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Pride \Pride\, n. [AS. pr[=y]te; akin to Icel. pr[=y][eth]i
honor, ornament, pr??a to adorn, Dan. pryde, Sw. pryda; cf.
W. prydus comely. See {Proud}.]
1. The quality or state of being proud; inordinate
self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own
superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which
manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and
often in contempt of others.

Those that walk in pride he is able to abase. --Dan.
iv. 37.

Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt.
--Franklin.

2. A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is
beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble
self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing;
proud delight; -- in a good sense.

Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride.
--Goldsmith.

A people which takes no pride in the noble
achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve
anything worthy to be remembered with pride by
remote descendants. --Macaulay.

3. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or
arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct;
insolent exultation; disdain.

Let not the foot of pride come against me. --Ps.
xxxvi. 11.

That hardly we escaped the pride of France. --Shak.

4. That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or
self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem,
or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty,
ornament, noble character, children, etc.

Lofty trees yclad with summer's pride. --Spenser.

I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. --Zech.
ix. 6.

A bold peasantry, their country's pride.
--Goldsmith.

5. Show; ostentation; glory.

Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war.
--Shak.

6. Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory;
as, to be in the pride of one's life.

A falcon, towering in her pride of place. --Shak.

7. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits;
mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an
excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast. [Obs.]

{Pride of India}, or {Pride of China}. (Bot.) See {Margosa}.


{Pride of the desert} (Zo["o]l.), the camel.

Syn: Self-exaltation; conceit; hauteur; haughtiness;
lordliness; loftiness.

Usage: {Pride}, {Vanity}. Pride is a high or an excessive
esteem of one's self for some real or imagined
superiority, as rank, wealth, talents, character, etc.
Vanity is the love of being admired, praised, exalted,
etc., by others. Vanity is an ostentation of pride;
but one may have great pride without displaying it.
Vanity, which is etymologically ``emptiness,'' is
applied especially to the exhibition of pride in
superficialities, as beauty, dress, wealth, etc.


Margosa \Mar*go"sa\, n. [Pg. amargoso bitter.] (Bot.)
A large tree of the genus {Melia} ({Melia Azadirachta}) found
in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable
oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes
from its trunk. The {Melia Azedarach} is a much more showy
tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where
it is known as {Pride of India}, {Pride of China}, or {bead
tree}. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic.

The margosa oil . . . is a most valuable balsam for
wounds, having a peculiar smell which prevents the
attacks of flies. --Sir S.
Baker.


Azedarach \A*zed"a*rach\, azederach \azederach\, n. [F.
az['e]darac, Sp. acederaque, Pers. [=a]z[=a]ddirakht noble
tree.]
1. (Bot.) a handsome tree ({Melia azedarach}) of the mahogany
family, native to Northern India and China, having long
clusters of fragrant purple blossoms and small ornamental
but inedible yellow fruits. It has been naturalized as a
shade tree and is common in the southern United States; --
called also, {chinaberry}, {China tree}, {Pride of India},
{Pride of China}, and {Bead tree}.

Syn: chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac,
pride-of-India, azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia
azedarach
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

2. (Med.) The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a
cathartic and emetic.


China \Chi"na\, n.
1. A country in Eastern Asia.

2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for
porcelain. See {Porcelain}.

{China aster} (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant.
See {Aster}.

{China bean}. See under {Bean}, 1.

{China clay} See {Kaolin}.

{China grass}, Same as {Ramie}.

{China ink}. See {India ink}.

{China pink} (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of
{Dianthus} ({Dianthus Chiensis}) having variously colored
single or double flowers; Indian pink.

{China root} (Med.), the rootstock of a species of {Smilax}
({Smilax China}, from the East Indies; -- formerly much
esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used
for. Also the galanga root (from {Alpinia Gallanga} and
{Alpinia officinarum}).

{China rose}. (Bot.)
(a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of
rose derived from the {Rosa Indica}, and perhaps other
species.
(b) A flowering hothouse plant ({Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis})
of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China
and the east Indies.

{China shop}, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or
of crockery.

{Pride of China}, {China tree}. (Bot.) See {Azedarach}.