Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
- Entries
- 95,912
- Pages
- 1,538
- Illustrations
- 2,133
Look up a word as the writers of the time used it.
Ē'qui-nē'ces-sa-ry, a. p. 459Necessary or needful in the same degree. [Rare.] Hudibras.E-quīn'ĭ-a, n. p. 459(Med.) Glanders; a dangerous contagious disease of horses, communicable to man. See GLANDERS.E'qui-nōc'tial, a. p. 459Pertaining to the equinoxes; designating an equal length of day and night; as, the equinoctial line. 2. Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line…Ē'qui-nōe'tial, n. p. 459(Astron.) The celestial equator;—so called because when the sun is on it, the nights and days are of equal length in all parts of the world. See EQUATOR.E'qui-nōc'tial-ly, adv. p. 460In the direction of the equinox.E'qui-nōx, n. p. 460The precise time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points. 2. Equinoctial wind or storm. [Rare.] Dryden. Autumnal equinox, the time when the sun enters the first point of Libra, being about…Ē'qui-nū'mĕr-ant, a. p. 460Having or consisting of the same number. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.E-quip', v. t. p. 460To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions…Eq'ui-page, n. p. 460Furniture; fitting out; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for warlike purposes, or the furniture of an army, a body of troops, or a single soldier…Eq'ui-pāged, a. p. 460Furnished with equipage, attendance, dress, or carriage and horses. Well dressed, well bred. Well equipaged, is ticket good enough. Cooper.Ē'qui-pār'a-ble, a. p. 460Capable of being compared; comparable. [Very rare.]E-quip'a-rāte, v. t. p. 460To compare. [Rare.]E-quip'e-dal, a. p. 460Equal-footed; in zoölogy, having the pairs of feet equal. Dana.E'qui-pēn'den-cy, n. p. 460The act of hanging in equipoise; a being not inclined or determined either way. South.Ē'qui-pēn'sāte, v. t. p. 460To weigh equally; to esteem alike. [Obs.]E-quip'ment, n. p. 460The act of equipping, or state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition. 2. Any thing that is used in equipping; furniture; habiliments; warlike apparatus; necessaries for an expedition or…Ē'qui-poise, n. p. 460Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced; hence, equal; — said of moral, political, or social interests or forces. The means of…E'qui-pŏl'lence or E'qui-pŏl'len-cy, n. p. 460Equality of power, force, signification, or application. Boyle. 2. (Logic.) An equivalence between two or more propositions.E'qui-pŏl'lent, a. p. 460Having equal power or force; equivalent. Bacon. 2. (Logic.) Having equivalent signification and reach.E'qui-pōl'lent-ly, adv. p. 460With equal power.E'qui-pōn'der-ance or E'qui-pōn'der-an-cy, n. p. 460Equality of weight; equipoise.Ē'qui-pŏn'der-ant, a. p. 460Having the same weight. Locke.Ē'qui-pŏn'der-āte, v. i. p. 460To be equal in weight; to weigh as much as another thing. Wilkins.Ē'qui-pŏn'der-āte, v. t. p. 460To weigh against; to counterbalance. More than equiponderated the declension in that direction. De Quincey.Ē'qui-pŏn'der-ous, a. p. 460Having equal weight. Bailey.E'qui-pôn'di-oûs, a. p. 460Having equal weight on both sides; equiponderant. — [Obs.] Glanville.Ē'/qui-rād'/i-cal, a. p. 460Equally radical. [Rare.] Coleridge.E'qui-rō'tal, a. p. 460Having wheels of the same size or diameter.Ē'qui-se-tā'ceoûs, a. p. 460(Bot.) Belonging to the family of the Equisetum, or horse-tail plant.E'qui-sĕt'i-fôrm, a. p. 460(Bot.) Having the form of the Equisetum. Craig.Ēq'ui-sē'tum, n. p. 460(Bot.) A genus of leafless plants, with hollow stems, containing much silicious matter, called horse-tail, in allusion to the fine branches of the species E. hyemale, known as the Dutch rush, or…E-quis'o-nance, n. p. 460(Mus.) An equal sounding; the consonance of the octave and double octave. Busby.E-quis'o-nant, a. p. 460Sounding equally.E'qui-ta-ble (ĕk'wi-ta-bl), a. p. 460Possessing or exhibiting equity; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; as, an equitable decision; an equitable distribution of an estate; an equitable judge. 2.…Ĕq'ui-ta-ble-ness, n. p. 460The quality of being equitable, just, or impartial; as, the equitableness of a judge; the equitableness of a decision, or distribution of property.E'qui-ta-bly, adv. p. 460In an equitable manner; justly; impartially; as, the laws should be equitably administered.Ēq'ui-tan-cy, n. p. 460Horsemanship.E'qui-tan-gên'tial, a. p. 460(Geom.) Having the tangent equal to a constant line; — said of a certain curve. Hutton.Eq'ui-tant, a. p. 460Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback. 2. (Bot.) Overlapping each other; — said of leaves whose bases or edges alternately overlap each other; as, the equitant leaves of the iris.…Eq'ui-tā'tion, n. p. 460A riding, or the act of riding, on horseback; horsemanship. The pretender to equitation mounted. W. Irving.Ē'qui-tēm'po-rā'ne-oûs, a. p. 460Taking place or existing at the same time; contemporaneous; contemporary. [Obs.] Boyle.Eq'ui-ty, n. p. 460Justice; impartiality; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man;—distinguished from justice in requiring a more perfect standard than any…Equity of redemption p. 460the advantage, allowed to a mortgageor, of a certain or reasonable time to redeem lands mortgaged, after they have been forfeited at law by the non-payment of the sum of money due on the mortgage at…E-quiv'a-lence or E-quiv'a-len-cy, n. p. 460The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of value, signification, or force; as, to give an equivalence of money for goods. 2. Equal power or force.E-quiv'a-lence, v. t. p. 460To be equal to. [Obs.] Brown.E-quiv'a-lent, a. p. 460Equal in value, worth, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; interchangeable. For now to serve and to minister, servile and ministerial are terms equivalent.…E-quiv'a-lent, n. p. 460That which is equal in value, weight, dignity, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done. Rogers. 2. (Chem.) The atomic weight of a substance, or a number which expresses the proportion by…E-quiv'a-lent-ly, adv. p. 460In an equal manner.E'qui-välve, a. p. 460(Conch.) Having the valves equal in size and form; — said of certain bivalve shells.E'qui-välve, n. p. 460(Conch.) A bivalve in which the valves are of equal size and form.Ē'qui-vălved, a. p. 460(Conch.) Having the valves equal, as some bivalve shells. Dana.E-quĭv'o-ca-cy, n. p. 460Equivocalness. [Obs.] Browne.E-quiv'o-cal, a. p. 460Having different significations equally appropriate or plausible; capable of double interpretation; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words. For the beauties of Shakespeare are not of so dim or…E-quiv'o-cal, n. p. 460A word or term of doubtful meaning, or capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term, or one of double meaning; an equivogue. [Obs.] Dennis.E-quiv'o-cal-ly, adv. p. 460In an equivocal manner, signification, or origin; ambiguously.E-quiv'o-cal-ness, n. p. 460A state of being equivocal; ambiguity; double meaning.E-quiv'o-cāte, v. i. p. 460To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the…E-quiv'o-cā'tion, n. p. 460Ambiguity of speech; the use of words or expressions that are susceptible of a double signification, with a view to mislead; as, to be guilty of equivocation. There being no room for equivocations…E·quiv'o-cā'tor, n. p. 461One who equivocates; one who uses language which is ambiguous; one who uses mental reservation; a prevaricator; a quibbler.E·quiv'o·ca-to-ry, a. p. 461Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.