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borer
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borer
(gcide) | Hag \Hag\ (h[a^]g), n. [OE. hagge, hegge, witch, hag, AS.
h[ae]gtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan.
hex, Sw. h[aum]xa. The first part of the word is prob. the
same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood
woman, wild woman. [root]12.]
1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.]
"[Silenus] that old hag." --Golding.
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2. An ugly old woman. --Dryden.
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3. A fury; a she-monster. --Crashaw.
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4. (Zool.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch ({Myxine
glutinosa}), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial
mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill
openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotreta.
Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and
sleepmarken.
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5. (Zool.) The hagdon or shearwater.
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6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a
man's hair. --Blount.
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Hag moth (Zool.), a moth (Phobetron pithecium), the larva
of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit
trees.
Hag's tooth (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of
matting or pointing.
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Borer
(gcide) | Borer \Bor"er\, n.
1. One that bores; an instrument for boring.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and
allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo.
(b) Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.)
which bores into limestone and similar substances.
(c) One of the larv[ae] of many species of insects, which
penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See
Apple borer, under Apple.
(d) The hagfish (Myxine).
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borer
(wn) | borer
n 1: a drill for penetrating rock [syn: bore bit, borer,
rock drill, stone drill]
2: any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into
wood [syn: woodborer, borer] |
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borer
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corn borer
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corn borer moth
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day laborer
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laborer
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laborers
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manual laborer
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woodborer
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Apple borer
(gcide) | Longicornia \Lon`gi*cor"ni*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. longus long +
cornu horn.] (Zool.)
A division of beetles, including a large number of species,
in which the antenn[ae] are very long. Most of them, while in
the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of
trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and
shade trees. See Apple borer, under Apple, and {Locust
beetle}, under Locust.
[1913 Webster]Apple \Ap"ple\ ([a^]p"p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [ae]ppel,
[ae]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G.
apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [aum]ple, Dan. [ae]ble, Gael. ubhall,
W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[*u]lys, Russ. iabloko; of
unknown origin.]
1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus
malus}) cultivated in numberless varieties in the
temperate zones.
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Note: The European crab apple is supposed to be the original
kind, from which all others have sprung.
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2. (bot.) Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken
into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.
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3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or
supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or
love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.
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4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.
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Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as,
apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple
blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding.
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Apple blight, an aphid which injures apple trees. See
Blight, n.
Apple borer (Zool.), a coleopterous insect ({Saperda
candida} or Saperda bivittata), the larva of which bores
into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree.
Apple brandy, brandy made from apples.
Apple butter, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider.
--Bartlett.
Apple corer, an instrument for removing the cores from
apples.
Apple fly (Zool.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which
burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera
Drosophila and Trypeta.
Apple midge (Zool.) a small dipterous insect ({Sciara
mali}), the larva of which bores in apples.
Apple of the eye, the pupil.
Apple of discord, a subject of contention and envy, so
called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed "For
the fairest," which was thrown into an assembly of the
gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for
by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the
latter.
Apple of love, or Love apple, the tomato ({Lycopersicum
esculentum}).
Apple of Peru, a large coarse herb (Nicandra physaloides)
bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit
inclosing a dry berry.
Apples of Sodom, a fruit described by ancient writers as
externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke
and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often
given to the fruit of Solanum Sodom[ae]um, a prickly
shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato.
Apple sauce, stewed apples. [U. S.]
Apple snail or Apple shell (Zool.), a fresh-water,
operculated, spiral shell of the genus Ampullaria.
Apple tart, a tart containing apples.
Apple tree, a tree which naturally bears apples. See
Apple, 2.
Apple wine, cider.
Apple worm (Zool.), the larva of a small moth ({Carpocapsa
pomonella}) which burrows in the interior of apples. See
Codling moth.
Dead Sea Apple.
(a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. "To seek the Dead Sea
apples of politics." --S. B. Griffin.
(b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See Gallnut.
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borer
(gcide) | Hag \Hag\ (h[a^]g), n. [OE. hagge, hegge, witch, hag, AS.
h[ae]gtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan.
hex, Sw. h[aum]xa. The first part of the word is prob. the
same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood
woman, wild woman. [root]12.]
1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.]
"[Silenus] that old hag." --Golding.
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2. An ugly old woman. --Dryden.
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3. A fury; a she-monster. --Crashaw.
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4. (Zool.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch ({Myxine
glutinosa}), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial
mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill
openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotreta.
Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and
sleepmarken.
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5. (Zool.) The hagdon or shearwater.
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6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a
man's hair. --Blount.
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Hag moth (Zool.), a moth (Phobetron pithecium), the larva
of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit
trees.
Hag's tooth (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of
matting or pointing.
[1913 Webster]Borer \Bor"er\, n.
1. One that bores; an instrument for boring.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and
allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo.
(b) Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.)
which bores into limestone and similar substances.
(c) One of the larv[ae] of many species of insects, which
penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See
Apple borer, under Apple.
(d) The hagfish (Myxine).
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Cane borer
(gcide) | Cane \Cane\ (k[=a]n), n. [OE. cane, canne, OF. cane, F. canne,
L. canna, fr. Gr. ka`nna, ka`nnh; prob. of Semitic origin;
cf. Heb. q[=a]neh reed. Cf. Canister, canon, 1st
Cannon.]
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1. (Bot.)
(a) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of
Calamus and D[ae]manorops, having very long,
smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.
(b) Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and
bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane.
(c) Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as,
the canes of a raspberry.
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Like light canes, that first rise big and brave.
--B. Jonson.
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Note: In the Southern United States great cane is the
Arundinaria macrosperma, and small cane is.
Arundinaria tecta.
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2. A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally
made of one of the species of cane.
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Stir the fire with your master's cane. --Swift.
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3. A lance or dart made of cane. [R.]
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Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign
The flying skirmish of the darted cane. --Dryden.
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4. A local European measure of length. See Canna.
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Cane borer (Zool.), A beetle (Oberea bimaculata) which,
in the larval state, bores into pith and destroy the canes
or stalks of the raspberry, blackberry, etc.
Cane mill, a mill for grinding sugar canes, for the
manufacture of sugar.
Cane trash, the crushed stalks and other refuse of sugar
cane, used for fuel, etc.
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Colaborer
(gcide) | Colaborer \Co*la"bor*er\, n.
One who labors with another; an associate in labor.
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Currant borer
(gcide) | Currant \Cur"rant\ (k?r"rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de
Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the
city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried
grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving
the name from its resemblance to that grape.]
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1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant,
chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery.
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2. The acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common
red currant, or of its variety, the white currant.
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3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus
Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the
Ribes rubrum.
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Black currant,a shrub or bush (Ribes nigrum and {Ribes
floridum}) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit.
Cherry currant, a variety of the red currant, having a
strong, symmetrical bush and a very large berry.
Currant borer (Zool.), the larva of an insect that bores
into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the
larvae of a small clearwing moth ({[AE]geria
tipuliformis}) and a longicorn beetle ({Psenocerus
supernotatus}).
Currant worm (Zool.), an insect larva which eats the leaves
or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the
currant sawfly (Nematus ventricosus), introduced from
Europe, and the spanworm (Eufitchia ribearia). The fruit
worms are the larva of a fly (Epochra Canadensis), and a
spanworm (Eupithecia).
Flowering currant, Missouri currant, a species of Ribes
(Ribes aureum), having showy yellow flowers.
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Day-laborer
(gcide) | Day-laborer \Day"-la`bor*er\, n.
One who works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm
laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular
trade. --Goldsmith.
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earth borer
(gcide) | Earth \Earth\ ([~e]rth), n. [AS. eor[eth]e; akin to OS. ertha,
OFries. irthe, D. aarde, OHG. erda, G. erde, Icel.
j["o]r[eth], Sw. & Dan. jord, Goth. a[imac]r[thorn]a, OHG.
ero, Gr. ?, adv., to earth, and perh. to E. ear to plow.]
1. The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in
distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world
as the dwelling place of mortals, in distinction from the
dwelling place of spirits.
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That law preserves the earth a sphere
And guides the planets in their course. --S. Rogers.
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In heaven, or earth, or under earth, in hell.
--Milton.
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2. The solid materials which make up the globe, in
distinction from the air or water; the dry land.
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God called the dry land earth. --Gen. i. 10.
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He is pure air and fire, and the dull elements of
earth and water never appear in him. --Shak.
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3. The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface
of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of
all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like;
sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the
visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth;
rich earth.
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Give him a little earth for charity. --Shak.
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4. A part of this globe; a region; a country; land.
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Would I had never trod this English earth. --Shak.
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5. Worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things; the
pursuits, interests, and allurements of this life.
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Our weary souls by earth beguiled. --Keble.
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6. The people on the globe.
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The whole earth was of one language. --Gen. xi. 1.
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7. (Chem.)
(a) Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina,
glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria.
(b) A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as
lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta.
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8. A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself; as,
the earth of a fox. --Macaulay.
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They [ferrets] course the poor conies out of their
earths. --Holland.
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9. (Elec.) The connection of any part an electric conductor
with the ground; specif., the connection of a telegraph
line with the ground through a fault or otherwise.
Note: When the resistance of the earth connection is low it
is termed a good earth.
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Note: Earth is used either adjectively or in combination to
form compound words; as, earth apple or earth-apple;
earth metal or earth-metal; earth closet or
earth-closet.
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Adamic earth, Bitter earth, Bog earth, Chian earth,
etc. See under Adamic, Bitter, etc.
Alkaline earths. See under Alkaline.
Earth apple. (Bot.)
(a) A potato.
(b) A cucumber.
Earth auger, a form of auger for boring into the ground; --
called also earth borer.
Earth bath, a bath taken by immersing the naked body in
earth for healing purposes.
Earth battery (Physics), a voltaic battery the elements of
which are buried in the earth to be acted on by its
moisture.
Earth chestnut, the pignut.
Earth closet, a privy or commode provided with dry earth or
a similar substance for covering and deodorizing the
f[ae]cal discharges.
Earth dog (Zo["o]l.), a dog that will dig in the earth, or
enter holes of foxes, etc.
Earth hog, Earth pig (Zo["o]l.), the aard-vark.
Earth hunger, an intense desire to own land, or, in the
case of nations, to extend their domain.
Earth light (Astron.), the light reflected by the earth, as
upon the moon, and corresponding to moonlight; -- called
also earth shine. --Sir J. Herschel.
Earth metal. See 1st Earth, 7. (Chem.)
Earth oil, petroleum.
Earth pillars or Earth pyramids (Geol.), high pillars or
pyramids of earth, sometimes capped with a single stone,
found in Switzerland. --Lyell.
Earth pitch (Min.), mineral tar, a kind of asphaltum.
Earth quadrant, a fourth of the earth's circumference.
Earth table (Arch.), the lowest course of stones visible in
a building; the ground table.
On earth, an intensive expression, oftenest used in
questions and exclamations; as, What on earth shall I do?
Nothing on earth will satisfy him. [Colloq.]
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Elm borer
(gcide) | Elm \Elm\, n. [AS. elm; akin to D. olm, OHG. elm, G. ulme, Icel.
almr, Dan. & Sw. alm, L. ulmus, and E. alder. Cf. Old.]
(Bot.)
A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as
a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is
Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is {U.
Americana}; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva.
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Elm beetle (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of beetles
(esp. Galeruca calmariensis), which feed on the leaves
of the elm.
Elm borer (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of beetles of
which the larv[ae] bore into the wood or under the bark of
the elm (esp. Saperda tridentata).
Elm butterfly (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of
butterflies, which, in the caterpillar state, feed on the
leaves of the elm (esp. Vanessa antiopa and {Grapta
comma}). See Comma butterfly, under Comma.
Elm moth (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of moths of
which the larv[ae] destroy the leaves of the elm (esp.
Eugonia subsignaria, called elm spanworm).
Elm sawfly (Zo["o]l.), a large sawfly (Cimbex Americana).
The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe,
feeds on the leaves of the elm.
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Grape borer
(gcide) | Grape \Grape\, n. [OF. grape, crape, bunch or cluster of grapes,
F. grappe, akin to F. grappin grapnel, hook; fr. OHG. chrapfo
hook, G. krapfen, akin to E. cramp. The sense seems to have
come from the idea of clutching. Cf. Agraffe, Cramp,
Grapnel, Grapple.]
1. (Bot.) A well-known edible berry growing in pendent
clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are
smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp, and are cultivated in
great quantities for table use and for making wine and
raisins.
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2. (Bot.) The plant which bears this fruit; the grapevine.
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3. (Man.) A mangy tumor on the leg of a horse.
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4. (Mil.) Grapeshot.
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Grape borer. (Zool.) See Vine borer.
Grape curculio (Zool.), a minute black weevil ({Craponius
in[ae]qualis}) which in the larval state eats the interior
of grapes.
Grape flower, or
Grape hyacinth (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Muscari
racemosum}) with small blue globular flowers in a dense
raceme.
Grape fungus (Bot.), a fungus (Oidium Tuckeri) on
grapevines; vine mildew.
Grape hopper (Zool.), a small yellow and red hemipterous
insect, often very injurious to the leaves of the
grapevine.
Grape moth (Zool.), a small moth (Eudemis botrana), which
in the larval state eats the interior of grapes, and often
binds them together with silk.
Grape of a cannon, the cascabel or knob at the breech.
Grape sugar. See Glucose.
Grape worm (Zool.), the larva of the grape moth.
Sour grapes, things which persons affect to despise because
they can not possess them; -- in allusion to [AE]sop's
fable of the fox and the grapes.
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Harborer
(gcide) | Harborer \Har"bor*er\ (-[~e]r), n.
One who, or that which, harbors.
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Geneva was . . . a harborer of exiles for religion.
--Strype.
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Laborer
(gcide) | Laborer \La"bor*er\, n. [Written also labourer.]
One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does
work that requires strength rather than skill, as
distinguished from that of an artisan.
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locust borer
(gcide) | Locust \Lo"cust\, n. [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf.
Lobster.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged,
migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family
Acridid[ae], allied to the grasshoppers; esp., ({Edipoda
migratoria}, syn. Pachytylus migratoria, and {Acridium
perigrinum}, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the
United States the related species with similar habits are
usually called grasshoppers. See Grasshopper.
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Note: These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and
the south of Asia as to devour every green thing; and
when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud. In the
United States the harvest flies are improperly called
locusts. See Cicada.
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Locust beetle (Zool.), a longicorn beetle ({Cyllene
robini[ae]}), which, in the larval state, bores holes in
the wood of the locust tree. Its color is brownish black,
barred with yellow. Called also locust borer.
Locust bird (Zool.) the rose-colored starling or pastor of
India. See Pastor.
Locust hunter (Zool.), an African bird; the beefeater.
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2. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The locust tree. See {Locust
Tree} (definition, note, and phrases).
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Locust bean (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of
the carob tree.
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manual laborer
(gcide) | manual laborer \manual laborer\ n.
A person who works with the hands, rather than with the mind.
Syn: laborer, labourer.
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migrant laborer
(gcide) | Migrant \Mi"grant\, n.
1. A migratory bird, person, or other animal.
2. A person who changes residence frequently in search of
employment, especially farm labor, such as harvesting
crops seasonally; also called migrant laborer or
migrant worker. Sometimes the migrant worker is not a
resident of the country in which the work is performed.
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palm borers
(gcide) | Palm \Palm\, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf
resembling a hand. See 1st Palm, and cf. Pam.]
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1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order Palm[ae] or
Palmace[ae]; a palm tree.
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Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic
size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched,
and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent
bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a
terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing,
often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great
size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft.
There are about one thousand species known, nearly all
of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions.
The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many
species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic
economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the
cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm,
the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm
and palmetto.
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2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a
symbol of victory or rejoicing.
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A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and
before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme
in their hands. --Rev. vii. 9.
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3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or
triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. "The palm of
martyrdom." --Chaucer.
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So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone. --Shak.
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Molucca palm (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia ({Molucella
l[ae]vis}), having a curious cup-shaped calyx.
Palm cabbage, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as
food.
Palm cat (Zool.), the common paradoxure.
Palm crab (Zool.), the purse crab.
Palm oil, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of
several species of palms, as the African oil palm
(El[ae]is Guineensis), and used in the manufacture of
soap and candles. See El[ae]is.
Palm swift (Zool.), a small swift (Cypselus Batassiensis)
which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India.
Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra
palm.
Palm toddy. Same as Palm wine.
Palm weevil (Zool.), any one of mumerous species of very
large weevils of the genus Rhynchophorus. The larv[ae]
bore into palm trees, and are called palm borers, and
grugru worms. They are considered excellent food.
Palm wine, the sap of several species of palms, especially,
in India, of the wild date palm (Ph[oe]nix sylvestrix),
the palmyra, and the Caryota urens. When fermented it
yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery.
Called also palm toddy.
Palm worm, or Palmworm. (Zool.)
(a) The larva of a palm weevil.
(b) A centipede.
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Peach-tree borer
(gcide) | Peach \Peach\ (p[=e]ch), n. [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F.
p[^e]che, fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian
apple, a peach. Cf. Persian, and Parsee.]
1. (Bot.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing
one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone.
In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible.
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2. The tree (Prunus Persica syn. Amygdalus Persica) which
bears the peach fruit.
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3. The pale red color of the peach blossom, or the light
pinkish yellow of the peach fruit.
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Guinea peach, or Sierra Leone peach, the large edible
berry of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous
climbing shrub of west tropical Africa.
Palm peach, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris
speciosa}).
Peach color, the pale red color of the peach blossom.
Peach-tree borer (Zool.), the larva of a clearwing moth
(Aegeria exitiosa, or Sannina, exitiosa) of the family
Aegeriidae, which is very destructive to peach trees by
boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the
moth itself. See Illust. under Borer.
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Pine borer
(gcide) | Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[imac]n, L. pinus.]
1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See
Pinus.
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Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
States, of which the white pine (Pinus Strobus),
the Georgia pine (Pinus australis), the red pine
(Pinus resinosa), and the great West Coast {sugar
pine} (Pinus Lambertiana) are among the most
valuable. The Scotch pine or fir, also called
Norway or Riga pine (Pinus sylvestris), is the
only British species. The nut pine is any pine tree,
or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See
Pinon.
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cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now
commonly assigned to other genera.
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2. The wood of the pine tree.
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3. A pineapple.
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Ground pine. (Bot.) See under Ground.
Norfolk Island pine (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
the Araucaria excelsa.
Pine barren, a tract of infertile land which is covered
with pines. [Southern U.S.]
Pine borer (Zool.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into
pine trees.
Pine finch. (Zool.) See Pinefinch, in the Vocabulary.
Pine grosbeak (Zool.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
red.
Pine lizard (Zool.), a small, very active, mottled gray
lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle
States; -- called also swift, brown scorpion, and
alligator.
Pine marten. (Zool.)
(a) A European weasel (Mustela martes), called also
sweet marten, and yellow-breasted marten.
(b) The American sable. See Sable.
Pine moth (Zool.), any one of several species of small
tortricid moths of the genus Retinia, whose larv[ae]
burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
doing great damage.
Pine mouse (Zool.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
forests.
Pine needle (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
of a pine tree. See Pinus.
Pine-needle wool. See Pine wool (below).
Pine oil, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
Pine snake (Zool.), a large harmless North American snake
(Pituophis melanoleucus). It is whitish, covered with
brown blotches having black margins. Called also {bull
snake}. The Western pine snake (Pituophis Sayi) is
chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
Pine tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Pinus; pine.
Pine-tree money, money coined in Massachusetts in the
seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
figure of a pine tree. The most noted variety is the {pine
tree shilling}.
Pine weevil (Zool.), any one of numerous species of weevils
whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several
species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to
the genera Pissodes, Hylobius, etc.
Pine wool, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
arts; -- called also pine-needle wool, and {pine-wood
wool}.
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pump borer
(gcide) | Tapper \Tap"per\, n. (Zool.)
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); --
called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie,
barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and {pump
borer}. [Prov. Eng.]
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Snail borer
(gcide) | Snail \Snail\ (sn[=a]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel,
sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel.
snigill.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial
air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix
and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They
are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except
the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on
vegetation; a land snail.
(b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true
snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See
Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.
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2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.
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3. (Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally
curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the
position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a
striking clock.
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4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to
protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.]
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They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . .
that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or
of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow
pavises and targets, under the which men, when they
fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail
is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails.
--Vegetius
(Trans.).
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5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover.
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Ear snail, Edible snail, Pond snail, etc. See under
Ear, Edible, etc.
Snail borer (Zool.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill.
Snail clover (Bot.), a cloverlike plant ({Medicago
scuttellata}, also, Medicago Helix); -- so named from
its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called
also snail trefoil, snail medic, and beehive.
Snail flower (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Phaseolus
Caracalla}) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled
like a snail shell.
Snail shell (Zool.), the shell of snail.
Snail trefoil. (Bot.) See Snail clover, above.
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Sprat borer
(gcide) | Sprat \Sprat\ (spr[a^]t), n. [OE. sprot, sprotte, D. sprot; akin
to G. sprotte.] (Zool.)
(a) A small European herring (Clupea sprattus) closely
allied to the common herring and the pilchard; -- called
also garvie. The name is also applied to small herring
of different kinds.
(b) A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); -- called
also alfione, and perch.
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Sprat borer (Zool.), the red-throated diver; -- so called
from its fondness for sprats. See Diver.
Sprat loon. (Zool.)
(a) The young of the great northern diver. [Prov. Eng.]
(b) The red-throated diver. See Diver.
Sprat mew (Zool.), the kittiwake gull.
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Stalk borer
(gcide) | Stalk \Stalk\ (st[add]k), n. [OE. stalke, fr. AS. stael, stel, a
stalk. See Stale a handle, Stall.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of
wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.
(b) The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.
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2. That which resembles the stalk of a plant, as the stem of
a quill. --Grew.
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3. (Arch.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling
the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices
spring.
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4. One of the two upright pieces of a ladder. [Obs.]
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To climb by the rungs and the stalks. --Chaucer.
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5. (Zool.)
(a) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and
crinoids.
(b) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a
hymenopterous insect.
(c) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
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6. (Founding) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core
to strengthen it; a core arbor.
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Stalk borer (Zool.), the larva of a noctuid moth ({Gortyna
nitela}), which bores in the stalks of the raspberry,
strawberry, tomato, asters, and many other garden plants,
often doing much injury.
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Stone borer
(gcide) | Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. &
OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,
Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a
pebble. [root]167. Cf. Steen.]
1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular
mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy
threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. "Dumb as a
stone." --Chaucer.
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They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for
mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.
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Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are
called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the
finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone
is much and widely used in the construction of
buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,
abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.
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2. A precious stone; a gem. "Many a rich stone." --Chaucer.
"Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." --Shak.
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3. Something made of stone. Specifically:
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(a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]
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Lend me a looking-glass;
If that her breath will mist or stain the stone,
Why, then she lives. --Shak.
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(b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.
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Should some relenting eye
Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope.
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4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the
kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
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5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.
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6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a
cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
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7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]
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Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8
lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5
lbs.
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8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
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I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.
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9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of
stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a
book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also
imposing stone.
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Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other
words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or
stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or
pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or
stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone
falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some
adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed
by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;
as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,
etc.
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Atlantic stone, ivory. [Obs.] "Citron tables, or Atlantic
stone." --Milton.
Bowing stone. Same as Cromlech. --Encyc. Brit.
Meteoric stones, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as
after the explosion of a meteor.
Philosopher's stone. See under Philosopher.
Rocking stone. See Rocking-stone.
Stone age, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when
stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for
weapons and tools; -- called also flint age. The {bronze
age} succeeded to this.
Stone bass (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Serranus and allied genera, as
Serranus Couchii, and Polyprion cernium of Europe; --
called also sea perch.
Stone biter (Zool.), the wolf fish.
Stone boiling, a method of boiling water or milk by
dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.
--Tylor.
Stone borer (Zool.), any animal that bores stones;
especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow
in limestone. See Lithodomus, and Saxicava.
Stone bramble (Bot.), a European trailing species of
bramble (Rubus saxatilis).
Stone-break. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the
genus Saxifraga; saxifrage.
Stone bruise, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a
bruise by a stone.
Stone canal. (Zool.) Same as Sand canal, under Sand.
Stone cat (Zool.), any one of several species of small
fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus
Noturus. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they
inflict painful wounds.
Stone coal, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.
Stone coral (Zool.), any hard calcareous coral.
Stone crab. (Zool.)
(a) A large crab (Menippe mercenaria) found on the
southern coast of the United States and much used as
food.
(b) A European spider crab (Lithodes maia).
Stone crawfish (Zool.), a European crawfish ({Astacus
torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of
the common species (Astacus fluviatilis).
Stone curlew. (Zool.)
(a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus
crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also
thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee.
(b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
(c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]
Stone crush. Same as Stone bruise, above.
Stone eater. (Zool.) Same as Stone borer, above.
Stone falcon (Zool.), the merlin.
Stone fern (Bot.), a European fern (Asplenium Ceterach)
which grows on rocks and walls.
Stone fly (Zool.), any one of many species of
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Perla and allied
genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.
The larvae are aquatic.
Stone fruit (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a
drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.
Stone grig (Zool.), the mud lamprey, or pride.
Stone hammer, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a
thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,
-- used for breaking stone.
Stone hawk (Zool.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit
of sitting on bare stones.
Stone jar, a jar made of stoneware.
Stone lily (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.
Stone lugger. (Zool.) See Stone roller, below.
Stone marten (Zool.), a European marten (Mustela foina)
allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; --
called also beech marten.
Stone mason, a mason who works or builds in stone.
Stone-mortar (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used
in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short
distances.
Stone oil, rock oil, petroleum.
Stone parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli
Labanotis}). See under Parsley.
Stone pine. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under Pine,
and Pi[~n]on.
Stone pit, a quarry where stones are dug.
Stone pitch, hard, inspissated pitch.
Stone plover. (Zool.)
(a) The European stone curlew.
(b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the
genus Esacus; as, the large stone plover ({Esacus
recurvirostris}).
(c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]
(d) The ringed plover.
(e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to
other species of limicoline birds.
Stone roller. (Zool.)
(a) An American fresh-water fish (Catostomus nigricans)
of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,
often with dark blotches. Called also stone lugger,
stone toter, hog sucker, hog mullet.
(b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma
anomalum}); -- called also stone lugger.
Stone's cast, or Stone's throw, the distance to which a
stone may be thrown by the hand; as, they live a stone's
throw from each other.
Stone snipe (Zool.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.
[Local, U.S.]
Stone toter. (Zool.)
(a) See Stone roller
(a), above.
(b) A cyprinoid fish (Exoglossum maxillingua) found in
the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a
three-lobed lower lip; -- called also cutlips.
To leave no stone unturned, to do everything that can be
done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
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Strawberry borer
(gcide) | Strawberry \Straw"ber*ry\, n. [AS. stre['a]wberige; stre['a]w
straw + berie berry; perhaps from the resemblance of the
runners of the plant to straws.] (Bot.)
A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of
a red color, the fruit of a plant of the genus Fragaria, of
which there are many varieties. Also, the plant bearing the
fruit. The common American strawberry is {Fragaria
virginiana}; the European, Fragaria vesca. There are also
other less common species.
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Strawberry bass. (Zool.) See Calico bass, under Calico.
Strawberry blite. (Bot.) See under Blite.
Strawberry borer (Zool.), any one of several species of
insects whose larvae burrow in the crown or roots of the
strawberry vine. Especially:
(a) The root borer (Anarsia lineatella), a very small dark
gray moth whose larvae burrow both in the larger roots
and crown, often doing great damage.
(b) The crown borer (Tyloderma fragariae), a small brown
weevil whose larva burrows in the crown and kills the
plant.
Strawberry bush (Bot.), an American shrub ({Euonymus
Americanus}), a kind of spindle tree having crimson pods
and the seeds covered with a scarlet aril.
Strawberry crab (Zool.), a small European spider crab
(Eurynome aspera); -- so called because the back is
covered with pink tubercles.
Strawberry fish (Zool.), the amadavat.
Strawberry geranium (Bot.), a kind of saxifrage ({Saxifraga
sarmentosa}) having reniform leaves, and producing long
runners like those of the strawberry.
Strawberry leaf.
(a) The leaf of the strawberry.
(b) The symbol of the rank or estate of a duke, because the
ducal coronet is twined with strawberry leaves. "The
strawberry leaves on her chariot panels are engraved on
her ladyship's heart." --Thackeray.
Strawberry-leaf roller (Zool.), any one of several species
of moths whose larvae roll up, and feed upon, the leaves
of the strawberry vine; especially, {Phoxopteris
fragariae}, and Eccopsis permundana.
Strawberry moth (Zool.), any one of several species of moth
whose larvae feed on the strawberry vines; as:
(a) The smeared dagger (Apatela oblinita), whose large
hairy larva is velvety black with two rows of bright
yellow spots on each side.
(b) A geometrid (Angerona crocataria) which is yellow with
dusky spots on the wings. Called also currant moth.
Strawberry pear (Bot.), the red ovoid fruit of a West
Indian plant of the genus Cereus ({Cereus
triangularia}). It has a sweetish flavor, and is slightly
acid, pleasant, and cooling. Also, the plant bearing the
fruit.
Strawberry sawfly (Zool.), a small black sawfly ({Emphytus
maculatus}) whose larva eats the leaves of the strawberry
vine.
Strawberry tomato. (Bot.) See Alkekengi.
Strawberry tree. (Bot.) See Arbutus.
Strawberry vine (Bot.), the plant which yields the
strawberry.
Strawberry worm (Zool.), the larva of any moth which feeds
on the strawberry vine.
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Taborer
(gcide) | Taborer \Ta"bor*er\, n.
One who plays on the tabor. --Shak.
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Twig borer
(gcide) | Twig \Twig\, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zw[imac]g,
zw[imac], G. zweig, and probably to E. two.]
A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no
definite length or size.
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The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on
the outside with hides. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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Twig borer (Zool.), any one of several species of small
beetles which bore into twigs of shrubs and trees, as the
apple-tree twig borer (Amphicerus bicaudatus).
Twig girdler. (Zool.) See Girdler, 3.
Twig rush (Bot.), any rushlike plant of the genus Cladium
having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or
stalks. See Saw grass, under Saw.
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Underlaborer
(gcide) | Underlaborer \Un"der*la`bor*er\, n.
An assistant or subordinate laborer. --Locke.
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Vine borer
(gcide) | Vine \Vine\, n. [F. vigne, L. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus
of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See Wine, and
cf. Vignette.] (Bot.)
(a) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.
(b) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender
stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs
by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing
anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper;
as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons,
squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
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There shall be no grapes on the vine. --Jer.
viii. 13.
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And one went out into the field to gather herbs,
and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild
gourds. --2 Kings iv.
89.
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Vine apple (Bot.), a small kind of squash. --Roger
Williams.
Vine beetle (Zool.), any one of several species of beetles
which are injurious to the leaves or branches of the
grapevine. Among the more important species are the
grapevine fidia (see Fidia), the spotted Pelidnota
(Pelidnota punctata) (see Rutilian), the vine
fleabeetle (Graptodera chalybea), the rose beetle (see
under Rose), the vine weevil, and several species of
Colaspis and Anomala.
Vine borer. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae
bore in the wood or pith of the grapevine, especially
Sinoxylon basilare, a small species the larva of
which bores in the stems, and {Ampeloglypter
sesostris}, a small reddish brown weevil (called also
vine weevil), which produces knotlike galls on the
branches.
(b) A clearwing moth (Aegeria polistiformis), whose
larva bores in the roots of the grapevine and is often
destructive.
Vine dragon, an old and fruitless branch of a vine. [Obs.]
--Holland.
Vine forester (Zool.), any one of several species of moths
belonging to Alypia and allied genera, whose larvae feed
on the leaves of the grapevine.
Vine fretter (Zool.), a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera
that injuries the grapevine.
Vine grub (Zool.), any one of numerous species of insect
larvae that are injurious to the grapevine.
Vine hopper (Zool.), any one of several species of leaf
hoppers which suck the sap of the grapevine, especially
Erythroneura vitis. See Illust. of Grape hopper, under
Grape.
Vine inchworm (Zool.), the larva of any species of
geometrid moths which feed on the leaves of the grapevine,
especially Cidaria diversilineata.
Vine-leaf rooer (Zool.), a small moth (Desmia maculalis)
whose larva makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of the
grapevine. The moth is brownish black, spotted with white.
Vine louse (Zool.), the phylloxera.
Vine mildew (Bot.), a fungous growth which forms a white,
delicate, cottony layer upon the leaves, young shoots, and
fruit of the vine, causing brown spots upon the green
parts, and finally a hardening and destruction of the
vitality of the surface. The plant has been called {Oidium
Tuckeri}, but is now thought to be the conidia-producing
stage of an Erysiphe.
Vine of Sodom (Bot.), a plant named in the Bible (--Deut.
xxxii. 32), now thought to be identical with the apple of
Sodom. See Apple of Sodom, under Apple.
Vine sawfly (Zool.), a small black sawfiy ({Selandria
vitis}) whose larva feeds upon the leaves of the
grapevine. The larvae stand side by side in clusters while
feeding.
Vine slug (Zool.), the larva of the vine sawfly.
Vine sorrel (Bot.), a climbing plant (Cissus acida)
related to the grapevine, and having acid leaves. It is
found in Florida and the West Indies.
Vine sphinx (Zool.), any one of several species of hawk
moths. The larvae feed on grapevine leaves.
Vine weevil. (Zool.) See Vine borer
(a) above, and Wound gall, under Wound.
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Wood borer
(gcide) | Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.
witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. &
Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]
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1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;
-- frequently used in the plural.
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Light thickens, and the crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak.
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2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous
substance which composes the body of a tree and its
branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. "To
worship their own work in wood and stone for gods."
--Milton.
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3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater
part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby
plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.
It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of
various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands
called silver grain.
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Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose
and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.
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4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
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Wood acid, Wood vinegar (Chem.), a complex acid liquid
obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing
large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,
acetic acid. Formerly called pyroligneous acid.
Wood anemone (Bot.), a delicate flower (Anemone nemorosa)
of early spring; -- also called windflower. See Illust.
of Anemone.
Wood ant (Zool.), a large ant (Formica rufa) which lives
in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.
Wood apple (Bot.). See Elephant apple, under Elephant.
Wood baboon (Zool.), the drill.
Wood betony. (Bot.)
(a) Same as Betony.
(b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis
Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or
purplish flowers.
Wood borer. (Zool.)
(a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring
beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,
buprestidans, and certain weevils. See Apple borer,
under Apple, and Pine weevil, under Pine.
(b) The larva of any one of various species of
lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing
moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under Peach),
and of the goat moths.
(c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the
tribe Urocerata. See Tremex.
(d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,
as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.
(e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the
Limnoria, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura
terebrans}).
Wood carpet, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces
of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.
--Knight.
Wood cell (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell
usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the
principal constituent of woody fiber.
Wood choir, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.
[Poetic] --Coleridge.
Wood coal, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.
Wood cricket (Zool.), a small European cricket ({Nemobius
sylvestris}).
Wood culver (Zool.), the wood pigeon.
Wood cut, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an
engraving.
Wood dove (Zool.), the stockdove.
Wood drink, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.
Wood duck (Zool.)
(a) A very beautiful American duck (Aix sponsa). The
male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with
green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its
nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal
duck}, summer duck, and wood widgeon.
(b) The hooded merganser.
(c) The Australian maned goose (Chlamydochen jubata).
Wood echo, an echo from the wood.
Wood engraver.
(a) An engraver on wood.
(b) (Zool.) Any of several species of small beetles whose
larvae bore beneath the bark of trees, and excavate
furrows in the wood often more or less resembling
coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus
xylographus}.
Wood engraving.
(a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.
(b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from
such an engraving.
Wood fern. (Bot.) See Shield fern, under Shield.
Wood fiber.
(a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.
(b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty
mass.
Wood fretter (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
beetles whose larvae bore in the wood, or beneath the
bark, of trees.
Wood frog (Zool.), a common North American frog ({Rana
sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except
during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,
with a black stripe on each side of the head.
Wood germander. (Bot.) See under Germander.
Wood god, a fabled sylvan deity.
Wood grass. (Bot.) See under Grass.
Wood grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The capercailzie.
(b) The spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
Wood guest (Zool.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]
Wood hen. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged
rails of the genus Ocydromus, including the weka and
allied species.
(b) The American woodcock.
Wood hoopoe (Zool.), any one of several species of Old
World arboreal birds belonging to Irrisor and allied
genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but
have a curved beak, and a longer tail.
Wood ibis (Zool.), any one of several species of large,
long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus
Tantalus. The head and neck are naked or scantily
covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus
loculator}) is common in Florida.
Wood lark (Zool.), a small European lark ({Alauda
arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes
while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on
trees.
Wood laurel (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne
Laureola}).
Wood leopard (Zool.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera
aesculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy larva
bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other fruit
trees.
Wood lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley.
Wood lock (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and
sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the
pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.
Wood louse (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod
Crustacea belonging to Oniscus, Armadillo, and
related genera. See Sow bug, under Sow, and {Pill
bug}, under Pill.
(b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,
pseudoneuropterous insects of the family Psocidae,
which live in the crevices of walls and among old
books and papers. Some of the species are called also
book lice, and deathticks, or deathwatches.
Wood mite (Zool.), any one of numerous small mites of the
family Oribatidae. They are found chiefly in woods, on
tree trunks and stones.
Wood mote. (Eng. Law)
(a) Formerly, the forest court.
(b) The court of attachment.
Wood nettle. (Bot.) See under Nettle.
Wood nightshade (Bot.), woody nightshade.
Wood nut (Bot.), the filbert.
Wood nymph. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled
goddess of the woods; a dryad. "The wood nymphs, decked
with daisies trim." --Milton.
(b) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored moths belonging to the genus Eudryas. The
larvae are bright-colored, and some of the species, as
Eudryas grata, and Eudryas unio, feed on the
leaves of the grapevine.
(c) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored South American humming birds belonging to the
genus Thalurania. The males are bright blue, or
green and blue.
Wood offering, wood burnt on the altar.
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We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.
x. 34.
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Wood oil (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East
Indian trees of the genus Dipterocarpus, having
properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes
substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See
Gurjun.
Wood opal (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having
some resemblance to wood.
Wood paper, paper made of wood pulp. See Wood pulp,
below.
Wood pewee (Zool.), a North American tyrant flycatcher
(Contopus virens). It closely resembles the pewee, but
is smaller.
Wood pie (Zool.), any black and white woodpecker,
especially the European great spotted woodpecker.
Wood pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons
belonging to Palumbus and allied genera of the
family Columbidae.
(b) The ringdove.
Wood puceron (Zool.), a plant louse.
Wood pulp (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the
poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion
with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into
sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.
Wood quail (Zool.), any one of several species of East
Indian crested quails belonging to Rollulus and allied
genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({Rollulus
roulroul}), the male of which is bright green, with a long
crest of red hairlike feathers.
Wood rabbit (Zool.), the cottontail.
Wood rat (Zool.), any one of several species of American
wild rats of the genus Neotoma found in the Southern
United States; -- called also bush rat. The Florida wood
rat (Neotoma Floridana) is the best-known species.
Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall grass (Cinna arundinacea)
growing in moist woods.
Wood reeve, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]
Wood rush (Bot.), any plant of the genus Luzula,
differing from the true rushes of the genus Juncus
chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.
Wood sage (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of
the genus Teucrium. See Germander.
Wood screw, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and
usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.
Wood sheldrake (Zool.), the hooded merganser.
Wood shock (Zool.), the fisher. See Fisher, 2.
Wood shrike (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World singing birds belonging to Grallina,
Collyricincla, Prionops, and allied genera, common in
India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,
but feed upon both insects and berries.
Wood snipe. (Zool.)
(a) The American woodcock.
(b) An Asiatic snipe (Gallinago nemoricola).
Wood soot, soot from burnt wood.
Wood sore. (Zool.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
Wood sorrel (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis
Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of
Shamrock.
Wood spirit. (Chem.) See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl.
Wood stamp, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,
for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.
Wood star (Zool.), any one of several species of small
South American humming birds belonging to the genus
Calothorax. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,
purple, and other colors.
Wood sucker (Zool.), the yaffle.
Wood swallow (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World passerine birds belonging to the genus Artamus and
allied genera of the family Artamidae. They are common
in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and
habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they
resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white
beneath.
Wood tapper (Zool.), any woodpecker.
Wood tar. See under Tar.
Wood thrush, (Zool.)
(a) An American thrush (Turdus mustelinus) noted for the
sweetness of its song. See under Thrush.
(b) The missel thrush.
Wood tick. See in Vocabulary.
Wood tin. (Min.). See Cassiterite.
Wood titmouse (Zool.), the goldcgest.
Wood tortoise (Zool.), the sculptured tortoise. See under
Sculptured.
Wood vine (Bot.), the white bryony.
Wood vinegar. See Wood acid, above.
Wood warbler. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of
the genus Dendroica. See Warbler.
(b) A European warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix); --
called also green wren, wood wren, and {yellow
wren}.
Wood worm (Zool.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood
borer.
Wood wren. (Zool.)
(a) The wood warbler.
(b) The willow warbler.
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Yucca borer
(gcide) | Yucca borer \Yuc"ca bor`er\
(a) A California boring weevil (Yuccaborus frontalis).
(b) A large mothlike butterfly (Megathymus yuccae) of the
family Megatimidae, whose larva bores in yucca roots.
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agricultural laborer
(wn) | agricultural laborer
n 1: a person who tills the soil for a living [syn:
agricultural laborer, agricultural labourer] |
borer
(wn) | borer
n 1: a drill for penetrating rock [syn: bore bit, borer,
rock drill, stone drill]
2: any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into
wood [syn: woodborer, borer] |
corn borer
(wn) | corn borer
n 1: larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of
maize [syn: corn borer, Pyrausta nubilalis]
2: native to Europe; in America the larvae bore into the stem
and crown of corn and other plants [syn: corn borer,
European corn borer moth, corn borer moth, {Pyrausta
nubilalis}] |
corn borer moth
(wn) | corn borer moth
n 1: native to Europe; in America the larvae bore into the stem
and crown of corn and other plants [syn: corn borer,
European corn borer moth, corn borer moth, {Pyrausta
nubilalis}] |
day laborer
(wn) | day laborer
n 1: a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages [syn: {day
laborer}, day labourer] |
european corn borer moth
(wn) | European corn borer moth
n 1: native to Europe; in America the larvae bore into the stem
and crown of corn and other plants [syn: corn borer,
European corn borer moth, corn borer moth, {Pyrausta
nubilalis}] |
laborer
(wn) | laborer
n 1: someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in
manual labor [syn: laborer, manual laborer, labourer,
jack] |
manual laborer
(wn) | manual laborer
n 1: someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in
manual labor [syn: laborer, manual laborer, labourer,
jack] |
woodborer
(wn) | woodborer
n 1: any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into
wood [syn: woodborer, borer] |
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