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Definition of distinction
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Distinction
(n.)
Conspicuous
station;
eminence;
superiority;
honorable
estimation;
as, a man of
distinction..
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Text
::
Text (n.) The four
Gospels,
by way of
distinction
or
eminence..
Flesh
::
Flesh (n.)
Animal
food, in
distinction
from
vegetable;
meat;
especially,
the body of
beasts
and birds used as food, as
distinguished
from
fish..
File
::
File (n.) A row of
soldiers
ranged
one
behind
another;
-- in
contradistinction
to rank, which
designates
a row of
soldiers
standing
abreast;
a
number
consisting
the depth of a body of
troops,
which,
in the
ordinary
modern
formation,
consists
of two men, the
battalion
standing
two deep, or in two
ranks..
Bight
::
Bight (v.) The
double
part of a rope when
folded,
in
distinction
from the ends; that is, a
round,
bend, or coil not
including
the ends; a
loop..
Anthropography
::
Anthropography
(n.) That
branch
of
anthropology
which
treats
of the
actual
distribution
of the human race in its
different
divisions,
as
distinguished
by
physical
character,
language,
institutions,
and
customs,
in
contradistinction
to
ethnography,
which
treats
historically
of the
origin
and
filiation
of races and
nations..
Land
::
Land (n.) The
mainland,
in
distinction
from
islands..
Basilica
::
Basilica
(n.) A
church
building
of the
earlier
centuries
of
Christianity,
the plan of which was taken from the
basilica
of the
Romans.
The name is still
applied
to some
churches
by way of
honorary
distinction..
Tribe
::
Tribe (n.) A
division,
class,
or
distinct
portion
of a
people,
from
whatever
cause that
distinction
may have
originated;
as, the city of
Athens
was
divided
into ten
tribes..
Lichen
::
Lichen
(n.) One of a class of
cellular,
flowerless
plants,
(technically
called
Lichenes),
having
no
distinction
of leaf and stem,
usually
of
scaly,
expanded,
frond-like
forms,
but
sometimes
erect or
pendulous
and
variously
branched.
They
derive
their
nourishment
from the air, and
generate
by means of
spores.
The
species
are very
widely
distributed,
and form
irregular
spots or
patches,
usually
of a
greenish
or
yellowish
color,
upon
rocks,
trees,
and
various
bodies,
to which they
adhere
with great
Waterman
::
Waterman
(n.) A man who plies for hire on
rivers,
lakes,
or
canals,
or in
harbors,
in
distinction
from a
seaman
who is
engaged
on the high seas; a man who
manages
fresh-water
craft;
a
boatman;
a
ferryman..
Superfineness
::
Superfine
(a.)
Excessively
fine; too nice; over
particular;
as,
superfine
distinctions;
superfine
tastes..
Ordinary
::
Ordinary
(n.) A
dining
room or
eating
house where a meal is
prepared
for all
comers,
at a fixed price for the meal, in
distinction
from one where each dish is
separately
charged;
a table
d'hote;
hence,
also, the meal
furnished
at such a
dining
room..
Deuterogamy
::
Deuterogamy
(n.) A
second
marriage,
after the death of the first
husband
of wife; -- in
distinction
from
bigamy,
as
defined
in the old canon law. See
Bigamy..
Endogenous
::
Endogenous
(a.)
Increasing
by
internal
growth
and
elongation
at the
summit,
instead
of
externally,
and
having
no
distinction
of pith, wood, and bark, as the
rattan,
the palm, the
cornstalk..
Company
::
Company
(n.)
Guests
or
visitors,
in
distinction
from the
members
of a
family;
as, to
invite
company
to
dine..
Hairsplitter
::
Hairsplitter
(n.) One who makes
excessively
nice or
needless
distinctions
in
reasoning;
one who
quibbles.
Lower-case
::
Lower-case
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or kept in, the lower case; -- used to
denote
the small
letters,
in
distinction
from
capitals
and small
capitals.
See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3..
Preeminence
::
Preeminence
(n.) The
quality
or state of being
preeminent;
superiority
in
prominence
or in
excellence;
distinction
above
others
in
quality,
rank, etc.;
rarely,
in a bad
sense,
superiority
or
notoriety
in evil; as,
preeminence
in
honor..
Pahoehoe
::
Pahoehoe
(n.) A name given in the
Sandwich
Islands
to lava
having
a
relatively
smooth
surface,
in
distinction
from the
rough-surfaced
lava,
called
a-a..
Nice
::
Nice
(superl.)
Done or made with
careful
labor;
suited
to
excite
admiration
on
account
of
exactness;
evidencing
great
skill;
exact;
fine;
finished;
as, nice
proportions,
nice
workmanship,
a nice
application;
exactly
or
fastidiously
discriminated;
requiring
close
discrimination;
as, a nice point of law, a nice
distinction
in
philosophy..
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