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A digitataSour Sour, a. [Compar. Sourer; superl. Sourest.] [OE.
sour, sur, AS. s?r; akin to D. zuur, G. sauer, OHG. s?r,
Icel. s?rr, Sw. sur, Dan. suur, Lith. suras salt, Russ.
surovui harsh, rough. Cf. Sorrel, the plant.]
1. Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and
the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite.
--Bacon.
2. Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or
musty, turned.
3. Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish;
morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply. ``A sour
countenance.' --Swift.
He was a scholar . . . Lofty and sour to them that
loved him not, But to those men that sought him
sweet as summer. --Shak.
4. Afflictive; painful. ``Sour adversity.' --Shak.
5. Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
Sour dock (Bot.), sorrel.
Sour gourd (Bot.), the gourdlike fruit Adansonia
Gregorii, and A. digitata; also, either of the trees
bearing this fruit. See Adansonia.
Sour grapes. See under Grape.
Sour gum (Bot.) See Turelo.
Sour plum (Bot.), the edible acid fruit of an Australian
tree (Owenia venosa); also, the tree itself, which
furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights.
Syn: Acid; sharp; tart; acetous; acetose; harsh; acrimonious;
crabbed; currish; peevish. A digitataAdansonia Ad`an*so"ni*a, n. [From Adanson, a French botanist.]
(Bot.)
A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two
species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa
and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or
cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of
moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a
wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with
pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is
used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. --D. C.
Eaton. Adansonia digitataBaobab Ba"o*bab, n. [The native name.] (Bot.)
A gigantic African tree (Adansonia digitata), also
naturalized in India. See Adansonia. Bidigitate
Bidigitate Bi*dig"i*tate, a. [Pref. bi- + digitate.]
Having two fingers or fingerlike projections.
DigitainDigitain Dig"i*ta`in, n. [Cf. F. digitaline.]
(a) (Med.) Any one of several extracts of foxglove
(Digitalis), as the ``French extract,' the ``German
extract,' etc., which differ among themselves in
composition and properties.
(b) (Chem.) A supposedly distinct vegetable principle as the
essential ingredient of the extracts. It is a white,
crystalline substance, and is regarded as a glucoside. Digital
Digital Dig"i*tal, a. [L. digitals.]
Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the
fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.
DigitalisDigitalis Dig`i*ta"lis, n. [NL.: cf. F. digitale. So named
(according to Linn[ae]us) from its finger-shaped corolla.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of plants including the foxglove.
2. (Med.) The dried leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis
purpurea), used in heart disease, disturbance of the
circulation, etc. Digitalis purpureaDigitalis Dig`i*ta"lis, n. [NL.: cf. F. digitale. So named
(according to Linn[ae]us) from its finger-shaped corolla.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of plants including the foxglove.
2. (Med.) The dried leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis
purpurea), used in heart disease, disturbance of the
circulation, etc. Digitalis purpureaFoxglove Fox"glove`, n. [AS. foxes-gl[=o]fa,
foxes-cl[=o]fa,foxes-clife.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English
foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or
biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine,
both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis.
Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run To pluck
the speckled foxgloves from their stem. --W. Browne. DigitateDigitate Dig"i*tate, v. t. [LL. digitatus, p. p. of digitare,
fr. L. digitus. See Digit.]
To point out as with the finger. [R.] --Robinson (Eudoxa). DigitateDigitate Dig"i*tate, Digitated Dig"i*ta`ted, a. [L.
digitatus having fingers.] (Bot.)
Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the
hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in
general, characterized by digitation. -- Dig"i*tate*ly,
adv. DigitatedDigitate Dig"i*tate, Digitated Dig"i*ta`ted, a. [L.
digitatus having fingers.] (Bot.)
Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the
hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in
general, characterized by digitation. -- Dig"i*tate*ly,
adv. DigitatelyDigitate Dig"i*tate, Digitated Dig"i*ta`ted, a. [L.
digitatus having fingers.] (Bot.)
Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the
hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in
general, characterized by digitation. -- Dig"i*tate*ly,
adv. Digitation
Digitation Dig`i*ta"tion, n. [Cf. F. digitation.]
A division into fingers or fingerlike processes; also, a
fingerlike process.
Imparidigitate
Imparidigitate Im*par`i*dig"i*tate, a. [L. impar unequal +
digitus finger.] (Anat.)
Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three,
or five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc.
Indigitate
Indigitate In*dig"i*tate, v. i. [Pref. in- in + L. digitus
finger.]
To communicative ideas by the fingers; to show or compute by
the fingers. [Obs.]
IndigitateIndigitate In*dig"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indigitated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Indigitating.]
To point out with the finger; to indicate. [Obs.]
The depressing this finger, . . . in the right hand
indigitate? six hundred. --Sir T.
Browne. IndigitatedIndigitate In*dig"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indigitated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Indigitating.]
To point out with the finger; to indicate. [Obs.]
The depressing this finger, . . . in the right hand
indigitate? six hundred. --Sir T.
Browne. IndigitatingIndigitate In*dig"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indigitated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Indigitating.]
To point out with the finger; to indicate. [Obs.]
The depressing this finger, . . . in the right hand
indigitate? six hundred. --Sir T.
Browne. Indigitation
Indigitation In*dig`i*ta"tion, n.
The act of pointing out as with the finger; indication.
[Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
Interdigital
Interdigital In`ter*dig"i*tal, a. (Anat.)
Between the fingers or toes; as, interdigital space.
Interdigitate
Interdigitate In`ter*dig"i*tate, v. t.
To interweave. [R.]
Interdigitate
Interdigitate In`ter*dig"i*tate, v. i. [Pref. inter- + L.
digitus finger.]
To interlock, as the fingers of two hands that are joined; to
be interwoven; to commingle. --Owen.
Interdigitation
Interdigitation In`ter*dig`i*ta"tion, n. (Anat.)
The state of interdigitating; interdigital space. --Owen.
Multidigitate
Multidigitate Mul`ti*dig"i*tate, a. [Multi- + digitate.]
Having many fingers, or fingerlike processes.
Parjdigitate
Parjdigitate Par`j*dig"i*tate, a. (Anat.)
Having an evennumber of digits on the hands or the feet.
--Qwen.
Prestidigital
Prestidigital Pres`ti*dig"i*tal, a.
Nimble-fingered; having fingers fit for prestidigitation, or
juggling. [R.] ``His prestidigital hand.' --Charles Reade.
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