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n.; pl. E. Appendixes L. Appendices [ L. appendix, -dicis, fr. appendere. See Append. ] 1. Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Normandy became an appendix to England. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anatomy) The vermiform appendix. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Syn. -- See Supplement. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ NL. ] (Anat.) The vermiform appendix. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. 1. A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United States, esp. during the Civil War. [ U.S. ]
Syn. -- Dixieland, Dixie Land, the Confederacy, Confederate States of America, the South.
Syn. -- . [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a song popular in the Confederate states during the American Civil War, and still played as a nostalgic anthem by those patriotic to the American south. It was written by Daniel D. Emmett in 1859. [ PJC ]

whistle Dixie to talk unrealistically; to engage in unrealistic or overoptimistic fantasies; as, that ain't just whistlin' Dixie. [ PJC ]

n. a former political party in the US; formed in 1948 by Southern Democrats opposed to the candidacy of Harry S. Truman.
Syn. -- States' Rights Democratic Party. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the 11 southern states that seceded from the U. S. in 1861.
Syn. -- Confederacy, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖prop. n. [ L., a partridge, Gr. pe`rdix. ] (Zool.) A genus of birds including the common European partridge. Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include many allied genera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. L. Radices E. Radixes [ L. radix, -icis, root. See Radish. ] 1. (Philol.) A primitive word, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an etymon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) (a) A number or quantity which is arbitrarily made the fundamental number of any system; a base. Thus, 10 is the radix, or base, of the common system of logarithms, and also of the decimal system of numeration. (b) (Alg.) A finite expression, from which a series is derived. [ R. ] Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) The root of a plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. sandix, sandyx, vermilion, or a color like vermilion, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;. ] A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium. [ Written also sandyx. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]