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hess
(encz) | Hess,Hess n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
hess
(czen) | Hess,Hessn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
hess
(wn) | Hess
n 1: English pianist (1890-1965) [syn: Hess, Dame Myra Hess]
2: Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973)
[syn: Hess, Walter Hess, Walter Rudolf Hess]
3: Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an
apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great
Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987) [syn: Hess,
Rudolf Hess, Walther Richard Rudolf Hess]
4: United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a
discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964) [syn: Hess,
Victor Hess, Victor Franz Hess] |
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chess
(mass) | chess
- šach |
chessmen
(mass) | chessmen
- šachové figúrky |
thessaloniki
(mass) | Thessaloniki
- Solún, Tesaloniky |
archduchess
(encz) | archduchess,arcivévodkyně Zdeněk Brož |
chess
(encz) | chess,šachový adj: chess,šachy n: |
chess club
(encz) | chess club, n: |
chess engine
(encz) | chess engine,šachový stroj [it.] |
chess game
(encz) | chess game, n: |
chess master
(encz) | chess master, n: |
chess match
(encz) | chess match, n: |
chess move
(encz) | chess move, n: |
chess piece
(encz) | chess piece,šachová figurka Pino |
chess player
(encz) | chess player, n: |
chess set
(encz) | chess set, n: |
chessboard
(encz) | chessboard,šachovnice n: |
chessman
(encz) | chessman,šachová figurka Zdeněk Brož |
chessmen
(encz) | chessmen,šachové figurky Zdeněk Brož |
downy chess
(encz) | downy chess, n: |
duchess
(encz) | duchess,vévodkyně Zdeněk Brož |
dutchess
(encz) | dutchess, |
grand duchess
(encz) | grand duchess, n: |
hess
(encz) | Hess,Hess n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
hesse
(encz) | Hesse,Hesensko [zem.] n: Hesse,Hesse n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
hessian
(encz) | Hessian,Hessian n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
hessian fly
(encz) | Hessian fly, |
hessians
(encz) | Hessians, |
hessonite
(encz) | hessonite, n: |
thessalonian
(encz) | Thessalonian, |
thessalonica
(encz) | Thessalonica, |
thessaly
(encz) | Thessaly, |
hess
(czen) | Hess,Hessn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
hesse
(czen) | Hesse,Hessen: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
hessian
(czen) | Hessian,Hessiann: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Archduchess
(gcide) | Archduchess \Arch`duch"ess\, n. [Pref. arch- + duchess.]
The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial
family of Austria. See Archduke.
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chess
(gcide) | Cheat \Cheat\, n. [rob. an abbrevation of escheat, lands or
tenements that fall to a lord or to the state by forfeiture,
or by the death of the tenant without heirs; the meaning
being explained by the frauds, real or supposed, that were
resorted to in procuring escheats. See Escheat.]
1. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of
fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition;
imposture.
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When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. --Dryden.
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2. One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a
cheater.
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Airy wonders, which cheats interpret. --Johnson
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3. (Bot.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain
fields; -- called also chess. See Chess.
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4. (Law) The obtaining of property from another by an
intentional active distortion of the truth.
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Note: When cheats are effected by deceitful or illegal
symbols or tokens which may affect the public at large
and against which common prudence could not have
guarded, they are indictable at common law. --Wharton.
Syn: Deception; imposture; fraud; delusion; artifice; trick;
swindle; deceit; guile; finesse; stratagem.
[1913 Webster]Chess \Chess\, n. (Bot.)
A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a
troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously
regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very
slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with
wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic
effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus. [U.
S.]
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Note: Other species of brome grass are called {upright
chess}, soft chess, etc.
[1913 Webster]Chess \Chess\ (ch[e^]s), n. [OE. ches, F. ['e]checs, prop. pl.
of ['e]chec check. See 1st Check.]
A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two
differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each
player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two
castles or rooks, and eight pawns.
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Chess
(gcide) | Cheat \Cheat\, n. [rob. an abbrevation of escheat, lands or
tenements that fall to a lord or to the state by forfeiture,
or by the death of the tenant without heirs; the meaning
being explained by the frauds, real or supposed, that were
resorted to in procuring escheats. See Escheat.]
1. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of
fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition;
imposture.
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When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. --Dryden.
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2. One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a
cheater.
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Airy wonders, which cheats interpret. --Johnson
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3. (Bot.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain
fields; -- called also chess. See Chess.
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4. (Law) The obtaining of property from another by an
intentional active distortion of the truth.
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Note: When cheats are effected by deceitful or illegal
symbols or tokens which may affect the public at large
and against which common prudence could not have
guarded, they are indictable at common law. --Wharton.
Syn: Deception; imposture; fraud; delusion; artifice; trick;
swindle; deceit; guile; finesse; stratagem.
[1913 Webster]Chess \Chess\, n. (Bot.)
A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a
troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously
regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very
slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with
wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic
effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus. [U.
S.]
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Note: Other species of brome grass are called {upright
chess}, soft chess, etc.
[1913 Webster]Chess \Chess\ (ch[e^]s), n. [OE. ches, F. ['e]checs, prop. pl.
of ['e]chec check. See 1st Check.]
A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two
differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each
player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two
castles or rooks, and eight pawns.
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Chess-apple
(gcide) | Chess-apple \Chess"-ap`ple\, n.
The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis).
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Chessboard
(gcide) | Chessboard \Chess"board`\, n.
The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of
alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See
Checkerboard.
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Note: The chessboard and the checkerboard are alike.
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Chessel
(gcide) | Chessel \Ches"sel\, n.
The wooden mold in which cheese is pressed. --Simmonds.
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Chesses
(gcide) | Chesses \Chess"es\, n. pl. [Cf. F. chassis a framework of
carpenty.] (Mil.)
The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled
together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.
--Wilhelm.
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Note: A singular, chess, is sometimes used. "Each chess
consists of three planks." --Farrow.
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Chessil
(gcide) | Chessil \Ches"sil\, n. [OE. chesil, AS. ceosel gravel, sand.]
Gravel or pebbles. --Halliwell.
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Chessman
(gcide) | Chessman \Chess"man\, n.; pl. Chessmen.
A piece used in the game of chess.
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Chessmen
(gcide) | Chessman \Chess"man\, n.; pl. Chessmen.
A piece used in the game of chess.
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Chessom
(gcide) | Chessom \Ches"som\, n. [Cf. Chisley.]
Mellow earth; mold. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Chesstree
(gcide) | Chesstree \Chess"tree`\, n. [Cf. F. chassis a framework of
carpentry.] (Naut.)
A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a
vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the
mainsail.
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Chessy copper
(gcide) | Chessy copper \Ches`sy" cop"per\ (Min.)
The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy,
near Lyons; called also chessylite.
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chessylite
(gcide) | Chessy copper \Ches`sy" cop"per\ (Min.)
The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy,
near Lyons; called also chessylite.
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Duchess
(gcide) | Duchess \Duch"ess\, n. [F. duchesse, fr. duc duke.]
The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the
sovereignty of a duchy in her own right.
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Duchesse d'Angouleme
(gcide) | Duchesse d'Angouleme \Du`chesse" d'An`gou`l[^e]me"\ [F.] (Bot.)
A variety of pear of large size and excellent flavor.
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Duchesse lace
(gcide) | Duchesse lace \Du`chesse" lace\
A beautiful variety of Brussels pillow lace made originally
in Belgium and resembling Honiton guipure. It is worked with
fine thread in large sprays, usually of the primrose pattern,
with much raised work.
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Ghess
(gcide) | Ghess \Ghess\, v. t. & i.
See Guess. [Obs.]
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Hessian
(gcide) | Hessian \Hes"sian\, a.
Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.
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Hessian boots, or Hessians, boot of a kind worn in
England, in the early part of the nineteenth century,
tasseled in front. --Thackeray.
Hessian cloth, or Hessians, a coarse hempen cloth for
sacking.
Hessian crucible. See under Crucible.
Hessian fly (Zool.), a small dipterous fly or midge
(Cecidomyia destructor). Its larv[ae] live between the
base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are
very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the
erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the
Hessian troops, during the Revolution.
[1913 Webster]Hessian \Hes"sian\, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Hesse.
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2. A mercenary or venal person. [U. S.]
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Note: This use is a relic of the patriot hatred of the
Hessian mercenaries who served with the British troops
in the Revolutionary War.
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3. pl. See Hessian boots and cloth, under Hessian, a.
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Hessian boots
(gcide) | Hessian \Hes"sian\, a.
Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.
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Hessian boots, or Hessians, boot of a kind worn in
England, in the early part of the nineteenth century,
tasseled in front. --Thackeray.
Hessian cloth, or Hessians, a coarse hempen cloth for
sacking.
Hessian crucible. See under Crucible.
Hessian fly (Zool.), a small dipterous fly or midge
(Cecidomyia destructor). Its larv[ae] live between the
base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are
very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the
erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the
Hessian troops, during the Revolution.
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Hessian cloth
(gcide) | Hessian \Hes"sian\, a.
Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.
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Hessian boots, or Hessians, boot of a kind worn in
England, in the early part of the nineteenth century,
tasseled in front. --Thackeray.
Hessian cloth, or Hessians, a coarse hempen cloth for
sacking.
Hessian crucible. See under Crucible.
Hessian fly (Zool.), a small dipterous fly or midge
(Cecidomyia destructor). Its larv[ae] live between the
base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are
very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the
erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the
Hessian troops, during the Revolution.
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Hessian crucible
(gcide) | Crucible \Cru"ci*ble\ (kr[udd]"s[i^]*b'l), n. [LL. crucibulum a
hanging lamp, an earthen pot for melting metals (cf. OF.
croisel, creuseul, sort of lamp, crucible, F. creuset
crucible), prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. kr[=u]sul, LG.
kr["u]sel, hanging lamp, kroos, kruus, mug, jug, jar, D.
kroes cup, crucible, Dan. kruus, Sw. krus, E. cruse. It was
confused with derivatives of L. crux cross (cf. Crosslet),
and crucibles were said to have been marked with a cross, to
prevent the devil from marring the chemical operation. See
Cruse, and cf. Cresset.]
1. A vessel or melting pot, composed of some very refractory
substance, as clay, graphite, platinum, and used for
melting and calcining substances which require a strong
degree of heat, as metals, ores, etc.
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2. A hollow place at the bottom of a furnace, to receive the
melted metal.
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3. A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the
crucible of affliction.
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Hessian crucible (Chem.), a cheap, brittle, and fragile,
but very refractory crucible, composed of the finest fire
clay and sand, and commonly used for a single heating; --
named from the place of manufacture.
[1913 Webster]Hessian \Hes"sian\, a.
Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.
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Hessian boots, or Hessians, boot of a kind worn in
England, in the early part of the nineteenth century,
tasseled in front. --Thackeray.
Hessian cloth, or Hessians, a coarse hempen cloth for
sacking.
Hessian crucible. See under Crucible.
Hessian fly (Zool.), a small dipterous fly or midge
(Cecidomyia destructor). Its larv[ae] live between the
base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are
very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the
erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the
Hessian troops, during the Revolution.
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Hessian fly
(gcide) | Hessian \Hes"sian\, a.
Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.
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Hessian boots, or Hessians, boot of a kind worn in
England, in the early part of the nineteenth century,
tasseled in front. --Thackeray.
Hessian cloth, or Hessians, a coarse hempen cloth for
sacking.
Hessian crucible. See under Crucible.
Hessian fly (Zool.), a small dipterous fly or midge
(Cecidomyia destructor). Its larv[ae] live between the
base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are
very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the
erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the
Hessian troops, during the Revolution.
[1913 Webster]Cecidomyia \Cec`i*do*my"i*a\
(s[e^]s`[i^]*d[-o]*m[imac]"[i^]*[.a]), prop. n. [Nl., fr. Gr.
khki`s, khki^dos, a gall nut + myi^a a fly.] (Zool.)
A genus of small dipterous files, including several very
injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly.
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Hessians
(gcide) | Hessian \Hes"sian\, a.
Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.
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Hessian boots, or Hessians, boot of a kind worn in
England, in the early part of the nineteenth century,
tasseled in front. --Thackeray.
Hessian cloth, or Hessians, a coarse hempen cloth for
sacking.
Hessian crucible. See under Crucible.
Hessian fly (Zool.), a small dipterous fly or midge
(Cecidomyia destructor). Its larv[ae] live between the
base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are
very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the
erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the
Hessian troops, during the Revolution.
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Hessite
(gcide) | Hessite \Hess"ite\, n. [After H. Hess.] (Min.)
A lead-gray sectile mineral. It is a telluride of silver.
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Monarchess
(gcide) | Monarchess \Mon"arch*ess\, n.
A female monarch. [Obs.]
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Richesse
(gcide) | Richesse \Rich"esse\, n. [F. See Riches.]
Wealth; riches. See the Note under Riches. [Obs.]
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Some man desireth for to have richesse. --Chaucer.
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The richesse of all heavenly grace. --Spenser.
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soft chess
(gcide) | Chess \Chess\, n. (Bot.)
A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a
troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously
regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very
slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with
wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic
effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus. [U.
S.]
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Note: Other species of brome grass are called {upright
chess}, soft chess, etc.
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Thessalian
(gcide) | Thessalian \Thes*sa"li*an\, a. [Cf. L. Thessalius.]
Of or pertaining to Thessaly in Greece. --Shak. -- n. A
native or inhabitant of Thessaly.
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Thessalonian
(gcide) | Thessalonian \Thes`sa*lo"ni*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Thessalonica, a city of Macedonia. -- n.
A native or inhabitant of Thessalonica.
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upright chess
(gcide) | Chess \Chess\, n. (Bot.)
A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a
troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously
regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very
slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with
wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic
effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus. [U.
S.]
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Note: Other species of brome grass are called {upright
chess}, soft chess, etc.
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archduchess
(wn) | archduchess
n 1: a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former
ruling house of Austria |
chess
(wn) | chess
n 1: weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a
weed especially in wheat [syn: chess, cheat, {Bromus
secalinus}]
2: a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces
according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the
opponent's king [syn: chess, chess game] |
chess board
(wn) | chess board
n 1: a checkerboard used to play chess [syn: chessboard,
chess board] |
chess club
(wn) | chess club
n 1: a club of people to play chess |
chess game
(wn) | chess game
n 1: a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces
according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the
opponent's king [syn: chess, chess game] |
chess master
(wn) | chess master
n 1: a chess player of great skill |
chess match
(wn) | chess match
n 1: a match between chess players |
chess move
(wn) | chess move
n 1: the act of moving a chess piece |
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