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FloretFloret Flo"ret, n. [OF. florete, F. fleurette, dim. of OF.
lor, F. fleur. See Flower, and cf. Floweret, 3d
Ferret.]
1. (Bot.) A little flower; one of the numerous little flowers
which compose the head or anthodium in such flowers as the
daisy, thistle, and dandelion. --Gray.
2. [F. fleuret.] A foil; a blunt sword used in fencing.
[Obs.] --Cotgrave. Ladies of LoretoLoreto Lo*ret"o, or Loretto Lo*ret"to, nuns
uns [From
Loreto, a city in Italy famous for its Holy House, said to be
that in which Jesus lived, brought by angels from Nazareth.]
(R. C. Ch.)
Members of a congregation of nuns founded by Mrs. Mary Teresa
Ball, near Dublin, Ireland, in 1822, and now spread over
Ireland, India, Canada, and the United States. The nuns are
called also Ladies of Loreto. They are engaged in teaching
girls. LoretoLoreto Lo*ret"o, or Loretto Lo*ret"to, nuns
uns [From
Loreto, a city in Italy famous for its Holy House, said to be
that in which Jesus lived, brought by angels from Nazareth.]
(R. C. Ch.)
Members of a congregation of nuns founded by Mrs. Mary Teresa
Ball, near Dublin, Ireland, in 1822, and now spread over
Ireland, India, Canada, and the United States. The nuns are
called also Ladies of Loreto. They are engaged in teaching
girls. Lorette
Lorette Lo`rette", n. [F.]
In France, a name for a woman who is supported by her lovers,
and devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; -- so
called from the church of Notre Dame de Lorette, in Paris,
near which many of them resided.
LorettineLorettine Lo`ret*tine", n. (R. C. Ch.)
One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in
Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of
Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross)
devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of
destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the
Western United States. Lorettine
Lorettine Lo`ret*tine", n. [From Loreto in Italy.] (R. C. Ch.)
(a) One of an order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in
Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters
of Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross)
devote themselves to the cause of education and the care
of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined
to the western United States.
(b) A Loreto nun.
LorettoLoreto Lo*ret"o, or Loretto Lo*ret"to, nuns
uns [From
Loreto, a city in Italy famous for its Holy House, said to be
that in which Jesus lived, brought by angels from Nazareth.]
(R. C. Ch.)
Members of a congregation of nuns founded by Mrs. Mary Teresa
Ball, near Dublin, Ireland, in 1822, and now spread over
Ireland, India, Canada, and the United States. The nuns are
called also Ladies of Loreto. They are engaged in teaching
girls. Phloretic
Phloretic Phlo*ret"ic, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, or designating, an organic
acid obtained by the decomposition of phloretin.
Phloretin
Phloretin Phlor"e*tin, n. [From Phlorizin.] (Chem.)
A bitter white crystalline substance obtained by the
decomposition of phlorizin, and formerly used to some extent
as a substitute for quinine.
Ray floretRay Ray, n. [OF. rai, F. rais, fr. L. radius a beam or ray,
staff, rod, spoke of a wheel. Cf. Radius.]
1. One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common
point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of
six rays.
2. (Bot.) A radiating part of the flower or plant; the
marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a
sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other
circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting
the fins of fishes.
(b) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of
the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
4. (Physics)
(a) A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or
reflecting point; a single element of light or heat
propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized
ray.
(b) One of the component elements of the total radiation
from a body; any definite or limited portion of the
spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust.
under Light.
5. Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of
vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the
eye to the object seen.
All eyes direct their rays On him, and crowds turn
coxcombs as they gaze. --Pope.
6. (Geom.) One of a system of diverging lines passing through
a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both
directions. See Half-ray.
Bundle of rays. (Geom.) See Pencil of rays, below.
Extraordinary ray (Opt.), that one or two parts of a ray
divided by double refraction which does not follow the
ordinary law of refraction.
Ordinary ray (Opt.) that one of the two parts of a ray
divided by double refraction which follows the usual or
ordinary law of refraction.
Pencil of rays (Geom.), a definite system of rays.
Ray flower, or Ray floret (Bot.), one of the marginal
flowers of the capitulum in such composite plants as the
aster, goldenrod, daisy, and sunflower. They have an
elongated, strap-shaped corolla, while the corollas of the
disk flowers are tubular and five-lobed.
Ray point (Geom.), the common point of a pencil of rays.
R["o]ntgen ray(Phys.), a kind of ray generated in a very
highly exhausted vacuum tube by the electrical discharge.
It is capable of passing through many bodies opaque to
light, and producing photographic and fluorescent effects
by which means pictures showing the internal structure of
opaque objects are made, called radiographs, or sciagraphs SemifloretSemifloret Sem"i*flo`ret, n. (Bot.)
See Semifloscule. semifloretSemifloscule Sem"i*flos`cule, n. (Bot.)
A floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into a
strap-shaped petal; -- called also semifloret. Sisters of LorettoLorettine Lo`ret*tine", n. (R. C. Ch.)
One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in
Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of
Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross)
devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of
destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the
Western United States.
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