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cewa
(wn) | Cewa
n 1: a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern
Zambia and northern Zimbabwe [syn: Chewa, Cewa,
Chichewa] |
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entranceway
(encz) | entranceway, n: |
raceway
(encz) | raceway,kabelovod n: web |
sluiceway
(encz) | sluiceway, n: |
spacewalk
(encz) | spacewalk, |
spacewalker
(encz) | spacewalker, n: |
spacewar
(encz) | Spacewar, |
spaceward
(encz) | spaceward, adv: |
spacewards
(encz) | spacewards, adv: |
entranceway
(gcide) | entranceway \entranceway\ n.
a passage allowing entry or exit; an entryway.
Syn: entrance, entryway.
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Rice-water discharge
(gcide) | Rice \Rice\, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr.
???, ???, probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. br[imac]zi,
akin to Skr. vr[imac]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. Rye.]
(Bot.)
A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This
plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the
grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants.
In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be
overflowed.
[1913 Webster]
Ant rice. (Bot.) See under Ant.
French rice. (Bot.) See Amelcorn.
Indian rice., a tall reedlike water grass ({Zizania
aquatica}), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain,
much used for food by North American Indians. It is common
in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also
water oat, Canadian wild rice, etc.
Mountain rice, any species of an American genus
(Oryzopsis) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.
Rice bunting. (Zool.) Same as Ricebird.
Rice hen (Zool.), the Florida gallinule.
Rice mouse (Zool.), a large dark-colored field mouse
(Calomys palistris) of the Southern United States.
Rice paper, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from
China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture
of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a
large herb (Fatsia papyrifera, related to the ginseng)
into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under
pressure. Called also pith paper.
Rice troupial (Zool.), the bobolink.
Rice water, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small
quantity of rice in water.
Rice-water discharge (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice
water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from
the bowels, in cholera.
Rice weevil (Zool.), a small beetle (Calandra oryzae, or
Sitophilus oryzae) which destroys rice, wheat, and
Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also
black weevil.
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Sluiceway
(gcide) | Sluiceway \Sluice"way`\, n.
An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice;
specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream,
so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some
convenient place of delivery.
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cewa
(wn) | Cewa
n 1: a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern
Zambia and northern Zimbabwe [syn: Chewa, Cewa,
Chichewa] |
entranceway
(wn) | entranceway
n 1: something that provides access (to get in or get out);
"they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars
waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" [syn:
entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree] |
raceway
(wn) | raceway
n 1: a canal for a current of water [syn: raceway, race]
2: a course over which races are run [syn: racetrack,
racecourse, raceway, track] |
sluiceway
(wn) | sluiceway
n 1: conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a
sluicegate [syn: sluice, sluiceway, penstock] |
spacewalk
(wn) | spacewalk
v 1: move in space outside a space craft |
spacewalker
(wn) | spacewalker
n 1: an astronaut who is active outside a spacecraft in outer
space |
spaceward
(wn) | spaceward
adv 1: towards outer space [syn: spaceward, spacewards] |
spacewards
(wn) | spacewards
adv 1: towards outer space [syn: spaceward, spacewards] |
spacewar
(foldoc) | SPACEWAR
A space-combat simulation game for the PDP-1 written
in 1960-61 by Steve Russell, an employee at MIT. SPACEWAR
was inspired by E. E. "Doc" Smith's "Lensman" books, in which
two spaceships duel around a central sun, shooting torpedoes
at each other and jumping through hyperspace. MIT were
wondering what to do with a new vector video display so
Steve wrote the world's first video game. Steve now lives in
California and still writes software for HC12 emulators.
SPACEWAR aficionados formed the core of the early hacker
culture at MIT. Nine years later, a descendant of the game
motivated Ken Thompson to build, in his spare time on a
scavenged PDP-7, the operating system that became Unix.
Less than nine years after that, SPACEWAR was commercialised
as one of the first video games; descendants are still
feeping in video arcades everywhere.
["SPACEWAR" or "Space Travel"?]
[Jargon File]
(2004-07-19)
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spacewar
(jargon) | SPACEWAR
n.
A space-combat simulation game, inspired by E. E. “Doc” Smith's Lensman
books, in which two spaceships duel around a central sun, shooting
torpedoes at each other and jumping through hyperspace. This game was first
implemented on the PDP-1 at MIT in 1962. In 1968-69, a descendant of the
game motivated Ken Thompson to build, in his spare time on a scavenged
PDP-7, the operating system that became Unix. Less than nine years after
that, SPACEWAR was commercialized as one of the first video games;
descendants are still feeping in video arcades everywhere.
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ricewater
(devil) | RICE-WATER, n. A mystic beverage secretly used by our most popular
novelists and poets to regulate the imagination and narcotize the
conscience. It is said to be rich in both obtundite and lethargine,
and is brewed in a midnight fog by a fat witch of the Dismal Swamp.
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