| slovo | definícia |
champ
(encz) | champ,hryzat v: Tolda |
champ
(encz) | champ,chroupat v: Tolda |
champ
(encz) | champ,chroustat v: Zdeněk Brož |
champ
(encz) | champ,šampión n: Zdeněk Brož |
Champ
(gcide) | Champ \Champ\ (ch[a^]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Champed
(ch[a^]mt); p. pr. & vb. n. Champing.] [Prob, of Scand.
orgin; cf. dial. Sw. k[aum]msa to chew with difficulty,
champ; but cf. also OF. champier, champeyer, champoyer, to
graze in fields, fr. F. champ field, fr. L. campus. Cf.
Camp.]
1. To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as to be
heard.
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Foamed and champed the golden bit. --Dryden.
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2. To bite into small pieces; to crunch. --Steele.
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Champ
(gcide) | Champ \Champ\, v. i.
To bite or chew impatiently.
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They began . . . irefully to champ upon the bit.
--Hooker.
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Champ
(gcide) | Champ \Champ\, Champe \Champe\, n. [F. champ, L. campus field.]
(Arch.)
The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.
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champ
(wn) | champ
n 1: someone who has won first place in a competition [syn:
champion, champ, title-holder]
v 1: chafe at the bit, like horses
2: chew noisily; "The boy chomped his sandwich" [syn: chomp,
champ] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
champion
(mass) | champion
- majster, šampión |
championship
(mass) | championship
- majstrovstvo, prebor |
exchampion
(mass) | ex-champion
- ex-šampión |
champ
(encz) | champ,hryzat v: Toldachamp,chroupat v: Toldachamp,chroustat v: Zdeněk Brožchamp,šampión n: Zdeněk Brož |
champagne
(encz) | champagne,sekt champagne,šampaňské |
champagne cup
(encz) | champagne cup, n: |
champagne flute
(encz) | champagne flute, n: |
champaign
(encz) | champaign,rovina n: Zdeněk BrožChampaign,okres v USA n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
champignon
(encz) | champignon,žampion n: Zdeněk Brož |
champion
(encz) | champion,borec n: Zdeněk Brožchampion,přeborník n: Zdeněk Brožchampion,šampión n: Zdeněk Brož |
champion lode
(encz) | champion lode, n: |
champions
(encz) | champions,šampióni Zdeněk Brožchampions,vítězové Zdeněk Brož |
championship
(encz) | championship,mistrovství n: Zdeněk Brožchampionship,přebor n: Zdeněk Brožchampionship,šampionát n: Zdeněk Brož |
championships
(encz) | championships,šampionáty n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
champlain
(encz) | Champlain,Champlain n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
champleve
(encz) | champleve, adj: |
champollion
(encz) | Champollion, |
champs elysees
(encz) | Champs Elysees, |
duchamp
(encz) | Duchamp, |
fete champetre
(encz) | fete champetre, n: |
champlain
(czen) | Champlain,Champlainn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Champagne
(gcide) | Champagne \Cham*pagne"\, n. [F. See Champaign.]
A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the
province of Champagne, in France.
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Note: Champagne properly includes several kinds not only of
sparkling but of still wines; but in America the term
is usually restricted to wines which effervesce.
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Champaign
(gcide) | Champaign \Cham*paign"\, n. [OF. champaigne; same word as
campagne.]
A flat, open country.
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Fair champaign, with less rivers interveined. --Milton.
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Through Apline vale or champaign wide. --Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster]Champaign \Cham*paign"\, a.
Flat; open; level.
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A wide, champaign country, filled with herds.
--Addison.
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Champe
(gcide) | Champ \Champ\, Champe \Champe\, n. [F. champ, L. campus field.]
(Arch.)
The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.
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Champed
(gcide) | Champ \Champ\ (ch[a^]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Champed
(ch[a^]mt); p. pr. & vb. n. Champing.] [Prob, of Scand.
orgin; cf. dial. Sw. k[aum]msa to chew with difficulty,
champ; but cf. also OF. champier, champeyer, champoyer, to
graze in fields, fr. F. champ field, fr. L. campus. Cf.
Camp.]
1. To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as to be
heard.
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Foamed and champed the golden bit. --Dryden.
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2. To bite into small pieces; to crunch. --Steele.
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Champer
(gcide) | Champer \Champ"er\, n.
One who champs, or bites.
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Champertor
(gcide) | Champertor \Cham"per*tor\, n. [F. champarteur a divider of
fields or field rent. See Champerty.] (Law)
One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the
right of suing, and carries it on at his own expense, in
order to obtain a share of the gain.
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Champerty
(gcide) | Champerty \Cham"per*ty\, n. [F. champart field rent, L.
campipars; champ (L. campus) field + part (L. pars) share.]
1. Partnership in power; equal share of authority. [Obs.]
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Beaut['e] ne sleighte, strengthe ne hardyness,
Ne may with Venus holde champartye. --Chaucer.
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2. (Law) The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by
furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no
legitimate concern therein, in consideration of an
agreement that he shall receive, in the event of success,
a share of the matter in suit; maintenance with the
addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. See
Maintenance.
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Note: By many authorities champerty is defined as an
agreement of this nature. From early times the offence
of champerty has been forbidden and punishable.
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champfrain
(gcide) | Chamfron \Cham"fron\, n. [F. chanfrein.] (Anc. Armor)
The frontlet, or head armor, of a horse. [Written also
champfrain and chamfrain.]
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Champignon
(gcide) | Champignon \Cham*pi"gnon\, n. [F., a mushroom, ultimately fr. L.
campus field. See Camp.] (Bot.)
An edible species of mushroom (Agaricus campestris).
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Fairy ring champignon, the Marasmius oreades, which has a
strong flavor but is edible.
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Champing
(gcide) | Champ \Champ\ (ch[a^]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Champed
(ch[a^]mt); p. pr. & vb. n. Champing.] [Prob, of Scand.
orgin; cf. dial. Sw. k[aum]msa to chew with difficulty,
champ; but cf. also OF. champier, champeyer, champoyer, to
graze in fields, fr. F. champ field, fr. L. campus. Cf.
Camp.]
1. To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as to be
heard.
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Foamed and champed the golden bit. --Dryden.
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2. To bite into small pieces; to crunch. --Steele.
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Champion
(gcide) | Champion \Cham"pi*on\ (ch[a^]m"p[i^]*[u^]n), n. [F. champion,
fr. LL.campio, of German origin; cf. OHG. chempho, chemphio,
fighter, champf, G. kampf, contest; perh. influenced by L.
campus field, taken in the sense of "field of battle."]
1. One who engages in any contest; especially one who in
ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of
another's honor or rights; or one who now acts or speaks
in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate;
a hero.
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A stouter champion never handled sword. --Shak.
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Champions of law and liberty. --Fisher Ames.
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2. One who by defeating all rivals, has obtained an
acknowledged supremacy in any branch of athletics or game
of skill, and is ready to contend with any rival; as, the
champion of England.
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Note: Champion is used attributively in the sense of
surpassing all competitors; overmastering; as, champion
pugilist; champion chess player.
Syn: Leader; chieftain; combatant; hero; warrior; defender;
protector.
[1913 Webster]Champion \Cham"pi*on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Championed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Championing.] [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as
champion; to support or maintain; to protect.
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Championed or unchampioned, thou diest. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Championed
(gcide) | Champion \Cham"pi*on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Championed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Championing.] [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as
champion; to support or maintain; to protect.
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Championed or unchampioned, thou diest. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Championing
(gcide) | Champion \Cham"pi*on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Championed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Championing.] [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as
champion; to support or maintain; to protect.
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Championed or unchampioned, thou diest. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Championness
(gcide) | Championness \Cham"pi*on*ness\, n.
A female champion. --Fairfax.
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Championship
(gcide) | Championship \Cham"pi*on*ship\, n.
State of being champion; leadership; supremacy.
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Champlain period
(gcide) | Champlain period \Cham*plain" pe"ri*od\ (Geol.)
A subdivision of the Quaternary age immediately following the
Glacial period; -- so named from beds near Lake Champlain.
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Note: The earlier deposits of this period are diluvial in
character, as if formed in connection with floods
attending the melting of the glaciers, while the later
deposits are of finer material in more quiet waters, as
the alluvium.
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Champlev'e
(gcide) | Champlev'e \Champ`le*v['e]"\, a. [F., p. p. of champlever to
engrave. See 3d Champ, Camp, Lever a bar.] (Art)
Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be
enameled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; -- said
of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the
surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are afterward
fired; also, designating the process of making such enamel
work. -- n. A piece of champlev['e] enamel; also, the process
or art of making such enamel work; champlev['e] work.
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champleve cloisonne enameled
(gcide) | decorated \decorated\ adj.
having decorations. [Narrower terms: {beaded, beady,
bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled,
sequined, spangled, spangly}; bedaubed; {bespectacled,
monocled, spectacled}; braided; {brocaded, embossed,
raised}; buttony; carbuncled; {champleve, cloisonne,
enameled}; crested, plumed having a decorative plume);
crested, top-knotted, topknotted, tufted; crested;
embellished, ornamented, ornate; embroidered; {encircled,
ringed, wreathed}; {fancied up, gussied, gussied up, tricked
out}; feathery, feathered, plumy; {frilled, frilly,
ruffled}; fringed; gilt-edged; inflamed; inlaid;
inwrought; laced; mosaic, tessellated; {paneled,
wainscoted}; studded; tapestried; tasseled, tasselled;
tufted; clinquant, tinseled, tinselly; tricked-out]
Also See: clothed, fancy. Antonym: unadorned.
Syn: adorned.
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champoo
(gcide) | Shampoo \Sham*poo"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shampooed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Shampooing.] [Hind. ch[=a]mpn[=a] to press, to
squeeze.] [Writing also champoo.]
1. To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a
person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and
joints, in connection with the hot bath.
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2. To wash throughly and rub the head of (a person), with the
fingers, using either soap, or a soapy preparation, for
the more thorough cleansing.
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Fairy ring champignon
(gcide) | Champignon \Cham*pi"gnon\, n. [F., a mushroom, ultimately fr. L.
campus field. See Camp.] (Bot.)
An edible species of mushroom (Agaricus campestris).
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Fairy ring champignon, the Marasmius oreades, which has a
strong flavor but is edible.
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Fete champetre
(gcide) | fete \f[^e]te\ (f[asl]t), n. [F. See Feast.]
A festival.
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{F[^e]te champ[^e]tre}[F.], a festival or entertainment in
the open air; a rural festival.
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Urospermum Dalechampii
(gcide) | Sheep \Sheep\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc?p,
sce['a]p; akin to OFries. sk?p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf,
OHG. sc[=a]f, Skr. ch[=a]ga. [root]295. Cf. Sheepherd.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the
genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both
hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.
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Note: The domestic sheep (Ovis aries) varies much in size,
in the length and texture of its wool, the form and
size of its horns, the length of its tail, etc. It was
domesticated in prehistoric ages, and many distinct
breeds have been produced; as the merinos, celebrated
for their fine wool; the Cretan sheep, noted for their
long horns; the fat-tailed, or Turkish, sheep,
remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail, which
often has to be supported on trucks; the Southdowns, in
which the horns are lacking; and an Asiatic breed which
always has four horns.
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2. A weak, bashful, silly fellow. --Ainsworth.
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3. pl. Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government
and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.
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Rocky mountain sheep.(Zool.) See Bighorn.
Maned sheep. (Zool.) See Aoudad.
Sheep bot (Zool.), the larva of the sheep botfly. See
Estrus.
Sheep dog (Zool.), a shepherd dog, or collie.
Sheep laurel (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Kalmia
angustifolia}) with deep rose-colored flowers in corymbs.
Sheep pest (Bot.), an Australian plant (Acaena ovina)
related to the burnet. The fruit is covered with barbed
spines, by which it adheres to the wool of sheep.
Sheep run, an extensive tract of country where sheep range
and graze.
Sheep's beard (Bot.), a cichoraceous herb ({Urospermum
Dalechampii}) of Southern Europe; -- so called from the
conspicuous pappus of the achenes.
Sheep's bit (Bot.), a European herb (Jasione montana)
having much the appearance of scabious.
Sheep pox (Med.), a contagious disease of sheep,
characterixed by the development of vesicles or pocks upon
the skin.
Sheep scabious. (Bot.) Same as Sheep's bit.
Sheep shears, shears in which the blades form the two ends
of a steel bow, by the elasticity of which they open as
often as pressed together by the hand in cutting; -- so
called because used to cut off the wool of sheep.
Sheep sorrel. (Bot.), a prerennial herb ({Rumex
Acetosella}) growing naturally on poor, dry, gravelly
soil. Its leaves have a pleasant acid taste like sorrel.
Sheep's-wool (Zool.), the highest grade of Florida
commercial sponges (Spongia equina, variety gossypina).
Sheep tick (Zool.), a wingless parasitic insect
(Melophagus ovinus) belonging to the Diptera. It fixes
its proboscis in the skin of the sheep and sucks the
blood, leaving a swelling. Called also sheep pest, and
sheep louse.
Sheep walk, a pasture for sheep; a sheep run.
Wild sheep. (Zool.) See Argali, Mouflon, and Oorial.
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champ
(wn) | champ
n 1: someone who has won first place in a competition [syn:
champion, champ, title-holder]
v 1: chafe at the bit, like horses
2: chew noisily; "The boy chomped his sandwich" [syn: chomp,
champ] |
champagne
(wn) | champagne
n 1: a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or
resembling that produced there [syn: champagne, bubbly]
2: a region of northeastern France [syn: Champagne,
Champagne-Ardenne] |
champagne cup
(wn) | champagne cup
n 1: a punch containing a sparkling wine |
champagne flute
(wn) | champagne flute
n 1: a tall narrow wineglass [syn: flute, flute glass,
champagne flute] |
champagne-ardenne
(wn) | Champagne-Ardenne
n 1: a region of northeastern France [syn: Champagne,
Champagne-Ardenne] |
champaign
(wn) | champaign
n 1: extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the
woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of
his youth" [syn: plain, field, champaign]
2: a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana |
champerty
(wn) | champerty
n 1: an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that
the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's
suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded;
"soliciting personal injury cases may constitute champerty" |
champion
(wn) | champion
adj 1: holding first place in a contest; "a champion show dog";
"a prizewinning wine" [syn: champion, prizewinning]
n 1: someone who has won first place in a competition [syn:
champion, champ, title-holder]
2: someone who fights for a cause [syn: champion, fighter,
hero, paladin]
3: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their
supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the
library" [syn: supporter, protagonist, champion,
admirer, booster, friend]
4: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace,
adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin,
virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz,
whizz, wizard, wiz]
v 1: protect or fight for as a champion [syn: champion,
defend] |
champion lode
(wn) | champion lode
n 1: the main vein of ore in a deposit [syn: mother lode,
champion lode] |
championship
(wn) | championship
n 1: the status of being a champion; "he held the title for two
years" [syn: championship, title]
2: a competition at which a champion is chosen
3: the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous
backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with
progressives" [syn: backing, backup, championship,
patronage] |
champlain
(wn) | Champlain
n 1: French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement
on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635) [syn: Champlain,
Samuel de Champlain]
2: a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and
southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and
Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of
1812 [syn: Lake Champlain, Champlain] |
champleve
(wn) | champleve
adj 1: (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled
with colored enamel and fired [syn: champleve,
cloisonne] |
champollion
(wn) | Champollion
n 1: Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone
and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian
hieroglyphics (1790-1832) [syn: Champollion, {Jean
Francois Champollion}] |
champs elysees
(wn) | Champs Elysees
n 1: a major avenue in Paris famous for elegant shops and cafes |
duchamp
(wn) | Duchamp
n 1: French artist who immigrated to the United States; a leader
in the dada movement in New York City; was first to exhibit
commonplace objects as art (1887-1968) [syn: Duchamp,
Marcel Duchamp] |
fete champetre
(wn) | fete champetre
n 1: a party of people assembled for social interaction out of
doors [syn: garden party, lawn party, fete champetre] |
genus proterochampsa
(wn) | genus Proterochampsa
n 1: early archosaurian carnivore [syn: Proterochampsa, {genus
Proterochampsa}] |
jean francois champollion
(wn) | Jean Francois Champollion
n 1: Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone
and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian
hieroglyphics (1790-1832) [syn: Champollion, {Jean
Francois Champollion}] |
kathleen mansfield beauchamp
(wn) | Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp
n 1: New Zealand writer of short stories (1888-1923) [syn:
Mansfield, Katherine Mansfield, {Kathleen Mansfield
Beauchamp}] |
lake champlain
(wn) | Lake Champlain
n 1: a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and
southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and
Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of
1812 [syn: Lake Champlain, Champlain] |
marcel duchamp
(wn) | Marcel Duchamp
n 1: French artist who immigrated to the United States; a leader
in the dada movement in New York City; was first to exhibit
commonplace objects as art (1887-1968) [syn: Duchamp,
Marcel Duchamp] |
proterochampsa
(wn) | Proterochampsa
n 1: early archosaurian carnivore [syn: Proterochampsa, {genus
Proterochampsa}] |
samuel de champlain
(wn) | Samuel de Champlain
n 1: French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement
on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635) [syn: Champlain,
Samuel de Champlain] |
CHAMPART
(bouvier) | CHAMPART, French law. By this name was formerly understood the grant of a
piece of land by the owner to another, on condition that the latter would
deliver to him a portion of the crops. IS Toull. n. 182.
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CHAMPERTOR
(bouvier) | CHAMPERTOR, crim. law. One who makes pleas or suits, or causes them to be
moved, either directly or indirectly, and sues them at his proper costs,
upon condition of having a part of the gain.
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CHAMPERTY
(bouvier) | CHAMPERTY, crimes. A bargain with a plaintiff or defendant, campum partire,
to divide the land or other matter sued for between them, if they prevail at
law, the champertor undertaking to carry on the suit at his own expense. 1
Pick. 416; 1 Ham. 132; 5 Monr. 416; 4 Litt. 117; 5 John. Ch. R. 44; 7 Port.
R. 488.
2. This offence differs from maintenance, in this, that in the latter
the person assisting the suitor receives no benefit, while in the former he
receives one half, or other portion, of the thing sued for. See Punishment;
Fine; Imprisonment; 4 Bl. Com. 135.
3. This was an offence in the civil law. Poth. Pand. lib. 3, t. 1; App.
n. 1, tom. 3, p. 104; 15 Ves. 139; 7 Bligh's R. 369; S. C. 20 E. C. L. R.
165; 5 Moore & P. 193; 6 Carr. & P. 749; S. C. 25 E. C. L. R. 631; 1 Russ.
Cr. 179 Hawk. P. C. b. 1 c. 84, s. 5.
4. To maintain a defendant may be champerty. Hawk. P. C. b. 1, c. 84, s.
8 3 Ham. 541; 6 Monr. 392; 8 Yerg. 484; 8 John. 479; 1 John. Ch. R. 444;, 7
Wend. 152; 3 Cowen, 624; 6 Cowen, 90.
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