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DiscrepanceDiscrepance Dis*crep"ance (?; 277), Discrepancy
Dis*crep"an*cy, n.; pl. -ances, -ancies. [L. disrepantia:
cf. OF. discrepance. See Discrepant.]
The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement;
variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.
There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth
and age, men and women. --Sir T.
Elyot.
There is no real discrepancy between these two
genealogies. --G. S. Faber. DiscrepancyDiscrepance Dis*crep"ance (?; 277), Discrepancy
Dis*crep"an*cy, n.; pl. -ances, -ancies. [L. disrepantia:
cf. OF. discrepance. See Discrepant.]
The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement;
variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.
There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth
and age, men and women. --Sir T.
Elyot.
There is no real discrepancy between these two
genealogies. --G. S. Faber. DiscrepantDiscrepant Dis*crep"ant, a. [L. discrepans, -antis, p. pr. of
discrepare to sound differently or discordantly; dis- +
crepare to rattle, creak: cf. OF. discrepant. See
Crepitate.]
Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different.
The Egyptians were . . . the most oddly discrepant from
the rest in their manner of worship. --Cudworth. Discrepant
Discrepant Dis*crep"ant, n.
A dissident. --J. Taylor.
Drepanodes varusJuniper Ju"ni*per, n. [L. juniperus, prop., youth-producing,
and so called from its evergreen appearance, from the roots
of E. juvenile, and parent. Cf. Gin the liquor.] (Bot.)
Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the genus Juniperus and
order Conifer[ae].
Note: The common juniper (J. communis) is a shrub of a low,
spreading form, having awl-shaped, rigid leaves in
whorls of threes, and bearing small purplish blue
berries (or galbuli), of a warm, pungent taste, used as
diuretic and in flavoring gin. A resin exudes from the
bark, which has erroneously been considered identical
with sandarach, and is used as pounce. The oil of
juniper is acrid, and used for various purposes, as in
medicine, for making varnish, etc. The wood of several
species is of a reddish color, hard and durable, and is
used in cabinetwork under the names of red cedar,
Bermuda cedar, etc.
Juniper worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a geometrid moth
(Drepanodes varus). It feeds upon the leaves of the
juniper, and mimics the small twigs both in form and
color, in a remarkable manner. Repand
Repand Re*pand" (r?*p?nd), a. [L. repandus bent backward,
turned up; pref. re- re- + pandus bent, crooked.] (Bot. &
Zool.)
Having a slightly undulating margin; -- said of leaves.
TrepanTrepan Tre*pan", n. [See Trapan.]
1. A snare; a trapan.
Snares and trepans that common life lays in its way.
--South.
2. a deceiver; a cheat.
He had been from the beginning a spy and a trepan.
--Macaulay. Trepan
Trepan Tre*pan", v. t.
To insnare; to trap; to trapan.
Guards even of a dozen men were silently trepanned from
their stations. --De Quincey.
TrepangTrepang Tre*pang", n. [Malay tr[=i]pang.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of
which are dried and extensively used as food in China; --
called also b[^e]che de mer, sea cucumber, and sea
slug. [Written also tripang.]
Note: The edible trepangs are mostly large species of
Holothuria, especially H. edulis. They are taken in
vast quantities in the East Indies, where they are
dried and smoked, and then shipped to China. They are
used as an ingredient in certain kinds of soup. trepangHolothurian Hol`o*thu"ri*an, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Belonging to the Holothurioidea. -- n. One of the
Holothurioidea.
Note: Some of the species of Holothurians are called sea
cucumbers, sea slugs, trepang, and b[^e]che de
m[`e]r. Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese.
See Trepang. Trepanize
Trepanize Trep"an*ize, v. t.
To trepan. [Obs.] ``By trepanizing the skull.' --Jer.
Taylor.
Trepanner
Trepanner Tre*pan"ner, n.
One who trepans. `` Pitiful trepanners and impostors.'
--Gauden.
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