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Allemande
Allemande Al"le*mande", n. [F., fr. allemand German.]
1. (Mus.) A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the
French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in
suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.
2. A figure in dancing.
C CoromandelicaQuail Quail, n. [OF. quaille, F. caille, LL. quaquila, qualia,
qualea, of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. kwakkel, kwartel,
OHG. wahtala, G. wachtel.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix
and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the
common European quail (C. communis), the rain quail (C.
Coromandelica) of India, the stubble quail (C.
pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus
australis).
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several American partridges
belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera,
especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, and
Maryland quail), and the California quail (Calipepla
Californica).
3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and
allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian
painted quail (Turnix varius). See Turnix.
4. A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought
to be a very amorous bird.[Obs.] --Shak.
Bustard quail (Zo["o]l.), a small Asiatic quail-like bird
of the genus Turnix, as T. taigoor, a black-breasted
species, and the hill bustard quail (T. ocellatus). See
Turnix.
Button quail (Zo["o]l.), one of several small Asiatic
species of Turnix, as T. Sykesii, which is said to be
the smallest game bird of India.
Mountain quail. See under Mountain.
Quail call, a call or pipe for alluring quails into a net
or within range.
Quail dove (Zo["o]l.), any one of several American ground
pigeons belonging to Geotrygon and allied genera.
Quail hawk (Zo["o]l.), the New Zealand sparrow hawk
(Hieracidea Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]).
Quail pipe. See Quail call, above.
Quail snipe (Zo["o]l.), the dowitcher, or red-breasted
snipe; -- called also robin snipe, and brown snipe.
Sea quail (Zo["o]l.), the turnstone. [Local, U. S.] Calamander woodCalamander wood Cal"a*man`der wood (k[a^]l"[.a]*m[a^]n`d[~e]r
w[oo^]d`).
A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a
hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture.
It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros
qu[ae]sita. Called also Coromandel wood. CommandeerCommandeer Com`man*deer", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commandeered;
p. pr. & vb. n. Commandeering.] [D. kommandeeren to
command, in South Africa to commandeer, fr. F. commander to
command. See Command.]
1. (Mil.) To compel to perform military service; to seize for
military purposes; -- orig. used of the Boers.
2. To take arbitrary or forcible possession of. [Colloq.] CommandeeredCommandeer Com`man*deer", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commandeered;
p. pr. & vb. n. Commandeering.] [D. kommandeeren to
command, in South Africa to commandeer, fr. F. commander to
command. See Command.]
1. (Mil.) To compel to perform military service; to seize for
military purposes; -- orig. used of the Boers.
2. To take arbitrary or forcible possession of. [Colloq.] CommandeeringCommandeer Com`man*deer", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commandeered;
p. pr. & vb. n. Commandeering.] [D. kommandeeren to
command, in South Africa to commandeer, fr. F. commander to
command. See Command.]
1. (Mil.) To compel to perform military service; to seize for
military purposes; -- orig. used of the Boers.
2. To take arbitrary or forcible possession of. [Colloq.] CommanderCommander Com*mand"er, n. [Cf. F. commandeur. Cf. Commodore,
Commender.]
1. A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the
chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.
A leader and commander to the people. --Is. lv. 4.
2. (Navy) An officer who ranks next below a captain, --
ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.
3. The chief officer of a commandery.
4. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail
lofts, etc.
Commander in chief, the military title of the officer who
has supreme command of the land or naval forces or the
united forces of a nation or state; a generalissimo. The
President is commander in chief of the army and navy of
the United States.
Syn: See Chief. Commander in chiefCommander Com*mand"er, n. [Cf. F. commandeur. Cf. Commodore,
Commender.]
1. A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the
chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.
A leader and commander to the people. --Is. lv. 4.
2. (Navy) An officer who ranks next below a captain, --
ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.
3. The chief officer of a commandery.
4. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail
lofts, etc.
Commander in chief, the military title of the officer who
has supreme command of the land or naval forces or the
united forces of a nation or state; a generalissimo. The
President is commander in chief of the army and navy of
the United States.
Syn: See Chief. CommanderiesCommandery Com*mand"er*y, n.; pl. Commanderies. [F.
commanderie.]
1. The office or rank of a commander. [Obs.]
2. A district or a manor with lands and tenements
appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an
order of knights who was called a commander; -- called
also a preceptory.
3. An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among
the Freemasons. [U. S.]
4. A district under the administration of a military
commander or governor. [R.] --Brougham. Commandership
Commandership Com*mand"er*ship, n.
The office of a commander.
CommanderyCommandery Com*mand"er*y, n.; pl. Commanderies. [F.
commanderie.]
1. The office or rank of a commander. [Obs.]
2. A district or a manor with lands and tenements
appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an
order of knights who was called a commander; -- called
also a preceptory.
3. An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among
the Freemasons. [U. S.]
4. A district under the administration of a military
commander or governor. [R.] --Brougham. Coromandel gooseberryGooseberry Goose"ber*ry, n.; pl. Gooseberries, [Corrupted
for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F.
groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere,
kr["a]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie
(as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie,
fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb["a]r (fr. krus, krusing, crisp).
The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf.
Grossular, a.]
1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the
edible berries of such shrub. There are several species,
of which Ribes Grossularia is the one commonly
cultivated.
2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith.
Barbadoes gooseberry, a climbing prickly shrub (Pereskia
aculeata) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries
resembling gooseberries.
Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola.
Gooseberry fool. See lst Fool.
Gooseberry worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a small moth
(Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by
eating the interior. Coromandel woodCalamander wood Cal"a*man`der wood (k[a^]l"[.a]*m[a^]n`d[~e]r
w[oo^]d`).
A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a
hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture.
It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros
qu[ae]sita. Called also Coromandel wood. CountermandedCountermand Coun`ter*mand" (koun`t[~e]r*m[.a]nd"), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Countermanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Countermanding.]
[F. contremander; contre (L. contra) + mander to command, fr.
L. mandare. Cf. Mandate.]
1. To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by
giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to
countermand an order for goods.
2. To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.]
Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric
bodles. --Harvey.
3. To oppose; to revoke the command of.
For us to alter anything, is to lift ourselves
against God; and, as it were, to countermand him.
--Hooker. Demander
Demander De*mand"er, n.
One who demands.
GerrymanderGerrymander Ger`ry*man"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Gerrymandered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gerrymandering.]
To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of
representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view
to give a political party an advantage over its opponent.
[Political Cant, U. S.]
Note: This was done in Massachusetts at a time when Elbridge
Gerry was governor, and was attributed to his
influence, hence the name; though it is now known that
he was opposed to the measure. --Bartlett. GerrymanderedGerrymander Ger`ry*man"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Gerrymandered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gerrymandering.]
To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of
representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view
to give a political party an advantage over its opponent.
[Political Cant, U. S.]
Note: This was done in Massachusetts at a time when Elbridge
Gerry was governor, and was attributed to his
influence, hence the name; though it is now known that
he was opposed to the measure. --Bartlett. GerrymanderingGerrymander Ger`ry*man"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Gerrymandered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gerrymandering.]
To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of
representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view
to give a political party an advantage over its opponent.
[Political Cant, U. S.]
Note: This was done in Massachusetts at a time when Elbridge
Gerry was governor, and was attributed to his
influence, hence the name; though it is now known that
he was opposed to the measure. --Bartlett. Giant salamanderGiant Gi"ant, a.
Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as,
giant brothers; a giant son.
Giant cell. (Anat.) See Myeloplax.
Giant clam (Zo["o]l.), a bivalve shell of the genus
Tridacna, esp. T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500
pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to
contain holy water.
Giant heron (Zo["o]l.), a very large African heron
(Ardeomega goliath). It is the largest heron known.
Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found
in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole.
Giant powder. See Nitroglycerin.
Giant puffball (Bot.), a fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum),
edible when young, and when dried used for stanching
wounds.
Giant salamander (Zo["o]l.), a very large aquatic
salamander (Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It
is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long.
Giant squid (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of very
large squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied
genera. Some are over forty feet long. GormanderGormander Gor"mand*er, n.
See Gormand, n. [Obs.] Lieutenant commanderLieutenant Lieu*ten"ant (l[-u]*t[e^]n"ant), n. [F., fr. lieu
place + tenant holding, p. pr. of tenir to hold, L. tenere.
See Lieu, and Tenant, and cf. Locum Tenens.]
1. An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his
absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another
in the performance of any duty.
The lawful magistrate, who is the vicegerent or
lieutenant of God. --Abp.
Bramhall.
2.
(a) A commissioned officer in the army, next below a
captain.
(b) A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank
next below a commander.
(c) A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in
rank next below a lieutenant commander.
Note: Lieutenant is often used, either adjectively or in
hyphened compounds, to denote an officer, in rank next
below another, especially when the duties of the higher
officer may devolve upon the lower one; as, lieutenant
general, or lieutenant-general; lieutenant colonel, or
lieutenant-colonel; lieutenant governor, etc.
Deputy lieutenant, the title of any one of the deputies or
assistants of the lord lieutenant of a county. [Eng.]
Lieutenant colonel, an army officer next in rank above
major, and below colonel.
Lieutenant commander, an officer in the United States navy,
in rank next below a commander and next above a
lieutenant.
Lieutenant general. See in Vocabulary.
Lieutenant governor.
(a) An officer of a State, being next in rank to the
governor, and, in case of the death or resignation of
the latter, himself acting as governor. [U. S.]
(b) A deputy governor acting as the chief civil officer of
one of several colonies under a governor general.
[Eng.] Mandelate
Mandelate Man"del*ate, n. (Chem.)
A salt of mandelic acid.
Mandelic
Mandelic Man*del"ic, a. [G. mandel almond.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic aldehyde
(oil of better almonds), as a white crystalline substance; --
called also phenyl glycolic acid.
ManderMander Man"der, v. t. & i.
See Maunder. Manderil
Manderil Man"der*il, n.
A mandrel.
manderilMandrel Man"drel, n. [F. mandrin, prob. through (assumed) LL.
mamphurinum, fr. L. mamphur a bow drill.] (Mach.)
(a) A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to
hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of
manufacture; an arbor.
(b) The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving
arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a
pulley. [Written also manderil.]
Mandrel lathe, a lathe with a stout spindle, adapted esp.
for chucking, as for forming hollow articles by turning or
spinning.
Meaning of mande from wikipedia
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Mande in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Mande may
refer to:
Mandé peoples of
western Africa Mande languages,
their Niger-Congo languages...
- The
Mande languages (Mandén, Manding; [needs IPA]) are a
group of
languages spoken in
several countries in West
Africa by the
Mandé peoples. They include...
- The
Mandé peoples are an
ethnolinguistic grouping of
native African ethnic groups who
speak Mande languages.
Various Mandé speaking ethnic groups are found...
-
Joseph Mande (born
March 16, 1983) is an
American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor.
Mande was born in Albuquerque, New
Mexico to
Louis Mande, a lawyer...
- Saint-
Mandé (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɑ̃de] ) is a high-end
commune of the Val-de-Marne
department in Île-de-France in the
eastern suburbs of Paris...
- The Mali
Empire (Manding:
Mandé or Manden; Arabic: مالي, romanized: Mālī) was an
empire in West
Africa from c. 1226 to 1670. The
empire was
founded by...
- Louis-Jacques-
Mandé Daguerre (/dəˈɡɛər/ də-GAIR, French: [lwi ʒɑk mɑ̃de daɡɛʁ]; 18
November 1787 – 10 July 1851) was a
French artist and photographer...
-
Mande Bori, also
known as
Mande Bakari and
known in
Arabic as Abu Bakr, is a
heroic figure in
Mande oral
tradition who was
involved in the
founding of...
-
Sayouba Mandé (born 15 June 1993) is an
Ivorian professional footballer who
plays as a
goalkeeper for Kongsvinger.
Mandé joined Stabæk in late
March 2012...
- In
Indian folklore, the
Mande **** is an
alleged ape-like
creature said to
inhabit the
Meghalaya subtropical forests in the
remote Garo
Hills of the...
