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gong
(encz) | gong,gong n: Zdeněk Brož |
gong
(czen) | gong,gongn: Zdeněk Brož |
Gong
(gcide) | Gong \Gong\, n. [AS. gong, gang, a going, passage, drain. See
Gang.]
A privy or jakes. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Gong farmer, Gong man, a cleaner of privies. [Obs.]
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Gong
(gcide) | Gong \Gong\, n.
1. [Malayan (Jav.) g[=o]ng.] An instrument, first used in the
East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a
disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a
harsh and resounding noise.
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O'er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong.
--Longfellow.
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2. (Mach.) A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a
small hammer which is connected with it by various
mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls
or alarms; -- called also gong bell.
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Gong metal, an alloy (78 parts of copper, 22 of tin), from
which Oriental gongs are made.
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gong
(wn) | gong
n 1: a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is
struck with a softheaded drumstick [syn: gong, tam-tam]
2: a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells
that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral
instrument [syn: chime, bell, gong]
v 1: sound a gong |
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chittagong
(encz) | Chittagong, |
dugong
(encz) | dugong,dugong Zdeněk Broždugong,moroň Zdeněk Brož |
falun gong
(encz) | falun gong, n: |
gong
(encz) | gong,gong n: Zdeněk Brož |
gong buoy
(encz) | gong buoy, n: |
dugong
(czen) | dugong,dugong Zdeněk Brož |
gong
(czen) | gong,gongn: Zdeněk Brož |
Dugong
(gcide) | Dugong \Du*gong"\ (d[.u]*g[o^]g"), n. [Malayan d[=u]y[=o]ng, or
Javan. duyung.] (Zool.)
An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the
order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed
tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and
Australia. [Written also duyong.]
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gong bell
(gcide) | Gong \Gong\, n.
1. [Malayan (Jav.) g[=o]ng.] An instrument, first used in the
East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a
disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a
harsh and resounding noise.
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O'er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong.
--Longfellow.
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2. (Mach.) A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a
small hammer which is connected with it by various
mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls
or alarms; -- called also gong bell.
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Gong metal, an alloy (78 parts of copper, 22 of tin), from
which Oriental gongs are made.
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Gong farmer
(gcide) | Gong \Gong\, n. [AS. gong, gang, a going, passage, drain. See
Gang.]
A privy or jakes. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Gong farmer, Gong man, a cleaner of privies. [Obs.]
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Gong man
(gcide) | Gong \Gong\, n. [AS. gong, gang, a going, passage, drain. See
Gang.]
A privy or jakes. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Gong farmer, Gong man, a cleaner of privies. [Obs.]
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Gong metal
(gcide) | Gong \Gong\, n.
1. [Malayan (Jav.) g[=o]ng.] An instrument, first used in the
East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a
disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a
harsh and resounding noise.
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O'er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong.
--Longfellow.
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2. (Mach.) A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a
small hammer which is connected with it by various
mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls
or alarms; -- called also gong bell.
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Gong metal, an alloy (78 parts of copper, 22 of tin), from
which Oriental gongs are made.
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Gongorism
(gcide) | Gongorism \Gon"go*rism\, n.
An affected elegance or euphuism of style, for which the
Spanish poet Gongora y Argote (1561-1627), among others of
his time, was noted.
Gongorism, that curious disease of euphuism, that broke
out simultaneously in Italy, England, and Spain. --The
Critic.
The Renaissance riots itself away in Marinism,
Gongorism, Euphuism, and the affectations of the
H[^o]tel Rambouillet. --J. A.
Symonds.
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Halicore dugong
(gcide) | Dugong \Du*gong"\ (d[.u]*g[o^]g"), n. [Malayan d[=u]y[=o]ng, or
Javan. duyung.] (Zool.)
An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the
order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed
tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and
Australia. [Written also duyong.]
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mallangong
(gcide) | Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See Duck, v. t. ]
1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatin[ae], family
Anatid[ae].
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Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided
into river ducks and sea ducks. Among the former
are the common domestic duck (Anas boschas); the wood
duck (Aix sponsa); the beautiful mandarin duck of
China (Dendronessa galeriliculata); the Muscovy duck,
originally of South America (Cairina moschata). Among
the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.
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2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the
person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
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Here be, without duck or nod,
Other trippings to be trod. --Milton.
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Bombay duck (Zool.), a fish. See Bummalo.
Buffel duck, Spirit duck. See Buffel duck.
Duck ant (Zool.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which
builds large nests in trees.
Duck barnacle. (Zool.) See Goose barnacle.
Duck hawk. (Zool.)
(a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.
(b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.
Duck mole (Zool.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,
having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck
(Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass
Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird
or reptile; -- called also duckbill, platypus,
mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole.
To make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone obliquely,
so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of
the water, raising a succession of jets; hence:
To play at ducks and drakes, with property, to throw it
away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably.
Lame duck. See under Lame.
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mollingong
(gcide) | Mullingong \Mul"lin*gong\, n. (Zool.)
See Duck mole, under Duck. [Written also mollingong.]
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Mullingong
(gcide) | Mullingong \Mul"lin*gong\, n. (Zool.)
See Duck mole, under Duck. [Written also mollingong.]
[1913 Webster]Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See Duck, v. t. ]
1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatin[ae], family
Anatid[ae].
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Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided
into river ducks and sea ducks. Among the former
are the common domestic duck (Anas boschas); the wood
duck (Aix sponsa); the beautiful mandarin duck of
China (Dendronessa galeriliculata); the Muscovy duck,
originally of South America (Cairina moschata). Among
the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.
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2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the
person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
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Here be, without duck or nod,
Other trippings to be trod. --Milton.
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Bombay duck (Zool.), a fish. See Bummalo.
Buffel duck, Spirit duck. See Buffel duck.
Duck ant (Zool.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which
builds large nests in trees.
Duck barnacle. (Zool.) See Goose barnacle.
Duck hawk. (Zool.)
(a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.
(b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.
Duck mole (Zool.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,
having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck
(Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass
Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird
or reptile; -- called also duckbill, platypus,
mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole.
To make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone obliquely,
so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of
the water, raising a succession of jets; hence:
To play at ducks and drakes, with property, to throw it
away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably.
Lame duck. See under Lame.
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mullingong
(gcide) | Mullingong \Mul"lin*gong\, n. (Zool.)
See Duck mole, under Duck. [Written also mollingong.]
[1913 Webster]Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See Duck, v. t. ]
1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatin[ae], family
Anatid[ae].
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Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided
into river ducks and sea ducks. Among the former
are the common domestic duck (Anas boschas); the wood
duck (Aix sponsa); the beautiful mandarin duck of
China (Dendronessa galeriliculata); the Muscovy duck,
originally of South America (Cairina moschata). Among
the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.
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2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the
person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
[1913 Webster]
Here be, without duck or nod,
Other trippings to be trod. --Milton.
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Bombay duck (Zool.), a fish. See Bummalo.
Buffel duck, Spirit duck. See Buffel duck.
Duck ant (Zool.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which
builds large nests in trees.
Duck barnacle. (Zool.) See Goose barnacle.
Duck hawk. (Zool.)
(a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.
(b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.
Duck mole (Zool.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,
having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck
(Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass
Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird
or reptile; -- called also duckbill, platypus,
mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole.
To make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone obliquely,
so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of
the water, raising a succession of jets; hence:
To play at ducks and drakes, with property, to throw it
away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably.
Lame duck. See under Lame.
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brassica oleracea gongylodes
(wn) | Brassica oleracea gongylodes
n 1: plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped
edible stem [syn: kohlrabi, {Brassica oleracea
gongylodes}] |
chittagong
(wn) | Chittagong
n 1: a port city and industrial center in southeastern
Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal |
dugong
(wn) | dugong
n 1: sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to
Australia; the flat tail is bilobate [syn: dugong,
Dugong dugon] |
dugong dugon
(wn) | Dugong dugon
n 1: sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to
Australia; the flat tail is bilobate [syn: dugong,
Dugong dugon] |
dugongidae
(wn) | Dugongidae
n 1: a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and
Steller's sea cow [syn: Dugongidae, family Dugongidae] |
falun gong
(wn) | falun gong
n 1: a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half
of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist
teachings and practices |
family dugongidae
(wn) | family Dugongidae
n 1: a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and
Steller's sea cow [syn: Dugongidae, family Dugongidae] |
genus dugong
(wn) | genus Dugong
n 1: type genus of the Dugongidae comprising only the dugongs |
gong
(wn) | gong
n 1: a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is
struck with a softheaded drumstick [syn: gong, tam-tam]
2: a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells
that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral
instrument [syn: chime, bell, gong]
v 1: sound a gong |
gong buoy
(wn) | gong buoy
n 1: a buoy with a bell on it [syn: bell buoy, gong buoy] |
gongora
(wn) | Gongora
n 1: a Spanish poet whose work was characterized by an affected
elegance of style (1561-1627) [syn: Gongora, {Luis de
Gongora y Argote}] |
gongorism
(wn) | Gongorism
n 1: an affected elegance of style that was introduced into
Spanish literature by the poet Gongora |
gongorist
(wn) | Gongorist
n 1: a practitioner of the affected elegant style of the Spanish
poet Gongora |
luis de gongora y argote
(wn) | Luis de Gongora y Argote
n 1: a Spanish poet whose work was characterized by an affected
elegance of style (1561-1627) [syn: Gongora, {Luis de
Gongora y Argote}] |
nyiragongo
(wn) | Nyiragongo
n 1: an active volcano in eastern Congo |
bells, whistles, and gongs
(foldoc) | bells, whistles, and gongs
A standard elaborated form of bells and whistles; typically
said with a pronounced and ironic accent on the "gongs".
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bells whistles and gongs
(jargon) | bells whistles and gongs
n.
A standard elaborated form of bells and whistles; typically said with a
pronounced and ironic accent on the ‘gongs’.
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