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Hilling
(gcide) | Hill \Hill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hilling.]
To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon;
as, to hill corn.
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Showing them how to plant and hill it. --Palfrey.
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Hilling
(gcide) | Hilling \Hill"ing\, n.
The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants.
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chilling
(encz) | chilling,chladnutí n: Zdeněk Brožchilling,chlazení n: Zdeněk Brožchilling,mrazení n: Zdeněk Brožchilling,zděšení n: Zdeněk Brož |
chillingly
(encz) | chillingly,chladně Jaroslav Šedivýchillingly,mrazivě Jaroslav Šedivýchillingly,studeně Jaroslav Šedivý |
schilling
(encz) | schilling, |
shilling
(encz) | shilling,šilink n: Zdeněk Brož |
shillings
(encz) | shillings,šilinky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
spine-chilling
(encz) | spine-chilling,děsivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Chilling
(gcide) | Chilling \Chill"ing\, a.
Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold;
distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner. --
Chill"ing"ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]Chill \Chill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chilled (ch[i^]ld); p. pr.
& vb. n. Chilling.]
1. To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to
shiver; to affect with cold.
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When winter chilled the day. --Goldsmith.
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2. To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress;
to discourage.
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Every thought on God chills the gayety of his
spirits. --Rogers.
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3. (Metal.) To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of
crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to
increase the hardness; said of cast iron.
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Chillingly
(gcide) | Chilling \Chill"ing\, a.
Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold;
distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner. --
Chill"ing"ly, adv.
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pine tree shilling
(gcide) | Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[imac]n, L. pinus.]
1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See
Pinus.
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Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
States, of which the white pine (Pinus Strobus),
the Georgia pine (Pinus australis), the red pine
(Pinus resinosa), and the great West Coast {sugar
pine} (Pinus Lambertiana) are among the most
valuable. The Scotch pine or fir, also called
Norway or Riga pine (Pinus sylvestris), is the
only British species. The nut pine is any pine tree,
or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See
Pinon.
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cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now
commonly assigned to other genera.
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2. The wood of the pine tree.
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3. A pineapple.
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Ground pine. (Bot.) See under Ground.
Norfolk Island pine (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
the Araucaria excelsa.
Pine barren, a tract of infertile land which is covered
with pines. [Southern U.S.]
Pine borer (Zool.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into
pine trees.
Pine finch. (Zool.) See Pinefinch, in the Vocabulary.
Pine grosbeak (Zool.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
red.
Pine lizard (Zool.), a small, very active, mottled gray
lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle
States; -- called also swift, brown scorpion, and
alligator.
Pine marten. (Zool.)
(a) A European weasel (Mustela martes), called also
sweet marten, and yellow-breasted marten.
(b) The American sable. See Sable.
Pine moth (Zool.), any one of several species of small
tortricid moths of the genus Retinia, whose larv[ae]
burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
doing great damage.
Pine mouse (Zool.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
forests.
Pine needle (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
of a pine tree. See Pinus.
Pine-needle wool. See Pine wool (below).
Pine oil, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
Pine snake (Zool.), a large harmless North American snake
(Pituophis melanoleucus). It is whitish, covered with
brown blotches having black margins. Called also {bull
snake}. The Western pine snake (Pituophis Sayi) is
chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
Pine tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Pinus; pine.
Pine-tree money, money coined in Massachusetts in the
seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
figure of a pine tree. The most noted variety is the {pine
tree shilling}.
Pine weevil (Zool.), any one of numerous species of weevils
whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several
species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to
the genera Pissodes, Hylobius, etc.
Pine wool, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
arts; -- called also pine-needle wool, and {pine-wood
wool}.
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Schilling
(gcide) | Schilling \Schil"ling\, n. [G. See Shilling.]
Any one of several small German and Dutch coins, worth from
about one and a half cents to about five cents.
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Shilling
(gcide) | Shilling \Shil"ling\, n. [OE. shilling, schilling, AS. scilling;
akin to D. schelling, OS. & OHG. scilling, G. schilling, Sw.
& Dan. skilling, Icel. skillingr, Goth. skilliggs, and perh.
to OHG. scellan to sound, G. schallen.]
1. A silver coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and
its dependencies, equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth
part of a pound, equivalent to about twenty-four cents of
the United States currency.
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2. In the United States, a denomination of money, differing
in value in different States. It is not now legally
recognized.
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Note: Many of the States while colonies had issued bills of
credit which had depreciated in different degrees in
the different colonies. Thus, in New England currency
(used also in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana,
Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida),
after the adoption of the decimal system, the pound in
paper money was worth only $3.333, and the shilling
162/3 cts., or 6s. to $1; in New York currency (also in
North Carolina, Ohio, and Michigan), the pound was
worth $2.50, and the shilling 121/2 cts., or 8s. to $1;
in Pennsylvania currency (also in New Jersey, Delaware,
and Maryland), the pound was worth $2.70, and the
shilling 131/2 cts., or 7s. 6d. to $1; and in Georgia
currency (also in South Carolina), the pound was worth
$4.20[frac67], and the shilling 21[frac37] cts., or 4s
8d. to $1. In many parts of the country . . . the
reckoning by shillings and pence is not yet entirely
abandoned. --Am. Cyc. (1890)
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3. The Spanish real, of the value of one eight of a dollar,
or 12? cets; -- formerly so called in New York and some
other States. See Note under 2.
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York shilling. Same as Shilling, 3.
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York shilling
(gcide) | Shilling \Shil"ling\, n. [OE. shilling, schilling, AS. scilling;
akin to D. schelling, OS. & OHG. scilling, G. schilling, Sw.
& Dan. skilling, Icel. skillingr, Goth. skilliggs, and perh.
to OHG. scellan to sound, G. schallen.]
1. A silver coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and
its dependencies, equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth
part of a pound, equivalent to about twenty-four cents of
the United States currency.
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2. In the United States, a denomination of money, differing
in value in different States. It is not now legally
recognized.
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Note: Many of the States while colonies had issued bills of
credit which had depreciated in different degrees in
the different colonies. Thus, in New England currency
(used also in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana,
Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida),
after the adoption of the decimal system, the pound in
paper money was worth only $3.333, and the shilling
162/3 cts., or 6s. to $1; in New York currency (also in
North Carolina, Ohio, and Michigan), the pound was
worth $2.50, and the shilling 121/2 cts., or 8s. to $1;
in Pennsylvania currency (also in New Jersey, Delaware,
and Maryland), the pound was worth $2.70, and the
shilling 131/2 cts., or 7s. 6d. to $1; and in Georgia
currency (also in South Carolina), the pound was worth
$4.20[frac67], and the shilling 21[frac37] cts., or 4s
8d. to $1. In many parts of the country . . . the
reckoning by shillings and pence is not yet entirely
abandoned. --Am. Cyc. (1890)
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3. The Spanish real, of the value of one eight of a dollar,
or 12? cets; -- formerly so called in New York and some
other States. See Note under 2.
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York shilling. Same as Shilling, 3.
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austrian schilling
(wn) | Austrian schilling
n 1: formerly the basic unit of money in Austria [syn:
schilling, Austrian schilling] |
british shilling
(wn) | British shilling
n 1: a former monetary unit in Great Britain [syn: {British
shilling}, shilling, bob] |
chilling
(wn) | chilling
adj 1: provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most
terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
[syn: chilling, scarey, scary, shivery,
shuddery]
n 1: the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature [syn:
cooling, chilling, temperature reduction] |
kenyan shilling
(wn) | Kenyan shilling
n 1: the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents [syn:
Kenyan shilling, shilling] |
schilling
(wn) | schilling
n 1: formerly the basic unit of money in Austria [syn:
schilling, Austrian schilling] |
shilling
(wn) | shilling
n 1: the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents [syn:
Ugandan shilling, shilling]
2: the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents [syn:
Tanzanian shilling, shilling]
3: the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents [syn:
Somalian shilling, shilling]
4: the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents [syn:
Kenyan shilling, shilling]
5: a former monetary unit in Great Britain [syn: {British
shilling}, shilling, bob]
6: an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound |
somalian shilling
(wn) | Somalian shilling
n 1: the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents
[syn: Somalian shilling, shilling] |
tanzanian shilling
(wn) | Tanzanian shilling
n 1: the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents
[syn: Tanzanian shilling, shilling] |
ugandan shilling
(wn) | Ugandan shilling
n 1: the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents [syn:
Ugandan shilling, shilling] |
SHILLING
(bouvier) | SHILLING, Eng. law. The name of an English coin, of the value of one
twentieth part of a pound. In the United States, while they were colonies,
there were coins of this denomination, but they greatly varied in their
value.
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