
produced by macerating quicklime in water.
Milk parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum
palustre) of Europe and Asia, having a milky juice.
Milk pea (Bot.), a genus (Galactia) of leguminous and,
usually, twining plants.
Milk sickness (Med.), a peculiar malignant disease,
occurring in some parts of the Western United States, and
affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows), and
persons who make use of the meat or dairy products of
infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are
uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and
muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously
ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food,
and to polluted drinking water.
Milk snake (Zo["o]l.), a harmless American snake
(Ophibolus triangulus, or O. eximius). It is variously
marked with white, gray, and red. Called also milk
adder, chicken snake, house snake, etc.
Milk sugar. (Physiol. Chem.) See Lactose, and Sugar of
milk (below).
Milk thistle (Bot.), an esculent European thistle (Silybum
marianum), having the veins of its leaves of a milky
whiteness.
Milk thrush. (Med.) See Thrush.
Milk tooth (Anat.), one of the temporary first set of teeth
in young mammals; in man there are twenty.
Milk tree (Bot.), a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow
tree of South America (Brosimum Galactodendron), and the
Euphorbia balsamifera of the Canaries, the milk of both
of which is wholesome food.
Milk vessel (Bot.), a special cell in the inner bark of a
plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is
contained. See Latex.
Rock milk. See Agaric mineral, under Agaric.
Sugar of milk. The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard
white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by
evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and
powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an
article of diet. See Lactose. Chicken-breasted
Chicken-breasted Chick"en-breast`ed, a.
Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward
curvature of the vertebral column.
Chicken-hearted
Chicken-hearted Chick"en-heart`ed, a.
Timid; fearful; cowardly. --Bunyan.
Dickens
Dickens Dick"ens, n. or interj. [Perh. a contr. of the dim.
devilkins.]
The devil. [A vulgar euphemism.]
I can not tell what the dickens his name is. --Shak.
Enquicken
Enquicken En*quick"en, v. t.
To quicken; to make alive. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
Heartstricken
Heartstricken Heart"strick`en, a.
Shocked; dismayed.
Horror-sticken
Horror-sticken Hor"ror-stick`en, a.
Struck with horror; horrified.
Blank and horror-stricken faces. --C. Kingsley.
meadow chickenSora So"ra, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the
Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with
black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the
breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called
also American rail, Carolina rail, Carolina crake,
common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken, and
orto.
King sora, the Florida gallinule. MoonstickenMoonsticken Moon"stick`en, a.
See Moonstruck. Panic-stricken
Panic-stricken Pan"ic-strick`en, Panic-struck
Pan"ic-struck`, a.
Struck with a panic, or sudden fear. --Burke.
pintailed chickenPintail Pin"tail`, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A northern duck (Dafila acuta), native of
both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail.
Called also gray duck, piketail, piket-tail,
spike-tail, split-tail, springtail, sea pheasant,
and gray widgeon.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and
Rocky Mountains (Pedioc[ae]tes phasianellus); -- called
also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken,
springtail, and sharptail. Planet-stricken
Planet-stricken Plan"et-strick`en, Planet-struck
Plan"et-struck`, a.
Affected by the influence of planets; blasted. --Milton.
Like planet-stricken men of yore He trembles, smitten
to the core By strong compunction and remorse.
--Wordsworth.
Prairie chickenPrairie Prai"rie, n. [F., an extensive meadow, OF. praerie,
LL. prataria, fr. L. pratum a meadow.]
1. An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of
trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually
characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound
throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies
and the Rocky mountains.
From the forests and the prairies, From the great
lakes of the northland. --Longfellow.
2. A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called
natural meadow.
Prairie chicken (Zo["o]l.), any American grouse of the
genus Tympanuchus, especially T. Americanus (formerly
T. cupido), which inhabits the prairies of the central
United States. Applied also to the sharp-tailed grouse.
Prairie clover (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus
Petalostemon, having small rosy or white flowers in
dense terminal heads or spikes. Several species occur in
the prairies of the United States.
Prairie dock (Bot.), a coarse composite plant (Silphium
terebinthaceum) with large rough leaves and yellow
flowers, found in the Western prairies.
Prairie dog (Zo["o]l.), a small American rodent (Cynomys
Ludovicianus) allied to the marmots. It inhabits the
plains west of the Mississippi. The prairie dogs burrow in
the ground in large warrens, and have a sharp bark like
that of a dog. Called also prairie marmot.
Prairie grouse. Same as Prairie chicken, above.
Prairie hare (Zo["o]l.), a large long-eared Western hare
(Lepus campestris). See Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack.
Prairie hawk, Prairie falcon (Zo["o]l.), a falcon of
Western North America (Falco Mexicanus). The upper parts
are brown. The tail has transverse bands of white; the
under parts, longitudinal streaks and spots of brown.
Prairie hen. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Prairie chicken, above.
Prairie itch (Med.), an affection of the skin attended with
intense itching, which is observed in the Northern and
Western United States; -- also called swamp itch,
winter itch.
Prairie marmot. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Prairie dog, above.
Prairie mole (Zo["o]l.), a large American mole (Scalops
argentatus), native of the Western prairies.
Prairie pigeon, plover, or snipe (Zo["o]l.), the upland
plover. See Plover, n., 2.
Prairie rattlesnake (Zo["o]l.), the massasauga.
Prairie snake (Zo["o]l.), a large harmless American snake
(Masticophis flavigularis). It is pale yellow, tinged
with brown above.
Prairie squirrel (Zo["o]l.), any American ground squirrel
of the genus Spermophilus, inhabiting prairies; --
called also gopher.
Prairie turnip (Bot.), the edible turnip-shaped farinaceous
root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta) of the
Upper Missouri region; also, the plant itself. Called also
pomme blanche, and pomme de prairie.
Prairie warbler (Zo["o]l.), a bright-colored American
warbler (Dendroica discolor). The back is olive yellow,
with a group of reddish spots in the middle; the under
parts and the parts around the eyes are bright yellow; the
sides of the throat and spots along the sides, black;
three outer tail feathers partly white.
Prairie wolf. (Zo["o]l.) See Coyote. Quicken
Quicken Quick"en, v. i.
1. To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or
enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as
the fetus in the womb.
The heart is the first part that quickens, and the
last that dies. -- Ray.
And keener lightnings quicken in her eye. --Pope.
When the pale and bloodless east began To quicken to
the sun. --Tennyson.
2. To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated;
as, his pulse quickened.
Quicken treeQuicken tree Quick"en tree` [Probably from quick, and first
applied to the aspen or some tree with quivering leaves; cf.
G. quickenbaum, quizenbaum, quitschenbaum. Cf. Quitch
grass.] (Bot.)
The European rowan tree; -- called also quickbeam, and
quickenbeam. See Rowan tree. quickenbeamQuicken tree Quick"en tree` [Probably from quick, and first
applied to the aspen or some tree with quivering leaves; cf.
G. quickenbaum, quizenbaum, quitschenbaum. Cf. Quitch
grass.] (Bot.)
The European rowan tree; -- called also quickbeam, and
quickenbeam. See Rowan tree. Quickener
Quickener Quick"en*er, n.
One who, or that which, quickens.
Quickening
Quickening Quick"en*ing, n.
1. The act or process of making or of becoming quick.
2. (Physiol.) The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt
by the mother, occurring usually about the middle of the
term of pregnancy. It has been popularly supposed to be
due to the fetus becoming possessed of independent life.
Quickens
Quickens Quick"ens, n. (Bot.)
Quitch grass.
SickenSicken Sick"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sickened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Sickening.]
1. To make sick; to disease.
Raise this strength, and sicken that to death.
--Prior.
2. To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken
the stomach.
3. To impair; to weaken. [Obs.] --Shak. Sicken
Sicken Sick"en, v. i.
1. To become sick; to fall into disease.
The judges that sat upon the jail, and those that
attended, sickened upon it and died. --Bacon.
2. To be filled to disgust; to be disgusted or nauseated; to
be filled with abhorrence or aversion; to be surfeited or
satiated.
Mine eyes did sicken at the sight. --Shak.
SickenedSicken Sick"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sickened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Sickening.]
1. To make sick; to disease.
Raise this strength, and sicken that to death.
--Prior.
2. To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken
the stomach.
3. To impair; to weaken. [Obs.] --Shak. SickeningSicken Sick"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sickened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Sickening.]
1. To make sick; to disease.
Raise this strength, and sicken that to death.
--Prior.
2. To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken
the stomach.
3. To impair; to weaken. [Obs.] --Shak. SickeningSickening Sick"en*ing, a.
Causing sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust;
nauseating. -- Sick"en*ing*ly, adv. SickeninglySickening Sick"en*ing, a.
Causing sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust;
nauseating. -- Sick"en*ing*ly, adv.
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Helen M.
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