| slovo | definícia |
laver
(encz) | laver, n: |
Laver
(gcide) | Laver \Lav"er\, n. [From Lave to wash.]
One who laves; a washer. [Obs.]
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Laver
(gcide) | Laver \La"ver\ (l[=a]"v[~e]r), n.
The fronds of certain marine alg[ae] used as food, and for
making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the {Ulva
latissima}; purple laver, Porphyra laciniata and {Porphyra
vulgaris}. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with
other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also
sloke, or sloakan.
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Mountain laver (Bot.), a reddish gelatinous alga of the
genus Palmella, found on the sides of mountains
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Laver
(gcide) | Laver \Lav"er\ (l[=a]"v[~e]r), n. [OE. lavour, F. lavoir, L.
lavatorium a washing place. See Lavatory.]
1. A vessel for washing; a large basin.
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2. (Script. Hist.)
(a) A large brazen vessel placed in the court of the
Jewish tabernacle where the officiating priests washed
their hands and feet.
(b) One of several vessels in Solomon's Temple in which
the offerings for burnt sacrifices were washed.
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3. That which washes or cleanses. --J. H. Newman.
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laver
(wn) | Laver
n 1: Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to
win the Australian and French and English and United States
singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this
feat (born in 1938) [syn: Laver, Rod Laver, {Rodney
George Laver}]
2: (Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient
Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions
3: edible red seaweeds [syn: red laver, laver]
4: seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds [syn:
sea lettuce, laver] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
slavery
(mass) | slavery
- otroctvo |
abolish slavery
(encz) | abolish slavery,zrušit otroctví v: |
antislavery
(encz) | antislavery,protiotrokářský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
claver
(encz) | claver, v: |
klavern
(encz) | klavern, n: |
laver
(encz) | laver, n: |
palaver
(encz) | palaver,dohadování n: Zdeněk Brožpalaver,komplikace n: Zdeněk Brožpalaver,lichocení n: Zdeněk Brožpalaver,nepříjemnosti n: Zdeněk Brožpalaver,pochlebování n: Zdeněk Brožpalaver,tlachání n: Zdeněk Brožpalaver,žvanění n: Zdeněk Brož |
red laver
(encz) | red laver, n: |
slaver
(encz) | slaver,otrokář n: Zdeněk Brožslaver,podlizat v: Jakub Kalousekslaver,slintat v: Zdeněk Brož |
slavery
(encz) | slavery,otroctví n: Zdeněk Brož |
white slaver
(encz) | white slaver, n: |
white slavery
(encz) | white slavery,obchod s děvčaty n: Zdeněk Brož |
Antislavery
(gcide) | Antislavery \An`ti*slav"er*y\, a.
Opposed to slavery. -- n. Opposition to slavery.
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Beslaver
(gcide) | Beslaver \Be*slav"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beslavered; p. pr.
& vb. n. Beslavering.]
To defile with slaver; to beslobber.
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Beslavered
(gcide) | Beslaver \Be*slav"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beslavered; p. pr.
& vb. n. Beslavering.]
To defile with slaver; to beslobber.
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Beslavering
(gcide) | Beslaver \Be*slav"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beslavered; p. pr.
& vb. n. Beslavering.]
To defile with slaver; to beslobber.
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Calaveras skull
(gcide) | Calaveras skull \Ca`la*ve"ras skull\
A human skull reported, by Prof. J. D. Whitney, as found in
1886 in a Tertiary auriferous gravel deposit, lying below a
bed of black lava, in Calaveras County, California. It is
regarded as very doubtful whether the skull really belonged
to the deposit in which it was found. If it did, it indicates
an unprecedented antiquity for human beings of an advanced
type.
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Calaverite
(gcide) | Calaverite \Ca`la*ve"rite\, n. (Min.)
A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a
telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County
California.
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Claver
(gcide) | Claver \Clav"er\, n. [Obs.]
See Clover. --Holland.
[1913 Webster]Claver \Clav"er\, n.
Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chattering. [Scot. &
North of Eng.]
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Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of
their clavers. --Thackeray.
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Coregonus laveretus
(gcide) | Lavaret \Lav"a*ret\, n. [F.] (Zool.)
A European whitefish (Coregonus laveretus), found in the
mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland.
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Enslaver
(gcide) | Enslaver \En*slav"er\, n.
One who enslaves. --Swift.
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Glaver
(gcide) | Glaver \Glav"er\, v. i. [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. glafr
flattery.]
1. To prate; to jabber; to babble. [Obs.]
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Here many, clepid filosophirs, glavern diversely.
--Wyclif.
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2. To flatter; to wheedle. [Obs.]
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Some slavish, glavering, flattering parasite.
--South.
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Glaverer
(gcide) | Glaverer \Glav"er*er\, n.
A flatterer. [Obs.] --Mir. for Mag.
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Green laver
(gcide) | Green \Green\ (gr[=e]n), a. [Compar. Greener (gr[=e]n"[~e]r);
superl. Greenest.] [OE. grene, AS. gr[=e]ne; akin to D.
groen, OS. gr[=o]ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr["u]n, Dan. & Sw.
gr["o]n, Icel. gr[ae]nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See
Grow.]
1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
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2. Having a sickly color; wan.
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To look so green and pale. --Shak.
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3. Full of life and vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
as, a green manhood; a green wound.
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As valid against such an old and beneficent
government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
--Burke.
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4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
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5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
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We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
Watts.
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6. Immature in age, judgment, or experience; inexperienced;
young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or
judgment.
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I might be angry with the officious zeal which
supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
gray hairs. --Sir W.
Scott.
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7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
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8. (Politics) Concerned especially with protection of the
enviroment; -- of political parties and political
philosophies; as, the European green parties.
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Green brier (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
United States; -- called also cat brier.
Green con (Zool.), the pollock.
Green crab (Zool.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
named joe-rocker.
Green crop, a crop used for food while in a growing or
unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
crop, etc.
Green diallage. (Min.)
(a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
(b) Smaragdite.
Green dragon (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
(Aris[ae]ma Dracontium), resembling the Indian turnip;
-- called also dragon root.
Green earth (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
as a pigment by artists; -- called also mountain green.
Green ebony.
(a) A south American tree (Jacaranda ovalifolia), having
a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
work, and in dyeing.
(b) The West Indian green ebony. See Ebony.
Green fire (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
to which the color of the flame is due.
Green fly (Zool.), any green species of plant lice or
aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
Green gage, (Bot.) See Greengage, in the Vocabulary.
Green gland (Zool.), one of a pair of large green glands in
Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their
outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[ae].
Green hand, a novice. [Colloq.]
Green heart (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
the West Indies and in South America, used for
shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
Guiana is the Nectandra Rodi[oe]i, that of Martinique is
the Colubrina ferruginosa.
Green iron ore (Min.) dufrenite.
Green laver (Bot.), an edible seaweed (Ulva latissima);
-- called also green sloke.
Green lead ore (Min.), pyromorphite.
Green linnet (Zool.), the greenfinch.
Green looper (Zool.), the cankerworm.
Green marble (Min.), serpentine.
Green mineral, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
See Greengill.
Green monkey (Zool.) a West African long-tailed monkey
(Cercopithecus callitrichus), very commonly tamed, and
trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
Indies early in the last century, and has become very
abundant there.
Green salt of Magnus (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
of platinum.
Green sand (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
Green sea (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
vessel's deck.
Green sickness (Med.), chlorosis.
Green snake (Zool.), one of two harmless American snakes
(Cyclophis vernalis, and C. [ae]stivus). They are
bright green in color.
Green turtle (Zool.), an edible marine turtle. See
Turtle.
Green vitriol.
(a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
(b) (Min.) Same as copperas, melanterite and {sulphate
of iron}.
Green ware, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
yet baked.
Green woodpecker (Zool.), a common European woodpecker
(Picus viridis); -- called also yaffle.
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klavern
(gcide) | klavern \klavern\ n.
A local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan.
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Laverock
(gcide) | Laverock \La"ver*ock\ (l[=a]"v[~e]r*[o^]k), n. [See Lark the
bird.]
The lark. [Old Eng. & Scot.] [Written also lavrock.]
--Gower.
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Mountain laver
(gcide) | Laver \La"ver\ (l[=a]"v[~e]r), n.
The fronds of certain marine alg[ae] used as food, and for
making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the {Ulva
latissima}; purple laver, Porphyra laciniata and {Porphyra
vulgaris}. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with
other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also
sloke, or sloakan.
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Mountain laver (Bot.), a reddish gelatinous alga of the
genus Palmella, found on the sides of mountains
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Palaver
(gcide) | Palaver \Pa*la"ver\, n. [Sp. palabra, or Pg. palavra, fr. L.
parabola a comparison, a parable, LL., a word. See
Parable.]
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1. Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk
intended to deceive; flattery.
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2. In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a
public conference and deliberation; a debate.
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This epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers.
--Carlyle.
[1913 Webster]Palaver \Pa*la"ver\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Palavered; p.
pr. & vb. n. Palavering.]
To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver; to talk idly or
deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver
artfully.
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Palavering the little language for her benefit. --C.
Bront['e]
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Palavered
(gcide) | Palaver \Pa*la"ver\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Palavered; p.
pr. & vb. n. Palavering.]
To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver; to talk idly or
deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver
artfully.
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Palavering the little language for her benefit. --C.
Bront['e]
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Palaverer
(gcide) | Palaverer \Pa*la"ver*er\, n.
One who palavers; a flatterer.
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Palavering
(gcide) | Palaver \Pa*la"ver\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Palavered; p.
pr. & vb. n. Palavering.]
To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver; to talk idly or
deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver
artfully.
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Palavering the little language for her benefit. --C.
Bront['e]
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Plasmodium subgenus Laverania falciferum
(gcide) | Malaria parasite \Malaria parasite\
Any of several minute protozoans of the genus Plasmodium
(syn. Haematozoon) which in their adult condition live in
the tissues of mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles (which
see) and when transferred to the blood of man, by the bite of
the mosquito, produce malaria.
Note: The young parasites, or sporozoites, enter the red
blood corpuscles, growing at their expense, undergoing
sporulation, and finally destroying the corpuscles,
thus liberating in the blood plasma an immense number
of small spores called merozoites. An indefinite but
not ultimated number of such generations may follow,
but if meanwhile the host is bitten by a mosquito, the
parasites develop into gametes in the stomach of the
insect. These conjugate, the zygote thus produced
divides, forming spores, and eventually sporozoites,
which, penetrating to the salivary glands of the
mosquito, may be introduced into a new host. The
attacks of the disease coincide with the dissolution of
the corpuscles and liberation of the spores and
products of growth of the parasites into the blood
plasma. Several species of the parasite are
distinguished, as Plasmodium vivax, producing tertian
malaria; Plasmodium malariae, quartan malaria; and
Plasmodium (subgenus Laverania) falciferum, the
malarial fever of summer and autumn common in the
tropics.
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Proslavery
(gcide) | Proslavery \Pro*slav"er*y\, a. [Pref. pro- + slavery.]
Favoring slavery. -- n. Advocacy of slavery.
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sky laverock
(gcide) | Skylark \Sky"lark`\, n. (Zool.)
A lark that mounts and sings as it files, especially the
common species (Alauda arvensis) found in Europe and in
some parts of Asia, and celebrated for its melodious song; --
called also sky laverock. See under Lark.
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Note: The Australian skylark (Cincloramphus cantillans) is
a pipit which has the habit of ascending
perpendicularly like a skylark, but it lacks the song
of a true lark. The Missouri skylark is a pipit
(Anthus Spraguei) of the Western United States,
resembling the skylark in habit and song.
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slaver
(gcide) | Slabber \Slab"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slabbered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Slabbering.] [OE. slaberen; akin to LG. & D.
slabbern, G. schlabbern, LG. & D. slabben, G. schlabben,
Icel. slafra. Cf. Slaver, Slobber, Slubber.]
To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly,
like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool. [Written also
slaver, and slobber.]
[1913 Webster]Slaver \Slav"er\, n.
1. A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.
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2. A person engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; a
slave merchant, or slave trader.
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The slaver's hand was on the latch,
He seemed in haste to go. --Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]Slaver \Slav"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slavered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Slavering.] [Cf. Icel. slafra. See Slabber.]
1. To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth.
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2. To be besmeared with saliva. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Slaver \Slav"er\, v. t.
To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with
drivel; to slabber.
[1913 Webster]Slaver \Slav"er\, n.
Saliva driveling from the mouth.
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Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right,
It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. --Pope.
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Slaver
(gcide) | Slabber \Slab"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slabbered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Slabbering.] [OE. slaberen; akin to LG. & D.
slabbern, G. schlabbern, LG. & D. slabben, G. schlabben,
Icel. slafra. Cf. Slaver, Slobber, Slubber.]
To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly,
like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool. [Written also
slaver, and slobber.]
[1913 Webster]Slaver \Slav"er\, n.
1. A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.
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2. A person engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; a
slave merchant, or slave trader.
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The slaver's hand was on the latch,
He seemed in haste to go. --Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]Slaver \Slav"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slavered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Slavering.] [Cf. Icel. slafra. See Slabber.]
1. To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth.
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2. To be besmeared with saliva. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Slaver \Slav"er\, v. t.
To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with
drivel; to slabber.
[1913 Webster]Slaver \Slav"er\, n.
Saliva driveling from the mouth.
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Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right,
It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. --Pope.
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Slavered
(gcide) | Slaver \Slav"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slavered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Slavering.] [Cf. Icel. slafra. See Slabber.]
1. To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth.
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2. To be besmeared with saliva. --Shak.
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Slaverer
(gcide) | Slaverer \Slav"er*er\, n.
A driveler; an idiot.
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Slaveries
(gcide) | Slavery \Slav"er*y\, n.; pl. Slaveries. [See 2d Slave.]
1. The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection
of one person to the will of another.
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Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, slavery, said
I, still thou art a bitter draught! --Sterne.
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I wish, from my soul, that the legislature of this
state [Virginia] could see the policy of a gradual
abolition of slavery. It might prevent much future
mischief. --Washington.
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2. A condition of subjection or submission characterized by
lack of freedom of action or of will.
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The vulgar slaveries rich men submit to. --C. Lever.
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There is a slavery that no legislation can abolish,
-- the slavery of caste. --G. W. Cable.
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3. The holding of slaves.
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Syn: Bondage; servitude; inthrallment; enslavement;
captivity; bond service; vassalage.
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Slavering
(gcide) | Slaver \Slav"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slavered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Slavering.] [Cf. Icel. slafra. See Slabber.]
1. To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth.
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2. To be besmeared with saliva. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Slavering \Slav"er*ing\, a.
Drooling; defiling with saliva. -- Slav"er*ing*ly, adv.
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Slaveringly
(gcide) | Slavering \Slav"er*ing\, a.
Drooling; defiling with saliva. -- Slav"er*ing*ly, adv.
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Slavery
(gcide) | Slavery \Slav"er*y\, n.; pl. Slaveries. [See 2d Slave.]
1. The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection
of one person to the will of another.
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Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, slavery, said
I, still thou art a bitter draught! --Sterne.
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I wish, from my soul, that the legislature of this
state [Virginia] could see the policy of a gradual
abolition of slavery. It might prevent much future
mischief. --Washington.
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2. A condition of subjection or submission characterized by
lack of freedom of action or of will.
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The vulgar slaveries rich men submit to. --C. Lever.
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There is a slavery that no legislation can abolish,
-- the slavery of caste. --G. W. Cable.
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3. The holding of slaves.
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Syn: Bondage; servitude; inthrallment; enslavement;
captivity; bond service; vassalage.
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Water laverock
(gcide) | Water laverock \Wa"ter la"ver*ock\ (Zool.)
The common sandpiper.
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White slaver
(gcide) | White slaver \White slaver\
A person engaged in procuring or holding a woman or women for
unwilling prostitution.
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claver
(wn) | claver
v 1: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer,
natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit] |
klavern
(wn) | klavern
n 1: a local unit of the Ku Klux Klan |
laver
(wn) | Laver
n 1: Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to
win the Australian and French and English and United States
singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this
feat (born in 1938) [syn: Laver, Rod Laver, {Rodney
George Laver}]
2: (Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient
Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions
3: edible red seaweeds [syn: red laver, laver]
4: seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds [syn:
sea lettuce, laver] |
palaver
(wn) | palaver
n 1: flattery intended to persuade [syn: blandishment,
cajolery, palaver]
2: loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric" [syn:
palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk,
rhetoric]
v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, {tittle-
tattle}, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab,
gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]
2: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering;
"He palavered her into going along" [syn: wheedle,
cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk,
inveigle]
3: have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of
different backgrounds |
red laver
(wn) | red laver
n 1: edible red seaweeds [syn: red laver, laver] |
rod laver
(wn) | Rod Laver
n 1: Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to
win the Australian and French and English and United States
singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this
feat (born in 1938) [syn: Laver, Rod Laver, {Rodney
George Laver}] |
rodney george laver
(wn) | Rodney George Laver
n 1: Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to
win the Australian and French and English and United States
singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this
feat (born in 1938) [syn: Laver, Rod Laver, {Rodney
George Laver}] |
slaver
(wn) | slaver
n 1: a person engaged in slave trade [syn: slaver, {slave
dealer}, slave trader]
2: someone who holds slaves [syn: slaveholder, slave owner,
slaver]
v 1: let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn:
drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber,
dribble] |
slavery
(wn) | slavery
n 1: the state of being under the control of another person
[syn: bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom,
thraldom]
2: the practice of owning slaves [syn: slavery,
slaveholding]
3: work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay |
white slaver
(wn) | white slaver
n 1: a person who forces women to become prostitutes |
SLAVERY
(bouvier) | SLAVERY. The state or condition of a slave.
2. Slavery exists in most of the southern states. In Pennsylvania, by
the act of March, 1780, for the gradual abolition of slavery, it has been
almost entirely removed in Massachusetts it was held, soon after the
Revolution, that slavery had been abolished by their constitution; 4 Mass.
128; in Connecticut, slavery has been totally extinguished by legislative
provisions; Reeve's Dom. Bel. 340; the states north of Delaware, Maryland
and the river Ohio, may be considered as free States, where slavery is not
tolerated. Vide Stroud on Slavery; 2 Kent, Com. 201; Rutherf. Inst. 238.
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