| slovo | definícia |
fag
(encz) | fag,cigareta |
fag
(encz) | fag,cigáro |
fag
(encz) | fag,teplouš Nijel |
Fag
(gcide) | Fag \Fag\ (f[a^]g) n.
1. A knot or coarse part in cloth; a flaw. [Obs.]
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2. A cigarette. [slang]
[PJC]
3. A fag end in a cloth.
[PJC]
4. A drudge.
[PJC] |
fag
(gcide) | fag \fag\ (f[a^]g), n.
A male homosexual; -- always used disparagingly and
considered offensive. Shortened form of faggot. [Slang,
disparaging.]
Syn: faggot.
[PJC] |
Fag
(gcide) | Fag \Fag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fagged (f[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Fagging (f[a^]g"g[i^]ng).] [Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary,
vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to f[=a]ch
devoted to death, OS. f[=e]gi, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige,
cowardly, Icel. feigr fated to die, AS. f[=ae]ge, Scot. faik,
to fail, stop, lower the price; or perh. the same word as E.
flag to droop.]
1. To become weary; to tire.
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Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began
to fag. --G.
Mackenzie.
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2. To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge.
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Read, fag, and subdue this chapter. --Coleridge.
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3. To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery,
for another, as in some English schools.
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To fag out, to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a
rope, or the edge of canvas.
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Fag
(gcide) | Fag \Fag\, v. t.
1. To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged
out.
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2. Anything that fatigues. [R.]
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It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. --Miss
Austen.
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Brain fag. (Med.) See Cerebropathy.
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fag
(wn) | fag
n 1: offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot,
faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen,
queer, poof, poove, pouf]
2: finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking [syn:
cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag]
v 1: act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools
2: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework";
"Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour,
toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil]
3: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or
stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: tire,
wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out,
outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue] [ant:
freshen, refresh, refreshen] |
fag
(vera) | FAG
FernmeldeAnlagenGesetz telecommunication, Germany
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
fag end
(mass) | fag end
- filter |
faggot
(mass) | faggot
- hanlivé označenie pre homosexuála, zväzok |
fagot
(mass) | fagot
- hanlivo homosexuál, zväzok |
contrafagotto
(encz) | contrafagotto, n: |
fag
(encz) | fag,cigareta fag,cigáro fag,teplouš Nijel |
fag end
(encz) | fag end,cigaretový oharek webfag end,filtr web |
fag hag
(encz) | fag hag,žena vybírající si za přátele homosexuály n: [slang.] Rostislav
Svoboda |
fag out
(encz) | fag out,vyčerpat v: Zdeněk Brož |
fagged
(encz) | fagged,utahaný adj: Pino |
faggot
(encz) | faggot,homosexuál n: parkmajfaggot,otep n: varianta: fagot Rostislav Svobodafaggot,teplouš n: [hanl.] homosexuál Zdeněk Brož |
faggot up
(encz) | faggot up, v: |
fagin
(encz) | Fagin,Fagin n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
fagot
(encz) | fagot,homosexuál n: parkmajfagot,otep n: Rostislav Svobodafagot,svazek n: Zdeněk Brož |
fags
(encz) | fags,cigára n: pl. web |
leafage
(encz) | leafage,listí Zdeněk Brož |
order fagales
(encz) | order Fagales, n: |
wharfage
(encz) | wharfage, n: |
aerofagie
(czen) | aerofagie,aerophagian: Zdeněk Brož |
dysfagie
(czen) | dysfagie,dysphagian: Zdeněk Brož |
fagin
(czen) | Fagin,Faginn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
fagocyt
(czen) | fagocyt,phagocyten: [bio.] buňka schopná pohlcovat cizorodé částice Petr
Prášek |
fagocytóza
(czen) | fagocytóza,phagocytosisn: Clock |
fagot
(czen) | fagot,bassoonn: Zdeněk Brož |
fagotista
(czen) | fagotista,bassoonistn: Zdeněk Brož |
geofagie
(czen) | geofagie,geophagian: Zdeněk Brož |
koprofagie
(czen) | koprofagie,coprophagyn: Zdeněk Brož |
odynofagie
(czen) | odynofagie,odynophagian: Zdeněk Brož |
omofagie
(czen) | omofagie,omophagian: Zdeněk Brož |
Brain fag
(gcide) | Brain \Brain\ (br[=a]n), n. [OE. brain, brein, AS. bragen,
br[ae]gen; akin to LG. br[aum]gen, bregen, D. brein, and
perh. to Gr. bre`gma, brechmo`s, the upper part of head, if
[beta] = [phi]. [root]95.]
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1. (Anat.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the
nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and
volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony
cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior
termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from
three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected
with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the
vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and
the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments,
the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain.
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Note: In the brain of man the cerebral lobes, or largest part
of the forebrain, are enormously developed so as to
overhang the cerebellum, the great lobe of the
hindbrain, and completely cover the lobes of the
midbrain. The surface of the cerebrum is divided into
irregular ridges, or convolutions, separated by grooves
(the so-called fissures and sulci), and the two
hemispheres are connected at the bottom of the
longitudinal fissure by a great transverse band of
nervous matter, the corpus callosum, while the two
halves of the cerebellum are connected on the under
side of the brain by the bridge, or pons Varolii.
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2. (Zool.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and
other invertebrates.
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3. The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding;
as, use your brains. " My brain is too dull." --Sir W.
Scott.
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Note: In this sense, often used in the plural.
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4. The affections; fancy; imagination. [R.] --Shak.
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5. a very intelligent person. [informal]
[PJC]
6. the controlling electronic mechanism for a robot, guided
missile, computer, or other device exhibiting some degree
of self-regulation. [informal]
[PJC]
To have on the brain, to have constantly in one's thoughts,
as a sort of monomania. [Low]
no-brainer a decision requiring little or no thought; an
obvious choice. [slang]
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Brain box or Brain case, the bony or cartilaginous case
inclosing the brain.
Brain coral, Brain stone coral (Zool.), a massive
reef-building coral having the surface covered by ridges
separated by furrows so as to resemble somewhat the
surface of the brain, esp. such corals of the genera
M[ae]andrina and Diploria.
Brain fag (Med.), brain weariness. See Cerebropathy.
Brain fever (Med.), fever in which the brain is specially
affected; any acute cerebral affection attended by fever.
Brain sand, calcareous matter found in the pineal gland.
[1913 Webster]Cerebropathy \Cer`e*brop"a*thy\, n. [Cerebrum + Gr. ?
suffering.] (Med.)
A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring
in those whose brains have been unduly taxed; -- called also
brain fag.
[1913 Webster]Fag \Fag\, v. t.
1. To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged
out.
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2. Anything that fatigues. [R.]
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It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. --Miss
Austen.
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Brain fag. (Med.) See Cerebropathy.
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brain fag
(gcide) | Brain \Brain\ (br[=a]n), n. [OE. brain, brein, AS. bragen,
br[ae]gen; akin to LG. br[aum]gen, bregen, D. brein, and
perh. to Gr. bre`gma, brechmo`s, the upper part of head, if
[beta] = [phi]. [root]95.]
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1. (Anat.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the
nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and
volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony
cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior
termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from
three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected
with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the
vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and
the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments,
the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain.
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Note: In the brain of man the cerebral lobes, or largest part
of the forebrain, are enormously developed so as to
overhang the cerebellum, the great lobe of the
hindbrain, and completely cover the lobes of the
midbrain. The surface of the cerebrum is divided into
irregular ridges, or convolutions, separated by grooves
(the so-called fissures and sulci), and the two
hemispheres are connected at the bottom of the
longitudinal fissure by a great transverse band of
nervous matter, the corpus callosum, while the two
halves of the cerebellum are connected on the under
side of the brain by the bridge, or pons Varolii.
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2. (Zool.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and
other invertebrates.
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3. The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding;
as, use your brains. " My brain is too dull." --Sir W.
Scott.
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Note: In this sense, often used in the plural.
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4. The affections; fancy; imagination. [R.] --Shak.
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5. a very intelligent person. [informal]
[PJC]
6. the controlling electronic mechanism for a robot, guided
missile, computer, or other device exhibiting some degree
of self-regulation. [informal]
[PJC]
To have on the brain, to have constantly in one's thoughts,
as a sort of monomania. [Low]
no-brainer a decision requiring little or no thought; an
obvious choice. [slang]
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Brain box or Brain case, the bony or cartilaginous case
inclosing the brain.
Brain coral, Brain stone coral (Zool.), a massive
reef-building coral having the surface covered by ridges
separated by furrows so as to resemble somewhat the
surface of the brain, esp. such corals of the genera
M[ae]andrina and Diploria.
Brain fag (Med.), brain weariness. See Cerebropathy.
Brain fever (Med.), fever in which the brain is specially
affected; any acute cerebral affection attended by fever.
Brain sand, calcareous matter found in the pineal gland.
[1913 Webster]Cerebropathy \Cer`e*brop"a*thy\, n. [Cerebrum + Gr. ?
suffering.] (Med.)
A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring
in those whose brains have been unduly taxed; -- called also
brain fag.
[1913 Webster]Fag \Fag\, v. t.
1. To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged
out.
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2. Anything that fatigues. [R.]
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It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. --Miss
Austen.
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Brain fag. (Med.) See Cerebropathy.
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Brain fag
(gcide) | Brain \Brain\ (br[=a]n), n. [OE. brain, brein, AS. bragen,
br[ae]gen; akin to LG. br[aum]gen, bregen, D. brein, and
perh. to Gr. bre`gma, brechmo`s, the upper part of head, if
[beta] = [phi]. [root]95.]
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1. (Anat.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the
nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and
volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony
cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior
termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from
three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected
with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the
vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and
the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments,
the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In the brain of man the cerebral lobes, or largest part
of the forebrain, are enormously developed so as to
overhang the cerebellum, the great lobe of the
hindbrain, and completely cover the lobes of the
midbrain. The surface of the cerebrum is divided into
irregular ridges, or convolutions, separated by grooves
(the so-called fissures and sulci), and the two
hemispheres are connected at the bottom of the
longitudinal fissure by a great transverse band of
nervous matter, the corpus callosum, while the two
halves of the cerebellum are connected on the under
side of the brain by the bridge, or pons Varolii.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and
other invertebrates.
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3. The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding;
as, use your brains. " My brain is too dull." --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In this sense, often used in the plural.
[1913 Webster]
4. The affections; fancy; imagination. [R.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
5. a very intelligent person. [informal]
[PJC]
6. the controlling electronic mechanism for a robot, guided
missile, computer, or other device exhibiting some degree
of self-regulation. [informal]
[PJC]
To have on the brain, to have constantly in one's thoughts,
as a sort of monomania. [Low]
no-brainer a decision requiring little or no thought; an
obvious choice. [slang]
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Brain box or Brain case, the bony or cartilaginous case
inclosing the brain.
Brain coral, Brain stone coral (Zool.), a massive
reef-building coral having the surface covered by ridges
separated by furrows so as to resemble somewhat the
surface of the brain, esp. such corals of the genera
M[ae]andrina and Diploria.
Brain fag (Med.), brain weariness. See Cerebropathy.
Brain fever (Med.), fever in which the brain is specially
affected; any acute cerebral affection attended by fever.
Brain sand, calcareous matter found in the pineal gland.
[1913 Webster]Cerebropathy \Cer`e*brop"a*thy\, n. [Cerebrum + Gr. ?
suffering.] (Med.)
A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring
in those whose brains have been unduly taxed; -- called also
brain fag.
[1913 Webster]Fag \Fag\, v. t.
1. To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged
out.
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2. Anything that fatigues. [R.]
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It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. --Miss
Austen.
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Brain fag. (Med.) See Cerebropathy.
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Chiefage
(gcide) | Chiefage \Chief"age\ (-[asl]j), n. [OF. chevage, fr. chief head.
See Chief.]
A tribute by the head; a capitation tax. [Written also
chevage and chivage.] [Obs.]
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Contrafagetto
(gcide) | Contrafagetto \Con`tra*fa*get"to\, n. [It.] (Mus.)
The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the bassoon.
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fag
(gcide) | Fag \Fag\ (f[a^]g) n.
1. A knot or coarse part in cloth; a flaw. [Obs.]
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2. A cigarette. [slang]
[PJC]
3. A fag end in a cloth.
[PJC]
4. A drudge.
[PJC]fag \fag\ (f[a^]g), n.
A male homosexual; -- always used disparagingly and
considered offensive. Shortened form of faggot. [Slang,
disparaging.]
Syn: faggot.
[PJC]Fag \Fag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fagged (f[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Fagging (f[a^]g"g[i^]ng).] [Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary,
vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to f[=a]ch
devoted to death, OS. f[=e]gi, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige,
cowardly, Icel. feigr fated to die, AS. f[=ae]ge, Scot. faik,
to fail, stop, lower the price; or perh. the same word as E.
flag to droop.]
1. To become weary; to tire.
[1913 Webster]
Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began
to fag. --G.
Mackenzie.
[1913 Webster]
2. To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge.
[1913 Webster]
Read, fag, and subdue this chapter. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
3. To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery,
for another, as in some English schools.
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To fag out, to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a
rope, or the edge of canvas.
[1913 Webster]Fag \Fag\, v. t.
1. To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged
out.
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2. Anything that fatigues. [R.]
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It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. --Miss
Austen.
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Brain fag. (Med.) See Cerebropathy.
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Fagaceae
(gcide) | Fagaceae \Fagaceae\ prop. n.
a natural family of chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs,
including beeches, chestnuts, and oaks; it includes the
genera Castanea; Castanopsis; Chrysolepis; Fagus;
Lithocarpus; Nothofagus; and Quercus.
Syn: family Fagaceae, beech family.
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Fag-end
(gcide) | Fag-end \Fag"-end"\, n.
1. An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as
the coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a
rope, etc.
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2. The refuse or meaner part of anything.
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The fag-end of business. --Collier.
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Fagged
(gcide) | Fag \Fag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fagged (f[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Fagging (f[a^]g"g[i^]ng).] [Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary,
vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to f[=a]ch
devoted to death, OS. f[=e]gi, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige,
cowardly, Icel. feigr fated to die, AS. f[=ae]ge, Scot. faik,
to fail, stop, lower the price; or perh. the same word as E.
flag to droop.]
1. To become weary; to tire.
[1913 Webster]
Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began
to fag. --G.
Mackenzie.
[1913 Webster]
2. To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge.
[1913 Webster]
Read, fag, and subdue this chapter. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
3. To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery,
for another, as in some English schools.
[1913 Webster]
To fag out, to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a
rope, or the edge of canvas.
[1913 Webster]fagged \fagged\ adj.
1. same as burned-out, 1.
Syn: burned-out(prenominal), burnt-out(prenominal), burned
out(predicate), burnt out(predicate), exhausted,
fatigued, played-out(prenominal), played out(predicate),
spent, washed-out(prenominal), washed out(predicate),
worn-out(prenominal), worn out(predicate).
[WordNet 1.5] |
fagged
(gcide) | Fag \Fag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fagged (f[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Fagging (f[a^]g"g[i^]ng).] [Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary,
vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to f[=a]ch
devoted to death, OS. f[=e]gi, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige,
cowardly, Icel. feigr fated to die, AS. f[=ae]ge, Scot. faik,
to fail, stop, lower the price; or perh. the same word as E.
flag to droop.]
1. To become weary; to tire.
[1913 Webster]
Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began
to fag. --G.
Mackenzie.
[1913 Webster]
2. To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge.
[1913 Webster]
Read, fag, and subdue this chapter. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
3. To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery,
for another, as in some English schools.
[1913 Webster]
To fag out, to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a
rope, or the edge of canvas.
[1913 Webster]fagged \fagged\ adj.
1. same as burned-out, 1.
Syn: burned-out(prenominal), burnt-out(prenominal), burned
out(predicate), burnt out(predicate), exhausted,
fatigued, played-out(prenominal), played out(predicate),
spent, washed-out(prenominal), washed out(predicate),
worn-out(prenominal), worn out(predicate).
[WordNet 1.5] |
Fagging
(gcide) | Fag \Fag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fagged (f[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Fagging (f[a^]g"g[i^]ng).] [Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary,
vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to f[=a]ch
devoted to death, OS. f[=e]gi, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige,
cowardly, Icel. feigr fated to die, AS. f[=ae]ge, Scot. faik,
to fail, stop, lower the price; or perh. the same word as E.
flag to droop.]
1. To become weary; to tire.
[1913 Webster]
Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began
to fag. --G.
Mackenzie.
[1913 Webster]
2. To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge.
[1913 Webster]
Read, fag, and subdue this chapter. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
3. To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery,
for another, as in some English schools.
[1913 Webster]
To fag out, to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a
rope, or the edge of canvas.
[1913 Webster]fagging \fag"ging\ (f[a^]g"g[i^]ng), n.
Laborious drudgery; esp., the acting as a drudge for another
at an English school.
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fagging
(gcide) | Fag \Fag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fagged (f[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Fagging (f[a^]g"g[i^]ng).] [Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary,
vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to f[=a]ch
devoted to death, OS. f[=e]gi, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige,
cowardly, Icel. feigr fated to die, AS. f[=ae]ge, Scot. faik,
to fail, stop, lower the price; or perh. the same word as E.
flag to droop.]
1. To become weary; to tire.
[1913 Webster]
Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began
to fag. --G.
Mackenzie.
[1913 Webster]
2. To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge.
[1913 Webster]
Read, fag, and subdue this chapter. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
3. To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery,
for another, as in some English schools.
[1913 Webster]
To fag out, to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a
rope, or the edge of canvas.
[1913 Webster]fagging \fag"ging\ (f[a^]g"g[i^]ng), n.
Laborious drudgery; esp., the acting as a drudge for another
at an English school.
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faggot
(gcide) | faggot \fag"got\ (f[a^]g"[u^]t), n. [perh. from fagot[5], a
shriveled old woman.]
a male homosexual; -- always used disparagingly and
considered offensive. [Slang, disparaging]
Syn: fagot, fag, fairy, pansy, queer, poof, poove, pouf.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. a bundle of sticks and branches bound together; -- same as
fagot[1].
Syn: fagot.
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Fagonia Cretica
(gcide) | Thorny \Thorn"y\, a. [Compar. Thornier; superl. Thorniest.]
[Cf. AS. [thorn]orniht.]
1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a
thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
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2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome;
vexatious; harassing; perplexing. "The thorny point of
bare distress." --Shak.
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The steep and thorny way to heaven. --Shak.
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Thorny rest-harrow (Bot.), rest-harrow.
Thorny trefoil, a prickly plant of the genus Fagonia
(Fagonia Cretica, etc.).
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Fagopyrum
(gcide) | Fagopyrum \Fagopyrum\ prop. n.
a genus of plants of the buckwheat family, including the
buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum; in some classifications
included in the genus Polygonum.
Syn: genus Fagopyrum.
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Fagopyrum esculentum
(gcide) | Buckwheat \Buck"wheat`\, n. [Buck a beech tree + wheat; akin to
D. boekweit, G. buchweizen.]
1. (Bot.) A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum
family, the seed of which is used for food.
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2. The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes,
etc.
[1913 Webster]Fagopyrum \Fagopyrum\ prop. n.
a genus of plants of the buckwheat family, including the
buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum; in some classifications
included in the genus Polygonum.
Syn: genus Fagopyrum.
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Fagopyrum Tartaricum
(gcide) | Wheat \Wheat\ (hw[=e]t), n. [OE. whete, AS. hw[=ae]te; akin to
OS. hw[=e]ti, D. weit, G. weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel. hveiti,
Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. white. See
White.] (Bot.)
A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which
furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the
grain most largely used by the human race.
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Note: Of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat,
white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat,
summer wheat, and the like. Wheat is not known to exist
as a wild native plant, and all statements as to its
origin are either incorrect or at best only guesses.
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Buck wheat. (Bot.) See Buckwheat.
German wheat. (Bot.) See 2d Spelt.
Guinea wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
Indian wheat, or Tartary wheat (Bot.), a grain
(Fagopyrum Tartaricum) much like buckwheat, but only
half as large.
Turkey wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
Wheat aphid, or Wheat aphis (Zool.), any one of several
species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the sap
of growing wheat.
Wheat beetle. (Zool.)
(a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle ({Sylvanus
Surinamensis}) whose larvae feed upon wheat, rice, and
other grains.
(b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle ({Anobium
paniceum}) whose larvae eat the interior of grains of
wheat.
Wheat duck (Zool.), the American widgeon. [Western U. S.]
Wheat fly. (Zool.) Same as Wheat midge, below.
Wheat grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Agropyrum caninum)
somewhat resembling wheat. It grows in the northern parts
of Europe and America.
Wheat jointworm. (Zool.) See Jointworm.
Wheat louse (Zool.), any wheat aphid.
Wheat maggot (Zool.), the larva of a wheat midge.
Wheat midge. (Zool.)
(a) A small two-winged fly (Diplosis tritici) which is very
destructive to growing wheat, both in Europe and America.
The female lays her eggs in the flowers of wheat, and the
larvae suck the juice of the young kernels and when full
grown change to pupae in the earth.
(b) The Hessian fly. See under Hessian.
Wheat moth (Zool.), any moth whose larvae devour the grains
of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain moth. See
Angoumois Moth, also Grain moth, under Grain.
Wheat thief (Bot.), gromwell; -- so called because it is a
troublesome weed in wheat fields. See Gromwell.
Wheat thrips (Zool.), a small brown thrips ({Thrips
cerealium}) which is very injurious to the grains of
growing wheat.
Wheat weevil. (Zool.)
(a) The grain weevil.
(b) The rice weevil when found in wheat.
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fagot
(gcide) | fagot \fag"ot\ (f[a^]g"[u^]t) n. [F., prob. aug. of L. fax,
facis, torch, perh. orig., a bundle of sticks; cf. Gr.
fa`kelos bundle, fagot. Cf. Fagotto.]
1. A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees,
used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or
other purposes in fortification; a fascine. --Shak.
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2. A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into
bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding
heat; a pile.
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3. (Mus.) A bassoon. See Fagotto.
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4. A person hired to take the place of another at the muster
of a company. [Eng.] --Addison.
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5. An old shriveled woman. [Slang, Eng.]
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Fagot iron, iron, in bars or masses, manufactured from
fagots.
Fagot vote, the vote of a person who has been constituted a
voter by being made a landholder, for party purposes.
[Political cant, Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Fagot \Fag"ot\v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fagoted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fagoting.]
To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle;
also, to collect promiscuously. --Dryden.
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Fagot
(gcide) | fagot \fag"ot\ (f[a^]g"[u^]t) n. [F., prob. aug. of L. fax,
facis, torch, perh. orig., a bundle of sticks; cf. Gr.
fa`kelos bundle, fagot. Cf. Fagotto.]
1. A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees,
used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or
other purposes in fortification; a fascine. --Shak.
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2. A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into
bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding
heat; a pile.
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3. (Mus.) A bassoon. See Fagotto.
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4. A person hired to take the place of another at the muster
of a company. [Eng.] --Addison.
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5. An old shriveled woman. [Slang, Eng.]
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Fagot iron, iron, in bars or masses, manufactured from
fagots.
Fagot vote, the vote of a person who has been constituted a
voter by being made a landholder, for party purposes.
[Political cant, Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Fagot \Fag"ot\v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fagoted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fagoting.]
To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle;
also, to collect promiscuously. --Dryden.
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Fagot iron
(gcide) | fagot \fag"ot\ (f[a^]g"[u^]t) n. [F., prob. aug. of L. fax,
facis, torch, perh. orig., a bundle of sticks; cf. Gr.
fa`kelos bundle, fagot. Cf. Fagotto.]
1. A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees,
used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or
other purposes in fortification; a fascine. --Shak.
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2. A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into
bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding
heat; a pile.
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3. (Mus.) A bassoon. See Fagotto.
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4. A person hired to take the place of another at the muster
of a company. [Eng.] --Addison.
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5. An old shriveled woman. [Slang, Eng.]
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Fagot iron, iron, in bars or masses, manufactured from
fagots.
Fagot vote, the vote of a person who has been constituted a
voter by being made a landholder, for party purposes.
[Political cant, Eng.]
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Fagot vote
(gcide) | fagot \fag"ot\ (f[a^]g"[u^]t) n. [F., prob. aug. of L. fax,
facis, torch, perh. orig., a bundle of sticks; cf. Gr.
fa`kelos bundle, fagot. Cf. Fagotto.]
1. A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees,
used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or
other purposes in fortification; a fascine. --Shak.
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2. A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into
bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding
heat; a pile.
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3. (Mus.) A bassoon. See Fagotto.
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4. A person hired to take the place of another at the muster
of a company. [Eng.] --Addison.
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5. An old shriveled woman. [Slang, Eng.]
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Fagot iron, iron, in bars or masses, manufactured from
fagots.
Fagot vote, the vote of a person who has been constituted a
voter by being made a landholder, for party purposes.
[Political cant, Eng.]
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Fagoted
(gcide) | Fagot \Fag"ot\v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fagoted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fagoting.]
To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle;
also, to collect promiscuously. --Dryden.
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Fagoting
(gcide) | Fagot \Fag"ot\v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fagoted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fagoting.]
To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle;
also, to collect promiscuously. --Dryden.
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Fagotto
(gcide) | Fagotto \Fa*got"to\, n. [It. See Fagot.] (Mus.)
The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts for
ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot.
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Fagus ferruginea
(gcide) | Beech \Beech\, n.; pl. Beeches. [OE. beche, AS. b?ce; akin to
D. beuk, OHG. buocha, G. buche, Icel. beyki, Dan. b["o]g, Sw.
bok, Russ. buk, L. fagus, Gr. ? oak, ? to eat, Skr. bhaksh;
the tree being named originally from the esculent fruit. See
Book, and cf. 7th Buck, Buckwheat.] (Bot.)
A tree of the genus Fagus.
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Note: It grows to a large size, having a smooth bark and
thick foliage, and bears an edible triangular nut, of
which swine are fond. The Fagus sylvatica is the
European species, and the Fagus ferruginea that of
America.
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Beech drops (Bot.), a parasitic plant which grows on the
roots of beeches (Epiphegus Americana).
Beech marten (Zool.), the stone marten of Europe ({Mustela
foina}).
Beech mast, the nuts of the beech, esp. as they lie under
the trees, in autumn.
Beech oil, oil expressed from the mast or nuts of the beech
tree.
Cooper beech, a variety of the European beech with
copper-colored, shining leaves.
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Fagus pendula
(gcide) | weeping beech \weeping beech\ n.
a variety of European beech (Fagus pendula, {Fagus
sylvatica} pendula) with pendulous limbs.
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Fagus sylvatica
(gcide) | weeping beech \weeping beech\ n.
a variety of European beech (Fagus pendula, {Fagus
sylvatica} pendula) with pendulous limbs.
[WordNet 1.5]Beech \Beech\, n.; pl. Beeches. [OE. beche, AS. b?ce; akin to
D. beuk, OHG. buocha, G. buche, Icel. beyki, Dan. b["o]g, Sw.
bok, Russ. buk, L. fagus, Gr. ? oak, ? to eat, Skr. bhaksh;
the tree being named originally from the esculent fruit. See
Book, and cf. 7th Buck, Buckwheat.] (Bot.)
A tree of the genus Fagus.
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Note: It grows to a large size, having a smooth bark and
thick foliage, and bears an edible triangular nut, of
which swine are fond. The Fagus sylvatica is the
European species, and the Fagus ferruginea that of
America.
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Beech drops (Bot.), a parasitic plant which grows on the
roots of beeches (Epiphegus Americana).
Beech marten (Zool.), the stone marten of Europe ({Mustela
foina}).
Beech mast, the nuts of the beech, esp. as they lie under
the trees, in autumn.
Beech oil, oil expressed from the mast or nuts of the beech
tree.
Cooper beech, a variety of the European beech with
copper-colored, shining leaves.
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Graffage
(gcide) | Graffage \Graff"age\, n. [Cf. Grave, n.]
The scarp of a ditch or moat. "To clean the graffages."
--Miss Mitford.
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Leafage
(gcide) | Leafage \Leaf"age\, n.
Leaves, collectively; foliage.
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