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diadem
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Diadem
(gcide) | Diadem \Di"a*dem\, n. [F. diad[`e]me, L. diadema, fr. Gr. ?, fr.
? to bind round; dia` through, across + ? to bind; cf. Skr.
d[=a] to bind.]
1. Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by
Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later),
also, a crown, in general. "The regal diadem." --Milton.
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2. Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as
symbolized by the crown.
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3. (Her.) An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also
of a coronet), and uniting with others over its center.
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Diadem lemur. (Zool.) See Indri.
Diadem spider (Zool.), the garden spider.
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Diadem
(gcide) | Diadem \Di"a*dem\, v. t.
To adorn with a diadem; to crown.
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Not so, when diadem'd with rays divine. --Pope.
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To terminate the evil,
To diadem the right. --R. H. Neale.
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diadem
(wn) | diadem
n 1: an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
[syn: crown, diadem] |
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diadem
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Diadem lemur
(gcide) | Diadem \Di"a*dem\, n. [F. diad[`e]me, L. diadema, fr. Gr. ?, fr.
? to bind round; dia` through, across + ? to bind; cf. Skr.
d[=a] to bind.]
1. Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by
Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later),
also, a crown, in general. "The regal diadem." --Milton.
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2. Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as
symbolized by the crown.
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3. (Her.) An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also
of a coronet), and uniting with others over its center.
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Diadem lemur. (Zool.) See Indri.
Diadem spider (Zool.), the garden spider.
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Diadem spider
(gcide) | Diadem \Di"a*dem\, n. [F. diad[`e]me, L. diadema, fr. Gr. ?, fr.
? to bind round; dia` through, across + ? to bind; cf. Skr.
d[=a] to bind.]
1. Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by
Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later),
also, a crown, in general. "The regal diadem." --Milton.
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2. Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as
symbolized by the crown.
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3. (Her.) An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also
of a coronet), and uniting with others over its center.
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Diadem lemur. (Zool.) See Indri.
Diadem spider (Zool.), the garden spider.
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E diadema
(gcide) | Epeira \E*pei"ra\, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider ({E.
diadema}). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider.
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Endiademed
(gcide) | Endiademed \En*di"a*demed\, a.
Diademed. [R.]
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Epeira diadema
(gcide) | Garden \Gar"den\ (g[aum]r"d'n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin,
jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G.
garten; akin to AS. geard. See Yard an inclosure.]
1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of
herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.
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2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.
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I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy,
The pleasant garden of great Italy. --Shak.
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Note: Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden
walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse.
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Garden balsam, an ornamental plant (Impatiens Balsamina).
Garden engine, a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering
gardens.
Garden glass.
(a) A bell glass for covering plants.
(b) A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal,
to reflect surrounding objects; -- much used as an
ornament in gardens in Germany.
Garden house
(a) A summer house. --Beau. & Fl.
(b) A privy. [Southern U.S.]
Garden husbandry, the raising on a small scale of seeds,
fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale.
Garden mold or Garden mould, rich, mellow earth which is
fit for a garden. --Mortimer.
Garden nail, a cast nail, used for fastening vines to brick
walls. --Knight.
Garden net, a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc.,
to protect them from birds.
Garden party, a social party held out of doors, within the
grounds or garden attached to a private residence.
Garden plot, a plot appropriated to a garden.
Garden pot, a watering pot.
Garden pump, a garden engine; a barrow pump.
Garden shears, large shears, for clipping trees and hedges,
pruning, etc.
Garden spider, (Zool.), the diadem spider ({Epeira
diadema}), common in gardens, both in Europe and America.
It spins a geometrical web. See Geometric spider, and
Spider web.
Garden stand, a stand for flower pots.
Garden stuff, vegetables raised in a garden. [Colloq.]
Garden syringe, a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling
them with solutions for destroying insects, etc.
Garden truck, vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]
Garden ware, garden truck. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
Bear garden, Botanic garden, etc. See under Bear, etc.
Hanging garden. See under Hanging.
Kitchen garden, a garden where vegetables are cultivated
for household use.
Market garden, a piece of ground where vegetable are
cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use.
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Indiadem
(gcide) | Indiadem \In*di"a*dem\, v. t.
To place or set in a diadem, as a gem or gems.
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Indris diadema
(gcide) | Indris \In"dris\, Indri \In"dri\, n. (Zool.)
Any lemurine animal of the genus Indris.
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Note: Several species are known, all of them natives of
Madagascar, as the diadem indris (Indris diadema),
which has a white ruff around the forehead; the woolly
indris (Indris laniger); and the short-tailed or
black indris (Indris brevicaudatus), which is black,
varied with gray.
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aranea diademata
(wn) | Aranea diademata
n 1: a spider common in European gardens [syn: garden spider,
Aranea diademata] |
diadem
(wn) | diadem
n 1: an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
[syn: crown, diadem] |
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