n. [ OE. avis, F. avis; &unr_; + OF. vis, fr. L. visum seemed, seen; really p. p. of videre to see, so that vis meant that which has seemed best. See Vision, and cf. Avise, Advise. ] 1. An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel. [ 1913 Webster ]

We may give advice, but we can not give conduct. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Deliberate consideration; knowledge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

How shall I dote on her with more advice,
That thus without advice begin to love her? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Information or notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; -- commonly in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In commercial language, advice usually means information communicated by letter; -- used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange; as, a letter of advice. McElrath. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Crim. Law) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Advice boat, a vessel employed to carry dispatches or to reconnoiter; a dispatch boat. --
To take advice. (a) To accept advice. (b) To consult with another or others. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Counsel; suggestion; recommendation; admonition; exhortation; information; notice. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. victorious in every battle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Opposed to citizenship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of mice in some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus.
Syn. -- genus Arvicola. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. arvum field + colere to inhabit. ] (Zool.) A mouse of the genus Arvicola; the meadow mouse. There are many species. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. atavique. ] Pertaining to a remote ancestor, or to atavism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family name used in some classifications: coextensive with the genus Avicennia.
Syn. -- family Avicenniaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L., small bird. ] (Zool.) A genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. avicula a small bird, dim. of avis bird. ] Of or pertaining to a bird or to birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Avicular. ] (Zool.) See prehensile processes on the cells of some Bryozoa, often having the shape of a bird's bill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. avis bird + cultura culture. ] (Zool.) Rearing and care of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

The condition of a bond servant; service without wages; slavery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their children . . . upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond service. 1 Kings ix. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Bordar (or perh. bord a board) + service. ] (O. Eng. Law) Service due from a bordar; bordage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cavus hollow + cornu horn. ] (Zool.) Having hollow horns. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on a bony process of the front, as the ox. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cervix, -icis, neck: cf. F. cervical. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the neck; as, the cervical vertebræ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cervus deer + caedere to kill. ] The act of killing deer; deer-slaying. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L.civicus, fr. civis citizen. See City. ] Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society, or to civil affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Civic crown (Rom. Antiq.), a crown or garland of oak leaves and acorns, bestowed on a soldier who had saved the life of a citizen in battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The principle of civil government. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science of civil government. [ 1913 Webster ]

. In the United States, a commission appointed by the President, consisting of three members, not more than two of whom may be adherents of the same party, which has the control, through examinations, of appointments and promotions in the classified civil service. It was created by act of Jan, 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. The substitution of business principles and methods for political methods in the conduct of the civil service. esp. the merit system instead of the spoils system in making appointments to office. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a genus of fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses.
Syn. -- genus Claviceps. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. clavicorde, fr. L. clavis key + chorda string. ] (Mus.) A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte. See Clarichord. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. clavicule, fr. L. clavicula a little key, tendril, dim. of clavis key, akin to claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Clef. ] (Anat.) The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter &unr_;, and is situated just above the first rib on either side of the neck. In birds the two clavicles are united ventrally, forming the merrythought, or wishbone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. clavicorne. ] (Zool.) Having club-shaped antennæ. See Antennæ -- n. One of the Clavicornes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL.; Fr. L. clava club + cornu horn. ] (Zool.) A group of beetles having club-shaped antennæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. claviculaire. See Clavicle. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the clavicle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. conviciatus, p. p. of conviciari to revile, fr. convicium loud reproach. ] To utter reproaches; to raise a clamor; to rail. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To conviciate instead of accusing. Laud. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Convicinities Immediate vicinity; neighborhood. [ 1913 Webster ]

The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Expressing reproach; abusive; railing; taunting. [ Obs. ] “Convicious words.” Queen Elizabeth (1559). [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. [ L. convictus, p. p. of convincere to convict, prove. See Convice. ] Proved or found guilty; convicted. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.

Syn. -- Malefactor; culprit; felon; criminal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Convicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Convicting. ] 1. To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Baxter ] . . . had been convicted by a jury. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

They which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one. John viii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove. [ 1913 Webster ]

Imagining that these proofs will convict a testament, to have that in it which other men can nowhere by reading find. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To defeat; to doom to destruction. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A whole armado of convicted sail. Shak.

Syn. -- To confute; defect; convince; confound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a type of greenling (Oxylebius pictus) with a whitish body marked with black bands.
Syn. -- painted greenling, Oxylebius pictus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Capable of being convicted. [ R. ] Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. convictio proof: cf. F. conviction conviction (in sense 3 & 4). See Convict, Convince. ] 1. The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense. [ 1913 Webster ]

The greater certainty of conviction and the greater certainty of punishment. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conviction may accrue two ways. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation. [ 1913 Webster ]

For all his tedious talk is but vain boast,
Or subtle shifts conviction to evade. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The state of being convinced or convicted; strong persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being convicted of sin, or by one's conscience. [ 1913 Webster ]

To call good evil, and evil good, against the conviction of their own consciences. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

And did you presently fall under the power of this conviction? Bunyan.

Syn. -- Conviction; persuasion. -- Conviction respects soley matters of belief or faith; persuasion respects matters of belief or practice. Conviction respects our most important duties; persuasion is frequently applied to matters of indifference. Crabb. -- Conviction is the result of the [ operation of the ] understanding; persuasion, of the will. Conviction is a necessity of the mind, persuasion an acquiescence of the inclination. C. J. Smith. -- Persuasion often induces men to act in opposition to their conviction of duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements. “The evils of convictism.” W. Howitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Convincing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The best and most convictive argument. Glanwill.

-- Con*vict"ive*ly, adv. -- Con*vict"ive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. crevace, crevice. F. crevasse, fr. crever to break, burst, fr. L. crepare to crack, break. Cf. Craven, Crepitate, Crevasse. ] A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mouse,
Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked,
Or from the crevice peered about. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To crack; to flaw. [ R. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a crevice or crevices; as, a creviced structure for storing ears of corn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trickling through the creviced rock. J. Cunningham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. curvus bent + E. caudate. ] (Zool.) Having a curved or crooked tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. curvus + E. costate. ] (Bot.) Having bent ribs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. devis, devise, will, intention, opinion, invention, fr. F. devis architect's plan and estimates (in OF., division, plan, wish), devise device (in sense 3), in OF. also, division, wish, last will, fr. deviser. See Devise, v. t., and cf. Devise, n. ] 1. That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. [ 1913 Webster ]

His device in against Babylon, to destroy it. Jer. li. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their recent device of demanding benevolences. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty. Job v. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Power of devising; invention; contrivance. [ 1913 Webster ]

I must have instruments of my own device. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (a) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance. (b) Improperly, an heraldic bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Knights-errant used to distinguish themselves by devices on their shields. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

A banner with this strange device -
Excelsior. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Anything fancifully conceived. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A spectacle or show. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Opinion; decision. [ Obs. ] Rom. of R.

7. any artifactual object designed to perform an action or process, with or without an operator in attendance. [ PJC ]

Syn. -- Contrivance; invention; design; scheme; project; stratagem; shift. -- Device, Contrivance. Device implies more of inventive power, and contrivance more of skill and dexterity in execution. A device usually has reference to something worked out for exhibition or show; a contrivance usually respects the arrangement or disposition of things with reference to securing some end. Devices were worn by knights-errant on their shields; contrivances are generally used to promote the practical convenience of life. The word device is often used in a bad sense; as, a crafty device; contrivance is almost always used in a good sense; as, a useful contrivance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of devices; inventive. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A carpet, rich, and of deviceful thread. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a deviceful manner. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. dis- + service: cf. F. desservice. ] Injury; mischief. [ 1913 Webster ]

We shall rather perform good offices unto truth than any disservice unto their relators. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious; harmful; unserviceable. Shaftesbury. -- Dis*serv"ice*a*ble*ness, n. Norris. -- Dis*serv"ice*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a device depending on the principles of electronics and using the manipulation of electron flow for its operation. [ PJC ]

☞ Numerous electronic devices are in daily use, among them the television, radio, computer, robot, transmitter, receiver, VCR, CD player, etc. [ PJC ]