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Linga
(gcide) | Linga \Lin"ga\ (l[i^][ng]"g[.a]), Lingam \Lin"gam\
(l[i^][ng]"g[a^]m), n. [Skr. li[.n]ga.]
The phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshiped
in his character of the creative and reproductive power.
--Whitworth. E. Arnold.
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burlingame
(encz) | Burlingame,Burlingame n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
galingale
(encz) | galingale, n: |
lingam
(encz) | lingam, n: |
burlingame
(czen) | Burlingame,Burlingamen: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
Galingale
(gcide) | Galingale \Gal"in*gale\, n. [See Galangal.] (Bot.)
A plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus longus) having
aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus. --Chaucer.
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Meadow, set with slender galingale. --Tennyson.
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Lingam
(gcide) | Linga \Lin"ga\ (l[i^][ng]"g[.a]), Lingam \Lin"gam\
(l[i^][ng]"g[a^]m), n. [Skr. li[.n]ga.]
The phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshiped
in his character of the creative and reproductive power.
--Whitworth. E. Arnold.
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nickeling-and-diming
(gcide) | nickel-and-dime \nick"el-and-dime"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
nickel-and-dimed or nickeled-and-dimed; p. pr. & vb. n.
nickel-and-diming or nickeling-and-diming.]
1. To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial
reasons; specifically, to insist on minor concessions in a
negotiation.
[PJC]
2. To weaken or impair gradually or by small steps; as, to be
nickel-and-dimed into bankruptcy by the operating
overhead. [informal]
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galingale
(wn) | galingale
n 1: European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of
reddish flowers and aromatic roots [syn: galingale,
galangal, Cyperus longus] |
lingam
(wn) | lingam
n 1: the Hindu phallic symbol of Siva |
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