[syn: agree, hold, concur, concord]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fox \Fox\ (f[o^]ks), n.; pl. Foxes. [AS. fox; akin to D. vos,
G. fuchs, OHG. fuhs, foha, Goth. fa['u]h[=o], Icel. f[=o]a
fox, fox fraud; of unknown origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf.
Vixen.]
1. (Zool.) A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family
Canid[ae], of many species. The European fox (V.
vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V.
fulvus), the American gray fox (V. Virginianus), and
the arctic, white, or blue, fox (V. lagopus) are
well-known species.
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Note: The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the
American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the
cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of
the same species, of less value. The common foxes of
Europe and America are very similar; both are
celebrated for their craftiness. They feed on wild
birds, poultry, and various small animals.
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Subtle as the fox for prey. --Shak.
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2. (Zool.) The European dragonet.
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3. (Zool.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also
sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.
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4. A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.]
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We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. --Beattie.
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5. (Naut.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar;
-- used for seizings or mats.
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6. A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the
blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.]
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Thou diest on point of fox. --Shak.
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7. pl. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs,
formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin;
-- called also Outagamies.
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Fox and geese.
(a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others
as they run one goal to another.
(b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for
them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the
geese; the fox, whose first position is in the middle
of the board, endeavors to break through the line of
the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox.
Fox bat (Zool.), a large fruit bat of the genus Pteropus,
of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and the East
Indies, esp. P. medius of India. Some of the species are
more than four feet across the outspread wings. See Fruit
bat.
Fox bolt, a bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge.
Fox brush (Zool.), the tail of a fox.
Fox evil, a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy.
Fox grape (Bot.), the name of two species of American
grapes. The northern fox grape (Vitis Labrusca) is the
origin of the varieties called Isabella, Concord,
Hartford, etc., and the southern fox grape (Vitis
vulpina) has produced the Scuppernong, and probably the
Catawba.
Fox hunter.
(a) One who pursues foxes with hounds.
(b) A horse ridden in a fox chase.
Fox shark (Zool.), the thrasher shark. See Thrasher
shark, under Thrasher.
Fox sleep, pretended sleep.
Fox sparrow (Zool.), a large American sparrow (Passerella
iliaca); -- so called on account of its reddish color.
Fox squirrel (Zool.), a large North American squirrel
(Sciurus niger, or S. cinereus). In the Southern
States the black variety prevails; farther north the
fulvous and gray variety, called the cat squirrel, is
more common.
Fox terrier (Zool.), one of a peculiar breed of terriers,
used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes, and for
other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired
varieties.
Fox trot, a pace like that which is adopted for a few
steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot,
or a trot into a walk.
Fox wedge (Mach. & Carpentry), a wedge for expanding the
split end of a bolt, cotter, dowel, tenon, or other piece,
to fasten the end in a hole or mortise and prevent
withdrawal. The wedge abuts on the bottom of the hole and
the piece is driven down upon it. Fastening by fox wedges
is called foxtail wedging.
Fox wolf (Zool.), one of several South American wild dogs,
belonging to the genus Canis. They have long, bushy
tails like a fox.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Concord \Con"cord\, n. [F. concorde, L. concordia, fr. concors
of the same mind, agreeing; con- + cor, cordis, heart. See
Heart, and cf. Accord.]
1. A state of agreement; harmony; union.
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Love quarrels oft in pleasing concord end. --Milton.
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2. Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or
league. [Obs.]
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The concord made between Henry and Roderick.
--Davies.
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3. (Gram.) Agreement of words with one another, in gender,
number, person, or case.
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4. (Old Law) An agreement between the parties to a fine of
land in reference to the manner in which it should pass,
being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged
to the complainant. See Fine. --Burril.
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5. [Prob. influenced by chord.] (Mus.) An agreeable
combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant
chord; consonance; harmony.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Concord \Con"cord\, n.
A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost
black) grapes in compact clusters.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Concord \Con*cord"\, v. i. [F. concorder, L. concordare.]
To agree; to act together. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Concord
n 1: capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south
central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river [syn:
Concord, capital of New Hampshire]
2: a harmonious state of things in general and of their
properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with
one another and with the whole [syn: harmony, concord,
concordance]
3: the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of
word relations [syn: agreement, concord]
4: town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first
battle of the American Revolution was fought
5: agreement of opinions [syn: harmony, concord,
concordance]
6: the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775)
[syn: Lexington, Concord, Lexington and Concord]
v 1: go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas
concorded" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, consort,
accord, concord, fit in, agree]
2: arrange by concord or agreement; "Concord the conditions for
the marriage of the Prince of Wales with a commoner"
3: arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance;
"The team concorded several thousand nouns, verbs, and
adjectives"
4: be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the
settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those
who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this
point" [syn: agree, hold, concur, concord] [ant:
differ, disagree, dissent, take issue]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
224 Moby Thesaurus words for "concord":
NATO, SEATO, acclamation, accord, accordance, affinity, agape,
agreement, agreement of all, alliance, amity, arpeggio,
arrangement, array, assent, attune, attunement, bipartisanship,
bonds of harmony, broken chord, brotherly love, calmness,
capitulation, caritas, cartel, cement of friendship, charity,
chime, chiming, chord, chorus, coaction, coadjuvancy,
coadministration, coagency, cochairmanship, codirectorship,
coherence, coincide, coincidence, collaboration, collaborativeness,
collectivism, collusion, comity, commensalism, common assent,
common chord, common consent, common effort, common enterprise,
communalism, communion, communism, communitarianism, community,
community of interests, compatibility, complicity, concento,
concentus, concert, concordance, concordat, concur, concurrence,
conformance, conformation, conformity, congeniality, congruence,
congruency, congruity, consensus, consensus gentium,
consensus of opinion, consensus omnium, consent, consentaneity,
consistency, consonance, consonancy, consonant chord, consort,
convention, cooperation, cooperativeness, correspondence,
deployment, diapason, diminished seventh chord, disposal,
disposition, dominant chord, duet, duumvirate, ecumenicalism,
ecumenicism, ecumenism, empathy, enharmonic, entente,
entente cordiale, equivalence, esprit, esprit de corps, euphony,
feeling of identity, fellow feeling, fellowship, formation,
frictionlessness, friendship, general acclamation,
general agreement, general consent, general voice, good vibes,
good vibrations, goodwill, happy family, harmonics, harmonize,
harmony, heavy harmony, homophony, identity,
international agreement, intersection, joining of forces,
joint effort, joint operation, kinship, layout, league,
like-mindedness, lineup, love, major triad, marshaling,
mass action, meeting of minds, minor chord, monochord, monody,
morale, mutual assistance, mutual understanding,
mutual-defense treaty, mutualism, mutuality, nonaggression pact,
octet, one accord, one voice, oneness, order, organization,
overlap, pact, paction, parallelism, peace, placidity, pooling,
pooling of resources, proportion, pulling together, quartet, quiet,
quietude, quintet, rapport, rapprochement, reciprocity, regularity,
routine, same mind, self-consistency, septet, serenity, setup,
seventh chord, sextet, sharing, single voice, sixth chord,
solidarity, structure, symbiosis, symmetry, sympathy, symphony,
sync, synchronism, synchronization, synergism, synergy, system,
tally, team spirit, teamwork, three-part harmony, timing,
tonic triad, total agreement, tranquillity, treaty, triad, trio,
triumvirate, troika, tune, unanimity, unanimousness,
unbroken chord, understanding, uniformity, union, unison,
unisonance, united action, unity, universal agreement
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
CONCORD, estates, conveyances, practice. An agreement or supposed agreement
between the parties in levying a fine of lands, in which the deforciant (or
he who keeps the other out of possession,) acknowledges that the lands in
question, are the right of the complainant;. and from the acknowledgment or
recognition of right thus made, the party who levies the fine is called the
cognisor, and the person to whom it is levied, the cognisee. 2 Bl. Com. 350;
Cruise, Dig. tit. 35, c. 2, s. 33; Com. Dig. Fine, E 9.
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Concord, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 160
Housing Units (2000): 70
Land area (2000): 0.128250 sq. miles (0.332166 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.128250 sq. miles (0.332166 sq. km)
FIPS code: 10250
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 42.384224 N, 96.989072 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68728
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Headwords:
Concord, NE
Concord
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Concord, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas
Population (2000): 255
Housing Units (2000): 119
Land area (2000): 2.829045 sq. miles (7.327193 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.004726 sq. miles (0.012240 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.833771 sq. miles (7.339433 sq. km)
FIPS code: 15100
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 35.664263 N, 91.845948 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 72523
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Headwords:
Concord, AR
Concord
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Concord, CA -- U.S. city in California
Population (2000): 121780
Housing Units (2000): 45083
Land area (2000): 30.136300 sq. miles (78.052655 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 30.136300 sq. miles (78.052655 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16000
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 37.967825 N, 122.015135 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 94518 94519 94520 94521
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Concord, CA
Concord
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Concord, NH -- U.S. city in New Hampshire
Population (2000): 40687
Housing Units (2000): 16881
Land area (2000): 64.290509 sq. miles (166.511646 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.234110 sq. miles (8.376307 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 67.524619 sq. miles (174.887953 sq. km)
FIPS code: 14200
Located within: New Hampshire (NH), FIPS 33
Location: 43.220093 N, 71.549127 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 03301
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Headwords:
Concord, NH
Concord
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Concord, NC -- U.S. city in North Carolina
Population (2000): 55977
Housing Units (2000): 22485
Land area (2000): 51.578432 sq. miles (133.587519 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.011745 sq. miles (0.030419 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 51.590177 sq. miles (133.617938 sq. km)
FIPS code: 14100
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.404340 N, 80.600474 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 28025 28027
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Headwords:
Concord, NC
Concord
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Concord, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia
Population (2000): 336
Housing Units (2000): 128
Land area (2000): 0.832662 sq. miles (2.156585 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.832662 sq. miles (2.156585 sq. km)
FIPS code: 19168
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 33.090848 N, 84.438913 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 30206
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Headwords:
Concord, GA
Concord
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Concord, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 176
Housing Units (2000): 70
Land area (2000): 0.262595 sq. miles (0.680119 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.262595 sq. miles (0.680119 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16054
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 39.816153 N, 90.370070 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 62631
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Headwords:
Concord, IL
Concord
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Concord, AL -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alabama
Population (2000): 1809
Housing Units (2000): 790
Land area (2000): 3.371409 sq. miles (8.731910 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.017078 sq. miles (0.044231 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.388487 sq. miles (8.776141 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16936
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 33.469092 N, 87.038163 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Concord, AL
Concord
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Concord, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
Population (2000): 28
Housing Units (2000): 16
Land area (2000): 0.058530 sq. miles (0.151591 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.016078 sq. miles (0.041642 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.074608 sq. miles (0.193233 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16894
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 38.687320 N, 83.490696 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Concord, KY
Concord
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Concord, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
Population (2000): 1101
Housing Units (2000): 499
Land area (2000): 1.471065 sq. miles (3.810041 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.099999 sq. miles (0.258995 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.571064 sq. miles (4.069036 sq. km)
FIPS code: 17740
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 42.177122 N, 84.645528 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 49237
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Concord, MI
Concord
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Concord, MO -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Missouri
Population (2000): 16689
Housing Units (2000): 7079
Land area (2000): 5.513461 sq. miles (14.279797 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.513461 sq. miles (14.279797 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16030
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 38.514386 N, 90.353666 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Concord, MO
Concord