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argil
(encz) | argil,hrnčířská hlína Zdeněk Brož |
Argil
(gcide) | Argil \Ar"gil\, n. [F. argile, L. argilla white clay, akin to
Gr. ? or ? argil, ? white. See Argent.] (Min.)
Clay, or potter's earth; sometimes pure clay, or alumina. See
Clay.
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argil
(wn) | argil
n 1: a white clay (especially a white clay used by potters) |
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argil
(encz) | argil,hrnčířská hlína Zdeněk Brož |
argillaceous
(encz) | argillaceous,jílovitý adj: Zdeněk Brožargillaceous,jílový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cargill
(encz) | Cargill,Cargill n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
nargileh
(encz) | nargileh,nargilé Zdeněk Brož |
cargill
(czen) | Cargill,Cargilln: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
nargilé
(czen) | nargilé,narghile Zdeněk Brožnargilé,nargileh Zdeněk Brož |
Aletia argillacea
(gcide) | Cotton \Cot"ton\ (k[o^]t"t'n), n. [F. coton, Sp. algodon the
cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr.
Ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. Cf. Acton, Hacqueton.]
1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting
of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds
of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber
sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two
thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.
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2. The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
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3. Cloth made of cotton.
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Note: Cotton is used as an adjective before many nouns in a
sense which commonly needs no explanation; as, cotton
bagging; cotton cloth; cotton goods; cotton industry;
cotton mill; cotton spinning; cotton tick.
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Cotton cambric. See Cambric, n., 2.
Cotton flannel, the manufactures' name for a heavy cotton
fabric, twilled, and with a long plush nap. In England it
is called swan's-down cotton, or Canton flannel.
Cotton gin, a machine to separate the seeds from cotton,
invented by Eli Whitney.
Cotton grass (Bot.), a genus of plants (Eriphorum) of the
Sedge family, having delicate capillary bristles
surrounding the fruit (seedlike achenia), which elongate
at maturity and resemble tufts of cotton.
Cotton mouse (Zool.), a field mouse ({Hesperomys
gossypinus}), injurious to cotton crops.
Cotton plant (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gossypium, of
several species, all growing in warm climates, and bearing
the cotton of commerce. The common species, originally
Asiatic, is Gossypium herbaceum.
Cotton press, a building and machinery in which cotton
bales are compressed into smaller bulk for shipment; a
press for baling cotton.
Cotton rose (Bot.), a genus of composite herbs (Filago),
covered with a white substance resembling cotton.
Cotton scale (Zool.), a species of bark louse ({Pulvinaria
innumerabilis}), which does great damage to the cotton
plant.
Cotton shrub. Same as Cotton plant.
Cotton stainer (Zool.), a species of hemipterous insect
(Dysdercus suturellus), which seriously damages growing
cotton by staining it; -- called also redbug.
Cotton thistle (Bot.), the Scotch thistle. See under
Thistle.
Cotton velvet, velvet in which the warp and woof are both
of cotton, and the pile is of silk; also, velvet made
wholly of cotton.
Cotton waste, the refuse of cotton mills.
Cotton wool, cotton in its raw or woolly state.
Cotton worm (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect ({Aletia
argillacea}), which in the larval state does great damage
to the cotton plant by eating the leaves. It also feeds on
corn, etc., and hence is often called corn worm, and
Southern army worm.
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Argillaceous
(gcide) | Argillaceous \Ar`gil*la"ceous\, a. [L. argillaceus, fr.
argilla.]
Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or
clay; clayey.
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Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much
clay.
Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone.
Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.
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Argillaceous iron ore
(gcide) | Argillaceous \Ar`gil*la"ceous\, a. [L. argillaceus, fr.
argilla.]
Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or
clay; clayey.
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Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much
clay.
Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone.
Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.
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Argillaceous sandstone
(gcide) | Argillaceous \Ar`gil*la"ceous\, a. [L. argillaceus, fr.
argilla.]
Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or
clay; clayey.
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Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much
clay.
Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone.
Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.
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Argillaceous schist
(gcide) | Argillaceous \Ar`gil*la"ceous\, a. [L. argillaceus, fr.
argilla.]
Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or
clay; clayey.
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Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much
clay.
Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone.
Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.
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Argilliferous
(gcide) | Argilliferous \Ar`gil*lif"er*ous\, a. [L. argilla white clay +
-ferous.]
Producing clay; -- applied to such earths as abound with
argil. --Kirwan.
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Argillite
(gcide) | Argillite \Ar"gil*lite\, n. [Gr. ? clay + -lite.] (Min.)
Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is
bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish
red, etc. -- Ar`gil*lit"ic, a.
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Argillitic
(gcide) | Argillite \Ar"gil*lite\, n. [Gr. ? clay + -lite.] (Min.)
Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is
bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish
red, etc. -- Ar`gil*lit"ic, a.
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Argillo-areenaceous
(gcide) | Argillo-areenaceous \Ar*gil`lo-are`e*na"ceous\, a.
Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil.
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Argillo-calcareous
(gcide) | Argillo-calcareous \Ar*gil`lo-cal*ca"re*ous\, a.
Consisting of, or containing, clay and calcareous earth.
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Argillo-ferruginous
(gcide) | Argillo-ferruginous \Ar*gil`lo-fer*ru"gi*nous\, a.
Containing clay and iron.
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Argillous
(gcide) | Argillous \Ar*gil"lous\, a. [L. argillosus, fr. argilla. See
Argil.]
Argillaceous; clayey. --Sir T. Browne.
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Calcareo-argillaceous
(gcide) | Calcareo-argillaceous \Cal*ca"re*o-ar`gil*la"ceous\, a.
consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous
earths.
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Cargillia arborea
(gcide) | Plum \Plum\, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?.
Cf. Prune a dried plum.]
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1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the {Prunus
domestica}, and of several other species of Prunus;
also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
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The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties
of plum, of our gardens, although growing into
thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the
blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. --G.
Bentham.
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
the Prunus domestica are described; among them the
greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or
Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are
some of the best known.
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Note: Among the true plums are;
Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or
purple globular drupes,
Bullace plum. See Bullace.
Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its
round red drupes.
Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
much grown in England for sale in the markets.
Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or
yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several
other varieties.
[1913 Webster] Among plants called plum, but of other
genera than Prunus, are;
Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and {Cargillia
australis}, of the same family with the persimmon.
Blood plum, the West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri.
Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine.
Date plum. See under Date.
Gingerbread plum, the West African {Parinarium
macrophyllum}.
Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime.
Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea.
Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia.
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2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
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3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the
person possessing it.
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4. Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or
choice thing of its kind, as among appointments,
positions, parts of a book, etc.; as, the mayor rewarded
his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for
handsome pay
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5. A color resembling that of a plum; a slightly grayish deep
purple, varying somewhat in its red or blue tint.
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Plum bird, Plum budder (Zool.), the European bullfinch.
Plum gouger (Zool.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
Plum weevil (Zool.), an American weevil which is very
destructive to plums, nectarines, cherries, and many other
stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and {plum
curculio}. See Illust. under Curculio.
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Cargillia australis
(gcide) | Plum \Plum\, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?.
Cf. Prune a dried plum.]
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1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the {Prunus
domestica}, and of several other species of Prunus;
also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
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The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties
of plum, of our gardens, although growing into
thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the
blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. --G.
Bentham.
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
the Prunus domestica are described; among them the
greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or
Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are
some of the best known.
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Note: Among the true plums are;
Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or
purple globular drupes,
Bullace plum. See Bullace.
Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its
round red drupes.
Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
much grown in England for sale in the markets.
Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or
yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several
other varieties.
[1913 Webster] Among plants called plum, but of other
genera than Prunus, are;
Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and {Cargillia
australis}, of the same family with the persimmon.
Blood plum, the West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri.
Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine.
Date plum. See under Date.
Gingerbread plum, the West African {Parinarium
macrophyllum}.
Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime.
Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea.
Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia.
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2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
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3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the
person possessing it.
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4. Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or
choice thing of its kind, as among appointments,
positions, parts of a book, etc.; as, the mayor rewarded
his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for
handsome pay
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5. A color resembling that of a plum; a slightly grayish deep
purple, varying somewhat in its red or blue tint.
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Plum bird, Plum budder (Zool.), the European bullfinch.
Plum gouger (Zool.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
Plum weevil (Zool.), an American weevil which is very
destructive to plums, nectarines, cherries, and many other
stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and {plum
curculio}. See Illust. under Curculio.
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Gargil
(gcide) | Gargil \Gar"gil\, n. [Cf. Garget, Gargoyle.]
A distemper in geese, affecting the head.
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Largiloquent
(gcide) | Largiloquent \Lar*gil"o*quent\, a. [Cf. L. largiloquus.]
Grandiloquent. [Obs.]
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Nargile
(gcide) | Nargile \Nar"gile\, Nargileh \Nar"gi*leh\, n. [Per.
n[=a]rgh[imac]l, prop., a cocoanut; prob. so called because
first made of a cocoanut.]
An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible
tube, and the smoke is drawn through water. Also called
hoookah and water pipe. Functionally similar to the
hubble-bubble, a simplified form.
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Nargileh
(gcide) | Nargile \Nar"gile\, Nargileh \Nar"gi*leh\, n. [Per.
n[=a]rgh[imac]l, prop., a cocoanut; prob. so called because
first made of a cocoanut.]
An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible
tube, and the smoke is drawn through water. Also called
hoookah and water pipe. Functionally similar to the
hubble-bubble, a simplified form.
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argil
(wn) | argil
n 1: a white clay (especially a white clay used by potters) |
argillaceous
(wn) | argillaceous
adj 1: resembling or containing clay; "argillaceous rocks" [syn:
argillaceous, clayey] [ant: arenaceous, sandlike,
sandy] |
argillaceous rock
(wn) | argillaceous rock
n 1: a sedimentary rock formed from clay deposits |
argillite
(wn) | argillite
n 1: a sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by
silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages |
nargileh
(wn) | nargileh
n 1: an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube
connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by
passing through water; "a bipolar world with the hookah and
Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola" [syn:
hookah, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha,
chicha, calean, kalian, water pipe, {hubble-
bubble}, hubbly-bubbly] |
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