| slovo | definícia |
carol
(encz) | carol,koleda n: Jiří Šmoldas |
carol
(encz) | carol,zpívat koledy v: Jiří Šmoldas |
Carol
(gcide) | Carol \Car"ol\, n. [OF. carole a kind of dance wherein many
dance together, fr. caroler to dance; perh. from Celtic; cf.
Armor. koroll, n., korolla, korolli, v., Ir. car music, turn,
circular motion, also L. choraula a flute player, charus a
dance, chorus, choir.]
1. A round dance. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay.
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The costly feast, the carol, and the dance. --Dryden
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It was the carol of a bird. --Byron.
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3. A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter
carol.
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Heard a carol, mournful, holy. --Tennyson.
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In the darkness sing your carol of high praise.
--Keble.
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4. Joyful music, as of a song.
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I heard the bells on Christmans Day
Their old, familiar carol play. --Longfellow.
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Carol
(gcide) | Carol \Car"ol\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caroled, or Carolled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Caroling, or Carolling.]
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1. To praise or celebrate in song.
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The Shepherds at their festivals
Carol her goodness. --Milton.
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2. To sing, especially with joyful notes.
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Hovering swans . . . carol sounds harmonious.
--Prior.
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Carol
(gcide) | Carol \Car"ol\, v. i.
To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble.
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And carol of love's high praise. --Spenser.
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The gray linnets carol from the hill. --Beattie.
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Carol
(gcide) | Carol \Car"ol\, Carrol \Car"rol\, n. [OF. carole a sort of
circular space, or carol.] (Arch.)
A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the
inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as
the 16th century. The term carrel, of the same has largely
superseded its use.
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A bay window may thus be called a carol. --Parker.
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carol
(wn) | carol
n 1: joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ [syn:
carol, Christmas carol]
2: a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ)
v 1: sing carols; "They went caroling on Christmas Day" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
barcarolle
(encz) | barcarolle,barkarola n: Zdeněk Brož |
carol
(encz) | carol,koleda n: Jiří Šmoldascarol,zpívat koledy v: Jiří Šmoldas |
carol-singing
(encz) | carol-singing, |
carolean
(encz) | Carolean, adj: |
caroler
(encz) | caroler,zpěvák koled Jiří Šmoldas |
carolina
(encz) | Carolina,Carolina n: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Portoriko, okres v USA,
ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladCarolina,Karla Zdeněk BrožCarolina,Karolína jméno nebo název dvou států USA - North Carolina a
South Carolina Jiří Šmoldas |
carolina allspice
(encz) | Carolina allspice, |
carolina chickadee
(encz) | Carolina chickadee, |
carolina jasmine
(encz) | Carolina jasmine, |
carolina moonseed
(encz) | Carolina moonseed, |
carolina parakeet
(encz) | Carolina parakeet, |
carolina wren
(encz) | Carolina wren, |
carolinas
(encz) | Carolinas,pl. od Carolina Jiří Šmoldas |
caroline
(encz) | Caroline,Caroline n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, ženské křestní
jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladCaroline,Karolína Zdeněk Brož |
caroling
(encz) | caroling, n: |
carolingian
(encz) | Carolingian, |
carolinian
(encz) | Carolinian, |
carolinians
(encz) | Carolinians, |
caroller
(encz) | caroller,koledník n: Zdeněk Brožcaroller,zpěvák koled n: Pavel Machek |
carols
(encz) | carols,koledy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
carolyn
(encz) | Carolyn,ženské křestní jméno n: [female] [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
chicory escarole
(encz) | chicory escarole, n: |
christmas carol
(encz) | Christmas carol, |
escarole
(encz) | escarole,čekanka n: Zdeněk Brož |
north carolina
(encz) | North Carolina,Severní Karolína n: [jmén.] stát v USA |
north carolinian
(encz) | North Carolinian,severokarolínský adj: |
south carolina
(encz) | South Carolina,stát v USA n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
south carolinian
(encz) | South Carolinian,obyvatel Jižní Carolíny Zdeněk Brož |
carolina
(czen) | Carolina,Carolinan: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Portoriko, okres v USA,
ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
caroline
(czen) | Caroline,Carolinen: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, ženské křestní
jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
hl.m. - north carolina v usa
(czen) | hl.m. - North Carolina v USA,Raleighn: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
hl.m. - south carolina v usa
(czen) | hl.m. - South Carolina v USA,Columbian: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
obyvatel jižní carolíny
(czen) | obyvatel Jižní Carolíny,South Carolinian Zdeněk Brož |
pl. od carolina
(czen) | pl. od Carolina,Carolinas Jiří Šmoldas |
Anas Carolinensis
(gcide) | Teal \Teal\ (t[=e]l), n. [OE. tele; akin to D. teling a
generation, production, teal, telen to breed, produce, and E.
till to cultivate. The English word probably once meant, a
brood or flock. See Till to cultivate.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the
genus Anas and the subgenera Querquedula and Nettion.
The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or
blue speculum on the wings.
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Note: The common European teal (Anas crecca) and the
European blue-winged teal, or garganey ({Anas
querquedula} or Anas circia), are well-known species.
In America the blue-winged teal (Anas discors), the
green-winged teal (Anas Carolinensis), and the
cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera) are common species,
valued as game birds. See Garganey.
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Goose teal, a goslet. See Goslet.
Teal duck, the common European teal.
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Anolis carolinensis
(gcide) | anole \anole\ n.
1. A small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizard
(Anolis carolinensis) with the ability to change skin
color.
Syn: American chameleon, Anolis carolinensis
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Antrostomus Carolinensis
(gcide) | Chuck-Will's-widow \Chuck`-Will's-wid"ow\, n. (Zool.)
A large whippoorwill-like bird (a species of goatsucker)
(Caprimulgus carolinensis, formerly {Antrostomus
Carolinensis}), of the southern United States; -- so called
from its note.
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Balistes Carolinensis
(gcide) | Leather \Leath"er\ (l[e^][th]"[~e]r), n. [OE. lether, AS.
le[eth]er; akin to D. leder, le[^e]r, G. leder, OHG. ledar,
Icel. le[eth]r, Sw. l[aum]der, Dan. l[ae]der.]
1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, with the
hair removed, and tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for
use; also, dressed hides, collectively.
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2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive]
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Note: Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made
of, relating to, or like, leather.
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Leather board, an imitation of sole leather, made of
leather scraps, rags, paper, etc.
Leather carp (Zool.), a variety of carp in which the scales
are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under Carp.
Leather jacket. (Zool.)
(a) A California carangoid fish (Oligoplites saurus).
(b) A trigger fish (Balistes Carolinensis).
Leather flower (Bot.), a climbing plant (Clematis Viorna)
of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery
sepals of a purplish color.
Leather leaf (Bot.), a low shrub (Cassandra calyculata),
growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen,
coriaceous, scurfy leaves.
Leather plant (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the
composite genus Celmisia, which have white or buff
tomentose leaves.
Leather turtle. (Zool.) See Leatherback.
Vegetable leather.
(a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste.
(b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. --Ure.
[1913 Webster]Trigger \Trig"ger\, n. [For older tricker, from D. trekker, fr.
trekken to draw, pull. See Trick, n.]
1. A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
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2. (Mech.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a
catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially
(Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the
finger to release the cock and discharge the piece.
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Trigger fish (Zool.), a large plectognath fish ({Balistes
Carolinensis} or Balistes capriscus) common on the
southern coast of the United States, and valued as a food
fish in some localities. Its rough skin is used for
scouring and polishing in the place of sandpaper. Called
also leather jacket, and turbot.
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Barcarolle
(gcide) | Barcarolle \Bar"ca*rolle\, n. [F. barcarolle, fr. It.
barcaruola, fr. barca bark, barge.] (Mus.)
(a) A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers.
(b) A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song.
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Cabomba caroliniana
(gcide) | fanwort \fanwort\ n.
a common aquatic plant (Cabomba caroliniana) of eastern
North America having floating and submerged leaves and white
yellow-spotted flowers.
Syn: water-shield, Cabomba caroliniana.
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Caprimulgus carolinensis
(gcide) | Caprimulgus \Caprimulgus\ n.
the type genus of the Caprimulgidae, including the
whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) and the
chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis).
Syn: genus Caprimulgus.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Caprimulgidae \Caprimulgidae\ n. [L. capris goat + mulgere to
milk.]
a widely distributed natural family of nocturnally active
birds including the whip-poor-will ({Caprimulgus
vociferus}), the chuck-will's-widow ({Caprimulgus
carolinensis}), and the common nighthawk ({Chordeiles
minor}); -- called popularly the goatsuckers or
nightjars. The nighthawks are sometimes active during the
day.
Syn: goatsuckers, nightjars, family Caprimulgidae.
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The family . . . is alternately known as the
nightjars (derived from the "churring" sounds of
several species -- "jarring" the night air), or
goatsuckers, a nonsense name that should be
discontinued as it has its origin in the
preposterous myth that the birds sucked the milk
of nanny goats until they were dry. --Terence
Michael Short
(Wild Birds of
the Americas)Chuck-Will's-widow \Chuck`-Will's-wid"ow\, n. (Zool.)
A large whippoorwill-like bird (a species of goatsucker)
(Caprimulgus carolinensis, formerly {Antrostomus
Carolinensis}), of the southern United States; -- so called
from its note.
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Caroled
(gcide) | Carol \Car"ol\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caroled, or Carolled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Caroling, or Carolling.]
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1. To praise or celebrate in song.
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The Shepherds at their festivals
Carol her goodness. --Milton.
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2. To sing, especially with joyful notes.
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Hovering swans . . . carol sounds harmonious.
--Prior.
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Caroli
(gcide) | Carolus \Car"o*lus\, n.; pl. E. Caroluses, L. Caroli. [L.,
Charles.]
An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three
shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I.
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Told down the crowns and Caroluses. --Macawlay.
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Carolin
(gcide) | Carolin \Car"o*lin\, n. [L. Carolus Charles.]
A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars;
also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars.
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Carolina allspice
(gcide) | Allspice \All"spice`\, n.
The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the
West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably
aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to
combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and
hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic
shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus);
wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush,
spicewood, and feverbush.
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Carolina crake
(gcide) | Sora \So"ra\, n. (Zool.)
A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the
Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with
black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the
breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called
also American rail, Carolina rail, Carolina crake,
common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken, and
orto.
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King sora, the Florida gallinule.
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Carolina dove
(gcide) | Mourning \Mourn"ing\, a.
1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
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2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as
appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing;
as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin,
and the like.
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Mourning bride (Bot.), a garden flower ({Scabiosa
atropurpurea}) with dark purple or crimson flowers in
flattened heads.
Mourning dove (Zool.), a wild dove (Zenaidura macroura)
found throughout the United States; -- so named from its
plaintive note. Called also Carolina dove. See Illust.
under Dove.
Mourning warbler (Zool.), an American ground warbler
(Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck,
and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat
and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.
[1913 Webster]Dove \Dove\ (d[u^]v), n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d[=u]fe;
akin to OS. d[=u]ba, D. duif, OHG. t[=u]ba, G. taube, Icel.
d[=u]fa, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d[=u]b[=o]; perh. from
the root of E. dive.]
1. (Zool.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various
related genera. The species are numerous.
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Note: The domestic dove, including the varieties called
fantails, tumblers, carrier pigeons, etc., was
derived from the rock pigeon (Columba livia) of
Europe and Asia; the turtledove of Europe, celebrated
for its sweet, plaintive note, is Columba turtur or
Turtur vulgaris; the ringdove, the largest of
European species, is Columba palumbus; the {Carolina
dove}, or Mourning dove, is Zenaidura macroura; the
sea dove is the little auk (Mergulus alle or {Alle
alle}). See Turtledove, Ground dove, and {Rock
pigeon}. The dove is a symbol of peace, innocence,
gentleness, and affection; also, in art and in the
Scriptures, the typical symbol of the Holy Ghost.
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2. A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
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O my dove, . . . let me hear thy voice. --Cant. ii.
14.
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3. a person advocating peace, compromise or conciliation
rather than war or conflict. Opposite of hawk.
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Dove tick (Zool.), a mite (Argas reflexus) which infests
doves and other birds.
Soiled dove, a prostitute. [Slang] Dovecot |
Carolina parrot
(gcide) | Parrot \Par"rot\ (p[a^]r"r[u^]t), n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim.
of Pierre Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow.
Cf. Paroquet, Petrel, Petrify.]
1. (Zool.) In a general sense, any bird of the order
Psittaci.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus,
and other genera of the family Psittacid[ae], as
distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories.
They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked
space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako ({Psittacus
erithacus}) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of
Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are
examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to
imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.
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Carolina parrot (Zool.), the Carolina parrakeet. See
Parrakeet.
Night parrot, or Owl parrot. (Zool.) See Kakapo.
Parrot coal, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling
and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.]
Parrot green. (Chem.) See Scheele's green, under Green,
n.
Parrot weed (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant ({Bocconia
frutescens}) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer
parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid
leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers.
Parrot wrasse, Parrot fish (Zool.), any fish of the genus
Scarus. One species (Scarus Cretensis), found in the
Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly
prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
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Carolina pink
(gcide) | Pinkroot \Pink"root`\, n.
1. (Med.) The root of Spigelia Marilandica, used as a
powerful vermifuge; also, that of Spigelia Anthelmia.
See definition 2 (below).
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2. (Bot.)
(a) A perennial North American herb ({Spigelia
Marilandica}), sometimes cultivated for its showy red
blossoms. Called also Carolina pink, {Maryland
pinkroot}, and worm grass.
(b) An annual South American and West Indian plant
(Spigelia Anthelmia).
[1913 Webster]Carolina pink \Car`o*li"na pink`\ (Bot.)
See Pinkboot.
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Carolina rail
(gcide) | Sora \So"ra\, n. (Zool.)
A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the
Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with
black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the
breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called
also American rail, Carolina rail, Carolina crake,
common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken, and
orto.
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King sora, the Florida gallinule.
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Carolina willet
(gcide) | Willet \Wil"let\, n. (Zool.)
A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); --
called also pill-willet, will-willet, {semipalmated
tattler}, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew.
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Carolina willet, the Hudsonian godwit.
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Caroline
(gcide) | Carline \Car"line\, Caroline \Car"o*line\, n. [F. carin; cf. It.
carlino; -- so called from Carlo (Charles) VI. of Naples.]
A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth
about seven cents. --Simmonds.
[1913 Webster] CarlineCaroline \Car"o*line\, n.
A coin. See Carline.
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Caroling
(gcide) | Carol \Car"ol\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caroled, or Carolled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Caroling, or Carolling.]
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1. To praise or celebrate in song.
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The Shepherds at their festivals
Carol her goodness. --Milton.
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2. To sing, especially with joyful notes.
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Hovering swans . . . carol sounds harmonious.
--Prior.
[1913 Webster]Caroling \Car"ol*ing\, n.
A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols.
--Coleridge.
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Such heavenly notes and carolings. --Spenser.
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Carolinian
(gcide) | Carolinian \Car`o*lin"i*an\, n.
A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina.
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Carolitic
(gcide) | Carolitic \Car`o*lit"ic\, a. (Arch.)
Adorned with sculptured leaves and branches.
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Carolled
(gcide) | Carol \Car"ol\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caroled, or Carolled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Caroling, or Carolling.]
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1. To praise or celebrate in song.
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The Shepherds at their festivals
Carol her goodness. --Milton.
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2. To sing, especially with joyful notes.
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Hovering swans . . . carol sounds harmonious.
--Prior.
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Carolling
(gcide) | Carol \Car"ol\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caroled, or Carolled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Caroling, or Carolling.]
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1. To praise or celebrate in song.
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The Shepherds at their festivals
Carol her goodness. --Milton.
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2. To sing, especially with joyful notes.
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Hovering swans . . . carol sounds harmonious.
--Prior.
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Carolus
(gcide) | Carolus \Car"o*lus\, n.; pl. E. Caroluses, L. Caroli. [L.,
Charles.]
An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three
shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I.
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Told down the crowns and Caroluses. --Macawlay.
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Caroluses
(gcide) | Carolus \Car"o*lus\, n.; pl. E. Caroluses, L. Caroli. [L.,
Charles.]
An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three
shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I.
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Told down the crowns and Caroluses. --Macawlay.
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Christmas carol
(gcide) | Christmas \Christ"mas\, n. [Christ + mass.]
An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a
legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often
celebrated by a particular church service, and also by
special gifts, greetings, and hospitality.
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Christmas box.
(a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas.
(b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and
servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift.
Christmas carol, a carol sung at, or suitable for,
Christmas.
Christmas day. Same as Christmas.
Christmas eve, the evening before Christmas.
Christmas fern (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern
(Aspidium acrostichoides), which is much used for
decoration in winter.
Christmas flower, Christmas rose, the black hellebore, a
poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern
Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers
midwinter.
Christmas tree, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to
be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated
on Christmas eve.
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Conurus Carolinensis
(gcide) | Parrakeet \Par"ra*keet`\ (p[a^]r"r[.a]*k[=e]t`), Parakeet
\Par"a*keet`\, n. [See Paroquet.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a
graduated tail, which is frequently very long; -- called also
paroquet and paraquet.
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Note: Many of the Asiatic and Australian species belong to
the genus Paleornis; others belong to Polytelis,
Platycercus, Psephotus, Euphema, and allied
genera. The American parrakeets mostly belong to the
genus Conurus, as the Carolina parrakeet ({Conurus
Carolinensis}).
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escarole
(gcide) | escarole \escarole\ n. [Fr., from OFr. scariole. fr. LL.
escariola, L. escarius of food, fit to eat, esca food, fr.
edere to eat.]
a variety of endive (Cichorium endivia) often used in
salads, having leaves with irregular frilled edges.
Syn: endive, curly endive.
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Frasera Carolinensis
(gcide) | Calumba \Ca*lum"ba\, n. [from kalumb, its native name in
Mozambique.] (Med.)
The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably
Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an
unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and
antiseptic. [Written also colombo, columbo, and
calombo.]
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American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis, also called
American gentian. Its root has been used in medicine as
bitter tonic in place of calumba.
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Galeoscoptes Carolinensis
(gcide) | Catbird \Cat"bird\, n. (Zool.)
An American bird (Galeoscoptes Carolinensis), allied to the
mocking bird, and like it capable of imitating the notes of
other birds, but less perfectly. Its note resembles at times
the mewing of a cat.
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Lycium carolinianum
(gcide) | Christmasberry \Christmasberry\ n.
1. a spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern U. S. ({Lycium
carolinianum}) having spreading branches with usually blue
or mauve flowers and red berries.
Syn: Christmas berry, Lycium carolinianum.
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2. an ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of US Pacific coast
(Photinia arbutifolia) having large white flowers and
red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia.
Syn: toyon, tollon, Christmas berry, Heteromeles arbutifolia,
Photinia arbutifolia.
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Macrosila Carolina
(gcide) | Hawk moth \Hawk" moth`\ (m[o^]th`; 115). (Zool.)
Any moth of the family Sphingid[ae], of which there are
numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths
with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and
hovering over flowers to feed. They fly mostly at twilight
and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the
honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larv[ae] are
large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other
bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx,
also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm.
Syn: hawk moth, sphingid, sphinx moth, hummingbird moth.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] Tobacco Hawk Moth
(Macrosila Carolina), and its Larva, the Tobacco Worm.
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Note: The larv[ae] of several species of hawk moths feed on
grapevines. The elm-tree hawk moth is {Ceratomia
Amyntor}.
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Mantis Carolina
(gcide) | Mantis \Man"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a prophet.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects
of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are predacious
long-bodied large-eyed insects of warm regions, are
remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding
their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded
in prayer. The common American species is Mantis Carolina.
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Mantis shrimp. (Zool.) The Squilla, a tropical marine
burrowing crustacean with large grasping appendages. Also
called mantis crab and mantis prawn.
[1913 Webster]Devil \Dev"il\, n. [AS. de['o]fol, de['o]ful; akin to G. ?eufel,
Goth. diaba['u]lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. ? the
devil, the slanderer, fr. ? to slander, calumniate, orig., to
throw across; ? across + ? to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr.
gal to fall. Cf. Diabolic.]
1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and
spiritual of mankind.
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[Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil.
--Luke iv. 2.
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That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world. --Rev. xii. 9.
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2. An evil spirit; a demon.
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A dumb man possessed with a devil. --Matt. ix.
32.
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3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. "That devil
Glendower." "The devil drunkenness." --Shak.
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Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a
devil? --John vi. 70.
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4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or,
ironically, of negation. [Low]
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The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a
timepleaser. --Shak.
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The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare,
But wonder how the devil they got there. --Pope.
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5. (Cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and
excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
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Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting
oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. --Sir
W. Scott.
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6. (Manuf.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton,
etc.
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Blue devils. See under Blue.
Cartesian devil. See under Cartesian.
Devil bird (Zool.), one of two or more South African drongo
shrikes (Edolius retifer, and Edolius remifer),
believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery.
Devil may care, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used
adjectively. --Longfellow.
Devil's apron (Bot.), the large kelp ({Laminaria
saccharina}, and Laminaria longicruris) of the Atlantic
ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped
somewhat like an apron.
Devil's coachhorse. (Zool.)
(a) The black rove beetle (Ocypus olens). [Eng.]
(b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect ({Prionotus
cristatus}); the wheel bug. [U.S.]
Devil's darning-needle. (Zool.) See under Darn, v. t.
Devil's fingers, Devil's hand (Zool.), the common British
starfish (Asterias rubens); -- also applied to a sponge
with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.]
Devil's riding-horse (Zool.), the American mantis ({Mantis
Carolina}).
The Devil's tattoo, a drumming with the fingers or feet.
"Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot
heels." --F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.).
Devil worship, worship of the power of evil; -- still
practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil
forces of nature are of equal power.
Printer's devil, the youngest apprentice in a printing
office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing
the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. "Without fearing the
printer's devil or the sheriff's officer." --Macaulay.
Tasmanian devil (Zool.), a very savage carnivorous
marsupial of Tasmania (Dasyurus ursinus syn. {Diabolus
ursinus}).
To play devil with, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]
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Melanerpes Carolinus
(gcide) | Woodpecker \Wood"peck`er\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to
Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae.
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Note: These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at
the tip to aid in climbing, and a strong chisellike
bill with which they are able to drill holes in the
bark and wood of trees in search of insect larvae upon
which most of the species feed. A few species feed
partly upon the sap of trees (see Sap sucker, under
Sap), others spend a portion of their time on the
ground in search of ants and other insects.
[1913 Webster] The most common European species are the
greater spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus major), the
lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor), and
the green woodpecker, or yaffle (see Yaffle).
[1913 Webster] The best-known American species are the
pileated woodpecker (see under Pileated), the
ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis),
which is one of the largest known species, the
red-headed woodpecker, or red-head ({Melanerpes
erythrocephalus}), the red-bellied woodpecker
(Melanerpes Carolinus) (see Chab), the superciliary
woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris), the hairy
woodpecker (Dryobates villosus), the downy woodpecker
(Dryobates pubescens), the three-toed, woodpecker
(Picoides Americanus), the golden-winged woodpecker
(see Flicker), and the sap suckers. See also
Carpintero.
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Woodpecker hornbill (Zool.), a black and white Asiatic
hornbill (Buceros pica) which resembles a woodpecker in
color.
[1913 Webster]Chab \Chab\ (ch[a^]b), n. (Zool.)
The red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes Carolinus).
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