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‖n. [ The Moorish name. ] (Zool.) An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus lervia, formerly Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs; the wild sheep of northern Africa; -- called also Barbary sheep. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament.
Syn. -- aoudad, arui, Barbary sheep, maned sheep. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. worthy of being applauded. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ F. audacieux, as if fr. LL. audaciosus (not found), fr. L. audacia audacity, fr. audax, -acis, bold, fr. audere to dare. ] 1. Daring; spirited; adventurous. [ 1913 Webster ]

As in a cloudy chair, ascending rides
Audacious. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent. “ Audacious traitor.” Shak. “ Such audacious neighborhood.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum. “Audacious cruelty.” “Audacious prate.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an audacious manner; with excess of boldness; impudently. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The freedom and audacity necessary in the commerce of men. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints. [ 1913 Webster ]

With the most arrogant audacity. Joye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as aoudad.
Syn. -- aoudad, arui, Barbary sheep, maned sheep, Ammotragus lervia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the gray mullets, constituting the genus Sphyræna and family Sphyrænidæ. The great barracuda (Sphyræna barracuda) of the West Indies, Florida, etc., is often six feet or more long, and as dangerous as a shark. In Cuba its flesh is reputed to be poisonous. Sphyræna Argentea of the Pacific coast and Sphyræna sphyræna of Europe are smaller species, and are used as food. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

☞ That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is Sphyræna spet (or Sphyræna vulgaris); a southern species is Sphyræna picuda; the Californian is Sphyræna argentea. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as Bermudas.
Syn. -- Bermudas. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Bot.) A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Bot.) The large white lily (Lilium longiflorum eximium, syn. Lilium Harrisii) which is extensively cultivated in Bermuda. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Bermuda; as, Bermudan beaches. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. of or pertaining to Bermudans; as, The Bermudan hotel staff. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a native or inhabitant of Bermuda.
Syn. -- Bermudian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast; British colony; resort.
Syn. -- Bermuda. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + caudal. ] Having, or terminating in, two tails. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + caudate. ] Two-tailed; bicaudal. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Hungary. Population (2000) = 2, 008, 546. [ PJC ]

adv. [ L. cauda tail + ad to. ] (Zool.) Backwards; toward the tail or posterior part. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., tail of a cock. ] (Paleon.) A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda galli grit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cauda galli epoch (Geol.), an epoch at the begining of the Devonian age in eastern America, so named from the characteristic gritty sandstone marked with impressions of Cauda galli. See the Diagram under Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Cauda tail. Cf. Coward. ] Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a tail-like appendage. [ 1913 Webster ]

The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caudal fin (Zool.), the terminal fin (or “tail”) of a fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. cauda tail. ] (Zool.) See Urodela. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. cauda tail. ] Having a tail; having a terminal appendage like a tail. Opposite of acaudate. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. circum- + denudation. ] (Geol.) Denudation around or in the neighborhood of an object. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hills of circumdenudation, hills which have been produced by surface erosion; the elevations which have been left, after denudation of a mass of high ground. Jukes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Mass of clouds; cloudiness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A scudding cloudage of shapes. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

v. t. To deprive of the feudal character or form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. defraudatio: cf. F. défraudation. ] The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being deluded; liable to be imposed on; gullible. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. denudatus, p. p. of denudare. See Denude. ] To denude. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. denudatio: cf. F. dénudation. ] 1. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. desudatio, fr. desudare to sweat greatly; de + sudare to sweat. ] (Med.) A sweating; a profuse or morbid sweating, often succeeded by an eruption of small pimples. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. e- + caudate. ] 1. (Bot.) Without a tail or spur. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zoöl.) Tailless. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Gr. e'y^ well, good + &unr_; one's demon. ] A good angel. Southey.

{ , n. [ Gr. &unr_; conducive to happiness. See Eudemonism. ] That part of moral philosophy which treats of happiness; the science of happiness; -- contrasted with aretaics. J. Grote.

{ , n. [ Gr. &unr_; a thinking happy, fr, &unr_; blessed with a good genius, happy; e'y^ well, good + &unr_; one's demon of genius. See Demon. ] That system of ethics which defines and enforces moral obligation by its relation to happiness or personal well-being.

{ }, n. One who believes in eudemonism. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am too much of a eudæmonist; I hanker too much after a state of happiness both for myself and others. De Quincey.

{ , a. Of or pertaining to eudemonism.

{ , a. Eudemonistic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Exudation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ See Exude. ] To exude. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A product of exudation; an exuded substance. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded. [ 1913 Webster ]

Resins, a class of proximate principles, existing in almost all plants and appearing on the external surface of many of them in the form of exudations. Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. féodal, or LL. feudalis. ] 1. Of or pertaining to feuds, fiefs, or fees; as, feudal rights or services; feudal tenures. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting of, or founded upon, feuds or fiefs; embracing tenures by military services; as, the feudal system. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. féodalisme. ] The feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to the king or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An upholder of feudalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. féodalité. ] The state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or constitution. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of reducing to feudal tenure. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Feudalized p. pr. & vb. n. Feudalizing ] To reduce to a feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism. [ 1913 Webster ]