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Lanch
(gcide) | Lanch \Lanch\ (l[.a]nch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lanched
(l[.a]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Lanching. See Launch,
Lance.]
To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.
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See Whose arm can lanch the surer bolt. --Dryden &
Lee.
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lanch
(gcide) | Launch \Launch\ (l[add]nch or l[aum]nch), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Launched (l[add]ncht or l[aum]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n.
Launching.] [OE. launchen to throw as a lance, OF.
lanchier, another form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lance
lance. See Lance.] [Written also lanch.]
1. To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
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2. To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce. [Obs.]
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Launch your hearts with lamentable wounds.
--Spenser.
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3. To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to
set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
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With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship,
And rolled on levers, launched her in the deep.
--Pope.
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4. To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to
give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to
launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or
enterprise.
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All art is used to sink episcopacy, and launch
presbytery in England. --Eikon
Basilike.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
melancholia
(mass) | melancholia
- depresie |
melancholy
(mass) | melancholy
- smútok |
avalanche
(encz) | avalanche,lavina n: |
avalanche diode
(encz) | avalanche diode,lavinová dioda n: [el.] parkmaj |
avalanches
(encz) | avalanches,laviny n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
blanch
(encz) | blanch,zblednout v: Zdeněk Brož |
blanchard
(encz) | Blanchard,Blanchard n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
blanche
(encz) | Blanche,Blanche n: [jmén.] příjmení, ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
blanched
(encz) | blanched,zbledl Zdeněk Brož |
carte blanche
(encz) | carte blanche, |
lanchow
(encz) | Lanchow, |
melancholia
(encz) | melancholia,deprese n: Zdeněk Brožmelancholia,melancholie n: Zdeněk Brož |
melancholiac
(encz) | melancholiac,melancholik n: Zdeněk Brož |
melancholic
(encz) | melancholic,melancholický adj: Zdeněk Brožmelancholic,melancholik n: Zdeněk Brož |
melancholies
(encz) | melancholies, |
melancholy
(encz) | melancholy,melancholický adj: Zdeněk Brožmelancholy,melancholie adv: Zdeněk Brožmelancholy,smutek adv: Zdeněk Brožmelancholy,smutný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
melancholy thistle
(encz) | melancholy thistle, n: |
planchet
(encz) | planchet, n: |
planchette
(encz) | planchette, n: |
pomme blanche
(encz) | pomme blanche, n: |
splanchnic
(encz) | splanchnic,splanchnický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
splanchnic nerve
(encz) | splanchnic nerve, n: |
blanchard
(czen) | Blanchard,Blanchardn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
blanche
(czen) | Blanche,Blanchen: [jmén.] příjmení, ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
melancholicky hledět
(czen) | melancholicky hledět,languishv: PetrV |
melancholický
(czen) | melancholický,blueadj: sirramelancholický,drearyadj: Zdeněk Brožmelancholický,melancholicadj: Zdeněk Brožmelancholický,melancholyadj: Zdeněk Brožmelancholický,somberadj: Martin M.melancholický,sombre Martin M.melancholický,sorrowfuladj: Zdeněk Brožmelancholický,wistfuladj: Zdeněk Brož |
melancholie
(czen) | melancholie,gloomn: lukemelancholie,melancholian: Zdeněk Brožmelancholie,melancholyadv: Zdeněk Brož |
melancholik
(czen) | melancholik,melancholiacn: Zdeněk Brožmelancholik,melancholicn: Zdeněk Brož |
splanchnický
(czen) | splanchnický,splanchnicadj: Zdeněk Brož |
Amarantus melancholicus
(gcide) | Flower-gentle \Flow"er-gen`tle\, n. (Bot.)
A species of amaranth (Amarantus melancholicus).
[1913 Webster]Love \Love\ (l[u^]v), n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin
to E. lief, believe, L. lubet, libet, it pleases, Skr. lubh
to be lustful. See Lief.]
1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which
delights or commands admiration; pre["e]minent kindness or
devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love
of brothers and sisters.
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Of all the dearest bonds we prove
Thou countest sons' and mothers' love
Most sacred, most Thine own. --Keble.
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2. Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate
affection for, one of the opposite sex.
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He on his side
Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love
Hung over her enamored. --Milton.
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3. Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e.,
to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
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Demetrius . . .
Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena,
And won her soul. --Shak.
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4. Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or
desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often
with of and an object.
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Love, and health to all. --Shak.
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Smit with the love of sacred song. --Milton.
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The love of science faintly warmed his breast.
--Fenton.
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5. Due gratitude and reverence to God.
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Keep yourselves in the love of God. --Jude 21.
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6. The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing
address; as, he held his love in his arms; his greatest
love was reading. "Trust me, love." --Dryden.
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Open the temple gates unto my love. --Spenser.
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7. Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.
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Such was his form as painters, when they show
Their utmost art, on naked Lores bestow. --Dryden.
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Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love.
--Shak.
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8. A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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9. (Bot.) A climbing species of Clematis ({Clematis
Vitalba}).
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10. Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in
counting score at tennis, etc.
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He won the match by three sets to love. --The
Field.
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11. Sexual intercourse; -- a euphemism.
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Note: Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in
most of which the meaning is very obvious; as,
love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked,
love-taught, etc.
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A labor of love, a labor undertaken on account of regard
for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself,
without expectation of reward.
Free love, the doctrine or practice of consorting with one
of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See
Free love.
Free lover, one who avows or practices free love.
In love, in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of
the sexes; as, to be in love; to fall in love.
Love apple (Bot.), the tomato.
Love bird (Zool.), any one of several species of small,
short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus
Agapornis, and allied genera. They are mostly from
Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are
celebrated for the affection which they show for their
mates.
Love broker, a person who for pay acts as agent between
lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. --Shak.
Love charm, a charm for exciting love. --Ld. Lytton.
Love child. an illegitimate child. --Jane Austen.
Love day, a day formerly appointed for an amicable
adjustment of differences. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
--Chaucer.
Love drink, a love potion; a philter. --Chaucer.
Love favor, something given to be worn in token of love.
Love feast, a religious festival, held quarterly by some
religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists,
in imitation of the agap[ae] of the early Christians.
Love feat, the gallant act of a lover. --Shak.
Love game, a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished
person or party does not score a point.
Love grass. [G. liebesgras.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus
Eragrostis.
Love-in-a-mist. (Bot.)
(a) An herb of the Buttercup family (Nigella Damascena)
having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut
bracts.
(b) The West Indian Passiflora f[oe]tida, which has
similar bracts.
Love-in-idleness (Bot.), a kind of violet; the small pansy.
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A little western flower,
Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound;
And maidens call it love-in-idleness. --Shak.
Love juice, juice of a plant supposed to produce love.
--Shak.
Love knot, a knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from
being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual
affection. --Milman.
Love lass, a sweetheart.
Love letter, a letter of courtship. --Shak.
Love-lies-bleeding (Bot.), a species of amaranth
(Amarantus melancholicus).
Love match, a marriage brought about by love alone.
Love potion, a compounded draught intended to excite love,
or venereal desire.
Love rites, sexual intercourse. --Pope
Love scene, an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the
stage.
Love suit, courtship. --Shak.
Of all loves, for the sake of all love; by all means.
[Obs.] "Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come back
again." --Holinshed.
The god of love, or The Love god, Cupid.
To make love, to engage in sexual intercourse; -- a
euphemism.
To make love to, to express affection for; to woo. "If you
will marry, make your loves to me." --Shak.
To play for love, to play a game, as at cards, without
stakes. "A game at piquet for love." --Lamb.
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Syn: Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness;
delight.
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Amelanchier
(gcide) | Amelanchier \Amelanchier\ n.
1. 1 a genus of North American deciduous trees or shrubs.
Syn: genus Amelanchier.
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Amelanchier alnifolia
(gcide) | Shad \Shad\ (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of
fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a
herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a
fish.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring
family. The American species (Alosa sapidissima formerly
Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic
coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an
important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose
(Alosa alosa formerly Clupea alosa), and the twaite shad
(Alosa finta formerly Clupea finta), are less important
species. [Written also chad.]
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Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other
fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under Gizzard),
called also mud shad, white-eyed shad, and {winter
shad}.
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Hardboaded shad, or Yellow-tailed shad, the menhaden.
Hickory shad, or Tailor shad, the mattowacca.
Long-boned shad, one of several species of important food
fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus
Gerres.
Shad bush (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs
or small trees of the rosaceous genus Amelanchier
(Amelanchier Canadensis, and Amelanchier alnifolia).
Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when
the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in
June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The
plant is also called service tree, and Juneberry.
Shad frog, an American spotted frog (Rana halecina); --
so called because it usually appears at the time when the
shad begin to run in the rivers.
Trout shad, the squeteague.
White shad, the common shad.
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Amelanchier Canadensis
(gcide) | Shad \Shad\ (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of
fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a
herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a
fish.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring
family. The American species (Alosa sapidissima formerly
Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic
coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an
important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose
(Alosa alosa formerly Clupea alosa), and the twaite shad
(Alosa finta formerly Clupea finta), are less important
species. [Written also chad.]
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Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other
fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under Gizzard),
called also mud shad, white-eyed shad, and {winter
shad}.
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Hardboaded shad, or Yellow-tailed shad, the menhaden.
Hickory shad, or Tailor shad, the mattowacca.
Long-boned shad, one of several species of important food
fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus
Gerres.
Shad bush (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs
or small trees of the rosaceous genus Amelanchier
(Amelanchier Canadensis, and Amelanchier alnifolia).
Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when
the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in
June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The
plant is also called service tree, and Juneberry.
Shad frog, an American spotted frog (Rana halecina); --
so called because it usually appears at the time when the
shad begin to run in the rivers.
Trout shad, the squeteague.
White shad, the common shad.
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Avalanche
(gcide) | Avalanche \Av"a*lanche`\ (?; 277), n. [F. avalanche, fr. avaler
to descend, to let down, from aval down, downward; ? (L. ad)
+ val, L. vallis, valley. See Valley.]
1. A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down
a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
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2. A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an
avalanche of snow or ice.
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3. A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of
anything.
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Blanch
(gcide) | Blanch \Blanch\ (bl[.a]nch), v. i.
To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear;
the rose blanches in the sun.
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[Bones] blanching on the grass. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]Blanch \Blanch\, v. t. [See Blench.]
1. To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
[Obs.]
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Ifs and ands to qualify the words of treason,
whereby every man might express his malice and
blanch his danger. --Bacon.
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I suppose you will not blanch Paris in your way.
--Reliq. Wot.
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2. To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer.
[1913 Webster]Blanch \Blanch\ (bl[.a]nch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blanched
(bl[.a]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Blanching.] [OE. blanchen,
blaunchen, F. blanchir, fr. blanc white. See Blank, a.]
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1. To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as,
to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.
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2. (Gardening) To bleach by excluding the light, as the
stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying
them together.
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3. (Confectionery & Cookery)
(a) To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding;
as, to blanch almonds.
(b) To whiten, as the surface of meat, by plunging into
boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to
harden the surface and retain the juices.
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4. To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the
process of coining.).
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5. To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
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6. Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to
whitewash; to palliate.
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Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things.
--Tillotson.
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Syn: To Blanch, Whiten.
Usage: To whiten is the generic term, denoting, to render
white; as, to whiten the walls of a room. Usually
(though not of necessity) this is supposed to be done
by placing some white coloring matter in or upon the
surface of the object in question. To blanch is to
whiten by the removal of coloring matter; as, to
blanch linen. So the cheek is blanched by fear, i. e.,
by the withdrawal of the blood, which leaves it white.
[1913 Webster]Blanch \Blanch\, v. i.
To use evasion. [Obs.]
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Books will speak plain, when counselors blanch.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]Blanch \Blanch\, n. (Mining)
Ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals.
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Blanch holding
(gcide) | Blanch holding \Blanch" hold`ing\ (bl[.a]nch" h[=o]ld`[i^]ng).
(Scots Law)
A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent
(silver) or otherwise.
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Blanchard lathe
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3. The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for
separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; --
called also lay and batten.
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Blanchard lathe, a lathe for turning irregular forms after
a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like.
Drill lathe, or Speed lathe, a small lathe which, from
its high speed, is adapted for drilling; a hand lathe.
Engine lathe, a turning lathe in which the cutting tool has
an automatic feed; -- used chiefly for turning and boring
metals, cutting screws, etc.
Foot lathe, a lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by
the foot.
Geometric lathe. See under Geometric
Hand lathe, a lathe operated by hand; a power turning lathe
without an automatic feed for the tool.
Slide lathe, an engine lathe.
Throw lathe, a small lathe worked by one hand, while the
cutting tool is held in the other.
[1913 Webster]Blanchard lathe \Blan"chard lathe\ [After Thomas Blanchard,
American inventor.] (Mach.)
A kind of wood-turning lathe for making noncircular and
irregular forms, as felloes, gun stocks, lasts, spokes, etc.,
after a given pattern. The pattern and work rotate on
parallel spindles in the same direction with the same speed,
and the work is shaped by a rapidly rotating cutter whose
position is varied by the pattern acting as a cam upon a
follower wheel traversing slowly along the pattern.
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Blanched
(gcide) | Blanch \Blanch\ (bl[.a]nch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blanched
(bl[.a]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Blanching.] [OE. blanchen,
blaunchen, F. blanchir, fr. blanc white. See Blank, a.]
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1. To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as,
to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.
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2. (Gardening) To bleach by excluding the light, as the
stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying
them together.
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3. (Confectionery & Cookery)
(a) To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding;
as, to blanch almonds.
(b) To whiten, as the surface of meat, by plunging into
boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to
harden the surface and retain the juices.
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4. To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the
process of coining.).
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5. To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
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6. Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to
whitewash; to palliate.
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Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things.
--Tillotson.
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Syn: To Blanch, Whiten.
Usage: To whiten is the generic term, denoting, to render
white; as, to whiten the walls of a room. Usually
(though not of necessity) this is supposed to be done
by placing some white coloring matter in or upon the
surface of the object in question. To blanch is to
whiten by the removal of coloring matter; as, to
blanch linen. So the cheek is blanched by fear, i. e.,
by the withdrawal of the blood, which leaves it white.
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blanched etiolate etiolated whitened
(gcide) | Colorless \Col"or*less\, a.
1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent;
as, colorless water; a colorless gas.
Note: [Narrower terms: {ashen, bloodless, livid, lurid, pale,
pallid, pasty, wan, waxen}; neutral; white] [Also
See: achromatic, colorless.]
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2. Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar
sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes,
prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style;
definitions should be colorless.
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3. having lost its normal color.
Note: [Narrower terms: {blanched, etiolate, etiolated,
whitened}; bleached, faded, washed-out, washy;
dimmed, dulled, grayed; dirty; {dull, sober,
somber, subfusc}] colored
Syn: colorless, uncolored, uncoloured.
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Blancher
(gcide) | Blancher \Blanch"er\ (bl[.a]nch"[~e]e), n.
One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; esp., one who
anneals and cleanses money; also, a chemical preparation for
this purpose.
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One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside. [Obs.]
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And Gynecia, a blancher, which kept the dearest deer
from her. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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And so even now hath he divers blanchers belonging to
the market, to let and stop the light of the gospel.
--Latimer.
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Blanchimeter
(gcide) | Blanchimeter \Blanch*im"e*ter\ (bl[.a]nch*[i^]m"[-e]*t[~e]r), n.
[1st blanch + -meter.]
An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of chloride
of lime and potash; a chlorometer. --Ure.
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Blanching
(gcide) | Blanch \Blanch\ (bl[.a]nch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blanched
(bl[.a]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Blanching.] [OE. blanchen,
blaunchen, F. blanchir, fr. blanc white. See Blank, a.]
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1. To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as,
to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.
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2. (Gardening) To bleach by excluding the light, as the
stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying
them together.
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3. (Confectionery & Cookery)
(a) To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding;
as, to blanch almonds.
(b) To whiten, as the surface of meat, by plunging into
boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to
harden the surface and retain the juices.
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4. To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the
process of coining.).
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5. To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
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6. Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to
whitewash; to palliate.
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Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things.
--Tillotson.
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Syn: To Blanch, Whiten.
Usage: To whiten is the generic term, denoting, to render
white; as, to whiten the walls of a room. Usually
(though not of necessity) this is supposed to be done
by placing some white coloring matter in or upon the
surface of the object in question. To blanch is to
whiten by the removal of coloring matter; as, to
blanch linen. So the cheek is blanched by fear, i. e.,
by the withdrawal of the blood, which leaves it white.
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Carte blanche
(gcide) | Carte blanche \Carte` blanche"\ [F., fr. OF. carte paper +
-blanc, blanche, white. See 1st Card.]
A blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the
bottom, given to another person, with permission to
superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional
terms; unlimited authority.
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Emblanch
(gcide) | Emblanch \Em*blanch"\, v. t. [Pref. em- + 1st blanch.]
To whiten. See Blanch. [Obs.] --Heylin.
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Flanch
(gcide) | Flanch \Flanch\, n.; pl. Flanches. [Prov. E., a projection,
OF. flanche flank. See Flank.]
1. A flange. [R.]. (Her.) A bearing consisting of a segment
of a circle encroaching on the field from the side.
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Note: Flanches are always in pairs. A pair of flanches is
considered one of the subordinaries.
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Flanched
(gcide) | Flanched \Flanched\, a. (Her.)
Having flanches; -- said of an escutcheon with those
bearings.
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Flanches
(gcide) | Flanch \Flanch\, n.; pl. Flanches. [Prov. E., a projection,
OF. flanche flank. See Flank.]
1. A flange. [R.]. (Her.) A bearing consisting of a segment
of a circle encroaching on the field from the side.
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Note: Flanches are always in pairs. A pair of flanches is
considered one of the subordinaries.
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lanch
(gcide) | Lanch \Lanch\ (l[.a]nch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lanched
(l[.a]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Lanching. See Launch,
Lance.]
To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.
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See Whose arm can lanch the surer bolt. --Dryden &
Lee.
[1913 Webster]Launch \Launch\ (l[add]nch or l[aum]nch), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Launched (l[add]ncht or l[aum]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n.
Launching.] [OE. launchen to throw as a lance, OF.
lanchier, another form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lance
lance. See Lance.] [Written also lanch.]
1. To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
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2. To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce. [Obs.]
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Launch your hearts with lamentable wounds.
--Spenser.
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3. To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to
set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
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With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship,
And rolled on levers, launched her in the deep.
--Pope.
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4. To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to
give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to
launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or
enterprise.
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All art is used to sink episcopacy, and launch
presbytery in England. --Eikon
Basilike.
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Lanched
(gcide) | Lanch \Lanch\ (l[.a]nch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lanched
(l[.a]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Lanching. See Launch,
Lance.]
To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.
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See Whose arm can lanch the surer bolt. --Dryden &
Lee.
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Lanching
(gcide) | Lanch \Lanch\ (l[.a]nch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lanched
(l[.a]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Lanching. See Launch,
Lance.]
To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.
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See Whose arm can lanch the surer bolt. --Dryden &
Lee.
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Leclanch'e's battery
(gcide) | Battery \Bat"ter*y\, n.; pl. Batteries. [F. batterie, fr.
battre. See Batter, v. t.]
1. The act of battering or beating.
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2. (Law) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every
willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of
another's person or clothes, or anything attached to his
person or held by him.
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3. (Mil.)
(a) Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for
attack or defense.
(b) Two or more pieces of artillery in the field.
(c) A company or division of artillery, including the
gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the
United States, a battery of flying artillery consists
usually of six guns.
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Barbette battery. See Barbette.
Battery d'enfilade, or Enfilading battery, one that
sweeps the whole length of a line of troops or part of a
work.
Battery en ['e]charpe, one that plays obliquely.
Battery gun, a gun capable of firing a number of shots
simultaneously or successively without stopping to load.
Battery wagon, a wagon employed to transport the tools and
materials for repair of the carriages, etc., of the
battery.
In battery, projecting, as a gun, into an embrasure or over
a parapet in readiness for firing.
Masked battery, a battery artificially concealed until
required to open upon the enemy.
Out of battery, or From battery, withdrawn, as a gun, to
a position for loading.
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4. (Elec.)
(a) A number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected
that they may be charged and discharged
simultaneously.
(b) An apparatus for generating voltaic electricity.
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Note: In the trough battery, copper and zinc plates,
connected in pairs, divide the trough into cells, which
are filled with an acid or oxidizing liquid; the effect
is exhibited when wires connected with the two
end-plates are brought together. In {Daniell's
battery}, the metals are zinc and copper, the former in
dilute sulphuric acid, or a solution of sulphate of
zinc, the latter in a saturated solution of sulphate of
copper. A modification of this is the common {gravity
battery}, so called from the automatic action of the
two fluids, which are separated by their specific
gravities. In Grove's battery, platinum is the metal
used with zinc; two fluids are used, one of them in a
porous cell surrounded by the other. In Bunsen's or
the carbon battery, the carbon of gas coke is
substituted for the platinum of Grove's. In
Leclanch['e]'s battery, the elements are zinc in a
solution of ammonium chloride, and gas carbon
surrounded with manganese dioxide in a porous cell. A
secondary battery is a battery which usually has the
two plates of the same kind, generally of lead, in
dilute sulphuric acid, and which, when traversed by an
electric current, becomes charged, and is then capable
of giving a current of itself for a time, owing to
chemical changes produced by the charging current. A
storage battery is a kind of secondary battery used
for accumulating and storing the energy of electrical
charges or currents, usually by means of chemical work
done by them; an accumulator.
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5. A number of similar machines or devices in position; an
apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a
battery of boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc.
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6. (Metallurgy) A series of stamps operated by one motive
power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals.
--Knight.
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7. The box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and
down.
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8. (Baseball) The pitcher and catcher together.
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Melancholia
(gcide) | Melancholia \Mel`an*cho"li*a\, n. [L. See Melancholy.] (Med.)
A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme
depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and
brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas.
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Melancholian
(gcide) | Melancholian \Mel`an*cho"li*an\, n.
A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic. [Obs.]
--Dr. J. Scott.
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Melancholic
(gcide) | Melancholic \Mel"an*chol`ic\, a. [L. melancholicus, Gr. ?: cf.
F. m['e]lancholique.]
Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected;
unhappy.
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Just as the melancholic eye
Sees fleets and armies in the sky. --Prior.
[1913 Webster]Melancholic \Mel"an*chol`ic\, n. [Obs.]
1. One affected with a gloomy state of mind. --J. Spenser.
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2. A gloomy state of mind; melancholy. --Clarendon.
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Melancholily
(gcide) | Melancholily \Mel"an*chol`i*ly\, adv.
In a melancholy manner.
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Melancholiness
(gcide) | Melancholiness \Mel"an*chol`i*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being melancholy. --Hallywell.
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Melancholious
(gcide) | Melancholious \Mel`an*cho"li*ous\, a. [Cf. OF. melancholieux.]
Melancholy. [R.] --Milton.
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