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n. [ F., fr. L. concupiscentia. ] Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness. Horne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. concupiscens, p. pr. of concupiscere, v. incho. of concupere to long for; con- + cupere. See Covet. ] Having sexual lust; libidinous; lustful; lecherous; salacious. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to concupiscence. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Concupiscent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. concupiscible. ] 1. Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence; provoking lustful desires. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exciting desire, good or evil. [ 1913 Webster ]

The schools reduce all the passions to these two heads, the concupiscible and irascible appetite. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being concupiscible. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F.; prop., one who sits on the croup, and hence, in the second place; an assistant. See 1st Croup. ] 1. One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.Cupido, fr. cupido desire, desire of love, fr. cupidus. See Cupidity. ] (Rom. Myth.) The god of love, son of Venus; usually represented as a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pretty dimpled boys, like smiling cupids. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cupidite, L. cupiditas, fr. cupidus longing, desiring, fr. cupere to long for, desire. See Covet. ] 1. A passionate desire; love. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

With the feelings of political distrust were mingled those of cupidity and envy, as the Spaniard saw the fairest provinces of the south still in the hands of the accursed race of Ishmael. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. doupion, It. doppione, fr. doppio double, L. duplus. See Double, and cf. Doubloon. ] A double cocoon, made by two silkworms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; very fat; e'y^ well + &unr_; fat. ] (Chem.) A limpid, oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; -- specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series. [ Written also eupion. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. eu- + pittacal + -one. ] (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline substance, resembling aurin, and obtained by the oxidation of pittacal; -- called also eupittonic acid. [ Written also eupitton. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, eupittone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Fine Arts) The disposal or relative arrangement of figures or objects, as in, drawing, painting, and sculpture, or in ornamental design. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Jovis pater. See Jove. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Rom. Myth.) The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) One of the planets, being the fifth from the sun, the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean radius being about 43, 345 miles (69, 758 kilometers), almost exactly one-tenth that of the sun. It revolves about the sun in 4, 332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.2025 from the sun (778, 140, 000 km), the earth's mean distance (the astronomical unit) being taken as unity. It has a mass of 1.901 x 1027 kg, about one-thousandth that of the sun, and more than the remainder of the planets combined. It has an average solar day equal to 9.842 earth hours. The rapid revolution causes a noticeable flattening at the poles; the diameter at the equator is 71, 370 km, and at the poles 66, 644 km. HCP61 [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Jupiter's beard. (Bot.) (a) A South European herb, with cymes of small red blossoms (Centranthus ruber). (b) The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum); -- so called from its massive inflorescence, like the sculptured beard of Jove. Prior. (c) the cloverlike Anthyllis Barba-Jovis. --
Jupiter's staff (Bot.), the common mullein; -- so called from its long, rigid spike of yellow blossoms.

a. Vagrant; wandering about. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ From Loup to leap. ] (Veter.) An enzoötic, often fatal, disease of sheep and other domestic animals, of unknown cause. It is characterized by muscular tremors and spasms, followed by more or less complete paralysis. The principal lesion is an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ See Lupine, n. ] Wolfish; ravenous. Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lupinus, lupinum, apparently fr. lupinus belonging to a wolf, fr. lupus a wolf; perh. so called because it was supposed to exhaust the soil: cf. F. lupin. Cf. Wolf. ] (Bot.) A leguminous plant of the genus Lupinus, especially Lupinus albus, the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United States is Lupinus perennis. There are many species in California. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A glucoside found in the seeds of several species of lupine, and extracted as a yellowish white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An alkaloid found in several species of lupine (Lupinus luteus, Lupinus albus, etc.), and extracted as a bitter crystalline substance, having a formula C10H19NO. Called also l-lupinine [ 1913 Webster ]

Chemically it is a a bicyclic saturated quinolizine [ 1-R-trans ]-Octahydro-2H-quinolizine-1-methanol, with the structure:
CH2OH | /\ H /\ / \|/ \ | | | | N | \ / \ / \/ \/
[ MI11 ] [ PJC ]

a. [ Cf. F. marsupial. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Zool.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat. & Zool.) Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

Marsupial frog. (Zool.) See Nototrema. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Marsupialia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. marsupium a pouch, bag, purse, Gr. marsy`pion, dim. of ma`rsypos, ma`rsipos. ] (Zool.) A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also Marsupiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Zool.) One of the Marsupialia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and Crustacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] Same as Marsupium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See marsupial. ] (Paleon.) A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse in form. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. marsupia [ L., a pouch ], (Anat. & Zool.) (a) The pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen, in which marsupials carry their young; also, a pouch for similar use in other animals, as certain Crustacea. (b) The pecten in the eye of birds and reptiles. See Pecten. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. Engaged; in use; being used by a person and not free for use by someone else; as, the wc is occupied. Opposite of free, available, and unoccupied. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Inhabited, lived-in, tenanted; having residents; -- of dwelling units. [ Narrower terms: owner-occupied ] WordNet 1.5 ]

3. Overrun, taken over; -- of countries or territories; as, occupied France. Opposite of unoccupied. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. Busy; actively or fully engaged in some activity; -- of people. Opposite of idle.
Syn. -- employed, engaged. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who occupies, or has possession. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who follows an employment; hence, a tradesman. [ Obs. ] “Merchants and occupiers.” Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

The occupiers of thy merchandise. Ezek. xxvii. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. lived in by the owner; -- of dwellings. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a occupant who owns the home that he/she lives in. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. porkepyn, porpentine, OF. porc-espi, F. porc-épic (cf. It. porco spino, porco spinoso, Sp. puerco espino, puerco espin, fr. L. porcus swine + spina thorn, spine). The last part of the French word is perhaps a corruption from the It. or Sp.; cf. F. épi ear, a spike of grain, L. spica. See Pork, Spike a large nail, Spine. ] 1. (Zool.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Any species of Erethizon and related genera, native of America. They are related to the true porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in their habits. The Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus) is a well known species. [ 1913 Webster ]

Porcupine ant-eater (Zool.), the echidna. --
Porcupine crab (Zool.), a large spiny Japanese crab (Acantholithodes hystrix). --
Porcupine disease (Med.). See Ichthyosis. --
Porcupine fish (Zool.), any plectognath fish having the body covered with spines which become erect when the body is inflated. See Diodon, and Globefish. --
Porcupine grass (Bot.), a grass (Stipa spartea) with grains bearing a stout twisted awn, which, by coiling and uncoiling through changes in moisture, propels the sharp-pointed and barbellate grain into the wool and flesh of sheep. It is found from Illinois westward. See Illustration in Appendix. --
Porcupine wood (Bot.), the hard outer wood of the cocoa palm; -- so called because, when cut horizontally, the markings of the wood resemble the quills of a porcupine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pupa + -gerous. ] (Zool.) Bearing or containing a pupa; -- said of dipterous larvæ which do not molt when the pupa is formed within them. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. pupille, n. fem., L. pupilla the pupil of the eye, originally dim. of pupa a girl. See Puppet, and cf. Pupil a scholar. ] (Anat.) The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pin-hole pupil (Med.), the pupil of the eye when so contracted (as it sometimes is in typhus, or opium poisoning) as to resemble a pin hole. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. pupille, n. masc. & fem., L. pupillus, pupilla, dim. of pupus boy, pupa girl. See Puppet, and cf. Pupil of the eye. ] 1. A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Too far in years to be a pupil now. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person under a guardian; a ward. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Civil Law) A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Learner; disciple; tyro. -- See Scholar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a pupil. [ 1913 Webster ]

As sons of kings, loving in pupilage,
Have turned to tyrants when they came to power. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pupillarité. See Pupillary. ] (Scots Law) The period before puberty, or from birth to fourteen in males, and twelve in females. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pupillaris: cf. F. pupillaire. See Pupil. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a pupil or ward. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pupil of the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pupilla pupil of the eye + -meter. ] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the size of the pupil of the pupil of the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Pupiparous. ] (Zool.) A division of Diptera in which the young are born in a stage like the pupa. It includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and other parasites. Called also Homaloptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pupa + L. parere to bring forth. ] (Zool.) (a) Bearing, or containing, a pupa; -- said of the matured larvæ, or larval skins, of certain Diptera. (b) Of or pertaining to the Pupipara. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Pupivorous. ] (Zool.) A group of parasitic Hymenoptera, including the ichneumon flies, which destroy the larvæ and pupæ of insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pupa + L. vorare to devour. ] (Zool.) Feeding on the pupæ of insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. resupinatus, p. p. of resupinare to bend back. See Resupine. ] Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resupinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our Vitruvius calleth this affection in the eye a resupination of the figure. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]