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foe
(encz) | foe,nepřítel n: [bás.] |
Foe
(gcide) | Foe \Foe\ (f[=o]), n. [OE. fo, fa, AS. f[=a]h hostile; prob.
akin to E. fiend. [root]81. See Fiend, and cf. Feud a
quarrel.]
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1. One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or
malice, against another; an enemy.
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A man's foes shall be they of his own household.
--Matt. x. 36
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2. An enemy in war; a hostile army.
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3. One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary;
an ill-wisher; as, a foe to religion.
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A foe to received doctrines. --I. Watts
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Foe
(gcide) | Foe \Foe\, v. t.
To treat as an enemy. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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foe
(wn) | foe
n 1: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing
military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his
enemies" [syn: enemy, foe, foeman, opposition]
2: a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years"
[syn: foe, enemy] [ant: ally, friend] |
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arch-foe
(encz) | arch-foe,úhlavní nepřítel n: Pino |
defoe
(encz) | Defoe,Defoe n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
electronic foetal monitor
(encz) | electronic foetal monitor, n: |
foe
(encz) | foe,nepřítel n: [bás.] |
foehn
(encz) | foehn,fén [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
foeman
(encz) | foeman,nepřítel n: [voj.] Marek Běl |
foes
(encz) | foes,nepřátelé n: Zdeněk Brož |
foetal
(encz) | foetal,plodový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
foetal circulation
(encz) | foetal circulation, n: |
foetal distress
(encz) | foetal distress, n: |
foetal monitor
(encz) | foetal monitor, n: |
foetal movement
(encz) | foetal movement, n: |
foetid
(encz) | foetid,páchnoucí adj: Zdeněk Brož |
foetid bugbane
(encz) | foetid bugbane, n: |
foetid pothos
(encz) | foetid pothos, n: |
foetology
(encz) | foetology, n: |
foetometry
(encz) | foetometry, n: |
foetoprotein
(encz) | foetoprotein, n: |
foetor
(encz) | foetor, n: |
foetoscope
(encz) | foetoscope, n: |
foetoscopy
(encz) | foetoscopy,fetoskopie n: Zdeněk Brož |
foetus
(encz) | foetus,plod [med.] Martin M. |
foetuses
(encz) | foetuses,plody [med.] Martin M. |
defoe
(czen) | Defoe,Defoen: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
foe friends of the earth
(czen) | FOE Friends of the Earth,Friends of the Earth[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
friends of the earth foe
(czen) | Friends of the Earth FOE,Friends of the Earth[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
hrdina románu daniela dafoe
(czen) | hrdina románu Daniela Dafoe,Robinson Crusoe Zdeněk Brož |
Anagyris foetida
(gcide) | Bean trefoil \Bean" tre"foil\ (Bot.)
A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves
(Anagyris foetida).
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Asafoetida
(gcide) | Asafetida \As`a*fet"i*da\, Asafoetida \As`a*f[oe]t"i*da\, n.
[Asa + L. foetidus fetid.]
The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large
umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the
East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
[Written also assafoetida.]
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assafoetida
(gcide) | Asafetida \As`a*fet"i*da\, Asafoetida \As`a*f[oe]t"i*da\, n.
[Asa + L. foetidus fetid.]
The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large
umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the
East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
[Written also assafoetida.]
[1913 Webster]Assafoetida \As`sa*f[oe]t"i*da\, n.
Same as Asafetida.
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Assafoetida
(gcide) | Asafetida \As`a*fet"i*da\, Asafoetida \As`a*f[oe]t"i*da\, n.
[Asa + L. foetidus fetid.]
The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large
umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the
East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
[Written also assafoetida.]
[1913 Webster]Assafoetida \As`sa*f[oe]t"i*da\, n.
Same as Asafetida.
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Defoedation
(gcide) | Defoedation \Def`[oe]*da"tion\, n.
Defedation. [Obs.] Defoliate |
Eryngium foetidum
(gcide) | Fitweed \Fit"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant (Eryngium f[oe]tidum) supposed to be a remedy for
fits.
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Ferula asafoetida
(gcide) | Asafetida \As`a*fet"i*da\, Asafoetida \As`a*f[oe]t"i*da\, n.
[Asa + L. foetidus fetid.]
The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large
umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the
East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
[Written also assafoetida.]
[1913 Webster]Ferula \Fer"u*la\, n. [L. ferula giant fennel (its stalks were
used in punishing schoolboys), rod, whip, fr. ferire to
strike; akin to OHG. berjan, Icel. berja. Cf. Ferule.]
1. A ferule. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.
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3. [capitalized] A genus of plants of the parsley family
Apiaceae (of the order Umbelliferae), including some
yielding asafetida. Members include Ferula asafoetida
(Ferula foetida), the giant fennel (Ferula communis),
and Ferula orientalis.
[PJC]Ferulic \Fe*ru"lic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, asafetida ({Ferula
asaf[oe]tida}); as, ferulic acid. [Written also ferulaic.]
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Ferula foetida
(gcide) | Ferula \Fer"u*la\, n. [L. ferula giant fennel (its stalks were
used in punishing schoolboys), rod, whip, fr. ferire to
strike; akin to OHG. berjan, Icel. berja. Cf. Ferule.]
1. A ferule. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.
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3. [capitalized] A genus of plants of the parsley family
Apiaceae (of the order Umbelliferae), including some
yielding asafetida. Members include Ferula asafoetida
(Ferula foetida), the giant fennel (Ferula communis),
and Ferula orientalis.
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Foehn
(gcide) | Foehn \Foehn\, n. [G. dial. (Swiss), fr. L. Favonius west wind.
Cf. Favonian.] (Meteor.)
(a) A warm dry wind that often blows in the northern valleys
of the Alps, due to the indraught of a storm center
passing over Central Europe. The wind, heated by
compression in its descent from the mountains, reaches
the base, particularly in winter, dry and warm.
(b) Any similar wind, as the chinook, in other parts of the
world.
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Foehood
(gcide) | Foehood \Foe"hood\, n.
Enmity. --Bp. Bedell.
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Foeman
(gcide) | Foeman \Foe"man\ (f[=o]"man), n.; pl. Foemen (-men). [AS.
f[=a]hman.]
An enemy in war.
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And the stern joy which warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel. --Sir W. Scott
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Foemen
(gcide) | Foeman \Foe"man\ (f[=o]"man), n.; pl. Foemen (-men). [AS.
f[=a]hman.]
An enemy in war.
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And the stern joy which warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel. --Sir W. Scott
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Foeniculum dulce
(gcide) | Finochio \Fi*no"chi*o\ (?; 277), n. [It. finocchio fennel, LL.
fenuclum. See Fennel.] (Bot.)
An umbelliferous plant (F[oe]niculum dulce) having a
somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are
used in France and Italy as a culinary vegetable.
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foetal
(gcide) | foetal \f[oe]"tal\, a.
Same as fetal.
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Foetation
(gcide) | Foetation \F[oe]*ta"tion\, n.
Same as Fetation.
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Foeticide
(gcide) | Foeticide \F[oe]"ti*cide\, n.
Same as Feticide.
[1913 Webster]Feticide \Fe"ti*cide\ (? or ?), n. [Written also f[oe]ticide.]
[Fetus + L. caedere to kill.] (Med. & Law)
The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of
procuring an abortion.
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foeticide
(gcide) | Foeticide \F[oe]"ti*cide\, n.
Same as Feticide.
[1913 Webster]Feticide \Fe"ti*cide\ (? or ?), n. [Written also f[oe]ticide.]
[Fetus + L. caedere to kill.] (Med. & Law)
The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of
procuring an abortion.
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Foetidia Mauritiana
(gcide) | Stinkwood \Stink"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant
smell, as that of the Foetidia Mauritiana of the Mauritius,
and that of the South African Ocotea bullata.
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Foetor
(gcide) | Foetor \F[oe]"tor\, n.
Same as Fetor.
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Foetus
(gcide) | foetus \foetus\, Foetus \F[oe]"tus\, n.
Same as Fetus.
[1913 Webster]Fetus \Fe"tus\ (f[=e]"t[u^]s), n.; pl. Fetuses
(f[=e]"t[u^]s*[e^]z). [L. fetus, foetus, a bringing forth,
brood, offspring, young ones, cf. fetus fruitful, fructified,
that is or was filled with young; akin to E. fawn a deer,
fecundity, felicity, feminine, female, and prob. to do, or
according to others, to be.]
The young or embryo of a vertebrate animal in the womb, or in
the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the
development of viviparous and oviparous animals. showing the
main recognizable features of the mature animal, embryo
being applied to the earlier stages. [Written also
f[oe]tus.]
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foetus
(gcide) | foetus \foetus\, Foetus \F[oe]"tus\, n.
Same as Fetus.
[1913 Webster]Fetus \Fe"tus\ (f[=e]"t[u^]s), n.; pl. Fetuses
(f[=e]"t[u^]s*[e^]z). [L. fetus, foetus, a bringing forth,
brood, offspring, young ones, cf. fetus fruitful, fructified,
that is or was filled with young; akin to E. fawn a deer,
fecundity, felicity, feminine, female, and prob. to do, or
according to others, to be.]
The young or embryo of a vertebrate animal in the womb, or in
the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the
development of viviparous and oviparous animals. showing the
main recognizable features of the mature animal, embryo
being applied to the earlier stages. [Written also
f[oe]tus.]
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Helleborus foetidus
(gcide) | Setterwort \Set"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
The bear's-foot (Helleborus f[oe]tidus); -- so called
because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons
into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots. --Dr.
Prior.
[1913 Webster]Bear's-foot \Bear's"-foot`\ (-f[oo^]t`), n. (Bot.)
A species of hellebore (Helleborus f[oe]tidus), with
digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste,
and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.
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Iris foetidissima
(gcide) | Gladen \Gla"den\, n. [AS. gl[ae]dene, cf. L. gladius a sword.
Cf. Gladiole.] (Bot.)
Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, especially
the European Iris f[oe]tidissima. [Written also gladwyn,
gladdon, and glader.]
[1913 Webster]gladdon \glad"don\ n.
An iris (Iris foetidissima) with purple flowers and
evil-smelling leaves; Southern and Western Europe and North
Africa.
Syn: gladen, stinking iris, gladdon iris, stinking gladwyn,
roast beef plant, Iris foetidissima.
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Mortal foe
(gcide) | Mortal \Mor"tal\, a. [F. mortel, L. mortalis, from mors, mortis,
death, fr. moriri 8die; akin to E. murder. See Murder, and
cf. Filemot, Mere a lake, Mortgage.]
1. Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.
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2. Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death;
terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly;
as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin.
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3. Fatally vulnerable; vital.
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Last of all, against himself he turns his sword, but
missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes
the work. --Milton.
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4. Of or pertaining to the time of death.
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Safe in the hand of one disposing Power,
Or in the natal or the mortal hour. --Pope.
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5. Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.
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The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright.
--Dryden.
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6. Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or
knowledge; mortal power.
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The voice of God
To mortal ear is dreadful. --Milton.
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7. Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting
two mortal hours. [Colloq.] --Sir W. Scott.
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Mortal foe, Mortal enemy, an inveterate, desperate, or
implacable enemy; a foe bent on one's destruction.
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Ocotea foetens
(gcide) | Til tree \Til tree\ (t[i^]l; t[=e]l). (Bot.)
(a) Var. of Teil tree.
(b) An ill-smelling lauraceous tree (Ocotea foetens) of the
Canary Islands; -- sometimes distinguished as {Canary
Island til tree}.
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Passiflora foetida
(gcide) | Love \Love\ (l[u^]v), n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin
to E. lief, believe, L. lubet, libet, it pleases, Skr. lubh
to be lustful. See Lief.]
1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which
delights or commands admiration; pre["e]minent kindness or
devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love
of brothers and sisters.
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Of all the dearest bonds we prove
Thou countest sons' and mothers' love
Most sacred, most Thine own. --Keble.
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2. Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate
affection for, one of the opposite sex.
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He on his side
Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love
Hung over her enamored. --Milton.
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3. Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e.,
to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
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Demetrius . . .
Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena,
And won her soul. --Shak.
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4. Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or
desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often
with of and an object.
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Love, and health to all. --Shak.
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Smit with the love of sacred song. --Milton.
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The love of science faintly warmed his breast.
--Fenton.
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5. Due gratitude and reverence to God.
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Keep yourselves in the love of God. --Jude 21.
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6. The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing
address; as, he held his love in his arms; his greatest
love was reading. "Trust me, love." --Dryden.
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Open the temple gates unto my love. --Spenser.
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7. Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.
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Such was his form as painters, when they show
Their utmost art, on naked Lores bestow. --Dryden.
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Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love.
--Shak.
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8. A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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9. (Bot.) A climbing species of Clematis ({Clematis
Vitalba}).
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10. Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in
counting score at tennis, etc.
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He won the match by three sets to love. --The
Field.
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11. Sexual intercourse; -- a euphemism.
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Note: Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in
most of which the meaning is very obvious; as,
love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked,
love-taught, etc.
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A labor of love, a labor undertaken on account of regard
for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself,
without expectation of reward.
Free love, the doctrine or practice of consorting with one
of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See
Free love.
Free lover, one who avows or practices free love.
In love, in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of
the sexes; as, to be in love; to fall in love.
Love apple (Bot.), the tomato.
Love bird (Zool.), any one of several species of small,
short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus
Agapornis, and allied genera. They are mostly from
Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are
celebrated for the affection which they show for their
mates.
Love broker, a person who for pay acts as agent between
lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. --Shak.
Love charm, a charm for exciting love. --Ld. Lytton.
Love child. an illegitimate child. --Jane Austen.
Love day, a day formerly appointed for an amicable
adjustment of differences. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
--Chaucer.
Love drink, a love potion; a philter. --Chaucer.
Love favor, something given to be worn in token of love.
Love feast, a religious festival, held quarterly by some
religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists,
in imitation of the agap[ae] of the early Christians.
Love feat, the gallant act of a lover. --Shak.
Love game, a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished
person or party does not score a point.
Love grass. [G. liebesgras.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus
Eragrostis.
Love-in-a-mist. (Bot.)
(a) An herb of the Buttercup family (Nigella Damascena)
having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut
bracts.
(b) The West Indian Passiflora f[oe]tida, which has
similar bracts.
Love-in-idleness (Bot.), a kind of violet; the small pansy.
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A little western flower,
Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound;
And maidens call it love-in-idleness. --Shak.
Love juice, juice of a plant supposed to produce love.
--Shak.
Love knot, a knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from
being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual
affection. --Milman.
Love lass, a sweetheart.
Love letter, a letter of courtship. --Shak.
Love-lies-bleeding (Bot.), a species of amaranth
(Amarantus melancholicus).
Love match, a marriage brought about by love alone.
Love potion, a compounded draught intended to excite love,
or venereal desire.
Love rites, sexual intercourse. --Pope
Love scene, an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the
stage.
Love suit, courtship. --Shak.
Of all loves, for the sake of all love; by all means.
[Obs.] "Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come back
again." --Holinshed.
The god of love, or The Love god, Cupid.
To make love, to engage in sexual intercourse; -- a
euphemism.
To make love to, to express affection for; to woo. "If you
will marry, make your loves to me." --Shak.
To play for love, to play a game, as at cards, without
stakes. "A game at piquet for love." --Lamb.
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Syn: Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness;
delight.
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Phoca foetida
(gcide) | Floe \Floe\ (fl[=o]), n. [Cf. Dan. flag af iis, iisflage, Sw.
flaga, flake, isflaga, isflake. See Flag a flat stone.]
A low, flat mass of floating ice.
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Floe rat (Zool.), a seal (Phoca f[oe]tida).
[1913 Webster]Seal \Seal\ (s[=e]l), n. [OE. sele, AS. seolh; akin to OHG.
selah, Dan. sael, Sw. sj[aum]l, Icel. selr.] (Zool.)
Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and
Otariidae.
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Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in
the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are
numerous species, bearing such popular names as {sea
lion}, sea leopard, sea bear, or ursine seal,
fur seal, and sea elephant. The bearded seal
(Erignathus barbatus), the hooded seal ({Cystophora
cristata}), and the ringed seal (Phoca foetida), are
northern species. See also Eared seal, Harp seal,
Monk seal, and Fur seal, under Eared, Harp,
Monk, and Fur. Seals are much hunted for their
skins and fur, and also for their oil, which in some
species is very abundant.
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Harbor seal (Zool.), the common seal (Phoca vitulina). It
inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific
Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also {marbled
seal}, native seal, river seal, bay seal, {land
seal}, sea calf, sea cat, sea dog, dotard,
ranger, selchie, tangfish.
[1913 Webster]Ringed \Ringed\, a.
1. Encircled or marked with, or as with, a ring or rings.
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2. Wearning a wedding ring; hence, lawfully wedded. "A ringed
wife." --Tennyson.
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Ringed seal (Zool.), a North Pacific seal (Phoca foetida)
having ringlike spots on the body.
Ringed snake (Zool.), a harmless European snake
(Tropidonotus natrix) common in England.
Ringed worm (Zool.), an annelid.
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Putorius foetidus
(gcide) | Polecat \Pole"cat`\, n. [Probably fr. F. poule hen, and
originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See
Poultry.] (Zool.)
(a) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family
(Putorius f[oe]tidus). Its scent glands secrete a
substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called
also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret.
(b) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied
species.
[1913 Webster]Fitchet \Fitch"et\, Fitchew \Fitch"ew\, n. [Cf. OF. fisseau,
fissel, OD. fisse, visse, vitsche, D. vies nasty, loathsome,
E. fizz.] (Zool.)
The European polecat (Putorius f[oe]tidus). See Polecat.
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Sterculia foetida
(gcide) | Poon \Poon\, n. [Canarese ponne.]
A name for several East Indian, or their wood, used for the
masts and spars of vessels, as Calophyllum angustifolium,
Calophyllum inophullum, and Sterculia f[oe]tida; --
called also peon.
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Superfoetation
(gcide) | Superfoetation \Su`per*foe*ta"tion\, n.
Superfetation.
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Symplocarpus foetidus
(gcide) | Skunk \Skunk\, n. [Contr. from the Abenaki (American Indian)
seganku.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores
of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two
glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid,
which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense.
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Note: The common species of the Eastern United States
(Mephitis mephitica) is black with more or less white
on the body and tail. The spotted skunk ({Spilogale
putorius}), native of the Southwestern United States
and Mexico, is smaller than the common skunk, and is
variously marked with black and white.
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Skunk bird, Skunk blackbird (Zool.), the bobolink; -- so
called because the male, in the breeding season, is black
and white, like a skunk.
Skunk cabbage (Bot.), an American aroid herb ({Symplocarpus
f[oe]tidus}) having a reddish hornlike spathe in earliest
spring, followed by a cluster of large cabbagelike leaves.
It exhales a disagreeable odor. Also called {swamp
cabbage}.
Skunk porpoise. (Zool.) See under Porpoise.
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Synodus foetens
(gcide) | lizardfish \lizardfish\, lizard fish \lizard fish\n. (Zool.)
Any of several mostly tropical marine scopeloid fish of the
family Synodontidae having large mouths in lizardlike
heads, especially the inshore lizardfish (Synodus foetens
syn. Synodus poeyi) of Mideastern and Southern United
States and West Indies; -- sometimes called sand pike.
Note: A freshwater perch, the sauger, a different fish, is
also called the sand pike.
Syn: snakefish.
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trigonella Foenum Graecum
(gcide) | Fenugreek \Fen"u*greek\ (? or ?), n. [L. faenum Graecum, lit.,
Greek hay: cf. F. fenugrec. Cf. Fennel.] (Bot.)
A plant (trigonella F[oe]num Gr[ae]cum) cultivated for its
strong-smelling seeds, which are "now only used for giving
false importance to horse medicine and damaged hay." --J.
Smith (Pop. Names of Plants, 1881).
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Ustilago foetida
(gcide) | Bunt \Bunt\ (b[u^]nt), n. (Bot.)
A fungus (Ustilago f[oe]tida) which affects the ear of
cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called
pepperbrand.
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agastache foeniculum
(wn) | Agastache foeniculum
n 1: much-branched North American herb with an odor like fennel
[syn: anise hyssop, Agastache foeniculum] |
alpha foetoprotein
(wn) | alpha foetoprotein
n 1: an abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus
can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina
bifida or anencephaly) [syn: alpha fetoprotein, {alpha
foetoprotein}, AFP] |
anagyris foetida
(wn) | Anagyris foetida
n 1: shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by
backward curving seed pods; leaves foetid when crushed
[syn: bean trefoil, stinking bean trefoil, {Anagyris
foetida}] |
asafoetida
(wn) | asafoetida
n 1: the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste
and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic [syn:
asafetida, asafoetida] |
cimicifuga foetida
(wn) | Cimicifuga foetida
n 1: bugbane of Siberia and eastern Asia having ill-smelling
green-white flowers [syn: fetid bugbane, {foetid
bugbane}, Cimicifuga foetida] |
cortinarius subfoetidus
(wn) | Cortinarius subfoetidus
n 1: a fungus with a sticky lavender cap and stalk that whitish
above and covered with a silky lavender sheath |
cucurbita foetidissima
(wn) | Cucurbita foetidissima
n 1: perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern
United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green
inedible fruit [syn: prairie gourd, prairie gourd vine,
Missouri gourd, wild pumpkin, buffalo gourd,
calabazilla, Cucurbita foetidissima] |
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