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Extraregular
Extraregular Ex`tra*reg"u*lar, a.
Not comprehended within a rule or rules. --Jer. Taylor.
Feed regulatorFeed Feed, n.
1. That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder;
pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed
for sheep.
2. A grazing or pasture ground. --Shak.
3. An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a
meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.
4. A meal, or the act of eating. [R.]
For such pleasure till that hour At feed or fountain
never had I found. --Milton.
5. The water supplied to steam boilers.
6. (Mach.)
(a) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to
be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing
machine; or of producing progressive operation upon
any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning
lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the
work.
(b) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a
steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of
stones.
(c) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is
produced; a feed motion.
Feed bag, a nose bag containing feed for a horse or mule.
Feed cloth, an apron for leading cotton, wool, or other
fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc.
Feed door, a door to a furnace, by which to supply coal.
Feed head.
(a) A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam
boiler.
(b) (Founding) An excess of metal above a mold, which
serves to render the casting more compact by its
pressure; -- also called a riser, deadhead, or
simply feed or head --Knight.
Feed heater.
(a) (Steam Engine) A vessel in which the feed water for
the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam.
(b) A boiler or kettle in which is heated food for stock.
Feed motion, or Feed gear (Mach.), the train of mechanism
that gives motion to the part that directly produces the
feed in a machine.
Feed pipe, a pipe for supplying the boiler of a steam
engine, etc., with water.
Feed pump, a force pump for supplying water to a steam
boiler, etc.
Feed regulator, a device for graduating the operation of a
feeder. --Knight.
Feed screw, in lathes, a long screw employed to impart a
regular motion to a tool rest or tool, or to the work.
Feed water, water supplied to a steam boiler, etc.
Feed wheel (Mach.), a kind of feeder. See Feeder, n., 8. Irregular
Irregular Ir*reg"u*lar, n.
One who is not regular; especially, a soldier not in regular
service.
Irregularist
Irregularist Ir*reg"u*lar*ist, n.
One who is irregular. --Baxter.
Irregularly
Irregularly Ir*reg"u*lar*ly, adv.
In an irregular manner.
Irregulate
Irregulate Ir*reg"u*late, v. t.
To make irregular; to disorder. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Irregulous
Irregulous Ir*reg"u*lous, a.
Lawless. [Obs.] --Shak.
laws or regulationsSumptuary Sump"tu*a*ry, a. [L. sumptuarius, fr. sumptus
expense, cost, fr. sumere, sumptum, to take, use, spend; sub
under + emere to take, buy: cf. F. somptuaire. See Redeem.]
Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.
--Bacon.
Sumptuary laws or regulations, laws intended to restrain
or limit the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food,
furniture, etc.; laws which regulate the prices of
commodities and the wages of labor; laws which forbid or
restrict the use of certain articles, as of luxurious
apparel. Misregulate
Misregulate Mis*reg"u*late, v. t.
To regulate wrongly or imperfectly; to fail to regulate.
old or irregular conjugationStrong Strong, a. [Compar. Stronger; superl. Strongest.]
[AS. strang, strong; akin to D. & G. streng strict, rigorous,
OHG. strengi strong, brave, harsh, Icel. strangr strong,
severe, Dan. streng, Sw. str["a]ng strict, severe. Cf.
Strength, Stretch, String.]
1. Having active physical power, or great physical power to
act; having a power of exerting great bodily force;
vigorous.
That our oxen may be strong to labor. --Ps. cxliv.
14.
Orses the strong to greater strength must yield.
--Dryden.
2. Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or
endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong
constitution; strong health.
3. Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to
withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily
subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a
strong fortress or town.
4. Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a
strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.
5. Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong
house, or company of merchants.
6. Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength
or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong.
7. Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible;
impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind
was strong from the northeast; a strong tide.
8. Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind
or imagination; striking or superior of the kind;
powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong
reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong
language.
9. Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong
partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.
Her mother, ever strong against that match. --Shak.
10. Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular
quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or
tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee.
11. Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol;
intoxicating; as, strong liquors.
12. Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors,
etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent.
13. Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat. --Heb. v. 12.
14. Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered;
as, a strong custom; a strong belief.
15. Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.
He had offered up prayers and supplications with
strong crying and tears. --Heb. v. 7.
16. Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the
mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong
mind, memory, judgment, or imagination.
I was stronger in prophecy than in criticism.
--Dryden.
17. Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful.
Like her sweet voice is thy harmonious song, As
high, as sweet, as easy, and as strong. --E. Smith.
18. (Stock Exchange) Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a
strong market.
19. (Gram.)
(a) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its
preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root
vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the
addition of -en (with or without a change of the root
vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven;
break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to
weak, or regular. See Weak.
(b) Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain
the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic
languages the vowel stems have held the original
endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems
in -n are called weak other constant stems conform,
or are irregular. --F. A. March.
Strong conjugation (Gram.), the conjugation of a strong
verb; -- called also old, or irregular, conjugation, and
distinguished from the weak, or regular, conjugation.
Note: Strong is often used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, strong-backed,
strong-based, strong-bodied, strong-colored,
strong-fisted, strong-handed, strong-ribbed,
strong-smelling, strong-voiced, etc.
Syn: Vigorous; powerful; stout; solid; firm; hardy; muscular;
forcible; cogent; valid. See Robust. Regular canonessCanoness Can"on*ess, n. [Cf. LL. canonissa.]
A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.
Regular canoness, one bound by the poverty, and observing a
strict rule of life.
Secular canoness, one allowed to hold private property, and
bound only by vows of chastity and obedience so long as
she chose to remain in the chapter. regular canons of St AustinAugustinian Au`gus*tin"i*an, a.
Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in
Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines.
Augustinian canons, an order of monks once popular in
England and Ireland; -- called also regular canons of St.
Austin, and black canons.
Augustinian hermits or Austin friars, an order of friars
established in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It was
introduced into the United States from Ireland in 1790.
Augustinian nuns, an order of nuns following the rule of
St. Augustine.
Augustinian rule, a rule for religious communities based
upon the 109th letter of St. Augustine, and adopted by the
Augustinian orders. Regular hexagonHexagon Hex"a*gon, n. [L. hexagonum, Gr. ? six-cornered; "e`x
six (akin to E. six) + ? angle.] (Geom.)
A plane figure of six angles.
Regular hexagon, a hexagon in which the angles are all
equal, and the sides are also all equal. Regular hexahedronHexahedron Hex`a*he"dron, n.; pl. E. Hexahedrons, L.
Hexahedra. [Hexa- + Gr. ? seat, base, fr. ? to sit: cf. F.
hexa[`e]dre.] (Geom.)
A solid body of six sides or faces.
Regular hexahedron, a hexagon having six equal squares for
its sides; a cube. Regular icosahedronIcosahedron I`co*sa*he"dron, n. [Gr. ?; ? twenty + ? seat,
base, fr. ? to sit.] (Geom.)
A solid bounded by twenty sides or faces.
Regular icosahedron, one of the five regular polyhedrons,
bounded by twenty equilateral triangules. Five triangles
meet to form each solid angle of the polyhedron. Regular octagonOctagon Oc"ta*gon, n. [Gr. ? eight-cornered; ? (for ? eight) +
? an angle: cf.F. cctogone.]
1. (Geom.) A plane figure of eight sides and eight angles.
2. Any structure (as a fortification) or place with eight
sides or angles.
Regular octagon, one in which the sides are all equal, and
the angles also are all equal. Regular pentagonPentagon Pen"ta*gon, n. [Gr. ?; ? (see Penta-) + gwni`a
angle: cf. L. pentagonium, F. pentagone.] (Geom.)
A plane figure having five angles, and, consequently, five
sides; any figure having five angles.
Regular pentagon, a pentagon in which the angles are all
equal, and the sides all equal. Regular tetrahedronTetrahedron Tet`ra*he"dron, n. [Tetra- + Gr. ? seat, base, fr.
? to sit.] (Geom.)
A solid figure inclosed or bounded by four triangles.
Note: In crystallography, the regular tetrahedron is regarded
as the hemihedral form of the regular octahedron.
Regular tetrahedron (Geom.), a solid bounded by four equal
equilateral triangles; one of the five regular solids. Regularia
Regularia Reg`u*la"ri*a (r[e^]g`[-u]*l[=a]"r[i^]*[.a]), n.pl.
[NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular,
sea urchins.
Regularize
Regularize Reg"u*lar*ize (r[e^]g"[-u]*l[~e]r*[imac]z), v. t.
To cause to become regular; to regulate. [R.]
Regularly
Regularly Reg"u*lar*ly, adv.
In a regular manner; in uniform order; methodically; in due
order or time.
Regularness
Regularness Reg"u*lar*ness, n.
Regularity. --Boyle.
RegulateRegulate Reg"u*late (-l[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regulated
(-l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Regulating.] [L.
regulatus, p. p. of regulare, fr. regula. See Regular.]
1. To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct
by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles
or laws.
The laws which regulate the successions of the
seasons. --Macaulay.
The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own
disputes, and regulated their own police.
--Bancroft.
2. To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state
of a nation or its finances.
3. To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate,
degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a
room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
To regulate a watch or clock, to adjust its rate of
running so that it will keep approximately standard time.
Syn: To adjust; dispose; methodize; arrange; direct; order;
rule; govern. RegulatedRegulate Reg"u*late (-l[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regulated
(-l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Regulating.] [L.
regulatus, p. p. of regulare, fr. regula. See Regular.]
1. To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct
by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles
or laws.
The laws which regulate the successions of the
seasons. --Macaulay.
The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own
disputes, and regulated their own police.
--Bancroft.
2. To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state
of a nation or its finances.
3. To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate,
degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a
room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
To regulate a watch or clock, to adjust its rate of
running so that it will keep approximately standard time.
Syn: To adjust; dispose; methodize; arrange; direct; order;
rule; govern. RegulatingRegulate Reg"u*late (-l[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regulated
(-l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Regulating.] [L.
regulatus, p. p. of regulare, fr. regula. See Regular.]
1. To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct
by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles
or laws.
The laws which regulate the successions of the
seasons. --Macaulay.
The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own
disputes, and regulated their own police.
--Bancroft.
2. To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state
of a nation or its finances.
3. To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate,
degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a
room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
To regulate a watch or clock, to adjust its rate of
running so that it will keep approximately standard time.
Syn: To adjust; dispose; methodize; arrange; direct; order;
rule; govern. RegulationRegulation Reg`u*la"tion (-l?"sh?n), n.
1. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
The temper and regulation of our own minds.
--Macaulay.
2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government;
prescription; a regulating principle; a governing
direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society
or a school.
Regulation sword, cap, uniform, etc. (Mil.), a sword,
cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by
the official regulations.
Syn: Law; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See
Law. Regulation swordRegulation Reg`u*la"tion (-l?"sh?n), n.
1. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
The temper and regulation of our own minds.
--Macaulay.
2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government;
prescription; a regulating principle; a governing
direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society
or a school.
Regulation sword, cap, uniform, etc. (Mil.), a sword,
cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by
the official regulations.
Syn: Law; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See
Law. Regulative
Regulative Reg"u*la*tive (r?g"?*l?*t?v), a.
1. Tending to regulate; regulating. --Whewell.
2. (Metaph.) Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental
to all other knowledge; furnishing fundamental principles;
as, the regulative principles, or principles a priori; the
regulative faculty. --Sir W. Hamilton.
Note: These terms are borrowed from Kant, and suggest the
thought, allowed by Kant, that possibly these
principles are only true for the human mind, the
operations and belief of which they regulate.
RegulatorRegulator Reg"u*la`tor (-l?`t?r), n.
1. One who, or that which, regulates.
2. (Mach.) A contrivance for regulating and controlling
motion, as:
(a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the
effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates
the vibrations of the balance.
(b) The governor of a steam engine.
(c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the
steam chest, in a locomotive.
3. A clock, or other timepiece, used as a standard of correct
time. See Astronomical clock
(a), under Clock.
4. A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the
lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent
crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the
comission of violent crimes. [U.S.]
A few stood neutral, or declared in favor of the
Regulators. --Bancroft.
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