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Congee dischargesCongee Con*gee", n.
1. [Tamil ka?shi boilings.] Boiled rice; rice gruel. [India]
2. A jail; a lockup. [India]
Congee discharges, rice water discharges. --Dunglison.
Congee water, water in which rice has been boiled. Discharge
Discharge Dis*charge", n. (Elec.)
The equalization of a difference of electric potential
between two points. The character of the discharge is mostly
determined by the nature of the medium through which it takes
place, the amount of the difference of potential, and the
form of the terminal conductors on which the difference
exists. The discharge may be alternating, continuous, brush,
connective, disruptive, glow, oscillatory, stratified, etc.
Discharge
Discharge Dis*charge", v. t. (Textile Dyeing & Printing)
To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical
process; as, to discharge the color from a dyed fabric in
order to form light figures on a dark ground.
Discharge
Discharge Dis*charge", v. i.
To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload;
to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the
water pipe discharges freely.
The cloud, if it were oily or fatty, would not
discharge. --Bacon.
Discharger
Discharger Dis*char"ger, n.
One who, or that which, discharges. Specifically, in
electricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden jar, or
electrical battery, by making a connection between the two
surfaces; a discharging rod.
EscharEschar Es"char, n. [L. eschara, Gr. ?: cf. F. eschare. See
Scar.] (Med.)
A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the
healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the
application of caustics. EscharEschar Es"char, n. [Ir.] (Geol.)
In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of
gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the
surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called
kames or kams. [Written also eskar and esker.] Eschara
Eschara Es"cha*ra, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a grate, a pan of
coals.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often
incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched.
EscharineEscharine Es"cha*rine, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Like, or pertaining to, the genus Eschara, or family
Escharid[ae]. Escharotic
Escharotic Es`cha*rot"ic, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? an eschar: cf. F.
escharotique.] (Med.)
Serving or tending to form an eschar; producing a scar;
caustic.
Escharotic
Escharotic Es`cha*rot"ic, n. (Med.)
A substance which produces an eschar; a caustic, esp., a mild
caustic.
lightning dischargerLightning Light"ning (l[imac]t"n[i^]ng), n. [For lightening,
fr. lighten to flash.]
1. A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a
vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another,
sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by
the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere
constitutes thunder.
2. The act of making bright, or the state of being made
bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental
powers. [R.]
Ball lightning, a rare form of lightning sometimes seen as
a globe of fire moving from the clouds to the earth.
Chain lightning, lightning in angular, zigzag, or forked
flashes.
Heat lightning, more or less vivid and extensive flashes of
electric light, without thunder, seen near the horizon,
esp. at the close of a hot day.
Lightning arrester (Telegraphy), a device, at the place
where a wire enters a building, for preventing injury by
lightning to an operator or instrument. It consists of a
short circuit to the ground interrupted by a thin
nonconductor over which lightning jumps. Called also
lightning discharger.
Lightning bug (Zo["o]l.), a luminous beetle. See Firefly.
Lightning conductor, a lightning rod.
Lightning glance, a quick, penetrating glance of a
brilliant eye.
Lightning rod, a metallic rod set up on a building, or on
the mast of a vessel, and connected with the earth or
water below, for the purpose of protecting the building or
vessel from lightning.
Sheet lightning, a diffused glow of electric light flashing
out from the clouds, and illumining their outlines. The
appearance is sometimes due to the reflection of light
from distant flashes of lightning by the nearer clouds. Mischaracterize
Mischaracterize Mis*char"ac*ter*ize, v. t.
To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong
character to.
They totally mischaracterize the action. --Eton.
Mischarge
Mischarge Mis*charge", v. t.
To charge erroneously, as in account. -- n. A mistake in
charging.
Rice-water dischargeRice Rice, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr.
???, ???, probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. br[=i]zi,
akin to Skr. vr[=i]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. Rye.]
(Bot.)
A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This
plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the
grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants.
In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be
overflowed.
Ant rice. (Bot.) See under Ant.
French rice. (Bot.) See Amelcorn.
Indian rice., a tall reedlike water grass (Zizania
aquatica), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain,
much used for food by North American Indians. It is common
in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also
water oat, Canadian wild rice, etc.
Mountain rice, any species of an American genus
(Oryzopsis) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.
Rice bunting. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Ricebird.
Rice hen (Zo["o]l.), the Florida gallinule.
Rice mouse (Zo["o]l.), a large dark-colored field mouse
(Calomys palistris) of the Southern United States.
Rice paper, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from
China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture
of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a
large herb (Fatsia papyrifera, related to the ginseng)
into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under
pressure. Called also pith paper.
Rice troupial (Zo["o]l.), the bobolink.
Rice water, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small
quantity of rice in water.
Rice-water discharge (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice
water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from
the bowels, in cholera.
Rice weevil (Zo["o]l.), a small beetle (Calandra, or
Sitophilus, oryz[ae]) which destroys rice, wheat, and
Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also
black weevil.
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Fabian Lukas Schär (German pronunciation: [ʃɛːɐ̯]; born 20
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College of Arts and Sciences, the
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Fritz Schär (13
March 1926 in
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September 1997 in Frauenfeld) was a
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Manuela Schär (born 5
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