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{ or }. (Photog.) A sensitized paper coated with gelatin impregnated with bromide of silver, used in contact printing and in enlarging. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ See Bude light. ] A burner consisting of two or more concentric Argand burners (the inner rising above the outer) and a central tube by which oxygen gas or common air is supplied. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From Bude, in Cornwall, the residence of Sir G. Gurney, the inventor. ] A light in which high illuminating power is obtained by introducing a jet of oxygen gas or of common air into the center of a flame fed with coal gas or with oil. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pl. Cartes de visite /plu>. [ F. ] 1. A visiting card. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a visiting card. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Physics) A method of attaining successively lower temperatures by utilizing the cooling effect of the expansion of one gas in condensing another less easily liquefiable, and so on. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Elec.) A system or method of connecting and operating two induction motors so that the primary circuit of one is connected to the secondary circuit of the other, the primary circuit of the latter being connected to the source of supply; also, a system of electric traction in which motors so connected are employed. The cascade system is also called
tandem system, or
concatenated system; the connection a
cascade connection,
tandem connection, or
concatenated connection, or
a concatenation; and the control of the motors so obtained a
tandem control, or
concatenation control. In the cascade system of traction the cascade connection is used for starting and for low speeds up to half speed. For full speed the short-circuited motor is cut loose from the other motor and is either left idle or (commonly) connected direct to the line. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ [ F., prop., song of history. ] Any Old French epic poem having for its subject events or exploits of early French history, real or legendary, and written originally in assonant verse of ten or twelve syllables. The most famous one is the Chanson de Roland.

Langtoft had written in the ordinary measure of the later chansons de geste. Saintsbury. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ Its name is supposed to be derived from the similarity of the effects it gives to those of a picture by Claude Lorrain (often written Lorraine). ] A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landscape. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ Pg., serpent of the hood. ] (Zool.) The hooded snake (Naia tripudians), a highly venomous serpent inhabiting India. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. ] (Law) Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. ] Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, -- distinguished from a king de jure, or by right. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. ] By right; of right; by law; -- often opposed to de facto. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. See 2d Rigor. ] According to strictness (of etiquette, rule, or the like); obligatory; strictly required. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ [ F. eau water (L. aqua) + de of + Cologne. ] Same as Cologne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F., water of life; eau (L. aqua) water + de of + vie (L. vita) life. ] French name for brandy. Cf. Aqua vitæ, under Aqua. Bescherelle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. ] See Luxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , v. t. To embroider; to adorn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Embrowded was he, as it were a mead
All full of fresshe flowers, white and red. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F., lit., fire of joy. ] A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; a firing of guns in token of joy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. ] Lit., end of the century; -- mostly used adjectively in English to signify: belonging to, or characteristic of, the close of the 19th century. At that time the phrase was also intended to imply “modern” or “up-to-date;” as, fin-de-siècle ideas. As the twentieth century comes to a close, the meaning may change. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

‖ [ F. ] See Army organization, above. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Aeronautics) the proper path for an airplane approaching a landing strip; also called glide slope. [ PJC ]

n. (Aeronautics) 1. the proper path for an airplane approaching a landing strip; also called glide path. [ PJC ]

2. The path indicated by a radio beacon as the proper path for an airplane to use in approaching a landing strip. [ PJC ]

{ } n. (Bot.) An old English name of some yellow flower, -- the marigold (Calendula), according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Aëronautics) A rope hung from a balloon or dirigible so as trail along the ground for about half its length, used to preserve altitude automatically, by variation of the length dragging on the ground, without loss of ballast or gas. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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 ]

‖ [ F. ] Out of the combat; disabled from fighting; out of action. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. Motion sickness experienced while traveling on water; seasickness.
Syn. -- seasickness, naupathia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes.
Syn. -- synthetic fiber. [ 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 ]

‖ [ OF., hammer of iron. ] A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed; -- used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armor. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A thermosetting plastic formed by the reaction of melamine and formaldehyde. It is used for molding and for preparing laminated sheets used to surface counter tops, walls, and furniture. The commercially marketed Formica (TM) is one type of melamine resin. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ Sp.; cf. Pg. mero. ] Any of several large groupers of warm seas, esp. the guasa (Epinephelus guaza), the red grouper (Epinephelus morio), the black grouper (Epinephelus nigritas), distinguished as and a species called also rock hind, distinguished as [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ [ F., fr. It. monte di pietà mount of piety. ] One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was to lend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in need; -- called also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. See Lombard-house. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. ] A soft thin silk fabric with a weave like that of muslin. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Football) A kickoff in which the kicking team attempts to kick the ball only so far as is legally required (beyond the 50-yard line), so as to have a better chance to recover the kicked ball itself; -- it is a risky type of play used only when the kicking team is losing and there is little time left to play. [ PJC ]

v. i. to be executed by electrocution in the electric chair. [ jocose slang ] [ PJC ]

‖ [ F., voting by list. ] Voting for a group of candidates for the same kind of office on one ticket or ballot, containing a list of them; -- the method, used in France, as from June, 1885, to Feb., 1889, in elections for the Chamber of Deputies, each elector voting for the candidates for the whole department in which he lived, as disting. from
scrutin d'arrondissement or voting by each elector for the candidate or candidates for his own arrondissement only. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. (a) A line pertaining or attached to the side of a thing. (b) Specif., a line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A line of goods sold in addition to one's principal articles of trade; a course of business pursued aside from one's regular occupation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. A secondary road; esp., a byroad at right angles to a main road. [ Canada ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. (Sports) Either of two marked lines which delimit the side boundaries of a playing field, as in football or soccer. [ PJC ]

5. (Sports) [ plural ] The areas in a sports arena just beyond the sidelines{ 4 }, where coaches and alternative players sit or stand. [ PJC ]

on the sidelines not actively involved in an activity, such as a sporting event, but available for use when needed; in reserve; as, the coach kept him on the sidelines for a week. [ PJC ]

. See Skid, below. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a thin, flat calculating device consisting of a fixed outer piece and a movable middle piece. Both pieces are graduated in such a way (as, by a logarithmic scale) that multiplication, division, and other mathematical functions of an input variable may be rapidly determined by movement of the middle pieces to a location on one scale corresponding to the input value, and reading off the result on another scale. A movable window with a hairline assists in alignment of the scales. This device has been largely superseded by the electronic calculator, which has a greater precision than the slide rule. Also called colloquially slipstick. [ PJC ]

. 1. (a) The name by which an article is called among traders, etc.; as, tin spirits is a common trade name in the dyeing industry for various solutions of tin salts. (b) An invented or arbitrary adopted name given by a manufacturer or merchant to an article to distinguish it as produced or sold by him. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The name or style under which a concern or firm does business. This name becomes a part of the good will of a business; it is not protected by the registration acts, but a qualified common-law protection against its misuse exists, analogous to that existing in the case of trade-marks. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ or }. An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with respect to wages, hours of labor, customs, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. in such a manner that the part normally pointed upward is pointed downward; same as upsidown and upsodown. [ PJC ]

[ L., go with me. ] A book or other thing that a person carries with him as a constant companion; a manual; a handbook. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. ] See Society verses, under Society. [ 1913 Webster ]