| slovo | definícia |
lister
(encz) | lister,katalogizátor Pavel Cvrček |
lister
(encz) | Lister,Lister n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
lister
(czen) | Lister,Listern: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Lister
(gcide) | Leister \Leis"ter\, Lister \Lis"ter\(l[i^]s"t[~e]r), n.
A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.
[Scotland]
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Lister
(gcide) | Lister \List"er\ (l[i^]st"[~e]r), n. [Cf. List a strip,
border, prob. applied to the furrow or the ridge of earth
along the furrow.]
A double-moldboard plow which throws a deep furrow, and at
the same time plants and covers grain in the bottom of the
furrow.
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Lister
(gcide) | Lister \List"er\ (l[i^]st"[~e]r), n.
One who makes a list or roll.
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Lister
(gcide) | Lister \Lis"ter\ (l[i^]s"t[~e]r), n.
Same as Leister.
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lister
(wn) | Lister
n 1: English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics
(1827-1912) [syn: Lister, Joseph Lister, {Baron
Lister}]
2: assessor who makes out the tax lists
3: moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt
to either side of a central furrow [syn: lister, {lister
plow}, lister plough, middlebreaker, middle buster] |
LISTER
(bouvier) | LISTERS. This word is used in some of the states to designate the persons
appointed to make lists of taxables. See Verm. Rev. Stat. 538.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
blister
(mass) | blister
- vynadať |
blistering
(mass) | blistering
- horúci |
blister
(encz) | blister,bublinka Martin M.blister,odloupávat se Martin M.blister,ostře zkritizovat Martin M.blister,puchýř n: Martin M.blister,puchýřek n: Martin M.blister,seřezat Martin M.blister,udělat puchýře Martin M.blister,vynadat Martin M. |
blistering
(encz) | blistering,sžíravý Martin M.blistering,žhavý Martin M. |
blisters
(encz) | blisters,puchýře Zdeněk Brož |
fever blister
(encz) | fever blister,opar na rtu n: Zdeněk Brož |
glister
(encz) | glister, |
glistering
(encz) | glistering, adj: |
hollister
(encz) | Hollister,Hollister n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
lister
(encz) | lister,katalogizátor Pavel CvrčekLister,Lister n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
lister plough
(encz) | lister plough, n: |
lister plow
(encz) | lister plow, n: |
listeria
(encz) | listeria,druh bakterie Zdeněk Brož |
listeria meningitis
(encz) | listeria meningitis, n: |
listeriosis
(encz) | listeriosis, n: |
listerize
(encz) | Listerize, |
listerizes
(encz) | Listerizes, |
listers
(encz) | listers, |
water blister
(encz) | water blister,vodou nalitý puchýř n: PetrV |
white pine blister rust
(encz) | white pine blister rust, n: |
hollister
(czen) | Hollister,Hollistern: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
lister
(czen) | Lister,Listern: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Arbalister
(gcide) | Arbalester \Ar"ba*lest`er\, Arbalister \Ar"ba*list`er\, n. [OF.
arblastere, OF. arbalestier. See Arbalest.]
A crossbowman. [Obs.] --Speed.
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Arcubalister
(gcide) | Arcubalister \Ar`cu*bal"ist*er\, n. [L. arcuballistarius. Cf.
Arbalister.]
A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist. --Camden.
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Balister
(gcide) | Balister \Bal"is*ter\ (b[a^]l"[i^]s*t[~e]r or
b[.a]*l[i^]s"t[~e]r), n. [OF. balestre. See Ballista.]
A crossbow. [Obs.] --Blount.
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Ballister
(gcide) | Ballister \Bal"lis*ter\ (b[a^]l"l[i^]s*t[~e]r or
b[a^]l*l[i^]s"t[~e]r), n. [L. ballista. Cf. Balister.]
A crossbow. [Obs.]
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Blister
(gcide) | Blister \Blis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blistered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blistering.]
To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister
form on.
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Let my tongue blister. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Blister \Blis"ter\, v. t.
1. To raise a blister or blisters upon.
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My hands were blistered. --Franklin.
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2. To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister.
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This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongue.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]Blister \Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same
root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind.]
1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum,
whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a
vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a
bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.
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And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.
--Grainger.
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2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin,
as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the
surface, as on steel.
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3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter,
applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.
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Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the
Lytta vesicatoria (or Cantharis vesicatoria), called
Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See
Cantharis.
Blister fly, a blister beetle.
Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; --
usually made of Spanish flies.
Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by
cementation; -- so called because of its blistered
surface. Called also blistered steel.
Blood blister. See under Blood.
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Blister beetle
(gcide) | Blister \Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same
root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind.]
1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum,
whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a
vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a
bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.
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And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.
--Grainger.
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2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin,
as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the
surface, as on steel.
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3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter,
applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.
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Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the
Lytta vesicatoria (or Cantharis vesicatoria), called
Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See
Cantharis.
Blister fly, a blister beetle.
Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; --
usually made of Spanish flies.
Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by
cementation; -- so called because of its blistered
surface. Called also blistered steel.
Blood blister. See under Blood.
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Blister fly
(gcide) | Blister \Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same
root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind.]
1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum,
whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a
vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a
bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.
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And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.
--Grainger.
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2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin,
as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the
surface, as on steel.
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3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter,
applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.
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Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the
Lytta vesicatoria (or Cantharis vesicatoria), called
Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See
Cantharis.
Blister fly, a blister beetle.
Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; --
usually made of Spanish flies.
Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by
cementation; -- so called because of its blistered
surface. Called also blistered steel.
Blood blister. See under Blood.
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Blister plaster
(gcide) | Blister \Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same
root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind.]
1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum,
whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a
vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a
bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.
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And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.
--Grainger.
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2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin,
as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the
surface, as on steel.
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3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter,
applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.
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Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the
Lytta vesicatoria (or Cantharis vesicatoria), called
Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See
Cantharis.
Blister fly, a blister beetle.
Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; --
usually made of Spanish flies.
Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by
cementation; -- so called because of its blistered
surface. Called also blistered steel.
Blood blister. See under Blood.
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Blister steel
(gcide) | Steel \Steel\ (st[=e]l), n. [AS. st[=e]l, st[=y]l, st[=y]le;
akin to D. staal, G. stahl, OHG. stahal, Icel. st[=a]l, Dan.
staal, Sw. st[*a]l, Old Prussian stakla.]
1. (Metal) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and
properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing
between one half of one per cent and one and a half per
cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with
an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be
tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability
decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in
carbon.
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2. An instrument or implement made of steel; as:
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(a) A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc. "Brave Macbeth . .
. with his brandished steel." --Shak.
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While doubting thus he stood,
Received the steel bathed in his brother's
blood. --Dryden.
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(b) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for
sharpening knives.
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(c) A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint.
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3. Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is
characterized by sternness or rigor. "Heads of steel."
--Johnson. "Manhood's heart of steel." --Byron.
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4. (Med.) A chalybeate medicine. --Dunglison.
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Note: Steel is often used in the formation of compounds,
generally of obvious meaning; as, steel-clad,
steel-girt, steel-hearted, steel-plated, steel-pointed,
etc.
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Bessemer steel (Metal.) See in the Vocabulary.
Blister steel. (Metal.) See under Blister.
Cast steel (Metal.), a fine variety of steel, originally
made by smelting blister or cementation steel; hence,
ordinarily, steel of any process of production when
remelted and cast.
Chrome steel, Chromium steel (Metal.), a hard, tenacious
variety containing a little chromium, and somewhat
resembling tungsten steel.
Mild steel (Metal.), a kind of steel having a lower
proportion of carbon than ordinary steel, rendering it
softer and more malleable.
Puddled steel (Metal.), a variety of steel produced from
cast iron by the puddling process.
Steel duck (Zool.), the goosander, or merganser. [Prov.
Eng.]
Steel mill.
(a) (Firearms) See Wheel lock, under Wheel.
(b) A mill which has steel grinding surfaces.
(c) A mill where steel is manufactured.
Steel trap, a trap for catching wild animals. It consists
of two iron jaws, which close by means of a powerful steel
spring when the animal disturbs the catch, or tongue, by
which they are kept open.
Steel wine, wine, usually sherry, in which steel filings
have been placed for a considerable time, -- used as a
medicine.
Tincture of steel (Med.), an alcoholic solution of the
chloride of iron.
Tungsten steel (Metal.), a variety of steel containing a
small amount of tungsten, and noted for its tenacity and
hardness, as well as for its malleability and tempering
qualities. It is also noted for its magnetic properties.
[1913 Webster]Blister \Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same
root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind.]
1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum,
whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a
vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a
bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.
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And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.
--Grainger.
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2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin,
as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the
surface, as on steel.
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3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter,
applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.
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Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the
Lytta vesicatoria (or Cantharis vesicatoria), called
Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See
Cantharis.
Blister fly, a blister beetle.
Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; --
usually made of Spanish flies.
Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by
cementation; -- so called because of its blistered
surface. Called also blistered steel.
Blood blister. See under Blood.
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Blistered
(gcide) | Blister \Blis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blistered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blistering.]
To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister
form on.
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Let my tongue blister. --Shak.
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blistered steel
(gcide) | Blister \Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same
root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind.]
1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum,
whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a
vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a
bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.
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And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.
--Grainger.
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2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin,
as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the
surface, as on steel.
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3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter,
applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.
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Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the
Lytta vesicatoria (or Cantharis vesicatoria), called
Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See
Cantharis.
Blister fly, a blister beetle.
Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; --
usually made of Spanish flies.
Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by
cementation; -- so called because of its blistered
surface. Called also blistered steel.
Blood blister. See under Blood.
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Blistering
(gcide) | Blister \Blis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blistered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blistering.]
To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister
form on.
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Let my tongue blister. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]blistering \blistering\ adj.
1. harshly or corrosively critical in tone; -- of comments
about people or their actions. blistering criticism
Syn: acerb, acerbic, acid, bitter, caustic, scathing,
venomous, virulent, vitriolic.
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2. intensely hot. blistering sun
Syn: blistery.
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3. very fast; as, a blistering pace.
Syn: red-hot, scorching.
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blistering
(gcide) | Blister \Blis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blistered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blistering.]
To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister
form on.
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Let my tongue blister. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]blistering \blistering\ adj.
1. harshly or corrosively critical in tone; -- of comments
about people or their actions. blistering criticism
Syn: acerb, acerbic, acid, bitter, caustic, scathing,
venomous, virulent, vitriolic.
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2. intensely hot. blistering sun
Syn: blistery.
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3. very fast; as, a blistering pace.
Syn: red-hot, scorching.
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Blistery
(gcide) | Blistery \Blis"ter*y\, a.
Full of blisters. --Hooker.
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Blood blister
(gcide) | Blood \Blood\ (bl[u^]d), n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[=o]d; akin
to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth. bl[=o][thorn], Icel.
bl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E.
blow to bloom. See Blow to bloom.]
1. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular
system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of
the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted.
See under Arterial.
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Note: The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing
minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the
invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless,
and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all
vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some
colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and
give the blood its uniformly red color. See
Corpuscle, Plasma.
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2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor;
consanguinity; kinship.
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To share the blood of Saxon royalty. --Sir W.
Scott.
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A friend of our own blood. --Waller.
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Half blood (Law), relationship through only one parent.
Whole blood, relationship through both father and mother.
In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole
blood. --Bouvier. --Peters.
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3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest
royal lineage.
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Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam. --Shak.
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I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. --Shak.
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4. (Stock Breeding) Descent from parents of recognized breed;
excellence or purity of breed.
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Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one
half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or
warm blood, is the same as blood.
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5. The fleshy nature of man.
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Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. --Shak.
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6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder;
manslaughter; destruction.
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So wills the fierce, avenging sprite,
Till blood for blood atones. --Hood.
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7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.]
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He was a thing of blood, whose every motion
Was timed with dying cries. --Shak.
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8. Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as
if the blood were the seat of emotions.
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When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth.
--Shak.
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Note: Often, in this sense, accompanied with bad, cold, warm,
or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in
cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without
sudden passion; to do it in bad blood, is to do it in
anger. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or
irritated. To warm or heat the blood is to excite the
passions. Qualified by up, excited feeling or passion
is signified; as, my blood was up.
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9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man;
a rake.
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Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all
the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty?
--Shak.
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It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood.
--Thackeray.
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10. The juice of anything, especially if red.
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He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes.
--Gen. xiix.
11.
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Note: Blood is often used as an adjective, and as the first
part of self-explaining compound words; as,
blood-bespotted, blood-bought, blood-curdling,
blood-dyed, blood-red, blood-spilling, blood-stained,
blood-warm, blood-won.
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Blood baptism (Eccl. Hist.), the martyrdom of those who had
not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in
blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for
literal baptism.
Blood blister, a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody
serum, usually caused by an injury.
Blood brother, brother by blood or birth.
Blood clam (Zool.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca and
allied genera, esp. Argina pexata of the American coast.
So named from the color of its flesh.
Blood corpuscle. See Corpuscle.
Blood crystal (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the
separation in a crystalline form of the h[ae]moglobin of
the red blood corpuscles; h[ae]matocrystallin. All blood
does not yield blood crystals.
Blood heat, heat equal to the temperature of human blood,
or about 981/2 [deg] Fahr.
Blood horse, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from
the purest and most highly prized origin or stock.
Blood money. See in the Vocabulary.
Blood orange, an orange with dark red pulp.
Blood poisoning (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused
by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from
without, or the absorption or retention of such as are
produced in the body itself; tox[ae]mia.
Blood pudding, a pudding made of blood and other materials.
Blood relation, one connected by blood or descent.
Blood spavin. See under Spavin.
Blood vessel. See in the Vocabulary.
Blue blood, the blood of noble or aristocratic families,
which, according to a Spanish prover, has in it a tinge of
blue; -- hence, a member of an old and aristocratic
family.
Flesh and blood.
(a) A blood relation, esp. a child.
(b) Human nature.
In blood (Hunting), in a state of perfect health and vigor.
--Shak.
To let blood. See under Let.
Prince of the blood, the son of a sovereign, or the issue
of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the
sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the
daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood
royal.
[1913 Webster]Blister \Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same
root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind.]
1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum,
whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a
vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a
bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.
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And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.
--Grainger.
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2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin,
as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the
surface, as on steel.
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3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter,
applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.
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Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the
Lytta vesicatoria (or Cantharis vesicatoria), called
Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See
Cantharis.
Blister fly, a blister beetle.
Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; --
usually made of Spanish flies.
Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by
cementation; -- so called because of its blistered
surface. Called also blistered steel.
Blood blister. See under Blood.
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Familisteries
(gcide) | Familistery \Fam"i*lis*ter*y\, n.; pl. Familisteries. [F.
familist[`e]re.]
A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and
are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.
Familistic |
Familistery
(gcide) | Familistery \Fam"i*lis*ter*y\, n.; pl. Familisteries. [F.
familist[`e]re.]
A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and
are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.
Familistic |
Fever blister
(gcide) | Fever \Fe"ver\ (f[=e]"v[~e]r), n. [OE. fever, fefer, AS. fefer,
fefor, L. febris: cf. F. fi[`e]vre. Cf. Febrile.]
1. (Med.) A diseased state of the system, marked by increased
heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement
of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of
appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most
prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid
fever; yellow fever.
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Note: Remitting fevers subside or abate at intervals;
intermitting fevers intermit or entirely cease at
intervals; continued or continual fevers neither remit
nor intermit.
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2. Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of
strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this
quarrel has set my blood in a fever.
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An envious fever
Of pale and bloodless emulation. --Shak.
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After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. --Shak.
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Brain fever, Continued fever, etc. See under Brain,
Continued, etc.
Fever and ague, a form of fever recurring in paroxysms
which are preceded by chills. It is of malarial origin.
Fever blister (Med.), a blister or vesicle often found
about the mouth in febrile states; a variety of herpes.
Fever bush (Bot.), the wild allspice or spice bush. See
Spicewood.
Fever powder. Same as Jame's powder.
Fever root (Bot.), an American herb of the genus
Triosteum (Triosteum perfoliatum); -- called also
feverwort and horse gentian.
Fever sore, a carious ulcer or necrosis. --Miner.
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Fillister
(gcide) | Fillister \Fil"lis*ter\, n.
1. The rabbet on the outer edge of a sash bar to hold the
glass and the putty. --Knight.
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2. A plane for making a rabbet.
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Fillister screw had, a short cylindrical screw head, having
a convex top.
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Fillister screw had
(gcide) | Fillister \Fil"lis*ter\, n.
1. The rabbet on the outer edge of a sash bar to hold the
glass and the putty. --Knight.
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2. A plane for making a rabbet.
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Fillister screw had, a short cylindrical screw head, having
a convex top.
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Glister
(gcide) | Glister \Glis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glistered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Glistering.] [OE. glistren; akin to G.
glistern,glinstern, D. glinsteren, and E. glisten. See
Glisten.]
To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to
glisten; to glitter.
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All that glisters is not gold. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Glister \Glis"ter\, n. [Cf. OF. glistere.] Same as Clyster.
[1913 Webster] Glisteringly \Glis"ter*ing*ly\, adv.
In a glistering manner.
[1913 Webster]Glister \Glis"ter\, n.
Glitter; luster.
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Glistered
(gcide) | Glister \Glis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glistered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Glistering.] [OE. glistren; akin to G.
glistern,glinstern, D. glinsteren, and E. glisten. See
Glisten.]
To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to
glisten; to glitter.
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All that glisters is not gold. --Shak.
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Glistering
(gcide) | Glister \Glis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glistered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Glistering.] [OE. glistren; akin to G.
glistern,glinstern, D. glinsteren, and E. glisten. See
Glisten.]
To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to
glisten; to glitter.
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All that glisters is not gold. --Shak.
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Glisteringly
(gcide) | Glister \Glis"ter\, n. [Cf. OF. glistere.] Same as Clyster.
[1913 Webster] Glisteringly \Glis"ter*ing*ly\, adv.
In a glistering manner.
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Listerian
(gcide) | Listerian \Lis*te"ri*an\ (l[i^]s*t[=e]"r[i^]*an), a. (Med.)
Of or pertaining to listerism.
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Listerism
(gcide) | Listerism \Lis"ter*ism\ (l[i^]s"t[~e]r*[i^]z'm), n. (Med.)
The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of
operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from
Joseph Lister, an English surgeon.
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Listerize
(gcide) | Listerize \Lis"ter*ize\ (l[i^]s"t[~e]r*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Listerized (l[i^]s"t[~e]r*[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Listerizing (l[i^]s"t[~e]r*[imac]z*[i^]ng).] (Med.)
To make antiseptic.
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Listerized
(gcide) | Listerize \Lis"ter*ize\ (l[i^]s"t[~e]r*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Listerized (l[i^]s"t[~e]r*[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Listerizing (l[i^]s"t[~e]r*[imac]z*[i^]ng).] (Med.)
To make antiseptic.
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Listerizing
(gcide) | Listerize \Lis"ter*ize\ (l[i^]s"t[~e]r*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Listerized (l[i^]s"t[~e]r*[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Listerizing (l[i^]s"t[~e]r*[imac]z*[i^]ng).] (Med.)
To make antiseptic.
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Millistere
(gcide) | Millistere \Mil"li*stere\, n. [F. millist[`e]re, from milli-
milli- + st[`e]re.]
A liter, or cubic decimeter.
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Philister
(gcide) | Philister \Phi*lis"ter\, n. [G.]
A Philistine; -- a cant name given to townsmen by students in
German universities.
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baron lister
(wn) | Baron Lister
n 1: English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics
(1827-1912) [syn: Lister, Joseph Lister, {Baron
Lister}] |
blister
(wn) | blister
n 1: a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance
does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
2: (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
3: (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
[syn: blister, bulla, bleb]
v 1: get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike"
[syn: blister, vesicate]
2: subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the
administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor
scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the
community" [syn: blister, scald, whip]
3: cause blisters to form on; "the tight shoes and perspiration
blistered her feet" |
blister beetle
(wn) | blister beetle
n 1: beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin
[syn: blister beetle, meloid] |
blister blight
(wn) | blister blight
n 1: a disease of Scotch pines
2: a disease of tea plants |
blister copper
(wn) | blister copper
n 1: an impure form of copper having a black blistered surface |
blister pack
(wn) | blister pack
n 1: packaging in which a product is sealed between a cardboard
backing and clear plastic cover [syn: blister pack,
bubble pack] |
blister rust
(wn) | blister rust
n 1: any of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of
the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of
bark and sapwood and producing blisters externally [syn:
blister rust, white-pine rust, {white pine blister
rust}]
2: fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex
life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host
[syn: blister rust, Cronartium ribicola] |
blistering
(wn) | blistering
adj 1: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing
otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments";
"her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter
words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about
political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical
ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic
critique" [syn: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid,
bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous,
sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic]
2: hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters; "blistering
sun" [syn: blistering, blistery]
3: very fast; capable of quick response and great speed; "a hot
sports car"; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start";
"in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive" [syn: blistering,
hot, red-hot]
n 1: the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin [syn:
vesiculation, vesication, blistering] |
blistering agent
(wn) | blistering agent
n 1: a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises
blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known
antidote [syn: mustard gas, mustard agent, {blistering
agent}, dichloroethyl sulfide, sulfur mustard] |
blistery
(wn) | blistery
adj 1: hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters;
"blistering sun" [syn: blistering, blistery]
2: covered with small blisters [syn: blebby, blistery] |
blood blister
(wn) | blood blister
n 1: blister containing blood or bloody serum usually caused by
an injury |
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