1. The act or process of making fixed.

2. That which is fixed; a fixture.

3. pl. Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments. [Colloq. U.S.]

 Fix"i*ty (-*t), n. [Cf. F. fixité.] 1.
 Fixedness; as, fixity of tenure; also, that which is fixed.

2. Coherence of parts. Sir I. Newton.
 Fix"ture (fks"tr; 135), n. [Cf. Fixure.] 1. That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm or of a dwelling, that is, the articles which a tenant may not take away.

2. State of being fixed; fixedness.

 The firm fixture of thy foot.

Shak.
3. (Law) Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, or his personal representatives. In this latter sense, the same things may be fixtures under some circumstances, and not fixtures under others. Wharton (Law Dict.). Bouvier.
 This word is frequently substituted for fixure (formerly the word in common use) in new editions of old works.

 Fix"ure (-r), n. [L. fixura a fastening, fr. figere to fix. See Fix, and cf. Fixture.] Fixed position; stable condition; firmness. [Obs.] Shak.
 Fiz"gig' (fz"gg), n. A fishgig. [Obs.] Sandys.
 Fiz"gig', n. [Fizz + gig whirling thing.] A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes.

 Fiz"gig', n. [See Gig a flirt.] A gadding, flirting girl. Gosson.
 Fizz (fz), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fizzed (fzd); p. pr.
 & vb. n. Fizzing.] [Cf. Icel. fsa to break wind, Dan. fise to foist, fizzle, OSw. fisa, G. fisten, feisten. Cf.
 Foist.] To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse.

 Fizz, n. A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly.

 Fiz"zle (fz"z'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fizzled (-z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Fizzling (-zlng).] [See Fizz.] 1. To make a hissing sound.

 It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, As plain as fizzling.

B. Jonson.
2. To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking. [Colloq. or Low] To fizzle out, to burn with a hissing noise and then go out, like wet gunpowder; hence, to fail completely and ridiculously; to prove a failure. [Colloq.]

 Fiz"zle, n. A failure or abortive effort. [Colloq.]

 ||Fjord (fyôrd), n. See Fiord.

 Flab"ber*gast (?), v. t. [Cf. Flap, and Aghast.] To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements. [Jocular] Beaconsfield.
 Flab'ber*gas*ta"tion (?), n. The state of being flabbergasted.
 [Jocular] London Punch.
 Flab"bi*ly (?), adv. In a flabby manner.

 Flab"bi*ness, n. Quality or state of being flabby.

 Flab"by (?), a. [See Flap.] Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh.

 Fla"bel (?), n. [L. flabellum a fan, dim. of flabrum a breeze, fr. flare to blow.] A fan. [Obs.] Huloet.
 Fla*bel"late (?), a. [L. flabellatus, p. p. of flabellare to fan, fr. flabellum. See Flabbel.] (Bot.) Flabelliform.

 Flab'el*la"tion (?), n. The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan or some other contrivance. Dunglison.
 Fla*bel"li*form (?), a. [L. flabellum a fan + -form: cf. F. flabeliforme.] Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate.

 Fla*bel"li*nerved' (?), a. [L. flabellum a fan + E. nerve.]
 (Bot.) Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base; -- said of a leaf.

 ||Fla*bel"lum (?), n. [L. See Flabel.] (Eccl.) A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers. Shipley.
 Flab"ile (?), a. [L. flabilis.] Liable to be blown about. Bailey.
 Flac"cid (?), a. [L. flaccidus, fr. flaccus flabby: cf. OF. flaccide.] Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh.

 Religious profession... has become flacced.

I. Taylor.
 -- Flac"cid*ly (#), adv. -- Flac"cid*ness, n. Flac*cid"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. flaccidité.] The state of being flaccid.

 Flack"er (?), v. i. [OE. flakeren, fr. flacken to move quickly to and fro; cf. icel. flakka to rove about, AS. flacor fluttering, flying, G. flackern to flare, flicker.] To flutter, as a bird. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
 Flack"et (?), n. [OF. flasquet little flask, dim. of flasque a flask.] A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon.

 Flag (flg), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flagged (?); p. pr.
 & vb. n. Flagging (?).] [Cf. Icel. flaka to droop, hang loosely. Cf. Flacker, Flag an ensign.] 1. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

 As loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast.

T. Moore.
2. To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags.

 The pleasures of the town begin to flag.

Swift.
Syn. -- To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine.

 Flag (flg), v. t. 1. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings. prior.
2. To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.

 Nothing so flags the spirits.

Echard.
 Flag, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D. vlag. See Flag to hang loose.] 1. That which flags or hangs down loosely.

2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or


oc, and the Ibilao of southeastern Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, and adjacent Isabela employ the bow constantly.
The natural projectile weapon of the Negrito is the bow and arrow; that of the Malayan seems to be the blowgun—at present, however, largely replaced by the spear, though in some southern islands, especially in Paragua, it has held its own.
Page 124 Wooden weapons Shields are universally made and used by the Igorot. They are made by the men of each pueblo, and are seldom bought or sold.
They are cut from single pieces of wood, and are generally constructed of very light wood, though some are heavy. The hand grip is cut in the solid timber, is almost invariably made for the left hand, and will usually accommodate only three fingers—the thumb and little finger remaining outside the grip and free to press forward the upper and lower ends of the shield, respectively, slanting it to glance a blow of a spear.
Within the present boundary of Bontoc Province there are three distinct patterns of wooden shields in use in three quite distinct culture areas. There is still another shield immediately beyond the western border of the province but which is believed to be produced also in the Bontoc area.
First, is the shield of the Bontoc culture area. It is usually about 3 feet long and 1 foot wide, is blackened with a greasy soot, though now and again one in original wood is seen. The upper part or "chief" of the shield is cut, leaving three points projecting several inches above the solid field; the lower end or "base" is cut, leaving two points. Across both ends of the shield is a strengthening lace of bejuco, passing through perforations from front to back. The front surface of the shield is most prominent over the deep-cut hand grip at the boss or "fess point," toward which a wing approaches on both the dexter and sinister sides of the front of the shield, being carved slightly on the field. This is the usual Bontoc shield, but some few have meaningless straight-line decorations cut in the field.
In the Tinglayan culture area, immediately north of Bontoc, the usual shield is very similar to the above, except that various sections of both the face and back of the shield are of natural wood or are colored dull red. The strengthening of bejuco lacings and the raised wings are also found.
Still farther north is the Kalinga shield—a slim, gracefully formed shield, differing from the typical Bontoc weapon chiefly in its more graceful outline. It is of a uniform black color and has the bejuco lacings the same as the others.
The fourth variety, made at Bagnen, immediately across the Bontoc border, in Lepanto, and probably also made and certainly used near at hand in Bontoc, is quite similar to the Bontoc type but is smaller and cruder. It is uncolored, and on its front has crude drawings of snakes and frogs (or perhaps men) drawn with soot paint.
Banawi area, south of the Bontoc area, has a shield differing markedly from the others. It is longer, usually somewhat wider, and not cut at either end. The lower end is straight across at right angles to the sides; the upper end rises to a very obtuse angle at the middle. The front is usually much plainer than is that of the other shields mentioned.
Page 125 Throughout the Bontoc area there is a spear with a bamboo blade, entirely a wooden weapon. The spear is employed in warfare, and is losing its place only as iron becomes plentiful enough and cheap enough to substitute for the bamboo blades or heads.
Even in sections in which iron spears are relatively common the wooden spear is used much in warfare, since spears thrown at an enemy are frequently lost.
Sharp-pointed bamboo spikes are often stuck in the trails of war parties when they are returning from some foray in which they have been successful. These spikes are from about 6 inches in length, as among the people of the Bontoc area, to 3 or more feet, as among the Ibilao of southeastern Nueva Vizcaya. The latter people nightly place these long spikes, called "luk′-dun," in the trails leading to their dwellings. They are placed at a considerable angle, and would impale an intruder in the groin or upper thigh, inflicting a cruel and disabling wound. The shorter spikes either cut through the bottom of the foot or stab the instep or leg near the ankle. They are much dreaded, and, though crude, are very effective weapons.
Metal weapons The metal spear blade or head is a product of Igorot workmanship. Baliwang, situated about six hours north of Bontoc, makes most of the metal spear blades used in the Bontoc area. Sapao, located about a day and a half to the south, makes excellent metal blades, but they seldom reach the Bontoc culture area, although blades of inferior production from Sapao are found in Ambawan, the southernmost pueblo of the area.
Baliwang has four smithies, in each of which two or three men labor, each man in a smithy performing a separate part of the work. One operates the bellows, another feeds the fire and does the heavy striking during the initial part of the work, and the other—the real blade maker, the artist—directs all the labor, and performs the finer and finishing parts of the blade production.
The smithies are about 12 feet square without side walls. They have a grass roof sloping to within 3 feet of the earth, enlarging the shaded area to near 20 feet square. Near one side of the room is the bellows, called "op-op′," consisting of two vertical, parallel wooden tubes about 5 feet long and 10 inches in diameter, standing side by side. Each tube has a piston or plunger, called "dot-dot′;" the packing ring of the piston is of wood covered with chicken feathers, making it slightly flexible at the rim, so it fits snugly in the tube. The lower end of the bellows tubes rests in the earth, 4 inches above which a small bamboo tube leads the compressed air to the fireplace from each bellows tube. These small tubes, called "to-bong′," end near an opening through a brick at the back of the fire, and the air forced through them passes on through the brick to the burning charcoal. The outer end of the to-bong′ is cut at an angle, and as the tubes end outside the opening in the brick, the air inbreathed by the bellows, as the plungers are raised, is drawn from back of the fireplace—thus the fire is not disturbed.
The fuel is an inferior charcoal prepared by the Igorot from pine. This bellows is found throughout the Archipelago and is evidently a Malayan product. It is believed that it came to Bontoc with the Igorot from their earlier home and is not, as some say, a Chinese invention.7 The Igorot manufacturer of metal pipes uses exactly the same kind of bellows, except that it is very much smaller, and so appears like a toy. It is poorly shown in Pl. CIX.
Much of the iron now employed in the manufacture of Igorot weapons is Chinese bar iron coming from China to the Islands at Candon, in Ilokos Sur. However, the people readily make weapons from any iron they may acquire, greatly preferring the scraps of broken Chinese cast-iron pots, vessels purchased primarily for making sugar. In his choice of cast iron the Igorot exhibits a practical knowledge of metallurgy, since cast iron makes better steel than wrought iron—that is, as he has to work.
Figure 5.
Ironsmith's stone hammer.
Ironsmith's stone hammer.
The anvils of the smithy, numbering four or five, are large rocks set solidly in the earth. The hammers are nearly all stone, though some of the workmen have a small iron hammer used in finishing the weapons.
There are several varieties of stone hammers. One weighing about 30 pounds is 16 inches long, 10 inches wide, and from 4 to 6 inches thick. An inch-deep groove is cut in both edges of the hammer, and into these grooves the short, double wooden handle is attached by a withe.
Another hammer, similar to the above in shape and attachment, is about one-third its size and weight. There is a still smaller hammer lashed Page 127with leather bands to a single, straight wooden handle; and there is also a round hammer stone about 3 inches in diameter without handle or attachment, which hammer, together with the larger one last mentioned, is largely superseded in some of the smithies by the metal hammer.
The bellows operator sits squatting on a slight platform the height of the bellows, and constantly works the plungers up and down with rhythmic strokes.
Two men at first handle the hot iron—one, the real blade maker, holds


Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan.

Cowper.
3. A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa.

 Punching the squab of chairs and sofas.

Dickens.
 On her large squab you find her spread.

Pope.
 Squab, adv. [Cf. dial. Sw. squapp, a word imitative of a splash, and E. squab fat, unfledged.] With a heavy fall; plump.
 [Vulgar] The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and dropped him down, squab, upon a rock.

L'Estrange.
 Squab, v. i. To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. [Obs.]

 Squa*bash" (?), v. t. To crush; to quash; to squash. [Colloq. or Slang, Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
 Squab"bish (?), a. Thick; fat; heavy.

 Squab"ble (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squabbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Squabbling (?).] [Cf. dial. Sw. skvabbel a dispute, skvappa to chide.] 1. To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.

2. To debate peevishly; to dispute.

 The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative.

I. Watts.
Syn. -- To dispute; contend; scuffle; wrangle; quarrel; struggle.

 Squab"ble, v. t. (Print.) To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has been set up.

 Squab"ble, n. A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.

 Squab"bler (?), n. One who squabbles; a contentious person; a brawler.

 Squab"by (?), a. Short and thick; suqabbish.

 Squab"-chick' (?), n. (Zoöl.) A young chicken before it is fully fledged. [Prov. Eng.]

 Squac"co (?), n.; pl. Squaccos (&?;). (Zoöl.)
 A heron (Ardea comata) found in Asia, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe.

 Squad (?), n. [F. escouade, fr. Sp. escuadra, or It.
 squadra, (assumed) LL. exquadrare to square; L. ex + quadra a square. See Square.] 1. (Mil.) A small party of men assembled for drill, inspection, or other purposes.

2. Hence, any small party.

 Squad, n. Sloppy mud. [Prov. Eng.] Tennyson.
 Squad"ron (?), n. [F. escadron, formerly also esquadron, or It. squadrone. See Squad.] 1. Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square. [R.]

 Those half-rounding quards Just met, and, closing, stood in squadron joined.

Milton.
2. (Mil.) A body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men.

3. (Naut.) A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron. Totten.
Flying squadron, a squadron of observation or practice, that cruises rapidly about from place to place. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
 Squad"roned (?), a. Formed into squadrons, or squares. [R.] Milton.
 Squail (?), v. i. To throw sticls at cocks; to throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly. [Prov. Eng.] Southey.
 Squai"mous (?), a. Squeamish. [Obs.]

 ||Squa"li (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. squalus a kind of sea fish.] (Zoöl.) The suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the sharks.

 Squal"id (?), a. [L. squalidus, fr. squalere to be foul or filthy.] Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty.

 Uncomed his locks, and squalid his attrie.

Dryden.
 Those squalid dens, which are the reproach of large capitals.

Macaulay.
 Squa*lid"i*ty (?), n. [L. squaliditas.] The quality or state of being squalid; foulness; filthiness.

 Squal"id*ly (?), adv. In a squalid manner.

 Squal"id*ness, n. Quality or state of being squalid.

 Squall (?), n. [Cf. Sw. sqval an impetuous running of water, sqvalregn a violent shower of rain, sqala to stream, to gush.] A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.

 The gray skirts of a lifting squall.

Tennyson.
Black squall, a squall attended with dark, heavy clouds. -- Thick squall, a black squall accompanied by rain, hail, sleet, or snow. Totten.
 -- White squall, a squall which comes unexpectedly, without being marked in its approach by the clouds. Totten.
 Squall, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squalled (?); p. pr.
 & vb. n. Squalling.] [Icel. skvala. Cf. Squeal.] To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled.

 Squall, n. A loud scream; a harsh cry.

 There oft are heard the notes of infant woe, - The short, thick sob, loud scream, and shriller squall.

Pope.
 Squall"er (?), n. One who squalls; a screamer.

 Squall"y (?), a. 1. Abounding with squalls; disturbed often with sudden and violent gusts of wind; gusty; as, squally weather.

2. (Agric.) Interrupted by unproductive spots; -- said of a flied of turnips or grain. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
3. (Weaving) Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty; -- said of cloth.

 Squa"lo*don (?), n. [NL. Squalus a genus of sharks + Gr.
 &?;, &?;, a tooth.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil whales belonging to the Phocodontia; -- so called because their are serrated, like a shark's.

 Squa"lo*dont (?), a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to Squalodon.

 Squa"loid (?), a. [NL. Squalus a genus of sharks (fr. L. squalus a kind of sea fish) + - oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to a shark or sharks.

 Squa"lor (?), n. [L., fr. squalere to be foul or filthy.]
 Squalidness; foulness; filthness; squalidity.

 The heterogenous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly the same aspect of squalor.

Taylor.
 To bring this sort of squalor among the upper classes.

Dickens.
 ||Squa"ma (?), n.; pl. Squamæ (#). [L. a scale.] (Med.) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium.

 Squa*ma"ceous (?), a. Squamose.

 ||Squa*ma"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. squamatus scaly.] (Zoöl.)
 A division


transacts such official business as may be done out of court.

7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.]

8. (Mil.) (a) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns. (b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. (c) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades.

Air chamber. See Air chamber, in the Vocabulary. -- Chamber of commerce, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city. -- Chamber council, a secret council. Shak. -- Chamber counsel or counselor, a counselor who gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court. -- Chamber fellow, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum. -- Chamber hangings, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. -- Chamber lye, urine. Shak.
 -- Chamber music, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or church. -- Chamber practice (Law.), the practice of counselors at law, who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in court. -- To sit at chambers, to do business in chambers, as a judge.

 Cham"ber (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chambered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chambering.] 1. To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.

2. To be lascivious. [Obs.]

 Cham"ber, v. t. 1. To shut up, as in a chamber. Shak.
2. To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun.

 Cham"bered (?), a. Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun.

 Cham"ber*er (?), n. 1. One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. A civilian; a carpetmonger. [Obs.]

 Cham"ber*ing, n. Lewdness. [Obs.] Rom. xiii. 13.
 Cham"ber*lain (?), n. [OF. chamberlain, chambrelencF.
 chambellon, OHG. chamerling, chamarlinc, G. kämmerling, kammer chamber (fr. L. camera) + -ling. See Chamber, and -ling.] [Formerly written chamberlin.] 1. An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers.

2. An upper servant of an inn. [Obs.]

3. An officer having the direction and management of the private chambers of a nobleman or monarch; hence, in Europe, one of the high officers of a court.

4. A treasurer or receiver of public money; as, the chamberlain of London, of North Wales, etc.

The lord chamberlain of England, an officer of the crown, who waits upon the sovereign on the day of coronation, and provides requisites for the palace of Westminster, and for the House of Lords during the session of Parliament. Under him are the gentleman of the black rod and other officers. His office is distinct from that of the lord chamberlain of the Household, whose functions relate to the royal housekeeping.

 Cham"ber*lain*ship, n. Office of a chamberlain.

 Cham"ber*maid' (?), n. 1. A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc.

2. A lady's maid. [Obs.] Johnson.
 ||Cham'ber*tin" (?), n. A red wine from Chambertin near Dijon, in Burgundy.

 Cham"brel (?), n. Same as Gambrel.

 ||Cha*meck" (?), n. [Native Brazilian name.] (Zoöl.) A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail.

 Cha*me"le*on (k*m"l*n), n. [L. Chamaeleon, Gr. chamaile'wn, lit., "ground lion;" chamai' on the ground + le'wn lion. See Humble, and Lion.] (Zoöl.) A lizardlike reptile of the genus Chamæleo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back.

 Its color changes more or less with the color of the objects about it, or with its temper when disturbed. In a cool, dark place it is nearly white, or grayish; on admitting the light, it changes to brown, bottle-green, or blood red, of various shades, and more or less mottled in arrangment. The American chameleons belong to Anolis and allied genera of the family Iguanidæ. They are more slender in form than the true chameleons, but have the same power of changing their colors.

Chameleon mineral (Chem.), the compound called potassium permanganate, a dark violet, crystalline substance, KMnO4, which in formation passes through a peculiar succession of color from green to blue, purple, red, etc. See Potassium permanganate, under Potassium.

 Cha*me"le*on*ize (?), v. t. To change into various colors. [R.]

 Cham"fer (?), n. [See Chamfron.] The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc.

 Cham"fer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chamfered ; p. pr.
 & vb. n. Chamfering. (&?;)] 1. (Carp.) To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute.

2. To make a chamfer on.

 Cham"fret (?), n. [See Chamfron.] 1. (Carp.) A small gutter; a furrow; a groove.

2. A chamfer.

 Cham"fron (?), n. [F. chanfrein.] (Anc. Armor) The frontlet, or head armor, of a horse. [Written also champfrain and chamfrain.]

 Cham"let (?), n. See Camlet. [Obs.]

 Cham"ois (shm"m or sh*moi"; 277), n. [F. chamois, prob. fr. OG. gamz, G. gemse.]

1. (Zoöl.) A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of chase.

2. A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and chammy or shammy leather. See Shammy.

 Cham"o*mile (?), n. (Bot.) See Camomile.

 Champ (chmp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Champed (chmt); p. pr. & vb. n. Champing.] [Prob, of Scand. orgin; cf. dial. Sw. kämsa to chew with difficulty, champ; but cf. also OF. champier, champeyer, champoyer, to graze in fields, fr. F. champ field, fr. L. campus.
 Cf. Camp.] 1. To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as


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 FELIPE TO LOUISE XXIV.
 LOUISE DE CHAULIEU TO RENEE DE L'ESTORADE October XXV.
 RENEE DE L'ESTORADE TO LOUISE DE CHAULIEU XXVI.
 LOUISE DE MACUMER TO RENEE DE L'ESTORADE March XXVII.
 THE SAME TO THE SAME October XXVIII.
 RENEE DE L'ESTORADE TO LOUISE DE MACUMER December XXIX.
 M. DE L'ESTORADE TO THE BARONNE DE MACUMER December 1825 XXX.
 LOUISE DE MACUMER TO RENEE DE L'ESTORADE January 1826 XXXI.
 RENEE DE L'ESTORADE TO LOUISE DE MACUMER XXXII.
 MME. DE MACUMER TO MME. DE L'ESTORADE March 1826 XXXIII.
 MME. DE L'ESTORADE TO MME. DE MACUMER XXXIV.
 MME. DE MACUMER TO THE VICOMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE April 1826 XXXV.
 THE SAME TO THE SAME MARSEILLES, July XXXVI.
 THE VICOMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE TO THE BARONNE DE MACUMER XXXVII.
 THE BARONNE DE MACUMER TO THE VICOMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE Genoa XXXVIII.
 THE VICOMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE TO THE BARONNE DE MACUMER September XXXIX.
 THE BARONNE DE MACUMER TO THE VICOMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE XL.
 THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE TO THE BARONNE DE MACUMER January 1827 XLI.
 THE BARONNE DE MACUMER TO THE VICOMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE Paris XLII.
 RENEE TO LOUISE XLIII.
 MME. DE MACUMER TO THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE XLIV.
 THE SAME TO THE SAME Paris, 1829 XLV.
 RENEE TO LOUISE XLVI.
 MME. DE MACUMER TO THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE 1829 XLVII.
 RENEE TO LOUISE 1829 SECOND PART XLVIII.
 THE BARONNE DE MACUMER TO THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE October 15, 1833 XLIX.
 MARIE GASTON TO DANIEL D'ARTHEZ October 1833 L. MME. DE L'ESTORADE TO MME. DE MACUMER LI.
 THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE TO MME. MARIE GASTON 1835 LII.
 MME. GASTON TO MME. DE L'ESTORADE The Chalet LIII.
 MME. DE L'ESTORADE TO MME. GASTON LIV.
 MME. GASTON TO THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE May 20th LV.
 THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE TO MME. GASTON July 16th LVI.
 MME. GASTON TO THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE LVII.
 THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE TO THE COMTE DE L'ESTORADE THE CHALET, August 7th ADDENDUM DEDICATION LETTERS OF TWO BRIDES FIRST PART I. LOUISE DE CHAULIEU TO RENEE DE MAUCOMBE. PARIS, September.

 Sweetheart, I too am free! And I am the first too, unless you have written to Blois, at our sweet tryst of letter-writing.

 Raise those great black eyes of yours, fixed on my opening sentence, and keep this excitement for the letter which shall tell you of my first love.
 By the way, why always "first?" Is there, I wonder, a second love?

 Don't go running on like this, you will say, but tell me rather how you made your escape from the convent where you were to take your vows. Well, dear, I don't know about the Carmelites, but the miracle of my own deliverance was, I can assure you, most humdrum. The cries of an alarmed conscience triumphed over the dictates of a stern policy—there's the


Myths," Lenormant's "Beginnings of History," Hesiod's "Theogony," Sir John de Maundeville's writings, and Sayce's "Records of the Past," that, to say the least, are strangely in harmony with the seemingly incredible text found in the yellow manuscript of the old Norseman, Olaf Jansen, and now for the first time given to the world.

 THE END


notional 'standard disclaimer file'.
Node:include war, Next:indent style, Previous:include, Up:= I = include war n. Excessive multi-leveled inclusion within a discussion thread, a practice that tends to annoy readers. In a forum with high-traffic newsgroups, such as Usenet, this can lead to flames and the urge to start a kill file.
Node:indent style, Next:index of X, Previous:include war, Up:= I = indent style n.
[C, C++, and Java programmers] The rules one uses to indent code in a readable fashion. There are four major C indent styles, described below; all have the aim of making it easier for the reader to visually track the scope of control constructs. They have been inherited by C++ and Java, which have C-like syntaxes.
The significant variable is the placement of { and } with respect to the statement(s) they enclose and to the guard or controlling statement (if, else, for, while, or do) on the block, if any.
'K&R style' -- Named after Kernighan & Ritchie, because the examples in K&R are formatted this way. Also called 'kernel style' because the Unix kernel is written in it, and the 'One True Brace Style' (abbrev.
1TBS) by its partisans. In C code, the body is typically indented by eight spaces (or one tab) per level, as shown here. Four spaces are occasionally seen in C, but in C++ and Java four tends to be the rule rather than the exception.
'Allman style' -- Named for Eric Allman, a Berkeley hacker who wrote a lot of the BSD utilities in it (it is sometimes called 'BSD style'). Resembles normal indent style in Pascal and Algol.
It is the only style other than K&R in widespread use among Java programmers. Basic indent per level shown here is eight spaces, but four (or sometimes three) spaces are generally preferred by C++ and Java programmers.
'Whitesmiths style' -- popularized by the examples that came with Whitesmiths C, an early commercial C compiler. Basic indent per level shown here is eight spaces, but four spaces are occasionally seen.
'GNU style' -- Used throughout GNU EMACS and the Free Software Foundation code, and just about nowhere else. Indents are always four spaces per level, with { and } halfway between the outer and inner indent levels.
Surveys have shown the Allman and Whitesmiths styles to be the most common, with about equal mind shares. K&R/1TBS used to be nearly universal, but is now much less common in C (the opening brace tends to get lost against the right paren of the guard part in an if or while, which is a Bad Thing). Defenders of 1TBS argue that any putative gain in readability is less important than their style's relative economy with vertical space, which enables one to see more code on one's screen at once.
The Java Language Specification legislates not only the capitalization of identifiers, but where nouns, adjectives, and verbs should be in method, class, interface, and variable names (section 6.8). While the specification stops short of also standardizing on a bracing style, all source code originating from Sun Laboratories uses the K&R style. This has set a precedent for Java programmers, which most follow.
Doubtless these issues will continue to be the subject of holy wars.
Node:index of X, Next:infant mortality, Previous:indent style, Up:= I = index of X n. See coefficient of X. Node:infant mortality, Next:infinite, Previous:index of X, Up:= I = infant mortality n. It is common lore among hackers (and in the electronics industry at large; this term is possibly techspeak by now) that the chances of sudden hardware failure drop off exponentially with a machine's time since first use (that is, until the relatively distant time at which enough mechanical wear in I/O devices and thermal-cycling stress in components has accumulated for the machine to start going senile). Up to half of all chip and wire failures happen within a new system's first few weeks; such failures are often referred to as 'infant mortality' problems (or, occasionally, as 'sudden infant death syndrome').
See bathtub curve, burn-in period.
Node:infinite, Next:infinite loop, Previous:infant mortality, Up:= I = infinite adj.
[common] Consisting of a large number of objects; extreme.
Used very loosely as in: "This program produces infinite garbage." "He is an infinite loser." The word most likely to follow 'infinite', though, is hair.
(It has been pointed out that fractals are an excellent example of infinite hair.) These uses are abuses of the word's mathematical meaning. The term 'semi-infinite', denoting an immoderately large amount of some resource, is also heard. "This compiler is taking a semi-infinite amount of time to optimize my program." See also semi.
Node:infinite loop, Next:Infinite-Monkey Theorem, Previous:infinite, Up:= I = infinite loop n. One that never terminates (that is, the machine spins or buzzes forever and goes catatonic).
There is a standard joke that has been made about each generation's exemplar of the ultra-fast machine: "The Cray-3 is so fast it can execute an infinite loop in under 2 seconds!"
Node:Infinite-Monkey Theorem, Next:infinity, Previous:infinite loop, Up:= I = Infinite-Monkey Theorem n.
"If you put an infinite number of monkeys at typewriters, eventually one will bash out the script for Hamlet." (One may also hypothesize a small number of monkeys and a very long period of time.) This theorem asserts nothing about the intelligence of the one random monkey that eventually comes up with the script (and note that the mob will also type out all the possible incorrect versions of Hamlet). It may be referred to semi-seriously when justifying a brute force method; the implication is that, with enough resources thrown at it, any technical challenge becomes a one-banana problem. This argument gets more respect since Linux justified the bazaar mode of development.
This theorem was first popularized by the astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington. It became part of the idiom of techies via the classic SF short story "Inflexible Logic" by Russell Maloney, and many younger hackers know it through a reference in Douglas Adams's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". On 1 April 2000 the usage acquired its own Internet standard, (Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite).
Node:infinity, Next:inflate, Previous:Infinite-Monkey Theorem, Up:= I = infinity n.
1. The largest value that can be represented in a particular type of variable (register, memory location, data type, whatever). 2. 'minus infinity': The smallest such value, not necessarily or even usually the simple negation of plus infinity.
In N-bit twos-complement arithmetic, infinity is 2^(N-1) - 1 but minus infinity is - (2^(N-1)), not -(2^(N-1) - 1). Note also that this is different from time T equals minus infinity, which is closer to a mathematician's usage of infinity.
Node:inflate, Next:Infocom, Previous:infinity, Up:= I = inflate vt.
To decompress or puff a file. Rare among Internet hackers, used primarily by MS-DOS/Windows types.
Node:Infocom, Next:initgame, Previous:inflate, Up:= I = Infocom n. A now-legendary games company, active from 1979 to 1989, that commercialized the MDL parser technology used for Zork to produce a line of text adventure games that remain favorites among hackers. Infocom's games were intelligent, funny, witty, erudite, irreverent, challenging, satirical, and most thoroughly hackish in spirit. The physical game packages from Infocom are now prized collector's items.
After being acquired by Activision in 1989 they did a few more "modern" (e.g. graphics-intensive) games which were less successful than reissues of their classics.
The software, thankfully, is still extant; Infocom games were written in a kind of P-code and distributed with a P-code interpreter core, and not


. Call.]
 1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious.

 The most garrulous people on earth.

De Quincey.
2. (Zoöl.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds; as, the garrulous roller.

Syn. -- Garrulous, Talkative, Loquacious. A garrulous person indulges in long, prosy talk, with frequent repetitions and lengthened details; talkative implies simply a great desire to talk; and loquacious a great flow of words at command. A child is talkative; a lively woman is loquacious; an old man in his dotage is garrulous.

 -- Gar"ru*lous*ly, adv. -- Gar"ru*lous*ness, n. Gar*ru"pa (?), n. [Prob. fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf. Grouper the fish.] (Zoöl.) One of several species of California market fishes, of the genus Sebastichthys; -- called also rockfish.
 See Rockfish.

 Gar"ter (?), n. [OE. gartier, F. jarretière, fr. OF. garet bend of the knee, F. jarret; akin to Sp. garra claw, Prov. garra leg. See Garrote.] 1. A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.

2. The distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself.

3. (Her.) Same as Bendlet.

Garter fish (Zoöl.), a fish of the genus Lepidopus, having a long, flat body, like the blade of a sword; the scabbard fish. -- Garter king-atarms, the chief of the official heralds of England, king-at-arms to the Order of the Garter; -- often abbreviated to Garter.
 -- Garter snake (Zoöl.), one of several harmless American snakes of the genus Eutænia, of several species (esp. E. saurita and E. sirtalis); one of the striped snakes; -- so called from its conspicuous stripes of color.

 Gar"ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gartered (?); p. pr.
 & vb. n. Gartering.] 1. To bind with a garter.

 He... could not see to garter his hose.

Shak.
2. To invest with the Order of the Garter. T. Warton.
 Garth (gärth), n. [Icel. garðr yard. See Yard.] 1.
 A close; a yard; a croft; a garden; as, a cloister garth.

 A clapper clapping in a garth To scare the fowl from fruit.

Tennyson.
2. A dam or weir for catching fish.

 Garth, n. [Girth.] A hoop or band. [Prov. Eng.]

 ||Ga"rum (g"rm), n. [L., fr. Gr. ga'ros.] A sauce made of small fish. It was prized by the ancients.

 Gar"vie (?), n. (Zoöl.) The sprat; -- called also garvie herring, and garvock. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

 Gas (gs), n.; pl. Gases (-z). [Invented by the chemist Van Helmont of Brussels, who died in 1644.] 1. An aëriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aëriform state.

2. (Popular Usage) (a) A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes.
 (b) Laughing gas. (c) Any irrespirable aëriform fluid.

Gas is often used adjectively or in combination; as, gas fitter or gasfitter; gas meter or gas-meter, etc.

Air gas (Chem.), a kind of gas made by forcing air through some volatile hydrocarbon, as the lighter petroleums. The air is so saturated with combustible vapor as to be a convenient illuminating and heating agent. -- Gas battery (Elec.), a form of voltaic battery, in which gases, especially hydrogen and oxygen, are the active agents. -- Gas carbon, Gas coke, etc. See under Carbon, Coke, etc. -- Gas coal, a bituminous or hydrogenous coal yielding a high percentage of volatile matters, and therefore available for the manufacture of illuminating gas. R. W. Raymond. -- Gas engine, an engine in which the motion of the piston is produced by the combustion or sudden production or expansion of gas; -- especially, an engine in which an explosive mixture of gas and air is forced into the working cylinder and ignited there by a gas flame or an electric spark. -- Gas fitter, one who lays pipes and puts up fixtures for gas. -- Gas fitting. (a) The occupation of a gas fitter. (b) pl.
 The appliances needed for the introduction of gas into a building, as meters, pipes, burners, etc. -- Gas fixture, a device for conveying illuminating or combustible gas from the pipe to the gasburner, consisting of an appendage of cast, wrought, or drawn metal, with tubes upon which the burners, keys, etc., are adjusted. -- Gas generator, an apparatus in which gas is evolved; as: (a) a retort in which volatile hydrocarbons are evolved by heat; (b) a machine in which air is saturated with the vapor of liquid hydrocarbon; a carburetor; (c) a machine for the production of carbonic acid gas, for aërating water, bread, etc. Knight. -- Gas jet, a flame of illuminating gas. -- Gas machine, an apparatus for carbureting air for use as illuminating gas. -- Gas meter, an instrument for recording the quantity of gas consumed in a given time, at a particular place. -- Gas retort, a retort which contains the coal and other materials, and in which the gas is generated, in the manufacture of gas.
 -- Gas stove, a stove for cooking or other purposes, heated by gas.
 -- Gas tar, coal tar. -- Gas trap, a drain trap; a sewer trap. See 4th Trap, 5. -- Gas washer (Gas Works), an apparatus within which gas from the condenser is brought in contact with a falling stream of water, to precipitate the tar remaining in it. Knight.
 -- Gas water, water through which gas has been passed for purification; -- called also gas liquor and ammoniacal water, and used for the manufacture of sal ammoniac, carbonate of ammonia, and Prussian blue. Tomlinson. -- Gas well, a deep boring, from which natural gas is discharged. Raymond. -- Gas works, a manufactory of gas, with all the machinery and appurtenances; a place where gas is generated for lighting cities. -- Laughing gas. See under Laughing. -- Marsh gas (Chem.), a light, combustible, gaseous hydrocarbon, CH4, produced artificially by the dry distillation of many organic substances, and occurring as a natural product of decomposition in stagnant pools, whence its name. It is an abundant ingredient of ordinary illuminating gas, and is the first member of the paraff


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ivus fr. ablatus. See Ablation.] 1. Taking away or removing.
 [Obs.]

 Where the heart is forestalled with misopinion, ablative directions are found needful to unteach error, ere we can learn truth.
Bp. Hall.
2. (Gram.) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some other languages, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away.

 Ab"la*tive, (Gram.) The ablative case.

ablative absolute, a construction in Latin, in which a noun in the ablative case has a participle (either expressed or implied), agreeing with it in gender, number, and case, both words forming a clause by themselves and being unconnected, grammatically, with the rest of the sentence; as, Tarquinio regnante, Pythagoras venit, i. e., Tarquinius reigning, Pythagoras came.

 ||Ab"laut (&?;), n. [Ger., off-sound; ab off + laut sound.] (Philol.) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung. Earle.
 A*blaze" (&?;), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + blaze.]
 1. On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. Milman.
 All ablaze with crimson and gold. Longfellow.
2. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.

 The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to assist Torrijos.
Carlyle.
 A"ble (&?;), a. [Comp. Abler (&?;); superl.
 Ablest (&?;).] [OF. habile, L. habilis that may be easily held or managed, apt, skillful, fr. habere to have, hold.
 Cf. Habile and see Habit.] 1. Fit; adapted; suitable. [Obs.]

 A many man, to ben an abbot able. Chaucer.
2. Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.

3. Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.

 No man wrote abler state papers. Macaulay.
4. (Law) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.

Able for, is Scotticism. "Hardly able for such a march."
Robertson.
Syn. -- Competent; qualified; fitted; efficient; effective; capable; skillful; clever; vigorous; powerful.

 A"ble, v. t. [See Able, a.] [Obs.] 1. To make able; to enable; to strengthen. Chaucer.
2. To vouch for. "I 'll able them." Shak.
 -a*ble (-*b'l). [F. -able, L. -abilis.] An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable.

 The form -ible is used in the same sense.

 It is difficult to say when we are not to use -able instead of -ible.
 "Yet a rule may be laid down as to when we are to use it. To all verbs, then, from the Anglo-Saxon, to all based on the uncorrupted infinitival stems of Latin verbs of the first conjugation, and to all substantives, whencesoever sprung, we annex -able only." Fitzed. Hall.
 A'ble-bod"ied (&?;), a. Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. "Able-bodied vagrant." Froude. -- A'ble-bod"ied*ness, n.. Ab"le*gate (&?;), v. t. [L. ablegatus, p. p. of ablegare; ab + legare to send with a commission. See Legate.] To send abroad. [Obs.] Bailey.
 Ab"le*gate (&?;), n. (R. C. Ch.) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.

 Ab'le*ga"tion (&?;), n. [L. ablegatio.] The act of sending abroad. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
 A'ble-mind"ed (#), a. Having much intellectual power. -- A'ble-mind"ed*ness, n. A"ble*ness (&?;), n. Ability of body or mind; force; vigor.
 [Obs. or R.]

 Ab"lep*sy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;; 'a priv. + &?; to see.]
 Blindness. [R.] Urquhart.
 A"bler (&?;), a., comp. of Able. -- A"blest (&?;), a., superl. of Able.

 Ab"let (&?;), Ab"len [F. ablet, ablette, a dim. fr. LL.
 abula, for albula, dim. of albus white. Cf. Abele.]
 (Zoöl.) A small fresh-water fish (Leuciscus alburnus); the bleak.

 Ab"li*gate (&?;), v. t. [L. ab + ligatus, p. p. of ligare to tie.] To tie up so as to hinder from. [Obs.]

 Ab*lig'u*ri"tion (&?;), n. [L. abligurito, fr. abligurire to spend in luxurious indulgence; ab + ligurire to be lickerish, dainty, fr. lingere to lick.] Prodigal expense for food.
 [Obs.] Bailey.
 A"blins (&?;), adv. [See Able.] Perhaps. [Scot.]

 A*bloom" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + bloom.] In or into bloom; in a blooming state. Masson.
 Ab*lude" (&?;), v. t. [L. abludere; ab + ludere to play.] To be unlike; to differ. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
 Ab"lu*ent (&?;), a. [L. abluens, p. pr. of. abluere to wash away; ab + luere (lavere, lavare). See Lave.] Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent. -- n. (Med.)
 A detergent.

 A*blush" (&?;), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + blush.]
 Blushing; ruddy.

 Ab*lu'tion (&?;), n. [L. ablutio, fr. abluere: cf. F. ablution. See Abluent.] 1. The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.

2. The water used in cleansing. "Cast the ablutions in the main." Pope.
3. (R. C. Ch.) A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest.

 Ab*lu"tion*a*ry (&?;), a


call of duty. Macaulay.
5. A divine vocation or summons.

 St. Paul himself believed he did well, and that he had a call to it, when he persecuted the Christians. Locke.
6. Vocation; employment. [In this sense, calling is generally used.]

7. A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.

 The baker's punctual call. Cowper.
8. (Hunting) A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.

9. (Naut.) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty.

10. (Fowling) The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.

11. (Amer. Land Law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.

12. The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on.
 [Brokers' Cant] 13. See Assessment, 4.

At call, or On call, liable to be demanded at any moment without previous notice; as money on deposit. -- Call bird, a bird taught to allure others into a snare. -- Call boy (a) A boy who calls the actors in a theater; a boy who transmits the orders of the captain of a vessel to the engineer, helmsman, etc. (b) A waiting boy who answers a cal, or cames at the ringing of a bell; a bell boy. -- Call note, the note naturally used by the male bird to call the female. It is artificially applied by birdcatchers as a decoy. Latham.
 -- Call of the house (Legislative Bodies), a calling over the names of members, to discover who is absent, or for other purposes; a calling of names with a view to obtaining the ayes and noes from the persons named. -- Call to the bar, admission to practice in the courts.

 Cal"la (kl"l), n. [Linnæus derived Calla fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; a cock's wattles but cf. L. calla, calsa, name of an unknown plant, and Gr. kalo's beautiful.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, of the order Araceæ.

 The common Calla of cultivation is Richardia Africana, belonging to another genus of the same order. Its large spathe is pure white, surrounding a fleshy spike, which is covered with minute apetalous flowers.

 Cal"lat (?), n. Same as Callet. [Obs.]

 A callat of boundless tongue. Shak.
 Calle (?), n. [See Caul.] A kind of head covering; a caul. [Obs.]
 Chaucer.
 Call"er (?), n. One who calls.

 ||Cal"ler (?), a. [Scot.] 1. Cool; refreshing; fresh; as, a caller day; the caller air. Jamieson.
2. Fresh; in good condition; as, caller berrings.

 Cal"let (?), n. [Cf. Ir. & Gael. caile a country woman, strumpet.] A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip. [Obs.] [Written also callat.]

 Cal"let v. i. To rail or scold. [Obs.] Brathwait.
 Cal"lid (?), a. [L. callidus, fr. callere to be thick-skinned, to be hardened, to be practiced, fr. callum, callus, callous skin, callosity, callousness.] Characterized by cunning or shrewdness; crafty. [R.]

 Cal*lid"i*ty (?), n. [L. calliditas.] Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness. [R.]

 Her eagly-eyed callidity. C. Smart.
 Cal*lig"ra*pher (?), n. One skilled in calligraphy; a good penman.

 { Cal'li*graph"ic (?), Cal'li*graph"ic*al (?), } a., [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;; pref. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;- (fr. &?;&?;&?;&?; beautiful) + &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to write; cf. F. calligraphique.] Of or pertaining to calligraphy.

 Excellence in the calligraphic act. T. Warton.
 Cal*lig"ra*phist (?), n. A calligrapher Cal*lig"ra*phy, n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;: cf. F. calligraphie.] Fair or elegant penmanship.

 Call"ing (?), n. 1. The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of, some one.

2. A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament.

 The frequent calling and meeting of Parlaiment. Macaulay.
3. A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called.

 Who hath... called us with an holy calling. 2 Tim. i.
 9.
 Give diligence to make yior calling... sure. 2 Pet. i.
 10.
4. A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in order, or a call of names with a view to obtaining an answer, as in legislative bodies.

5. One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade.

 The humble calling of ter female parent. Thackeray.
6. The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment.

 To impose celibacy on wholy callings. Hammond.
7. Title; appellation; name. [Obs.]

 I am more proud to be Sir Rowland's son His youngest son, and would not change that calling. Shak.
Syn. -- Occupation; employment; business; trade; profession; office; engagement; vocation.

 Cal*li"o*pe (kl*l"*p), n. [L. Calliope, Gr. Kallio'ph, lit, the beautiful-voiced; pref. kalli- (from kalo's beautiful) + 'o'ps, 'opo's, voice.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.

2. (Astron.) One of the asteroids. See Solar.

3. A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those of an organ. It is sometimes attached to steamboat boilers.

4. (Zoöl.) A beautiful species of humming bird (Stellula Calliope) of California and adjacent regions.

 ||Cal'li*op"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. pref. kalli- (fr. kalo's beautiful) + 'o'psis appearance.] (Bot.) A popular name given to a few species of the genus Coreopsis, especially to C. tinctoria of Arkansas.

 Cal'li*pash" (&?;), n. See Calipash.

 Cal'li*pee" (&?;), n. See Calipee.

 Cal'li*pers (&?;), n. pl. See Calipers.

 Cal'li*sec"tion (?), n. [L. callere to be insensible


Japanese Fairy Tales COMPILED BY by Yei Theodora Ozaki Profusely Illustrated by Japanese Artists Contents PREFACE JAPANESE FAIRY TALES MY LORD BAG OF RICE THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD THE FARMER AND THE BADGER THE "SHINANSHA," OR THE SOUTH POINTING CARRIAGE THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY THE STORY OF PRINCESS HASE. A STORY OF OLD JAPAN THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD THE MIRROR OF MATSUYAMA A STORY OF OLD JAPAN THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH THE OGRE OF RASHOMON HOW AN OLD MAN LOST HIS WEN THE STONES OF FIVE COLORS AND THE EMPRESS JOKWA. AN OLD CHINESE STORY TO ELEANOR MARION-CRAWFORD.
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO YOU AND TO THE SWEET CHILD-FRIENDSHIP THAT YOU GAVE ME IN THE DAYS SPENT WITH YOU BY THE SOUTHERN SEA, WHEN YOU USED TO LISTEN WITH UNFEIGNED PLEASURE TO THESE FAIRY STORIES FROM FAR JAPAN. MAY THEY NOW REMIND YOU OF MY CHANGELESS LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE.
Y. T. O. Tokio, 1908.
PREFACE This collection of Japanese fairy tales is the outcome of a suggestion made to me indirectly through a friend by Mr. Andrew Lang. They have been translated from the modern version written by Sadanami Sanjin. These stories are not literal translations, and though the Japanese story and all quaint Japanese expressions have been faithfully preserved, they have been told more with the view to interest young readers of the West than the technical student of folk-lore.
Grateful acknowledgment is due to Mr. Y. Yasuoka, Miss Fusa Okamoto, my brother Nobumori Ozaki, Dr. Yoshihiro Takaki, and Miss Kameko Yamao, who have helped me with translations.
The story which I have named "The Story of the Man who did not Wish to Die" is taken from a little book written a hundred years ago by one Shinsui Tamenaga. It is named Chosei Furo, or "Longevity." "The Bamboo-cutter and the Moon-child" is taken from the classic "Taketari Monogatari," and is NOT classed by the Japanese among their fairy tales, though it really belongs to this class of literature.
The pictures were drawn by Mr. Kakuzo Fujiyama, a Tokio artist.
In telling these stories in English I have followed my fancy in adding such touches of local color or description as they seemed to need or as pleased me, and in one or two instances I have gathered in an incident from another version. At all times, among my friends, both young and old, English or American, I have always found eager listeners to the beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan, and in telling them I have also found that they were still unknown to the vast majority, and this has encouraged me to write them for the children of the West.
Y. T. O. Tokio, 1908.
JAPANESE FAIRY TALES MY LORD BAG OF RICE Long, long ago there lived, in Japan a brave warrior known to all as Tawara Toda, or "My Lord Bag of Rice." His true name was Fujiwara Hidesato, and there is a very interesting story of how he came to change his name.
One day he sallied forth in search of adventures, for he had the nature of a warrior and could not bear to be idle. So he buckled on his two swords, took his huge bow, much taller than himself, in his hand, and slinging his quiver on his back started out. He had not gone far when he came to the bridge of Seta-no-Karashi spanning one end of the beautiful Lake Biwa. No sooner had he set foot on the bridge than he saw lying right across his path a huge serpent-dragon. Its body was so big that it looked like the trunk of a large pine tree and it took up the whole width of the bridge. One of its huge claws rested on the parapet of one side of the bridge, while its tail lay right against the other. The monster seemed to be asleep, and as it breathed, fire and smoke came out of its nostrils.
At first Hidesato could not help feeling alarmed at the sight of this horrible reptile lying in his path, for he must either turn back or walk right over its body. He was a brave man, however, and putting aside all fear went forward dauntlessly. Crunch, crunch! he stepped now on the dragon's body, now between its coils, and without even one glance backward he went on his way.
He had only gone a few steps when he heard some one calling him from behind. On turning back he was much surprised to see that the monster dragon had entirely disappeared and in its place was a strange-looking man, who was bowing most ceremoniously to the ground. His red hair streamed over his shoulders and was surmounted by a crown in the shape of a dragon's head, and his sea-green dress was patterned with shells. Hidesato knew at once that this was no ordinary mortal and he wondered much at the strange occurrence. Where had the dragon gone in such a short space of time? Or had it transformed itself into this man, and what did the whole thing mean? While these thoughts passed through his mind he had come up to the man on the bridge and now addressed him: "Was it you that called me just now?" "Yes, it was I," answered the man: "I have an earnest request to make to you. Do you think you can grant it to me?" "If it is in my power to do so I will," answered Hidesato, "but first tell me who you are?" "I am the Dragon King of the Lake, and my home is in these waters just under this bridge." "And what is it you have to ask of me?" said Hidesato.
"I want you to kill my mortal enemy the centipede, who lives on the mountain beyond," and the Dragon King pointed to a high peak on the opposite shore of the lake.
"I have lived now for many years in this lake and I have a large family of children and grand-children. For some time past we have lived in terror, for a monster centipede has discovered our home, and night after night it comes and carries off one of my family. I am powerless to save them. If it goes on much longer like this, not only shall I lose all my children, but I myself must fall a victim to the monster. I am, therefore, very unhappy, and in my extremity I determined to ask the help of a human being. For many days with this intention I have waited on the bridge in the shape of the horrible serpent-dragon that you saw, in the hope that some strong brave man would come along. But all who came this way, as soon as they saw me were terrified and ran away as fast as they could. You are the first man I have found able to look at me without fear, so I knew at once that you were a man of great courage. I beg you to have pity upon me. Will you not help me and kill my enemy the centipede?" Hidesato felt very sorry for the Dragon King on hearing his story, and readily promised to do what he could to help him. The warrior asked where the


, and this, compared with the reading of one in the air, determines the humidity.

 { Hy'gro*met"ric (?), Hy'gro*met"ric*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. hygrométrique.]
 1. Of or pertaining to hygrometry; made with, or according to, the hygrometer; as, hygrometric observations.

2. Readily absorbing and retaining moisture; as, hygrometric substances, like potash.

 Hy*grom"e*try (?), n. [Cf. F. hygrométrie.] (Physics) That branch of physics which relates to the determination of the humidity of bodies, particularly of the atmosphere, with the theory and use of the instruments constructed for this purpose.

 Hy*groph"a*nous (?), a. [Gr. &?; wet + &?; to show.] Having such a structure as to be diaphanous when moist, and opaque when dry.

 Hy'groph*thal"mic (?), a. [Gr. &?; wet + E. ophthalmic.]
 (Anat.) Serving to moisten the eye; -- sometimes applied to the lachrymal ducts.

 Hy"gro*plasm (?), n. [Gr. &?; wet + &?; form, mold.] (Biol.)
 The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition to stereoplasm, the solid or insoluble portion. The latter is supposed to be partly nutritive and partly composed of idioplasm.

 Hy"gro*scope (?), n. [Gr. &?; wet + -scope: cf. F. hygroscope.]
 (Physics) An instrument which shows whether there is more or less moisture in the atmosphere, without indicating its amount.

 Hy'gro*scop"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. hygroscopique.] 1. Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture.

2. Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of moisture, as glass, etc.

 Hy'gro*sco*pic"i*ty (?), n. (Bot.) The property possessed by vegetable tissues of absorbing or discharging moisture according to circumstances.

 Hy'gro*stat"ics (?), n. [Gr. &?; wet + &?;. See Statics.]
 The science or art of comparing or measuring degrees of moisture. Evelyn.
 Hyke (?), n. See Haik, and Huke.

 { Hy"læ*o*saur' (?), ||Hy'læ*o*sau"rus (?), } n. [NL.
 hylaeosaurus, fr. Gr. &?; belonging to a forest (fr. &?; wood) + &?; a lizard.] (Paleon.) A large Wealden dinosaur from the Tilgate Forest, England. It was about twenty feet long, protected by bony plates in the skin, and armed with spines.

 Hy*lar"chi*cal (?), a. [Gr. &?; wood, matter + &?;: cf. F. hylarchique. See Archical.] Presiding over matter. [Obs.] Hallywell.
 Hy"le*o*saur" (?), n. Same as Hylæosaur.

 Hyl"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to matter; material; corporeal; as, hylic influences.

 Hy"li*cist (?), n. [Gr. &?; adj., material, fr. &?; wood, matter.] A philosopher who treats chiefly of matter; one who adopts or teaches hylism.

 Hy"lism (?), n. [Gr. &?; wood, matter.] (Metaph.) A theory which regards matter as the original principle of evil.

 Hy"lo*bate (?), n. [Gr. &?; one that walks or inhabits the woods: &?; a wood + &?; to go.] (Zoöl.) Any species of the genus Hylobates; a gibbon, or long-armed ape. See Gibbon.

 ||Hy*lo"des (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; woody, wooded, muddy; &?; a wood + &?; form.] (Zoöl.) The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes.

 Hy"lo*ism (?), n. Same as Hylotheism.

 Hy"lo*ist, n. [Gr. &?; wood, matter.] Same as Hylotheist.

 Hy*lop"a*thism (?), n. [Gr. &?; matter + &?;, &?;, to suffer.] The doctrine that matter is sentient. Krauth-Fleming.
 Hy*lop"a*thist (?), n. One who believes in hylopathism.

 Hy*loph"a*gous (?), a. [Gr. &?; wood + &?; to eat.] (Zoöl.)
 Eating green shoots, as certain insects do.

 Hy"lo*the*ism (?), n. [Gr. &?; wood, matter + &?; God.] The doctrine of belief that matter is God, or that there is no God except matter and the universe; pantheism. See Materialism.

 Hy"lo*the*ist, n. One who believes in hylotheism.

 Hy'lo*zo"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to hylozoism.

 Hy'lo*zo"ism (?), n. [Gr. &?; wood, matter + &?; life, fr.
 &?; to live: cf. F. hylozoïsme.] The doctrine that matter possesses a species of life and sensation, or that matter and life are inseparable. [R.] Cudworth.
 Hy'lo*zo"ist, n. A believer in hylozoism. A. Tucker.
 Hy*mar" (?), n. (Zoöl.) The wild ass of Persia.

 Hy"men (?), n. [Gr. &?; skin, membrane.] (Anat.) A fold of muscous membrane often found at the orifice of the vagina; the vaginal membrane.

 Hy"men, n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] 1. (Class Myth.) A fabulous deity; according to some, the son of Apollo and Urania, according to others, of Bacchus and Venus. He was the god of marriage, and presided over nuptial solemnities.

 Till Hymen brought his love-delighted hour, There dwelt no joy in Eden's rosy bower.

Campbell.
2. Marriage; union as if by marriage.

Hymen of element and race.

Emerson.
 { Hy'me*ne"al (?), Hy'me*ne"an (?), } a. [L. hymeneius, a., also Hymenaeus, n., Hymen, Gr. &?; the wedding song, also &?; Hymen: cf. F. hyménéal, hyménéen.]
 Of or pertaining to marriage; as, hymeneal rites. Pope.
 { Hy'me*ne"al, Hy'me*ne"an, } n. A marriage song. Milton.
 ||Hy*me"ni*um (?), n.; pl. L. Hymenia (#), E. Hymeniums (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a membrane.] (Bot.) The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom.

 Hy'me*nog"e*ny (?), n. [Gr. &?; a membrane + root of &?; to be born.] The production of


Dis*tinc"ture (?), n. Distinctness. [R.]

 Dis*tin"guish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distinguished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distinguishing.] [F. distinguer, L. distinguere, distinctum; di- = dis- + stinguere to quench, extinguish; prob. orig., to prick, and so akin to G. stechen, E. stick, and perh. sting. Cf. Extinguish.] 1. Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.

 Not more distinguished by her purple vest, Than by the charming features of her face.

Dryden.
 Milton has distinguished the sweetbrier and the eglantine.

Nares.
2. To separate by definition of terms or logical division of a subject with regard to difference; as, to distinguish sounds into high and low.

 Moses distinguished the causes of the flood into those that belong to the heavens, and those that belong to the earth.

T. Burnet.
3. To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate (anything) from other things with which it might be confounded; as, to distinguish the sound of a drum.

 We are enabled to distinguish good from evil, as well as truth from falsehood.

Watts.
 Nor more can you distinguish of a man, Than of his outward show.

Shak.
4. To constitute a difference; to make to differ.

 Who distinguisheth thee?

1 Cor. iv. 7. (Douay version).
5. To separate from others by a mark of honor; to make eminent or known; to confer distinction upon; -- with by or for."To distinguish themselves by means never tried before." Johnson.
Syn. -- To mark; discriminate; differentiate; characterize; discern; perceive; signalize; honor; glorify.

 Dis*tin"guish, v. i. 1. To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; -- with between; as, a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle.

2. To become distinguished or distinctive; to make one's self or itself discernible. [R.]

 The little embryo... first distinguishes into a little knot.

Jer. Taylor.
 Dis*tin"guish*a*ble (?), a. 1. Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible; discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a distance is distinguishable from a shrub.

 A simple idea being in itself uncompounded... is not distinguishable into different ideas.

Locke.
2. Worthy of note or special regard. Swift.
 Dis*tin"guish*a*ble*ness (?), n. The quality of being distinguishable.

 Dis*tin"guish*a*bly, adv. So as to be distinguished.

 Dis*tin"guished (?), a. 1. Marked; special.

 The most distinguished politeness.

Mad. D' Arblay.
2. Separated from others by distinct difference; having, or indicating, superiority; eminent or known; illustrious; -- applied to persons and deeds.

Syn. -- Marked; noted; famous; conspicuous; celebrated; transcendent; eminent; illustrious; extraordinary; prominent. -- Distinguished, Eminent, Conspicuous, Celebrated, Illustrious. A man is eminent, when he stands high as compared with those around him; conspicuous, when he is so elevated as to be seen and observed; distinguished, when he has something which makes him stand apart from others in the public view; celebrated, when he is widely spoken of with honor and respect; illustrious, when a splendor is thrown around him which confers the highest dignity.

 Dis*tin"guish*ed*ly (?), adv. In a distinguished manner. [R.] Swift.
 Dis*tin"guish*er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, distinguishes or separates one thing from another by marks of diversity.
 Sir T. Browne.
2. One who discerns accurately the difference of things; a nice or judicious observer. Dryden.
 Dis*tin"guish*ing, a. Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic.

 The distinguishing doctrines of our holy religion.

Locke.
Distinguishing pennant (Naut.), a special pennant by which any particular vessel in a fleet is recognized and signaled. Simmonds.
 Dis*tin"guish*ing*ly, adv. With distinction; with some mark of preference. Pope.
 Dis*tin"guish*ment (?), n. Observation of difference; distinction.
 Graunt.
 Dis*ti"tle (?), v. t. To deprive of title or right. [R.] B. Jonson.
 ||Dis"to*ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. di- = di's- twice + &?; mouth.] (Zoöl.) A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2.

 Dis*tort" (?), a. [L. distortus, p. p. of distorquere to twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See Torsion.]
 Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.]

 Her face was ugly and her mouth distort.

Spenser.
 Dis*tort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr.
 & vb. n. Distorting.] 1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.

 Whose face was distorted with pain.

Thackeray.
2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.

 Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men.

Tillotson.
3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.

Syn. -- To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.

 Dis*tort"er (?), n. One who, or that which, distorts.

 Dis*tor"tion (?), n. [L. distortio: cf. F. distortion.]
 1. The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.

2. A wresting from the true meaning. Bp. Wren.
3. The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion.

4. (Med.) An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.

 Dis*tort"ive (?), a. Causing distortion.

 Dis*tract" (?), a. [L. distractus, p. p. of distrahere to draw asunder; dis- + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf.
 Distraught.] 1. Separated; drawn asunder. [Obs.]

2. Insane; mad. [Obs.] Drayton.
 Dis*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distracted, old p. p. Distraught; p. pr. & vb. n. Distracting.] 1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.

 A city... distracted from itself.

Fuller.
2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention.

 Mixed metaphors... distract the


To Gratify, Indulge, Humor. Gratify, is the generic term, and has reference simply to the pleasure communicated. To indulge a person implies that we concede something to his wishes or his weaknesses which he could not claim, and which had better, perhaps, be spared. To humor is to adapt ourselves to the varying moods, and, perhaps, caprices, of others. We gratify a child by showing him the sights of a large city; we indulge him in some extra expense on such an occasion; we humor him when he is tired and exacting.

 Grat"ing (?), n. [See 2d Grate.] 1. A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent.

2. (Optics) A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction; -- called also diffraction grating.

3. pl. (Naut.) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable Lattice used for the flooring of boats. [1913 Webster] Grat"ing, a. [See Grate to rub harshy.] That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh. -- Grat"ing*ly, adv.

 Grat"ing, n. A harsh sound caused by attrition.

 Gra*ti"o*lin (?), n. (Chem.) One of the essential principles of the hedge hyssop (Gratiola officinalis).

 Gra"tis (?), adv. [L., contr. fr. gratiis out of favor or kindness, without recompense, for nothing, fr. gratia favor. See Grace.] For nothing; without fee or recompense; freely; gratuitously.

 Grat"i*tude (?), n. [F. gratitude, LL. gratitudo, from gratus agreeable, grateful. See Grate, a.] The state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; kindness awakened by a favor received; thankfulness.

 The debt immense of endless gratitude.
Milton.
 Gra*tu"i*tous (?) a. [L. gratuitus, from gratus pleasing. See Grate, a., Gratis.] 1. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice.

 We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for the fruits of our own industry.

L'Estrange.
2. Not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption.

 Acts of gratuitous selfhumiliation.

De Quincye.
 -- Gra*tu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Gra*tu"i*tous*ness, n. Gra*tu"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Gratuities (#). [F. gratuité, or LL. gratuitas.] 1. Something given freely or without recompense; a free gift; a present. Swift.
2. Something voluntarily given in return for a favor or service, as a recompense or acknowledgment.

 Grat"u*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grqatulated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gratulating (?).] [L. gratulatus, p. p. of gratulari to congratulate, fr. gratus pleasing, agreeable. See Grate, a.]
 To salute with declaration of joy; to congratulate. [R.] Shak.
 Grat"u*late (?), a. Worthy of gratulation. [Obs.]

 There's more behind that is more gratulate.

Shak.
 Grat"u*la"tion (?), n. [L. gratulatio.] The act of gratulating or felicitating; congratulation.

 I shall turn my wishes into gratulations.
South.
 Grat"u*la*to*ry (?), a. [L. gratulatorius.] Expressing gratulation or joy; congratulatory.

 The usual groundwork of such gratulatory odes.

Bp. Horsley.
 Graunt (?), v. & n. [Obs.] See Grant. Chaucer.
 ||Grau"wack*e (?), n. [G.] Graywacke.

 ||Gra*va"men (?), n.; pl. L. Gravamina (#), E. Gravamens (#). [L., fr. gravare to load, burden, fr. gravis heavy, weighty. See Grave, a.] (Law) The grievance complained of; the substantial cause of the action; also, in general, the ground or essence of a complaint. Bouvier.

 -grave (?). A final syllable signifying a ruler, as in landgrave, margrave. See Margrave.

 Grave (?), v. t. (Naut.) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.

 Grave, a. [Compar. Graver (grv"r); superl. Gravest.]
 [F., fr. L. gravis heavy; cf. It. & Sp. grave heavy, grave. See Grief.] 1. Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. [Obs.]

 His shield grave and great.

Chapman.
2. Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc.

 Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors.

Shak.
 A grave and prudent law, full of moral equity.

Milton.
3. Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.

4. (Mus.) (a) Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a grave note or key.

 The thicker the cord or string, the more grave is the note or tone.

Moore (Encyc. of Music).
(b) Slow and solemn in movement.

Grave accent. (Pron.) See the Note under Accent, n., 2.

Syn. -- Solemn; sober; serious; sage; staid; demure; thoughtful; sedate; weighty; momentous; important. -- Grave, Sober, Serious, Solemn.
 Sober supposes the absence of all exhilaration of spirits, and is opposed to gay or flighty; as, sober thought. Serious implies considerateness or reflection, and is opposed to jocose or sportive; as, serious and important concerns. Grave denotes a state of mind, appearance, etc., which results from the pressure of weighty interests, and is opposed to hilarity of feeling or vivacity of manner; as, a qrave remark; qrave attire. Solemn is applied to a case in which gravity is carried to its highest point; as, a solemn admonition; a solemn promise.

 Grave, v. t. [imp. Graved (grvd); p. p. Graven (grv"'n) or Graved; p. pr. & vb. n. Graving.] [AS. grafan to dig, grave, engrave; akin to OFries. greva, D. graven, G. graben, OHG. & Goth. graban, Dan. grabe, Sw. gräfva, Icel. grafa, but prob. not to Gr. gra'fein to write, E. graphic.
 Cf. Grave, n., Grove, n.]

1. To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.

 He hath graven and digged up a pit.

Ps. vii. 16 (Book of Common Prayer).
2. To carve or cut, as letters


f. F. intromission. See Intromit.]

1. The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion. South.
2. The act of letting go in; admission.

3. (Scots Law) An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority.

 In'tro*mit" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intromitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intromitting.] [L. intromittere, intromissum; introwithin + mittere to send.]

1. To send in or put in; to insert or introduce. Greenhill.
2. To allow to pass in; to admit.

 Glass in the window intromits light, without cold.

Holder.
 In'tro*mit", v. i. (Scots Law) To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.

 In'tro*mit"tent (?), a. [L. intromittens, p. pr.]

1. Throwing, or allowing to pass, into or within.

2. (Zoöl.) Used in copulation; -- said of the external reproductive organs of the males of many animals, and sometimes of those of the females.

 In'tro*mit"ter (?), n. One who intromits.

 In'tro*pres"sion (?), n. Pressure acting within. [R.]

 In'tro*re*cep"tion (?), n. The act of admitting into or within. Hammond.
 In*trorse" (?), a. [L. introrsus inward, contr. from introversus.
 See Introvert.] (Bot.) Turning or facing inward, or toward the axis of the part to which it belongs. Gray.
 In'tro*spect" (?), v. t. [L. introspectus, p. p. introspicere to look into; intro within + specere to look. See Spy.] To look into or within; to view the inside of. Bailey.
 In'tro*spec"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. introspection.] A view of the inside or interior; a looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states; self-consciousness; reflection.

 I was forced to make an introspection into my own mind.

Dryden.
 In'tro*spec"tion*ist, n. (Metaph.) One given to the introspective method of examining the phenomena of the soul.

 In'tro*spec"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. introspectif.]

1. Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious.

2. Involving the act or results of conscious knowledge of physical phenomena; -- contrasted with associational. J. S. Mill.
 In'tro*sume" (?), v. t. [Pref. intro- + L. sumere to take.] To draw in; to swallow. [Obs.] Evelyn.
 In'tro*sus*cep"tion (?), n. 1. The act or process of receiving within.

 The person is corrupted by the introsusception of a nature which becomes evil thereby.

Coleridge.
2. (Med.) Same as Intussusception.

 In'tro*ven"ient (?), a. [L. introveniens, p. pr. of introvenire to come in; intro within + venire to come.] Coming in together; entering; commingling. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
 In'tro*ver"sion (?), n. [See Introvert.] The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted; the act of turning the mind inward. Berkeley.
 In'tro*vert" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Introverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Introverting.] [Pref. intro- + L. vertere, versum, to turn.]

1. To turn or bend inward. "Introverted toes." Cowper.
2. To look within; to introspect. Lew Wallace.
 In*trude" (?), v. i. [L. intrudere, intrusum; pref.
 inin + trudere to thrust, akin to E. threat. See Threat.] To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another.

 Thy wit wants edge And manners, to intrude where I am graced.

Shak.
 Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them.

I. Watts.
 In*trude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Intruding.]

1. To thrust or force (something) in or upon; especially, to force (one's self) in without leave or welcome; as, to intrude one's presence into a conference; to intrude one's opinions upon another.

2. To enter by force; to invade. [Obs.]

 Why should the worm intrude the maiden bud?

Shak.
3. (Geol.) The cause to enter or force a way, as into the crevices of rocks.

Syn. -- To obtrude; encroach; infringe; intrench; trespass. See Obtrude.

 In*trud"ed (?), p. a. (Geol.) Same as Intrusive.

 In*trud"er (?), n. One who intrudes; one who thrusts himself in, or enters without right, or without leave or welcome; a trespasser.

 They were all strangers and intruders.

Locke.
 In*trud"ress (?), n. A female intruder.

 In*trunk" (?), v. t. To inclose as in a trunk; to incase. [R.] Ford.
 In*tru"sion (?), n. [Cf. F. intrusion. See Intrude.]

1. The act of intruding, or of forcing in; especially, the forcing (one's self) into a place without right or welcome; encroachment.

 Why this intrusion? Were not my orders that I should be private?

Addison.
2. (Geol.) The penetrating of one rock, while in a plastic or metal state, into the cavities of another.

3. (Law) The entry of a stranger, after a particular estate or freehold is determined, before the person who holds in remainder or reversion has taken possession.

4. (Scotch Ch.) The settlement of a minister over a congregation without their consent.

 In*tru"sion*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to intrusion.

 In*tru"sion*ist, n. One who intrudes; especially, one who favors the appointment of a clergyman to a parish, by a patron, against the wishes of the parishioners.

 In*tru"sive (?), a. Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without right or welcome.

Intrusive rocks (Geol.), rocks which have been forced, while in a plastic or melted state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks. The term is sometimes used as equivalent to plutonic rocks. It is then contrasted with effusive or volcanic rocks.

 -- In*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- In*tru"sive*ness, n. In*trust" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrusted, p. pr.
 & vb. n. Intrusting.] To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to (another) something in trust; to commit or surrender (something) to another with a certain confidence regarding his care, use, or disposal of it; as, to intrust a servant


part of the rhythm.] 1. (Pros.) (a) That part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a greater stress of voice. Hermann. (b) That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent.

 It is uncertain whether the arsis originally consisted in a higher musical tone, greater volume, or longer duration of sound, or in all combined.

2. (Mus.) The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar; -- opposed to thesis. Moore.
 Ars'met"rike (ärz'mt"rk), n. [An erroneous form of arithmetic, as if from L. ars metrica the measuring art.] Arithmetic. [Obs.] Chaucer.
 Ar"son (är"s'n; 277), n. [OF. arson, arsun, fr.
 L. ardere, arsum, to burn.] (Law) The malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of a building or ship. Wharton.
 The definition of this crime is varied by statues in different countries and states. The English law of arson has been considerably modified in the United States; in some of the States it has been materially enlarged, while in others, various degrees of arson have been established, with corresponding punishment. Burrill.
 Art (ärt). The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style.

 Art (ärt), n. [F. art, L. ars, artis, orig., skill in joining or fitting; prob. akin to E. arm, aristocrat, article.] 1. The employment of means to accomplish some desired end; the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of life; the application of knowledge or power to practical purposes.

 Blest with each grace of nature and of art. Pope.
2. A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation.

 Science is systematized knowledge... Art is knowledge made efficient by skill. J. F. Genung.
3. The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill.

 The fishermen can't employ their art with so much success in so troubled a sea. Addison.
4. The application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature.

5. pl. Those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts.

 In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts. Pope.
 Four years spent in the arts (as they are called in colleges) is, perhaps, laying too laborious a foundation. Goldsmith.
6. Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters.
 [Archaic] So vast is art, so narrow human wit. Pope.
7. Skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, acquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; as, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage.

8. Skillful plan; device.

 They employed every art to soothe... the discontented warriors. Macaulay.
9. Cunning; artifice; craft.

 Madam, I swear I use no art at all. Shak.
 Animals practice art when opposed to their superiors in strength.
Crabb.
10. The black art; magic. [Obs.] Shak.
Art and part (Scots Law), share or concern by aiding and abetting a criminal in the perpetration of a crime, whether by advice or by assistance in the execution; complicity.

 The arts are divided into various classes. The useful, mechanical, or industrial arts are those in which the hands and body are more concerned than the mind; as in making clothes and utensils. These are called trades. The fine arts are those which have primarily to do with imagination and taste, and are applied to the production of what is beautiful. They include poetry, music, painting, engraving, sculpture, and architecture; but the term is often confined to painting, sculpture, and architecture. The liberal arts (artes liberales, the higher arts, which, among the Romans, only freemen were permitted to pursue) were, in the Middle Ages, these seven branches of learning, -- grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. In modern times the liberal arts include the sciences, philosophy, history, etc., which compose the course of academical or collegiate education. Hence, degrees in the arts; master and bachelor of arts.

 In America, literature and the elegant arts must grow up side by side with the coarser plants of daily necessity. Irving.
Syn. -- Science; literature; aptitude; readiness; skill; dexterity; adroitness; contrivance; profession; business; trade; calling; cunning; artifice; duplicity. See Science.

 ||Ar*te"mi*a (är*t"m*), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'A'rtemis, a Greek goddess.] (Zoöl.) A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp.

 Ar'te*mi"si*a (ärt"mzh"* or ärt"msh"*), n. [L. Artemisia, Gr. 'Artemisi'a.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.

 Ar*te"ri*ac (&?;), a. [L. arteriacus, Gr. &?;. See Artery.] Of or pertaining to the windpipe.

 Ar*te"ri*al (&?;), a. [Cf. F. artériel.] 1.
 Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action; the arterial system.

2. Of or pertaining to a main channel (resembling an artery), as a river, canal, or railroad.

Arterial blood, blood which has been changed and vitalized (arterialized) during passage through the lungs.

 Ar*te'ri*al*i*za"tion (&?;), n. (Physiol.) The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also aëration and hematosis.

 Ar*te"ri*al*ize (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arterialized; p. pr. & vb. n. Arterializing.] To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.

 Ar*te'ri*og"ra*phy, n. [Gr. &?; + - graphy.] A systematic description of the arteries.

 Ar*te"ri*ole (&?;), n. [NL. arteriola, dim. of L. arteria


as a disease. -- To hang on the lips, words, etc., to be charmed by eloquence. -- To hang out. (a) To be hung out so as to be displayed; to project. (b) To be unyielding; as, the juryman hangs out against an agreement. [Colloq.] -- To hang over. (a) To project at the top. (b) To impend over. -- To hang to, to cling. -- To hang together. (a) To remain united; to stand by one another. "We are all of a piece; we hang together." Dryden.
(b) To be selfconsistent; as, the story does not hang together.
 [Colloq.] -- To hang upon. (a) To regard with passionate affection. (b) (Mil.) To hover around; as, to hang upon the flanks of a retreating enemy.

 Hang, n. 1. The manner in which one part or thing hangs upon, or is connected with, another; as, the hang of a scythe.

2. Connection; arrangement; plan; as, the hang of a discourse. [Colloq.]

 3. A sharp or steep declivity or slope. [Colloq.]

To get the hang of, to learn the method or arrangement of; hence, to become accustomed to. [Colloq.]

 Hang"bird' (hng"brd'), n. (Zoöl.) The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole.

 Hang"-by' (-b'), n.; pl. Hang-bies (-bz'). A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt. B. Jonson.
 Hang"dog' (-dg'), n. A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.

 Hang"dog', a. Low; sneaking; ashamed.

 The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look.

Thackeray.
 Hang"er (-r), n. 1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.

2. That by which a thing is suspended. Especially: (a) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended. (b) (Mach.) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs.
 See Illust. of Countershaft. (c) A bridle iron.

3. That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.

4. A steep, wooded declivity. [Eng.] Gilbert White.
 Hang"er-on' (-n'), n.; pl. Hangers-on (-rz-n'). One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to others' society longer than he is wanted. Goldsmith.
 Hang"ing, a. 1. Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter. "What a hanging face!" Dryden.
2. Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.

3. Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.

Hanging compass, a compass suspended so that the card may be read from beneath. -- Hanging garden, a garden sustained at an artificial elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon. -- Hanging indentation. See under Indentation. -- Hanging rail (Arch.), that rail of a door or casement to which hinges are attached. -- Hanging side (Mining), the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein. -- Hanging sleeves. (a) Strips of the same stuff as the gown, hanging down the back from the shoulders. (b) Loose, flowing sleeves. -- Hanging stile. (Arch.) (a) That stile of a door to which hinges are secured. (b) That upright of a window frame to which casements are hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are fastened. -- Hanging wall (Mining), the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein.

 Hang"ing, n. 1. The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.

2. Death by suspension; execution by a halter.

3. That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window; -- used chiefly in the plural.

 Now purple hangings clothe the palace walls.

Dryden.
 Hang"man (hng"man), n.; pl. Hangmen(-men).
 One who hangs another; esp., one who makes a business of hanging; a public executioner; -- sometimes used as a term of reproach, without reference to office. Shak.
 Hang"man*ship, n. The office or character of a hangman.

 Hang"nail' (-nl'), n. [A corruption of agnail.] A small piece or sliver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of a finger nail.
 Holloway.
 Hang"nest' (-nst'), n. 1. A nest that hangs like a bag or pocket.

2. A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird.

 Hank (hnk), n. [Cf. Dan. hank handle, Sw. hank a band or tie, Icel. hanki hasp, clasp, hönk, hangr, hank, coil, skein, G. henkel, henk, handle; all prob. akin to E. hang. See Hang.] 1. A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.

2. A rope or withe for fastening a gate. [Prov. Eng.]

3. Hold; influence.

 When the devil hath got such a hank over him.

Bp. Sanderson.
4. (Naut.) A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.

 Hank, v. t. 1. [OE. hanken.] To fasten with a rope, as a gate. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
2. To form into hanks.

 Han"ker (h"kr), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hankered (- krd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hankering.] [Prob. fr. hang; cf. D. hunkeren, hengelen.] 1. To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town. Addison.
 He was hankering to join his friend.

J. A. Symonds.
2. To linger in expectation or with desire. Thackeray.
 Han"ker*ing*ly, adv. In a hankering manner.

 Han"key-pan"key (h"k*p"k), n. [Cf. Hocus-pocus.] Professional cant; the chatter of conjurers to divert attention from their tricks; hence, jugglery. [Colloq.]

 Han'o*ve"ri*an (hn'*v"r*an), a. Of or pertaining to Hanover or its people, or to the House of Hanover in England.

 Han'o*ve"ri*an, n. A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover; one of the House of Hanover.

 Han"sa (hn"s), n. See 2d Hanse.

 Han"sard (-srd), n. An official report of proceedings in the British Parliament; -- so called from the name of the publishers.

 Han"sard, n. A merchant of


brief and straightforward deposition of Corporal Olaf Anderson, of the Fort Churchill Division, and there is the longer and more detailed testimony of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Raine and the Duke of Rugni; and attached to these depositions is a copy of an official decision pardoning Bram Johnson and making of him a ward of the great Dominion instead of a criminal. He is no longer hunted. "Let Bram Johnson alone" is the word that had gone forth to the man-hunters of the Service. It is a wise and human judgment. Bram's country is big and wild. And he and his wolves still hunt there under the light of the moon and the stars.
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