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hanger
(encz) | hanger,ramínko n: na šaty Nijel |
hanger
(encz) | hanger,vývěska n: Zdeněk Brož |
Hanger
(gcide) | Hanger \Hang"er\ (-[~e]r), n.
1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
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2. That by which a thing is suspended. Especially:
(a) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword
is suspended.
(b) (Mach.) A part that suspends a journal box in which
shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.
(c) A bridle iron.
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3. That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the
side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved
sword.
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4. A steep, wooded declivity. [Eng.] --Gilbert White.
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hanger
(gcide) | Bridle iron \Bri"dle i`ron\ (Arch.)
A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a
stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient
bearing can be had; -- called also stirrup and hanger.
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hanger
(wn) | hanger
n 1: a worker who hangs something
2: anything from which something can be hung |
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autochanger
(mass) | auto-changer
- automatický výmenník |
hangeron
(mass) | hanger-on
- parazit |
a cliff-hanger
(encz) | a cliff-hanger,napínavá hra n: Zdeněk Brož |
anion exchanger
(encz) | anion exchanger,anex [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
cation exchanger
(encz) | cation exchanger,katex [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
changer
(encz) | changer,měnič n: Zdeněk Brož |
cliff-hanger
(encz) | cliff-hanger,napínavá hra n: Zdeněk Brož |
cliffhanger
(encz) | cliffhanger,napínavá událost n: situace , moment / chvíle napětí na
konci dílu ap. Pinocliffhanger,nervák n: utkání, film ap. Pino |
clothes hanger
(encz) | clothes hanger, n: |
coat hanger
(encz) | coat hanger,ramínko Pavel Cvrčekcoat hanger,ramínko na šaty n: Zdeněk Brož |
coat-hanger
(encz) | coat-hanger,ramínko n: Zdeněk Brožcoat-hanger,ramínko na šaty Zdeněk Brož |
dress hanger
(encz) | dress hanger, n: |
exchanger
(encz) | exchanger,směnárník n: Zdeněk Brož |
hanger
(encz) | hanger,ramínko n: na šaty Nijelhanger,vývěska n: Zdeněk Brož |
hanger-on
(encz) | hanger-on,parazit n: Zdeněk Brož |
hangers
(encz) | hangers,ramínka n: Zdeněk Brožhangers,věšáky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
hangers-on
(encz) | hangers-on,dolézající osoby Zdeněk Brož |
heat exchanger
(encz) | heat exchanger,tepelný výměník n: [tech.] JKR |
interchanger
(encz) | interchanger,výměník n: Zdeněk Brož |
ionexchanger
(encz) | ionexchanger,ionex [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačionexchanger,měnič iontů [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
money changer
(encz) | money changer, n: |
moneychangers
(encz) | moneychangers, |
paperhanger
(encz) | paperhanger,tapetář n: Zdeněk Brož |
record changer
(encz) | record changer, n: |
straphanger
(encz) | straphanger, n: |
auto-changer
(gcide) | auto-changer \auto-changer\ n.
1. an automatic device on a record player that causes new
records to be played without manual intervention.
Syn: record changer, changer.
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Bell hanger
(gcide) | Bell \Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See Bellow.]
1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a
cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue,
and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.
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Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best
have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and
tin.
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The Liberty Bell, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State
House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared
the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had
been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words "Proclaim
liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants
thereof."
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2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose
ball which causes it to sound when moved.
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3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a
flower. "In a cowslip's bell I lie." --Shak.
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4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included
between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the
naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist
within the leafage of a capital.
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5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time;
or the time so designated.
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Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck
eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after
it has struck "eight bells" it is struck once, and at
every succeeding half hour the number of strokes is
increased by one, till at the end of the four hours,
which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times.
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To bear away the bell, to win the prize at a race where the
prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something.
--Fuller.
To bear the bell, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion
to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a
team or drove, when wearing a bell.
To curse by bell, book, and candle, a solemn form of
excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the
bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose
being used, and three candles being extinguished with
certain ceremonies. --Nares.
To lose the bell, to be worsted in a contest. "In single
fight he lost the bell." --Fairfax.
To shake the bells, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak.
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Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as,
bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed;
bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are
self-explaining.
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Bell arch (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the
curve of an ogee.
Bell cage, or Bell carriage (Arch.), a timber frame
constructed to carry one or more large bells.
Bell cot (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction,
frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and
used to contain and support one or more bells.
Bell deck (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a
roof to the rooms below.
Bell founder, one whose occupation it is to found or cast
bells.
Bell foundry, or Bell foundery, a place where bells are
founded or cast.
Bell gable (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction,
pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain
bells.
Bell glass. See Bell jar.
Bell hanger, a man who hangs or puts up bells.
Bell pull, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell
or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled.
--Aytoun.
Bell punch, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell
when used.
Bell ringer, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose
business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of
musical bells for public entertainment.
Bell roof (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general
lines of a bell.
Bell rope, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung.
Bell tent, a circular conical-topped tent.
Bell trap, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.
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CD changer
(gcide) | Changer \Chan"ger\, n.
1. One who changes or alters the form of anything.
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2. One who deals in or changes money. --John ii. 14.
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3. One apt to change; an inconstant person.
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4. an electronic device which changes one replaceable medium
for another, such as a record changer, which can store
several records and move each one automatically to the
playing table; or a CD changer, whch can store multiple
compact disks and move each one to the reading slot, in a
sequence determined by the user.
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Changer
(gcide) | Changer \Chan"ger\, n.
1. One who changes or alters the form of anything.
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2. One who deals in or changes money. --John ii. 14.
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3. One apt to change; an inconstant person.
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4. an electronic device which changes one replaceable medium
for another, such as a record changer, which can store
several records and move each one automatically to the
playing table; or a CD changer, whch can store multiple
compact disks and move each one to the reading slot, in a
sequence determined by the user.
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change-ringing
(gcide) | change-ringing \change-ringing\ n.
ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually
changing. See change[9], n.
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cliffhanger
(gcide) | cliffhanger \cliffhanger\ n.
a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end.
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2. an episode of a drama that ends in suspense.
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Exchanger
(gcide) | Exchanger \Ex*chan"ger\, n.
One who exchanges; one who practices exchange. --Matt. xxv.
27.
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hanger
(gcide) | Hanger \Hang"er\ (-[~e]r), n.
1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
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2. That by which a thing is suspended. Especially:
(a) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword
is suspended.
(b) (Mach.) A part that suspends a journal box in which
shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.
(c) A bridle iron.
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3. That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the
side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved
sword.
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4. A steep, wooded declivity. [Eng.] --Gilbert White.
[1913 Webster]Bridle iron \Bri"dle i`ron\ (Arch.)
A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a
stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient
bearing can be had; -- called also stirrup and hanger.
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Hanger-on
(gcide) | Hanger-on \Hang"er-on`\ (-[o^]n`), n.; pl. Hangers-on
(-[~e]rz-[o^]n`).
One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service;
a dependent; one who adheres to others' society longer than
he is wanted. --Goldsmith.
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Hangers-on
(gcide) | Hanger-on \Hang"er-on`\ (-[o^]n`), n.; pl. Hangers-on
(-[~e]rz-[o^]n`).
One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service;
a dependent; one who adheres to others' society longer than
he is wanted. --Goldsmith.
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money changer
(gcide) | Money \Mon"ey\, n.; pl. Moneys. [OE. moneie, OF. moneie, F.
monnaie, fr. L. moneta. See Mint place where coin is made,
Mind, and cf. Moidore, Monetary.]
1. A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined,
or stamped, and issued by the sovereign authority as a
medium of exchange in financial transactions between
citizens and with government; also, any number of such
pieces; coin.
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To prevent such abuses, . . . it has been found
necessary . . . to affix a public stamp upon certain
quantities of such particular metals, as were in
those countries commonly made use of to purchase
goods. Hence the origin of coined money, and of
those public offices called mints. --A. Smith.
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2. Any written or stamped promise, certificate, or order, as
a government note, a bank note, a certificate of deposit,
etc., which is payable in standard coined money and is
lawfully current in lieu of it; in a comprehensive sense,
any currency usually and lawfully employed in buying and
selling.
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3. Any article used as a medium of payment in financial
transactions, such as checks drawn on checking accounts.
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4. (Economics) Any form of wealth which affects a person's
propensity to spend, such as checking accounts or time
deposits in banks, credit accounts, letters of credit,
etc. Various aggregates of money in different forms are
given different names, such as M-1, the total sum of all
currency in circulation plus all money in demand deposit
accounts (checking accounts).
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Note: Whatever, among barbarous nations, is used as a medium
of effecting exchanges of property, and in the terms of
which values are reckoned, as sheep, wampum, copper
rings, quills of salt or of gold dust, shovel blades,
etc., is, in common language, called their money.
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4. In general, wealth; property; as, he has much money in
land, or in stocks; to make, or lose, money.
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The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.
--1 Tim vi. 10
(Rev. Ver. ).
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Money bill (Legislation), a bill for raising revenue.
Money broker, a broker who deals in different kinds of
money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; -- called
also money changer.
Money cowrie (Zool.), any one of several species of
Cypraea (esp. Cypraea moneta) formerly much used as
money by savage tribes. See Cowrie.
Money of account, a denomination of value used in keeping
accounts, for which there may, or may not, be an
equivalent coin; e. g., the mill is a money of account in
the United States, but not a coin.
Money order,
(a) an order for the payment of money; specifically, a
government order for the payment of money, issued at
one post office as payable at another; -- called also
postal money order.
(b) a similar order issued by a bank or other financial
institution.
Money scrivener, a person who procures the loan of money to
others. [Eng.]
Money spider, Money spinner (Zool.), a small spider; --
so called as being popularly supposed to indicate that the
person upon whom it crawls will be fortunate in money
matters.
Money's worth, a fair or full equivalent for the money
which is paid.
A piece of money, a single coin.
Ready money, money held ready for payment, or actually
paid, at the time of a transaction; cash.
plastic money, credit cards, usually made out of plastic;
also called plastic; as, put it on the plastic.
To make money, to gain or acquire money or property; to
make a profit in dealings.
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On-hanger
(gcide) | On-hanger \On"-hang`er\, n.
A hanger-on.
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Paper hanger
(gcide) | Paper \Pa"per\ (p[=a]"p[~e]r), n. [F. papier, fr. L. papyrus
papyrus, from which the Egyptians made a kind of paper, Gr.
pa`pyros. Cf. Papyrus.]
1. A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended
to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It
is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous
material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded,
pressed, and dried.
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2. A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.
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3. A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the
like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific
society.
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They brought a paper to me to be signed. --Dryden.
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4. A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a
journal; as, a daily paper.
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5. Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of
exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount
of his paper.
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6. Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper.
See Paper hangings, below.
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7. A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a
paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.
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8. A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for
external application; as, cantharides paper.
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9. pl. Documents establishing a person's identity, or status,
or attesting to some right, such as the right to drive a
vehicle; as, the border guard asked for his papers.
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Note: Paper is manufactured in sheets, the trade names of
which, together with the regular sizes in inches, are
shown in the following table. But paper makers vary the
size somewhat.
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Note: In the manufacture of books, etc., a sheet, of whatever
size originally, is termed, when folded once, a folio;
folded twice, a quarto, or 4to; three times, an octavo,
or 8vo; four times, a sextodecimo, or 16mo; five times,
a 32mo; three times, with an offcut folded twice and
set in, a duodecimo, or 12mo; four times, with an
offcut folded three times and set in, a 24mo.
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Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination,
having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper
cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or
paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker;
paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight,
or paperweight, etc.
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Business paper, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in
payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to
accommodation paper.
Fly paper, paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used
for catching flies.
Laid paper. See under Laid.
Paper birch (Bot.), the canoe birch tree ({Betula
papyracea}).
Paper blockade, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval
force.
Paper boat (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper.
Paper car wheel (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel
tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between
two plate-iron disks. --Forney.
Paper credit, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such
as promissory notes, duebills, etc.
Paper hanger, one who covers walls with paper hangings.
Paper hangings, paper printed with colored figures, or
otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against
the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper.
Paper house, an audience composed of people who have come
in on free passes. [Cant]
Paper money, notes or bills, usually issued by government
or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money,
and circulated as the representative of coin.
Paper mulberry. (Bot.) See under Mulberry.
Paper muslin, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc.
Paper nautilus. (Zool.) See Argonauta.
Paper reed (Bot.), the papyrus.
Paper sailor. (Zool.) See Argonauta.
Paper stainer, one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De
Colange.
Paper wasp (Zool.), any wasp which makes a nest of
paperlike material, as the yellow jacket.
Paper weight, any object used as a weight to prevent loose
papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise.
on paper.
(a) in writing; as, I would like to see that on paper.
(b) in theory, though not necessarily in paractice.
(c) in the design state; planned, but not yet put into
practice.
Parchment paper. See Papyrine.
Tissue paper, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to
protect engravings in books.
Wall paper. Same as Paper hangings, above.
Waste paper, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless,
except for uses of little account.
Wove paper, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not
ribbed or watermarked.
paper tiger, a person or group that appears to be powerful
and dangerous but is in fact weak and ineffectual.
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paperhanger
(gcide) | paperer \pa"per*er\ (p[=a]"p[~e]r*[~e]r), paperhanger
\pa"per*hang`er\ (p[=a]"p[~e]r*h[a^][ng]`[~e]r),n.
One whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper.
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Post hanger
(gcide) | Post \Post\, n. [AS., fr. L. postis, akin to ponere, positum, to
place. See Position, and cf. 4th Post.]
1. A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed,
or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially
when intended as a stay or support to something else; a
pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a
house.
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They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the
two side posts and on the upper doorpost of the
houses. --Ex. xii. 7.
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Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders
bore,
The gates of Azza, post and massy bar. --Milton.
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Unto his order he was a noble post. --Chaucer.
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Note: Post, in the sense of an upright timber or strut, is
used in composition, in such words as king-post,
queen-post, crown-post, gatepost, etc.
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2. The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were
chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
[Obs.]
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When God sends coin
I will discharge your post. --S. Rowlands.
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From pillar to post. See under Pillar.
Knight of the post. See under Knight.
Post hanger (Mach.), a bearing for a revolving shaft,
adapted to be fastened to a post.
Post hole, a hole in the ground to set the foot of a post
in.
Post mill, a form of windmill so constructed that the whole
fabric rests on a vertical axis firmly fastened to the
ground, and capable of being turned as the direction of
the wind varies.
Post and stall (Coal Mining), a mode of working in which
pillars of coal are left to support the roof of the mine.
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Pot hanger
(gcide) | Pot \Pot\, n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta,
Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.]
1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a
great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables,
for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a
flower pot; a bean pot.
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2. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.
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3. The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of
ale. "Give her a pot and a cake." --De Foe.
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4. A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top
of a chimney; a chimney pot.
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5. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.
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6. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.
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7. A perforated cask for draining sugar. --Knight.
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8. A size of paper. See Pott.
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9. marijuana. [slang]
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10. The total of the bets at stake at one time, as in racing
or card playing; the pool; also (Racing, Eng.) a horse
heavily backed; a favorite. [Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
11. (Armor) A plain defensive headpiece; later, and perhaps
in a jocose sense, any helmet; -- called also {pot
helmet}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
12. (Card Playing) The total of the bets at one time; the
pool.
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Jack pot. See under 2d Jack.
Pot cheese, cottage cheese. See under Cottage.
Pot companion, a companion in drinking.
Pot hanger, a pothook.
Pot herb, any plant, the leaves or stems of which are
boiled for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane,
and many others.
Pot hunter, one who kills anything and everything that will
help to fill has bag; also, a hunter who shoots game for
the table or for the market.
Pot metal.
(a) The metal from which iron pots are made, different
from common pig iron.
(b) An alloy of copper with lead used for making large
vessels for various purposes in the arts. --Ure.
(c) A kind of stained glass, the colors of which are
incorporated with the melted glass in the pot.
--Knight.
Pot plant (Bot.), either of the trees which bear the
monkey-pot.
Pot wheel (Hydraul.), a noria.
To go to pot, to go to destruction; to come to an end of
usefulness; to become refuse. [Colloq.] --Dryden. --J. G.
Saxe.
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record changer
(gcide) | Changer \Chan"ger\, n.
1. One who changes or alters the form of anything.
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2. One who deals in or changes money. --John ii. 14.
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3. One apt to change; an inconstant person.
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4. an electronic device which changes one replaceable medium
for another, such as a record changer, which can store
several records and move each one automatically to the
playing table; or a CD changer, whch can store multiple
compact disks and move each one to the reading slot, in a
sequence determined by the user.
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Slang-whanger
(gcide) | Slang-whanger \Slang"-whang`er\, n. [Slang + whang to beat.]
One who uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan. [Colloq. or
Humorous] --W. Irving.
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auto-changer
(wn) | auto-changer
n 1: an automatic mechanical device on a record player that
causes new records to be played without manual intervention
[syn: record changer, auto-changer, changer] |
changer
(wn) | changer
n 1: a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of
the menu" [syn: changer, modifier]
2: an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes
new records to be played without manual intervention [syn:
record changer, auto-changer, changer] |
cliffhanger
(wn) | cliffhanger
n 1: a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end
2: an episode that ends in suspense |
clothes hanger
(wn) | clothes hanger
n 1: a hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used
to hang garments on [syn: coat hanger, clothes hanger,
dress hanger] |
coat hanger
(wn) | coat hanger
n 1: a hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used
to hang garments on [syn: coat hanger, clothes hanger,
dress hanger] |
dress hanger
(wn) | dress hanger
n 1: a hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used
to hang garments on [syn: coat hanger, clothes hanger,
dress hanger] |
exchanger
(wn) | exchanger
n 1: one whose business is to exchange the money of one country
for that of another country [syn: exchanger, {money
changer}] |
hanger
(wn) | hanger
n 1: a worker who hangs something
2: anything from which something can be hung |
hanger-on
(wn) | hanger-on
n 1: someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along
[syn: tagalong, hanger-on] |
heat exchanger
(wn) | heat exchanger
n 1: device that transfers heat from one liquid to another
without allowing them to mix |
money changer
(wn) | money changer
n 1: one whose business is to exchange the money of one country
for that of another country [syn: exchanger, {money
changer}] |
paperhanger
(wn) | paperhanger
n 1: someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money
2: one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper [syn:
paperhanger, paperer] |
record changer
(wn) | record changer
n 1: an automatic mechanical device on a record player that
causes new records to be played without manual intervention
[syn: record changer, auto-changer, changer] |
straphanger
(wn) | straphanger
n 1: a commuter who uses public transportation
2: a standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap
for support |
mail exchanger
(foldoc) | mail exchanger
A server running SMTP Message Transfer Agent
software that accepts incoming electronic mail and either
delivers it locally or forwards it to another server. The
mail exchanger to use for a given domain can be discovered by
querying DNS for Mail Exchange Records.
(2007-01-29)
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sex changer
(foldoc) | gender mender
sex changer
(Or "gender bender", "gender blender", "sex
changer", and even "homosexual adapter") A cable connector
shell with either two male or two female connectors on it,
used to correct the mismatches that result when some loser
didn't understand the EIA-232C specification and the
distinction between DTE and DCE. Used especially for
EIA-232C parts in either the original D-25 or the IBM PC's
D-9 connector.
There appears to be some confusion as to whether a "male
homosexual adapter" has pins on both sides (is doubly male) or
sockets on both sides (connects two males).
[Jargon File]
(1995-04-16)
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sex changer
(jargon) | sex changer
n.
Syn. gender mender.
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