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Alman
(gcide) | Almain \Al"main\ ([a^]l"m[=a]n), Almayne \Al"mayne\ (-m[=a]n),
Alman \Al"man\ (-man), n. [OF. Aleman, F. Allemand, fr. L.
Alemanni, ancient Ger. tribes.] [Obs.]
1. A German. Also adj., German. --Shak.
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2. The German language. --J. Foxe.
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3. A kind of dance. See Allemande.
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Almain rivets, Almayne rivets, or Alman rivets, a sort
of light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping
plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great
flexibility.
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almanac
(encz) | almanac,almanach n: Zdeněk Brožalmanac,ročenka n: Zdeněk Brož |
almandine
(encz) | almandine,almandin n: Zdeněk Brož |
coalman
(encz) | coalman,uhlíř n: Zdeněk Brož |
signalman
(encz) | signalman,signalista n: Zdeněk Brož |
almanach
(czen) | almanach,almanacn: Zdeněk Brož |
almandin
(czen) | almandin,almandinen: Zdeněk Brož |
Alman rivets
(gcide) | Almain \Al"main\ ([a^]l"m[=a]n), Almayne \Al"mayne\ (-m[=a]n),
Alman \Al"man\ (-man), n. [OF. Aleman, F. Allemand, fr. L.
Alemanni, ancient Ger. tribes.] [Obs.]
1. A German. Also adj., German. --Shak.
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2. The German language. --J. Foxe.
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3. A kind of dance. See Allemande.
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Almain rivets, Almayne rivets, or Alman rivets, a sort
of light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping
plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great
flexibility.
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Almanac
(gcide) | Almanac \Al"ma*nac\ (?; 277), n. [LL. almanac, almanach: cf. F.
almanach, Sp. almanaque, It. almanacco, all of uncertain
origin.]
A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months,
to which astronomical data and various statistics are often
added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun
and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of
churches, terms of courts, etc.
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Nautical almanac, an almanac, or year book, containing
astronomical calculations (lunar, stellar, etc.), and
other information useful to mariners.
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Almandine
(gcide) | Almandine \Al"man*dine\, n. [LL. almandina, alamandina, for L.
alabandina a precious stone, named after Alabanda, a town in
Caria, where it was first and chiefly found: cf. F.
almandine.] (Min.)
The common red variety of garnet.
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Clog almanac
(gcide) | Clog \Clog\ (kl[o^]g), n. [OE. clogge clog, Scot. clag, n., a
clot, v., to to obstruct, cover with mud or anything
adhesive; prob. of the same origin as E. clay.]
1. That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an
encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.
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All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and
institutions of England are so many clogs to check
and retard the headlong course of violence and
opression. --Burke.
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2. A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or
an animal to hinder motion.
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As a dog . . . but chance breaks loose,
And quits his clog. --Hudibras.
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A clog of lead was round my feet. --Tennyson.
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3. A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet,
or to increase the apparent stature, and having,
therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine.
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In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the
middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs.
--Harvey.
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Clog almanac, a primitive kind of almanac or calendar,
formerly used in England, made by cutting notches and
figures on the four edges of a clog, or square piece of
wood, brass, or bone; -- called also a Runic staff, from
the Runic characters used in the numerical notation.
Clog dance, a dance performed by a person wearing clogs, or
thick-soled shoes.
Clog dancer.
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Dalmania
(gcide) | Dalmania \Dal*ma"ni*a\, n. [From Dalman, the geologist.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of trilobites, of many species, common in the Upper
Silurian and Devonian rocks.
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Dalmanites
(gcide) | Dalmanites \Dal`ma*ni"tes\, n.
Same as Dalmania.
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Metalman
(gcide) | Metalman \Met"al*man\, n.; pl. Metalmen.
A worker in metals.
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Nautical almanac
(gcide) | Nautical \Nau"tic*al\, a. [L. nauticus, Gr. naytiko`s, fr.
nay`ths a seaman, sailor, fr. nay^s ship: cf. F. nautique.
See Nave of a church.]
Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to
ships; as, nautical skill.
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Syn: Naval; marine; maritime. See Naval.
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Nautical almanac. See under Almanac.
Nautical distance, the length in nautical miles of the
rhumb line joining any two places on the earth's surface.
nautical mile. See under Mile.
[1913 Webster]Almanac \Al"ma*nac\ (?; 277), n. [LL. almanac, almanach: cf. F.
almanach, Sp. almanaque, It. almanacco, all of uncertain
origin.]
A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months,
to which astronomical data and various statistics are often
added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun
and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of
churches, terms of courts, etc.
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Nautical almanac, an almanac, or year book, containing
astronomical calculations (lunar, stellar, etc.), and
other information useful to mariners.
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Odalman
(gcide) | Odalman \O"dal*man\, Odalwoman \O"dal*wom`an\, n. (Teut. Law)
A man or woman having odal, or able to share in it by
inheritance.
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Signalman
(gcide) | Signalman \Sig"nal*man\, n.; pl. -men.
A man whose business is to manage or display signals;
especially, one employed in setting the signals by which
railroad trains are run or warned.
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Udalman
(gcide) | Udal \U"dal\ ([=u]"dal), n. & a. Udalborn \U"dal*born`\, Udaler
\U"dal*er\, Udalman \U"dal*man\, etc.[Icel. [=o][eth]al
allodium, an hereditary estate; akin to Sw. odal allodial,
Dan. odel.]
Vars. of Odal, etc.; property held by udal, or allodial,
right -- Obs. exc. in Shetland and the Orkney Islands, where
udal designates a freehold, land held in fee simple without
any charter and free of any feudal character.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Udaler \U"dal*er\, Udalman \U"dal*man\, n.
In the Shetland and Orkney Islands, one who holds property by
udal, or allodial, right. --Sir W. Scott.
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ahmed salman rushdie
(wn) | Ahmed Salman Rushdie
n 1: British writer of novels who was born in India; one of his
novels is regarded as blasphemous by Muslims and a fatwa
was issued condemning him to death (born in 1947) [syn:
Rushdie, Salman Rushdie, Ahmed Salman Rushdie] |
almanac
(wn) | almanac
n 1: an annual publication including weather forecasts and other
miscellaneous information arranged according to the
calendar of a given year [syn: almanac, {farmer's
calendar}]
2: an annual publication containing tabular information in a
particular field or fields arranged according to the calendar
of a given year |
almandine
(wn) | almandine
n 1: a purple variety of the ruby spinel
2: a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate [syn:
almandite, almandine] |
almandite
(wn) | almandite
n 1: a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate
[syn: almandite, almandine] |
coalman
(wn) | coalman
n 1: someone who delivers coal |
dalmane
(wn) | Dalmane
n 1: tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia
[syn: flurazepam, flurazepam hydrochloride, Dalmane] |
salman rushdie
(wn) | Salman Rushdie
n 1: British writer of novels who was born in India; one of his
novels is regarded as blasphemous by Muslims and a fatwa
was issued condemning him to death (born in 1947) [syn:
Rushdie, Salman Rushdie, Ahmed Salman Rushdie] |
signalman
(wn) | signalman
n 1: a railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a
railroad yard |
ALMANAC
(bouvier) | ALMANAC. A table or calendar, in which are set down the revolutions of the
seasons, the rising and setting of the sun, the phases of the moon, the most
remarkable conjunctions, positions and phenomena of the heavenly bodies, the
months of the year, the days of the month and week, and a variety of other
matter.
2. The courts will take judicial notice of the almanac; for example,
whether a certain day of the month was on a Sunday or not. Vin. Ab. h.t.; 6
Mod. 41; Cro. Eliz. 227, pl. 12; 12 Vin. Ab. Evidence (A, b, 4.) In dating
instruments, some sects, the Quakers, for example, instead of writing
January, February, March, &c., use the terms, First month, Second month,
Third month, &c., and these are equally valid in such writings. Vide 1
Smith's Laws of Pennsylvania, 217.
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