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yellow, aureate, golden, flavous|, citrine, fallow; fulvous[obs3], fulvid[ob s3]; sallow, luteous[obs3], tawny, creamy, sandy; xanthic[obs3], xanthous[obs3]; jaundiced- auricomous[obs3]. gold-colored, citron-colored, saffron-colored, lem on-colored, lemon yellow, sulphur-colored, amber-colored, straw-colored, primros e-colored, creamcolored; xanthocarpous[obs3], xanthochroid[obs3], xanthopous[obs 3]. yellow as a quince, yellow as a guinea, yellow as a crow's foot. warm, advan cing. #437. Purple. N. purple &c. adj.; blue and red, bishop's purple; aniline dyes, gridelin[obs3], amethyst; purpure[Heraldry]; heliotrope. lividness, lividity. V. empurple[obs3]. Adj. purple, violet, ultraviolet; plum-colored, lavender, lilac, puce, mauve; livid. #438. Blueness. N. blue &c. adj.; garter-blue; watchet|. [Pigments] ultramarine, smalt, cobalt, cyanogen[Chemsub]; Prussian blue, syenite blue[obs3]; bice[obs3], indigo; zaffer[obs3]. lapis lazuli, sapphire, turquoise; indicolite[obs3]. blueness, bluishness; bloom. Adj. blue, azure, cerulean; sky-blue, sky-colored, sky-dyed; cerulescent[obs3]; powder blue, bluish; atmospheric, retiring; cold. #439. Orange. N. orange, red and yellow; gold; or; flame &c. color, adj. [Pigments] ocher, Mars'orange[obs3], cadmium. cardinal bird, cardinal flower, cardinal grosbeak, cardinal lobelia[a flowering plant]. V. gild, warm. Adj. orange; ochreous[obs3]; orange-colored, gold-colored, flame-colored, copper-colored, brass-colored, apricot-colored; warm, hot, glowing. #440. Variegation. N. variegation; colors, dichroism, trichroism; iridescence, p lay of colors, polychrome, maculation, spottiness, striae. spectrum, rainbow, ir is, tulip, peacock, chameleon, butterfly, tortoise shell; mackerel, mackerel sky ; zebra, leopard, cheetah, nacre, ocelot, ophite[obs3], mother-of-pearl, opal, m arble. check, plaid, tartan, patchwork; marquetry-, parquetry; mosaic, tesserae[ obs3], strigae[obs3]; chessboard, checkers, chequers; harlequin; Joseph's coat; tricolor. V. be variegated &c. adj.; variegate, stripe, streak, checker, chequer ; bespeckle[obs3], speckle; besprinkle, sprinkle; stipple, maculate, dot, bespot [obs3]; tattoo, inlay, damascene; embroider, braid, quilt. Adj. variegated &c. v .; many-colored, many-hued; divers-colored, party-colored; dichromatic, polychro matic; bicolor[obs3], tricolor, versicolor[obs3]; of all the colors of the rainb ow, of all manner of colors; kaleidoscopic. iridescent; opaline[obs3], opalescen t; prismatic, nacreous, pearly, shot, gorge de pigeon, chatoyant[obs3]; irisated [obs3], pavonine[obs3]. pied, piebald; motley; mottled, marbled; pepper and salt , paned, dappled, clouded, cymophanous[obs3]. mosaic, tesselated, plaid; tortois e shell &c. n. spotted, spotty; punctated[obs3], powdered; speckled &c. v.; frec kled, flea-bitten, studded; flecked, fleckered[obs3]; striated, barred, veined; brinded[obs3], brindled; tabby; watered; grizzled; listed; embroidered &c. v.; d aedal[obs3]; naevose[obs3], stipiform[obs3]; strigose[obs3], striolate[obs3]. < p. 123 > % (iii) PERCEPTIONS OF LIGHT %

#441. Vision. N. vision, sight, optics, eyesight. view, look, espial[obs3], glan ce, ken, coup d'oeil[Fr]; glimpse, glint, peep; gaze, stare, leer; perlustration [obs3], contemplation; conspection|, conspectuity|; regard, survey; introspectio n; reconnaissance, speculation, watch, espionage, espionnage[Fr], autopsy; ocula r inspection, ocular demonstration; sight-seeing. point of view; gazebo, loophol e, belvedere, watchtower. field of view; theater, amphitheater, arena, vista, ho rizon; commanding view, bird's eye view; periscope. visual organ, organ of visio n; eye; naked eye, unassisted eye; retina, pupil, iris, cornea, white; optics, o rbs; saucer eyes, goggle eyes, gooseberry eyes. short sight &c. 443; clear sight , sharp sight, quick sight, eagle sight, piercing sight, penetrating sight, clea r glance, sharp glance, quick glance, eagle glance, piercing glance, penetrating glance, clear eye, sharp eye, quick eye, eagle eye, piercing eye, penetrating e ye; perspicacity, discernment; catopsis[obs3]. eagle, hawk; cat, lynx; Argus[obs 3]. evil eye; basilisk, cockatrice [Mythical]. V. see, behold, discern, perceive , have in sight, descry, sight, make out, discover, distinguish, recognize, spy, espy, ken; get a sight of, have a sight of, catch a sight of, get a glimpse of, have a glimpse of, catch a glimpse of; command a view of; witness, contemplate, speculate; cast the eyes on, set the eyes on; be a spectator &c. 444 of; look o n &c. (be present) 186; see sights &c. (curiosity) 455; see at a glance &c. (int elligence) 498. look, view, eye; lift up the eyes, open one's eye; look at, look on, look upon, look over, look about one, look round; survey, scan, inspect; ru n the eye over, run the eye through; reconnoiter, glance round, glance on, glanc e over turn one's looks upon, bend one's looks upon; direct the eyes to, turn th e eyes on, cast a glance. observe &c. (attend to) 457; watch &c. (care) 459; see with one's own eyes; watch for &c. (expect) 507; peep, peer, pry, take a peep; play at bopeep[obs3]. look full in the face, look hard at, look intently; strain one's eyes; fix the eyes upon, rivet the eyes upon; stare, gaze; pore over, glo at on; leer, ogle, glare; goggle; cock the eye, squint, gloat, look askance. Adj . seeing &c. v.; visual, ocular; optic, optical; ophthalmic. clear-eyesighted &c . n.; eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, lynx-eyed, keen-eyed, Argus-eyed. visible &c. 446. Adv. visibly &c. 446; in sight of, with one's eyes open at sight, at first sight , at a glance, at the first blush; prima facie[Lat]. Int. look! &c. (attention) 457. Phr. the scales falling from one's eyes; "an eye like Mars to threaten or c ommand" [Hamlet]; "her eyes are homes of silent prayer" [Tennyson]; "looking bef ore and after" [Hamlet]; "thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes" [Milton]. #442. Blindness. N. blindness, cecity[obs3], excecation|, amaurosis[obs3], catar act, ablepsy|, ablepsia[obs3], prestriction|; dim- sightedness &c. 443; Braille, Braille-type; guttaserena ("drop serene"), noctograph[obs3], teichopsia[obs3]. V. be blind &c. adj.; not see; lose sight of; have the eyes bandaged; grope in t he dark. not look; close the eyes, shut the eyes-, turn away the eyes, avert the eyes; look another way; wink &c. (limited vision) 443; shut the eyes to, be bli nd to, wink at, blink at. render blind &c. adj.; blind, blindfold; hoodwink, daz zle, put one's eyes out; throw dust into one's eyes, pull the wool over one's ey es; jeter de la poudre aux yeux[Fr]; screen from sight &c. (hide) 528. Adj. blin d; eyeless, sightless, visionless; dark; stone-blind, sand- blind, stark-blind; undiscerning[obs3]; dimsighted &c. 443. blind as a bat, blind as a buzzard, blin d as a beetle, blind as a mole, blind as an owl; wall-eyed. blinded &c. v. Adv. blindly, blindfold, blindfolded; darkly. Phr. "O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaz e of noon" [Milton]. < p. 124 > #443. [Imperfect vision.] Dimsightedness. [Fallacies of vision.] N. dim sight, d ull sight half sight, short sight, near sight, long sight, double sight, astigma tic sight, failing sight; dimsightedness &c.; purblindness, lippitude[obs3]; myo pia, presbyopia[obs3]; confusion of vision; astigmatism; color blindness, chroma to-pseudo-blepsis[obs3], Daltonism; nyctalopia[obs3]; strabismus, strabism[obs3] , squint; blearedness[obs3], day blindness, hemeralopia[obs3], nystagmus; xantho cyanopia[obs3], xanthopsia[Med]; cast in the eye, swivel eye, goggle- eyes; obli

quity of vision. winking &c. v.; nictitation; blinkard[obs3], albino. dizziness, swimming, scotomy[obs3]; cataract; ophthalmia. [Limitation of vision] blinker; screen &c. (hider) 530. [Fallacies of vision] deceptio visus[Lat]; refraction, d istortion, illusion, false light, anamorphosis[obs3], virtual image, spectrum, m irage, looming, phasma|; phantasm, phantasma[obs3], phantom; vision; specter, ap parition, ghost; ignis fatuus &c. (luminary) 423 specter of the Brocken magic mi rror[Lat]; magic lantern &c. (show) 448; mirror lens &c. (instrument) 445. V. be dimsighted &c. n.; see double; have a mote in the eye, have a mist before the e yes, have a film over the eyes; see through a prism, see through a glass darkly; wink, blink, nictitate; squint; look askant[obs3], askant askance[obs3]; screw up the eyes, glare, glower; nictate[obs3]. dazzle, loom. Adj. dim-sighted &c. n. ; myopic, presbyopic[obs3]; astigmatic moon- eyed, mope-eyed, blear-eyed, goggle -eyed, gooseberry-eyed, one-eyed; blind of one eye, monoculous[obs3]; half-blind , purblind; cock-eyed, dim-eyed, mole-eyed; dichroic. blind as a bat &c. (blind) 442; winking &c. v. #444. Spectator. N. spectator, beholder, observer, looker-on, onlooker, witness, eyewitness, bystander, passer by; sightseer; rubberneck , rubbernecker * [U. S.]. spy; sentinel &c. (warning) 668. V. witness, behold &c. (see) 441; look on &c. (be present) 186; gawk, rubber *, rubberneck *[U.S.]. #445. Optical Instruments. N. optical instruments; lens, meniscus, magnifier, su nglass, magnifying glass, hand lens; microscope, megascope[obs3], tienoscope[obs 3]. spectacles, specs [coll.],glasses, barnacles, goggles, eyeglass, pince-nez, monocle, reading glasses, bifocals; contact lenses, soft lenses, hard lenses; su nglasses, shades[coll.]. periscopic lens[obs3]; telescope, glass, lorgnette; spy glass, opera glass, binocular, binoculars, field glass; burning glass, convex le ns, concave lens, convexo-concave lens[obs3], coated lens, multiple lens, compou nd lens, lens system, telephoto lens, wide-angle lens, fish-eye lens, zoom lens; optical bench. astronomical telescope, reflecting telescope, reflector, refract ing telescope, refractor, Newtonian telescope, folded-path telescope, finder tel escope, chromatoscope; X-ray telescope; radiotelescope, phased-array telescope, Very Large Array radiotelescope; ultraviolet telescope; infrared telescope; star spectroscope; space telescope. [telescope mounts] altazimuth mount, equatorial mount. refractometer, circular dichroism spectrometer. interferometer. phase-con trast microscope, fluorescence microscope, dissecting microscope; electron micro scope, transmission electron microscope; scanning electron microscope, SEM; scan ning tunneling electron microscope. [microscope components] objective lens, eyep iece, barrel, platform, focusing knob; slide, slide glass, cover glass, counting chamber; illuminator, light source, polarizer, [component parts of telescopes] reticle, cross-hairs. light pipe, fiber optics mirror, reflector, speculum; look ing-glass, pier-glass, cheval-glass, rear-view mirror, hand mirror, one-way mirr or, magnifying mirror. [room with distorting mirrors] fun house. prism, diffract ion grating; beam splitter, half-wave plate, quarter- wave plate. camera lucida[ Lat], camera obscura[Lat]; magic lantern &c. (show) 448; stereopticon; chromatro pe[obs3], thaumatrope[obs3]; stereoscope, pseudoscope[obs3], polyscope[obs3], ka leidoscope. photometer, eriometer[obs3], actinometer[obs3], lucimeter[obs3], rad iometer; ligth detector, photodiode, photomultiplier, photodiode array, photocel l. X-ray diffractometer, goniometer. spectrometer, monochrometer, UV spectromete r, visible spectrometer, Infrared spectrometer, Fourier transform infrared spect rometer, recording spectrometer; densitometer, scanning densitometer, two-dimens ional densitometer. abdominoscope[obs3], gastroscope[Med], helioscope[obs3], pol ariscope[obs3], polemoscope[obs3], spectroscope. abdominoscopy[obs3]; gastroscop y[Med]; microscopy, microscopist. #446. Visibility. N. visibility, perceptibility; conspicuousness, distinctness & c. adj.; conspicuity[obs3], conspicuousness; appearance &c. 448; bassetting[obs3

]; exposure; manifestation &c. 525; ocular proof, ocular evidence, ocular demons tration; field of view &c. (vision) 441; periscopism[obs3]. V. be become visible &c. adj.; appear, open to the view; meet the eye, catch the eye; basset; presen t itself, show manifest itself, produce itself, discover itself, reveal itself, expose itself, betray itself; stand forth, stand out; materialize; show; arise; peep out, peer out, crop out; start up, spring up, show up, turn up, crop up; gl immer, loom; glare; burst forth; burst upon the view, burst upon the sight; heav e in sight; come in sight, come into view, come out, come forth, come forward; s ee the light of day; break through the clouds; make its appearance, show its fac e, appear to one's eyes, come upon the stage, float before the eyes, speak for i tself &c. (manifest) 525; attract the attention &c. 457; reappear; live in a gla ss house. expose to view &c. 525. Adj. visible, perceptible, perceivable, discer nible, apparent; in view, in full view, in sight; exposed to view, en evidence; unclouded, unobscured[obs3], in the foreground. obvious &c. (manifest) 525; plai n, clear, distinct, definite; well defined, well marked; in focus; recognizable, palpable, autoptical[obs3]; glaring, staring, conspicuous; stereoscopic; in bol d, in strong relief. periscopic[obs3], panoramic. before one's eyes, under one's eyes; before one, vue d'oeil[Fr], in one's eye, oculis subjecta fidelibus[Lat]. Adv. visibly &c. adj.; in sight of; before one's eyes &c. adj.; veluti in specu lum[Lat]. #447. Invisibility. N. invisibility, invisibleness, nonappearance, imperceptibility; indistinctness &c. adj.; mystery, delitescence[obs3]. concealment &c. 528; latency &c. 526. V. be invisible &c. adj.; be hidden &c. (hide) 528; lurk &c. (lie hidden) 526; escape notice. render invisible &c. adj.; conceal &c. 528; put out of sight. not see &c. (be blind) 442; lose sight of. Adj. invisible, imperceptible; undiscernible[obs3], indiscernible; unapparent, non-apparent; out of sight, not in sight; a perte de vue[French]; behind the scenes, behind the curtain; viewless, sightless; inconspicuous, unconspicuous[obs3]; unseen &c. (see see &c. 441); covert &c. (latent) 526; eclipsed, under an eclipse. dim &c. (faint) 422; mysterious, dark, obscure, confused; indistinct, indistinguishable; shadowy, indefinite, undefined; ill-defined, ill-marked; blurred, fuzzy, out of focus; misty &c. (opaque) 426; delitescent[obs3]. hidden, obscured, covered, veiled (concealed) 528. Phr. "full many a flower is born to blush unseen" [Gray]. < p. 125 > #448. Appearance. N. appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, premonstrat ion|, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil[Fr]; lookout, outlook, prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture, tableau; display, exp osure, mise en scene[Fr]; rising of the curtain. phantasm, phantom &c. (fallacy of vision) 443. pageant, spectacle; peep-show, raree-show, gallanty-show; ombres chinoises[Sp]; magic lantern, phantasmagoria, dissolving views; biograph[obs3], cinematograph, moving pictures; panorama, diorama, cosmorama[obs3], georama[obs 3]; coup de theatre, jeu de theatre[Fr]; pageantry &c. (ostentation) 882; insign ia &c. (indication) 550. aspect, angle, phase, phasis[obs3], seeming; shape &c. (form) 240; guise, look, complexion, color, image, mien, air, cast, carriage, po rt, demeanor; presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing; point of vie w, light. lineament feature trait lines; outline, outside; contour, face, counte nance, physiognomy, visage, phiz[obs3],. cast of countenance, profile, tournure[ obs3], cut of one's jib, metoposcopy[obs3]; outside &c. 220.

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