Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Azedarach \A*zed"a*rach\, n. [F. az['e]darac, Sp. acederaque,
   Pers. [=a]z[=a]ddirakht noble tree.]
   1. (Bot.) A handsome Asiatic tree ({Melia azedarach}), common
      in the southern United States; -- called also, {Pride of
      India}, {Pride of China}, and {Bead tree}.

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

Margosa \Mar*go"sa\, n. [Pg. amargoso bitter.] (Bot.)
   A large tree of genus {Melia} ({M. 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 {M. 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.

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} ({D. Chiensis}) having variously colored single
      or double flowers; Indian pink.

   {China root} (Med.), the rootstock of a species of {Smilax}
      ({S. 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.

   {China ware}, porcelain; -- so called in the 17th century
      because brought from the far East, and differing from the
      pottery made in Europe at that time; also, loosely,
      crockery in general.

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