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chaps
(encz) | chaps,chlápci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
chaps
(encz) | chaps,maníci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
chaps
(gcide) | Flews \Flews\, n. pl.
The pendulous or overhanging lateral parts of the upper lip
of dogs, especially prominent in hounds; -- called also
chaps. See Illust. of Bloodhound.
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chaps
(gcide) | Chaparajos \Cha`pa*ra"jos\, n. pl. [Mex. Sp.]
Overalls of sheepskin or leather, usually open at the back,
worn, esp. by cowboys, to protect the legs from thorny
bushes, as in the chaparral; -- called also chapareras or
colloq. chaps. [Sp. Amer.]
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Chaps
(gcide) | Chaps \Chaps\, n. pl.
The jaws, or the fleshy parts about them. See Chap. "Open
your chaps again." --Shak.
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Chaps
(gcide) | Chaps \Chaps\, n. pl.
Short for Chaparajos. [Colloq.]
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chaps
(encz) | chaps,chlápci n: pl. Zdeněk Brožchaps,maníci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
chaps
(gcide) | Flews \Flews\, n. pl.
The pendulous or overhanging lateral parts of the upper lip
of dogs, especially prominent in hounds; -- called also
chaps. See Illust. of Bloodhound.
[1913 Webster]Chaparajos \Cha`pa*ra"jos\, n. pl. [Mex. Sp.]
Overalls of sheepskin or leather, usually open at the back,
worn, esp. by cowboys, to protect the legs from thorny
bushes, as in the chaparral; -- called also chapareras or
colloq. chaps. [Sp. Amer.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Chaps \Chaps\, n. pl.
The jaws, or the fleshy parts about them. See Chap. "Open
your chaps again." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Chaps \Chaps\, n. pl.
Short for Chaparajos. [Colloq.]
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greater pettychaps
(gcide) | Figpecker \Fig"peck`er\ (f[i^]g"p[e^]k`[~e]r), n. (Zool.)
The European garden warbler (Sylvia hortensis or {Currica,
hortensis}); -- called also beccafico and {greater
pettychaps}.
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Pettichaps
(gcide) | Pettichaps \Pet"ti*chaps\, n. (Zool.)
See Pettychaps.
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Pettychaps
(gcide) | Pettychaps \Pet"ty*chaps\ (p[e^]t"t[y^]*ch[o^]ps), n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of small European singing birds of
the subfamily Sylviin[ae], as the willow warbler, the
chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis).
[1913 Webster]Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin
to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. Willy.]
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1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including
many species, most of which are characterized often used
as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A
wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." --Sir W.
Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the
person beloved, is said to wear the willow.
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And I must wear the willow garland
For him that's dead or false to me. --Campbell.
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2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is
opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes
projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded
with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having
been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods,
though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the
winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called
also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil.
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Almond willow, Pussy willow, Weeping willow. (Bot.) See
under Almond, Pussy, and Weeping.
Willow biter (Zool.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.]
Willow fly (Zool.), a greenish European stone fly
(Chloroperla viridis); -- called also yellow Sally.
Willow gall (Zool.), a conical, scaly gall produced on
willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia
strobiloides}).
Willow grouse (Zool.), the white ptarmigan. See
ptarmigan.
Willow lark (Zool.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
Willow ptarmigan (Zool.)
(a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting.
See under Reed.
(b) A sparrow (Passer salicicolus) native of Asia,
Africa, and Southern Europe.
Willow tea, the prepared leaves of a species of willow
largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively
used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for
tea. --McElrath.
Willow thrush (Zool.), a variety of the veery, or Wilson's
thrush. See Veery.
Willow warbler (Zool.), a very small European warbler
(Phylloscopus trochilus); -- called also bee bird,
haybird, golden wren, pettychaps, sweet William,
Tom Thumb, and willow wren.
[1913 Webster]Chiff-chaff \Chiff"-chaff\, n. [So called from its note.]
(Zool.)
A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); -- called
also chip-chap, and pettychaps. |
pettychaps
(gcide) | Pettychaps \Pet"ty*chaps\ (p[e^]t"t[y^]*ch[o^]ps), n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of small European singing birds of
the subfamily Sylviin[ae], as the willow warbler, the
chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis).
[1913 Webster]Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin
to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. Willy.]
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1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including
many species, most of which are characterized often used
as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A
wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." --Sir W.
Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the
person beloved, is said to wear the willow.
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And I must wear the willow garland
For him that's dead or false to me. --Campbell.
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2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is
opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes
projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded
with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having
been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods,
though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the
winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called
also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil.
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Almond willow, Pussy willow, Weeping willow. (Bot.) See
under Almond, Pussy, and Weeping.
Willow biter (Zool.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.]
Willow fly (Zool.), a greenish European stone fly
(Chloroperla viridis); -- called also yellow Sally.
Willow gall (Zool.), a conical, scaly gall produced on
willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia
strobiloides}).
Willow grouse (Zool.), the white ptarmigan. See
ptarmigan.
Willow lark (Zool.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
Willow ptarmigan (Zool.)
(a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting.
See under Reed.
(b) A sparrow (Passer salicicolus) native of Asia,
Africa, and Southern Europe.
Willow tea, the prepared leaves of a species of willow
largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively
used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for
tea. --McElrath.
Willow thrush (Zool.), a variety of the veery, or Wilson's
thrush. See Veery.
Willow warbler (Zool.), a very small European warbler
(Phylloscopus trochilus); -- called also bee bird,
haybird, golden wren, pettychaps, sweet William,
Tom Thumb, and willow wren.
[1913 Webster]Chiff-chaff \Chiff"-chaff\, n. [So called from its note.]
(Zool.)
A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); -- called
also chip-chap, and pettychaps. |
Underchaps
(gcide) | Underchaps \Un"der*chaps`\, n. pl.
The lower chaps or jaw. --Paley.
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