[ Named from the inventor, Aimé Argand of Geneva. ] A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame. [ 1913 Webster ]

Argand burner, a burner for an Argand lamp, or a gas burner in which the principle of that lamp is applied. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ from a Trademark. ] An adhesive bandage, composed of a short ribbon of cloth or plastic with an adhesive coating on one side, and having a patch of gauze at the center. It is used to cover small cuts, abrasions, or blisters on the skin, and may be easily applied to and removed from the skin with no additional material. Originally a trademark, the term has been popularly used generically. [ trademark ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A hurried repair; a temporary fix for a minor problem. The term has been used metaphorically to mean an ineffective cosmetic solution, when used on a serious problem.
Syn. -- quick fix, quickie, quicky. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

(Zool.) A small red fish of the genus Cepola; the ribbon fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the dark color of a bruise in the flesh, which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. “To pinch the slatterns black and blue.” Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. discolored by or as if by bruising; -- of skin. livid bruises
Syn. -- livid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. print or writing, especially the result of the printing process.
Syn. -- print. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Photography, Imaging; Printing) depicted only in black and white colors, or in shades of gray; also called monochromatic and monochrome; -- of images. Opposite of color or in color, and contrasting with polychrome technicolor three-color; as, a black-and-white TV; black-and-white film; the movie “Schindler's List” was shot in black and white.
Syn. -- black and white, monochromatic, monochrome. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ Prob. fr. 1st brand + goose: cf. Sw. brandgås. Cf. Brant. ] (Zool.) A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant. [ 1913 Webster ]

. 1. A branding iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A trivet to set a pot on. Huloet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The horizontal bar of an andiron. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.(Bot.), a name given to several perennial plants having showy flowers of two shades of yellow, or of yellow and orange, such as Narcissus incomparabilis in Europe, and the toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) in the United States; the latter is a naturalized weed in North America.
Syn. -- toadflax, wild snapdragon, devil's flax, Linaria vulgaris. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

[ Castor and Pollux were twin sons of Jupiter and Leda. ] (Naut.) See Saint Elmo's fire, under Saint. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A bureau of the United States government charged with the topographic and hydrographic survey of the coast and the execution of belts of primary triangulation and lines of precise leveling in the interior. It now belongs to the Department of Commerce and Labor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. a tributary of the Ohio River.
Syn. -- . [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. both deaf and unable to speak; without the sense of hearing or the faculty of speech. Same as Deaf-mute. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. a decorative ovolo molding, having a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape in the form of a dart or anchor. Also used attributively; as, an egg-and-dart molding; an egg-and-dart design. Called also egg and dart, and egg and tongue
Syn. -- egg-and-anchor, egg and anchor, egg-and-tongue, egg and tongue. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. justly; honestly; equitably; impartially. Opposite of unfairly. [ Colloq. ] [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

William Schwenk Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, who collaborated on a number of light operas. See Gilbert. [ PJC ]

See Gramercy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Theoretical physics) Any of a class of physics theories that attempts to explain the electroweak forces, stong force, and gravitation within a single mathematical conceptual scheme. In the 1990's string theory and superstring theory were prominent examples. Abbreviated GUT, plural GUTs. [ PJC ]

n. A game played by children, in which one child (who is “it”) covers his eyes for a short time while the other players hide, and then the one who is “it” tries to find the others. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ or, more fully, or }. (Law) A contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option of purchase) in which a person hires goods for a specified period and at a fixed rent, with the added condition that if he shall retain the goods for the full period and pay all the installments of rent as they become due the contract shall determine and the title vest absolutely in him, and that if he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the goods and be quit of any liability for future installments upon the contract. In the United States such a contract is generally treated as a conditional sale, and the term hire purchase is also sometimes applied to a contract in which the hirer is not free to avoid future liability by surrender of the goods. In England, however, if the hirer does not have this right the contract is a sale. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A firefighting truck equipped with a ladder extendable to great length, for access to the upper stories of buildings; it also carries other firefighting equipment; called also ladder truck. [ PJC ]

n. a short distance; as, it's just a hop, skip and a jump away. [ Colloq. ]
Syn. -- stone's throw. [ PJC ]

(Bot.) A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Min.) A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. See under Breeding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. In Ireland, a combination of tenant farmers and other, organized, with Charles Stewart Parnell as president, in 1879 with a view to the reduction of farm rents and a reconstruction of the land laws. -- Land"*lea`guer n. -- Land"*lea`guism n.

The Land League, of which Michael Davitt was the founder, originated in Mayo in August, and at a Dublin in October the organization was extended to all Ireland, with Parnell as president. Encyc. Brit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. Connecticut; -- a nickname alluding to the moral character of its inhabitants, implied by the rigid laws (see Blue laws) of the early period. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

pos>n. (Bot.) The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), -- those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with pale spadix the ladies. Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The People's Republic of China, also called Communist China, in distinction from Nationalist China, the government located on the island of Taiwan. Both governments claim to represent the entire people of China, but the People's republic is recognized as China by the United Nationss and most of its member states.
Syn. -- Red China, PRC, Beijing. [ PJC ]

. (Elec.) Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A man and woman who are married to each other; a married couple. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Cookery) A sauce consisting of brown sauce with mushrooms and red wine or madeira.
Syn. -- mushroom wine sauce. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Without any reservation or disguise; downright; plain; unqualified; absolute; as, an out and out villain; an out-and-out lie.
Syn. -- flat-out, outright. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adv. Completely; wholly; openly. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cement having the color of the Portland stone of England, made by calcining an artificial mixture of carbonate of lime and clay, or sometimes certain natural limestones or chalky clays. It contains a large proportion of clay, and hardens under water. [ 1913 Webster ]

A yellowish-white calcareous freestone from the Isle of Portland in England, much used in building. [ 1913 Webster ]

A celebrated cinerary urn or vase found in the tomb of the Emperor Alexander Severus. It is owned by the Duke of Portland, and kept in the British Museum. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) The nut of an Australian tree (Macadamia ternifolia). It is about an inch in diameter, and contains a single round edible seed, or sometimes two hemispherical seeds. So called from Queensland in Australia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ research and development. ] research and development; -- used mostly to refer to the division of a corporation responsible for performing research and developing new products; -- a commonly used abbreviation.
Syn. -- R&D. [ PJC ]

One of a small, hardy breed of horses, with long mane and tail, which originated in the Shetland Islands; a sheltie. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, etc., and beaten up with eggs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or pertaining to interactions between a college or university and the residents of the town in which the institution is located; as, a town and gown dispute. [ PJC ]

The method of discovering something desirable by trying many different things until one works; as, the traditional method of finding new drugs is by trial and error. [ PJC ]

And millions miss for one that hits. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Two things practically alike; -- a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire “On the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini.” [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Chinese philosophy) the two fundamental principles, one negative, dark, passive, cold, wet, and feminine (yin) and the other (yang) positive, bright, active, dry, hot and masculine. The interactions and balance of these forces in people and nature influence their behavior and fate. [ RHUD ] [ PJC ]

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