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gallic
(encz) | gallic,gallitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
gallic
(encz) | gallic,galový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
gallic
(encz) | Gallic, |
Gallic
(gcide) | Gallic \Gal"lic\ (277), a. [From Gall the excrescence.]
Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the
like.
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Gallic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, very widely
distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the
free state in galls, tea, etc., and produced artificially.
It is a white, crystalline substance, C6H2(HO)3.CO2H,
with an astringent taste, and is a strong reducing agent,
as employed in photography. It is usually prepared from
tannin, and both give a dark color with iron salts,
forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the
essential ingredients of common black ink.
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Gallic
(gcide) | Gallic \Gal"lic\, a. [From Gallium.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or containing, gallium.
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Gallic
(gcide) | Gallic \Gal"lic\, a. [L. Gallicus belonging to the Gauls, fr.
Galli the Gauls, Gallia Gaul, now France: cf. F. gallique.]
Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican.
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gallic
(wn) | Gallic
adj 1: of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls; "Ancient Gallic
dialects"; "Gallic migrations"; "the Gallic Wars"
2: of or pertaining to France or the people of France; "French
cooking"; "a Gallic shrug" [syn: French, Gallic] |
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gallic
(encz) | gallic,gallitý adj: Zdeněk Brožgallic,galový adj: Zdeněk BrožGallic, |
gallic acid
(encz) | gallic acid, n: |
gallicism
(encz) | Gallicism, |
pyrogallic
(encz) | pyrogallic,pyrogalolový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pyrogallic acid
(encz) | pyrogallic acid, n: |
Anti-Gallican
(gcide) | Anti-Gallican \An`ti-Gal"li*can\, a.
Opposed to what is Gallic or French.
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Circaetus Gallicus
(gcide) | Serpent \Ser"pent\, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia),
fr. serpens, p. pr. of serpere to creep; akin to Gr. ???,
Skr. sarp, and perhaps to L. repere, E. reptile. Cf.
Herpes.]
1. (Zool.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake,
especially a large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia.
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Note: The serpents are mostly long and slender, and move
partly by bending the body into undulations or folds
and pressing them against objects, and partly by using
the free edges of their ventral scales to cling to
rough surfaces. Many species glide swiftly over the
ground, some burrow in the earth, others live in trees.
A few are entirely aquatic, and swim rapidly. See
Ophidia, and Fang.
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2. Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
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3. A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it
passess through the air or along the ground.
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4. (Astron.) The constellation Serpens.
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5. (Mus.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone,
formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes
introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form.
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Pharaoh's serpent (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a
combustible white substance which in burning gives off a
poisonous vapor and leaves a peculiar brown voluminous
residue which is expelled in a serpentine from. It is
employed as a scientific toy.
Serpent cucumber (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine
fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant {Trichosanthes
colubrina}; also, the plant itself.
Serpent eage (Zool.), any one of several species of
raptorial birds of the genera Circaetus and Spilornis,
which prey on serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern
Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is
Circaetus Gallicus.
Serpent eater. (Zool.)
(a) The secretary bird.
(b) An Asiatic antelope; the markhoor.
Serpent fish (Zool.), a fish (Cepola rubescens) with a
long, thin, compressed body, and a band of red running
lengthwise.
Serpent star (Zool.), an ophiuran; a brittle star.
Serpent's tongue (Paleon.), the fossil tooth of a shark; --
so called from its resemblance to a tongue with its root.
Serpent withe (Bot.), a West Indian climbing plant
(Aristolochia odoratissima).
Tree serpent (Zool.), any species of African serpents
belonging to the family Dendrophidae.
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Gallic acid
(gcide) | Gallic \Gal"lic\ (277), a. [From Gall the excrescence.]
Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the
like.
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Gallic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, very widely
distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the
free state in galls, tea, etc., and produced artificially.
It is a white, crystalline substance, C6H2(HO)3.CO2H,
with an astringent taste, and is a strong reducing agent,
as employed in photography. It is usually prepared from
tannin, and both give a dark color with iron salts,
forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the
essential ingredients of common black ink.
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Gallican
(gcide) | Gallican \Gal"li*can\, a. [L. Gallicanus: cf. F. gallican.]
Of or pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallic; French; as, the
Gallican church or clergy.
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An adherent to, and supporter of, Gallicanism. --Shipley.
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Gallicanism
(gcide) | Gallicanism \Gal"li*can*ism\, n.
The principles, tendencies, or action of those, within the
Roman Catholic Church in France, who (esp. in 1682) sought to
restrict the papal authority in that country and increase the
power of the national church. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
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Gallicism
(gcide) | Gallicism \Gal"li*cism\, n. [F. gallicisme.]
A mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom;
also, in general, a French mode or custom.
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Gallicize
(gcide) | Gallicize \Gal"li*cize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gallicized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Gallicizing.]
To conform to the French mode or idiom.
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Gallicized
(gcide) | Gallicize \Gal"li*cize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gallicized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Gallicizing.]
To conform to the French mode or idiom.
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Gallicizing
(gcide) | Gallicize \Gal"li*cize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gallicized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Gallicizing.]
To conform to the French mode or idiom.
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Gallicrex cristatus
(gcide) | Water cock \Wa"ter cock`\ (Zool.)
A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of
Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season
the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on
the top of its head. Called also kora.
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Pyrogallic
(gcide) | Pyrogallic \Pyr`o*gal"lic\, a. [Pyro- + gallic.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid called
pyrogallol. See Pyrogallol.
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pyrogallic acid
(gcide) | Pyrogallol \Pyr`o*gal"lol\, n. [Pyrogallic + -ol.] (Chem.)
A phenol metameric with phloroglucin, obtained by the
distillation of gallic acid as a poisonous white crystalline
substance having acid properties, and hence called also
pyrogallic acid. It is a strong reducer, and is used as a
developer in photography and in the production of certain
dyes.
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Rosa Gallica
(gcide) | Provence rose \Prov"ence rose`\ [Provence the place + rose.]
(a) The cabbage rose (Rosa centifolia).
(b) A name of many kinds of roses which are hybrids of
Rosa centifolia and Rosa Gallica.
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Rufigallic
(gcide) | Rufigallic \Ru`fi*gal"lic\, a. [Rufiopin + gallic.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained from
gallic acid as a brown or red crystalline substance, and is
related to rufiopin and anthracene.
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gallic
(wn) | Gallic
adj 1: of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls; "Ancient Gallic
dialects"; "Gallic migrations"; "the Gallic Wars"
2: of or pertaining to France or the people of France; "French
cooking"; "a Gallic shrug" [syn: French, Gallic] |
gallic acid
(wn) | gallic acid
n 1: a colorless crystalline acid obtained from tannin |
gallican
(wn) | Gallican
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of Gallicanism |
gallicanism
(wn) | Gallicanism
n 1: a religious movement originating among the French Roman
Catholic clergy that favored the restriction of papal
control and the achievement by each nation of individual
administrative autonomy of the church |
gallicism
(wn) | Gallicism
n 1: a word or phrase borrowed from French |
pyrogallic
(wn) | pyrogallic
adj 1: of or relating to pyrogallol |
pyrogallic acid
(wn) | pyrogallic acid
n 1: a toxic white lustrous crystalline phenol used to treat
certain skin diseases and as a photographic developer [syn:
pyrogallol, pyrogallic acid] |
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