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macabre ::: gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.
macaco ::: n. --> Any one of several species of lemurs, as the ruffed lemur (Lemur macaco), and the ring-tailed lemur (L. catta).
macacus ::: n. --> A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East Indies. They have short tails and prominent eyebrows.
macadamization ::: n. --> The process or act of macadamizing.
macadamized ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Macadamize
macadamize ::: v. t. --> To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.
macadamizing ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Macadamize
macao ::: n. --> A macaw.
mac ::: --> A prefix, in names of Scotch origin, signifying son.
macaque ::: n. --> Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macacus; as, M. maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies.
macaranga gum ::: --> A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree (Macaranga Indica) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking impressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a medicine.
macarize ::: v. t. --> To congratulate.
macaronian ::: a. --> Alt. of Macaronic
macaronic ::: a. --> Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled.
Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry. ::: n. --> A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble.
macaronies ::: pl. --> of Macaroni
macaroni ::: n. --> Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of wheat flour, and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste.
A medley; something droll or extravagant.
A sort of droll or fool.
A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775.
The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform.
macaronis ::: pl. --> of Macaroni
macaroon ::: n. --> A small cake, composed chiefly of the white of eggs, almonds, and sugar.
A finical fellow, or macaroni.
macartney ::: n. --> A fire-backed pheasant. See Fireback.
macassar oil ::: --> A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oil and olive oil.
macauco ::: n. --> Any one of several species of small lemurs, as Lemur murinus, which resembles a rat in size.
macavahu ::: n. --> A small Brazilian monkey (Callithrix torquatus), -- called also collared teetee.
macaw ::: n. --> Any parrot of the genus Sittace, or Macrocercus. About eighteen species are known, all of them American. They are large and have a very long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around the eyes. The voice is harsh, and the colors are brilliant and strongly contrasted.
maccabean ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to Judas Maccabeus or to the Maccabees; as, the Maccabean princes; Maccabean times.
maccabees ::: n. pl. --> The name given later times to the Asmonaeans, a family of Jewish patriots, who headed a religious revolt in the reign of Antiochus IV., 168-161 B. C., which led to a period of freedom for Israel.
The name of two ancient historical books, which give accounts of Jewish affairs in or about the time of the Maccabean princes, and which are received as canonical books in the Roman Catholic Church, but are included in the Apocrypha by Protestants. Also
maccaboy ::: n. --> Alt. of Maccoboy
macchariya. See MĀTSARYA
maccittah sarvadurgani matprasadat tarisyasi ::: by giving yourself in heart and mind to Me, thou shalt cross over all difficulties and perils by My grace. [Gita 18.58]
maccittah ::: [with mind and heart (citta) given to Me].
maccoboy ::: n. --> A kind of snuff.
macco ::: n. --> A gambling game in vogue in the eighteenth century.
macdink /mak'dink/ To make many incremental and unnecessary cosmetic changes to a program or file. Often the subject of the macdinking would be better off without them. The {Macintosh} is said to encourage such behaviour. See also {fritterware}, {window shopping}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-22)
macdink ::: /mak'dink/ To make many incremental and unnecessary cosmetic changes to a program or file. Often the subject of the macdinking would be better off without them. The Macintosh is said to encourage such behaviour.See also fritterware, window shopping.[Jargon File] (1994-11-22)
macedonian ::: a. --> Belonging, or relating, to Macedonia. ::: n. --> A native or inhabitant of Macedonia.
One of a certain religious sect, followers of Macedonius, Bishop of Constantinople, in the fourth century, who held that the Holy Ghost was a creature, like the angels, and a servant of
macedonianism ::: n. --> The doctrines of Macedonius.
mace ::: n. --> A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains.
A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See Nutmeg.
A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor.
A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an
macerated ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Macerate
macerater ::: n. --> One who, or that which, macerates; an apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp.
macerate ::: v. t. --> To make lean; to cause to waste away.
To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.
To soften by steeping in a liquid, with or without heat; to wear away or separate the parts of by steeping; as, to macerate animal or vegetable fiber.
macerating ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Macerate
maceration ::: n. --> The act or process of macerating.
macer ::: n. --> A mace bearer; an officer of a court.
machaerodus ::: n. --> Alt. of Machairodus
machairodus ::: n. --> A genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats, and having in the upper jaw canine teeth of remarkable size and strength; -- hence called saber-toothed tigers.
machamarei, because of his depiction as a sun god,
macher ::: n. --> One who marches.
machete ::: n. --> A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes.
machiavelian ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to Machiavel, or to his supposed principles; politically cunning; characterized by duplicity or bad faith; crafty. ::: n. --> One who adopts the principles of Machiavel; a cunning and unprincipled politician.
machiavelianism ::: n. --> The supposed principles of Machiavel, or practice in conformity to them; political artifice, intended to favor arbitrary power.
machiavelism ::: n. --> Alt. of Machiavelianism
machicolated ::: a. --> Having machicolations.
machicolation ::: n. --> An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle.
The act of discharging missiles or pouring burning or melted substances upon assailants through such apertures.
machicoulis ::: n. --> Same as Machicolation.
machinable ::: Machine-readable. Having the softcopy nature.[Jargon File]
machinable {Machine-readable}. Having the {softcopy} nature. [{Jargon File}]
machinal ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to machines.
machinated ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Machinate
machinate ::: v. i. --> To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot. ::: v. t. --> To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.
machinating ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Machinate
machination ::: n. --> The act of machinating.
That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot.
machinator ::: n. --> One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.
machine: 1. A mechanical system that is designed to complete a task.
machine code "language" The representation of a {computer program} that is read and interpreted by the computer hardware (rather than by some other machine code program). A program in machine code consists of a sequence of "instructions" (possibly interspersed with data). An instruction is a {binary string}, (often written as one or more {octal}, {decimal} or {hexadecimal} numbers). Instructions may be all the same size (e.g. one 32-bit word for many modern {RISC} {microprocessors}) or of different sizes, in which case the size of the instruction is determined from the first {word} (e.g. {Motorola} {68000}) or {byte} (e.g. {Inmos} {transputer}). The collection of all possible instructions for a particular computer is known as its "{instruction set}". Each instruction typically causes the {Central Processing Unit} to perform some fairly simple operation like loading a value from memory into a {register} or adding the numbers in two registers. An instruction consists of an {op code} and zero or more {operands}. Different processors have different {instruction sets} - the collection of possible operations they can perform. Execution of machine code may either be {hard-wired} into the {central processing unit} or it may be controlled by {microcode}. The basic execution cycle consists of fetching the next instruction from {main memory}, decoding it (determining which action the {operation code} specifies and the location of any {arguments}) and executing it by opening various {gates} (e.g. to allow data to flow from main memory into a CPU {register}) and enabling {functional units} (e.g. signalling to the {ALU} to perform an addition). Humans almost never write programs directly in machine code. Instead, they use {programming languages}. The simplest kind of programming language is {assembly language} which usually has a one-to-one correspondence with the resulting machine code instructions but allows the use of {mnemonics} (ASCII strings) for the "{op codes}" (the part of the instruction which encodes the basic type of operation to perform) and names for locations in the program (branch labels) and for {variables} and {constants}. Other languages are either translated by a {compiler} into machine code or executed by an {interpreter} (2009-06-16)
machine code ::: The representation of a computer program which is actually read and interpreted by the computer. A program in machine code consists of a sequence of machine (e.g. Inmos transputer). The collection of all possible instructions for a particular computer is known as its instruction set.Execution of machine code may either be hard-wired into the central processing unit or it may be controlled by microcode. The basic execution cycle consists of register) and enabling functional units (e.g. signalling to the ALU to perform an addition).Humans almost never write programs directly in machine code. Instead, they use a programming language which is translated by the computer into machine code. The instruction which encodes the basic type of operation to perform) and names for locations in the program (branch labels) and for variables and constants. (1995-02-15)
machine ::: Common term for computer, usually when considered at the hardware level. The Turing Machine, an early example of this usage, was however neither hardware nor software, but only an idea.[Earlier use?] (1995-02-15)
machine Common term for "computer", usually when considered at the hardware level. The {Turing Machine}, an early example of this usage, was however neither hardware nor software, but only an idea. [Earlier use?] (1995-02-15)
machine cycle ::: (processor) The four steps which the CPU carries out for each machine language instruction: fetch, decode, execute, and store. These steps are be programmed as microcode which is itself usually fixed (in ROM) but may be (partially) modifiable (stored in RAM).The fetch cycle places the current program counter contents (the address of the next instruction to execute) on the address bus and reads in the word at that usually a single word but in other architectures an instruction may be several words long, necessitating several fetches.The decode cycle uses the contents of the IR to determine which gates should be opened between the CPU's various functional units and busses and what operation known as vertical encoding. One way RISC processors gain their advantage in speed is by having simple instruction decoding which can be performed quickly.The execute cycle occurs when the decoding logic has settled and entails the passing of values between the various function units and busses and the indirect addressing) may require three or four. Instructions in a RISC typically (but not invariably) take only a single cycle.The store cycle is when the result of the instruction is written to its destination, either a register or a memory location. This is really part of the execute cycle because some instructions may write to multiple destinations as part of their execution. (1995-04-13)
machine cycle "processor" The four steps which the {CPU} carries out for each {machine language} instruction: fetch, decode, execute, and store. These steps are performed by the {control unit}, and may be fixed in the logic of the CPU or may be programmed as {microcode} which is itself usually fixed (in {ROM}) but may be (partially) modifiable (stored in {RAM}). The fetch cycle places the current {program counter} contents (the address of the next instruction to execute) on the {address bus} and reads in the word at that location into the {instruction register} (IR). In {RISC} CPUs instructions are usually a single word but in other architectures an instruction may be several words long, necessitating several fetches. The decode cycle uses the contents of the IR to determine which {gates} should be opened between the CPU's various {functional units} and busses and what operation the {ALU}(s) should perform (e.g. add, {bitwise and}). Each gate allows data to flow from one unit to another (e.g. from {register} 0 to ALU input 1) or enables data from one output onto a certain {bus}. In the simplest case ("{horizontal encoding}") each bit of the instruction register controls a single gate or several bits may control the ALU operation. This is rarely used because it requires long instruction words (such an architecture is sometimes called a {very long instruction word} architecture). Commonly, groups of bits from the IR are fed through {decoders} to control higher level aspects of the CPU's operation, e.g. source and destination registers, {addressing mode} and {ALU} operation. This is known as {vertical encoding}. One way {RISC} processors gain their advantage in speed is by having simple instruction decoding which can be performed quickly. The execute cycle occurs when the decoding logic has settled and entails the passing of values between the various function units and busses and the operation of the ALU. A simple instruction will require only a single execute cycle whereas a complex instruction (e.g. subroutine call or one using memory {indirect addressing}) may require three or four. Instructions in a RISC typically (but not invariably) take only a single cycle. The store cycle is when the result of the instruction is written to its destination, either a {register} or a memory location. This is really part of the execute cycle because some instructions may write to multiple destinations as part of their execution. (1995-04-13)
machined ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Machine
machine instruction "programming" The smallest element of a {machine code} program. (2009-06-23)
machine language {machine code}
machine learning (ML) ::: The scientific study of algorithms and statistical models that computer systems use in order to perform a specific task effectively without using explicit instructions, relying on patterns and inference instead.
machine learning ::: The ability of a machine to improve its performance based on previous results.Neural networks are one kind of machine learning.[More examples? Net resources? Web page?] (1995-02-15)
machine learning The ability of a machine to improve its performance based on previous results. {Neural networks} are one kind of machine learning. [More examples? Net resources? Web page?] (1995-02-15)
machine listening
machine ::: n. --> In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to constitute a prime mover, or to receive force and motion
machine perception ::: The capability of a computer system to interpret data in a manner that is similar to the way humans use their senses to relate to the world around them.[215][216][217]
machiner ::: n. --> One who or operates a machine; a machinist.
machinery ::: n. --> Machines, in general, or collectively.
The working parts of a machine, engine, or instrument; as, the machinery of a watch.
The supernatural means by which the action of a poetic or fictitious work is carried on and brought to a catastrophe; in an extended sense, the contrivances by which the crises and conclusion of a fictitious narrative, in prose or verse, are effected.
The means and appliances by which anything is kept in
machine vision (MV) ::: The technology and methods used to provide imaging-based automatic inspection and analysis for such applications as automatic inspection, process control, and robot guidance, usually in industry. Machine vision is a term encompassing a large number of technologies, software and hardware products, integrated systems, actions, methods and expertise. Machine vision as a systems engineering discipline can be considered distinct from computer vision, a form of computer science. It attempts to integrate existing technologies in new ways and apply them to solve real world problems. The term is the prevalent one for these functions in industrial automation environments but is also used for these functions in other environments such as security and vehicle guidance.
machining ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Machine ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to the machinery of a poem; acting or used as a machine.
machinist ::: n. --> A constrictor of machines and engines; one versed in the principles of machines.
One skilled in the use of machine tools.
A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.
machoflops /mach'oh-flops/ A pun on "{megaflops}" referring to the inflated performance figures often quoted by computer manufacturers. Real {application programs} are lucky to get half the quoted speed. See {Your mileage may vary}, {benchmark}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-15)
machoflops ::: /mach'oh-flops/ A pun on megaflops referring to the inflated performance figures often quoted by computer manufacturers. Real application programs are lucky to get half the quoted speed.See Your mileage may vary, benchmark.[Jargon File] (1995-02-15)
macho ::: n. --> The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, / Mexicanus).
macilency ::: n. --> Leanness.
macilent ::: a. --> Lean; thin.
macintosh ::: n. --> Same as Mackintosh.
mackerel ::: n. --> A pimp; also, a bawd.
Any species of the genus Scomber, and of several related genera. They are finely formed and very active oceanic fishes. Most of them are highly prized for food.
mackinaw ::: --> A thick blanket formerly in common use in the western part of the United States.
mackinaw blanket ::: --> Alt. of Mackinaw
mackintosh ::: n. --> A waterproof outer garment; -- so called from the name of the inventor.
mackle ::: n. --> Same Macule. ::: v. t. & i. --> To blur, or be blurred, in printing, as if there were a double impression.
macled ::: a. --> Marked like macle (chiastolite).
Having a twin structure. See Twin, a.
See Mascled.
macle ::: n. --> Chiastolite; -- so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross section. See Chiastolite.
A crystal having a similar tessellated appearance.
A twin crystal.
maclurea ::: n. --> A genus of spiral gastropod shells, often of large size, characteristic of the lower Silurian rocks.
maclurin ::: n. --> See Morintannic.
macrame lace ::: --> A coarse lace made of twine, used especially in decorating furniture.
macrencephalic ::: a. --> Alt. of Macrencephalous
macrencephalous ::: a. --> Having a large brain.
macro- ::: --> A combining form signifying long, large, great; as macrodiagonal, macrospore.
macro A name (possibly followed by a {formal argument} list) that is equated to a text or symbolic expression to which it is to be expanded (possibly with the substitution of {actual arguments}) by a macro expander. The term "macro" originated in early {assemblers}, which encouraged the use of macros as a structuring and information-hiding device. During the early 1970s, macro assemblers became ubiquitous, and sometimes quite as powerful and expensive as {HLLs}, only to fall from favour as improving {compiler} technology marginalised {assembly language} programming (see {languages of choice}). Nowadays the term is most often used in connection with the {C preprocessor}, {Lisp}, or one of several special-purpose languages built around a macro-expansion facility (such as {TeX} or {Unix}'s {troff} suite). Indeed, the meaning has drifted enough that the collective "macros" is now sometimes used for code in any special-purpose application control language (whether or not the language is actually translated by text expansion), and for macro-like entities such as the "keyboard macros" supported in some text editors (and {PC} {TSRs} or {Macintosh} INIT/CDEV keyboard enhancers). (1994-12-06)
macro ::: A name (possibly followed by a formal argument list) that is equated to a text or symbolic expression to which it is to be expanded (possibly with the substitution of actual arguments) by a macro expander.The term macro originated in early assemblers, which encouraged the use of macros as a structuring and information-hiding device. During the early 1970s, of several special-purpose languages built around a macro-expansion facility (such as TeX or Unix's troff suite).Indeed, the meaning has drifted enough that the collective macros is now sometimes used for code in any special-purpose application control language macro-like entities such as the keyboard macros supported in some text editors (and PC TSRs or Macintosh INIT/CDEV keyboard enhancers). (1994-12-06)
macrobiotic ::: a. --> Long-lived.
macrobiotics ::: n. --> The art of prolonging life.
macrocephalous ::: a. --> Having a large head.
Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body.
macro-chemistry ::: n. --> The science which treats of the chemical properties, actions or relations of substances in quantity; -- distinguished from micro-chemistry.
macrochires ::: n. pl. --> A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing.
macrocosmic ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to the macrocosm.
macrocosm ::: Macrocosm The greater world or universe, distinguished from the Microcosm (see below) with which it corresponds (as above, so below).
macrocosm ::: n. --> The great world; that part of the universe which is exterior to man; -- contrasted with microcosm, or man. See Microcosm.
macrocystis ::: n. --> An immensely long blackish seaweed of the Pacific (Macrocystis pyrifera), having numerous almond-shaped air vessels.
macrodactylic ::: a. --> Alt. of Macrodactylous
macrodactyl ::: n. --> One of a group of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very long toes.
macrodactylous ::: a. --> Having long toes.
macrodiagonal ::: n. --> The longer of two diagonals, as of a rhombic prism. See Crystallization.
macrodome ::: n. --> A dome parallel to the longer lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. See Dome, n., 4.
macrodont ::: a. --> Having large teeth. ::: n. --> A macrodont animal.
macrofarad ::: n. --> See Megafarad.
macroglossia ::: n. --> Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
macrognathic ::: a. --> Long-jawed.
macrology /mak-rol'*-jee/ 1. Set of usually complex or {crufty} {macros}, e.g. as part of a large system written in {Lisp}, {TECO}, or (less commonly) {assembler}. 2. The art and science involved in comprehending a macrology. Sometimes studying the macrology of a system is not unlike archaeology, ecology, or {theology}, hence the sound-alike construction. See also {boxology}. (2003-09-02)
macrology ::: /mak-rol'*-jee/ 1. Set of usually complex or crufty macros, e.g. as part of a large system written in Lisp, TECO, or (less commonly) assembler.2. The art and science involved in comprehending a macrology. Sometimes studying the macrology of a system is not unlike archaeology, ecology, or theology, hence the sound-alike construction. See also boxology.(2003-09-02)
macrology ::: n. --> Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words.
macrometer ::: n. --> An instrument for determining the size or distance of inaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant.
macronic text: Using a mixture of languages for a comic or humourous effect.
macron ::: n. --> A short, straight, horizontal mark [-], placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as, a, in dame; /, in s/am, etc.
macropetalous ::: a. --> Having long or large petals.
macrophyllous ::: a. --> Having long or large leaves.
macropinacoid ::: n. --> One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical and longer lateral (macrodiagonal) axes.
macropodal ::: a. --> Having long or large feet, or a long stem.
macropodian ::: n. --> A macropod.
macropod ::: n. --> Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also spider crab.
macropodous ::: a. --> Having long legs or feet.
macro- ::: Prefix large. Opposite of micro-. In the mainstream and among other technical cultures (for example, medical people) this competes with the prefix mega-, but hackers tend to restrict the latter to quantification.[Jargon File]
macro- Prefix large. Opposite of {micro-}. In the mainstream and among other technical cultures (for example, medical people) this competes with the prefix {mega-}, but hackers tend to restrict the latter to quantification. [{Jargon File}]
macro preprocessor {preprocessor}
macroprism ::: n. --> A prism of an orthorhombic crystal between the macropinacoid and the unit prism; the corresponding pyramids are called macropyramids.
macropteres ::: n. pl. --> A division of birds; the Longipennes.
macropterous ::: a. --> Having long wings.
macropus ::: n. --> genus of marsupials including the common kangaroo.
macropyramid ::: n. --> See Macroprism.
macroscopic ::: a. --> Alt. of Macroscopical
macroscopical ::: a. --> Visible to the unassisted eye; -- as opposed to microscopic.
macroscopic currents ::: Ionic currents flowing through large numbers of ion channels distributed over a substantial area of membrane.
macroscopic ::: Visible with the naked eye.
macrosporangium ::: n. --> A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; -- opposed to microsporangium. Both are found in the genera Selaginella, Isoctes, and Marsilia, plants remotely allied to ferns.
macrospore ::: n. --> One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella, etc.
macrosporic ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to macrospores.
macrotape "storage" /mak'roh-tayp/ An industry-standard reel of {magnetic tape}, as opposed to a {microtape}. See also {round tape}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-10-20)
macrotape ::: (storage) /mak'roh-tayp/ An industry-standard reel of magnetic tape, as opposed to a microtape.See also round tape.[Jargon File] (1994-10-20)
macrotone ::: n. --> Same as Macron.
macrotous ::: a. --> Large-eared.
macroura ::: a. --> Alt. of Macroural
macroural ::: a. --> Same as Macrura, Macrural, etc.
macrozoospore ::: n. --> A large motile spore having four vibratile cilia; -- found in certain green algae.
macrural ::: a. --> Same as Macrurous.
macruran ::: n. --> One of the Macrura.
macrura ::: n. pl. --> A subdivision of decapod Crustacea, having the abdomen largely developed. It includes the lobster, prawn, shrimp, and many similar forms. Cf. Decapoda.
macruroid ::: a. --> Like or pertaining to the Macrura.
macrurous ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to the Macrura; having a long tail.
mactation ::: n. --> The act of killing a victim for sacrifice.
mactra ::: n. --> Any marine bivalve shell of the genus Mactra, and allied genera. Many species are known. Some of them are used as food, as Mactra stultorum, of Europe. See Surf clam, under Surf.
maculae ::: pl. --> of Macula
macula ::: n. --> A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.
A rather large spot or blotch of color.
maculated ::: a. --> Having spots or blotches; maculate.
maculate ::: v. --> To spot; to stain; to blur. ::: a. --> Marked with spots or maculae; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts.
macula ::: The central region of the retina that contains the fovea (the term derives from the yellowish appearance of this region in ophthalmoscopic examination); also, the sensory epithelia of the otolith organs.
maculation ::: n. --> The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish.
maculatory ::: a. --> Causing a spot or stain.
maculature ::: n. --> Blotting paper.
macule ::: n. --> A spot.
A blur, or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little; a mackle. ::: v. --> To blur; especially (Print.), to blur or double an impression from type. See Mackle.
maculose ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to spots upon a surface; spotted; maculate.
macumba ::: Macumba See Lukumi.
Mac-1 "language" The {assembly language} used in the book cited below. See {Mic-1}. ["Structured Computer Organization", A.S. Tanenbaum, 3rd Edition, P-H 1989, Sect. 4.3]. (1996-04-07)
Mac-1 ::: (language) The assembly language used in the book cited below.See Mic-1.[Structured Computer Organization, A.S. Tanenbaum, 3rd Edition, P-H 1989, Sect. 4.3]. (1996-04-07)
MAC ::: 1. Media Access Control.2. Early system on Ferranti Mercury. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
MAC 1. {Media Access Control}. 2. Early system on {Ferranti} {Mercury}. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
MAC-360 A system for solving numerical problems using equation-like input. Developed around 1967. ["User's Guide to MAC-360", Charles Stark Draper Lab, Cambridge MA (Aug 1973)]. [Sammet 1969, p. 264].
MAC-360 ::: A system for solving numerical problems using equation-like input. Developed around 1967.[User's Guide to MAC-360, Charles Stark Draper Lab, Cambridge MA (Aug 1973)].[Sammet 1969, p. 264].
MAC address ::: The hardware address of a device connected to a shared network medium. See also Media Access Control.
MAC address The hardware address of a device connected to a shared {network} medium. See also {Media Access Control}.
MACA {Multiple Access with Colision Avoidance}
MACAnalyst ::: An analysis CASE tool for the Macintosh from Excel Software, Inc.
MACAnalyst An analysis {CASE} tool for the {Macintosh} from {Excel Software, Inc.}
Macaulay ::: A symbolic mathematics package for commutative algebra, algebraic geometry and cohomology, written in C by Mike Stillman in 1977. Version 3 runs on Sun, Macintosh and Amiga. . (1994-10-12)
Macaulay A {symbolic mathematics} package for {commutative algebra}, {algebraic geometry} and {cohomology}, written in {C} by Mike Stillman "mike@mssun7.msi.cornell.edu" and Dave Bayer "bayer@cUnixa.columbia.edu" in 1977. Version 3 runs on {Sun}, {Macintosh} and {Amiga}. {(ftp://zariski.harvard.edu/)}. (1994-10-12)
MacBinary "file format" An eight-bit wide representation of the data and {resource forks} of an {Macintosh} file and of relevant {Finder} information. MacBinary files are recognised as "special" by several MacIntosh {terminal emulators}. These emulators, using {Kermit} or {XMODEM} or any other file transfer protocol, can separate the incoming file into {forks} and appropriately modify the {Desktop} to display {icons}, types, creation dates, and the like. (1995-03-08)
MacBinary ::: (file format) An eight-bit wide representation of the data and resource forks of an Macintosh file and of relevant Finder information. MacBinary files separate the incoming file into forks and appropriately modify the Desktop to display icons, types, creation dates, and the like. (1995-03-08)
Maccabee Operation ::: Israeli military operation carried out on May 1, 1948 to secure safe passage along the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem road.
Maccabees. London: Society for Promoting Christian
Maccabee(s) ::: See Hasmoneans, hasidim, Hanukkah.
Maccabi World Union ::: International Jewish sports organization, founded in eastern Europe, at a time when Jews were barred from other sports organizations, with the mission to further physical fitness among Jewish youth as a prerequisite for building a national homeland.
Mac "computer" The line of computers manufactured by {Apple Inc}. "Mac" is not primarily a nickname or an abbreviation, but a brand name and trademark in its own right. Apple currently (2009) refer to the brand as any of "Mac", "iMac" or "Macintosh" (all registered trademarks). The Mac was Apple's successor to the {Lisa}. The project was proposed by {Jef Raskin} some time before {Steve Jobs}'s famous visit to {Xerox PARC}. Jobs tried to scuttle the Macintosh project and only joined it later because he wasn't trusted to manage the {Lisa} project. The {Macintosh user interface} was notable for popularising the {graphical user interface}, with its easy to learn and easy to use {desktop} metaphor. The first Macintosh, introduced in January 1984, had a {Motorola 68000} {CPU}, 128K of {RAM}, a small {monochrome} screen, and one built-in {floppy disk} drive with an external slot for one more, two {serial ports} and a four-voice sound generator. This was all housed in one small plastic case, including the screen. When more memory was available later in the year, a 512K Macintosh was nicknamed the "Fat Mac." The Mac Plus (January 1986) added expandability by providing an external {SCSI} port for connecting {hard disks}, {magnetic tape}, and other high-speed devices. The Mac SE (March 1987) had up to four megabytes of {RAM}, an optional built-in 20 megabyte hard disk and one internal expansion slot for connecting a third-party device. The Mac II (March 1987) used the faster {Motorola 68020} {CPU} with a 32-bit {bus}. In 1994 the {Power Mac} was launched, and in 1999 the {iMac} was introduced. The {SuperDrive} appeared in the iMac in 2002. The {Macintosh Operating System} is now officially called "Mac OS". Mac OS X is the successor to Mac OS 9, although its technological parent is the {NEXTSTEP} OS from {Next, Inc.}, founded by Steve Jobs after he left Apple the first time. OS X is based largely on the {BSD} UNIX system. The core of the OS X operating system is released as free {source code} under the project name {Darwin}. The standard Macintosh screen {resolution} is 72 {dpi} (making one {point} = one {pixel}), exactly half the 144 dpi resolution of the ancient {Apple Imagewriter} {dot matrix} printer. If "Macintosh" were an acronym, some say it would stand for "Many Applications Crash, If Not, The Operating System Hangs". While this was true for pre Mac OS 9 systems, it is less true for Mac OS 9, and totally incorrect for Mac OS X, which has protected memory, so even if one application crashes, the system and other applications are unaffected. See also {Macintosh file system}, {Macintosh user interface}. {Apple Home (http://apple.com/mac)}. (2009-05-05)
MACDesigner ::: A design CASE tool for the Mac from Excel Software, Inc.
MACDesigner A design CASE tool for the Mac from {Excel Software, Inc.}
MacDonald White Paper (alt. "The White Paper")
MACE ::: A concurrent object-oriented language.
MACE A concurrent {object-oriented} language.
MacGregor Mathers. Chicago: de Laurence Co.,
Machagistia The divine theologic magic of ancient Persia and Chaldea; Magianism in its purest and highest form. Ammianus Marcellinus (4th Century) remarks that “Plato, that most learned deliverer of wise opinions, teaches us that Magiae is by a mystic name Machagistia, that is to say, the purest worship of divine beings; of which knowledge in olden times the Bactrian Zoroaster derived much from the secret rites of the Chaldaeans; and after him Hystaspes, a very wise monarch, the father of Darius” (Roman History 23, 6, 32).
Machal —an angel invoked in the exorcism of
Mach —an angel called up in Solomonic con¬
Mach ::: An operating system kernel under development at Carnegie-Mellon University to support distributed and parallel computation. Mach is designed to support computing environments consisting of networks of uniprocessors and multiprocessors. Mach is the kernel of the OSF/1.
Mach An operating system kernel under development at Carnegie-Mellon University to support distributed and parallel computation. Mach is designed to support computing environments consisting of networks of uniprocessors and multiprocessors. Mach is the kernel of the {OSF}/1.
Machasiel —in both Barrett, The Magus II, and
Machatan (Machator, Macoton)—a Saturday
Machen Pomra. See RMA CHEN SPOM RA
Machen.
Machiavelli ::: An extension of Standard ML developed by Peter Buneman & Atsushi Ohori of the University of Pennsylvania in 1989, based on orthogonal persistence.[Database Programming in Machiavelli: A Polymorphic Language with Static Type Inference, A. Ohori, Proc SIGMOD Conf, ACM, June 1989]. (1995-02-21)
Machiavelli An extension of {Standard ML} developed by Peter Buneman & Atsushi Ohori of the {University of Pennsylvania} in 1989, based on {orthogonal persistence}. ["Database Programming in Machiavelli: A Polymorphic Language with Static Type Inference", A. Ohori, Proc SIGMOD Conf, ACM, June 1989]. (1995-02-21)
Machiavellism: A political principle according to which every act of the state (or statesman) is permissible -- especially with reference to foreign relations -- which might be advantageous for one's own country. The word refers to Niccolo di Bernardo Machiavelli, born May 3, 1469 in Florence, died June 22, 1527. Author of Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio (Discourses about the first ten books of Titus Livius), Il Principe (The Prince). -- W.E.
Machidiel (“fulness of God”—Malchidiel,
Machidiel is called Melkejal: he “rises and rules in
Machidiel (or Malahidael)
Machik Lapdron. See MA GCIG LAB SGRON
Machine hour - Cost allocation base that provides a systematic and contemporaneous method of applying overhead costs to work in process Inventory. An overhead rate of cost per hour of work expended by a machine is applied to the work in process.
MAchine INdependent SAIL (MAINSAIL) From {XIDAK}, Palo Alto CA, +1 (415) 855 9271. (2006-12-06)
Machine learning - a subfield of computer science which focuses on the development of algorithms that can learn from and make predictions on data without being explicitly programmed. See /r/machinelearning
Machine_learning ::: is the concept that a computer program can learn and adapt to new data without human interference. Machine learning is a field of artificial intelligence (AI) that keeps a computer’s built-in algorithms current regardless of changes in the worldwide economy. BREAKING DOWN 'Machine Learning' Various sectors of the economy are dealing with huge amounts of data available in different formats from disparate sources. The enormous amount of data, known as big data, is becoming easily available and accessible due to the progressive use of technology. Companies and governments realize the huge insights that can be gained from tapping into big data but lack the resources and time required to comb through its wealth of information. As such, artificial intelligence measures are being employed by different industries to gather, process, communicate, and share useful information from data sets. One method of AI that is increasingly utilized for big data processing is machine learning.
Mach Interface Generator "tool, programming" (MIG) An implementation of a subset of {Matchmaker} that generates {C} and {C++} {remote procedure call} interfaces for {interprocess communication} between {Mach} tasks. ["MIG - The Mach Interface Generator", R.P. Draves et al, CS CMU, (1989-08-4)]. (1994-11-22)
Mach Interface Generator ::: (tool, programming) (MIG) An implementation of a subset of Matchmaker that generates C and C++ remote procedure call interfaces for interprocess communication between Mach tasks.[MIG - The Mach Interface Generator, R.P. Draves et al, CS CMU, (1989-08-4)]. (1994-11-22)
Machiriseita 摩咥里制. See MĀTṚCEtA
Mach(k)iel —one of the angelic guards of the
Machmay —in Waite, The Lemegeton, an angel
Machmeer ::: Stringent; one who observes a chumrah (stringency).
Machnia (Machniel)—one of the 70 childbed
Mach number: A measure of speed of an object is a particular medium as a multiple of the speed of sound in that same medium.
Mach on.
Machpela ::: The Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, the second holiest Jewish site, the traditional burial place of the nation's biblical forefathers.
Machteret (Underground) ::: The Jewish underground of Gush Emunim, uncovered in 1984.
Machura 摩偸羅. See MATHURĀ
Machzor ::: Jewish prayer Book used during the High Holidays, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and on Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot.
Mac IIcx {Macintosh IIcx}
Mac II {Macintosh II}
Macintosh Common Lisp "language" (MCL) {Common Lisp} for the {Apple Macintosh}. Guillaume Cartier, of the Mathematics Department at UQAM, Canada, has written some libraries. {(ftp://cambridge.apple.com/pub/mcl2/contrib/)}. (1992-11-30)
Macintosh Common Lisp ::: (language) (MCL) Common Lisp for the Apple Macintosh.Guillaume Cartier, of the Mathematics Department at UQAM, Canada, has written some libraries.Latest version: 1.2. . (1992-11-30)
Macintosh ::: (computer) (Mac) The name of a product line and operating system platform manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc., originally based on the Motorola 68000 microprocessor family and a proprietary operating system. The Mac was Apple's successor to the Lisa.The project was proposed by Jef Raskin some time before Steve Jobs's famous visit to Xerox PARC. Jobs tried to scuttle the Macintosh project and only joined it later because he wasn't trusted to manage the Lisa project.The Macintosh user interface was notable for popularising the graphical user interface, with its easy to learn and easy to use desktop metaphor.The Macintosh Operating System is now officially called Mac OS.The first Macintosh, introduced in January 1984, had a Motorola 68000 CPU, 128K of RAM, a small monochrome screen, and one built-in floppy disk drive with an memory was available later in the year, a 512K Macintosh was nicknamed the Fat Mac.The standard Macintosh screen resolution is 72 dpi (making one point = one pixel), exactly half the 144 dpi resolution of the ancient Apple Imagewriter dot matrix printer.The Mac Plus (January 1986) added expandability by providing an external SCSI port for connecting hard disks, magnetic tape, and other high-speed devices.The Mac SE (March 1987) had up to four megabytes of RAM, an optional built-in 20 megabyte hard disk and one internal expansion slot for connecting a third-party device.The Mac II (March 1987) used the faster Motorola 68020 CPU with a 32-bit bus.In 1994 PowerPC based Macs, Power Macs, were launched, and in 1999, the iMac, updated on 2002-01-07. The Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver 2002) was the first Power manufactured the CPU for this new generation of Power Macs. The clock speed was initially 1.6GHz but a dual 2GHz system was available in September.Mac OS X is the successor to Mac OS 9, although its technological parent is the NEXTSTEP OS from Next, Inc., founded by Steve Jobs after he left Apple the first time. OS X is based largely on the BSD UNIX system. The core of the OS X operating system is released as free source code under the project name Darwin.If Macintosh were an acronym, some say it would stand for Many Applications Crash, If Not, The Operating System Hangs. While this was true for pre Mac OS 9 has protected memory, so even if one application crashes, the system and other applications are unaffected.See also Macintosh file system, Macintosh user interface. .(2004-07-20)
Macintosh "computer" One of the trademark/brand names that {Apple Inc} use for their {Mac} family of {personal computers}. (2009-05-05)
Macintosh file system "file system" A file on the {Macintosh} consists of two parts, called forks. The "data fork" contains the data which would normally be stored in the file on other operating systems. The "resource fork" contains a collection of arbitrary attribute/value pairs, including program segments, {icon} {bitmaps}, and parametric values. Yet more information regarding Macintosh files is stored by the {Finder} in a hidden file, called the "Desktop Database". Because of the complications in storing different parts of a Macintosh file in non-Macintosh file systems that only handle consecutive data in one part, it is common to only send the Data fork or to convert the Macintosh file into some other format before transferring it. (1996-03-03)
Macintosh file system ::: (file system) A file on the Macintosh consists of two parts, called forks. The data fork contains the data which would normally be stored in the parametric values. Yet more information regarding Macintosh files is stored by the Finder in a hidden file, called the Desktop Database.Because of the complications in storing different parts of a Macintosh file in non-Macintosh file systems that only handle consecutive data in one part, it is common to only send the Data fork or to convert the Macintosh file into some other format before transferring it. (1996-03-03)
Macintosh II ::: (computer) (Mac II) A version of Apple's Macintosh personal computer, released in March 1987, using the Motorola 68020 CPU, which runs at a higher 160 megabyte hard disks and can take up to eight megabytes of RAM (and more as denser memory chips arive).The Mac II was the first Macintosh to provide a colour graphics option, with up to 256 colours on screen at a 640x480 resolution. Mac II models are designed for expandability with three (Macintosh IIcx) or six (II & IIx) built-in NuBus expansion slots for additional peripheral and coprocessor boards. (1996-05-25)
Macintosh II "computer" (Mac II) A version of {Apple}'s {Macintosh} {personal computer}, released in March 1987, using the {Motorola 68020} {CPU}, which runs at a higher {clock rate} than the {Motorola 68000} used in the original Mac. The Mac II has a full 32-bit data bus instead of a 16-bit bus. Mac II models have built-in 40 to 160 megabyte {hard disks} and can take up to eight megabytes of {RAM} (and more as denser memory chips arive). The Mac II was the first Macintosh to provide a colour graphics option, with up to 256 colours on screen at a 640x480 resolution. Mac II models are designed for expandability with three ({Macintosh IIcx}) or six (II & IIx) built-in {NuBus} {expansion slots} for additional {peripheral} and {coprocessor} boards. (1996-05-25)
Macintosh IIcx "computer" (Mac IIcx) A version of {Apple}'s {Macintosh II} {personal computer}, introduced in 1989, with a {Motorola 68030} processor running at 16 MHz and up to 128 MB of {RAM} (120 ns, 30-pin {DRAM} chips). The IIcx requires System 6.0.3 or later and requires "Mode 32" or "32-bit Enabler" to use more than 8MB of RAM. It was discontinued 1991, and in 1996 is still considered one of the best-designed Macs ever. (1996-05-25)
Macintosh IIcx ::: (computer) (Mac IIcx) A version of Apple's Macintosh II personal computer, introduced in 1989, with a Motorola 68030 processor running at 16 MHz of RAM. It was discontinued 1991, and in 1996 is still considered one of the best-designed Macs ever. (1996-05-25)
Macintosh Operating System ::: (operating system) (Mac OS) Apple Computer, Inc.'s proprietary operating system for their Macintosh family of personal computers.The part of the operating system that simulates the desktop is called Finder. The multitasking version of Finder was called MultiFinder until multitasking was integrated into the core of the OS with the introduction of System 7.0 in 1990.The Macintosh series provides a built-in graphics language, called QuickDraw, which provides a standard for software developers.Mac OS 8, scheduled for delivery in July 1997, contains a number of significant improvements, including new human-interface features, increased system stability Internet access through panel-based assistants, Personal Web Sharing, and the ability to run Java applets and programs through Mac OS Run Time for Java.Mac OS X (X for 10) is based on FreeBSD. Apple released the kernel of Mac OS X Server as darwin, under an open source license.See also Macintosh file system, Macintosh user interface.(2002-06-29)
Macintosh Operating System "operating system" (Mac OS) {Apple Computer, Inc.}'s proprietary {operating system} for their {Macintosh} family of {personal computers}. The part of the operating system that simulates the desktop is called "{Finder}." The {multitasking} version of Finder was called "{MultiFinder}" until {multitasking} was integrated into the core of the OS with the introduction of System 7.0 in 1990. The Macintosh series provides a built-in graphics language, called "{QuickDraw}", which provides a {standard} for software developers. Mac OS 8, scheduled for delivery in July 1997, included new human-interface features, increased system stability and performance, a {PowerPC} processor-native Finder, tighter integration of {Internet} access through panel-based "assistants," Personal Web Sharing and the ability to run {Java applets} and programs through Mac OS Run Time for {Java}. Version 9.2 was the last version of the bespoke Mac OS. The next version, {Mac OS X} is quite different, being based on {Unix}. See also {Macintosh file system}, {Macintosh user interface}. (2007-03-15)
Macintosh user interface ::: (operating system) The graphical user interface used by Apple Computer's Macintosh family of personal computers, based on graphical representations of familiar office objects (sheets of paper, files, wastepaper bin, etc.) positioned on a two-dimensional desktop workspace.Programs and data files are represented on screen by small pictures (icons). An object is selected by moving a mouse over the real desktop which correspondingly moves the pointer on screen. When the pointer is over an icon on screen, the icon is selected by pressing the button on the mouse.A hierarchical file system is provided that lets a user drag a document (a file) icon into and out of a folder (directory) icon. Folders can also contain can icon. For people that are not computer enthusiasts, managing files on the Macintosh is easier than using the MS-DOS or Unix command-line interpreter.The Macintosh always displays a row of menu titles at the top of the screen. When a mouse button is pressed over a title, a pull-down menu appears below it. With the mouse button held down, the option within the menu is selected by pointing to it and then releasing the button.Unlike the IBM PC, which, prior to Microsoft Windows had no standard graphical user interface, Macintosh developers almost always conform to the Macintosh basic tasks are always performed in the same way. Apple also keeps technical jargon down to a minimum.Although the Macintosh user interface provides consistency; it does not make up for an application program that is not designed well. Not only must the for experienced typists, the mouse is a cumbersome substitute for well-designed keyboard commands, especially for intensive text editing.Urban legned has it that the Mac user interface was copied from Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. Although it is true that Xerox's smalltalk had a GUI and which are now considered fundamental, such as dragging objects and pull-down menus with the mouse, were actually invented at Apple.Pull-down menus have become common on IBM, Commodore and Amiga computers. Microsoft Windows and OS/2 Presentation Manager, Digital Research's GEM, and operating environments also incorporate some or all of the desktop/mouse/icon features.Apple Computer have tried to prevent other companies from using some GUI concepts by taking legal action against them. It is because of such restrictive refused to support ports of their software to Apple machines, though this ban has now been lifted. [Why? When?] (1996-07-19)
Macintosh user interface "operating system" The {graphical user interface} used by {Apple Computer}'s {Macintosh} family of {personal computers}, based on graphical representations of familiar office objects (sheets of paper, files, wastepaper bin, etc.) positioned on a two-dimensional "{desktop}" workspace. Programs and data files are represented on screen by small pictures ({icons}). An object is selected by moving a {mouse} over the real desktop which correspondingly moves the {pointer} on screen. When the pointer is over an icon on screen, the icon is selected by pressing the button on the mouse. A {hierarchical file system} is provided that lets a user "{drag}" a document (a file) icon into and out of a {folder} (directory) icon. Folders can also contain other folders and so on. To delete a document, its icon is dragged into a {trash can} icon. For people that are not computer enthusiasts, managing files on the Macintosh is easier than using the {MS-DOS} or {Unix} {command-line interpreter}. The Macintosh always displays a row of menu titles at the top of the screen. When a mouse button is pressed over a title, a {pull-down menu} appears below it. With the mouse button held down, the option within the menu is selected by pointing to it and then releasing the button. Unlike the {IBM PC}, which, prior to {Microsoft Windows} had no standard {graphical user interface}, Macintosh developers almost always conform to the Macintosh interface. As a result, users are comfortable with the interface of a new program from the start even if it takes a while to learn all the rest of it. They know there will be a row of menu options at the top of the screen, and basic tasks are always performed in the same way. Apple also keeps technical jargon down to a minimum. Although the Macintosh user interface provides consistency; it does not make up for an {application program} that is not designed well. Not only must the application's menus be clear and understandable, but the locations on screen that a user points to must be considered. Since the mouse is the major selecting method on a Macintosh, mouse movement should be kept to a minimum. In addition, for experienced typists, the mouse is a cumbersome substitute for well-designed keyboard commands, especially for intensive text editing. {Urban legned} has it that the Mac user interface was copied from {Xerox}'s {Palo Alto Research Center}. Although it is true that Xerox's {smalltalk} had a GUI and Xerox introduced some GUI concepts commercially on the {Xerox Star} computer in 1981, and that {Steve Jobs} and members of the Mac and {Lisa} project teams visited PARC, Jef Raskin, who created the Mac project, points out that many GUI concepts which are now considered fundamental, such as dragging objects and pull-down menus with the mouse, were actually invented at Apple. {Pull-down menus} have become common on {IBM}, {Commodore} and {Amiga} computers. {Microsoft Windows} and {OS/2} {Presentation Manager}, {Digital Research}'s {GEM}, {Hewlett-Packard}'s {New Wave}, the {X Window System}, {RISC OS} and many other programs and operating environments also incorporate some or all of the desktop/mouse/icon features. {Apple Computer} have tried to prevent other companies from using some {GUI} concepts by taking legal action against them. It is because of such restrictive practises that organisations such as the {Free Software Foundation} previously refused to support ports of their software to Apple machines, though this ban has now been lifted. [Why? When?] (1996-07-19)
Macintoy /mak'in-toy/ The Apple {Macintosh}, considered as a {toy}. Less pejorative than {Macintrash}. [{Jargon File}]
Macintoy ::: /mak'in-toy/ The Apple Macintosh, considered as a toy. Less pejorative than Macintrash.[Jargon File]
Macintrash /mak'in-trash"/ The Apple {Macintosh}, as described by a hacker who doesn"t appreciate being kept away from the *real computer* by the interface. The term {maggotbox} has been reported in regular use in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. Compare {Macintoy}. See also {beige toaster}, {WIMP environment}, {point-and-drool interface}, {drool-proof paper}, {user-friendly}. (1995-05-02)
Macintrash ::: /mak'in-trash/ The Apple Macintosh, as described by a hacker who doesnt appreciate being kept away from the *real computer* by the interface. The term maggotbox has been reported in regular use in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. Compare Macintoy.See also beige toaster, WIMP environment, point-and-drool interface, drool-proof paper, user-friendly. (1995-05-02)
MacKaye, Percy. Uriel and Other Poems. Boston:
Mackenzie, Donald A. Egyptian Myth and Legend.
Maclaurin series: A special case of a Taylor's series (see Taylors theorem) where the specific point on which the series is based has argument zero (is on the y-axis).
MacLisp "language" A dialect of {Lisp} developed at {MIT} AI Lab in 1966, known for its efficiency and programming facilities. MacLisp was later used by {Project MAC}, {Mathlab} and {Macsyma}. It ran on the {PDP-10}. It introduced the {LEXPR} (a function with variable {arity}), {macros}, {arrays}, and {CATCH/THROW}. MacLisp was one of two main branches of LISP (the other being {Interlisp}). In 1981 {Common LISP} was begun in an effort to combine the best features of both. ["MACLISP Reference Manual", D.A. Moon "moon@cambridge.apple.com", TR Project MAC, MIT 1974]. (2004-05-07)
MacLisp ::: (language) A dialect of Lisp developed at MIT AI Lab in 1966, known for its efficiency and programming facilities. MacLisp was later used by Project MAC, Mathlab and Macsyma. It ran on the PDP-10. It introduced the LEXPR (a function with variable arity), macros, arrays, and CATCH/THROW.MacLisp was one of two main branches of LISP (the other being Interlisp). In 1981 Common LISP was begun in an effort to combine the best features of both.[MACLISP Reference Manual, D.A. Moon , TR Project MAC, MIT 1974].(2004-05-07)
MACL {Macintosh} {Allegro CL}. E-mail: "info-macl@cambridge.apple.com".
MACL ::: Macintosh Allegro CL.E-mail: .
MacMinix "operating system" The {Macintosh} version of {MINIX}. [Details? URL?] (1997-06-17)
MacMinix ::: (operating system) The Macintosh version of MINIX.[Details? URL?] (1997-06-17)
Mac OS {Macintosh Operating System}
Mac OS X "operating system" /mak oss ten/ Version 10 of the {Macintosh Operating System}, based on {FreeBSD} unlike prevoius versions. Apple released the {kernel} of Mac OS X Server as "{darwin}", under an {open source} license. Mac OS X incldues a code {framework} called the "Core Foundation" and an "Application Kit" framework for {GUI} and {widgets} strongly derived from {NEXTSTEP}. (2007-03-15)
Macoton [Machatan]
Mac Playmate "games" An early (~1985) example of a pornographic computer game. Mac Playmate runs on the {Macintosh} and involves trying to stimulate a simulated woman to orgasm by applying various implements to her erogenous zones. (2002-03-08)
Mac Playmate ::: (games) An early (~1985) example of a pornographic computer game. Mac Playmate runs on the Macintosh and involves trying to stimulate a simulated woman to orgasm by applying various implements to her erogenous zones.(2002-03-08)
MacPPP "networking" An implementation of {PPP} for the {Macintosh} developed by Larry J. Blunk and others at Merit Network, Inc. MacPPP was revised in 1993 with the release of MacPPP 2.0.1. The latest incarnation of MacPPP is {FreePPP}. (2000-11-25)
MacPPP ::: (networking) An implementation of PPP for the Macintosh developed by Larry J. Blunk and others at Merit Network, Inc. MacPPP was revised in 1993 with the release of MacPPP 2.0.1. The latest incarnation of MacPPP is FreePPP.(2000-11-25)
MACRO 1. Assembly language for {VAX/VMS}. 2. {PL/I}-like language with extensions for string processing. "MACRO: A Programming Language", S.R. Greenwood, SIGPLAN Notices 14(9):80-91 (Sep 1979). [{Jargon File}]
Macrocosm [from Greek makros wide, large + kosmos universe] Kosmos considered in contradistinction from any one of its parts or microcosms.
Macrocosm ::: The anglicized form of a Greek compound meaning "great arrangement," or more simply the greatordered system of the celestial bodies of all kinds and their various inhabitants, including theall-important idea that this arrangement is the result of interior orderly processes, the effects ofindwelling consciousnesses. In other and more modern phrasing the macrocosm is the vast universe,without definable limits, which surrounds us, and with particular emphasis laid on the interior, invisible,and ethereal planes. In the visioning or view of the ancients the macrocosm was an animate kosmicentity, an "animal" in the Latin sense of this word, as an organism possessing a directing and guidingsoul. But this was only the outward or exoteric view. In the Mystery schools of the archaic ages, themacrocosm was considered to be not only what is hereinbefore just stated, but also to consist moredefinitely and specifically of seven, ten, and even twelve planes or degrees of consciousness-substanceranging from the superdivine through all the intermediate stages to the physical, and even to degreesbelow the physical, these comprised in one kosmic organic unit, or what moderns would call a universe.In this sense of the word macrocosm is but another name for kosmic hierarchy, and it must beremembered in this connection that these hierarchies are simply countless in number and not only fill butactually compose and are indeed the spaces of frontierless SPACE.The macrocosm was considered to be filled full not only with gods, but with innumerable multitudes orarmies of evolving entities, from the fully self-conscious to the quasi-self-conscious downwards throughthe merely conscious to the "unconscious." Note well that in strict usage the term macrocosm was neverapplied to the Boundless, to boundless, frontierless infinitude, what the Qabbalists called Eyn-soph. Inthe archaic wisdom, the macrocosm, belonging in the astral world, considered in its causal aspect, wasvirtually interchangeable with what modern theosophists call the Absolute.
Macrocosm ::: The Cosmos in the Large. The Universe that the Mind is a part of. The connection between macrocosm and microcosm is best depicted in the Hermetic Axiom. See also Microcosm.
Macrocosm: The universe as contrasted with some small part of it which epitomizes it in some respect under consideration or exhibits an analogous structure; in occult philosophy, the Universe or Cosmos, as against Man.
Macrocosm: (vs. Microcosm) The universe as contrasted with some small part of it which epitomizes it in some respect under consideration or exhibits an analogous structure; any large "world" or complex or existent as contrasted with a miniature or small analogue of it, whether it be the physical expanse of the universe as against an atom, the whole of human society as against a community, district, or other social unit, or any other large scale existent as contrasted with a small scale representation, analogue, or miniature of it; sometimes God as against man, or the universe as against man; or God or the universe as against a monad, atom, or other small entity. -- M.T.K.
Macroeconomic equilibrium - A situation in which the quantity of real GNP demanded equals the quantity of real GNP supplied.
Macroeconomics ::: is a branch of the economics that studies how the aggregate economy behaves. In macroeconomics, a variety of economy-wide phenomena is thoroughly examined such as inflation, price levels, rate of growth, national income, gross domestic product (GDP) and changes in unemployment.
Macroeconomics - The study of the determination of economic aggregates, such as total output, total employment, the price level, and the rate of economic growth.
Macromedia ::: A company supplying multimedia and interactive television services and digital arts software tools in the US and worldwide. They produce products for Microsoft system; Fontographer, a typeface editing programme; and Action!, a multimedia presentation application.Chief Executive Officer: Bud Colligan. (1995-01-10)
Macromedia "company" A company supplying {multimedia} and interactive television services and digital arts software tools in the US and worldwide. They produce products for {Microsoft Windows} and the {Macintosh} including: Macromedia FreeHand, a tool for design and illustration; Macromedia Director, an animation and authoring tool for multimedia production; Authorware Professional, a multiplatform authoring tool for interactive learning; MacroModel, a 3D modelling tool for multimedia, graphics and product design; SoundEdit 16, a digital sound recording and editing system; Fontographer, a typeface editing programme; and Action!, a multimedia presentation application. Chief Executive Officer: Bud Colligan. (1995-01-10)
Macroprosopus —in the cabala, the 1st of the
Macroprosopus (Latin) [from Greek makros great + prosopon face] Also Long Face, Great or Vast Countenance. Coined by medieval Qabbalists to translate the Chaldee phrase ’Arich ’Anpin (great face), one of the names of the first emanation of the Sephirothal Tree, Kether the Crown. Generally regarded as the universe in its totality, “in the Chaldean Kabal, a pure abstraction; the Word or logos, or dabar (in Hebrew), which Word, though it becomes in fact a plural number, or ‘Words’ — d(a)B(a)Rim, when it reflects itself, or falls into the aspect of a Host (of angels, or Sephiroth, ‘numbers’) is still collectively One, and on the ideal plane a nought — 0, a ‘No-thing.’ It is without form or being, ‘with no likeness with anything else’ ” (SD 1:350). The originator of the succeeding nine emanated Sephiroth which, flowing forth from the Crown, are collectively called Microprosopus.
Macro SAP ::: Macro processing modification of SAP. D.E. Eastwood and D.M. McIlroy, unpublished memorandum, Bell Labs 1959. Led to TRAC.
Macro SAP Macro processing modification of SAP. D.E. Eastwood and D.M. McIlroy, unpublished memorandum, Bell Labs 1959. Led to TRAC.
Macros - Technique that allows the user to combine several keystrokes into one.
MACSYMA {Project MAC}'s SYmbolic MAnipulator. The first comprehensive {symbolic mathematics} system, written in {Lisp} by Joel Moses "moses@larch.lcs.mit.edu" of {MIT} in 1969, later {Symbolics}, Inc. Versions include {Symbolics Macsyma}, {DOE Maxima} (ANL, in Common LISP) and {Vaxima}. {(ftp://rascal.ics.utexas.edu/pub/maxima-4-155.tar.Z)}. E-mail: "macsyma-service@symbolics.com". ["MACSYMA - The Fifth Year", J. Moses, SIGSAM Bulletin 8(3) (Aug 1974)]. (1994-11-01)
MACSYMA ::: Project MAC's SYmbolic MAnipulator. The first comprehensive symbolic mathematics system, written in Lisp by Joel Moses of MIT in 1969, later Symbolics, Inc.Versions include Symbolics Macsyma, DOE Maxima (ANL, in Common LISP) and Vaxima. .[MACSYMA - The Fifth Year, J. Moses, SIGSAM Bulletin 8(3) (Aug 1974)]. (1994-11-01)
MacTCP "networking" Part of earlier versions of {MacOS} that provided access to {TCP/IP} services. {Apple} removed MacTCP from MacOS in revision 7.5.3 in favor of the new {OpenTransport} (OT) TCP/IP stack. However, MacTCP lives on as a community development effort. See also {MacPPP}. [How did it work? Where was it from?] (2000-06-25)
MacTCP ::: (networking) Part of earlier versions of MacOS that provided access to TCP/IP services. Apple removed MacTCP from MacOS in revision 7.5.3 in favor of the new OpenTransport (OT) TCP/IP stack. However, MacTCP lives on as a community development effort.See also MacPPP.[How did it work? Where was it from?](2000-06-25)
MacVeagh, Rogers, & Costain. Joshua. Garden City,
MacX ::: A package allowing the Macintosh to be used as an X server.
MacX A package allowing the {Macintosh} to be used as an {X} server.
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abdomen ::: n. --> The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.
aberuncator ::: n. --> A weeding machine.
amacratic ::: a. --> Amasthenic.
abomasus ::: n. --> The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See Ruminantia.
absorbent ::: a. --> Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive. ::: n. --> Anything which absorbs.
Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce
acquaintance ::: n. --> A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him.
A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
acritochromacy ::: n. --> Color blindness; achromatopsy.
acroceraunian ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of "thunder-smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia.
addax ::: n. --> One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, / Oryx, nasomaculatus).
adder ::: n. --> One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.
A serpent.
A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/ Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho.
In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc. html{color:
aeroplane ::: n. --> A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it.
agastric ::: a. --> Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm.
"A Godhead is seated in the heart of every man and is the Lord of this mysterious action of Nature. And though this Spirit of the universe, this One who is all, seems to be turning us on the wheel of the world as if mounted on a machine by the force of Maya, shaping us in our ignorance as the potter shapes a pot, as the weaver a fabric, by some skilful mechanical principle, yet is this spirit our own greatest self and it is according to the real idea, the truth of ourselves, that which is growing in us and finding always new and more adequate forms in birth after birth, in our animal and human and divine life, in that which we were, that which we are, that which we shall be, — it is in accordance with this inner soul-truth that, as our opened eyes will discover, we are progressively shaped by this spirit within us in its all-wise omnipotence.” *Essays on the Gita
“A Godhead is seated in the heart of every man and is the Lord of this mysterious action of Nature. And though this Spirit of the universe, this One who is all, seems to be turning us on the wheel of the world as if mounted on a machine by the force of Maya, shaping us in our ignorance as the potter shapes a pot, as the weaver a fabric, by some skilful mechanical principle, yet is this spirit our own greatest self and it is according to the real idea, the truth of ourselves, that which is growing in us and finding always new and more adequate forms in birth after birth, in our animal and human and divine life, in that which we were, that which we are, that which we shall be,—it is in accordance with this inner soul-truth that, as our opened eyes will discover, we are progressively shaped by this spirit within us in its all-wise omnipotence.” Essays on the Gita
air chamber ::: --> A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant.
A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine.
albicore ::: n. --> A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. Orcynus alalonga. One species (Orcynus thynnus), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the horse mackerel; the tunny.
almacantar ::: n. --> Same as Almucantar.
A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar.
alectoromachy ::: n. --> Cockfighting.
alexipharmac ::: a. & n. --> Alt. of Alexipharmacal
alexipharmacal ::: a. & n. --> Alexipharmic.
alfa grass ::: n. --> A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.
"All force is power or means of a secret spirit; the Force that sustains the world is a conscious Will and Nature is its machinery of executive power.” The Renaissance in India
“All force is power or means of a secret spirit; the Force that sustains the world is a conscious Will and Nature is its machinery of executive power.” The Renaissance in India
alligator ::: n. --> A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America.
Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator
a form of squeezer for the puddle ball
almucantar ::: n. --> A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar.
amalgamator ::: n. --> One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.
amasthenic ::: a. --> Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic.
ambergris ::: n. --> A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212¡ Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery.
amphimacer ::: n. --> A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cast/tas.
anacardiaceous ::: a. --> Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples.
androides ::: n. --> A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.
“And though this Spirit of the universe, this One who is all, seems to be turning us on the wheel of the world as if mounted on a machine by the force of Maya, shaping us in our ignorance as the potter shapes a pot, as the weaver a fabric, by some skilful mechanical principle, yet is this spirit our own greatest self and it is according to the real idea, the truth of ourselves, that which is growing in us and finding always new and more adequate forms in birth after birth, in our animal and human and divine life, in that which we were, that which we are, that which we shall be,—it is in accordance with this inner soul-truth that, as our opened eyes will discover, we are progressively shaped by this spirit within us in its all-wise omnipotence.” Essays on the Gita
anenterous ::: a. --> Destitute of a stomach or an intestine.
animal ::: n. --> An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity.
One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals.
antacid ::: n. --> A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent. ::: a. --> Counteractive of acidity.
antestomach ::: n. --> A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds.
antiattrition ::: n. --> Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease.
antimacassar ::: n. --> A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair.
antidote ::: n. --> A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to, poison.
Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce. ::: v. t.
apart ::: adv. --> Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently; as, consider the two propositions apart.
Aside; away.
In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart.
appliance ::: n. --> The act of applying; application; [Obs.] subservience.
The thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances.
aqua ::: n. --> Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed.
ara ::: n. --> The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.
A name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), native of South America.
arillus ::: n. --> A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril.
arithmometer ::: n. --> A calculating machine.
arm ::: n. --> The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
Anything resembling an arm
The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
A branch of a tree.
A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a
"As for prayer, no hard and fast rule can be laid down. Some prayers are answered, all are not. You may ask, why should not then all prayers be answered? But why should they be? It is not a machinery: put a prayer in the slot and get your asking. Besides, considering all the contradictory things mankind is praying for at the same moment, God would be in a rather awkward hole if he had to grant all of them; it wouldn"t do.” *Letters on Yoga
“As for prayer, no hard and fast rule can be laid down. Some prayers are answered, all are not. You may ask, why should not then all prayers be answered? But why should they be? It is not a machinery: put a prayer in the slot and get your asking. Besides, considering all the contradictory things mankind is praying for at the same moment, God would be in a rather awkward hole if he had to grant all of them; it wouldn’t do.” Letters on Yoga
asmonean ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty. ::: n. --> One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c.
A specialist of logic’s hard machine
atrophy ::: n. --> A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part. ::: v. t. --> To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
attachment ::: n. --> The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a person; as, an attachment to a friend, or to a party.
That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle.
Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do
attenuation ::: n. --> The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation.
The act of attenuating; the act of making thin or less dense, or of rarefying, as fluids or gases.
The process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence; as, the attenuation of virus.
autocracy ::: n. --> Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy.
Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.
Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy.
The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital
automatical ::: a. --> Having an inherent power of action or motion.
Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse.
Not voluntary; not depending on the will; mechanical;
automaton ::: v. i. --> Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action.
A self-moving machine, or one which has its motive power within itself; -- applied chiefly to machines which appear to imitate spontaneously the motions of living beings, such as men, birds, etc.
aviator ::: n. --> An experimenter in aviation.
A flying machine.
axis ::: n. --> The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).
A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged.
A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i.
backlash ::: n. --> The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.
bailer ::: n. --> See Bailor.
One who bails or lades.
A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.
bain-marie ::: n. --> A vessel for holding hot water in which another vessel may be heated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming or preparing food or pharmaceutical preparations.
balance wheel ::: --> A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance.
A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance).
A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine; a fly wheel.
baromacrometer ::: n. --> An instrument for ascertaining the weight and length of a newborn infant.
barque ::: n. --> Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
Same as 3d Bark, n.
bastardy ::: n. --> The state of being a bastard; illegitimacy.
The procreation of a bastard child.
batrachomyomachy ::: n. --> The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship.
bayatte ::: n. --> A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species (Bagrina bayad and B. docmac).
bayonet ::: n. --> A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense.
A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery. ::: v. t.
beardie ::: n. --> The bearded loach (Nemachilus barbatus) of Europe.
beetle ::: v. t. --> A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine.
To beat with a heavy mallet.
To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.
"Behind this petty instrumental action of the human will there is something vast and powerful and eternal that oversees the trend of the inclination and presses on the turn of the will. There is a total Truth in Nature greater than our individual choice. And in this total Truth, or even beyond and behind it, there is something that determines all results; its presence and secret knowledge keep up steadily in the process of Nature a dynamic, almost automatic perception of the right relations, the varying or persistent necessities, the inevitable steps of the movement. There is a secret divine Will, eternal and infinite, omniscient and omnipotent, that expresses itself in the universality and in each particular of all these apparently temporal and finite inconscient or half-conscient things. This is the Power or Presence meant by the Gita when it speaks of the Lord within the heart of all existences who turns all creatures as if mounted on a machine by the illusion of Nature.” The Synthesis of Yoga*
“Behind this petty instrumental action of the human will there is something vast and powerful and eternal that oversees the trend of the inclination and presses on the turn of the will. There is a total Truth in Nature greater than our individual choice. And in this total Truth, or even beyond and behind it, there is something that determines all results; its presence and secret knowledge keep up steadily in the process of Nature a dynamic, almost automatic perception of the right relations, the varying or persistent necessities, the inevitable steps of the movement. There is a secret divine Will, eternal and infinite, omniscient and omnipotent, that expresses itself in the universality and in each particular of all these apparently temporal and finite inconscient or half-conscient things. This is the Power or Presence meant by the Gita when it speaks of the Lord within the heart of all existences who turns all creatures as if mounted on a machine by the illusion of Nature.” The Synthesis of Yoga
belched ::: 1. Erupted or exploded. 2. Expelled gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth.
belch ::: v. i. --> To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct.
To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to give vent to; to vent.
To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate.
To issue with spasmodic force or noise.
bell crank ::: --> A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery.
bellows ::: n. sing. & pl. --> An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind.
belly ::: 1. The stomach. 2. The inside or interior cavity of something.
belting ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Belt ::: n. --> The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively.
bhunder ::: n. --> An Indian monkey (Macacus Rhesus), protected by the Hindoos as sacred. See Rhesus.
bimaculate ::: a. --> Having, or marked with, two spots.
billy ::: n. --> A club; esp., a policeman&
blaze of intimate truth-perception is lit in its depths. This close perception is more than sight, more than conception: it is the result of a penetrating and revealing touch which carries in it sight and conception as part of itself or as its natural consequence. A concealed or slumbering identity, not yet recovering itself, still remembers or conveys by the intuition its own contents and the intimacy of its self-feeling and self-vision of things, its light of truth, its overwhelming and automatic certitude.” The Life Divine
blower ::: n. --> One who, or that which, blows.
A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc.
A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or fissure in a mine.
bluefish ::: n. --> A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidae, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.
A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the family Labridae.
macabre ::: gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.
macaco ::: n. --> Any one of several species of lemurs, as the ruffed lemur (Lemur macaco), and the ring-tailed lemur (L. catta).
macacus ::: n. --> A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East Indies. They have short tails and prominent eyebrows.
macadamization ::: n. --> The process or act of macadamizing.
macadamized ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Macadamize
macadamize ::: v. t. --> To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.
macadamizing ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Macadamize
macao ::: n. --> A macaw.
macaque ::: n. --> Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macacus; as, M. maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies.
macaranga gum ::: --> A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree (Macaranga Indica) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking impressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a medicine.
macarize ::: v. t. --> To congratulate.
macaronian ::: a. --> Alt. of Macaronic
macaronic ::: a. --> Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled.
Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry. ::: n. --> A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble.
macaronies ::: pl. --> of Macaroni
macaroni ::: n. --> Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of wheat flour, and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste.
A medley; something droll or extravagant.
A sort of droll or fool.
A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775.
The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform.
macaronis ::: pl. --> of Macaroni
bobbinet ::: n. --> A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not by hand.
bobbin ::: n. --> A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down holding the thread at a slight tension.
A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing
bolter ::: n. --> One who bolts; esp.: (a) A horse which starts suddenly aside. (b) A man who breaks away from his party.
One who sifts flour or meal.
An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or the coarser part of meal from the finer; a sieve.
A kind of fishing line. See Boulter.
botfly ::: n. --> A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals, as the horse, ox, and sheep, on which they deposit their eggs. A common species is one of the botflies of the horse (Gastrophilus equi), the larvae of which (bots) are taken into the stomach of the animal, where they live several months and pass through their larval states. In tropical America one species sometimes lives under the human skin, and another in the stomach. See Gadfly.
bots ::: n. pl. --> The larvae of several species of botfly, especially those larvae which infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and are supposed to be the cause of various ailments.
Brahmacarya Mde Sex (mastery over)
Brahmacharya, the transformation of retas into oJas and the raising of its energies upward so that they change into a spiritual force.
breadbasket ::: n. --> The stomach.
breaker ::: n. --> One who, or that which, breaks.
Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed.
A small water cask.
A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface.
brushing ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Brush ::: a. --> Constructed or used to brush with; as a brushing machine.
Brisk; light; as, a brushing gallop.
bryozoum ::: n. --> An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zooecia usually have a wreath of tentacles around the mouth, and a well developed stomach and intestinal canal; but these parts are lacking in the other zooids (Avicularia, Ooecia, etc.).
burring machine ::: --> A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.
buss ::: n. --> A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack.
A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery. ::: v. t. --> To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely.
buttonweed ::: n. --> The name of several plants of the genera Spermacoce and Diodia, of the Madder family.
cabal ::: n. --> Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala
A secret.
A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto.
The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.
cachalot ::: n. --> The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale.
cachunde ::: n. --> A pastil or troche, composed of various aromatic and other ingredients, highly celebrated in India as an antidote, and as a stomachic and antispasmodic.
caimacam ::: n. --> The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.
calamus ::: n. --> The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon&
calender ::: n. --> A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper, etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance. It consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating.
One who pursues the business of calendering.
To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper, etc.
candroy ::: n. --> A machine for spreading out cotton cloths to prepare them for printing.
carangoid ::: a. --> Belonging to the Carangidae, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.
caranx ::: n. --> A genus of fishes, common on the Atlantic coast, including the yellow or golden mackerel.
cardiac ::: a. --> Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach.
Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant. ::: n. --> A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial.
cardia ::: n. --> The heart.
The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it.
carrier ::: n. --> One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
cashew ::: n. --> A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long.
catadrome ::: n. --> A race course.
A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights.
cataract ::: n. --> A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall.
An opacity of the crystalline lens, or of its capsule, which prevents the passage of the rays of light and impairs or destroys the sight.
A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.
catarrh ::: n. --> An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted; as, catarrh of the stomach; catarrh of the bladder.
centrosome ::: n. --> A peculiar rounded body lying near the nucleus of a cell. It is regarded as the dynamic element by means of which the machinery of cell division is organized.
cero ::: n. --> A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (S. regalis).
cetene ::: n. --> An oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.
cetin ::: n. --> A white, waxy substance, forming the essential part of spermaceti.
cetylic ::: a. --> Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti.
cetyl ::: n. --> A radical, C16H33, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist in a series of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds, and derived from spermaceti.
championship ::: n. --> State of being champion; leadership; supremacy.
chapelet ::: n. --> A pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider.
A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.
chappion ::: n. --> One who engages in any contest; esp. one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another&
cheek ::: n. --> The side of the face below the eye.
The cheek bone.
Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc.
The branches of a bridle bit.
A section of a flask, so made that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mold; the
cheese ::: n. --> The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold.
A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the form of a cheese.
The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia).
A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman&
chevrette ::: n. --> A machine for raising guns or mortar into their carriages.
chiastolite ::: n. --> A variety of andalusite; -- called also macle. The tessellated appearance of a cross section is due to the symmetrical arrangement of impurities in the crystal.
chyme ::: n. --> The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestines into chyle and excrement. See Chyle.
ciderkin ::: n. --> A kind of weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water.
clan ::: n. --> A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald.
A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
climacterical ::: a. & n. --> See Climacteric.
climacteric ::: a. --> Relating to a climacteric; critical. ::: n. --> A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical periods are thought by some to be the years produced by multiplying 7 into the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9; to which others add the 81st year.
climacter ::: n. --> See Climacteric, n.
clipper ::: n. --> One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin.
A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses.
A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing.
clock ::: n. --> A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person.
A watch, esp. one that strikes.
The striking of a clock.
A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.
clockwork ::: n. --> The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.
clock-work ::: with machinelike regularity and precision; perfectly.
club-rush ::: n. --> A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush.
coal works ::: --> A place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal.
coelenterata ::: n. pl. --> A comprehensive group of Invertebrata, mostly marine, comprising the Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Ctenophora. The name implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. The group is sometimes enlarged so as to include the sponges.
comber ::: n. --> One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.
A long, curling wave.
Encumbrance.
The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse. ::: v. t.
comb ::: n. --> An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.
An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb.
A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc.
The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine.
A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for
commutator ::: n. --> A piece of apparatus used for reversing the direction of an electrical current; an attachment to certain electrical machines, by means of which alternating currents are made to be continuous or to have the same direction.
comparator ::: n. --> An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length.
compressor ::: n. --> Anything which serves to compress
A muscle that compresses certain parts.
An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., the femoral artery) or other part.
An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; -- called also compressorium.
A machine for compressing gases; especially, an air
cone pulley ::: --> A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape.
conhydrine ::: n. --> A vegetable alkaloid found with conine in the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum). It is a white crystalline substance, C8H17NO, easily convertible into conine.
conine ::: n. --> A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc. See Conium, 2.
conium ::: n. --> A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit ("seeds") and decompound leaves.
The common hemlock (Conium maculatum, poison hemlock, spotted hemlock, poison parsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and America, cultivated in the United States for medicinal purpose. It is an active poison. The leaves and fruit are used in medicine.
Conquest of desire for food ::: There are two ways of con- quering it ::: one of detachment, learning to regard food as only a physical necessity and the vital satisfaction of the stomach and the palate as a thing of no importance ; the other is to be able to take without insistence or seeking any food given and to find in it the equal rasa, not of the food for its own sake, but of the universal ananda.
consciousness ::: “Consciousness is a fundamental thing, the fundamental thing in existence—it is the energy, the motion, the movement of consciousness that creates the universe and all that is in it—not only the macrocosm but the microcosm is nothing but consciousness arranging itself.” Letters on Yoga
“Consciousness is a fundamental thing, the fundamental thing in existence—it is the energy, the motion, the movement of consciousness that creates the universe and all that is in it—not only the macrocosm but the microcosm is nothing but consciousness arranging itself.” Letters on Yoga
consociation ::: n. --> Intimate union; fellowship; alliance; companionship; confederation; association; intimacy.
A voluntary and permanent council or union of neighboring Congregational churches, for mutual advice and cooperation in ecclesiastical matters; a meeting of pastors and delegates from churches thus united.
contumacies ::: pl. --> of Contumacy
contumacious ::: a. --> Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.
Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court.
contumacy ::: n. --> Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority.
A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned.
conversance ::: n. --> The state or quality of being conversant; habit of familiarity; familiar acquaintance; intimacy.
coral fish ::: --> Any bright-colored fish of the genera Chaetodon, Pomacentrus, Apogon, and related genera, which live among reef corals.
coriander ::: n. --> An umbelliferous plant, the Coriandrum sativum, the fruit or seeds of which have a strong smell and a spicy taste, and in medicine are considered as stomachic and carminative.
corncutter ::: n. --> A machine for cutting up stalks of corn for food of cattle.
An implement consisting of a long blade, attached to a handle at nearly a right angle, used for cutting down the stalks of Indian corn.
cornsheller ::: n. --> A machine that separates the kernels of corn from the cob.
cosupreme ::: n. --> A partaker of supremacy; one jointly supreme.
cotter ::: n. --> Alt. of Cottar
A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key.
A toggle. ::: v. t.
couchant ::: 1. Lying down; crouching, with the head raised. 2. (Of an animal) Lying on the stomach with head raised and legs pointed forward.
couloir ::: n. --> A deep gorge; a gully.
A dredging machine for excavating canals, etc.
countershaft ::: n. --> An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine.
cowbane ::: n. --> A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the Cicuta virosa; in the United States, the Cicuta maculata and the Archemora rigida. See Water hemlock.
cow ::: n. --> A chimney cap; a cowl
The mature female of bovine animals.
The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc.
A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock. ::: v. t.
cow-pilot ::: n. --> A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies (Pomacentrus saxatilis); -- called also mojarra.
crabbing ::: n. --> The act or art of catching crabs.
The fighting of hawks with each other.
A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine.
crane ::: n. --> A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel.
A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck.
A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass,
crave ::: v. t. --> To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore.
To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food. ::: v. i. --> To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a
craw ::: n. --> The crop of a bird.
The stomach of an animal.
creaser ::: n. --> A tool, or a sewing-machine attachment, for making lines or creases on leather or cloth, as guides to sew by.
A tool for making creases or beads, as in sheet iron, or for rounding small tubes.
A tool for making the band impression distinct on the back.
creel ::: n. --> An osier basket, such as anglers use.
A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.
crimper ::: n. --> One who, or that which, crimps
A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape.
A device for giving hair a wavy appearance.
A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.
cropper ::: n. --> One that crops.
A variety of pigeon with a large crop; a pouter.
A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.
A fall on one&
cumacea ::: n. pl. --> An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size.
cuckoopint ::: n. --> A plant of the genus Arum (A. maculatum); the European wake-robin.
cud ::: n. --> That portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.
A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed; a quid.
The first stomach of ruminating beasts.
cultivate ::: v. t. --> To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.
To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.
To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.
To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.
To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while
cumbersome ::: a. --> Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.
Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine.
curacoa ::: n. --> A liqueur, or cordial, flavored with orange peel, cinnamon, and mace; -- first made at the island of Curaccao.
deckle ::: n. --> A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, and forms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines the width of the paper.
decoct ::: v. t. --> To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an infusion of.
To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct.
To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling.
decorticator ::: n. --> A machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc.; also, an instrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees.
deergrass ::: n. --> An American genus (Rhexia) of perennial herbs, with opposite leaves, and showy flowers (usually bright purple), with four petals and eight stamens, -- the only genus of the order Melastomaceae inhabiting a temperate clime.
derange ::: v. t. --> To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange; as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation.
To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or the whole of a machine or organism.
To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane.
deuteropathy ::: n. --> A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, as headache from an overloaded stomach.
diatom ::: n. --> One of the Diatomaceae, a family of minute unicellular Algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, each individual multiplying by spontaneous division. By some authors diatoms are called Bacillariae, but this word is not in general use.
A particle or atom endowed with the vital principle.
digestion ::: n. --> The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.
The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood.
Generation of pus; suppuration.
diplomacy ::: n. --> The art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations (particularly in securing treaties), including the methods and forms usually employed.
Dexterity or skill in securing advantages; tact.
The body of ministers or envoys resident at a court; the diplomatic body.
diplomacy ::: tact and skill in dealing with people.
diplomatical ::: a. --> Pertaining to diplomacy; relating to the foreign ministers at a court, who are called the diplomatic body.
Characterized by tact and shrewdness; dexterous; artful; as, diplomatic management.
Pertaining to diplomatics; paleographic.
diplomatically ::: adv. --> According to the rules of diplomacy; in the manner of a diplomatist; artfully.
diplomatism ::: n. --> Diplomacy.
diplomatist ::: n. --> A person employed in, or skilled in, diplomacy; a diplomat.
director ::: n. --> One who, or that which, directs; one who regulates, guides, or orders; a manager or superintendent.
One of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a company or corporation; as, the directors of a bank, insurance company, or railroad company.
A part of a machine or instrument which directs its motion or action.
A slender grooved instrument upon which a knife is made
disagree ::: v. i. --> To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.
To differ in opinion; to hold discordant views; to be at controversy; to quarrel.
To be unsuited; to have unfitness; as, medicine sometimes disagrees with the patient; food often disagrees with the stomach or the taste.
disgust ::: v. t. --> To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- often with at, with, or by.
Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; -- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste
disintegrator ::: n. --> A machine for grinding or pulverizing by percussion.
dispensatory ::: v. t. --> Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations. ::: n. --> A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacop/ia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by
dissolvent ::: a. --> Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach. ::: n. --> That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent.
A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in
distend ::: v. t. --> To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch.
To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc. ::: v. i.
docimacy ::: n. --> The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology.
doffer ::: n. --> A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton from the cards.
domination ::: n. --> The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway.
A ruling party; a party in power.
A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen.
dominion ::: n. --> Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.
Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.
That which is governed; territory over which authority is exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as subject; as, the dominions of a king. Also used figuratively; as, the dominion of the passions.
dowitcher ::: n. --> The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); -- called also brownback, and grayback.
draughtsman ::: n. --> One who draws pleadings or other writings.
One who draws plans and sketches of machinery, structures, and places; also, more generally, one who makes drawings of any kind.
A "man" or piece used in the game of draughts.
One who drinks drams; a tippler.
drawbench ::: n. --> A machine in which strips of metal are drawn through a drawplate; especially, one in which wire is thus made; -- also called drawing bench.
dredge ::: n. --> Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
A mixture of oats and barley. ::: v. t.
dredger ::: n. --> One who fishes with a dredge.
A dredging machine.
A box with holes in its lid; -- used for sprinkling flour, as on meat or a breadboard; -- called also dredging box, drudger, and drudging box.
drill press ::: --> A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a screw.
drinkable ::: a. --> Capable of being drunk; suitable for drink; potable. Macaulay. Also used substantively, esp. in the plural.
druggist ::: n. --> One who deals in drugs; especially, one who buys and sells drugs without compounding them; also, a pharmaceutist or apothecary.
duodenum ::: n. --> The part of the small intestines between the stomach and the jejunum. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive.
duster ::: n. --> One who, or that which, dusts; a utensil that frees from dust.
A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc.
A blowing machine for separating the flour from the bran.
A light over-garment, worn in traveling to protect the clothing from dust.
dynamometer ::: n. --> An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or that required to operate machinery.
dynamo ::: n. --> A dynamo-electric machine.
dyspepsy ::: --> A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea, heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or fullness in the stomach, etc.
emacerate ::: v. t. & i. --> To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate.
emaceration ::: n. --> Emaciation.
emaciated ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Emaciate
emaciate ::: v. i. --> To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. ::: v. t. --> To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.
emaciating ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Emaciate
emaciation ::: n. --> The act of making very lean.
The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.
emaculate ::: v. t. --> To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection.
emaculation ::: n. --> The act of clearing from spots.
elecampane ::: n. --> A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic.
A sweetmeat made from the root of the plant.
electrical ::: a. --> Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark.
Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance.
Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic.
electromotor ::: n. --> A mover or exciter of electricity; as apparatus for generating a current of electricity.
An apparatus or machine for producing motion and mechanical effects by the action of electricity; an electro-magnetic engine.
elevator ::: n. --> One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything
A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.
A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself.
elk ::: n. --> A large deer, of several species. The European elk (Alces machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis), is closely related to the European stag. See Moose, and Wapiti.
Alt. of Elke
emetic ::: a. --> Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth. ::: n. --> A medicine which causes vomiting.
emptiness ::: n. --> The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.
Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory.
Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.
empty ::: superl. --> Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.
Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of.
Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats.
emulsion ::: n. --> Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance. (b) In photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in the photographic process.
engineering ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Engineer ::: n. --> Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern and extended sense, the art and science by which the mechanical properties of matter are made useful to man in structures and machines; the occupation and work of an engineer.
engine ::: n. --> (Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill.
Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture.
A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect.
enginery ::: n. --> The act or art of managing engines, or artillery.
Engines, in general; instruments of war.
Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement.
engine-sized ::: a. --> Sized by a machine, and not while in the pulp; -- said of paper.
entireness ::: n. --> The state or condition of being entire; completeness; fullness; totality; as, the entireness of an arch or a bridge.
Integrity; wholeness of heart; honesty.
Oneness; unity; -- applied to a condition of intimacy or close association. ::: pl.
entogastric ::: a. --> Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids.
epimachus ::: n. --> A genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds of Australia, allied to the birds of Paradise.
epigastric ::: a. --> Pertaining to the epigastrium, or to the epigastric region.
Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs.
eremacausis ::: n. --> A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or of dead animals.
erection ::: n. --> The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage.
The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.
State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.
eructate ::: v. t. --> To eject, as wind, from the stomach; to belch.
eructation ::: n. --> The act of belching wind from the stomach; a belch.
A violent belching out or emitting, as of gaseous or other matter from the crater of a volcano, geyser, etc.
esophagus ::: n. --> That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive.
esparto ::: n. --> A species of Spanish grass (Macrochloa tenacissima), of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. It is also used for making paper.
estramacon ::: n. --> A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
A blow with edge of a sword.
excavator ::: n. --> One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine, as a dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating.
“Existence is not merely a machinery of Nature, a wheel of law in which the soul is entangled for a moment or for ages; it is a constant manifestation of the Spirit. Life is not for the sake of life alone, but for God, and the living soul of man is an eternal portion of the Godhead.” Essays on the Gita
exit ::: --> He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth. ::: n. --> The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part.
Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one&
faller ::: n. --> One who, or that which, falls.
A part which acts by falling, as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks.
familiarity ::: n. --> The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity.
Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl., such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties.
famous ::: a. --> Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate.
fantoccini ::: n. pl. --> Puppets caused to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also, the representations in which they are used.
farding-bag ::: n. --> The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the rumen.
feller ::: n. --> One who, or that which, fells, knocks or cuts down; a machine for felling trees.
An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.
fermacy ::: n. --> Medicine; pharmacy.
filander ::: n. --> A species of kangaroo (Macropus Brunii), inhabiting New Guinea.
filatory ::: n. --> A machine for forming threads.
filoplumaceous ::: a. --> Having the structure of a filoplume.
finger ::: n. --> One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb.
Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion.
The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in
fitter ::: n. --> One who fits or makes to fit;
One who tries on, and adjusts, articles of dress.
One who fits or adjusts the different parts of machinery to each other.
A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper.
A little piece; a flitter; a flinder.
flatulent ::: a. --> Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy.
Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach.
Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor.
Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity.
flatus ::: pl. --> of Flatus ::: n. --> A breath; a puff of wind.
Wind or gas generated in the stomach or other cavities of the body.
fleece ::: n. --> The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.
Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine. ::: v. t.
flock ::: n. --> A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl.
A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor, or minister in charge.
A lock of wool or hair.
Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. / pl.), old rags, etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing
follower ::: n. --> One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer.
A sweetheart; a beau.
The removable flange, or cover, of a piston. See Illust. of Piston.
A gland. See Illust. of Stuffing box.
The part of a machine that receives motion from another part. See Driver.
"For each birth is a new start; it develops indeed from the past, but is not its mechanical continuation: rebirth is not a constant reiteration but a progression, it is the machinery of an evolutionary process.” The Life Divine
“For each birth is a new start; it develops indeed from the past, but is not its mechanical continuation: rebirth is not a constant reiteration but a progression, it is the machinery of an evolutionary process.” The Life Divine
forester ::: n. --> One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
An inhabitant of a forest.
A forest tree.
A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine.
FOUNDATION IN YOGA. ::: The things that have to be established are . brahmacarya, complete sex-purity ; samah, quiet and harmony in the being, its forces maintained but con- trolled, harmonised, disciplined ; satyam, truth and sincerity in the whole nature ; prasanfUj, a general state of peace and calm ; atmasanyaina, the power and habit to control whatever needs control in the movements of the nature. When these are fairly established, one has laid the foundation on which one can deve- lop the yoga consciousness and with the yoga consciousness there comes an easy opening to realisation and experience.
fourdrinier ::: n. --> A machine used in making paper; -- so named from an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery.
fumacious ::: a. --> Smoky; hence, fond of smoking; addicted to smoking tobacco.
funiculus ::: n. --> A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to different bands of white matter in the brain and spinal cord.
A short cord which connects the embryo of some myriapods with the amnion.
In Bryozoa, an organ extending back from the stomach. See Bryozoa, and Phylactolema.
furniture ::: v. t. --> That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.
Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets, curtains, pictures, vases, etc.
The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc.
The masts and rigging of a ship.
fustet ::: n. --> The wood of the Rhus Cptinus or Venice sumach, a shrub of Southern Europe, which yields a fine orange color, which, however, is not durable without a mordant.
fustic ::: n. --> The wood of the Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; -- called also old fustic.
gannister ::: n. --> A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads.
garfish ::: n. --> A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike.
One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribbaeus, a very large species, and T. crassus, are more southern; -- called also needlefish. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species.
gastralgia ::: n. --> Pain in the stomach or epigastrium, as in gastric disorders.
gastric ::: a. --> Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery.
gastriloquist ::: n. --> One who appears to speak from his stomach; a ventriloquist.
gastriloquy ::: n. --> A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach; ventriloquy.
gastritis ::: n. --> Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos membrane.
gastro- ::: --> A combining form from the Gr. /, /, the stomach, or belly; as in gastrocolic, gastrocele, gastrotomy.
gastrocolic ::: a. --> Pertaining to both the stomach and the colon; as, the gastrocolic, or great, omentum.
gastroduodenal ::: a. --> Pertaining to the stomach and duodenum; as, the gastroduodenal artery.
gastroduodenitis ::: n. --> Inflammation of the stomach and duodenum. It is one of the most frequent causes of jaundice.
gastroenteritis ::: n. --> Inflammation of the lining membrane of the stomach and the intestines.
gastroepiploic ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to the stomach and omentum.
gastrohepatic ::: a. --> Pertaining to the stomach and liver; hepatogastric; as, the gastrohepatic, or lesser, omentum.
gastrointestinal ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastroenteric.
gastrology ::: n. --> The science which treats of the structure and functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach.
gastromalacia ::: n. --> A softening of the coats of the stomach; -- usually a post-morten change.
gastromancy ::: n. --> A kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the stomach.
A species of divination, by means of glasses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to appear by magic art.
gastromyces ::: n. --> The fungoid growths sometimes found in the stomach; such as Torula, etc.
gastromyth ::: n. --> One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist.
gastrophrenic ::: a. --> Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm; as, the gastrophrenic ligament.
gastroscope ::: n. --> An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the stomach.
gastroscopy ::: n. --> Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as with the gastroscope.
gastrosplenic ::: n. --> Pertaining to the stomach and spleen; as, the gastrosplenic ligament.
gastrostomy ::: n. --> The operation of making a permanent opening into the stomach, for the introduction of food.
gastrotomy ::: n. --> A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach.
gatling gun ::: --> An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels which, being revolved by a crank, are automatically loaded and fired.
gearing ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Gear ::: n. --> Harness.
The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train
gemmaceous ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to gems or to gemmae; of the nature of, or resembling, gems or gemmae.
geocyclic ::: a. --> Of, pertaining to, or illustrating, the revolutions of the earth; as, a geocyclic machine.
Circling the earth periodically.
geranine ::: n. --> A valuable astringent obtained from the root of the Geranium maculatum or crane&
getterup ::: n. --> One who contrives, makes, or arranges for, anything, as a book, a machine, etc.
gib ::: n. --> A male cat; a tomcat.
A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw. ::: v. i.
gigantomachy ::: n. --> A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants against heaven.
gigerium ::: n. --> The muscular stomach, or gizzard, of birds.
gimmal ::: n. --> Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings.
A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer.
gin ::: n. --> Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.
A strong alcoholic liquor, distilled from rye and barley, and flavored with juniper berries; -- also called Hollands and Holland gin, because originally, and still very extensively, manufactured in Holland. Common gin is usually flavored with turpentine.
Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys,
gizzard ::: n. --> The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium.
A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate animals.
A stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks.
glazer ::: n. --> One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, and the like.
A tool or machine used in glazing, polishing, smoothing, etc.; amoung cutlers and lapidaries, a wooden wheel covered with emery, or having a band of lead and tin alloy, for polishing cutlery, etc.
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