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Impetigo
Impetigo Im`pe*ti"go, n. [L., fr. impetere to attack.] (Med.)
A cutaneous, pustular eruption, not attended with fever;
usually, a kind of eczema with pustulation.
Impetrate
Impetrate Im"pe*trate, a. [L. impetratus, p. p. of impetrare
to obtain; pref. im- in + patrare to bring to pass.]
Obtained by entreaty. [Obs.] --Ld. Herbert.
ImpetrateImpetrate Im"pe*trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impetrated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Impetrating.]
To obtain by request or entreaty. --Usher. ImpetratedImpetrate Im"pe*trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impetrated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Impetrating.]
To obtain by request or entreaty. --Usher. ImpetratingImpetrate Im"pe*trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impetrated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Impetrating.]
To obtain by request or entreaty. --Usher. Impetrative
Impetrative Im"pe*tra*tive, a. [L. impetrativus obtained by
entreaty.]
Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by
entreaty. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Impetratory
Impetratory Im"pe*tra*to*ry, a.
Containing or expressing entreaty. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
ImpetuousImpetuous Im*pet"u*ous, a. [F. impetueux, L. impetuosus. See
Impetus.]
1. Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus;
furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an
impetuous torrent.
Went pouring forward with impetuous speed. --Byron.
2. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man
of impetuous temper.
The people, on their holidays, Impetuous, insolent,
unquenchable. --Milton.
Syn: Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious;
boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate. --
Im*pet"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Im*pet"u*ous*ness, n. ImpetuouslyImpetuous Im*pet"u*ous, a. [F. impetueux, L. impetuosus. See
Impetus.]
1. Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus;
furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an
impetuous torrent.
Went pouring forward with impetuous speed. --Byron.
2. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man
of impetuous temper.
The people, on their holidays, Impetuous, insolent,
unquenchable. --Milton.
Syn: Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious;
boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate. --
Im*pet"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Im*pet"u*ous*ness, n. ImpetuousnessImpetuous Im*pet"u*ous, a. [F. impetueux, L. impetuosus. See
Impetus.]
1. Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus;
furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an
impetuous torrent.
Went pouring forward with impetuous speed. --Byron.
2. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man
of impetuous temper.
The people, on their holidays, Impetuous, insolent,
unquenchable. --Milton.
Syn: Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious;
boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate. --
Im*pet"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Im*pet"u*ous*ness, n. ImpetusImpetus Im"pe*tus, n. [L., fr. impetere to rush upon, attack;
pref. im- in + petere to fall upon, seek. See Petition.]
1. A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its
weight and its motion; the force with which any body is
driven or impelled; momentum.
Note: Momentum is the technical term, impetus its popular
equivalent, yet differing from it as applied commonly
to bodies moving or moved suddenly or violently, and
indicating the origin and intensity of the motion,
rather than its quantity or effectiveness.
2. Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force. --Buckle.
3. (Gun.) The aititude through which a heavy body must fall
to acquire a velocity equal to that with which a ball is
discharged from a piece. Keyhole limpetKeyhole Key"hole`, n.
1. A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key.
2.
(a) (Carp.) A hole or excavation in beams intended to be
joined together, to receive the key which fastens
them.
(b) (Mach.) a mortise for a key or cotter.
Keyhole limpet (Zo["o]l.), a marine gastropod of the genus
Fissurella and allied genera. See Fissurella.
Keyhole saw, a narrow, slender saw, used in cutting
keyholes, etc., as in doors; a kind of compass saw or fret
saw.
Keyhole urchin (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous clypeastroid
sea urchins, of the genera Melitta, Rotula, and
Encope; -- so called because they have one or more
perforations resembling keyholes. keyhole limpetFissurella Fis`su*rel"la, n. [NL., dim. of L. fissura a
fissure.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or
limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also
keyhole limpet. LimpetLimpet Lim"pet (l[i^]m"p[e^]t), n. [Prob. through French fr.
L. lepas, -adis, Gr. lepa`s, -a`dos.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod
shell.
2. Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order
Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides.
Note: The common European limpets of the genus Patella
(esp. P. vulgata) are extensively used as food. The
common New England species is Acm[ae]a testudinalis.
Numerous species of limpets occur on the Pacific coast
of America, some of them of large size.
3. Any species of Siphonaria, a genus of limpet-shaped
Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks.
4. A keyhole limpet. See Fissurella. River limpetRiver Riv"er, n. [F. riv[`e]re a river, LL. riparia river,
bank of a river, fr. L. riparius belonging to a bank or
shore, fr. ripa a bank or shore; of uncertain origin. Cf.
Arrive, Riparian.]
1. A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and
emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream;
a stream larger than a rivulet or brook.
Transparent and sparkling rivers, from which it is
delightful to drink as they flow. --Macaulay.
2. Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers
of blood; rivers of oil.
River chub (Zo["o]l.), the hornyhead and allied species of
fresh-water fishes.
River crab (Zo["o]l.), any species of fresh-water crabs of
the genus Thelphusa, as T. depressa of Southern
Europe.
River dragon, a crocodile; -- applied by Milton to the king
of Egypt.
River driver, a lumberman who drives or conducts logs down
rivers. --Bartlett.
River duck (Zo["o]l.), any species of duck belonging to
Anas, Spatula, and allied genera, in which the hind
toe is destitute of a membranous lobe, as in the mallard
and pintail; -- opposed to sea duck.
River god, a deity supposed to preside over a river as its
tutelary divinity.
River herring (Zo["o]l.), an alewife.
River hog. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any species of African wild hogs of the genus
Potamoch[oe]rus. They frequent wet places along the
rivers.
(b) The capybara.
River horse (Zo["o]l.), the hippopotamus.
River jack (Zo["o]l.), an African puff adder (Clotho
nasicornis) having a spine on the nose.
River limpet (Zo["o]l.), a fresh-water, air-breathing
mollusk of the genus Ancylus, having a limpet-shaped
shell.
River pirate (Zo["o]l.), the pike.
River snail (Zo["o]l.), any species of fresh-water
gastropods of Paludina, Melontho, and allied genera.
See Pond snail, under Pond.
River tortoise (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous fresh-water
tortoises inhabiting rivers, especially those of the genus
Trionyx and allied genera. See Trionyx. Slipper limpetSlipper Slip"per, n.
1. One who, or that which, slips.
2. A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease,
and worn in undress; a slipshoe.
3. A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
4. A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
5. (Mach.) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding
piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment;
-- also called shoe, and gib.
Slipper animalcule (Zo["o]l.), a ciliated infusorian of the
genus Paramecium.
Slipper flower.(Bot.) Slipperwort.
Slipper limpet, or Slipper shell (Zo["o]l.), a boat
shell.
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