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billy
(encz) | billy,obušek adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Billy
(gcide) | Billy \Bil"ly\, n.
1. A club; esp., a policeman's club. Also called billy club
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2. (Wool Manuf.) A slubbing or roving machine.
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billy
(wn) | billy
n 1: a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn:
truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick,
billy club]
2: male goat [syn: billy, billy goat, he-goat] |
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billy goat
(mass) | billy goat
- cap |
billy
(encz) | billy,obušek adv: Zdeněk Brož |
billy goat
(encz) | billy goat,kozel Zdeněk Brož |
hillbilly
(encz) | hillbilly,venkovan adv: Zdeněk Brož |
hillbilly music
(encz) | hillbilly music, n: |
rockabilly
(encz) | rockabilly,druh rockové hudby Jaroslav Šedivýrockabilly,rockabilly Jaroslav Šedivý |
rockabilly
(czen) | rockabilly,rockabilly Jaroslav Šedivý |
bashful Billy
(gcide) | Slow \Slow\ (sl[=o]), a. [Compar. Slower (sl[=o]"[~e]r);
superl. Slowest.] [OE. slow, slaw, AS. sl[=a]w; akin to OS.
sl[=e]u blunt, dull, D. sleeuw, slee, sour, OHG. sl[=e]o
blunt, dull, Icel. sl[=o]r, sl[ae]r, Dan. sl["o]v, Sw.
sl["o]. Cf. Sloe, and Sloth.]
1. Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift;
not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as,
a slow stream; a slow motion.
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2. Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.
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These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced
Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.
--Milton.
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3. Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as,
slow of speech, and slow of tongue.
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Fixed on defense, the Trojans are not slow
To guard their shore from an expected foe. --Dryden.
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4. Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation;
tardy; inactive.
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He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.
--Prov. xiv.
29.
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5. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true
time; as, the clock or watch is slow.
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6. Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of
arts and sciences.
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7. Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome;
dull. [Colloq.] --Dickens. Thackeray.
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Note: Slow is often used in the formation of compounds for
the most part self-explaining; as, slow-gaited,
slow-paced, slow-sighted, slow-winged, and the like.
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Slow coach, a slow person. See def.7, above. [Colloq.]
Slow lemur, or Slow loris (Zool.), an East Indian
nocturnal lemurine animal (Nycticebus tardigradus) about
the size of a small cat; -- so called from its slow and
deliberate movements. It has very large round eyes and is
without a tail. Called also bashful Billy.
Slow match. See under Match.
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Syn: Dilatory; late; lingering; tardy; sluggish; dull;
inactive.
Usage: Slow, Tardy, Dilatory. Slow is the wider term,
denoting either a want of rapid motion or inertness of
intellect. Dilatory signifies a proneness to defer, a
habit of delaying the performance of what we know must
be done. Tardy denotes the habit of being behind hand;
as, tardy in making up one's acounts.
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Billy club
(gcide) | Billy club \Bil"ly club`\, n.
see billy, n. 1.
[PJC] Billycockbilly club \billy club\ n.
a policeman's club; a nightstick.
Syn: truncheon, nightstick, billy, billy club.
[WordNet 1.5]Billy \Bil"ly\, n.
1. A club; esp., a policeman's club. Also called billy club
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2. (Wool Manuf.) A slubbing or roving machine.
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billy club
(gcide) | Billy club \Bil"ly club`\, n.
see billy, n. 1.
[PJC] Billycockbilly club \billy club\ n.
a policeman's club; a nightstick.
Syn: truncheon, nightstick, billy, billy club.
[WordNet 1.5]Billy \Bil"ly\, n.
1. A club; esp., a policeman's club. Also called billy club
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2. (Wool Manuf.) A slubbing or roving machine.
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Billy goat
(gcide) | Billy goat \Bil"ly goat`\
A male goat. [Colloq.]
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Billyboy
(gcide) | Billyboy \Bil"ly*boy`\, n.
A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel. [Eng.]
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Billycock
(gcide) | Billycock \Bil"ly*cock\, n., or Billycock hat \Bil"ly*cock hat`\
[Perh. from bully + cock; that is, cocked like the hats of
the bullies.]
A round, low-crowned felt hat; a wideawake. "The undignified
billycocks and pantaloons of the West." --B. H. Chamberlain.
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Little acquiesced, and Ransome disguised him in a
beard, and a loose set of clothes, and a billicock hat.
--Charles
Reade.
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Billycock hat
(gcide) | Billycock \Bil"ly*cock\, n., or Billycock hat \Bil"ly*cock hat`\
[Perh. from bully + cock; that is, cocked like the hats of
the bullies.]
A round, low-crowned felt hat; a wideawake. "The undignified
billycocks and pantaloons of the West." --B. H. Chamberlain.
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Little acquiesced, and Ransome disguised him in a
beard, and a loose set of clothes, and a billicock hat.
--Charles
Reade.
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billyo
(gcide) | billyo \billyo\, billyoh \billyoh\n.
a large amount; British say "it rained like billyo" where
Americans say "it rained like the devil". [British]
Syn: billy-ho.
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billyoh
(gcide) | billyo \billyo\, billyoh \billyoh\n.
a large amount; British say "it rained like billyo" where
Americans say "it rained like the devil". [British]
Syn: billy-ho.
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billystick
(gcide) | billystick \billystick\ n.
a policeman's club.
Syn: truncheon, nightstick, billy, billy club.
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Slubbing billy
(gcide) | Slubbing \Slub"bing\,
a. & n. from Slub.
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Slubbing billy, or Slubbing machine, the machine by which
slubs are formed.
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sweet Billy
(gcide) | Sweet \Sweet\, a. [Compar. Sweeter; superl. Sweetest.] [OE.
swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[=e]te; akin to OFries. sw[=e]te,
OS. sw[=o]ti, D. zoet, G. s["u]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. saetr,
soetr, Sw. s["o]t, Dan. s["o]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for
suadvis, Gr. ?, Skr. sv[=a]du sweet, svad, sv[=a]d, to
sweeten. [root]175. Cf. Assuage, Suave, Suasion.]
1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar;
saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet
beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
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2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a
sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
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The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.
--Longfellow.
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3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the
sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet
voice; a sweet singer.
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To make his English sweet upon his tongue.
--Chaucer.
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A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne.
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4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair;
as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
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Sweet interchange
Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
--Milton.
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5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon.
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6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically:
(a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread.
(b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as,
sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.
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7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable;
winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
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Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades?
--Job xxxviii.
31.
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Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one
established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold.
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Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured,
sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc.
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Sweet alyssum. (Bot.) See Alyssum.
Sweet apple. (Bot.)
(a) Any apple of sweet flavor.
(b) See Sweet-sop.
Sweet bay. (Bot.)
(a) The laurel (Laurus nobilis).
(b) Swamp sassafras.
Sweet calabash (Bot.), a plant of the genus Passiflora
(Passiflora maliformis) growing in the West Indies, and
producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple.
Sweet cicely. (Bot.)
(a) Either of the North American plants of the
umbelliferous genus Osmorrhiza having aromatic roots
and seeds, and white flowers. --Gray.
(b) A plant of the genus Myrrhis (Myrrhis odorata)
growing in England.
Sweet calamus, or Sweet cane. (Bot.) Same as {Sweet
flag}, below.
Sweet Cistus (Bot.), an evergreen shrub (Cistus Ladanum)
from which the gum ladanum is obtained.
Sweet clover. (Bot.) See Melilot.
Sweet coltsfoot (Bot.), a kind of butterbur ({Petasites
sagittata}) found in Western North America.
Sweet corn (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste.
See the Note under Corn.
Sweet fern (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Comptonia
asplenifolia} syn. Myrica asplenifolia) having
sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves.
Sweet flag (Bot.), an endogenous plant (Acorus Calamus)
having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent
aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and
America. See Calamus, 2.
Sweet gale (Bot.), a shrub (Myrica Gale) having bitter
fragrant leaves; -- also called sweet willow, and {Dutch
myrtle}. See 5th Gale.
Sweet grass (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass.
Sweet gum (Bot.), an American tree ({Liquidambar
styraciflua}). See Liquidambar.
Sweet herbs, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary
purposes.
Sweet John (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William.
Sweet leaf (Bot.), horse sugar. See under Horse.
Sweet marjoram. (Bot.) See Marjoram.
Sweet marten (Zool.), the pine marten.
Sweet maudlin (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea
Ageratum}) allied to milfoil.
Sweet oil, olive oil.
Sweet pea. (Bot.) See under Pea.
Sweet potato. (Bot.) See under Potato.
Sweet rush (Bot.), sweet flag.
Sweet spirits of niter (Med. Chem.) See {Spirit of nitrous
ether}, under Spirit.
Sweet sultan (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea
moschata}), also, the yellow-flowered ({Centaurea
odorata}); -- called also sultan flower.
Sweet tooth, an especial fondness for sweet things or for
sweetmeats. [Colloq.]
Sweet William.
(a) (Bot.) A species of pink (Dianthus barbatus) of many
varieties.
(b) (Zool.) The willow warbler.
(c) (Zool.) The European goldfinch; -- called also {sweet
Billy}. [Prov. Eng.]
Sweet willow (Bot.), sweet gale.
Sweet wine. See Dry wine, under Dry.
To be sweet on, to have a particular fondness for, or
special interest in, as a young man for a young woman.
[Colloq.] --Thackeray.
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Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious.
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billy
(wn) | billy
n 1: a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn:
truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick,
billy club]
2: male goat [syn: billy, billy goat, he-goat] |
billy buttons
(wn) | billy buttons
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for
their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers;
Australia and New Zealand |
billy club
(wn) | billy club
n 1: a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn:
truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick,
billy club] |
billy goat
(wn) | billy goat
n 1: male goat [syn: billy, billy goat, he-goat] |
billy graham
(wn) | Billy Graham
n 1: United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass
evangelist (born in 1918) [syn: Graham, Billy Graham,
William Franklin Graham] |
billy mitchell
(wn) | Billy Mitchell
n 1: United States aviator and general who was an early advocate
of military air power (1879-1936) [syn: Mitchell,
William Mitchell, Billy Mitchell] |
billy sunday
(wn) | Billy Sunday
n 1: United States evangelist (1862-1935) [syn: Sunday, {Billy
Sunday}, William Ashley Sunday] |
billy wilder
(wn) | Billy Wilder
n 1: United States filmmaker (born in Austria) whose dark humor
infused many of the films he made (1906-2002) [syn:
Wilder, Billy Wilder, Samuel Wilder] |
billy-ho
(wn) | billy-ho
n 1: an unimaginably large amount; "British say `it rained like
billyo' where Americans say `it rained like all get out'"
[syn: billyo, billyoh, billy-ho, all get out] |
billyo
(wn) | billyo
n 1: an unimaginably large amount; "British say `it rained like
billyo' where Americans say `it rained like all get out'"
[syn: billyo, billyoh, billy-ho, all get out] |
billyoh
(wn) | billyoh
n 1: an unimaginably large amount; "British say `it rained like
billyo' where Americans say `it rained like all get out'"
[syn: billyo, billyoh, billy-ho, all get out] |
billystick
(wn) | billystick
n 1: a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn:
truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick,
billy club] |
hillbilly
(wn) | hillbilly
n 1: a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person [syn:
hillbilly, bushwhacker] |
hillbilly music
(wn) | hillbilly music
n 1: country music originating in mountainous regions of
southern United States |
rockabilly
(wn) | rockabilly
n 1: a fusion of black music and country music that was popular
in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country
beat |
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