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gris
(encz) | Gris, |
Gris
(gcide) | Gris \Gris\, a. [OF. & F., fr. LL. griseus; of German origin;
cf. MHG. gris, G. greis, hoary. Cf. Grizzle.]
Gray. [R.] --Chaucer.
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Gris
(gcide) | Gris \Gris\, n. [OF., fr. gris gray. Cf. G. grauwerk (lit. gray
work) the gray skin of the Siberian squirrel. See Gris, a.]
A costly kind of fur. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Gris
(gcide) | Gris \Gris\ (gr[i^]s), n. sing. & pl. [See Grice a pig.]
A little pig. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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gris
(wn) | Gris
n 1: Spanish cubist painter (1887-1927) [syn: Gris, {Jaun
Gris}] |
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grisly
(mass) | grisly
- hrozný |
gristmill
(mass) | gristmill
- mlyn |
verdigris
(mass) | verdigris
- medenka, farbiť medenkou |
ambergris
(encz) | ambergris,ambra n: Zdeněk Brož |
eminence grise
(encz) | eminence grise, n: |
gres-gris
(encz) | gres-gris, n: |
gris
(encz) | Gris, |
gris-gris
(encz) | gris-gris, |
grisaille
(encz) | grisaille, n: |
griseofulvin
(encz) | griseofulvin, n: |
grisliness
(encz) | grisliness,příšernost n: Zdeněk Brož |
grisly
(encz) | grisly,hrozný adj: Zdeněk Brožgrisly,příšerný adj: Zdeněk Brožgrisly,strašlivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
grison
(encz) | grison, n: |
grissino
(encz) | grissino, n: |
grist
(encz) | grist,melivo n: Zdeněk Brož |
gristle
(encz) | gristle,chrupavka n: Zdeněk Brož |
gristly
(encz) | gristly,chrupavčitý adv: Zdeněk Brožgristly,chrupavkovitý adv: Zdeněk Brož |
gristmill
(encz) | gristmill,mlýn n: Zdeněk Brož |
griswold
(encz) | Griswold,Griswold n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
substantia grisea
(encz) | substantia grisea, n: |
tigris
(encz) | Tigris,řeka v Asii Zdeněk Brož |
verdigris
(encz) | verdigris,měděnka n: Zdeněk Brož |
griswold
(czen) | Griswold,Griswoldn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Agrise
(gcide) | Agrise \A*grise"\, v. t.
1. To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe. [Obs.]
--Wyclif.
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2. To terrify; to affright. [Obs.]
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His manly face that did his foes agrise. --Spenser.
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(cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + gr[imac]san,
for gr?san (only in comp.), akin to OHG. gr?is?n, G. grausen,
to shudder. See Grisly.]
To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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All is grist that comes to his mill
(gcide) | Grist \Grist\, n. [AS. grist, fr. grindan. See Grind.]
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1. Ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much
grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal
it produces.
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Get grist to the mill to have plenty in store.
--Tusser. Q.
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2. Supply; provision. --Swift.
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3. In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a
rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in
each of the three strands. --Knight.
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All is grist that comes to his mill, all that he has
anything to do with is a source of profit. [Colloq.]
To bring grist to the maill, to bring profitable business
into one's hands; to be a source of profit. [Colloq.]
--Ayliffe.
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Ambergris
(gcide) | Ambergris \Am"ber*gris\ ([a^]m"b[~e]r*gr[=e]s), n. [F. ambre
gris, i. e., gray amber; F. gris gray, which is of German
origin: cf. OS. gr[^i]s, G. greis, gray-haired. See Amber.]
A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the
Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a
morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale
(Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all
cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray,
yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The
floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and
twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a
white vapor at 212[deg] Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in
perfumery. --Dana.
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Blue verdigris
(gcide) | Verdigris \Ver"di*gris\, n. [F. vert-de-gris, apparently from
verd, vert, green + de of + gris gray, but really a
corruption of LL. viride aeris (equivalent to L. aerugo),
from L. viridis green + aes, aeris, brass. See Verdant, and
2d Ore.]
1. (Chem.) A green poisonous substance used as a pigment and
drug, obtained by the action of acetic acid on copper, and
consisting essentially of a complex mixture of several
basic copper acetates.
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2. The green rust formed on copper. [Colloq.]
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Note: This rust is a carbonate of copper, and should not be
confounded with true verdigris. --U. S. Disp.
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Blue verdigris (Chem.), a verdigris having a blue color,
used as a pigment, etc.
Distilled verdigris (Old Chem.), an acid copper acetate; --
so called because the acetic acid used in making it was
obtained from distilled vinegar.
Verdigris green, clear bluish green, the color of
verdigris.
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Cercopithecus griseo-viridis
(gcide) | Grivet \Griv"et\ (gr[i^]v"[e^]t), n. [Cf. F. grivet.] (Zool.)
A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia ({Cercopithecus
griseo-viridis}), having the upper parts dull green, the
lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was
known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota.
[1913 Webster]Guenon \Guenon"\, n. [F.] (Zool.)
Any of several long-tailed arboreal African monkeys, of the
genera Cercopithecus and Erythrocebus (formerly
classified as Cercocebus), such as as the green monkey
(Cercopithecus callitrichus) and grivet ({Cercopithecus
griseo-viridis}).
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Cypraea tigris
(gcide) | Tiger \Ti"ger\, n. [OE. tigre, F. tigre, L. tigris, Gr. ti`gris;
probably of Persian origin; cf. Zend tighra pointed, tighri
an arrow, Per. t[imac]r; perhaps akin to E. stick, v. t.; --
probably so named from its quickness.]
1. A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris)
native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and
sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped
with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and
belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or
exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also {royal
tiger}, and Bengal tiger.
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2. Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.
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As for heinous tiger, Tamora. --Shak.
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3. A servant in livery, who rides with his master or
mistress. --Dickens.
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4. A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three
cheers and a tiger. [Colloq. U. S.]
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5. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
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American tiger. (Zool.)
(a) The puma.
(b) The jaguar.
Clouded tiger (Zool.), a handsome striped and spotted
carnivore (Felis macrocelis or Felis marmorata) native
of the East Indies and Southern Asia. Its body is about
three and a half feet long, and its tail about three feet
long. Its ground color is brownish gray, and the dark
markings are irregular stripes, spots, and rings, but
there are always two dark bands on the face, one extending
back from the eye, and one from the angle of the mouth.
Called also tortoise-shell tiger.
Mexican tiger (Zool.), the jaguar.
Tiger beetle (Zool.), any one of numerous species of active
carnivorous beetles of the family Cicindelidae. They
usually inhabit dry or sandy places, and fly rapidly.
Tiger bittern. (Zool.) See Sun bittern, under Sun.
Tiger cat (Zool.), any one of several species of wild cats
of moderate size with dark transverse bars or stripes
somewhat resembling those of the tiger.
Tiger flower (Bot.), an iridaceous plant of the genus
Tigridia (as Tigridia conchiflora, {Tigridia
grandiflora}, etc.) having showy flowers, spotted or
streaked somewhat like the skin of a tiger.
Tiger grass (Bot.), a low East Indian fan palm ({Chamaerops
Ritchieana}). It is used in many ways by the natives. --J.
Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
Tiger lily. (Bot.) See under Lily.
Tiger moth (Zool.), any one of numerous species of moths of
the family Arctiadae which are striped or barred with
black and white or with other conspicuous colors. The
larvae are called woolly bears.
Tiger shark (Zool.), a voracious shark ({Galeocerdo
tigrinus} syn. Galeocerdo maculatus) more or less barred
or spotted with yellow. It is found in both the Atlantic
and Indian Ocean. Called also zebra shark.
Tiger shell (Zool.), a large and conspicuously spotted
cowrie (Cypraea tigris); -- so called from its fancied
resemblance to a tiger in color and markings. Called also
tiger cowrie.
Tiger snake (Zool.), either of two very venomous snakes of
Tasmania and Australia, Notechis scutatis and {Notechis
ater}, which grow up to 5 feet in length.
Tiger wolf (Zool.), the spotted hyena (Hyaena crocuta).
Tiger wood, the variegated heartwood of a tree ({Machaerium
Schomburgkii}) found in Guiana.
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Distilled verdigris
(gcide) | Verdigris \Ver"di*gris\, n. [F. vert-de-gris, apparently from
verd, vert, green + de of + gris gray, but really a
corruption of LL. viride aeris (equivalent to L. aerugo),
from L. viridis green + aes, aeris, brass. See Verdant, and
2d Ore.]
1. (Chem.) A green poisonous substance used as a pigment and
drug, obtained by the action of acetic acid on copper, and
consisting essentially of a complex mixture of several
basic copper acetates.
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2. The green rust formed on copper. [Colloq.]
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Note: This rust is a carbonate of copper, and should not be
confounded with true verdigris. --U. S. Disp.
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Blue verdigris (Chem.), a verdigris having a blue color,
used as a pigment, etc.
Distilled verdigris (Old Chem.), an acid copper acetate; --
so called because the acetic acid used in making it was
obtained from distilled vinegar.
Verdigris green, clear bluish green, the color of
verdigris.
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F Meleagris
(gcide) | Fritillaria \Frit"il*la`ri*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. fritillus
dicebox: cf. F. fritillaire. So named from the checkered
markings of the petals.] (Bot.)
A genus of liliaceous plants, of which the crown-imperial
(Fritillaria imperialis) is one species, and the Guinea-hen
flower (F. Meleagris) another. See Crown-imperial.
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Felis tigris
(gcide) | Tiger \Ti"ger\, n. [OE. tigre, F. tigre, L. tigris, Gr. ti`gris;
probably of Persian origin; cf. Zend tighra pointed, tighri
an arrow, Per. t[imac]r; perhaps akin to E. stick, v. t.; --
probably so named from its quickness.]
1. A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris)
native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and
sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped
with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and
belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or
exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also {royal
tiger}, and Bengal tiger.
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2. Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.
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As for heinous tiger, Tamora. --Shak.
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3. A servant in livery, who rides with his master or
mistress. --Dickens.
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4. A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three
cheers and a tiger. [Colloq. U. S.]
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5. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
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American tiger. (Zool.)
(a) The puma.
(b) The jaguar.
Clouded tiger (Zool.), a handsome striped and spotted
carnivore (Felis macrocelis or Felis marmorata) native
of the East Indies and Southern Asia. Its body is about
three and a half feet long, and its tail about three feet
long. Its ground color is brownish gray, and the dark
markings are irregular stripes, spots, and rings, but
there are always two dark bands on the face, one extending
back from the eye, and one from the angle of the mouth.
Called also tortoise-shell tiger.
Mexican tiger (Zool.), the jaguar.
Tiger beetle (Zool.), any one of numerous species of active
carnivorous beetles of the family Cicindelidae. They
usually inhabit dry or sandy places, and fly rapidly.
Tiger bittern. (Zool.) See Sun bittern, under Sun.
Tiger cat (Zool.), any one of several species of wild cats
of moderate size with dark transverse bars or stripes
somewhat resembling those of the tiger.
Tiger flower (Bot.), an iridaceous plant of the genus
Tigridia (as Tigridia conchiflora, {Tigridia
grandiflora}, etc.) having showy flowers, spotted or
streaked somewhat like the skin of a tiger.
Tiger grass (Bot.), a low East Indian fan palm ({Chamaerops
Ritchieana}). It is used in many ways by the natives. --J.
Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
Tiger lily. (Bot.) See under Lily.
Tiger moth (Zool.), any one of numerous species of moths of
the family Arctiadae which are striped or barred with
black and white or with other conspicuous colors. The
larvae are called woolly bears.
Tiger shark (Zool.), a voracious shark ({Galeocerdo
tigrinus} syn. Galeocerdo maculatus) more or less barred
or spotted with yellow. It is found in both the Atlantic
and Indian Ocean. Called also zebra shark.
Tiger shell (Zool.), a large and conspicuously spotted
cowrie (Cypraea tigris); -- so called from its fancied
resemblance to a tiger in color and markings. Called also
tiger cowrie.
Tiger snake (Zool.), either of two very venomous snakes of
Tasmania and Australia, Notechis scutatis and {Notechis
ater}, which grow up to 5 feet in length.
Tiger wolf (Zool.), the spotted hyena (Hyaena crocuta).
Tiger wood, the variegated heartwood of a tree ({Machaerium
Schomburgkii}) found in Guiana.
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Fritillaria Meleagris
(gcide) | Guinea \Guin"ea\ (g[i^]n"[-e]), n.
1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for
its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea
fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named.
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2. A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings
sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the
issue of sovereigns in 1817.
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The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of
which it
was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go
for twenty shillings; but it never went for less
than twenty-one shillings. --Pinkerton.
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Guinea corn. (Bot.) See Durra.
Guinea Current (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean
setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of
Guinea.
Guinea dropper one who cheats by dropping counterfeit
guineas. [Obs.] --Gay.
Guinea fowl, Guinea hen (Zool.), an African gallinaceous
bird, of the genus Numida, allied to the pheasants. The
common domesticated species (Numida meleagris), has a
colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a
dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The
crested Guinea fowl (Numida cristata) is a finer
species.
Guinea grains (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See
Amomum.
Guinea grass (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass ({Panicum
jumentorum}) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies
and Southern United States.
Guinea-hen flower (Bot.), a liliaceous flower ({Fritillaria
Meleagris}) with petals spotted like the feathers of the
Guinea hen.
Guinea peach. See under Peach.
Guinea pepper (Bot.), the pods of the Xylopia aromatica,
a tree of the order Anonace[ae], found in tropical West
Africa. They are also sold under the name of {Piper
aethiopicum}.
Guinea plum (Bot.), the fruit of Parinarium excelsum, a
large West African tree of the order Chrysobalane[ae],
having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum,
which is also called gray plum and rough-skin plum.
Guinea worm (Zool.), a long and slender African nematoid
worm (Filaria Medinensis) of a white color. It lives in
the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces
painful sores.
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G griseus
(gcide) | Grampus \Gram"pus\, n.; pl. Grampuses. [Probably corrupted
from It. gran pesce great fish, or Sp. gran pez, or Pg. gran
peixe, all fr. L. grandis piscis. See Grand, and Fish.
the animal.]
1. (Zool.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus
Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which
is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty
feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called
also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii.
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2. A kind of tongs used in a bloomery. [U.S.] Granade |
Grampus griseus
(gcide) | orc \orc\ ([^o]rk), n. [L. orca, a kind of whale: cf. F. orque.]
1. (Zool.) Any of several cetaceans, especialy the grampus
(Grampus griseus) of the dolphin family. [Written also
ork and orch.] --Milton.
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An island salt and bare,
The haunt of seals, and orcs, and sea-mews' clang.
--Milton (Par.
Lost xi. 835).
2. (Mythology) A mythical monster of varying descriptions; an
ogre.
[PJC]
Goblins, hobgoblins, and orcs of the worst
description. --J. J.
Tolkien (The
Hobbit)
3. The orca.
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Grisaille
(gcide) | Grisaille \Gri"saille`\, n. [F., from gris gray.]
1. (Fine Arts) Decorative painting in gray monochrome; --
used in English especially for painted glass.
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2. A kind of French fancy dress goods. --Knight.
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Grisamber
(gcide) | Grisamber \Gris"am`ber\, n. [See Ambergris.]
Ambergris. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Grise
(gcide) | Grise \Grise\ (gr[imac]s), n.
See Grice, a pig. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Grise \Grise\ (gr[imac]s or gr[=e]s), n. [Prop. pl. of gree a
step.]
A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree. [Obs.]
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Every grise of fortune
Is smoothed by that below. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Gree \Gree\, n.; pl. Grees (gr[=e]z); obs. plurals Greece
(gr[=e]s) Grice (gr[imac]s or gr[=e]s), Grise, Grize
(gr[imac]z or gr[=e]z), etc. [OF. gr['e], F. grade. See
Grade.]
A step.
[1913 Webster]Grice \Grice\ (gr[imac]s), n. [OE. gris, grise; of Scand.
origin; cf. Icel. gr?ss, Sw. gris, Dan. grus, also Gr. ?,
Skr. ghrshvi, boar. Cf. Grise, Griskin.]
A little pig. [Written also grise.] [Scot.]
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grise
(gcide) | Grise \Grise\ (gr[imac]s), n.
See Grice, a pig. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Grise \Grise\ (gr[imac]s or gr[=e]s), n. [Prop. pl. of gree a
step.]
A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree. [Obs.]
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Every grise of fortune
Is smoothed by that below. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Gree \Gree\, n.; pl. Grees (gr[=e]z); obs. plurals Greece
(gr[=e]s) Grice (gr[imac]s or gr[=e]s), Grise, Grize
(gr[imac]z or gr[=e]z), etc. [OF. gr['e], F. grade. See
Grade.]
A step.
[1913 Webster]Grice \Grice\ (gr[imac]s), n. [OE. gris, grise; of Scand.
origin; cf. Icel. gr?ss, Sw. gris, Dan. grus, also Gr. ?,
Skr. ghrshvi, boar. Cf. Grise, Griskin.]
A little pig. [Written also grise.] [Scot.]
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Griseous
(gcide) | Griseous \Gris"e*ous\, a. [LL. griseus. See Gris.]
Of a light color, or white, mottled with black or brown;
grizzled or grizzly. --Maunder.
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Grisette
(gcide) | Grisette \Gri*sette"\, n. [F., fr. grisette a gray woolen cloth,
fr. gris gray. Grisettes were so called because they wore
gray gowns made of this stuff. See Gars.]
A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more
frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry.
--Sterne.
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Griskin
(gcide) | Griskin \Gris"kin\, n. [Grise a pig + -kin.]
The spine of a hog. [Obs.]
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Grisled
(gcide) | Grisled \Gri"sled\, a. [Obs.]
See Grizzled.
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Grisliness
(gcide) | Grisliness \Gris"li*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being grisly; horrid. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Grisly
(gcide) | Grisly \Gris"ly\, a. [OE, grisly, grislich, AS. grislic,
gryslic, fr. gr?san to shudder; cf. OD. grijselick horrible,
OHG. grisenl?ch, and also AS. gre?san to frighten, and E.
gruesome.]
Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a
grisly specter. "Grisly to behold." --Chaucer.
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A man of grisly and stern gravity. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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Grisly bear. (Zool.) See under Grizzly.
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Grisly bear
(gcide) | Grisly \Gris"ly\, a. [OE, grisly, grislich, AS. grislic,
gryslic, fr. gr?san to shudder; cf. OD. grijselick horrible,
OHG. grisenl?ch, and also AS. gre?san to frighten, and E.
gruesome.]
Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a
grisly specter. "Grisly to behold." --Chaucer.
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A man of grisly and stern gravity. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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Grisly bear. (Zool.) See under Grizzly.
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Grison
(gcide) | Grison \Gri"son\, n. [F., fr. grison gray, gray-haired, gris
gray. See Gris.] (Zool.)
(a) A South American animal of the family Mustelidae
(Galictis vittata). It is about two feet long,
exclusive of the tail. Its under parts are black. Also
called South American glutton.
(b) A South American monkey (Lagothrix infumatus), said to
be gluttonous.
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Grisons
(gcide) | Grisons \Gri"sons\, n. pl. [F.] (Geog.)
(a) Inhabitants of the eastern Swiss Alps.
(b) sing. The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons.
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Grist
(gcide) | Grist \Grist\, n. [AS. grist, fr. grindan. See Grind.]
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1. Ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much
grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal
it produces.
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Get grist to the mill to have plenty in store.
--Tusser. Q.
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2. Supply; provision. --Swift.
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3. In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a
rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in
each of the three strands. --Knight.
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All is grist that comes to his mill, all that he has
anything to do with is a source of profit. [Colloq.]
To bring grist to the maill, to bring profitable business
into one's hands; to be a source of profit. [Colloq.]
--Ayliffe.
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Gristle
(gcide) | Gristle \Gris"tle\, n. [OE. gristel, gristil, AS. gristl; akin
to OFries. gristel, grestel. Perh. a dim. of grist but cf.
OHG. krustila, krostela. Cf. Grist.] (Anat.)
Cartilage. See Cartilage. --Bacon.
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Gristly
(gcide) | Gristly \Gris"tly\, a. (Anat.)
Consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle;
cartilaginous.
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Gristmill
(gcide) | Gristmill \Grist"mill"\, n.
A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding
grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers;
a custom mill.
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Herpestes griseus
(gcide) | Ichneumon \Ich*neu"mon\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, lit., the tracker;
so called because it hunts out the eggs of the crocodile, fr.
? to track or hunt after, fr. 'i`chnos track, footstep.]
1. (Zool.) Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes,
and family Viverrid[ae]. Numerous species are found in
Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species ({Herpestes
ichneumon}), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted
for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well
as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered
sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of
India (Herpestes griseus), known as the mongoose, has
similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for
killing the cobra.
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2. (Zool.) Any hymenopterous insect of the family
Ichneumonid[ae], of which several thousand species are
known, belonging to numerous genera.
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Note: The female deposits her eggs upon, or in, the bodies of
other insects, such as caterpillars, plant lice, etc.
The larva lives upon the internal tissues of the insect
in which it is parasitic, and finally kills it. Hence,
many of the species are beneficial to agriculture by
destroying noxious insects.
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Ichneumon fly. See Ichneumon, 2.
[1913 Webster]Mongoose \Mon"goose\, Mongoos \Mon"goos\, n.; pl. Mongooses
1. (Zool.) A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus),
native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as
the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus).
[Written also mungoose, mungoos, mungous.]
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2. [Tamil manegos.] A Madagascan lemur (Lemur mongos).
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Hexanchus griseus
(gcide) | Shark \Shark\ (sh[aum]rk), n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps
through OF. fr. carcharus a kind of dogfish, Gr. karchari`as,
so called from its sharp teeth, fr. ka`rcharos having sharp
or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf.
Shark, v. t. & i.); cf. Corn. scarceas.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes
of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.
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Note: Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark,
grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty
feet or more, and the latter sixty feet or more, in
length. Most of them are harmless to man, but some are
exceedingly voracious. The man-eating sharks mostly
belong to the genera Carcharhinus, Carcharodon, and
related genera. They have several rows of large sharp
teeth with serrated edges, as the great white shark
(Carcharodon carcharias or Carcharodon Rondeleti)
of tropical seas, and the great blue shark
(Carcharhinus glaucus syn. Prionace glauca) of all
tropical and temperate seas. The former sometimes
becomes thirty-six feet long, and is the most voracious
and dangerous species known. The rare man-eating shark
of the United States coast (Carcharodon Atwoodi) is
thought by some to be a variety, or the young, of
Carcharodon carcharias. The dusky shark
(Carcharhinus obscurus) is a common species on the
coast of the United States of moderate size and not
dangerous. It feeds on shellfish and bottom fishes.
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Note: The original 1913 Webster also mentioned a "smaller
blue shark (C. caudatus)", but this species could not
be found mentioned on the Web (August 2002). The
following is a list of Atlantic Ocean sharks:
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Common and Scientific Names of Atlantic Sharks
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
from "Our Living Oceans 1995" (published by the
National Printing Office):
NMFS. 1999. Our Living Oceans. Report on the status of
U.S. living marine resources, 1999. U.S. Dep. Commer.,
NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-41, on-line version,
http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/olo99.htm.
(the following list is found at at
http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/app5.pdf)
(1) Pelagic Sharks
Thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus)
Bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus)
Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
Sevengill shark (Heptrachias perlo)
Sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus)
Bigeye sixgill shark (Hexanchus vitulus)
Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)
Longfin mako (Isurus paucus)
Porbeagle (Lamna nasus)
Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
(2)Large Coastal Sharks
Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
Reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi)
Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)
Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus)
Spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna)
Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)
Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
Bignose shark (Carcharhinus altimus)
Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)
Night shark (Carcharhinus signatus)
White shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris)
Ragged-tooth shark (Odontaspis ferox)
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini)
Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)
Smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)
(3) Small Coastal Sharks
Finetooth shark (Carcharhinus isodon)
Blacknose shark (Carcharhinus acronotus)
Atlantic sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon erraenovae)
Caribbean sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon porosus)
Bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo)
Atlantic angel shark (Squatina dumeril)
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2. A rapacious, artful person; a sharper. [Colloq.]
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3. Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark.
[Obs.] --South.
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Basking shark, Liver shark, Nurse shark, Oil shark,
Sand shark, Tiger shark, etc. See under Basking,
Liver, etc. See also Dogfish, Houndfish,
Notidanian, and Tope.
Gray shark, the sand shark.
Hammer-headed shark. See Hammerhead.
Port Jackson shark. See Cestraciont.
Shark barrow, the eggcase of a shark; a sea purse.
Shark ray. Same as Angel fish
(a), under Angel.
Thrasher shark or Thresher shark, a large, voracious
shark. See Thrasher.
Whale shark, a huge harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) of
the Indian Ocean. It becomes sixty feet or more in length,
but has very small teeth.
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Hippotigris quagga
(gcide) | Quagga \Quag"ga\, n. [Hottentot.] (Zool.)
A South African wild ass (Equus quagga syn. {Hippotigris
quagga}). The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler
behind and behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the face,
neck, and fore part of the body. The species became extinct
in the late 1800's, largely due to excessive hunting.
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Lutjanus griseus
(gcide) | Snapper \Snap"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of
trifles; the snapper of a whip.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of large sparoid food
fishes of the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern
coasts of the United States and on both coasts of tropical
America.
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Note: The red snapper (Lutjanus aya syn. {Lutjanus
Blackfordi}) and the gray, or mangrove, snapper
(Lutjanus griseus) are large and abundant species.
The name is loosely applied to various other fishes, as
the bluefish, the rosefish, the red grouper, etc. See
Rosefish.
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3. (Zool.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.
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4. (Zool.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
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5. (Zool.) A snap beetle.
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6. (Teleg.) A device with a flexible metal tongue for
producing clicks like those of the sounder.
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7. A string bean. [Colloq., U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]mangrove snapper \mangrove snapper\ n.
A fish (Lutjanus griseus) found in shallow waters off the
coast of Florida; called also gray snapper.
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Macrohamphus griseus
(gcide) | Snipe \Snipe\, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe,
snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[imac]pa (in comp.), Dan.
sneppe, Sw. sn[aum]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap.
See Snap, Snaffle.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game
birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long,
slender, nearly straight beak.
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Note: The common, or whole, snipe (Gallinago c[oe]lestis)
and the great, or double, snipe (Gallinago major),
are the most important European species. The Wilson's
snipe (Gallinago delicata) (sometimes erroneously
called English snipe) and the gray snipe, or
dowitcher (Macrohamphus griseus), are well-known
American species.
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2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] --Shak.
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Half snipe, the dunlin; the jacksnipe.
Jack snipe. See Jacksnipe.
Quail snipe. See under Quail.
Robin snipe, the knot.
Sea snipe. See in the Vocabulary.
Shore snipe, any sandpiper.
Snipe hawk, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
Stone snipe, the tattler.
Summer snipe, the dunlin; the green and the common European
sandpipers.
Winter snipe. See Rock snipe, under Rock.
Woodcock snipe, the great snipe.
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Macrorhamphus griseus
(gcide) | Dowitcher \Dow"itch*er\, n. (Zool.)
The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); --
called also brownback, and grayback.
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Meleagris
(gcide) | Meleagris \Mel`e*a"gris\, prop. n. [L., the Guinea fowl.]
(Zool.)
A genus of American gallinaceous birds, including the common
turkey and the wild turkeys.
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Meleagris gallopavo
(gcide) | Turkey \Tur"key\ (t[^u]r"k[=e]), n.; pl. Turkeys. [So called
because it was formerly erroneously believed that it came
originally from Turkey: cf. F. Turquie Turkey. See Turk.]
(Zool.)
Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus
Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey
(Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was
probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been
domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of
America.
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Note: The Mexican wild turkey is now considered a variety of
the northern species (var. Mexicana). Its tail feathers
and coverts are tipped with white instead of brownish
chestnut, and its flesh is white. The Central American,
or ocellated, turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is more
elegantly colored than the common species. See under
Ocellated. The Australian, or native, turkey is a
bustard (Choriotis australis). See under Native.
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Turkey beard (Bot.), a name of certain American perennial
liliaceous herbs of the genus Xerophyllum. They have a
dense tuft of hard, narrowly linear radical leaves, and a
long raceme of small whitish flowers. Also called
turkey's beard.
Turkey berry (Bot.), a West Indian name for the fruit of
certain kinds of nightshade (Solanum mammosum, and
Solanum torvum).
Turkey bird (Zool.), the wryneck. So called because it
erects and ruffles the feathers of its neck when
disturbed. [Prov. Eng.]
Turkey buzzard (Zool.), a black or nearly black buzzard
(Cathartes aura), abundant in the Southern United
States. It is so called because its naked and warty head
and neck resemble those of a turkey. It is noted for its
high and graceful flight. Called also turkey vulture.
Turkey cock (Zool.), a male turkey.
Turkey hen (Zool.), a female turkey.
Turkey pout (Zool.), a young turkey. [R.]
Turkey vulture (Zool.), the turkey buzzard.
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Meleagris ocellata
(gcide) | Ocellated \O*cel"la*ted\, a. [L. ocellatus, fr. ocellus a little
eye, dim. of oculus an eye.]
1. Resembling an eye.
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2. Marked with eyelike spots of color; as, the ocellated
blenny.
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Ocellated turkey (Zool.), the wild turkey of Central
America (Meleagris ocellata).
[1913 Webster]Turkey \Tur"key\ (t[^u]r"k[=e]), n.; pl. Turkeys. [So called
because it was formerly erroneously believed that it came
originally from Turkey: cf. F. Turquie Turkey. See Turk.]
(Zool.)
Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus
Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey
(Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was
probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been
domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of
America.
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Note: The Mexican wild turkey is now considered a variety of
the northern species (var. Mexicana). Its tail feathers
and coverts are tipped with white instead of brownish
chestnut, and its flesh is white. The Central American,
or ocellated, turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is more
elegantly colored than the common species. See under
Ocellated. The Australian, or native, turkey is a
bustard (Choriotis australis). See under Native.
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Turkey beard (Bot.), a name of certain American perennial
liliaceous herbs of the genus Xerophyllum. They have a
dense tuft of hard, narrowly linear radical leaves, and a
long raceme of small whitish flowers. Also called
turkey's beard.
Turkey berry (Bot.), a West Indian name for the fruit of
certain kinds of nightshade (Solanum mammosum, and
Solanum torvum).
Turkey bird (Zool.), the wryneck. So called because it
erects and ruffles the feathers of its neck when
disturbed. [Prov. Eng.]
Turkey buzzard (Zool.), a black or nearly black buzzard
(Cathartes aura), abundant in the Southern United
States. It is so called because its naked and warty head
and neck resemble those of a turkey. It is noted for its
high and graceful flight. Called also turkey vulture.
Turkey cock (Zool.), a male turkey.
Turkey hen (Zool.), a female turkey.
Turkey pout (Zool.), a young turkey. [R.]
Turkey vulture (Zool.), the turkey buzzard.
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Mistigris
(gcide) | Mistigris \Mis`ti`gris"\, Mistigri \Mis`ti`gri"\, n. [F.
mistigri.]
A variety of the game of poker in which the joker is used,
and called mistigris or mistigri.
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Muscicapa grisola
(gcide) | Flycatcher \Fly"catch`er\, n. (Zool.)
One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects,
which they take on the wing.
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Note: The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and
belong to the family Muscicapid[ae], as the spotted
flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola). The American
flycatchers, or tyrant flycatchers, are Clamatores, and
belong to the family Tyrannid[ae], as the kingbird,
pewee, crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus), and
the vermilion flycatcher or churinche ({Pyrocephalus
rubineus}). Certain American flycatching warblers of
the family Sylvicolid[ae] are also called
flycatchers, as the Canadian flycatcher ({Sylvania
Canadensis}), and the hooded flycatcher (S. mitrata).
See Tyrant flycatcher.
[1913 Webster]Beambird \Beam"bird`\, n. (Zool.)
A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola), so called
because it often nests on a beam in a building.
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Musicapa grisola
(gcide) | Cherry \Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr.
F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L.
cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn,
from the hardness of the wood.]
1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also
includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony
stone;
(a) The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which
several hundred varieties are cultivated for the
fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart,
black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke
(corrupted from M['e]doc in France).
(b) The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black
cherry), valued for its timber; Prunus Virginiana
(choke cherry), an American shrub which bears
astringent fruit; Prunus avium and Prunus Padus,
European trees (bird cherry).
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2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors
and flavors.
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3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry,
used in cabinetmaking, etc.
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4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.
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Barbadoes cherry. See under Barbadoes.
Cherry bird (Zool.), an American bird; the cedar bird; --
so called from its fondness for cherries.
Cherry bounce, cherry brandy and sugar.
Cherry brandy, brandy in which cherries have been steeped.
Cherry laurel (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Prunus
Lauro-cerasus}) common in shrubberies, the poisonous
leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds.
Cherry pepper (Bot.), a species of Capsicum ({Capsicum
cerasiforme}), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant
cherry-shaped fruit.
Cherry pit.
(a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a
hole. --Shak.
(b) A cherry stone.
Cherry rum, rum in which cherries have been steeped.
Cherry sucker (Zool.), the European spotted flycatcher
(Musicapa grisola); -- called also cherry chopper
cherry snipe.
Cherry tree, a tree that bears cherries.
Ground cherry, Winter cherry, See Alkekengi.
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Numida meleagris
(gcide) | Guinea \Guin"ea\ (g[i^]n"[-e]), n.
1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for
its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea
fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named.
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2. A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings
sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the
issue of sovereigns in 1817.
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The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of
which it
was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go
for twenty shillings; but it never went for less
than twenty-one shillings. --Pinkerton.
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Guinea corn. (Bot.) See Durra.
Guinea Current (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean
setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of
Guinea.
Guinea dropper one who cheats by dropping counterfeit
guineas. [Obs.] --Gay.
Guinea fowl, Guinea hen (Zool.), an African gallinaceous
bird, of the genus Numida, allied to the pheasants. The
common domesticated species (Numida meleagris), has a
colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a
dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The
crested Guinea fowl (Numida cristata) is a finer
species.
Guinea grains (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See
Amomum.
Guinea grass (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass ({Panicum
jumentorum}) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies
and Southern United States.
Guinea-hen flower (Bot.), a liliaceous flower ({Fritillaria
Meleagris}) with petals spotted like the feathers of the
Guinea hen.
Guinea peach. See under Peach.
Guinea pepper (Bot.), the pods of the Xylopia aromatica,
a tree of the order Anonace[ae], found in tropical West
Africa. They are also sold under the name of {Piper
aethiopicum}.
Guinea plum (Bot.), the fruit of Parinarium excelsum, a
large West African tree of the order Chrysobalane[ae],
having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum,
which is also called gray plum and rough-skin plum.
Guinea worm (Zool.), a long and slender African nematoid
worm (Filaria Medinensis) of a white color. It lives in
the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces
painful sores.
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Nycticorax griseus
(gcide) | Night \Night\ (n[imac]t), n. [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht;
akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n[=o]tt,
Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche,
W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny`x, nykto`s, Skr.
nakta, nakti. [root]265. Cf. Equinox, Nocturnal.]
1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the
horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the
time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the
sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.
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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he
called Night. --Gen. i. 5.
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2. Hence:
(a) Darkness; obscurity; concealment.
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Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night.
--Pope.
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(b) Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.
(c) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night
of sorrow.
(d) The period after the close of life; death.
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She closed her eyes in everlasting night.
--Dryden.
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Do not go gentle into that good night
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
--Dylan
Thomas.
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(e) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems
to sleep. "Sad winter's night". --Spenser.
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Note: Night is sometimes used, esp. with participles, in the
formation of self-explaining compounds; as,
night-blooming, night-born, night-warbling, etc.
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Night by night, Night after night, nightly; many nights.
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So help me God, as I have watched the night,
Ay, night by night, in studying good for England.
--Shak.
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Night bird. (Zool.)
(a) The moor hen (Gallinula chloropus).
(b) The Manx shearwater (Puffinus Anglorum).
Night blindness. (Med.) See Hemeralopia.
Night cart, a cart used to remove the contents of privies
by night.
Night churr, (Zool.), the nightjar.
Night crow, a bird that cries in the night.
Night dog, a dog that hunts in the night, -- used by
poachers.
Night fire.
(a) Fire burning in the night.
(b) Ignis fatuus; Will-o'-the-wisp; Jask-with-a-lantern.
Night flyer (Zool.), any creature that flies in the night,
as some birds and insects.
night glass, a spyglass constructed to concentrate a large
amount of light, so as see objects distinctly at night.
--Totten.
Night green, iodine green.
Night hag, a witch supposed to wander in the night.
Night hawk (Zool.), an American bird ({Chordeiles
Virginianus}), allied to the goatsucker. It hunts the
insects on which it feeds toward evening, on the wing, and
often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a loud
whirring sound, like that of a spinning wheel. Also
sometimes applied to the European goatsuckers. It is
called also bull bat.
Night heron (Zool.), any one of several species of herons
of the genus Nycticorax, found in various parts of the
world. The best known species is Nycticorax griseus, or
Nycticorax nycticorax, of Europe, and the American
variety (var. naevius). The yellow-crowned night heron
(Nyctanassa violacea syn. Nycticorax violaceus)
inhabits the Southern States. Called also qua-bird, and
squawk.
Night house, a public house, or inn, which is open at
night.
Night key, a key for unfastening a night latch.
Night latch, a kind of latch for a door, which is operated
from the outside by a key.
Night monkey (Zool.), an owl monkey.
night moth (Zool.), any one of the noctuids.
Night parrot (Zool.), the kakapo.
Night piece, a painting representing some night scene, as a
moonlight effect, or the like.
Night rail, a loose robe, or garment, worn either as a
nightgown, or over the dress at night, or in sickness.
[Obs.]
Night raven (Zool.), a bird of ill omen that cries in the
night; esp., the bittern.
Night rule.
(a) A tumult, or frolic, in the night; -- as if a
corruption, of night revel. [Obs.]
(b) Such conduct as generally rules, or prevails, at
night.
What night rule now about this haunted grove?
--Shak.
Night sight. (Med.) See Nyctolopia.
Night snap, a night thief. [Cant] --Beau. & Fl.
Night soil, human excrement; -- so called because in cities
it is collected by night and carried away for manure.
Night spell, a charm against accidents at night.
Night swallow (Zool.), the nightjar.
Night walk, a walk in the evening or night.
Night walker.
(a) One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist; a
noctambulist.
(b) One who roves about in the night for evil purposes;
specifically, a prostitute who walks the streets.
Night walking.
(a) Walking in one's sleep; sleep walking; somnambulism;
noctambulism.
(b) Walking the streets at night with evil designs.
Night warbler (Zool.), the sedge warbler ({Acrocephalus
phragmitis}); -- called also night singer. [Prov. Eng.]
Night watch.
(a) A period in the night, as distinguished by the change
of watch.
(b) A watch, or guard, to aford protection in the night.
Night watcher, one who watches in the night; especially,
one who watches with evil designs.
Night witch. Same as Night hag, above.
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