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DelacerationDelaceration De*lac`er*a"tion, n. [L. delacerare, delaceratum,
to tear in pieces. See Lacerate.]
A tearing in pieces. [Obs.] --Bailey. DilacerateDilacerate Di*lac"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dilacerated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Dilacerating.] [L. dilaceratus, p. p. of
dilacerare to tear apart; di- = dis- + lacerare to tear.]
To rend asunder; to tear to pieces. --Sir T. Browne. DilaceratedDilacerate Di*lac"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dilacerated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Dilacerating.] [L. dilaceratus, p. p. of
dilacerare to tear apart; di- = dis- + lacerare to tear.]
To rend asunder; to tear to pieces. --Sir T. Browne. DilaceratingDilacerate Di*lac"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dilacerated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Dilacerating.] [L. dilaceratus, p. p. of
dilacerare to tear apart; di- = dis- + lacerare to tear.]
To rend asunder; to tear to pieces. --Sir T. Browne. Displacer
Displacer Dis*pla"cer, n.
1. One that displaces.
2. (Chem.) The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by
displacement.
Filacer
Filacer Fil"a*cer, n. [OE. filace a file, or thread, on which
the records of the courts of justice were strung, F. filasse
tow of flax or hemp, fr. L. filum thread.] (Eng. Law)
A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas; -- so
called because he filed the writs on which he made out
process. [Obs.] --Burrill.
LacerateLacerate Lac"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lacerated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Lacerating (?>).] [L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare
to lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. ? a rent,
rending, ? to tear; perh. akin to E. slay.]
To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to
lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to
lacerate the heart. LaceratedLacerate Lac"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lacerated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Lacerating (?>).] [L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare
to lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. ? a rent,
rending, ? to tear; perh. akin to E. slay.]
To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to
lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to
lacerate the heart. LaceratingLacerate Lac"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lacerated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Lacerating (?>).] [L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare
to lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. ? a rent,
rending, ? to tear; perh. akin to E. slay.]
To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to
lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to
lacerate the heart. Lacerative
Lacerative Lac"er*a*tive, a.
Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; as, lacerative
humors. --Harvey.
LacertLacert La"cert, n. [OE. lacerte. See Lacertus.]
A muscle of the human body. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Lacerta
Lacerta La*cer"ta, n. [L. lacertus the arm.]
A fathom. [Obs.] --Domesday Book.
LacertaLacerta La*cer"ta, n. [L. a lizard. See Lizard.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of lizards. See Lizard.
Note: Formerly it included nearly all the known lizards. It
is now restricted to certain diurnal Old World species,
like the green lizard (Lacerta viridis) and the sand
lizard (L. agilis), of Europe.
2. (Astron.) The Lizard, a northern constellation. Lacerta agilis Sand grouse (Zo["o]l.), any one of many species of Old
World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and
resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also rock
grouse, rock pigeon, and ganga. They mostly belong to
the genus Pterocles, as the common Indian species (P.
exustus). The large sand grouse (P. arenarius), the
painted sand grouse (P. fasciatus), and the pintail sand
grouse (P. alchata) are also found in India. See Illust.
under Pterocletes.
Sand hill, a hill of sand; a dune.
Sand-hill crane (Zo["o]l.), the American brown crane (Grus
Mexicana).
Sand hopper (Zo["o]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian.
Sand hornet (Zo["o]l.), a sand wasp.
Sand lark. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small lark (Alaudala raytal), native of India.
(b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the
sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.
(c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ([AE]gialophilus
ruficapillus); -- called also red-necked plover.
Sand launce (Zo["o]l.), a lant, or launce.
Sand lizard (Zo["o]l.), a common European lizard (Lacerta
agilis).
Sand martin (Zo["o]l.), the bank swallow.
Sand mole (Zo["o]l.), the coast rat.
Sand monitor (Zo["o]l.), a large Egyptian lizard (Monitor
arenarius) which inhabits dry localities.
Sand mouse (Zo["o]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand myrtle. (Bot.) See under Myrtle.
Sand partridge (Zo["o]l.), either of two small Asiatic
partridges of the genus Ammoperdix. The wings are long
and the tarsus is spurless. One species (A. Heeji)
inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species (A.
Bonhami), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also seesee
partridge, and teehoo.
Sand picture, a picture made by putting sand of different
colors on an adhesive surface.
Sand pike. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The sauger.
(b) The lizard fish.
Sand pillar, a sand storm which takes the form of a
whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like
those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
Sand pipe (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to
several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous
rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called
also sand gall.
Sand pride (Zo["o]l.), a small British lamprey now
considered to be the young of larger species; -- called
also sand prey.
Sand pump, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket
with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
Sand rat (Zo["o]l.), the pocket gopher.
Sand rock, a rock made of cemented sand.
Sand runner (Zo["o]l.), the turnstone.
Sand saucer (Zo["o]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or
o["o]thec[ae], of any mollusk of the genus Natica and
allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer,
and is coated with fine sand; -- called also sand
collar.
Sand screw (Zo["o]l.), an amphipod crustacean
(Lepidactylis arenarius), which burrows in the sandy
seabeaches of Europe and America.
Sand shark (Zo["o]l.), an American shark (Odontaspis
littoralis) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern
United States; -- called also gray shark, and dogfish
shark. See Illust. under Remora.
Sand skink (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of Old
World lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the
ocellated sand skink (Seps ocellatus) of Southern
Europe.
Sand skipper (Zo["o]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian.
Sand smelt (Zo["o]l.), a silverside.
Sand snake. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing
snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe,
Africa, and Asia, especially E. jaculus of India and
E. Johnii, used by snake charmers.
(b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
Psammophis, especially P. sibilans.
Sand snipe (Zo["o]l.), the sandpiper.
Sand star (Zo["o]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on
sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star.
Sand storm, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
Sand sucker, the sandnecker.
Sand swallow (Zo["o]l.), the bank swallow. See under
Bank.
Sand tube, a tube made of sand. Especially:
(a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of
lightning; a fulgurite.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand.
(c) (Zo["o]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous
particles in its wall, which connects the oral water
tube with the madreporic plate.
Sand viper. (Zo["o]l.) See Hognose snake.
Sand wasp (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
Pompilid[ae] and Spherid[ae], which dig burrows in
sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or
spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve
as food for her young. Lacerta viridisLacerta La*cer"ta, n. [L. a lizard. See Lizard.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of lizards. See Lizard.
Note: Formerly it included nearly all the known lizards. It
is now restricted to certain diurnal Old World species,
like the green lizard (Lacerta viridis) and the sand
lizard (L. agilis), of Europe.
2. (Astron.) The Lizard, a northern constellation. LacertiLacertus La*cer"tus, n.; pl. Lacerti (-t[=i]). [L., the
upper arm.] (Anat.)
A bundle or fascicle of muscular fibers. Lacertian
Lacertian La*cer"tian, a. [Cf. F. lacertien.] (Zo["o]l.)
Like a lizard; of or pertaining to the Lacertilia. -- n. One
of the Lacertilia.
LacertiliaLacertilia Lac`er*til"i*a, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. lacertus a
lizard.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of Reptilia, which includes the lizards.
Note: They are closely related to the snakes, and life the
latter, usually have the body covered with scales or
granules. They usually have eyelids, and most of then
have well-formed legs; but in some groups
(amphisb[ae]na, glass-snake, etc.) the legs are wanting
and the body is serpentlike. None are venomous, unless
Heloderma be an exception. The order includes the
chameleons, the Cionocrania, or typical lizards, and
the amphisb[ae]nas. See Amphisb[ae]na, Gecko, Gila
monster, and Lizard. LacertilianLacertilian Lac`er*til"i*an (-an), a. & n.
Same as Lacertian. Lacertiloid
Lacertiloid La*cer"ti*loid, a. [Lacertilia + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Like or belonging to the Lacertilia.
Lacertine
Lacertine La*cer"tine, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Lacertian.
LacertusLacertus La*cer"tus, n.; pl. Lacerti (-t[=i]). [L., the
upper arm.] (Anat.)
A bundle or fascicle of muscular fibers. 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). Petunia violaceraPetunia Pe*tu"ni*a, n. [NL., fr. Braz. petun tobacco.] (Bot.)
A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnelform or salver-shaped
corollas. Two species are common in cultivation, Petunia
violacera, with reddish purple flowers, and P.
nyctaginiflora, with white flowers. There are also many
hybrid forms with variegated corollas. Placer
Placer Pla"cer, n.
One who places or sets. --Spenser.
Placer
Placer Plac"er, n. [Sp.]
A deposit of earth, sand, or gravel, containing valuable
mineral in particles, especially by the side of a river, or
in the bed of a mountain torrent. [U.S.]
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.]
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