slovodefinícia
dragoon
(encz)
dragoon,dragoun n: web
Dragoon
(gcide)
Dragoon \Dra*goon"\ (dr[.a]*g[=oo]n"), n. [F. dragon dragon,
dragoon, fr. L. draco dragon, also, a cohort's standard (with
a dragon on it). The name was given from the sense standard.
See Dragon.]
1. ((Mil.) Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to
serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted
soldier; a cavalry man.
[1913 Webster]

2. A variety of pigeon. --Clarke.
[1913 Webster]

Dragoon bird (Zool.), the umbrella bird.
[1913 Webster]
Dragoon
(gcide)
Dragoon \Dra*goon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dragooned; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dragooning.]
1. To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to
persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.
[1913 Webster]

2. To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to
persecute.
[1913 Webster]

The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they
can be dragooned to nothing. --Price.
[1913 Webster]

Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying
to dragoon his subjects to heaven. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
dragoon
(wn)
dragoon
n 1: a member of a European military unit formerly composed of
heavily armed cavalrymen
v 1: compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They
sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" [syn:
dragoon, sandbag, railroad]
2: subjugate by imposing troops
dragoon
(foldoc)
DRAGOON

A distributed, concurrent, object-oriented
Ada-based language developed in the Esprit DRAGON
project by Colin Atkinson at Imperial College in 1989 (Now
at University of Houston, Clear Lake). DRAGOON supports
object-oriented programming for embeddable systems and is
presently implemented as an Ada preprocessor.

["Object-Oriented Reuse, Concurrency and Distribution: An
Ada-Based Approach", C. Atkinson, A-W 1991, ISBN
0-2015-6-5277].

(1999-11-22)
dragoon
(devil)
DRAGOON, n. A soldier who combines dash and steadiness in so equal
measure that he makes his advances on foot and his retreats on
horseback.
podobné slovodefinícia
dragoon
(encz)
dragoon,dragoun n: web
dragoons
(encz)
dragoons,dragouni n: pl. web
dragoon bird
(gcide)
Umbrella \Um*brel"la\, n. [It. ombrella, fr. ombra a shade, L.
umbra; cf. L. umbella a sunshade, a parasol. Cf. Umbel,
Umbrage.]
1. A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for
sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from
rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other
fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other
elastic material, inserted in, or fastened to, a rod or
stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to
allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol.
[1913 Webster]

Underneath the umbrella's oily shed. --Gay.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Zool.) The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a
jellyfish.
[1913 Webster]

3. (Zool.) Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus
Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called
also umbrella shell.
[1913 Webster]

Umbrella ant (Zool.), the sauba ant; -- so called because
it carries bits of leaves over its back when foraging.
Called also parasol ant.

Umbrella bird (Zool.), a South American bird
(Cephalopterus ornatus) of the family Cotingidae. It
is black, with a large and handsome crest consisting of a
mass of soft, glossy blue feathers curved outward at the
tips. It also has a cervical plume consisting of a long,
cylindrical dermal process covered with soft hairy
feathers. Called also dragoon bird.

Umbrella leaf (Bot.), an American perennial herb
(Dyphylleia cymosa), having very large peltate and lobed
radical leaves.

Umbrella shell. (Zool.) See Umbrella, 3.

Umbrella tree (Bot.), a kind of magnolia ({Magnolia
Umbrella}) with the large leaves arranged in umbrellalike
clusters at the ends of the branches. It is a native of
Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky. Other plants in
various countries are called by this name, especially a
kind of screw pine (Pandanus odoratissimus).
[1913 Webster] UmbrereDragoon \Dra*goon"\ (dr[.a]*g[=oo]n"), n. [F. dragon dragon,
dragoon, fr. L. draco dragon, also, a cohort's standard (with
a dragon on it). The name was given from the sense standard.
See Dragon.]
1. ((Mil.) Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to
serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted
soldier; a cavalry man.
[1913 Webster]

2. A variety of pigeon. --Clarke.
[1913 Webster]

Dragoon bird (Zool.), the umbrella bird.
[1913 Webster]
Dragoon bird
(gcide)
Umbrella \Um*brel"la\, n. [It. ombrella, fr. ombra a shade, L.
umbra; cf. L. umbella a sunshade, a parasol. Cf. Umbel,
Umbrage.]
1. A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for
sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from
rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other
fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other
elastic material, inserted in, or fastened to, a rod or
stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to
allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol.
[1913 Webster]

Underneath the umbrella's oily shed. --Gay.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Zool.) The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a
jellyfish.
[1913 Webster]

3. (Zool.) Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus
Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called
also umbrella shell.
[1913 Webster]

Umbrella ant (Zool.), the sauba ant; -- so called because
it carries bits of leaves over its back when foraging.
Called also parasol ant.

Umbrella bird (Zool.), a South American bird
(Cephalopterus ornatus) of the family Cotingidae. It
is black, with a large and handsome crest consisting of a
mass of soft, glossy blue feathers curved outward at the
tips. It also has a cervical plume consisting of a long,
cylindrical dermal process covered with soft hairy
feathers. Called also dragoon bird.

Umbrella leaf (Bot.), an American perennial herb
(Dyphylleia cymosa), having very large peltate and lobed
radical leaves.

Umbrella shell. (Zool.) See Umbrella, 3.

Umbrella tree (Bot.), a kind of magnolia ({Magnolia
Umbrella}) with the large leaves arranged in umbrellalike
clusters at the ends of the branches. It is a native of
Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky. Other plants in
various countries are called by this name, especially a
kind of screw pine (Pandanus odoratissimus).
[1913 Webster] UmbrereDragoon \Dra*goon"\ (dr[.a]*g[=oo]n"), n. [F. dragon dragon,
dragoon, fr. L. draco dragon, also, a cohort's standard (with
a dragon on it). The name was given from the sense standard.
See Dragon.]
1. ((Mil.) Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to
serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted
soldier; a cavalry man.
[1913 Webster]

2. A variety of pigeon. --Clarke.
[1913 Webster]

Dragoon bird (Zool.), the umbrella bird.
[1913 Webster]
Dragoonade
(gcide)
Dragoonade \Drag`oon*ade"\, n.
See Dragonnade.
[1913 Webster]
Dragooned
(gcide)
Dragoon \Dra*goon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dragooned; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dragooning.]
1. To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to
persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.
[1913 Webster]

2. To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to
persecute.
[1913 Webster]

The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they
can be dragooned to nothing. --Price.
[1913 Webster]

Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying
to dragoon his subjects to heaven. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
Dragooner
(gcide)
Dragooner \Dra*goon"er\, n.
A dragoon. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Dragooning
(gcide)
Dragoon \Dra*goon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dragooned; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dragooning.]
1. To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to
persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.
[1913 Webster]

2. To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to
persecute.
[1913 Webster]

The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they
can be dragooned to nothing. --Price.
[1913 Webster]

Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying
to dragoon his subjects to heaven. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
dragoon
(wn)
dragoon
n 1: a member of a European military unit formerly composed of
heavily armed cavalrymen
v 1: compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They
sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" [syn:
dragoon, sandbag, railroad]
2: subjugate by imposing troops
dragoon
(foldoc)
DRAGOON

A distributed, concurrent, object-oriented
Ada-based language developed in the Esprit DRAGON
project by Colin Atkinson at Imperial College in 1989 (Now
at University of Houston, Clear Lake). DRAGOON supports
object-oriented programming for embeddable systems and is
presently implemented as an Ada preprocessor.

["Object-Oriented Reuse, Concurrency and Distribution: An
Ada-Based Approach", C. Atkinson, A-W 1991, ISBN
0-2015-6-5277].

(1999-11-22)
dragoon
(devil)
DRAGOON, n. A soldier who combines dash and steadiness in so equal
measure that he makes his advances on foot and his retreats on
horseback.

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