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Abies pectinataSilver Sil"ver, a.
1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver
leaf; a silver cup.
2. Resembling silver. Specifically:
(a) Bright; resplendent; white. ``Silver hair.' --Shak.
Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their
downy breast. --Milton.
(b) Precious; costly.
(c) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. ``Silver
voices.' --Spenser.
(d) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. ``Silver slumber.'
--Spenser.
American silver fir (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under
Balsam.
Silver age (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of
the classical period of Latinity, -- the time of writers
of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of
the previous golden age, so-called.
Silver-bell tree (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree
(Halesia tetraptera) with white bell-shaped flowers in
clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree.
Silver bush (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant (Anthyllis
Barba-Jovis) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage.
Silver chub (Zo["o]l.), the fallfish.
Silver eel. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The cutlass fish.
(b) A pale variety of the common eel.
Silver fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Abies pectinata)
found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of
Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150
feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine.
Silver foil, foil made of silver.
Silver fox (Zo["o]l.), a variety of the common fox (Vulpes
vulpes, variety argenteus) found in the northern parts
of Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black,
with silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also
black fox, and silver-gray fox.
Silver gar. (Zo["o]l.) See Billfish
(a) .
Silver grain (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular
tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an
exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak
they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple,
pine, cherry, etc.
Silver grebe (Zo["o]l.), the red-throated diver. See
Illust. under Diver.
Silver hake (Zo["o]l.), the American whiting.
Silver leaf, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very
thin.
Silver lunge (Zo["o]l.), the namaycush.
Silver moonfish.(Zo["o]l.) See Moonfish
(b) .
Silver moth (Zo["o]l.), a lepisma.
Silver owl (Zo["o]l.), the barn owl.
Silver perch (Zo["o]l.), the mademoiselle, 2.
Silver pheasant (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of
the genus Euplocamus. They have the tail and more or
less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common
species (E. nychtemerus) is native of China.
Silver plate, domestic utensils made of silver. Abies pectinataAbietite Ab"i*e*tite, n. (Chem.)
A substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of the
common silver fir of Europe (Abies pectinata). --Eng. Cyc. Affecting
Affecting Af*fect"ing, a.
1. Moving the emotions; fitted to excite the emotions;
pathetic; touching; as, an affecting address; an affecting
sight.
The most affecting music is generally the most
simple. --Mitford.
2. Affected; given to false show. [Obs.]
A drawling; affecting rouge. --Shak.
Affectingly
Affectingly Af*fect"ing*ly, adv.
In an affecting manner; is a manner to excite emotions.
Bipectinate
Bipectinate Bi*pec"ti*nate, Bipectinated Bi*pec"ti*na`ted,
a. [Pref. bi- + pectinate.] (Biol.)
Having two margins toothed like a comb.
Bipectinated
Bipectinate Bi*pec"ti*nate, Bipectinated Bi*pec"ti*na`ted,
a. [Pref. bi- + pectinate.] (Biol.)
Having two margins toothed like a comb.
BisectingBisect Bi*sect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bisected; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bisecting.] [L. bis twice + secare, sectum, to cut.]
1. To cut or divide into two parts.
2. (Geom.) To divide into two equal parts. CircumflectingCircumflect Cir"cum*flect, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Circumflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumflecting.] [L.
circumflectere. See Circumflex.]
1. To bend around.
2. To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel. [R.] ConfectingConfect Con*fect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Confecting.] [L. confectus, p. p. of conficere to
prepare. See Comfit.]
1. To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of. [Obs.]
Saffron confected in Cilicia. --W. Browne.
2. To construct; to form; to mingle or mix. [Obs.]
Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps
and tapers. --Sir T.
Herbert.
[My joys] are still confected with some fears.
--Stirling. DeflectingDeflect De*flect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deflected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Deflecting.] [L. deflectere; de- + flectere to bend
or turn. See Flexible.]
To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often
deflected.
Sitting with their knees deflected under them. --Lord
(1630). DejectingDeject De*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dejected; p. pr. & vb.
n. Dejecting.] [L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw
down; de- + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]
1. To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic]
Christ dejected himself even unto the hells.
--Udall.
Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming
civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a
modest look. --Fuller.
2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage;
to dishearten.
Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. --Pope. DetectingDetect De*tect" (d[-e]*t[e^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Detected; p. pr. & vb. n. Detecting.]
1. To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light;
as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake
in an account.
Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered
at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at
last. --Burke.
Like following life through creatures you dissect,
You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope.
2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.]
He was untruly judged to have preached such articles
as he was detected of. --Sir T. More.
Syn: To discover; find out; lay bare; expose. DisconnectingDisconnect Dis`con*nect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disconnected;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disconnecting.]
To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to
sever; to separate; to disperse.
The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected
into the dust and powder of individuality. --Burke.
This restriction disconnects bank paper and the
precious metals. --Walsh. DisinfectingDisinfect Dis`in*fect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinfected; p.
pr. & vb. n. Disinfecting.]
To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy
putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.
When the infectious matter and the infectious matter
and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to
deodorize is to disinfect. --Ure. Dissecting
Dissecting Dis*sect"ing, a.
1. Dividing or separating the parts of an animal or vegetable
body; as, a dissecting aneurism, one which makes its way
between or within the coats of an artery.
2. Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; as,
a dissecting wound.
3. Used for or in dissecting; as, a dissecting knife; a
dissecting microscope.
DissectingDissect Dis*sect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dissecting.] [L. dissectus, p. p. of dissecare; dis-
+ secare to cut. See Section.]
1. (Anat.) To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces;
to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a
plant, for examination and to show their structure and
relations; to anatomize. EffectingEffect Ef*fect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effected; p. pr. & vb.
n. Effecting.]
1. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
So great a body such exploits to effect. --Daniel.
2. To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to
accomplish.
To effect that which the divine counsels had
decreed. --Bp. Hurd.
They sailed away without effecting their purpose.
--Jowett (Th.
).
Syn: To accomplish; fulfill; achieve; complete; execute;
perform; attain. See Accomplish. EjectingEject E*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ejected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ejecting.] [L. ejectus, p. p. of ejicere; e out + jacere to
throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]
1. To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive
out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to
eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from the
language. ``Eyes ejecting flame.' --H. Brooke.
2. (Law) To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject
tenants from an estate.
Syn: To expel; banish; drive out; discharge; oust; evict;
dislodge; extrude; void. ElectingElect E*lect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Electing.]
1. To pick out; to select; to choose.
The deputy elected by the Lord. --Shak.
2. To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to
elect a representative, a president, or a governor.
3. (Theol.) To designate, choose, or select, as an object of
mercy or favor.
Syn: To choose; prefer; select. See Choose. ErectingErect E*rect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Erecting.]
1. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular
position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a
flagstaff, a monument, etc.
2. To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to
erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the
component parts of, as of a machine.
3. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
That didst his state above his hopes erect.
--Daniel.
I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a
judge. --Dryden.
4. To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a
loving complaisance. --Barrow.
5. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or
the like. ``To erect conclusions.' --Sir T. Browne.
``Malebranche erects this proposition.' --Locke.
6. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
``To erect a new commonwealth.' --Hooker.
Erecting shop (Mach.), a place where large machines, as
engines, are put together and adjusted.
Syn: To set up; raise; elevate; construct; build; institute;
establish; found. Erecting shopErect E*rect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Erecting.]
1. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular
position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a
flagstaff, a monument, etc.
2. To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to
erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the
component parts of, as of a machine.
3. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
That didst his state above his hopes erect.
--Daniel.
I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a
judge. --Dryden.
4. To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a
loving complaisance. --Barrow.
5. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or
the like. ``To erect conclusions.' --Sir T. Browne.
``Malebranche erects this proposition.' --Locke.
6. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
``To erect a new commonwealth.' --Hooker.
Erecting shop (Mach.), a place where large machines, as
engines, are put together and adjusted.
Syn: To set up; raise; elevate; construct; build; institute;
establish; found. Expectingly
Expectingly Ex*pect"ing*ly, adv.
In a state of expectation.
HemisectingHemisect Hem`i*sect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hemisected; p. pr.
& vb. n. Hemisecting.] [Hemi- + L. secare to cut.] (Anat.)
To divide along the mesial plane. InflectingInflect In*flect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inflected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Inflecting.] [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in.- in
+ flectere to bend. See Flexibl, and cf. Inflex.]
1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline,
to deflect; to curve; to bow.
Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected,
refracted, and inflected by one and the same
principle ? --Sir I.
Newton.
2. (Gram.) To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations;
to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a
verb.
3. To modulate, as the voice. InjectingInject In*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Injected; p. pr. & vb.
n. Injecting.] [L. injectus, p. p. of inicere, injicere, to
throw in; pref. in- in + jacere to throw: cf. F. injecter.
See Jet a shooting forth.]
1. To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold
water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into
a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic
syringe.
2. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.
C[ae]sar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the
same scrupulous demurs. --Milton.
3. To cast or throw; -- with on. [R.]
And mound inject on mound. --Pope. InspectingInspect In*spect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inspected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Inspecting.] [L. inspectus, p. p. of inspicere to
inspect; pref. in- in + specere to look at, to view: cf. F.
inspecter, fr. L. inspectare, freq. fr. inspicere. See
Spy.]
1. To look upon; to view closely and critically, esp. in
order to ascertain quality or condition, to detect errors,
etc., to examine; to scrutinize; to investigate; as, to
inspect conduct.
2. To view and examine officially, as troops, arms, goods
offered, work done for the public, etc.; to oversee; to
superintend. --Sir W. Temple. InterjectingInterject In`ter*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interjected; p.
pr. & vb. n. Interjecting.] [L. interjectus, p. p. of
interjicere to interject; inter between + jac?re to throw.
See Jet a shooting forth.]
To throw in between; to insert; to interpose. --Sir H.
Wotton. IntersectingIntersect In`ter*sect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intersected; p.
pr. & vb. n. Intersecting.] [L. intersectus, p. p. of
intersecare to intersect; inter + secare to cut. See
Section.]
To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide
into parts; as, any two diameters of a circle intersect each
other at the center.
Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other.
--Cowper. Metapectin
Metapectin Met`a*pec"tin, n. (Chem.)
A substance obtained from, and resembling, pectin, and
occurring in overripe fruits.
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