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Asplenium CeterachMiltwaste Milt"waste`, [1st milt + waste.] (Bot.)
A small European fern (Asplenium Ceterach) formerly used in
medicine. Asplenium FilixfaeminaFemale fern Female fern (Bot.),
a common species of fern with large decompound fronds
(Asplenium Filixf[ae]mina), growing in many countries; lady
fern.
Note: The names male fern and female fern were anciently
given to two common ferns; but it is now understood
that neither has any sexual character.
Syn: Female, Feminine.
Usage: We apply female to the sex or individual, as opposed
to male; also, to the distinctive belongings of women;
as, female dress, female form, female character, etc.;
feminine, to things appropriate to, or affected by,
women; as, feminine studies, employments,
accomplishments, etc. ``Female applies to sex rather
than gender, and is a physiological rather than a
grammatical term. Feminine applies to gender rather
than sex, and is grammatical rather than
physiological.' --Latham. Chrysosplenium oppositifoliumSaxifrage Sax"i*frage (?; 48), n. [L. saxifraga, from
saxifragus stone-breaking; saxum rock + frangere to break:
cf. F. saxifrage. See Fracture, and cf. Sassafras,
Saxon.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs
growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions.
Burnet saxifrage, a European umbelliferous plant
(Pimpinella Saxifraga).
Golden saxifrage, a low half-succulent herb
(Chrysosplenium oppositifolium) growing in rivulets in
Europe; also, C. Americanum, common in the United
States. See also under Golden.
Meadow saxifrage, or Pepper saxifrage. See under
Meadow. Comptonia or Myrica asplenifoliaSweet 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. Displenish
Displenish Dis*plen"ish, v. t.
To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of
stock. [Scot.]
Gastrosplenic
Gastrosplenic Gas`tro*splen"ic, n. [Gastro- + splenic.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to the stomach and spleen; as, the gastrosplenic
ligament.
Plenicorn
Plenicorn Ple"ni*corn, n. [L. plenus full + cornu horn.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A ruminant having solid horns or antlers, as the deer.
--Brande & C.
Plenilunary
Plenilunary Plen`i*lu"na*ry, a.
Of or pertaining to the full moon. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Plenilune
Plenilune Plen"i*lune, n. [L. plenilunium; plenus full + luna
the moon.]
The full moon. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Plenipotence
Plenipotence Ple*nip"o*tence, Plenipotency Ple*nip"o*ten*cy,
n.
The quality or state of being plenipotent. [R.]
Plenipotency
Plenipotence Ple*nip"o*tence, Plenipotency Ple*nip"o*ten*cy,
n.
The quality or state of being plenipotent. [R.]
Plenipotent
Plenipotent Ple*nip"o*tent, a. [L. plenus full + potens,
-entis, potent.]
Possessing full power. [R.] --Milton.
Plenipotentiary
Plenipotentiary Plen`i*po*ten"ti*a*ry, a.
Containing or conferring full power; invested with full
power; as, plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary
ministers. --Howell.
PlenishPlenish Plen"ish, v. t. [See Replenish.]
1. To replenish. [Obs.] --T. Reeve.
2. To furnish; to stock, as a house or farm. [Scot.] Plenishing
Plenishing Plen"ish*ing, n.
Household furniture; stock. [Scot.]
Plenitude
Plenitude Plen"i*tude, n. [L. plenitudo, fr. plenus full; cf.
F. plenitude.]
1. The quality or state of being full or complete; fullness;
completeness; abundance; as, the plenitude of space or
power.
2. Animal fullness; repletion; plethora. [Obs.]
Plenitudinarian
Plenitudinarian Plen`i*tu`di*na"ri*an, n.
A plenist.
Plenitudinary
Plenitudinary Plen`i*tu"di*na*ry, a.
Having plenitude; full; complete; thorough. [Obs.]
ReplenishReplenish Re*plen"ish (r?-pl?n"?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Replenished (-?sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Replenishing.] [OE.
replenissen, OF. replenir; L. pref. re- re- + plenus full.
See Full, -ish, and cf. Replete.]
1. To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to
stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound.
Multiply and replenish the earth. --Gen. i. 28.
The waters thus With fish replenished, and the air
with fowl. --Milton.
2. To finish; to complete; to perfect. [Obs.]
We smothered The most replenished sweet work of
nature. --Shak. Replenish
Replenish Re*plen"ish, v. i.
To recover former fullness. [Obs.]
The humors will not replenish so soon. --Bacon.
ReplenishedReplenish Re*plen"ish (r?-pl?n"?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Replenished (-?sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Replenishing.] [OE.
replenissen, OF. replenir; L. pref. re- re- + plenus full.
See Full, -ish, and cf. Replete.]
1. To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to
stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound.
Multiply and replenish the earth. --Gen. i. 28.
The waters thus With fish replenished, and the air
with fowl. --Milton.
2. To finish; to complete; to perfect. [Obs.]
We smothered The most replenished sweet work of
nature. --Shak. Replenisher
Replenisher Re*plen"ish*er (-?r), n.
One who replenishes.
ReplenishingReplenish Re*plen"ish (r?-pl?n"?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Replenished (-?sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Replenishing.] [OE.
replenissen, OF. replenir; L. pref. re- re- + plenus full.
See Full, -ish, and cf. Replete.]
1. To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to
stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound.
Multiply and replenish the earth. --Gen. i. 28.
The waters thus With fish replenished, and the air
with fowl. --Milton.
2. To finish; to complete; to perfect. [Obs.]
We smothered The most replenished sweet work of
nature. --Shak. Replenishment
Replenishment Re*plen"ish*ment (-ment), n.
1. The act of replenishing, or the state of being
replenished.
2. That which replenishes; supply. --Cowper.
Splenial
Splenial Sple"ni*al, n. (Anat.)
The splenial bone.
SplenialSplenial Sple"ni*al, a. [L. splenium a plaster, a patch, Gr.
???? a bandage.] (Anat.)
(a) Designating the splenial bone.
(b) Of or pertaining to the splenial bone or splenius muscle.
Splenial bone (Anat.), a thin splintlike bone on the inner
side of the proximal portion of the mandible of many
vertebrates. Splenial boneSplenial Sple"ni*al, a. [L. splenium a plaster, a patch, Gr.
???? a bandage.] (Anat.)
(a) Designating the splenial bone.
(b) Of or pertaining to the splenial bone or splenius muscle.
Splenial bone (Anat.), a thin splintlike bone on the inner
side of the proximal portion of the mandible of many
vertebrates. splenic feverAnthrax An"thrax, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? coal, carbuncle.]
1. (Med.)
(a) A carbuncle.
(b) A malignant pustule.
2. (Biol.) A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus
anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust.
under Bacillus.]
3. An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed
to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus
anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious
matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The
spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria.
Called also splenic fever. Splenical
Splenical Splen"ic*al, a.
Splenic.
Splenish
Splenish Splen"ish, a.
Spleenish. [Obs.] --Drayton.
Meaning of Pleni from wikipedia
- "majesty" of the Lord's
glory in the
Pleni sunt
verse (the
phrase pleni sunt
caeli et
terra gloria tua
becomes pleni sunt
caeli et
terra maiestatis gloriae...
- Adagio, D major,
common time
Pleni sunt coeli, Allegro, D major, 3/4 Benedictus, Allegretto, D minor, 2/4 (soli SATB)
Pleni sunt coeli, Allegro, Allegro...
- eo
peius the more
common an evil is, the
worse it is
manibus date
lilia plenis give
lilies with full
hands A
phrase from Virgil's Aeneid, VI.883, mourning...
-
Sanctus opens slowly, but
builds to a
rather ominous forte on the text "
Pleni sunt coeli"
before moving to a brief, more
genteel "Hosanna in Excelsis"...
- king of the Persians.
Magog in
istis duabus sunt
gentes magni et
gigantes pleni omnium malorum morum. Quos
iudeos artaxer****
collexit de
omnibus partibus...
-
months of "31" days—March, May, Quintilis, and October—called "full months" (
pleni menses) and six
months of "30" days—April, June, ****tilis, September, November...
- six
wings of the
seraphim described in that p****age. The continuation, "
Pleni sunt coeli" (Full are the heavens),
follows immediately,
written for the...
- et
semini ejus. Sanctus: Sanctus, sanctus,
sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth!
Pleni sunt
coeli et
terra gloria tua
Hosanna in excelsis! Benedictus: Benedictus...
-
predating the
Roman calendar, as one with ten
fixed months—four "full months" (
pleni menses) with 31 days and six "hollow months" (cavi menses) of 30 days, the...
- Lord". The
orchestra plays animated accompaniment throughout the fugue. "
Pleni sunt coeli" is a "serene
version of the
fugue subject",
still to
vivid strings...
