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n. 1. a growth hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; it stimulates the adrenal cortex.
Syn. -- adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, corticotropin, corticotrophin, ACTH [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. Alpinus, fr. Alpes the Alps: cf. F. Alpin. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Like the Alps; lofty. “Gazing up an Alpine height.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes.
Syn. -- genus Alpinia, genus Zerumbet, genus Languas. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A climber of the Alps. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) The resiniferous tree Agathis Dammara, of the Moluccas. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or relating to the antelope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. appropinquatus, p. p. of appropinquare; ad + prope near. ] To approach. [ Archaic ] Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. appropinquatio. ] A drawing nigh; approach. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. ad- + propinquity. ] Nearness; propinquity. [ R. ] J. Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An arpent. [ Obs. ] Webster (1623). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; inflexible; hence &unr_; &unr_;, one of the three Parcæ; 'a priv. + &unr_; to turn. ] (Chem.) A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also daturine. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Naut.) A strong pin in the side of a vessel, or by the mast, round which ropes are wound when they are fastened or belayed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pinched with hunger; starved. “The belly-pinched wolf.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bepinched ] To pinch, or mark with pinches. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. bis twice + pinna feather. ] (Zool.) The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free-swimming stage. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + pinnate; cf. F. bipinné. Cf. Bipennate. ] Twice pinnate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + pinnatifid. ] (Bot.) Doubly pinnatifid. [ 1913 Webster ]

A bipinnatifid leaf is a pinnatifid leaf having its segments or divisions also pinnatifid. The primary divisions are pinnæ and the secondary pinnules. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + spinose. ] (Zool.) Having two spines. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. damned. Used as a euphemistic emphatic adjective to express displeasure, in place of damned, goddammed or stronger (more offensive) words. [ PJC ]

n. The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other, and the state of the business in which they occur; the art of keeping accounts. The books commonly used are a daybook, cashbook, journal, and ledger. See Daybook, Cashbook, Journal, and Ledger. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bookkeeping by single entry, the method of keeping books by carrying the record of each transaction to the debit or credit of a single account. --
Bookkeeping by double entry, a mode of bookkeeping in which two entries of every transaction are carried to the ledger, one to the Dr., or left hand, side of one account, and the other to the Cr., or right hand, side of a corresponding account, in order tha&unr_; the one entry may check the other; -- sometimes called, from the place of its origin, the Italian method. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Naut.) The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. brachy`s short + E. pinacoid. ] (Crytallog.) A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pin worn on the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an act of derring-do in which a person jumps from a high platform, such as a bridge, attached (usually by the legs) to a bungee cord, which is set to a length that will halt the drop before the person reaches the surface of the earth or the water. [ PJC ]

n. a reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth.
Syn. -- belch, belching, burping, eructation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. Lodging in a camp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ See Camp, n., 6 ] A game of football. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Tenpins) (a) A form of bowling pin slender and nearly straight like a candle. (b) The game played with such pins; -- in form candlepins, used as a singular. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Join.) A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) See Pinkboot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family used in some classification systems to include the genera Carpinus; Ostryopsis; and Ostryopsis.
Syn. -- subfamily Carpinaceae, family Carpinaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.

-- Carp"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ Sp., a carpenter, a woodpecker. ] A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvæ, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cat-harping. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cerebrum + spinal. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the central nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cerebro-spinal fluid (Physiol.), a serous fluid secreted by the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. --
Cerebro-spinal meningitis,
Cerebro-spinal fever (Med.), a dangerous epidemic, and endemic, febrile disease, characterized by inflammation of the membranes of the brain and spinal cord, giving rise to severe headaches, tenderness of the back of the neck, paralysis of the ocular muscles, etc. It is sometimes marked by a cutaneous eruption, when it is often called spotted fever. It is not contagious. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Bot.) Same as Monkey-puzzle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Chinquapin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat. [ Written also chincapin and chinkapin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinquapin oak, a small shrubby oak (Quercus prinoides) of the Atlantic States, with edible acorns. --
Western Chinquapin, an evergreen shrub or tree (Castanopes chrysophylla) of the Pacific coast. In California it is a shrub; in Oregon a tree 30 to 125 feet high. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Chopine, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or process of cutting or breaking off small pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or block of stone to shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) The chippy. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Chipmunk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cheering; enlivening. [ 1913 Webster ]

He takes his chirping pint, he cracks his jokes. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a chirping manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. chopine, fr. G. schoppen. ] A liquid measure formerly used in France and Great Britain, varying from half a pint to a wine quart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Chopine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. chapin, escapin, Sp. chapin, Pg. chapim. ] A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more. [ Variously spelt chioppine, chopin, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]