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--- ../../gcide-0.44-orig/cide.c Sat May 26 17:30:09 2001
+++ cide.c Mon Jun 4 15:54:24 2001
@@ -7315,7 +7315,7 @@
<p><q>But <qex>cardinal</qex> sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><cs><col><b>Cardinal numbers</b></col>, <cd>the numbers <member>one</member>, <member>two</member>, <member>three</member>, etc., in distinction from <xex>first</xex>, <xex>second</xex>, <xex>third</xex>, etc., which are called <contr><cref>ordinal numbers</cref></contr>.</cd> -- <col><b>Cardinal points</b></col> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <cd>The four principal points of the compass, or intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the prime vertical circle, north, south east, and west.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Astrol.)</fld> <cd>The rising and setting of the sun, the zenith and nadir.</cd> -- <col><b>Cardinal signs</b></col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <cd>Aries, Libra, Cancer, and Capricorn.</cd> -- <col><b>Cardinal teeth</b></col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the central teeth of bivalve shell. See <er>Bivalve</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Cardinal veins</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the veins in vertebrate embryos, which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the blood to the heart. They remain through life in some fishes.</cd> -- <col><b>Cardinal virtues</b></col>, <cd>pre\'89minent virtues; among the ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude.</cd> -- <col><b>Cardinal winds</b></col>, <cd>winds which blow from the cardinal points due north, south, east, or west.</cd></cs><br/
+<p><cs><col><b>Cardinal numbers</b></col>, <cd>the numbers <member>one</member>, <member>two</member>, <member>three</member>, etc., in distinction from <xex>first</xex>, <xex>second</xex>, <xex>third</xex>, etc., which are called <cref>ordinal numbers</cref>.</cd> -- <col><b>Cardinal points</b></col> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <cd>The four principal points of the compass, or intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the prime vertical circle, north, south east, and west.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Astrol.)</fld> <cd>The rising and setting of the sun, the zenith and nadir.</cd> -- <col><b>Cardinal signs</b></col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <cd>Aries, Libra, Cancer, and Capricorn.</cd> -- <col><b>Cardinal teeth</b></col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the central teeth of bivalve shell. See <er>Bivalve</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Cardinal veins</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the veins in vertebrate embryos, which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the blood to the heart. They remain through life in some fishes.</cd> -- <col><b>Cardinal virtues</b></col>, <cd>pre\'89minent virtues; among the ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude.</cd> -- <col><b>Cardinal winds</b></col>, <cd>winds which blow from the cardinal points due north, south, east, or west.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Car"di*nal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>carinal</ets>, It. <ets>cardinale</ets>, LL. <ets>cardinalis</ets> (ecclesi\'91 Roman\'91). See <er>Cardinal</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.</def><br/
@@ -9330,7 +9330,7 @@
<p><note><hand/ <xex>Cases</xex> other than the nominative are <xex>oblique cases</xex>. <xex>Case endings</xex> are terminations by which certain cases are distinguished. In old English, as in Latin, nouns had several cases distinguished by <xex>case endings</xex>, but in modern English only that of the possessive case is retained.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><cs><col><b>Action on the case</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>according to the old classification (now obsolete), was an action for redress of wrongs or injuries to person or property not specially provided against by law, in which the whole cause of complaint was set out in the writ; -- called also <altname>trespass on the case</altname>, or simply <altname>case</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>All a case</b></col>, <cd>a matter of indifference.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> \'bdIt is <xex>all a case</xex> to me.\'b8 <au>L'Estrange.</au> -- <col><b>Case at bar</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Bar</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>Case divinity</b></col>, <cd>casuistry.</cd> -- <col><b>Case lawyer</b></col>, <cd>one versed in the reports of cases rather than in the science of the law.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Case stated</b></col> <col><b> <it>or</it> <col><b>Case agreed on</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a statement in writing of facts agreed on and submitted to the court for a decision of the legal points arising on them.</cd> -- <col><b>A hard case</b></col>, <cd>an abandoned or incorrigible person.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col><b>In any case</b></col>, <cd>whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>In case</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>In case that</b></col></mcol>, <cd>if; supposing that; in the event or contingency; if it should happen that.</cd> \'bd<xex>In case</xex> we are surprised, keep by me.\'b8 <au>W. Irving.</au> -- <col><b>In good case</b></col>, <cd>in good condition, health, or state of body.</cd> -- <col><b>To put a case</b></col>, <cd>to suppose a hypothetical or illustrative case.</cd></cs></p>
+<p><cs><col><b>Action on the case</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>according to the old classification (now obsolete), was an action for redress of wrongs or injuries to person or property not specially provided against by law, in which the whole cause of complaint was set out in the writ; -- called also <altname>trespass on the case</altname>, or simply <altname>case</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>All a case</b></col>, <cd>a matter of indifference.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> \'bdIt is <xex>all a case</xex> to me.\'b8 <au>L'Estrange.</au> -- <col><b>Case at bar</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Bar</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>Case divinity</b></col>, <cd>casuistry.</cd> -- <col><b>Case lawyer</b></col>, <cd>one versed in the reports of cases rather than in the science of the law.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Case stated</b></col><b> <it>or</it> <col><b>Case agreed on</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a statement in writing of facts agreed on and submitted to the court for a decision of the legal points arising on them.</cd> -- <col><b>A hard case</b></col>, <cd>an abandoned or incorrigible person.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col><b>In any case</b></col>, <cd>whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>In case</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>In case that</b></col></mcol>, <cd>if; supposing that; in the event or contingency; if it should happen that.</cd> \'bd<xex>In case</xex> we are surprised, keep by me.\'b8 <au>W. Irving.</au> -- <col><b>In good case</b></col>, <cd>in good condition, health, or state of body.</cd> -- <col><b>To put a case</b></col>, <cd>to suppose a hypothetical or illustrative case.</cd></cs></p>
<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Situation, condition, state; circumstances; plight; predicament; occurrence; contingency; accident; event; conjuncture; cause; action; suit.</syn><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
@@ -13390,7 +13390,7 @@
<p><mhw>{ <hw>Center punch</hw>, <it>or</it> <hw>Centre punch</hw> }</mhw>. <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A punch for making indentations or dots in a piece of work, as for suspension between lathe centers, etc.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A punch for punching holes in sheet metal, having a small conical center to insure correct locating.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
-<p><mhw>{ <hw>Cen"ter seal</hw>, <it>or</it> <hw>Cen"tre seal</hw>, <hw></hw> }</mhw>. <fld>(Gas Manuf.)</fld> <def>A compound hydraulic valve for regulating the passage of the gas through a set of purifiers so as to cut out each one in turn for the renewal of the lime.</def><br/
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Cen"ter seal</hw>, <it>or</it> <hw>Cen"tre seal</hw> }</mhw>. <fld>(Gas Manuf.)</fld> <def>A compound hydraulic valve for regulating the passage of the gas through a set of purifiers so as to cut out each one in turn for the renewal of the lime.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Cen*tes"i*mal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>centesimus</ets> the hundredth, fr. <ets>centum</ets> a hundred: cf. F. <ets>cent\'82simal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Hundredth.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A hundredth part.</def></def2><br/
@@ -20406,11 +20406,9 @@
<p>\'d8<hw>Chi*m\'91"ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Chimera</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order <ord>Chimaeriformes</ord> of the class <class>Holocephali</class>. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><note>Note: more information and an image is available at:
+<-- <p><note>Note: more information and an image is available at:
<a href="http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?genusname=Chimaera&speciesname=monstrosa">Fishbase - chimaera</a>.</note><br/
-[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
-
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p> -->
<p><hw>Chi*m\'91"roid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Chim\'91ra</ets> + <ets>old</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Related to, or like, the chim\'91ra.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
@@ -28741,7 +28739,7 @@
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, filaria, pin grass, pin clover, <spn>Erodium cicutarium</spn>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>clockwise</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def> -- of rotatory motion.</def> <stype>dextral</stype> <stype></stype> <br/
+<p><hw>clockwise</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def> -- of rotatory motion.</def> <stype>dextral</stype> <br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
<p><hw>clock"wise`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <def>in the same direction as the hands of a clock rotate, as viewed from in front of the clock face; -- said of that direction of a rotation about an axis, or about a point in a plane, which is ordinarily reckoned negative. Also said of the direction of a spiral, in which case the term <altname>right-handed</altname> is more common. Opposite of <ant>counterclockwise</ant>, and <ant>left-handed</ant>.</def><br/
@@ -44981,7 +44979,7 @@
<p><hw>Con"go snake"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An amphibian (<spn>Amphiuma means</spn>) of the order <ord>Urodela</ord>, found in the southern United States. See <er>Amphiuma</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><mhw>{ <hw>Con"gou</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Con"go</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chin. <ets>kung-foo</ets> labor.]</ety> <def>Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. Also called <altname><cref>English breakfast tea</cref></altname>. See <er>Tea</er>.</def><br/
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Con"gou</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Con"go</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chin. <ets>kung-foo</ets> labor.]</ety> <def>Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. Also called <altname>English breakfast tea</altname>. See <er>Tea</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
<p><q>Of black teas, the great mass is called <qex>Congou</qex>, or the \'bdwell worked\'b8, a name which took the place of the <qex>Bohea</qex> of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the term \'bdEnglish breakfast tea.\'b8</q> <rj><qau>S. W. Williams.</qau></rj><br/
@@ -48592,9 +48590,8 @@
<p><hw>consumer price index</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer, calculated and published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics; abbreviated <altname>CPI</altname>, and usually referred to by that acronym. The Bureau maintains several indices for different groups of consumers, but the most commonly referred to is the index for \'bdAll urban consumers\'b8, called the <stype>CPI-U</stype>. The increase of this value each year is one measure of monetary inflation.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> CPI, cost-of-living index.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
-
-<p><note><hand/ For a table of values from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the CPI over time, see <a href="more\cpiai.htm">CPI-U from 1913 to 1998</a>.</note><br/
-[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+<-- <p><note><hand/ For a table of values from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the CPI over time, see <a href="more\cpiai.htm">CPI-U from 1913 to 1998</a>.</note><br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p> -->
<p><hw>Con*sum"er's goods</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Polit. Econ.)</fld> <def>Economic goods that directly satisfy human wants or desires, such as food, clothes, pictures, etc.; -- called also <altname>consumption goods</altname>, or <altname>goods of the first order</altname>, and opposed to <contr>producer's goods</contr>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
@@ -53880,7 +53877,7 @@
<p><hw>Cor"di*ner</hw> <pr>(k<ocir/r"d<icr/*n<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A cordwainer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>Cord"ite</hw> <pr>(k<ocir/rd"<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Cord</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and mineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other services. In making it the ingredients are mixed into a paste with the addition of acetone and pressed out into cords (of various diameters) resembling brown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A variety containing less nitroglycerin than the original is known as <stype><ecol><b>cordite M. D.</b></ecol></stype></def><br/
+<p><hw>Cord"ite</hw> <pr>(k<ocir/rd"<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Cord</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and mineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other services. In making it the ingredients are mixed into a paste with the addition of acetone and pressed out into cords (of various diameters) resembling brown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A variety containing less nitroglycerin than the original is known as <stype><b>cordite M. D.</b>></stype></def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
<p><hw>cordless</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>operating without a wire connection to the companion communicating unit; -- of telephones and other devices using e.g. radio or infrared signals to allow communication between devices without a direct wire link; <as>as, <ex>cordless</ex> telephones have a very restricted range compared with cellular phones</as>.</def><br/
@@ -60137,9 +60134,8 @@
<p><hw>CPI</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the <er>consumer price index</er>, an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer. The increase of this value each year is one measure of monetary inflation.</def> <mark>[acronym]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> consumer price index, cost-of-living index.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
-
-<p><note><hand/ For a table of values from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the CPI over time, see <a href="more\cpiai.htm">CPI-U from 1913 to 1998</a>.</note><br/
-[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+<-- <p><note><hand/ For a table of values from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the CPI over time, see <a href="more\cpiai.htm">CPI-U from 1913 to 1998</a>.</note><br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p> -->
<p><mhw><hw>CPU</hw>, <hw>c.p.u.</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <mark>abbr.</mark> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Computers)</fld> <def>The <er>central processing unit</er>, that part of the electronic circuitry of a computer in which the arithmetic and logical operations are performed on input data, which are thereby converted to output data; it is usually located on the mainboard, or motherboard, of a computer. The CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached. Most personal computers as of 1998 had only one CPU, but some computers may have more than one CPU.</def> <mark>[acronym]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> central processing unit, CPU, C.P.U., central processor, processor.</syn><br/
@@ -63000,7 +62996,7 @@
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> K/T boundary.</syn><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
-<p><note><hand/According to a theory gaining acceptance (as of 1997), these deposits were formed as the debris of a large comet or meteorite impact on the earth, which threw up a large quantity of dust into the atmosphere, causing profound though temporary climatic change, and caused or hastened the extinction of numerous species, including the dinosaurs. This hypothesis was first postulated by Luis and Walter Alvarez on the basis of an excess of iridium found in the boundary layer, and was later supported by additional evidence of various types. The impact is believed to have occurred at the edge of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico, forming what is termed the <a href="http://dsaing.uqac.uquebec.ca/~mhiggins/MIAC/chicxulub.htm">Chicxulub crater</a>, which is partly under the Gulf of Mexico, is not evident from surface topography, and was detected primarily by gravity anomaly readings and subsurface geological characteristics.</note><br/
+<p><note><hand/According to a theory gaining acceptance (as of 1997), these deposits were formed as the debris of a large comet or meteorite impact on the earth, which threw up a large quantity of dust into the atmosphere, causing profound though temporary climatic change, and caused or hastened the extinction of numerous species, including the dinosaurs. This hypothesis was first postulated by Luis and Walter Alvarez on the basis of an excess of iridium found in the boundary layer, and was later supported by additional evidence of various types. The impact is believed to have occurred at the edge of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico, forming what is termed the Chicxulub crater, which is partly under the Gulf of Mexico, is not evident from surface topography, and was detected primarily by gravity anomaly readings and subsurface geological characteristics.</note><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Cre"tan</hw> <pr>(kr<emac/"t<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to Crete, or Candia.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Crete or Candia.</def></def2><br/
@@ -71201,7 +71197,7 @@
<p><mhw>{ <hw>Cy*lin"dric</hw> <pr>(s?-l?n"dr?k)</pr>, <hw>Cy*lin"dric*al</hw> <pr>(-dr?-k<it>a</it>l)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>kylindriko`s</grk>, from <grk>ky`lindros</grk> cylinder: cf. F. <ets>cylindrique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><cs><col><b>Cylindrical lens</b></col>, <cd>a lens having one, or more than one, cylindrical surface.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Cylindric surface</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Cylindrical surface</b></col>, <col><b></mcol> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a surface described by a straight line that moves according to any law, but so as to be constantly parallel to a given line.</cd> -- <col><b>Cylindrical vault</b></col>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Vault</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd></cs><br/
+<p><cs><col><b>Cylindrical lens</b></col>, <cd>a lens having one, or more than one, cylindrical surface.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Cylindric surface</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Cylindrical surface</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a surface described by a straight line that moves according to any law, but so as to be constantly parallel to a given line.</cd> -- <col><b>Cylindrical vault</b></col>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Vault</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>cylindricality</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>the roundness of a 3-dimensional cylinder.</def><br/
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