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ceylon
(encz) | Ceylon,Cejlon Jiří Šmoldas |
ceylon
(encz) | Ceylon,Ceylon Zdeněk Brož |
ceylon
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Ceylon
(gcide) | Ceylon \Ceylon\ n.
the former name of an island republic in the Indian Ocean off
the southeast coast of India, now called Sri Lanka. It is
an independent nation with an area of 25,332 sq. mi. and a
population of about 14 million people.
Syn: Sri Lanka.
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ceylon
(wn) | Ceylon
n 1: an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of
India
2: a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the
United Kingdom in 1948 [syn: Sri Lanka, {Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka}, Ceylon] |
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ceylon
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ceylon cinnamon
(encz) | Ceylon cinnamon, |
ceylon gooseberry
(encz) | Ceylon gooseberry, |
ceylonese
(encz) | Ceylonese,cejlonský Jiří Šmoldas |
ceylon
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Ceylon lac
(gcide) | Lac \Lac\, n. [Per. lak; akin to Skr. l[=a]ksh[=a]: cf. F.
lague, It. & NL. lacca. Cf. Lake a color, Lacquer,
Litmus.]
A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but
to some extent on other trees, by the Laccifer lacca
(formerly Coccus lacca), a scale-shaped insect, the female
of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the
margin of her body this resinous substance.
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Note: Stick-lac is the substance in its natural state,
incrusting small twigs. When broken off, and the
coloring matter partly removed, the granular residuum
is called seed-lac. When melted, and reduced to a
thin crust, it is called shell-lac or shellac. Lac
is an important ingredient in sealing wax, dyes,
varnishes, and lacquers.
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Ceylon lac, a resinous exudation of the tree {Croton
lacciferum}, resembling lac.
Lac dye, a scarlet dye obtained from stick-lac.
Lac lake, the coloring matter of lac dye when precipitated
from its solutions by alum.
Mexican lac, an exudation of the tree Croton Draco.
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Ceylonese
(gcide) | Ceylonese \Cey`lon*ese"\, a.
Of or pertaining to Ceylon; -- since the change of name,
replaced by Sri Lankan. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or
natives of Ceylon; -- since the change of name, replaced by
Sri Lankan.
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ceylonite
(gcide) | Ceylanite \Cey"lan*ite\, n. [F., fr. Ceylan Ceylon.] (Min.)
A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also
called pleonaste. [Written also ceylonite.]
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K Ceylonensis
(gcide) | Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. Fishes (f[i^]sh"[e^]z), or collectively,
Fish. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch,
OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk,
Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. Piscatorial. In some
cases, such as fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob.
been confused with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]
1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of
diverse characteristics, living in the water.
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2. (Zool.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having
fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means
of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See
Pisces.
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Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),
Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians
(sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and
Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now
generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the
fishes.
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3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
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4. The flesh of fish, used as food.
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5. (Naut.)
(a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
(b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,
used to strengthen a mast or yard.
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Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;
as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.
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Age of Fishes. See under Age, n., 8.
Fish ball, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed
with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,
round cake. [U.S.]
Fish bar. Same as Fish plate (below).
Fish beam (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the
under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.
Fish crow (Zool.), a species of crow (Corvus ossifragus),
found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It feeds
largely on fish.
Fish culture, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;
pisciculture.
Fish davit. See Davit.
Fish day, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.
Fish duck (Zool.), any species of merganser.
Fish fall, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used
in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.
Fish garth, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or
taking them easily.
Fish glue. See Isinglass.
Fish joint, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates
fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their
junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of
railroads.
Fish kettle, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.
Fish ladder, a dam with a series of steps which fish can
leap in order to ascend falls in a river.
Fish line, or Fishing line, a line made of twisted hair,
silk, etc., used in angling.
Fish louse (Zool.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,
esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to Caligus,
Argulus, and other related genera. See Branchiura.
Fish maw (Zool.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air
bladder, or sound.
Fish meal, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in
soups, etc.
Fish oil, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine
animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.
Fish owl (Zool.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World genera
Scotopelia and Ketupa, esp. a large East Indian
species (K. Ceylonensis).
Fish plate, one of the plates of a fish joint.
Fish pot, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for
catching crabs, lobsters, etc.
Fish pound, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and
catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
Fish slice, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a
fish trowel.
Fish slide, an inclined box set in a stream at a small
fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.
--Knight.
Fish sound, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those
that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for
the preparation of isinglass.
Fish story, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant
or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
Fish strainer.
(a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a
boiler.
(b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,
to drain the water from a boiled fish.
Fish trowel, a fish slice.
Fish weir or Fish wear, a weir set in a stream, for
catching fish.
Neither fish nor flesh, Neither fish nor fowl (Fig.),
neither one thing nor the other.
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ceylon
(wn) | Ceylon
n 1: an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of
India
2: a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the
United Kingdom in 1948 [syn: Sri Lanka, {Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka}, Ceylon] |
ceylon bowstring hemp
(wn) | Ceylon bowstring hemp
n 1: plant having thick fibrous leaves transversely banded in
light and dark green [syn: Ceylon bowstring hemp,
Sansevieria zeylanica] |
ceylon cinnamon
(wn) | Ceylon cinnamon
n 1: tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark;
source of the spice cinnamon [syn: cinnamon, {Ceylon
cinnamon}, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum] |
ceylon cinnamon tree
(wn) | Ceylon cinnamon tree
n 1: tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark;
source of the spice cinnamon [syn: cinnamon, {Ceylon
cinnamon}, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum] |
ceylon gooseberry
(wn) | Ceylon gooseberry
n 1: a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple
fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri
Lanka and India [syn: ketembilla, kitembilla,
kitambilla, ketembilla tree, Ceylon gooseberry,
Dovyalis hebecarpa] |
ceylonese
(wn) | Ceylonese
adj 1: of or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its
people or culture; "Sri Lankan beaches"; "Sri Lankan
forces fighting the Sinhalese rebels" [syn: Sri Lankan,
Ceylonese] |
ceylonite
(wn) | Ceylonite
n 1: a dark-colored spinel containing iron [syn: Ceylonite,
pleonaste] |
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