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abaci
(encz) | abaci,počítadla n: pl. en abacus fjey |
Abaci
(gcide) | Abacus \Ab"a*cus\ ([a^]b"[.a]*k[u^]s), n.; E. pl. Abacuses; L.
pl. Abaci (-s[imac]). [L. abacus, abax, Gr. 'a`bax]
1. A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for
drawing, calculating, etc. [Obs.]
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2. A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing
arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or
counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units,
the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China.
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3. (Arch.)
(a) The uppermost member or division of the capital of a
column, immediately under the architrave. See
Column.
(b) A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or
mosaic work.
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4. A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated
compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a
kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.
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Abacus harmonicus (Mus.), an ancient diagram showing the
structure and disposition of the keys of an instrument.
--Crabb.
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abaci
(encz) | abaci,počítadla n: pl. en abacus fjey |
abacinate
(encz) | abacinate,vypálit oči v: Lukáš Jirkovský |
Abacinate
(gcide) | Abacinate \A*bac"i*nate\ ([.a]*b[a^]s"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t. [LL.
abacinatus, p. p. of abacinare; ab off + bacinus a basin.]
To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes. [R.]
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Abacination
(gcide) | Abacination \A*bac`i*na"tion\ ([.a]*b[a^]s`[i^]*n[=a]"sh[u^]n),
n.
The act of abacinating. [R.]
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Abaciscus
(gcide) | Abaciscus \Ab`a*cis"cus\ ([a^]b`[.a]*s[i^]s"k[u^]s), n. [Gr.
'abaki`skos, dim of 'a`bax. See Abacus.] (Arch.)
One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an
abaculus.
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Abacist
(gcide) | Abacist \Ab"a*cist\ ([a^]b"[.a]*s[i^]st), n. [LL abacista, fr.
abacus.]
One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.
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abacinate
(wn) | abacinate
v 1: blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's
eyes; "The prisoners were abacinated by their captors" |
bemisia tabaci
(wn) | Bemisia tabaci
n 1: a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from
the Middle East then spread to California where it is a
very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and
poinsettias [syn: superbug, Bemisia tabaci, {poinsettia
strain}] |
peronospora tabacina
(wn) | Peronospora tabacina
n 1: fungus causing a serious disease in tobacco plants
characterized by bluish-grey mildew on undersides of leaves
[syn: blue mold fungus, Peronospora tabacina] |
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