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drum
(mass) | drum
- bubon |
drum
(encz) | drum,buben n: web |
drum
(encz) | drum,bubeník n: Zdeněk Brož |
drum
(encz) | drum,bubínek n: Zdeněk Brož |
drum
(encz) | drum,bubnovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
drum
(encz) | drum,tambor n: Zdeněk Brož |
drum
(gcide) | Sciaenoid \Sci*ae"noid\, a. [L. sciaena a kind of fish (fr. Gr.
?) + -oid.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous
marine fishes which includes the meagre (Sciaena umbra or
Sciaena aquila), and fish of the drum and croaker
families. The croaker is so called because it may make a
croaking noise by use of its bladder; the Atlantic croaker
(Micropogonias undulatus, formerly Micropogon undulatus)
and the squeteague are a members of the croaker family, and
the kingfish is a drum.
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drum
(gcide) | Swag \Swag\, n.
1. A swaying, irregular motion.
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2. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [Cant or Slang]
--Charles Reade.
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3. [Australia]
(a) A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in
canvas or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle,
and carried on the back or over the shoulder; --
called also a bluey, or a drum.
(b) Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up; hence,
luggage in general.
He tramped for years till the swag he bore
seemed part of himself. --Lawson.
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drum
(gcide) | Vase \Vase\ (v[=a]s or v[aum]z; 277), n. [F. vase; cf. Sp. & It.
vaso; fr. L. vas, vasum. Cf. Vascular, Vessel.]
1. A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and
anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of
antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a
porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust.
of Portland vase, under Portland.
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No chargers then were wrought in burnished gold,
Nor silver vases took the forming mold. --Pope.
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2. (Arch.)
(a) A vessel similar to that described in the first
definition above, or the representation of one in a
solid block of stone, or the like, used for an
ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust.
of Niche.
(b) The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and
Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and
drum.
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Note: Until the time of Walker (1791), vase was made to rhyme
with base, case, etc., and it is still commonly so
pronounced in the United States. Walker made it to
rhyme with phrase, maze, etc. Of modern English
practice, Mr. A. J. Ellis (1874) says: "Vase has four
pronunciations in English: v[add]z, which I most
commonly say, is going out of use, v[aum]z I hear most
frequently, v[=a]z very rarely, and v[=a]s I only know
from Cull's marking. On the analogy of case, however,
it should be the regular sound."
The Merriam-Webster's 10th Colletgiate Dictionary says:
"U. S. oftenest v[=a]s; Canada usu. and U. S. also
v[=a]z; Canada also & U. S. sometimes v[aum]z."
One wit has noted that "a v[aum]z is a v[=a]z that
costs more than $100.", suggesting that the former is
considered a higher-class pronunciation.
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3. (Bot.) The calyx of a plant.
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drum
(gcide) | Croaker \Croak"er\ (-?r), n.
1. One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains
unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the
Atlantic coast.
(a) An American fresh-water fish ({Aplodinotus
grunniens}); -- called also drum.
(c) The surf fish of California.
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Note: When caught these fishes make a croaking sound; whence
the name, which is often corrupted into crocus. |
Drum
(gcide) | Drum \Drum\, v. t.
1. To execute on a drum, as a tune.
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2. (With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum; as,
to drum out a deserter or rogue from a camp, etc.
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3. (With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to
collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up
recruits; to drum up customers.
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Drum
(gcide) | Drum \Drum\, n. [Cf. D. trom, trommel, LG. trumme, G. trommel,
Dan. tromme, Sw. trumma, OHG. trumba a trumpet, Icel. pruma a
clap of thunder, and as a verb, to thunder, Dan. drum a
booming sound, drumme to boom; prob. partly at least of
imitative origin; perh. akin to E. trum, or trumpet.]
1. (Mus.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a
hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a
piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of
a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of
skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking
time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an
orchestra, or cavalry band.
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The drums cry bud-a-dub. --Gascoigne.
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2. Anything resembling a drum in form; as:
(a) A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum,
for warming an apartment by means of heat received
from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam,
etc.
(b) A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are
packed.
(c) (Anat.) The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but
incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane.
(d) (Arch.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical,
blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed;
also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal
in plan, carrying a cupola or dome.
(e) (Mach.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for
the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of
belts or straps passing around its periphery; also,
the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or
chain is wound.
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3. (Zool.) See Drumfish.
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4. A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a
private house; a rout. [Archaic]
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Not unaptly styled a drum, from the noise and
emptiness of the entertainment. --Smollett.
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Note: There were also drum major, rout, tempest, and
hurricane, differing only in degrees of multitude and
uproar, as the significant name of each declares.
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5. A tea party; a kettledrum. --G. Eliot.
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Bass drum. See in the Vocabulary.
Double drum. See under Double.
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Drum
(gcide) | Drum \Drum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drummed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drumming.]
1. To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a
drum.
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2. To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with
a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that
of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his
wings.
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Drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair.
--W. Irving.
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3. To throb, as the heart. [R.] --Dryden.
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4. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to
draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for.
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drum
(gcide) | Drumfish \Drum"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
Any fish of the family Sci[ae]nid[ae], which makes a loud
noise by means of its air bladder; -- called also drum.
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Note: The common drumfish (Pogonias chromis) is a large
species, common south of New Jersey. The southern red
drum or red horse (Sci[ae]na ocellata), and the
fresh-water drum or croaker (Aplodionotus grunniens),
are related species.
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drum
(wn) | drum
n 1: a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a
hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
[syn: drum, membranophone, tympan]
2: the sound of a drum; "he could hear the drums before he heard
the fifes"
3: a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends [syn:
barrel, drum]
4: a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of
liquids [syn: drum, metal drum]
5: a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms
part of the brakes [syn: brake drum, drum]
6: small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of
shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
[syn: drum, drumfish]
v 1: make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the
windshield"; "The drums beat all night" [syn: drum,
beat, thrum]
2: play a percussion instrument
3: study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my
Latin verbs before the final exam" [syn: cram, {grind
away}, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, {swot
up}, bone] |
drum
(foldoc) | drum
Ancient slow, cylindrical magnetic media that were once
state-of-the-art storage devices. Under BSD Unix the disk
partition used for swapping is still called "/dev/drum"; this
has led to considerable humour and not a few straight-faced
but utterly bogus "explanations" getting foisted on newbies.
See also "The Story of Mel".
(1994-12-22)
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drum
(jargon) | drum
n.
Ancient techspeak term referring to slow, cylindrical magnetic media that
were once state-of-the-art storage devices. Under some versions of BSD Unix
the disk partition used for swapping is still called /dev/drum; this has
led to considerable humor and not a few straight-faced but utterly bogus
‘explanations’ getting foisted on newbies. See also “ The Story of Mel'”
in Appendix A.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
bass drum
(mass) | bass drum
- bubon |
drum
(mass) | drum
- bubon |
drumbeat
(mass) | drumbeat
- bubnovanie |
drumming
(mass) | drumming
- bubnovanie |
bass drum
(encz) | bass drum,buben n: velký luke |
beat a drum
(encz) | beat a drum,bubnovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
chicken drumstick
(encz) | chicken drumstick, n: |
conundrum
(encz) | conundrum,hádanka n: Zdeněk Brožconundrum,hlavolam n: Zdeněk Brož |
doldrums
(encz) | doldrums,nečinnost n: Zdeněk Broždoldrums,stagnace n: Zdeněk Brož |
drum
(encz) | drum,buben n: webdrum,bubeník n: Zdeněk Broždrum,bubínek n: Zdeněk Broždrum,bubnovat v: Zdeněk Broždrum,tambor n: Zdeněk Brož |
drum and bass
(encz) | drum and bass,drum and bass n: [hud.] hudební styl xkomczax |
drum brake
(encz) | drum brake, n: |
drum brakes
(encz) | drum brakes, n: |
drum major
(encz) | drum major,vojenský kapelník Zdeněk Brož |
drum majorette
(encz) | drum majorette,mažoretka n: Zdeněk Brož |
drum out
(encz) | drum out, v: |
drum printer
(encz) | drum printer, n: |
drum pump
(encz) | drum pump,rotační čerpadlo [tech.] Oldřich Švec |
drum roll
(encz) | drum roll, n: |
drum sander
(encz) | drum sander, n: |
drum up
(encz) | drum up, |
drumbeat
(encz) | drumbeat,bubnování n: Zdeněk Broždrumbeat,úder bubnu Zdeněk Broždrumbeat,víření bubnů Zdeněk Brož |
drumbeater
(encz) | drumbeater, n: |
drumfire
(encz) | drumfire,bubnová palba Zdeněk Brož |
drumfish
(encz) | drumfish, n: |
drumhead
(encz) | drumhead,bubínková membrána n: Zdeněk Broždrumhead,kůže bubnu Zdeněk Brož |
drumhead court-martial
(encz) | drumhead court-martial, n: |
drumlin
(encz) | drumlin, |
drummed
(encz) | drummed, |
drummer
(encz) | drummer,bubeník n: |
drumming
(encz) | drumming,bubnování n: Zdeněk Brož |
drummond
(encz) | Drummond,Drummond n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
drums
(encz) | drums,bubny n: pl. web |
drumstick
(encz) | drumstick,palička na buben Zdeněk Brož |
drumstick tree
(encz) | drumstick tree, n: |
ear drum
(encz) | ear drum,bubínek n: sladyear drum,ušní bubínek n: slady |
ear-drum
(encz) | ear-drum,ušní bubínek Zdeněk Brož |
eardrum
(encz) | eardrum,ušní bubínek jfo |
eardrums
(encz) | eardrums,ušní bubínky n: pl. Jirka Daněk |
humdrum
(encz) | humdrum,fádní adj: Zdeněk Brožhumdrum,jednotvárný adj: Zdeněk Brožhumdrum,nudný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
kettledrum
(encz) | kettledrum,tympán n: Zdeněk Brož |
metal drum
(encz) | metal drum, n: |
panjandrum
(encz) | panjandrum,potentát n: Zdeněk Brož |
perforated eardrum
(encz) | perforated eardrum, n: |
quadrumvirate
(encz) | quadrumvirate, n: |
red drum
(encz) | red drum, n: |
side drum
(encz) | side drum, n: |
snare drum
(encz) | snare drum,bubínek n: malý buben z kovovým rámem a (většinou) se
struníkem PetrV |
steel drum
(encz) | steel drum, n: |
striped drum
(encz) | striped drum, n: |
tenor drum
(encz) | tenor drum, n: |
the doldrums
(encz) | the doldrums, n: |
turkey drumstick
(encz) | turkey drumstick, n: |
drum and bass
(czen) | drum and bass,drum and bassn: [hud.] hudební styl xkomczax |
drummond
(czen) | Drummond,Drummondn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Bass drum
(gcide) | Bass drum \Bass` drum"\ (Mus.)
The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two
heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. See Bass, a.
[1913 Webster]Drum \Drum\, n. [Cf. D. trom, trommel, LG. trumme, G. trommel,
Dan. tromme, Sw. trumma, OHG. trumba a trumpet, Icel. pruma a
clap of thunder, and as a verb, to thunder, Dan. drum a
booming sound, drumme to boom; prob. partly at least of
imitative origin; perh. akin to E. trum, or trumpet.]
1. (Mus.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a
hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a
piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of
a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of
skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking
time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an
orchestra, or cavalry band.
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The drums cry bud-a-dub. --Gascoigne.
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2. Anything resembling a drum in form; as:
(a) A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum,
for warming an apartment by means of heat received
from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam,
etc.
(b) A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are
packed.
(c) (Anat.) The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but
incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane.
(d) (Arch.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical,
blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed;
also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal
in plan, carrying a cupola or dome.
(e) (Mach.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for
the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of
belts or straps passing around its periphery; also,
the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or
chain is wound.
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3. (Zool.) See Drumfish.
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4. A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a
private house; a rout. [Archaic]
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Not unaptly styled a drum, from the noise and
emptiness of the entertainment. --Smollett.
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Note: There were also drum major, rout, tempest, and
hurricane, differing only in degrees of multitude and
uproar, as the significant name of each declares.
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5. A tea party; a kettledrum. --G. Eliot.
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Bass drum. See in the Vocabulary.
Double drum. See under Double.
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Beat of drum
(gcide) | Beat \Beat\, n.
1. A stroke; a blow.
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He, with a careless beat,
Struck out the mute creation at a heat. --Dryden.
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2. A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of
the heart; the beat of the pulse.
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3. (Mus.)
(a) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the
divisions of time; a division of the measure so
marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit.
(b) A transient grace note, struck immediately before the
one it is intended to ornament.
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4. (Acoustics & Mus.) A sudden swelling or re["e]nforcement
of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced
by the interference of sound waves of slightly different
periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other
kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced
by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in
unison. See Beat, v. i., 8.
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5. A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a
watchman's beat; analogously, for newspaper reporters, the
subject or territory that they are assigned to cover; as,
the Washington beat.
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6. A place of habitual or frequent resort.
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7. A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often
emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat; also, deadbeat.
[Low]
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Beat of drum (Mil.), a succession of strokes varied, in
different ways, for particular purposes, as to regulate a
march, to call soldiers to their arms or quarters, to
direct an attack, or retreat, etc.
Beat of a watch, or Beat of a clock, the stroke or sound
made by the action of the escapement. A clock is in beat
or out of beat, according as the stroke is at equal or
unequal intervals.
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Conundrum
(gcide) | Conundrum \Co*nun"drum\, n. [Origin unknown.]
1. A kind of riddle based upon some fanciful or fantastic
resemblance between things quite unlike; a puzzling
question, of which the answer is or involves a pun.
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Or pun ambiguous, or conundrum quaint. --J. Philips.
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2. A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made.
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Do you think life is long enough to let me speculate
on conundrums like that? --W. Black.
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Coriandrum sativum
(gcide) | Coriander \Co`ri*an"der\ (k?`r?-?n"d?r), n. [L. coriandrum, fr.
Gr. ????, ????, perh. fr. ??? bug, on account of the buglike
or fetid smell of its leaves: cf. F. coriandre.] (Bot.)
An umbelliferous plant, the Coriandrum sativum, the fruit
or seeds of which have a strong smell and a spicy taste, and
in medicine are considered as stomachic and carminative.
[1913 Webster]cilantro \cilantro\ n.
1. an Old World herb (Coriandrum sativum) with aromatic
parsleylike leaves and seed.
Syn: coriander, coriander plant, Chinese parsley, {Coriandrum
sativum}.
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2. a parsleylike herb used as seasoning or garnish.
Syn: coriander, Chinese parsley.
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doldrums
(gcide) | doldrums \dol"drums\ (d[o^]l"dr[u^]mz), n. pl. [Cf. Gael.
doltrum grief, vexation?]
A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms,
squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent
all progress for weeks; -- so called by sailors.
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To be in the doldrums, to be in a state of listlessness
ennui, or tedium.
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Double drum
(gcide) | Double \Dou"ble\ (d[u^]b"'l), a. [OE. doble, duble, double, OF.
doble, duble, double, F. double, fr. L. duplus, fr. the root
of duo two, and perh. that of plenus full; akin to Gr.
diplo`os double. See Two, and Full, and cf. Diploma,
Duple.]
1. Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent;
made twice as large or as much, etc.
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Let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. -- 2
Kings ii. 9.
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Darkness and tempest make a double night. --Dryden.
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2. Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set
together; coupled.
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[Let] The swan, on still St. Mary's lake,
Float double, swan and shadow. --Wordsworth.
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3. Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the
other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere.
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With a double heart do they speak. -- Ps. xii. 2.
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4. (Bot.) Having the petals in a flower considerably
increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result
of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens
and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants
have their blossoms naturally double.
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Note: Double is often used as the first part of a compound
word, generally denoting two ways, or twice the number,
quantity, force, etc., twofold, or having two.
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Double base, or Double bass (Mus.), the largest and
lowest-toned instrument in the violin form; the
contrabasso or violone.
Double convex. See under Convex.
Double counterpoint (Mus.), that species of counterpoint or
composition, in which two of the parts may be inverted, by
setting one of them an octave higher or lower.
Double court (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for four
players, two on each side.
Double dagger (Print.), a reference mark ([dag]) next to
the dagger ([dagger]) in order; a diesis.
Double drum (Mus.), a large drum that is beaten at both
ends.
Double eagle, a gold coin of the United States having the
value of 20 dollars.
Double entry. See under Bookkeeping.
Double floor (Arch.), a floor in which binding joists
support flooring joists above and ceiling joists below.
See Illust. of Double-framed floor.
Double flower. See Double, a., 4.
Double-framed floor (Arch.), a double floor having girders
into which the binding joists are framed.
Double fugue (Mus.), a fugue on two subjects.
Double letter.
(a) (Print.) Two letters on one shank; a ligature.
(b) A mail requiring double postage.
Double note (Mus.), a note of double the length of the
semibreve; a breve. See Breve.
Double octave (Mus.), an interval composed of two octaves,
or fifteen notes, in diatonic progression; a fifteenth.
Double pica. See under Pica.
Double play (Baseball), a play by which two players are put
out at the same time.
Double plea (Law), a plea alleging several matters in
answer to the declaration, where either of such matters
alone would be a sufficient bar to the action. --Stephen.
Double point (Geom.), a point of a curve at which two
branches cross each other. Conjugate or isolated points of
a curve are called double points, since they possess most
of the properties of double points (see Conjugate). They
are also called acnodes, and those points where the
branches of the curve really cross are called crunodes.
The extremity of a cusp is also a double point.
Double quarrel. (Eccl. Law) See Duplex querela, under
Duplex.
Double refraction. (Opt.) See Refraction.
Double salt. (Chem.)
(a) A mixed salt of any polybasic acid which has been
saturated by different bases or basic radicals, as the
double carbonate of sodium and potassium,
NaKCO3.6H2O.
(b) A molecular combination of two distinct salts, as
common alum, which consists of the sulphate of
aluminium, and the sulphate of potassium or ammonium.
Double shuffle, a low, noisy dance.
Double standard (Polit. Econ.), a double standard of
monetary values; i. e., a gold standard and a silver
standard, both of which are made legal tender.
Double star (Astron.), two stars so near to each other as
to be seen separate only by means of a telescope. Such
stars may be only optically near to each other, or may be
physically connected so that they revolve round their
common center of gravity, and in the latter case are
called also binary stars.
Double time (Mil.). Same as Double-quick.
Double window, a window having two sets of glazed sashes
with an air space between them.
[1913 Webster]Drum \Drum\, n. [Cf. D. trom, trommel, LG. trumme, G. trommel,
Dan. tromme, Sw. trumma, OHG. trumba a trumpet, Icel. pruma a
clap of thunder, and as a verb, to thunder, Dan. drum a
booming sound, drumme to boom; prob. partly at least of
imitative origin; perh. akin to E. trum, or trumpet.]
1. (Mus.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a
hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a
piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of
a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of
skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking
time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an
orchestra, or cavalry band.
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The drums cry bud-a-dub. --Gascoigne.
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2. Anything resembling a drum in form; as:
(a) A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum,
for warming an apartment by means of heat received
from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam,
etc.
(b) A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are
packed.
(c) (Anat.) The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but
incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane.
(d) (Arch.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical,
blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed;
also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal
in plan, carrying a cupola or dome.
(e) (Mach.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for
the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of
belts or straps passing around its periphery; also,
the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or
chain is wound.
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3. (Zool.) See Drumfish.
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4. A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a
private house; a rout. [Archaic]
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Not unaptly styled a drum, from the noise and
emptiness of the entertainment. --Smollett.
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Note: There were also drum major, rout, tempest, and
hurricane, differing only in degrees of multitude and
uproar, as the significant name of each declares.
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5. A tea party; a kettledrum. --G. Eliot.
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Bass drum. See in the Vocabulary.
Double drum. See under Double.
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(gcide) | Sciaenoid \Sci*ae"noid\, a. [L. sciaena a kind of fish (fr. Gr.
?) + -oid.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous
marine fishes which includes the meagre (Sciaena umbra or
Sciaena aquila), and fish of the drum and croaker
families. The croaker is so called because it may make a
croaking noise by use of its bladder; the Atlantic croaker
(Micropogonias undulatus, formerly Micropogon undulatus)
and the squeteague are a members of the croaker family, and
the kingfish is a drum.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Swag \Swag\, n.
1. A swaying, irregular motion.
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2. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [Cant or Slang]
--Charles Reade.
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3. [Australia]
(a) A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in
canvas or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle,
and carried on the back or over the shoulder; --
called also a bluey, or a drum.
(b) Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up; hence,
luggage in general.
He tramped for years till the swag he bore
seemed part of himself. --Lawson.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Vase \Vase\ (v[=a]s or v[aum]z; 277), n. [F. vase; cf. Sp. & It.
vaso; fr. L. vas, vasum. Cf. Vascular, Vessel.]
1. A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and
anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of
antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a
porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust.
of Portland vase, under Portland.
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No chargers then were wrought in burnished gold,
Nor silver vases took the forming mold. --Pope.
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2. (Arch.)
(a) A vessel similar to that described in the first
definition above, or the representation of one in a
solid block of stone, or the like, used for an
ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust.
of Niche.
(b) The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and
Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and
drum.
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Note: Until the time of Walker (1791), vase was made to rhyme
with base, case, etc., and it is still commonly so
pronounced in the United States. Walker made it to
rhyme with phrase, maze, etc. Of modern English
practice, Mr. A. J. Ellis (1874) says: "Vase has four
pronunciations in English: v[add]z, which I most
commonly say, is going out of use, v[aum]z I hear most
frequently, v[=a]z very rarely, and v[=a]s I only know
from Cull's marking. On the analogy of case, however,
it should be the regular sound."
The Merriam-Webster's 10th Colletgiate Dictionary says:
"U. S. oftenest v[=a]s; Canada usu. and U. S. also
v[=a]z; Canada also & U. S. sometimes v[aum]z."
One wit has noted that "a v[aum]z is a v[=a]z that
costs more than $100.", suggesting that the former is
considered a higher-class pronunciation.
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3. (Bot.) The calyx of a plant.
[1913 Webster]Croaker \Croak"er\ (-?r), n.
1. One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains
unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the
Atlantic coast.
(a) An American fresh-water fish ({Aplodinotus
grunniens}); -- called also drum.
(c) The surf fish of California.
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Note: When caught these fishes make a croaking sound; whence
the name, which is often corrupted into crocus.Drum \Drum\, v. t.
1. To execute on a drum, as a tune.
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2. (With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum; as,
to drum out a deserter or rogue from a camp, etc.
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3. (With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to
collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up
recruits; to drum up customers.
[1913 Webster]Drum \Drum\, n. [Cf. D. trom, trommel, LG. trumme, G. trommel,
Dan. tromme, Sw. trumma, OHG. trumba a trumpet, Icel. pruma a
clap of thunder, and as a verb, to thunder, Dan. drum a
booming sound, drumme to boom; prob. partly at least of
imitative origin; perh. akin to E. trum, or trumpet.]
1. (Mus.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a
hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a
piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of
a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of
skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking
time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an
orchestra, or cavalry band.
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The drums cry bud-a-dub. --Gascoigne.
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2. Anything resembling a drum in form; as:
(a) A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum,
for warming an apartment by means of heat received
from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam,
etc.
(b) A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are
packed.
(c) (Anat.) The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but
incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane.
(d) (Arch.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical,
blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed;
also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal
in plan, carrying a cupola or dome.
(e) (Mach.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for
the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of
belts or straps passing around its periphery; also,
the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or
chain is wound.
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3. (Zool.) See Drumfish.
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4. A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a
private house; a rout. [Archaic]
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Not unaptly styled a drum, from the noise and
emptiness of the entertainment. --Smollett.
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Note: There were also drum major, rout, tempest, and
hurricane, differing only in degrees of multitude and
uproar, as the significant name of each declares.
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5. A tea party; a kettledrum. --G. Eliot.
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Bass drum. See in the Vocabulary.
Double drum. See under Double.
[1913 Webster]Drum \Drum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drummed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drumming.]
1. To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a
drum.
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2. To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with
a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that
of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his
wings.
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Drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair.
--W. Irving.
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3. To throb, as the heart. [R.] --Dryden.
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4. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to
draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for.
[1913 Webster]Drumfish \Drum"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
Any fish of the family Sci[ae]nid[ae], which makes a loud
noise by means of its air bladder; -- called also drum.
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Note: The common drumfish (Pogonias chromis) is a large
species, common south of New Jersey. The southern red
drum or red horse (Sci[ae]na ocellata), and the
fresh-water drum or croaker (Aplodionotus grunniens),
are related species.
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