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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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MUSH'ROOM, n.
An edible
fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears
a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus.
This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the
under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but
gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is
proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a
pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated
from spawn.
One who rises suddenly from a low
condition in life; an upstart.
Bacon. Of or pertaining to mushrooms; as, mushroom
catchup.
Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth
and shortness of duration; short-lived; ephemerial; as,
mushroom cities.
Mushroom anchor, an anchor shaped like a mushroom, capable of grasping the ground in whatever way it falls. -- Mushroom coral (Zoöl.), any coral of the genus Fungia. See Fungia. -- Mushroom spawn (Bot.), the mycelium, or primary filamentous growth, of the mushroom; also, cakes of earth and manure containing this growth, which are used for propagation of the mushroom. | ||||||||