| POE | pediatric orthopedic examination; physician order entry; point of entry; polyoxyethylene; postoperat... |
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| weather | To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by weather. "The organisms . . . Seem indestructible, while the hard matrix in which they are imbedded has weathered from around them." (H. Miller) 1. The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorological phenomena; meteorological condition of the atmosphere; as, warm weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather, etc. "Not amiss to cool a man's stomach this hot weather." (Shak) "Fair weather cometh out of the north." (Job xxxvii. 22) 2. Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air. 3. Storm; tempest. "What gusts of weather from that gathering cloud My thoughts presage!" (Dryden) 4. A light rain; a shower. Stress of weather, violent winds; force of tempests. To make fair weather, to flatter; to give flattering representations. To make good, or bad, weather See Trapdoor. Weather gall. Same as Water gall. Weather house, a mechanical contrivance in the form of a house, which indicates changes in atmospheric conditions by the appearance or retirement of toy images. "Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought Devised the weather house, that useful toy!" (Cowper) Weather molding, or Weather moulding, a strip of wood, rubber, or other material, applied to an outer door or window so as to cover the joint made by it with the sill, casings, or threshold, in order to exclude rain, snow, cold air, etc. Origin: OE. Weder, AS. Weder; akin to OS. Wedar, OFries. Weder, D. Weder, weer, G. Wetter, OHG. Wetar, Icel. Vethr, Dan. Veir, Sw. Vader wind, air, weather, and perhaps to OSlav. Vedro fair weather; or perhaps to Lith. Vetra storm, Russ. Vieter', vietr', wind, and E. Wind. Cf. Wither. 1. To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air. "[An eagle] soaring through his wide empire of the air To weather his broad sails." (Spenser) "This gear lacks weathering." (Latimer) 2. Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm. "For I can weather the roughest gale." (Longfellow) "You will weather the difficulties yet." (F. W. Robertson) 3. To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship. 4. <veterinary> To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air. To weather a point. To pass a point of land, leaving it on the lee side. Hence, to gain or accomplish anything against opposition. To weather out, to encounter successfully, though with difficulty; as, to weather out a storm. Origin: Weathered; Weathering. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| fair-weather | 1. Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice; as, a fair-weather voyage. 2. Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous; as, a fair-weather friend. Fair-weather sailor, a make-believe or inexperienced sailor; the nautical equivalent of carpet knight. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bullet-proof | Capable of resisting the force of a bullet. Bullet tree. See Bully tree. Bullet wood, the wood of the bullet tree. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| proof | 1. Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial. "For whatsoever mother wit or art Could work, he put in proof." (Spenser) "You shall have many proofs to show your skill." (Ford) "Formerly, a very rude mode of ascertaining the strength of spirits was practiced, called the proof." (Ure) 2. That degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments that induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration. "I'll have some proof." (Shak) "It is no proof of a man's understanding to be able to confirm whatever he pleases." (Emerson) Properly speaking, proof is the effect or result of evidence, evidence is the medium of proof. Cf. Demonstration. 3. The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness that resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies. 4. Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken. 5. A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; called also proof sheet. 6. <mathematics> A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Cf. Prove. 7. Armor of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armor of proof. Artist's proof, a very early proof impression of an engraving, or the like; often distinguished by the artist's signature. Proof reader, one who reads, and marks correction in, proofs. See def. 5, above. Synonym: Testimony, evidence, reason, argument, trial, demonstration. See Testimony. Origin: OF. Prove, proeve, F. Preuve, fr. L. Proba, fr. Probare to prove. See Prove. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| French proof agar | A culture medium for fungi containing neopeptone or polypeptone agar and glucose, with final pH 5.6; it is the standard, most universally used medium in mycology and is the international reference. Modified Sabouraud's agar (Emmons modification) with less glucose is better for pigment development in the colonies. Synonym: French proof agar. (05 Mar 2000) |
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