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A play upon wordsPlay Play, n.
1. Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols.
2. Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement
or diversion; a game.
John naturally loved rough play. --Arbuthnot.
3. The act or practice of contending for victory, amusement,
or a prize, as at dice, cards, or billiards; gaming; as,
to lose a fortune in play.
4. Action; use; employment; exercise; practice; as, fair
play; sword play; a play of wit. ``The next who comes in
play.' --Dryden.
5. A dramatic composition; a comedy or tragedy; a composition
in which characters are represented by dialogue and
action.
A play ought to be a just image of human nature.
--Dryden.
6. The representation or exhibition of a comedy or tragedy;
as, he attends ever play.
7. Performance on an instrument of music.
8. Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a
wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and
easy action. ``To give them play, front and rear.'
--Milton.
The joints are let exactly into one another, that
they have no play between them. --Moxon.
9. Hence, liberty of acting; room for enlargement or display;
scope; as, to give full play to mirth.
Play actor, an actor of dramas. --Prynne.
Play debt, a gambling debt. --Arbuthnot.
Play pleasure, idle amusement. [Obs.] --Bacon.
A play upon words, the use of a word in such a way as to be
capable of double meaning; punning.
Play of colors, prismatic variation of colors.
To bring into play, To come into play, to bring or come
into use or exercise.
To hold in play, to keep occupied or employed. Aberrancy of curvatureAberrance Ab*er"rance, Aberrancy Ab*er"ran*cy, n.
State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way;
deviation from truth, rectitude, etc.
Aberrancy of curvature (Geom.), the deviation of a curve
from a circular form. Aberrancy of curvatureCurvature Cur"va*ture (k?r"v?-t?r; 135), n. [L. curvatura. See
Curvate.]
1. The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved;
a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or
surface from a rectilinear direction; a bend; a curve.
--Cowper.
The elegant curvature of their fronds. --Darwin.
2. (Math.) The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical
curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a
tangent drawn to the curve at that point.
Aberrancy of curvature (Geom.), the deviation of a curve
from a circular form.
Absolute curvature. See under Absolute.
Angle of curvature (Geom.), one that expresses the amount
of curvature of a curve.
Chord of curvature. See under Chord.
Circle of curvature. See Osculating circle of a curve,
under Circle.
Curvature of the spine (Med.), an abnormal curving of the
spine, especially in a lateral direction.
Radius of curvature, the radius of the circle of curvature,
or osculatory circle, at any point of a curve. Abruptly pinnateAbruptly Ab*rupt"ly, adv.
1. In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the
usual forms; suddenly.
2. Precipitously.
Abruptly pinnate (Bot.), pinnate without an odd leaflet, or
other appendage, at the end. --Gray. Academy figure2/22/42/8 4/22/44/8 3/23/43/8 6/46/46/8
Academy figure, Canceled figures, Lay figure, etc. See
under Academy, Cancel, Lay, etc.
Figure caster, or Figure flinger, an astrologer. ``This
figure caster.' --Milton.
Figure flinging, the practice of astrology.
Figure-of-eight knot, a knot shaped like the figure 8. See
Illust. under Knot.
Figure painting, a picture of the human figure, or the act
or art of depicting the human figure.
Figure stone (Min.), agalmatolite.
Figure weaving, the art or process of weaving figured
fabrics.
To cut a figure, to make a display. [Colloq.] --Sir W.
Scott. Accessary after the factAccessary Ac*ces"sa*ry (277), n.; pl. Accessaries. [Cf.
Accessory and LL. accessarius.] (Law)
One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or
instigator to the commission of an offense.
Accessary before the fact (Law), one who commands or
counsels an offense, not being present at its commission.
Accessary after the fact, one who, after an offense,
assists or shelters the offender, not being present at the
commission of the offense.
Note: This word, as used in law, is spelt accessory by
Blackstone and many others; but in this sense is spelt
accessary by Bouvier, Burrill, Burns, Whishaw, Dane,
and the Penny Cyclopedia; while in other senses it is
spelt accessory. In recent text-books on criminal law
the distinction is not preserved, the spelling being
either accessary or accessory. Accessary beforeFact Fact, n. [L. factum, fr. facere to make or do. Cf.
Feat, Affair, Benefit, Defect, Fashion, and -fy.]
1. A doing, making, or preparing. [Obs.]
A project for the fact and vending Of a new kind of
fucus, paint for ladies. --B. Jonson.
2. An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that
comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance.
What might instigate him to this devilish fact, I am
not able to conjecture. --Evelyn.
He who most excels in fact of arms. --Milton.
3. Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all
the rest; the fact is, he was beaten.
4. The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing;
sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer
of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a
thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds
with false facts.
I do not grant the fact. --De Foe.
This reasoning is founded upon a fact which is not
true. --Roger Long.
Note: TheTerm fact has in jurisprudence peculiar uses in
contrast with low; as, attorney at low, and attorney in
fact; issue in low, and issue in fact. There is also a
grand distinction between low and fact with reference
to the province of the judge and that of the jury, the
latter generally determining the fact, the former the
low. --Burrill Bouvier.
Accessary before, or after, the fact. See under
Accessary.
Matter of fact, an actual occurrence; a verity; used
adjectively: of or pertaining to facts; prosaic;
unimaginative; as, a matter-of-fact narration.
Syn: Act; deed; performance; event; incident; occurrence;
circumstance. Accessary before the factAccessary Ac*ces"sa*ry (277), n.; pl. Accessaries. [Cf.
Accessory and LL. accessarius.] (Law)
One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or
instigator to the commission of an offense.
Accessary before the fact (Law), one who commands or
counsels an offense, not being present at its commission.
Accessary after the fact, one who, after an offense,
assists or shelters the offender, not being present at the
commission of the offense.
Note: This word, as used in law, is spelt accessory by
Blackstone and many others; but in this sense is spelt
accessary by Bouvier, Burrill, Burns, Whishaw, Dane,
and the Penny Cyclopedia; while in other senses it is
spelt accessory. In recent text-books on criminal law
the distinction is not preserved, the spelling being
either accessary or accessory. Alimentary canalAlimentary Al`i*men"ta*ry, a. [L. alimentarius, fr. alimentum:
cf. F. alimentaire.]
Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of
nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances.
Alimentary canal, the entire channel, extending from the
mouth to the anus, by which aliments are conveyed through
the body, and the useless parts ejected. Alloy steel
Alloy steel Al"loy steel
Any steel containing a notable quantity of some other metal
alloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese,
tungsten, or vanadium.
Ambary hempAmbary Am*ba"ry, n., or Ambary hemp Ambary hemp . [Hind.
amb[=a]r[=a], amb[=a]r[=i].]
A valuable East Indian fiber plant (Hibiscus cannabinus),
or its fiber, which is used throughout India for making
ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth; -- called
also brown Indian hemp. Anchovy pearAnchovy pear An*cho"vy pear` ([a^]n*ch[=o]"v[y^] p[^a]r`).
(Bot.)
A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes
pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this
fruit. Ancillary administration
Ancillary administration An"cil*la*ry ad*min`is*tra"tion (Law)
An administration subordinate to, and in aid of, the primary
or principal administration of an estate.
Anniversary dayAnniversary An`ni*ver"sa*ry, a. [L. anniversarius; annus year
+ vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. anniversaire.]
Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly;
as, an anniversary feast.
Anniversary day (R. C. Ch.). See Anniversary, n., 2.
Anniversary week, that week in the year in which the annual
meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in
Boston and New York. [Eastern U. S.] Anniversary weekAnniversary An`ni*ver"sa*ry, a. [L. anniversarius; annus year
+ vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. anniversaire.]
Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly;
as, an anniversary feast.
Anniversary day (R. C. Ch.). See Anniversary, n., 2.
Anniversary week, that week in the year in which the annual
meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in
Boston and New York. [Eastern U. S.] antimony glanceStibnite Stib"nite, n. (Min.)
A mineral of a lead-gray color and brilliant metallic luster,
occurring in prismatic crystals; sulphide of antimony; --
called also antimony glance, and gray antimony. Antimony rubber Antimony rubber, an elastic durable variety of vulcanized
caoutchouc of a red color. It contains antimony sulphide
as an important constituent.
Hard rubber, a kind of vulcanized caoutchouc which nearly
resembles horn in texture, rigidity, etc.
India rubber, caoutchouc. See Caoutchouc.
Rubber cloth, cloth covered with caoutchouc for excluding
water or moisture.
Rubber dam (Dentistry), a shield of thin sheet rubber
clasped around a tooth to exclude saliva from the tooth. Any whitherWhither Whith"er, adv. [OE. whider. AS. hwider; akin to E.
where, who; cf. Goth. hvadr[=e] whither. See Who, and cf.
Hither, Thither.]
1. To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest
thou? ``Whider may I flee?' --Chaucer.
Sir Valentine, whither away so fast? --Shak.
2. To what or which place; -- used relatively.
That no man should know . . . whither that he went.
--Chaucer.
We came unto the land whither thou sentest us.
--Num. xiii.
27.
3. To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design;
whereunto; whereto; -- used in a sense not physical.
Nor have I . . . whither to appeal. --Milton.
Any whither, to any place; anywhere. [Obs.] ``Any whither,
in hope of life eternal.' --Jer. Taylor.
No whither, to no place; nowhere. [Obs.] --2 Kings v. 25.
Syn: Where.
Usage: Whither, Where. Whither properly implies motion to
place, and where rest in a place. Whither is now,
however, to a great extent, obsolete, except in
poetry, or in compositions of a grave and serious
character and in language where precision is required.
Where has taken its place, as in the question, ``Where
are you going?' Arbitrary coefficientCoefficient Co`ef*fi"cient, n.
1. That which unites in action with something else to produce
the same effect.
2. [Cf. F. coefficient.] (Math.) A number or letter put
before a letter or quantity, known or unknown, to show how
many times the latter is to be taken; as, 6x; bx; here 6
and b are coefficients of x.
3. (Physics) A number, commonly used in computation as a
factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect
under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length,
volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the
coefficient of friction.
Arbitrary coefficient (Math.), a literal coefficient placed
arbitrarily in an algebraic expression, the value of the
coefficient being afterwards determined by the conditions
of the problem. Arbitrary constantConstant Con"stant, n.
1. That which is not subject to change; that which is
invariable.
2. (Math.) A quantity that does not change its value; -- used
in countradistinction to variable.
Absolute constant (Math.), one whose value is absolutely
the same under all circumstances, as the number 10, or any
numeral.
Arbitrary constant, an undetermined constant in a
differential equation having the same value during all
changes in the values of the variables. Armillary sphereArmillary Ar"mil*la*ry, a. [LL. armillarius, fr. L. armilla
arm ring, bracelet, fr. armus arm: cf. F. armillaire. See
Arm, n.]
Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting
of rings or circles.
Armillary sphere, an ancient astronomical machine composed
of an assemblage of rings, all circles of the same sphere,
designed to represent the positions of the important
circles of the celestial sphere. --Nichol. Army organization
Army organization Army organization
The system by which a country raises, classifies, arranges,
and equips its armed land forces. The usual divisions are:
(1) A regular or active army, in which soldiers serve
continuously with the colors and live in barracks or
cantonments when not in the field; (2) the reserves of this
army, in which the soldiers, while remaining constantly
subject to a call to the colors, live at their homes, being
summoned more or less frequently to report for instruction,
drill, or maneuvers; and (3) one or more classes of soldiers
organized largely for territorial defense, living at home and
having only occasional periods of drill and instraction, who
are variously called home reserves (as in the table below),
second, third, etc., line of defense (the regular army and
its reserves ordinarily constituting the first line of
defense), territorial forces, or the like. In countries where
conscription prevails a soldier is supposed to serve a given
number of years. He is usually enrolled first in the regular
army, then passes to its reserve, then into the home
reserves, to serve until he reaches the age limit. It for any
reason he is not enrolled in the regular army, he may begin
his service in the army reserves or even the home reserves,
but then serves the full number of years or up to the age
limit. In equipment the organization of the army is into the
three great arms of infantry, cavalry, and artillery,
together with more or less numerous other branches, such as
engineers, medical corps, etc., besides the staff
organizations such as those of the pay and subsistence
departments.
Army wormArmy worm Ar"my worm` (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state
often travels in great multitudes from field to field,
destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common
army worm of the northern United States is Leucania
unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related
species, as the cotton worm.
(b) The larva of a small two-winged fly (Sciara), which
marches in large companies, in regular order. See
Cotton worm, under Cotton. array favor pollsChallenge Chal"lenge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Challenged; p. pr.
& vb. n. Challenging.] [OE. chalengen to accuse, claim, OF.
chalengier, chalongier, to claim, accuse, dispute, fr. L.
calumniar to attack with false accusations. See Challenge,
n., and cf. Calumniate.]
1. To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to
defy.
I challenge any man to make any pretense to power by
right of fatherhood. --Locke.
2. To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by
personal combat.
By this I challenge him to single fight. --Shak.
3. To claim as due; to demand as a right.
Challenge better terms. --Addison.
4. To censure; to blame. [Obs.]
He complained of the emperors . . . and challenged
them for that he had no greater revenues . . . from
them. --Holland.
5. (Mil.) To question or demand the countersign from (one who
attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged
us, with ``Who comes there?'
6. To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the
accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.
7. (Law) To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or
member of a court.
8. To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the
ground that the person in not qualified as a voter. [U.
S.]
To challenge to the array, favor, polls. See under
Challenge, n. Artillery parkArtillery Ar*til"ler*y, n. [OE. artilrie, OF. artillerie,
arteillerie, fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and
apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of
any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns,
ordnance; OF. artillier to work artifice, to fortify, to arm,
prob. from L. ars, artis, skill in joining something, art.
See Art.]
1. Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows,
and arrows. [Obs.]
And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad. --1
Sam. xx. 40.
2. Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars,
howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls,
bombs, and shot of all kinds.
Note: The word is sometimes used in a more extended sense,
including the powder, cartridges, matches, utensils,
machines of all kinds, and horses, that belong to a
train of artillery.
3. The men and officers of that branch of the army to which
the care and management of artillery are confided.
4. The science of artillery or gunnery. --Campbell.
Artillery park, or Park of artillery.
(a) A collective body of siege or field artillery,
including the guns, and the carriages, ammunition,
appurtenances, equipments, and persons necessary for
working them.
(b) The place where the artillery is encamped or
collected.
Artillery train, or Train of artillery, a number of
pieces of ordnance mounted on carriages, with all their
furniture, ready for marching. Artillery trainArtillery Ar*til"ler*y, n. [OE. artilrie, OF. artillerie,
arteillerie, fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and
apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of
any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns,
ordnance; OF. artillier to work artifice, to fortify, to arm,
prob. from L. ars, artis, skill in joining something, art.
See Art.]
1. Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows,
and arrows. [Obs.]
And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad. --1
Sam. xx. 40.
2. Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars,
howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls,
bombs, and shot of all kinds.
Note: The word is sometimes used in a more extended sense,
including the powder, cartridges, matches, utensils,
machines of all kinds, and horses, that belong to a
train of artillery.
3. The men and officers of that branch of the army to which
the care and management of artillery are confided.
4. The science of artillery or gunnery. --Campbell.
Artillery park, or Park of artillery.
(a) A collective body of siege or field artillery,
including the guns, and the carriages, ammunition,
appurtenances, equipments, and persons necessary for
working them.
(b) The place where the artillery is encamped or
collected.
Artillery train, or Train of artillery, a number of
pieces of ordnance mounted on carriages, with all their
furniture, ready for marching. Artillery wheel
Artillery wheel Ar*til"ler*y wheel
A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box,
used on gun carriages, usually having 14 spokes and 7
felloes; hence, a wheel of similar construction for use on
automobiles, etc.
As merry as a grigGrig Grig (gr[i^]g), n. [Cf. Sw. kr["a]k little creature,
reptile; or D. kriek cricket, E. cricket.]
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A cricket or grasshopper. [Prov. Eng.]
(b) Any small eel.
(c) The broad-nosed eel. See Glut. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Heath. [Prov. Eng.] --Audrey.
As merry as a grig [etymology uncertain], a saying supposed
by some to be a corruption of ``As merry as a Greek; ' by
others, to be an allusion to the cricket. Ashy paleAshy Ash"y, a.
1. Pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed
with, ashes.
2. Ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale. --Shak.
Ashy pale, pale as ashes. --Shak.
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Y Combinator, LLC (YC) is an
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