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balloon
(encz) | balloon,balon n: Zdeněk Brož |
balloon
(encz) | balloon,balonek n: Zdeněk Brož |
balloon
(encz) | balloon,baňka n: luke |
balloon
(encz) | balloon,bublina n: luke |
balloon
(encz) | balloon,létat balónem v: luke |
Balloon
(gcide) | Balloon \Bal*loon"\, v. t.
To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
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Balloon
(gcide) | Balloon \Bal*loon"\, v. i.
1. To go up or voyage in a balloon.
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2. To expand, or puff out, like a balloon.
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Balloon
(gcide) | Balloon \Bal*loon"\, n. [F. ballon, aug. of balle ball: cf. It.
ballone. See 1st Ball, n., and cf. Pallone.]
1. A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled
with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float
in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for
a["e]rial navigation.
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2. (Arch.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church,
etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.]
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3. (Chem.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold
or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a
spherical form.
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4. (Pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell. [Obs.]
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5. A game played with a large inflated ball. [Obs.]
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6. (Engraving) The outline inclosing words represented as
coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
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Air balloon, a balloon for a["e]rial navigation.
Balloon frame (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether
of small timber.
Balloon net, a variety of woven lace in which the weft
threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp.
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balloon
(wn) | balloon
n 1: large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
2: small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
v 1: ride in a hot-air balloon; "He tried to balloon around the
earth but storms forced him to land in China"
2: become inflated; "The sails ballooned" [syn: balloon,
inflate, billow] |
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balloon
(encz) | balloon,balon n: Zdeněk Brožballoon,balonek n: Zdeněk Brožballoon,baňka n: lukeballoon,bublina n: lukeballoon,létat balónem v: luke |
ballooning
(encz) | ballooning,let balonem Zdeněk Brož |
balloonist
(encz) | balloonist,vzduchoplavec n: Zdeněk Brož |
balloons
(encz) | balloons,balóny n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
hot-air balloon
(encz) | hot-air balloon, n: |
kite balloon
(encz) | kite balloon, n: |
meteorological balloon
(encz) | meteorological balloon, n: |
pilot balloon
(encz) | pilot balloon, n: |
sausage balloon
(encz) | sausage balloon, n: |
trial balloon
(encz) | trial balloon, |
Air balloon
(gcide) | Air \Air\ ([^a]r), n. [OE. air, eir, F. air, L. a["e]r, fr. Gr.
'ah`r, air, mist, for 'a[digamma]hr, fr. root 'a[digamma] to
blow, breathe, probably akin to E. wind. In sense 10 the
French has taking a meaning fr. It. aria atmosphere, air, fr.
the same Latin word; and in senses 11, 12, 13 the French
meaning is either fr. L. aria, or due to confusion with F.
aire, in an older sense of origin, descent. Cf. A["e]ry,
Debonair, Malaria, Wind.]
1. The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth;
the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid,
transparent, compressible, elastic, and ponderable.
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Note: By the ancient philosophers, air was regarded as an
element; but modern science has shown that it is
essentially a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen, with a
small amount of carbon dioxide, the average proportions
being, by volume: oxygen, 20.96 per cent.; nitrogen,
79.00 per cent.; carbon dioxide, 0.04 per cent. These
proportions are subject to a very slight variability.
Air also always contains some vapor of water.
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2. Symbolically: Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile.
"Charm ache with air." --Shak.
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He was still all air and fire. [Air and fire being
the finer and quicker elements as opposed to earth and
water.] --Macaulay
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3. A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat,
cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as,
a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc.
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4. Any a["e]riform body; a gas; as, oxygen was formerly
called vital air. [Obs.]
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5. Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind.
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Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play.
--Pope.
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6. Odoriferous or contaminated air.
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7. That which surrounds and influences.
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The keen, the wholesome air of poverty.
--Wordsworth.
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8. Utterance abroad; publicity; vent.
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You gave it air before me. --Dryden.
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9. Intelligence; information. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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10. (Mus.)
(a) A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in
consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical
and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single
voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to
plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody;
a tune; an aria.
(b) In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc.,
the part which bears the tune or melody -- in modern
harmony usually the upper part -- is sometimes called
the air.
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11. The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person;
mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a
lofty air. "His very air." --Shak.
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12. Peculiar appearance; apparent character; semblance;
manner; style.
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It was communicated with the air of a secret.
--Pope.
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12. pl. An artificial or affected manner; show of pride or
vanity; haughtiness; as, it is said of a person, he puts
on airs. --Thackeray.
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14. (Paint.)
(a) The representation or reproduction of the effect of
the atmospheric medium through which every object in
nature is viewed. --New Am. Cyc.
(b) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of
that portrait has a good air. --Fairholt.
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15. (Man.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse.
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Note: Air is much used adjectively or as the first part of a
compound term. In most cases it might be written
indifferently, as a separate limiting word, or as the
first element of the compound term, with or without the
hyphen; as, air bladder, air-bladder, or airbladder;
air cell, air-cell, or aircell; air-pump, or airpump.
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Air balloon. See Balloon.
Air bath.
(a) An apparatus for the application of air to the body.
(b) An arrangement for drying substances in air of any
desired temperature.
Air castle. See Castle in the air, under Castle.
Air compressor, a machine for compressing air to be used as
a motive power.
Air crossing, a passage for air in a mine.
Air cushion, an air-tight cushion which can be inflated;
also, a device for arresting motion without shock by
confined air.
Air fountain, a contrivance for producing a jet of water by
the force of compressed air.
Air furnace, a furnace which depends on a natural draft and
not on blast.
Air line, a straight line; a bee line. Hence
Air-line, adj.; as, air-line road.
Air lock (Hydr. Engin.), an intermediate chamber between
the outer air and the compressed-air chamber of a
pneumatic caisson. --Knight.
Air port (Nav.), a scuttle or porthole in a ship to admit
air.
Air spring, a spring in which the elasticity of air is
utilized.
Air thermometer, a form of thermometer in which the
contraction and expansion of air is made to measure
changes of temperature.
Air threads, gossamer.
Air trap, a contrivance for shutting off foul air or gas
from drains, sewers, etc.; a stench trap.
Air trunk, a pipe or shaft for conducting foul or heated
air from a room.
Air valve, a valve to regulate the admission or egress of
air; esp. a valve which opens inwardly in a steam boiler
and allows air to enter.
Air way, a passage for a current of air; as the air way of
an air pump; an air way in a mine.
In the air.
(a) Prevalent without traceable origin or authority, as
rumors.
(b) Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled.
(c) (Mil.) Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken
in flank; as, the army had its wing in the air.
on the air, currently transmitting; live; -- used of radio
and television broadcasts, to indicate that the images and
sounds being picked up by cameras and microphones are
being broadcast at the present moment.
Note: In call-in programs where individuals outside a radio
or television studio have telephoned into the station,
when their voice is being directly broadcast, the host
of the program commonly states "You're on the air." as
a warning that the conversation is not private.
To take air, to be divulged; to be made public.
To take the air, to go abroad; to walk or ride out.
[1913 Webster]Balloon \Bal*loon"\, n. [F. ballon, aug. of balle ball: cf. It.
ballone. See 1st Ball, n., and cf. Pallone.]
1. A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled
with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float
in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for
a["e]rial navigation.
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2. (Arch.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church,
etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.]
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3. (Chem.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold
or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a
spherical form.
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4. (Pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell. [Obs.]
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5. A game played with a large inflated ball. [Obs.]
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6. (Engraving) The outline inclosing words represented as
coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
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Air balloon, a balloon for a["e]rial navigation.
Balloon frame (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether
of small timber.
Balloon net, a variety of woven lace in which the weft
threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp.
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balloon fish
(gcide) | balloonfish \bal*loon"fish`\, balloon fish \bal*loon" fish`\
(Zool.)
A fish of the genus Diodon (such as Diodon holocanthus)
or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its
body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. It
is similar to but smaller than the porcupinefish. See
Globefish, and Bur fish.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]Bur fish \Bur" fish`\ (Zool.)
A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the
United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the
power of distending its body with water or air, so as to
resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, {balloon
fish}, and swellfish.
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Balloon frame
(gcide) | Frame \Frame\, n.
1. Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a
fabric; a structure; esp., the constructional system,
whether of timber or metal, that gives to a building,
vessel, etc., its model and strength; the skeleton of a
structure.
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These are thy glorious works, Parent of good,
Almighty! thine this universal frame. --Milton.
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2. The bodily structure; physical constitution; make or build
of a person.
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Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. --Shak.
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No frames could be strong enough to endure it.
--Prescott.
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3. A kind of open case or structure made for admitting,
inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or
contains a window, door, picture, etc.; that on which
anything is held or stretched; as:
(a) The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and
machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels.
(b) (Founding) A molding box or flask, which being filled
with sand serves as a mold for castings.
(c) The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other
structure with a fabric covering.
(d) A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which
cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery,
etc.
(e) (Hort.) A glazed portable structure for protecting
young plants from frost.
(f) (Print.) A stand to support the type cases for use by
the compositor.
(f) a pair of glasses without the lenses; that part of a
pair of glasses that excludes the lenses.
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4. (Mach.) A term applied, especially in England, to certain
machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking
frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc.
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5. Form; shape; proportion; scheme; structure; constitution;
system; as, a frameof government.
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She that hath a heart of that fine frame
To pay this debt of love but to a brother. --Shak.
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Put your discourse into some frame. --Shak.
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6. Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor;
temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame. Same as
{frame of mind}
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7. Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming. [Obs.]
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John the bastard
Whose spirits toil in frame of villainies. --Shak.
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8. In games:
(a) In pool, the triangular form used in setting up the
balls; also, the balls as set up, or the round of
playing required to pocket them all; as, to play six
frames in a game of 50 points.
(b) In bowling, as in tenpins, one of the several innings
forming a game.
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Balloon frame, Cant frames, etc. See under Balloon,
Cant, etc.
Frame building or Frame house, a building of which the
form and support is made of framed timbers. [U.S.] --
Frame level, a mason's level.
Frame saw, a thin saw stretched in a frame to give it
rigidity.
[1913 Webster]Balloon \Bal*loon"\, n. [F. ballon, aug. of balle ball: cf. It.
ballone. See 1st Ball, n., and cf. Pallone.]
1. A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled
with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float
in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for
a["e]rial navigation.
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2. (Arch.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church,
etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.]
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3. (Chem.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold
or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a
spherical form.
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4. (Pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell. [Obs.]
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5. A game played with a large inflated ball. [Obs.]
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6. (Engraving) The outline inclosing words represented as
coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
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Air balloon, a balloon for a["e]rial navigation.
Balloon frame (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether
of small timber.
Balloon net, a variety of woven lace in which the weft
threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp.
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Balloon net
(gcide) | Balloon \Bal*loon"\, n. [F. ballon, aug. of balle ball: cf. It.
ballone. See 1st Ball, n., and cf. Pallone.]
1. A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled
with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float
in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for
a["e]rial navigation.
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2. (Arch.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church,
etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.]
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3. (Chem.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold
or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a
spherical form.
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4. (Pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell. [Obs.]
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5. A game played with a large inflated ball. [Obs.]
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6. (Engraving) The outline inclosing words represented as
coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
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Air balloon, a balloon for a["e]rial navigation.
Balloon frame (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether
of small timber.
Balloon net, a variety of woven lace in which the weft
threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp.
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Ballooned
(gcide) | Ballooned \Bal*looned"\, a.
Swelled out like a balloon.
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Ballooner
(gcide) | Ballooner \Bal*loon"er\, n.
One who goes up in a balloon; an a["e]ronaut.
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balloonfish
(gcide) | balloonfish \bal*loon"fish`\, balloon fish \bal*loon" fish`\
(Zool.)
A fish of the genus Diodon (such as Diodon holocanthus)
or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its
body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. It
is similar to but smaller than the porcupinefish. See
Globefish, and Bur fish.
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Ballooning
(gcide) | Ballooning \Bal*loon"ing\, n.
1. The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in
them; the sport of riding in balloons.
Syn: balloonry (archaic)
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2. (Stock Exchange) The process of temporarily raising the
value of a stock, as by fictitious sales. [U.S.]
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Ballooning spider
(gcide) | Ballooning spider \Bal*loon"ing spi"der\ (Zool.)
A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many
kinds (esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by
ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon
them carries the spider aloft.
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Balloonist
(gcide) | Balloonist \Bal*loon"ist\, n.
An a["e]ronaut.
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Balloonry
(gcide) | Balloonry \Bal*loon"ry\, n.
The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; an older term
for ballooning. [Archaic]
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Fire balloon
(gcide) | Fire \Fire\ (f[imac]r), n. [OE. fir, fyr, fur AS. f[=y]r; akin
to D. vuur, OS. & OHG. fiur, G. feuer, Icel. f[=y]ri,
f[=u]rr, Gr. py^r, and perh. to L. purus pure, E. pure Cf.
Empyrean, Pyre.]
1. The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of
bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
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Note: The form of fire exhibited in the combustion of gases
in an ascending stream or current is called flame.
Anciently, fire, air, earth, and water were regarded as
the four elements of which all things are composed.
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2. Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a
stove or a furnace.
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3. The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.
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4. Anything which destroys or affects like fire.
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5. Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth;
consuming violence of temper.
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he had fire in his temper. --Atterbury.
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6. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral
enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.
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And bless their critic with a poet's fire. --Pope.
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7. Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.
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Stars, hide your fires. --Shak.
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As in a zodiac
representing the heavenly fires. --Milton.
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8. Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
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9. The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were
exposed to a heavy fire.
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Blue fire, Red fire, Green fire (Pyrotech.),
compositions of various combustible substances, as
sulphur, niter, lampblack, etc., the flames of which are
colored by various metallic salts, as those of antimony,
strontium, barium, etc.
Fire alarm
(a) A signal given on the breaking out of a fire.
(b) An apparatus for giving such an alarm.
Fire annihilator, a machine, device, or preparation to be
kept at hand for extinguishing fire by smothering it with
some incombustible vapor or gas, as carbonic acid.
Fire balloon.
(a) A balloon raised in the air by the buoyancy of air
heated by a fire placed in the lower part.
(b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite
at a regulated height. --Simmonds.
Fire bar, a grate bar.
Fire basket, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight.
Fire beetle. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary.
Fire blast, a disease of plants which causes them to appear
as if burnt by fire.
Fire box, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for
the fire.
Fire brick, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining
intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or
of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and
used for lining fire boxes, etc.
Fire brigade, an organized body of men for extinguished
fires.
Fire bucket. See under Bucket.
Fire bug, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through
mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac.
[U.S.]
Fire clay. See under Clay.
Fire company, a company of men managing an engine in
extinguishing fires.
Fire cross. See Fiery cross. [Obs.] --Milton.
Fire damp. See under Damp.
Fire dog. See Firedog, in the Vocabulary.
Fire drill.
(a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for
practice.
(b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by
rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; --
used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by
many savage peoples.
Fire eater.
(a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire.
(b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur.
[Colloq.]
Fire engine, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels,
for throwing water to extinguish fire.
Fire escape, a contrivance for facilitating escape from
burning buildings.
Fire gilding (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam
of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off
afterward by heat.
Fire gilt (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire
gilding.
Fire insurance, the act or system of insuring against fire;
also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes,
in consideration of the payment of a premium or small
percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an
owner of property from loss by fire during a specified
period.
Fire irons, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs,
poker, and shovel.
Fire main, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out
fire.
Fire master
(Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the
composition of fireworks.
Fire office, an office at which to effect insurance against
fire.
Fire opal, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections.
Fire ordeal, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test
was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon
red-hot irons. --Abbot.
Fire pan, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially
the receptacle for the priming of a gun.
Fire plug, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the
main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing
fires.
Fire policy, the writing or instrument expressing the
contract of insurance against loss by fire.
Fire pot.
(a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles,
formerly used as a missile in war.
(b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a
furnace.
(c) A crucible.
(d) A solderer's furnace.
Fire raft, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting
fire to an enemy's ships.
Fire roll, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to
their quarters in case of fire.
Fire setting (Mining), the process of softening or cracking
the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by
exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally
superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond.
Fire ship, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting
fire to an enemy's ships.
Fire shovel, a shovel for taking up coals of fire.
Fire stink, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites,
caused by the formation of hydrogen sulfide. --Raymond.
Fire surface, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are
exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of
combustion; heating surface.
Fire swab, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun
in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc.
--Farrow.
Fire teaser, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine.
Fire water, a strong alcoholic beverage; -- so called by
the American Indians.
Fire worship, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly
in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called
Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India.
Greek fire. See under Greek.
On fire, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager;
zealous.
Running fire, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession
by a line of troops.
St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which
St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn.
St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint Elmo.
To set on fire, to inflame; to kindle.
To take fire, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion.
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Passive balloon
(gcide) | Passive balloon \Pas"sive bal*loon"\ or Passive aeroplane
\Pas"sive a"["e]r*o*plane\
One unprovided with motive power.
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Pilot balloon
(gcide) | Pilot \Pi"lot\, n. [F. pilote, prob. from D. peillood plummet,
sounding lead; peilen, pegelen, to sound, measure (fr. D. &
G. peil, pegel, a sort of measure, water mark) + lood lead,
akin to E. lead. The pilot, then, is the lead man, i. e., he
who throws the lead. See Pail, and Lead a metal.]
1. (Naut.) One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a
steersman. --Dryden.
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2. Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by
authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or
in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees.
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3. Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a
difficult or unknown course.
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4. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
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5. The cowcatcher of a locomotive. [U.S.]
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6. (A["e]ronautics) One who flies, or is qualified to fly, an
airplane, balloon, or other flying machine.
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7. (Mach.) A short plug at the end of a counterbore to guide
the tool. Pilots are sometimes made interchangeable.
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8. (Mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small
dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
9. (Television) a filmed or taped episode of a proposed
television series, produced as an example of the series.
It may be shown only to those television broadcast
executives who may decide whether to buy the rights to the
series, or aired to test viewer reaction or to interest
sponsors. Also called pilot film or pilot tape.
[PJC]
Pilot balloon, a small balloon sent up in advance of a
large one, to show the direction and force of the wind.
Pilot bird. (Zool.)
(a) A bird found near the Caribbee Islands; -- so called
because its presence indicates to mariners their
approach to these islands. --Crabb.
(b) The black-bellied plover. [Local, U.S.]
Pilot boat, a strong, fast-sailing boat used to carry and
receive pilots as they board and leave vessels.
Pilot bread, ship biscuit.
Pilot cloth, a coarse, stout kind of cloth for overcoats.
Pilot engine, a locomotive going in advance of a train to
make sure that the way is clear.
Pilot fish. (Zool)
(a) A pelagic carangoid fish (Naucrates ductor); -- so
named because it is often seen in company with a
shark, swimming near a ship, on account of which
sailors imagine that it acts as a pilot to the shark.
(b) The rudder fish (Seriola zonata).
Pilot jack, a flag or signal hoisted by a vessel for a
pilot.
Pilot jacket, a pea jacket.
Pilot nut (Bridge Building), a conical nut applied
temporarily to the threaded end of a pin, to protect the
thread and guide the pin when it is driven into a hole.
--Waddell.
Pilot snake (Zool.)
(a) A large North American snake (Coluber obsoleus). It
is lustrous black, with white edges to some of the
scales. Called also mountain black snake.
(b) The pine snake.
Pilot whale. (Zool.) Same as Blackfish, 1.
[1913 Webster]Pilot balloon \Pilot balloon\
A small, unmanned balloon sent up to indicate the direction
of air currents.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Sounding balloon
(gcide) | Sounding balloon \Sound"ing bal*loon"\
An unmanned balloon sent aloft for meteorological or
aeronautic purposes.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
balloon
(wn) | balloon
n 1: large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
2: small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
v 1: ride in a hot-air balloon; "He tried to balloon around the
earth but storms forced him to land in China"
2: become inflated; "The sails ballooned" [syn: balloon,
inflate, billow] |
balloon bomb
(wn) | balloon bomb
n 1: a bomb carried by a balloon; "In World War II the Japanese
launched balloon bombs against North America" [syn:
balloon bomb, Fugo] |
balloon flower
(wn) | balloon flower
n 1: fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long
narrow clusters on erect stems; Arizona to New Mexico and
Utah [syn: balloon flower, scented penstemon,
Penstemon palmeri] |
balloon sail
(wn) | balloon sail
n 1: any light loose sail |
balloon seat
(wn) | balloon seat
n 1: a seat that has a bell shape (on some 18th century chairs)
[syn: bell seat, balloon seat] |
balloon vine
(wn) | balloon vine
n 1: woody perennial climbing plant with large ornamental seed
pods that resemble balloons; tropical India and Africa and
America [syn: balloon vine, heart pea, {Cardiospermum
halicacabum}] |
balloonfish
(wn) | balloonfish
n 1: similar to but smaller than porcupinefish [syn:
balloonfish, Diodon holocanthus] |
ballooning
(wn) | ballooning
n 1: flying in a balloon |
balloonist
(wn) | balloonist
n 1: someone who flies a balloon |
barrage balloon
(wn) | barrage balloon
n 1: an elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net
suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low |
hot-air balloon
(wn) | hot-air balloon
n 1: balloon for travel through the air in a basket suspended
below a large bag of heated air |
kite balloon
(wn) | kite balloon
n 1: a barrage balloon with lobes at one end that keep it headed
into the wind |
meteorological balloon
(wn) | meteorological balloon
n 1: a small unmanned balloon set aloft to observe atmospheric
conditions |
pilot balloon
(wn) | pilot balloon
n 1: meteorological balloon used to observe air currents |
sausage balloon
(wn) | sausage balloon
n 1: a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a
barrage balloon [syn: blimp, sausage balloon,
sausage] |
trial balloon
(wn) | trial balloon
n 1: a test of public opinion
2: a balloon sent up to test air currents |
balloonian variable
(jargon) | balloonian variable
n.
[Commodore users; perh. a deliberate phonetic mangling of boolean variable
?] Any variable that doesn't actually hold or control state, but must
nevertheless be declared, checked, or set. A typical balloonian variable
started out as a flag attached to some environment feature that either
became obsolete or was planned but never implemented. Compatibility
concerns (or politics attached to same) may require that such a flag be
treated as though it were live.
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