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CliquishCliquish Cli"quish, a.
Of or pertaining to a clique; disposed to from cliques;
exclusive in spirit. -- Cli"*quish*ness, n. CliquishnessCliquish Cli"quish, a.
Of or pertaining to a clique; disposed to from cliques;
exclusive in spirit. -- Cli"*quish*ness, n. Cliquism
Cliquism Cli"quism, n.
The tendency to associate in cliques; the spirit of cliques.
DeliquiateDeliquiate De*liq"ui*ate, v. i. [L. deliquia a flowing off, a
gutter, deliquium a flowing down, fr. deliquare. See
Deliquate.]
To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to
deliquesce. --Fourcroy. Deliquiation
Deliquiation De*liq`ui*a"tion, n.
The act of deliquiating.
DeliquiumDeliquium De*liq"ui*um, n. [L. See Deliquiate.]
1. (Chem.) A melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist
place; a liquid condition; as, a salt falls into a
deliquium. [R.] Dutch liquidtouto. The English have applied the name especially to the
Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf.
Derrick, Teutonic.]
Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
Dutch auction. See under Auction.
Dutch cheese, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim
milk.
Dutch clinker, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is
yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.
Dutch clover (Bot.), common white clover (Trifolium
repens), the seed of which was largely imported into
England from Holland.
Dutch concert, a so-called concert in which all the singers
sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]
Dutch courage, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
--Marryat.
Dutch door, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so
arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened,
while the upper part remains open.
Dutch foil, Dutch leaf, or Dutch gold, a kind of brass
rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in
Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also Dutch
mineral, Dutch metal, brass foil, and bronze leaf.
Dutch liquid (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,
C2H4Cl2, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal
odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or
olefiant gas; -- called also Dutch oil. It is so called
because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four
Hollandish chemists. See Ethylene, and Olefiant. Liquid
Liquid Liq"uid (l[i^]k"w[i^]d), a. [L. liquidus, fr. liquere
to be fluid or liquid; cf. Skr. r[=i] to ooze, drop, l[=i] to
melt.]
1. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.
Yea, though he go upon the plane and liquid water
which will receive no step. --Tyndale.
2. (Physics) Being in such a state that the component parts
move freely among themselves, but do not tend to separate
from each other as the particles of gases and vapors do;
neither solid nor a["e]riform; as, liquid mercury, in
distinction from mercury solidified or in a state of
vapor.
3. Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions
or harsh tones. ``Liquid melody.' --Crashaw.
4. Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, l and
r are liquid letters.
5. Fluid and transparent; as, the liquid air.
6. Clear; definite in terms or amount.[Obs.] ``Though the
debt should be entirely liquid.' --Ayliffe.
Liquid
Liquid Liq"uid, n.
1. A substance whose parts change their relative position on
the slightest pressure, and therefore retain no definite
form; any substance in the state of liquidity; a fluid
that is not a["e]riform.
liquid barretterBarretter Bar"ret*ter, n. [OF. bareter to exchange. Cf.
Barter.] (Wireless Teleg.)
A thermal cymoscope which operates by increased resistance
when subjected to the influence of electric waves. The
original form consisted of an extremely fine platinum wire
loop attached to terminals and inclosed in a small glass or
silver bulb. In a later variety, called the
liquid barretter, wire is replace by a column of liquid in
a very fine capillary tube. liquid copalPiney Pin"ey, a. [Of East Indian origin.]
A term used in designating an East Indian tree (the Vateria
Indica or piney tree, of the order Dipterocarpe[ae], which
grows in Malabar, etc.) or its products.
Piney dammar, Piney resin, Piney varnish, a pellucid,
fragrant, acrid, bitter resin, which exudes from the piney
tree (Vateria Indica) when wounded. It is used as a
varnish, in making candles, and as a substitute for
incense and for amber. Called also liquid copal, and
white dammar.
Piney tallow, a solid fatty substance, resembling tallow,
obtained from the roasted seeds of the Vateria Indica;
called also dupada oil.
Piney thistle (Bot.), a plant (Atractylis gummifera),
from the bark of which, when wounded, a gummy substance
exudes. Liquid glueGlue Glue, n. [F. glu, L. glus, akin to gluten, from gluere to
draw together. Cf. Gluten.]
A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a
jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated
with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a
cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to
other adhesive or viscous substances.
Bee glue. See under Bee.
Fish glue, a strong kind of glue obtained from fish skins
and bladders; isinglass.
Glue plant (Bot.), a fucoid seaweed (Gloiopeltis tenax).
Liquid glue, a fluid preparation of glue and acetic acid
oralcohol.
Marine glue, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with
shellac, used in shipbuilding. Liquid measure Note: Liquid and fluid are terms often used synonymously, but
fluid has the broader signification. All liquids are
fluids, but many fluids, as air and the gases, are not
liquids.
2. (Phon.) A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or
which flows smoothly after a mute; as, l and r, in bla,
bra. M and n also are called liquids.
Liquid measure, a measure, or system of measuring, for
liquids, by the gallon, quart, pint, gill, etc. liquid storaxStorax Sto"rax, n. [L. storax, styrax, Gr. ?. Cf. Styrax.]
Any one of a number of similar complex resins obtained from
the bark of several trees and shrubs of the Styrax family.
The most common of these is liquid storax, a brown or gray
semifluid substance of an agreeable aromatic odor and
balsamic taste, sometimes used in perfumery, and in medicine
as an expectorant.
Note: A yellow aromatic honeylike substance, resembling, and
often confounded with, storax, is obtained from the
American sweet gum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua),
and is much used as a chewing gum, called sweet gum,
and liquid storax. Cf. Liquidambar. LiquidambarLiquidambar Liq"uid*am`bar (l[i^]k"w[i^]d*[a^]m`b[~e]r), n.
[Liquid + amber.]
1. (Bot.) A genus consisting of two species of tall trees
having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit.
Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American sweet qum,
and L. Orientalis is found in Asia Minor.
2. The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by
incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid
storax. Liquidambar orientalisRosemaloes Rose`mal"oes, n. [From the native name; cf. Malay
rasam[=a]la the name of the tree.]
The liquid storax of the East Indian Liquidambar
orientalis. Liquidambar styracifluaLiquidambar Liq"uid*am`bar (l[i^]k"w[i^]d*[a^]m`b[~e]r), n.
[Liquid + amber.]
1. (Bot.) A genus consisting of two species of tall trees
having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit.
Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American sweet qum,
and L. Orientalis is found in Asia Minor.
2. The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by
incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid
storax. Liquidambar styracifluaStorax Sto"rax, n. [L. storax, styrax, Gr. ?. Cf. Styrax.]
Any one of a number of similar complex resins obtained from
the bark of several trees and shrubs of the Styrax family.
The most common of these is liquid storax, a brown or gray
semifluid substance of an agreeable aromatic odor and
balsamic taste, sometimes used in perfumery, and in medicine
as an expectorant.
Note: A yellow aromatic honeylike substance, resembling, and
often confounded with, storax, is obtained from the
American sweet gum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua),
and is much used as a chewing gum, called sweet gum,
and liquid storax. Cf. Liquidambar. Liquidambar styracifluaSweet Sweet, a. [Compar. Sweeter; superl. Sweetest.] [OE.
swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[=e]te; akin to OFries. sw[=e]te,
OS. sw[=o]ti, D. zoet, G. s["u]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[ae]tr,
s[oe]tr, Sw. s["o]t, Dan. s["o]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for
suadvis, Gr. ?, Skr. sv[=a]du sweet, svad, sv[=a]d, to
sweeten. [root]175. Cf. Assuage, Suave, Suasion.]
1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar;
saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet
beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a
sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.
--Longfellow.
3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the
sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet
voice; a sweet singer.
To make his English sweet upon his tongue.
--Chaucer.
A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne.
4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair;
as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods,
and plains. --Milton.
5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon.
6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically:
(a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread.
(b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as,
sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.
7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable;
winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades?
--Job xxxviii.
31.
Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one
established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold.
Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured,
sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc.
Sweet alyssum. (Bot.) See Alyssum.
Sweet apple. (Bot.)
(a) Any apple of sweet flavor.
(b) See Sweet-top.
Sweet bay. (Bot.)
(a) The laurel (laurus nobilis).
(b) Swamp sassafras.
Sweet calabash (Bot.), a plant of the genus Passiflora
(P. maliformis) growing in the West Indies, and
producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple.
Sweet cicely. (Bot.)
(a) Either of the North American plants of the
umbelliferous genus Osmorrhiza having aromatic roots
and seeds, and white flowers. --Gray.
(b) A plant of the genus Myrrhis (M. odorata) growing
in England.
Sweet calamus, or Sweet cane. (Bot.) Same as Sweet
flag, below.
Sweet Cistus (Bot.), an evergreen shrub (Cistus Ladanum)
from which the gum ladanum is obtained.
Sweet clover. (Bot.) See Melilot.
Sweet coltsfoot (Bot.), a kind of butterbur (Petasites
sagittata) found in Western North America.
Sweet corn (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste.
See the Note under Corn.
Sweet fern (Bot.), a small North American shrub
(Comptonia, or Myrica, asplenifolia) having
sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves.
Sweet flag (Bot.), an endogenous plant (Acorus Calamus)
having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent
aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and
America. See Calamus, 2.
Sweet gale (Bot.), a shrub (Myrica Gale) having bitter
fragrant leaves; -- also called sweet willow, and Dutch
myrtle. See 5th Gale.
Sweet grass (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass.
Sweet gum (Bot.), an American tree (Liquidambar
styraciflua). See Liquidambar.
Sweet herbs, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary
purposes.
Sweet John (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William.
Sweet leaf (Bot.), horse sugar. See under Horse.
Sweet marjoram. (Bot.) See Marjoram.
Sweet marten (Zo["o]l.), the pine marten.
Sweet maudlin (Bot.), a composite plant (Achillea
Ageratum) allied to milfoil.
Sweet oil, olive oil.
Sweet pea. (Bot.) See under Pea.
Sweet potato. (Bot.) See under Potato.
Sweet rush (Bot.), sweet flag.
Sweet spirits of niter (Med. Chem.) See Spirit of nitrous
ether, under Spirit.
Sweet sultan (Bot.), an annual composite plant (Centaurea
moschata), also, the yellow-flowered (C. odorata); --
called also sultan flower.
Sweet tooth, an especial fondness for sweet things or for
sweetmeats. [Colloq.]
Sweet William.
(a) (Bot.) A species of pink (Dianthus barbatus) of many
varieties.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) The willow warbler.
(c) (Zo["o]l.) The European goldfinch; -- called also
sweet Billy. [Prov. Eng.]
Sweet willow (Bot.), sweet gale.
Sweet wine. See Dry wine, under Dry.
To be sweet on, to have a particular fondness for, or
special interest in, as a young man for a young woman.
[Colloq.] --Thackeray.
Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious. LiquidamberLiquidamber Liq"uid*am`ber, n.
See Liquidambar. LiquidateLiquidate Liq"ui*date (l[i^]k"w[i^]*d[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Liquidated (-d[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Liquidating.] [LL. liquidatus, p. p. of liquidare to
liquidate, fr. L. liquidus liquid, clear. See Liquid.]
1. (Law) To determine by agreement or by litigation the
precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an
indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the
precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount
of (an indebtedness) clear and certain.
A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the amount
due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the
operation of law. --15 Ga. Rep.
321.
If our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated, I
believe you would be brought in considerable debtor.
--Chesterfield.
2. In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the
several amounts, of, and apply assets toward the discharge
of (an indebtedness). --Abbott.
3. To discharge; to pay off, as an indebtedness.
Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to
liquidate a debt of a thousand florins. --W. Coxe.
4. To make clear and intelligible.
Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of
a compound system. --A. Hamilton.
5. To make liquid. [Obs.]
Liquidated damages (Law), damages the amount of which is
fixed or ascertained. --Abbott. LiquidatedLiquidate Liq"ui*date (l[i^]k"w[i^]*d[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Liquidated (-d[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Liquidating.] [LL. liquidatus, p. p. of liquidare to
liquidate, fr. L. liquidus liquid, clear. See Liquid.]
1. (Law) To determine by agreement or by litigation the
precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an
indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the
precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount
of (an indebtedness) clear and certain.
A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the amount
due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the
operation of law. --15 Ga. Rep.
321.
If our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated, I
believe you would be brought in considerable debtor.
--Chesterfield.
2. In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the
several amounts, of, and apply assets toward the discharge
of (an indebtedness). --Abbott.
3. To discharge; to pay off, as an indebtedness.
Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to
liquidate a debt of a thousand florins. --W. Coxe.
4. To make clear and intelligible.
Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of
a compound system. --A. Hamilton.
5. To make liquid. [Obs.]
Liquidated damages (Law), damages the amount of which is
fixed or ascertained. --Abbott. Liquidated damagesLiquidate Liq"ui*date (l[i^]k"w[i^]*d[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Liquidated (-d[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Liquidating.] [LL. liquidatus, p. p. of liquidare to
liquidate, fr. L. liquidus liquid, clear. See Liquid.]
1. (Law) To determine by agreement or by litigation the
precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an
indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the
precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount
of (an indebtedness) clear and certain.
A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the amount
due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the
operation of law. --15 Ga. Rep.
321.
If our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated, I
believe you would be brought in considerable debtor.
--Chesterfield.
2. In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the
several amounts, of, and apply assets toward the discharge
of (an indebtedness). --Abbott.
3. To discharge; to pay off, as an indebtedness.
Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to
liquidate a debt of a thousand florins. --W. Coxe.
4. To make clear and intelligible.
Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of
a compound system. --A. Hamilton.
5. To make liquid. [Obs.]
Liquidated damages (Law), damages the amount of which is
fixed or ascertained. --Abbott. LiquidatingLiquidate Liq"ui*date (l[i^]k"w[i^]*d[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Liquidated (-d[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Liquidating.] [LL. liquidatus, p. p. of liquidare to
liquidate, fr. L. liquidus liquid, clear. See Liquid.]
1. (Law) To determine by agreement or by litigation the
precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an
indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the
precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount
of (an indebtedness) clear and certain.
A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the amount
due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the
operation of law. --15 Ga. Rep.
321.
If our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated, I
believe you would be brought in considerable debtor.
--Chesterfield.
2. In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the
several amounts, of, and apply assets toward the discharge
of (an indebtedness). --Abbott.
3. To discharge; to pay off, as an indebtedness.
Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to
liquidate a debt of a thousand florins. --W. Coxe.
4. To make clear and intelligible.
Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of
a compound system. --A. Hamilton.
5. To make liquid. [Obs.]
Liquidated damages (Law), damages the amount of which is
fixed or ascertained. --Abbott. Liquidator
Liquidator Liq"ui*da`tor (l[i^]k"w[i^]*d[=a]`t[~e]r), n. [Cf.
F. liquidateur.]
1. One who, or that which, liquidates.
2. An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a
company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its
name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the
company. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.
LiquidizeLiquidize Liq"uid*ize (l[i^]k"w[i^]d*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Liquidized (-[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Liquidizing
(-[imac]`z[i^]ng).]
To render liquid. LiquidizedLiquidize Liq"uid*ize (l[i^]k"w[i^]d*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Liquidized (-[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Liquidizing
(-[imac]`z[i^]ng).]
To render liquid. LiquidizingLiquidize Liq"uid*ize (l[i^]k"w[i^]d*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Liquidized (-[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Liquidizing
(-[imac]`z[i^]ng).]
To render liquid. Liquidly
Liquidly Liq"uid*ly, adv.
In a liquid manner; flowingly.
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