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The English name for a catboat; -- so called because Una was the name of the first boat of this kind taken to England.
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v. t.
To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.
n.
A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually held in a vestry.
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One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles.
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Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually seen on each segment.
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A name given to any one of a series of orange-red dyestuffs produced artificially from certain complex sulphonic acid derivatives of azo and diazo hydrocarbons of the aromatic series; -- so called because of the general resemblance to the shades of nasturtium (Tropaeolum).
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A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms.
v. i.
To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to," and "used to."
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Sulphuric acid; -- called also oil of vitriol. So called because first made by the distillation of green vitriol. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric.
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A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
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The time between; the time between sunrise and noon; specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o'clock in the morning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime, because formerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour; also, later, the afternoon; the time between dinner and supper.
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Gun cotton; -- so called because regarded as containing three nitro groups.
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A lady at a ball, who, either from choice, or because not asked to dance, remains a spectator.
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A drinking glass, without a foot or stem; -- so called because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure.
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A genus of liliaceous plants; the three-leaved nightshade; -- so called because all the parts of the plant are in threes.
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An ancient stringed instrument; -- so called because, in form, it resembled the Delphic tripod.
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A salt of orthosilicic acid, H4SiO4; -- so called because the ratio of the oxygen atoms united to the basic metals and silicon respectively is 1:1; for example, Mg2SiO4 or 2MgO.SiO2.
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The peptone formed by pancreatic digestion; -- so called because it is formed through the agency of the ferment trypsin.
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