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garland
(encz) | garland,girlanda n: Zdeněk Brož |
garland
(encz) | garland,věnec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Garland
(gcide) | Garland \Gar"land\, n. [OE. garland, gerlond, OF. garlande, F.
guirlande; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. wiara, wiera, crown,
pure gold, MHG. wieren to adorn.]
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1. The crown of a king. [Obs.] --Graffon.
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2. A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or
feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on
the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath. --Pope.
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3. The top; the thing most prized. --Shak.
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4. A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
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They [ballads] began to be collected into little
miscellanies under the name of garlands. --Percy.
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5. (Naut.)
(a) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision
in.
(b) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for
convenience in handling.
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Garland
(gcide) | Garland \Gar"land\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garlanded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Garlanding.]
To deck with a garland. --B. Jonson.
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garland
(wn) | Garland
n 1: United States singer and film actress (1922-1969) [syn:
Garland, Judy Garland]
2: a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas)
3: an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads
etc. [syn: florilegium, garland, miscellany]
4: flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage
or flowers for ornamental purposes [syn: wreath, garland,
coronal, chaplet, lei]
v 1: adorn with bands of flowers or leaves; "They garlanded the
statue" |
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garland crab
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garland flower
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Disgarland
(gcide) | Disgarland \Dis*gar"land\, v. t.
To strip of a garland. [Poetic] "Thy locks disgarland."
--Drummond.
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Engarland
(gcide) | Engarland \En*gar"land\, v. t. [Pref. en- + garland: cf. F.
enguirlander.]
To encircle with a garland, or with garlands. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Garland
(gcide) | Garland \Gar"land\, n. [OE. garland, gerlond, OF. garlande, F.
guirlande; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. wiara, wiera, crown,
pure gold, MHG. wieren to adorn.]
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1. The crown of a king. [Obs.] --Graffon.
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2. A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or
feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on
the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath. --Pope.
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3. The top; the thing most prized. --Shak.
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4. A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
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They [ballads] began to be collected into little
miscellanies under the name of garlands. --Percy.
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5. (Naut.)
(a) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision
in.
(b) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for
convenience in handling.
[1913 Webster]Garland \Gar"land\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garlanded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Garlanding.]
To deck with a garland. --B. Jonson.
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garland honeysuckle
(gcide) | French \French\ (fr[e^]nch), prop. a. [AS. frencisc, LL.
franciscus, from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis,
franchois, fran[,c]ois, F. fran[,c]ais. See Frank, a., and
cf. Frankish.]
Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.
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French bean (Bot.), the common kidney bean ({Phaseolus
vulgaris}).
French berry (Bot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn
(Rhamnus catharticus), which affords a saffron, green or
purple pigment.
French casement (Arch.) See French window, under
Window.
French chalk (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used
for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk.
French cowslip (Bot.) The Primula Auricula. See
Bear's-ear.
French fake (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running it
backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run
freely.
French honeysuckle (Bot.) a plant of the genus Hedysarum
(H. coronarium); -- called also garland honeysuckle.
French horn, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a
long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually
expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the
sound issues; -- called in France cor de chasse.
French leave, an informal, hasty, or secret departure;
esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts.
French pie [French (here used in sense of "foreign") + pie
a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)]
(Zool.), the European great spotted woodpecker ({Dryobstes
major}); -- called also wood pie.
French polish.
(a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of
gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or
shellac with other gums added.
(b) The glossy surface produced by the application of the
above.
French purple, a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used
for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of
mordants. --Ure.
French red rouge.
French rice, amelcorn.
French roof (Arch.), a modified form of mansard roof having
a nearly flat deck for the upper slope.
French tub, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and
logwood; -- called also plum tub. --Ure.
French window. See under Window.
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Garlanded
(gcide) | Garland \Gar"land\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garlanded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Garlanding.]
To deck with a garland. --B. Jonson.
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Garlanding
(gcide) | Garland \Gar"land\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garlanded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Garlanding.]
To deck with a garland. --B. Jonson.
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Garlandless
(gcide) | Garlandless \Gar"land*less\, a.
Destitute of a garland. --Shelley.
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Shot garland
(gcide) | Shot \Shot\, n.; pl. Shotor Shots. [OE. shot, schot, AS.
gesceot a missile; akin to D. schot a shot, shoot, G. schuss,
geschoss a missile, Icel. skot a throwing, a javelin, and E.
shoot, v.t. [root]159. See Shoot, and cf. Shot a share.]
1. The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other
weapon which throws a missile.
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He caused twenty shot of his greatest cannon to be
made at the king's army. --Clarendon.
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2. A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet;
specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from
firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive.
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Note: Shot used in war is of various kinds, classified
according to the material of which it is composed, into
lead, wrought-iron, and cast-iron; according to form,
into spherical and oblong; according to structure and
modes of operation, into solid, hollow, and case. See
Bar shot, Chain shot, etc., under Bar, Chain,
etc.
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3. Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used
chiefly as the projectiles in shotguns for killing game;
as, bird shot; buckshot.
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4. The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or
can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a
cannon shot.
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5. A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent
shot.
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6. (Fisheries)
(a) A cast of a net.
(b) The entire throw of nets at one time.
(c) A place or spot for setting nets.
(d) A single draft or catch of fish made.
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7. (Athletics) A spherical weight, to be put, or thrown, in
competition for distance.
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8. A stroke, throw, or other action to propel a ball or other
game piece in certain games, as in billiards, hockey,
basketball, curling, etc.; also, a move, as in chess.
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9. A guess; conjecture; also, an attempt. [Colloq.] "I'll
take a shot at it."
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Shot belt, a belt having a pouch or compartment for
carrying shot.
Shot cartridge, a cartridge containing powder and small
shot, forming a charge for a shotgun.
Shot garland (Naut.), a wooden frame to contain shot,
secured to the coamings and ledges round the hatchways of
a ship.
Shot gauge, an instrument for measuring the diameter of
round shot. --Totten.
shot hole, a hole made by a shot or bullet discharged.
Shot locker (Naut.), a strongly framed compartment in the
hold of a vessel, for containing shot.
Shot of a cable (Naut.), the splicing of two or more cables
together, or the whole length of the cables thus united.
Shot prop (Naut.), a wooden prop covered with tarred hemp,
to stop a hole made by the shot of an enemy in a ship's
side.
Shot tower, a lofty tower for making shot, by dropping from
its summit melted lead in slender streams. The lead forms
spherical drops which cool in the descent, and are
received in water or other liquid.
Shot window, a window projecting from the wall. Ritson,
quoted by Halliwell, explains it as a window that opens
and shuts; and Wodrow describes it as a window of shutters
made of timber and a few inches of glass above them.
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garland crab
(wn) | garland crab
n 1: medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink
blossoms and small yellow fruit [syn: {American crab
apple}, garland crab, Malus coronaria] |
garland flower
(wn) | garland flower
n 1: widely cultivated low evergreen shrub with dense clusters
of fragrant pink to deep rose flowers [syn: {garland
flower}, Daphne cneorum] |
judy garland
(wn) | Judy Garland
n 1: United States singer and film actress (1922-1969) [syn:
Garland, Judy Garland] |
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