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Brillance
Brillance Bril"lance, n.
Brilliancy. --Tennyson.
BrillancyBrillancy Bril"lan*cy, n. [See Brilliant.]
The quality of being brilliant; splendor; glitter; great
brightness, whether in a literal or figurative sense.
With many readers brilliancy of style passes for
affluence of thought. --Longfellow. BrillanteBrillante Bril*lan"te, adv. [It. See Brilliant, a.] (Mus.)
In a gay, showy, and sparkling style. Castillan
Castillan Cas*til"lan, a.
Of or pertaining to Castile, in Spain.
Cincloramphus cantillansSkylark Sky"lark`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A lark that mounts and sings as it files, especially the
common species (Alauda arvensis) found in Europe and in
some parts of Asia, and celebrated for its melodious song; --
called also sky laverock. See under Lark.
Note: The Australian skylark (Cincloramphus cantillans) is
a pipit which has the habit of ascending
perpendicularly like a skylark, but it lacks the song
of a true lark. The Missouri skylark is a pipit
(Anthus Spraguei) of the Western United States,
resembling the skylark in habit and song. Feuillants
Feuillants Feu`illants", n. pl.
A reformed branch of the Bernardines, founded in 1577 at
Feuillans, near Toulouse, in France.
Oscillancy
Oscillancy Os"cil*lan*cy, n.
The state of oscillating; a seesaw kind of motion. [R.]
PusillanimousPusillanimous Pu`sil*lan"i*mous, a. [L. pusillannimis;
pusillus very little (dim. of pusus a little boy; cf. puer a
boy, E. puerile) + animus the mind: cf. F. pusillanime. See
Animosity.]
1. Destitute of a manly or courageous strength and firmness
of mind; of weak spirit; mean-spirited; spiritless;
cowardly; -- said of persons, as, a pussillanimous prince. Pusillanimously
Pusillanimously Pu`sil*lan"i*mous*ly, adv.
With pusillanimity.
ScintillantScintillant Scin"til*lant, a. [L. scintillans, p. pr. of
scintillare to sparkle. See Scintillate.]
Emitting sparks, or fine igneous particles; sparkling. --M.
Green. SurveillanceSurveillance Sur*veil"lance, n. [F., fr. surveiller to watch
over; sur over + veiller to watch, L. vigilare. See Sur-,
and Vigil.]
Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision.
That sort of surveillance of which . . . the young have
accused the old. --Sir W.
Scott. SurveillantSurveillant Sur*veil"lant, n.; pl. Surveillants. [F., fr.
surveiller to watch over. See Surveillance.]
One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a
supervisor. Surveillant
Surveillant Sur*veil"lant, a.
Overseeing; watchful.
SurveillantsSurveillant Sur*veil"lant, n.; pl. Surveillants. [F., fr.
surveiller to watch over. See Surveillance.]
One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a
supervisor. Thrillant
Thrillant Thrill"ant, a.
Piercing; sharp; thrilling. [Obs.] ``His thrillant spear.'
--Spenser.
Tillandsia
Tillandsia Til*land"si*a, n. [NL., after Prof. Tillands, of
Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.)
An immense genus of epiphytic bromeliaceous plants confined
to tropical and subtropical America. They usually bear a
rosette of narrow overlapping basal leaves, which often hold
a considerable quantity of water. The spicate or paniculate
flowers have free perianth segments, and are often subtended
by colored bracts. Also, a plant of this genus.
TillandsiaTillandsia Til*land"si*a, n. [NL. So named after Prof.
Tillands, of Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.)
A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern
United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia
usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss,
and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching
stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees.
It is often used for stuffing mattresses. Tillandsia usneoidesTillandsia Til*land"si*a, n. [NL. So named after Prof.
Tillands, of Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.)
A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern
United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia
usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss,
and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching
stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees.
It is often used for stuffing mattresses. V vacillansBlueberry Blue"berry, n. [Cf. Blaeberry.] (Bot.)
The berry of several species of Vaccinium, an ericaceous
genus, differing from the American huckleberries in
containing numerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets. The
commonest species are V. Pennsylvanicum and V. vacillans.
V. corymbosum is the tall blueberry. Vacillancy
Vacillancy Vac"il*lan*cy, n.
The quality or state of being vacillant, or wavering. [R.]
--Dr. H. More.
VacillantVacillant Vac"il*lant, a. [L. vacillans, p. pr. of vacillare:
cf. F. vacillant. See Vacillate.]
Vacillating; wavering; fluctuating; irresolute. Villan
Villan Vil"lan, n.
A villain. [R.]
villanVillain Vil"lain, n. [OE. vilein, F. vilain, LL. villanus,
from villa a village, L. villa a farm. See Villa.]
1. (Feudal Law) One who holds lands by a base, or servile,
tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest
class, a bondman or servant. [In this sense written also
villan, and villein.]
If any of my ansectors was a tenant, and a servant,
and held his lands as a villain to his lord, his
posterity also must do so, though accidentally they
become noble. --Jer. Taylor.
Note: Villains were of two sorts; villains regardant, that
is, annexed to the manor (LL. adscripti gleb[ae]); and
villains in gross, that is, annexed to the person of
their lord, and transferable from one to another.
--Blackstone.
2. A baseborn or clownish person; a boor. [R.]
Pour the blood of the villain in one basin, and the
blood of the gentleman in another, what difference
shall there be proved? --Becon.
3. A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and
capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel;
a knave; a rascal; a scamp.
Like a villain with a smiling cheek. --Shak.
Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix.
--Pope. VillanageVillanage Vil"lan*age (?; 48), n. [OF. villenage, vilenage.
See Villain.]
1. (Feudal Law) The state of a villain, or serf; base
servitude; tenure on condition of doing the meanest
services for the lord. [In this sense written also
villenage, and villeinage.]
I speak even now as if sin were condemned in a
perpetual villanage, never to be manumitted.
--Milton.
Some faint traces of villanage were detected by the
curious so late as the days of the Stuarts.
--Macaulay.
2. Baseness; infamy; villainy. [Obs.] --Dryden. VillanelVillanel Vil`la*nel", n. [See Villanelle.]
A ballad. [Obs.] --Cotton. VillanellaVillanella Vil`la*nel"la, n.; pl. Villanelle. [It., a pretty
country girl.] (Mus.)
An old rustic dance, accompanied with singing. VillanelleVillanella Vil`la*nel"la, n.; pl. Villanelle. [It., a pretty
country girl.] (Mus.)
An old rustic dance, accompanied with singing. Villanelle
Villanelle Vil`la*nelle", n. [F.]
A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first and
third verse of the first stanza alternating as the third
verse in each successive stanza and forming a couplet at the
close. --E. W. Gosse.
Villanette
Villanette Vil`la*nette", n. [Dim. of villa; formed on the
analogy of the French.]
A small villa. [R.]
Villanizer
Villanizer Vil"lan*i`zer, n.
One who villanizes. [R.]
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Illan Stéphane
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