slovo | definícia |
bier (encz) | bier,máry Jaroslav Šedivý |
Bier (gcide) | Bier \Bier\, n. [OE. b[ae]e, beere, AS. b?r, b?re; akin to D.
baar, OHG. b[=a]ra, G. bahre, Icel barar, D? baare, L.
feretrum, Gr. ?, from the same ?? bear to produce. See 1st
Bear, and cf. Barrow.]
1. A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed
or borne to the grave.
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2. (Weaving) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of
woolen cloth. --Knight.
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bier (wn) | bier
n 1: a coffin along with its stand; "we followed the bier to the
graveyard"
2: a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
dobierka (msas) | dobierka
- COD, cash on delivery, paid capital for value |
pozbierať (msas) | pozbierať
- gather |
zbierať (msas) | zbierať
- collector, cull, garner, gather up, skim, collect |
zbierať orechy (msas) | zbierať orechy
- nut |
zbierka (msas) | zbierka
- collection, compilation, digest |
dobierka (msasasci) | dobierka
- COD, cash on delivery, paid capital for value |
pozbierat (msasasci) | pozbierat
- gather |
zbierat (msasasci) | zbierat
- collector, cull, garner, gather up, skim, collect |
zbierat orechy (msasasci) | zbierat orechy
- nut |
zbierka (msasasci) | zbierka
- collection, compilation, digest |
bier (encz) | bier,máry Jaroslav Šedivý |
bierce (encz) | Bierce,Bierce n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
chubbier (encz) | chubbier, |
grubbier (encz) | grubbier,špinavější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ribier (encz) | ribier, n: |
bierce (czen) | Bierce,Biercen: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Barbiers (gcide) | Barbiers \Bar"biers\, n. (Med.)
A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar
coast; -- considered by many to be the same as beriberi in
a chronic form.
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Bierbalk (gcide) | Bierbalk \Bier"balk`\ (b[=e]r"b[add]k`), n. [See Bier, and
Balk, n.]
A church road (e. g., a path across fields) for funerals.
[Obs.] --Homilies.
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Colombier (gcide) | Colombier \Col"om*bier\, n. [F.]
A large size of paper for drawings. See under Paper.
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Columbier (gcide) | Columbier \Co*lum"bi*er\, n.
See Colombier.
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Gambier (gcide) | Gambier \Gam"bier\, n. [Malayan.]
(a) The inspissated juice of a plant (Uncaria Gambir)
growing in Malacca. It is a powerful astringent, and,
under the name of Terra Japonica, is used for chewing
with the Areca nut, and is exported for tanning and
dyeing.
(b) Catechu. [Written also gambeer and gambir.]
[1913 Webster]Catechu \Cat"e*chu\, n. [See Cashoo.] (Chem.)
A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and
evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other
plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of
tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the
arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica,
cutch, gambier, etc. --Ure. --Dunglison.
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gambier (gcide) | Gambier \Gam"bier\, n. [Malayan.]
(a) The inspissated juice of a plant (Uncaria Gambir)
growing in Malacca. It is a powerful astringent, and,
under the name of Terra Japonica, is used for chewing
with the Areca nut, and is exported for tanning and
dyeing.
(b) Catechu. [Written also gambeer and gambir.]
[1913 Webster]Catechu \Cat"e*chu\, n. [See Cashoo.] (Chem.)
A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and
evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other
plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of
tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the
arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica,
cutch, gambier, etc. --Ure. --Dunglison.
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Gibbier (gcide) | Gibbier \Gib"bier\, n. [F. gibier.]
Wild fowl; game. [Obs.] --Addison.
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Pillow bier (gcide) | Pillow \Pil"low\, n. [OE. pilwe, AS. pyle, fr. L. pilvinus.]
1. Anything used to support the head of a person when
reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers,
down, hair, or other soft material.
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[Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard. --Shak.
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2. (Mach.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to
equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. [R.]
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3. (Naut.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
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4. A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
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Lace pillow, a cushion used in making hand-wrought lace.
Pillow bier [OE. pilwebere; cf. LG. b["u]re a pillowcase],
a pillowcase; pillow slip. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Pillow block (Mach.), a block, or standard, for supporting
a journal, as of a shaft. It is usually bolted to the
frame or foundation of a machine, and is often furnished
with journal boxes, and a movable cover, or cap, for
tightening the bearings by means of bolts; -- called also
pillar block, or plumber block.
Pillow lace, handmade lace wrought with bobbins upon a lace
pillow.
Pillow of a plow, a crosspiece of wood which serves to
raise or lower the beam.
Pillow sham, an ornamental covering laid over a pillow when
not in use.
Pillow slip, a pillowcase.
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Scabbier (gcide) | Scabby \Scab"by\, a. [Compar. Scabbier; superl. Scabbiest.]
1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
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2. Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy. --Swift.
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Scrubbier (gcide) | Scrubby \Scrub"by\ (skr[u^]b"b[y^]), a. [Compar. Scrubbier
(skr[u^]b"b[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Scrubbiest.]
Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth;
as, a scrubby cur. "Dense, scrubby woods." --Duke of Argyll.
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Senebiera Coronopus (gcide) | Swine \Swine\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. swin, AS. sw[imac]n; akin to
OFries. & OS. swin, D. zwijn, G. schwein, OHG. sw[imac]n,
Icel. sv[imac]n, Sw. svin, Dan. sviin, Goth. swein;
originally a diminutive corresponding to E. sow. See Sow,
n.] (Zool.)
Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical
species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat,
which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is
specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young,
pig. See Hog. "A great herd of swine." --Mark v. 11.
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Swine grass (Bot.), knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare); --
so called because eaten by swine.
Swine oat (Bot.), a kind of oat sometimes grown for swine.
Swine's cress (Bot.), a species of cress of the genus
Senebiera (Senebiera Coronopus).
Swine's head, a dolt; a blockhead. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Swine thistle (Bot.), the sow thistle.
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Shabbier (gcide) | Shabby \Shab"by\, a. [Compar. Shabbier; superl. Shabbiest.]
[See Shab, n., Scabby, and Scab.]
1. Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
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Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts. --Macaulay.
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2. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. "The
dean was so shabby." --Swift.
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3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. "Very
shabby fellows." --Clarendon.
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Shrubbier (gcide) | Shrubby \Shrub"by\, a. [Compar. Shrubbier; superl.
Shrubbiest.]
1. Full of shrubs.
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2. Of the nature of a shrub; resembling a shrub. "Shrubby
browse." --J. Philips.
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Slabbier (gcide) | Slabby \Slab"by\, a. [Compar. Slabbier; superl. Slabbiest.]
[See Slab, a.]
1. Thick; viscous.
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They present you with a cup, and you must drink of a
slabby stuff. --Selden.
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2. Sloppy; slimy; miry. See Sloppy. --Gay.
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ambrose bierce (wn) | Ambrose Bierce
n 1: United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914) [syn:
Bierce, Ambrose Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett Bierce] |
ambrose gwinett bierce (wn) | Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
n 1: United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914) [syn:
Bierce, Ambrose Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett Bierce] |
bier (wn) | bier
n 1: a coffin along with its stand; "we followed the bier to the
graveyard"
2: a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial |
bierce (wn) | Bierce
n 1: United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914) [syn:
Bierce, Ambrose Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett Bierce] |
gambier islands (wn) | Gambier Islands
n 1: a group of islands in the south central Pacific; part of
French Polynesia |
ribier (wn) | ribier
n 1: dark reddish-purple table grape of California |
weissbier (wn) | Weissbier
n 1: a general name for beers made from wheat by top
fermentation; usually very pale and cloudy and effervescent
[syn: Weissbier, white beer, wheat beer] |
weizenbier (wn) | Weizenbier
n 1: a general name in southern Germany for wheat beers |
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