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Acrocephalus phragmitisSedge Sedge, n. [OE. segge, AS. secg; akin to LG. segge; --
probably named from its bladelike appearance, and akin to L.
secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument; cf. Ir. seisg, W.
hesg. Cf. Hassock, Saw the instrument.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial,
endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy
places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked
inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually
rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred
species.
Note: The name is sometimes given to any other plant of the
order Cyperace[ae], which includes Carex,
Cyperus, Scirpus, and many other genera of rushlike
plants.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A flock of herons.
Sedge ken (Zo["o]l.), the clapper rail. See under 5th
Rail.
Sedge warbler (Zo["o]l.), a small European singing bird
(Acrocephalus phragmitis). It often builds its nest
among reeds; -- called also sedge bird, sedge wren,
night warbler, and Scotch nightingale. Actitis maculariaSandpiper Sand"pi`per, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas,
Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family
Tringid[ae].
Note: The most important North American species are the
pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also
brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the
red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
(T. alpina); the purple sandpiper (T. maritima: the
red-breasted sandpiper, or knot (T. canutus); the
semipalmated sandpiper (Ereunetes pusillus); the
spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail (Actitis
macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites
subruficollis), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or
upland plover. See under Upland. Among the European
species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the
sanderling, and the common sandpiper (Actitis, or
Tringoides, hypoleucus), called also fiddler,
peeper, pleeps, weet-weet, and summer snipe.
Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called
sandpipers.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew.
Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt. Actitis or Tringoides hypoleucusSandpiper Sand"pi`per, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas,
Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family
Tringid[ae].
Note: The most important North American species are the
pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also
brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the
red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
(T. alpina); the purple sandpiper (T. maritima: the
red-breasted sandpiper, or knot (T. canutus); the
semipalmated sandpiper (Ereunetes pusillus); the
spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail (Actitis
macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites
subruficollis), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or
upland plover. See under Upland. Among the European
species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the
sanderling, and the common sandpiper (Actitis, or
Tringoides, hypoleucus), called also fiddler,
peeper, pleeps, weet-weet, and summer snipe.
Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called
sandpipers.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew.
Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt. acute anterior poliomyelitisInfantile paralysis In"fan*tile pa*ral"y*sis (Med.)
An acute disease, almost exclusively infantile, characterized
by inflammation of the anterior horns of the gray substance
of the spinal cord. It is attended with febrile symptoms,
motor paralysis, and muscular atrophy, often producing
permanent deformities. Called also acute anterior
poliomyelitis. Adenitis
Adenitis Ad`e*ni"tis, n. [Aden- + -itis.] (Med.)
Glandular inflammation. --Dunglison.
AEgialitis nivosaSnowy Snow"y, a.
1. White like snow. ``So shows a snowy dove trooping with
crows.' --Shak.
2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. ``The snowy top of
cold Olympus.' --Milton.
3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.
There did he lose his snowy innocence. --J. Hall
(1646).
Snowy heron (Zo["o]l.), a white heron, or egret (Ardea
candidissima), found in the Southern United States, and
southward to Chili; -- called also plume bird.
Snowy lemming (Zo["o]l.), the collared lemming (Cuniculus
torquatus), which turns white in winter.
Snowy owl (Zo["o]l.), a large arctic owl (Nyctea
Scandiaca, or N. nivea) common all over the northern
parts of the United States and Europe in winter time. Its
plumage is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually
more or less marked with blackish spots. Called also
white owl.
Snowy plover (Zo["o]l.), a small plover ([AE]gialitis
nivosa) of the western parts of the United States and
Mexico. It is light gray above, with the under parts and
portions of the head white. AEgialitis vociferaKilldee Kill"dee`, Killdeer Kill"deer`, n. [So named from
its notes.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small American plover ([AE]gialitis vocifera).
Note: It is dark grayish brown above; the rump and upper tail
coverts are yellowish rufous; the belly, throat, and a
line over the eyes, white; a ring round the neck and
band across the breast, black. Anthropomorphitism
Anthropomorphitism An`thro*po*mor"phi*tism, n.
Anthropomorphism. --Wordsworth.
Anti-SemitismAnti-Semitism An`ti-Sem"i*tism, n.
Opposition to, or hatred of, Semites, esp. Jews. --
An`ti-Sem"ite, n. -- An`ti-Sem*it"ic, a. Aortitis
Aortitis A`or*ti"tis, n. [Aorta + -itis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the aorta.
Appendicitis
Appendicitis Ap*pend`i*ci"tis, n. (Med.)
Inflammation of the vermiform appendix.
Arachnitis
Arachnitis Ar`ach*ni"tis, n. [Gr. ? + ?.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the arachnoid membrane.
Arteritis
Arteritis Ar`te*ri"tis, n. [Artery + -etis.]
Inflammation of an artery or arteries. --Dunglison.
Arthrochondritis
Arthrochondritis Ar`thro*chon*dri"tis, n. [NL.] (Med.)
Chondritis of a joint.
BlepharitisBlepharitis Bleph`a*ri"tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? eyelid +
-ilis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the eyelids. -- Bleph`a*rit"ic, a. British
British Brit"ish, n. pl.
People of Great Britain.
BritishBritish Brit"ish (br[i^]t"[i^]sh), a. [AS. Brittisc,
Bryttisc.]
Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; --
sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.
British gum, a brownish substance, very soluble in cold
water, formed by heating dry starch at a temperature of
about 600[deg] Fahr. It corresponds, in its properties, to
dextrin, and is used, in solution, as a substitute for gum
in stiffering goods.
British lion, the national emblem of Great Britain.
British seas, the four seas which surround Great Britain. British gumDextrin Dex"trin, n. [Cf. F. dextrine, G. dextrin. See
Dexter.] (Chem.)
A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless
and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc.,
and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or
diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing
several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective
varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the
plane of polarization to the right; -- called also British
gum, Alsace gum, gommelin, leiocome, etc. See
Achro["o]dextrin, and Erythrodextrin. British gumBritish Brit"ish (br[i^]t"[i^]sh), a. [AS. Brittisc,
Bryttisc.]
Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; --
sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.
British gum, a brownish substance, very soluble in cold
water, formed by heating dry starch at a temperature of
about 600[deg] Fahr. It corresponds, in its properties, to
dextrin, and is used, in solution, as a substitute for gum
in stiffering goods.
British lion, the national emblem of Great Britain.
British seas, the four seas which surround Great Britain. British lionBritish Brit"ish (br[i^]t"[i^]sh), a. [AS. Brittisc,
Bryttisc.]
Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; --
sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.
British gum, a brownish substance, very soluble in cold
water, formed by heating dry starch at a temperature of
about 600[deg] Fahr. It corresponds, in its properties, to
dextrin, and is used, in solution, as a substitute for gum
in stiffering goods.
British lion, the national emblem of Great Britain.
British seas, the four seas which surround Great Britain. British seasBritish Brit"ish (br[i^]t"[i^]sh), a. [AS. Brittisc,
Bryttisc.]
Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; --
sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.
British gum, a brownish substance, very soluble in cold
water, formed by heating dry starch at a temperature of
about 600[deg] Fahr. It corresponds, in its properties, to
dextrin, and is used, in solution, as a substitute for gum
in stiffering goods.
British lion, the national emblem of Great Britain.
British seas, the four seas which surround Great Britain. Britisher
Britisher Brit"ish*er, n.
An Englishman; a subject or inhabitant of Great Britain, esp.
one in the British military or naval service. [Now used
jocosely]
Bronchitis
Bronchitis Bron*chi"tis, n. [Bronchus + -itis.] (Med.)
Inflammation, acute or chronic, of the bronchial tubes or any
part of them.
Bursitis
Bursitis Bur*si"tis, n. [NL., fr. E. bursa + -itis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of a bursa.
Canaanitish
Canaanitish Ca"naan*i`tish, a.
Of or pertaining to Canaan or the Canaanites.
Capsulitis
Capsulitis Cap`su*li"tis, n. [NL.; E. capsule + -itis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of a capsule, as that of the crystalline lens.
CarditisCarditis Car*di"tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. kardi`a heart + -itis:
cf. F. cardite.] (Med)
Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the
heart. See Endocarditis and Pericarditis. --Dunglison. Cellulitis
Cellulitis Cel`lu*li"tis, n. [NL., fr. L. cellula + -itis.]
An inflammantion of the cellular or areolar tissue, esp. of
that lying immediately beneath the skin.
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