slovo | definícia |
lues (encz) | lues,syfilis Zdeněk Brož |
Lues (gcide) | Lues \Lu"es\, n. [L.] (Med.)
1. Disease, especially of a contagious kind. [archaic]
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2. syphilis; -- called also Lues venerea.
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Lues venerea, syphilis; -- called also simply lues.
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lues (wn) | lues
n 1: a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum
spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can
be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) [syn:
syphilis, syph, pox, lues venerea, lues] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
blues (mass) | blues
- depresie |
baby blues (encz) | baby blues,smutek těhotné Zdeněk Brož |
blues (encz) | blues,blues n: Zdeněk Brožblues,deprese n: Zdeněk Brož |
bluest (encz) | bluest,nejmodřejší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bluestocking (encz) | bluestocking,emancipovaná žena n: Zdeněk Brož |
bluestone (encz) | bluestone,modrá skalice Zdeněk Brož |
bluesy (encz) | bluesy,bluesový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
clues (encz) | clues,klíče Zdeněk Brožclues,vodítka n: Zdeněk Brož |
cry the blues (encz) | cry the blues,litovat rozchod s partnerem Zdeněk Brož |
dress blues (encz) | dress blues, n: |
eigenvalues (encz) | eigenvalues,vlastní hodnoty Zdeněk Brož |
got the blues (encz) | got the blues, |
lues (encz) | lues,syfilis Zdeněk Brož |
rhythm and blues (encz) | rhythm and blues, |
rhythm and blues musician (encz) | rhythm and blues musician, n: |
secondary values (encz) | secondary values,sekundární hodnoty [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
stable but adjustable par values (encz) | stable but adjustable par values, |
use values (encz) | use values,užitné hodnoty [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
values (encz) | values,hodnoty n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
blues (czen) | blues,bluesn: Zdeněk Brož |
bluesový (czen) | bluesový,blue Zdeněk Brožbluesový,bluesyadj: Zdeněk Brož |
blues (gcide) | blues \blues\ n.
a type of folk song that originated among Black Americans at
the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholoy sound
from repeated used of blue notes.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. a state of depression; as, he had a bad case of the blues.
Syn: megrims.
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bluesides (gcide) | Harp \Harp\ (h[aum]rp), n. [OE. harpe, AS. hearpe; akin to D.
harp, G. harfe, OHG. harpha, Dan. harpe, Icel. & Sw. harpa.]
1. A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame
furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held
upright, and played with the fingers.
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2. (Astron.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.
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3. A grain sieve. [Scot.]
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Aeolian harp. See under Aeolian.
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Harp seal (Zool.), an arctic seal (Phoca Gr[oe]nlandica).
The adult males have a light-colored body, with a
harp-shaped mark of black on each side, and the face and
throat black. Called also saddler, and saddleback. The
immature ones are called bluesides; their fur is white,
and they are killed and skinned to harvest the fur.
Harp shell (Zool.), a beautiful marine gastropod shell of
the genus Harpa, of several species, found in tropical
seas. See Harpa.
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Blue-skylaw (gcide) | Blue-skylaw \Blue"-sky"law`\
A law enacted to provide for the regulation and supervision
of investment companies in order to protect the public
against companies that do not intend to do a fair and honest
business and that offer investments that do not promise a
fair return; -- so called because the promises made by some
investment companies are as boundless or alluring as the blue
sky, or, perhaps, because designed to clear away the clouds
and fogs from the simple investor's horizon. [Colloq.]
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Bluest (gcide) | Blue \Blue\ (bl[=u]), a. [Compar. Bluer (bl[=u]"[~e]r);
superl. Bluest.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, livid, black,
fr. Icel.bl[=a]r livid; akin to Dan. blaa blue, Sw. bl[*a],
D. blauw, OHG. bl[=a]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F.
bleu, from OHG. bl[=a]o.]
1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it,
whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue
as a sapphire; blue violets. "The blue firmament."
--Milton.
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2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence,
of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence
of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air
was blue with oaths.
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3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
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4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as,
thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]
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5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour
religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals;
inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality;
as, blue laws.
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6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of
bluestocking. [Colloq.]
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The ladies were very blue and well informed.
--Thackeray.
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Blue asbestus. See Crocidolite.
Blue black, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost
black.
Blue blood. See under Blood.
Blue buck (Zool.), a small South African antelope
(Cephalophus pygm[ae]us); also applied to a larger
species ([AE]goceras leucoph[ae]us); the blaubok.
Blue cod (Zool.), the buffalo cod.
Blue crab (Zool.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic
coast of the United States (Callinectes hastatus).
Blue curls (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema
dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also
bastard pennyroyal.
Blue devils, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons
suffering with delirium tremens; hence, very low
spirits. "Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils,
or lay them all in a red sea of claret?" --Thackeray.
Blue gage. See under Gage, a plum.
Blue gum, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus
globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in
tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as
a protection against malaria. The essential oil is
beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very
useful. See Eucalyptus.
Blue jack, Blue stone, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
Blue jacket, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval
uniform.
Blue jaundice. See under Jaundice.
Blue laws, a name first used in the eighteenth century to
describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor
reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any
puritanical laws. [U. S.]
Blue light, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue
flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at
sea, and in military operations.
Blue mantle (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the
English college of arms; -- so called from the color of
his official robes.
Blue mass, a preparation of mercury from which is formed
the blue pill. --McElrath.
Blue mold or Blue mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus
glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.
Blue Monday,
(a) a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself
given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).
(b) a Monday considered as depressing because it is a
workday in contrast to the relaxation of the weekend.
Blue ointment (Med.), mercurial ointment.
Blue Peter (British Marine), a blue flag with a white
square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to
recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater,
one of the British signal flags.
Blue pill. (Med.)
(a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.
(b) Blue mass.
Blue ribbon.
(a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter;
-- hence, a member of that order.
(b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great
ambition; a distinction; a prize. "These
[scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the college."
--Farrar.
(c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total
abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon
Army.
Blue ruin, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle.
Blue spar (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See Lazulite.
Blue thrush (Zool.), a European and Asiatic thrush
(Petrocossyphus cyaneas).
Blue verditer. See Verditer.
Blue vitriol (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue
crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico
printing, etc.
Blue water, the open ocean.
Big Blue, the International Business Machines corporation.
[Wall Street slang.] PJC
To look blue, to look disheartened or dejected.
True blue, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed;
not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising
Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the
Covenanters.
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For his religion . . .
'T was Presbyterian, true blue. --Hudibras.
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bluestem (gcide) | bluestem \bluestem\ n.
tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in
Western U.S.
Syn: blue stem, Andropogon furcatus, Andropogon gerardii.
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bluestocking (gcide) | Blue \Blue\ (bl[=u]), a. [Compar. Bluer (bl[=u]"[~e]r);
superl. Bluest.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, livid, black,
fr. Icel.bl[=a]r livid; akin to Dan. blaa blue, Sw. bl[*a],
D. blauw, OHG. bl[=a]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F.
bleu, from OHG. bl[=a]o.]
1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it,
whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue
as a sapphire; blue violets. "The blue firmament."
--Milton.
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2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence,
of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence
of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air
was blue with oaths.
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3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
[1913 Webster]
4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as,
thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]
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5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour
religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals;
inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality;
as, blue laws.
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6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of
bluestocking. [Colloq.]
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The ladies were very blue and well informed.
--Thackeray.
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Blue asbestus. See Crocidolite.
Blue black, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost
black.
Blue blood. See under Blood.
Blue buck (Zool.), a small South African antelope
(Cephalophus pygm[ae]us); also applied to a larger
species ([AE]goceras leucoph[ae]us); the blaubok.
Blue cod (Zool.), the buffalo cod.
Blue crab (Zool.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic
coast of the United States (Callinectes hastatus).
Blue curls (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema
dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also
bastard pennyroyal.
Blue devils, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons
suffering with delirium tremens; hence, very low
spirits. "Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils,
or lay them all in a red sea of claret?" --Thackeray.
Blue gage. See under Gage, a plum.
Blue gum, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus
globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in
tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as
a protection against malaria. The essential oil is
beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very
useful. See Eucalyptus.
Blue jack, Blue stone, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
Blue jacket, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval
uniform.
Blue jaundice. See under Jaundice.
Blue laws, a name first used in the eighteenth century to
describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor
reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any
puritanical laws. [U. S.]
Blue light, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue
flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at
sea, and in military operations.
Blue mantle (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the
English college of arms; -- so called from the color of
his official robes.
Blue mass, a preparation of mercury from which is formed
the blue pill. --McElrath.
Blue mold or Blue mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus
glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.
Blue Monday,
(a) a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself
given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).
(b) a Monday considered as depressing because it is a
workday in contrast to the relaxation of the weekend.
Blue ointment (Med.), mercurial ointment.
Blue Peter (British Marine), a blue flag with a white
square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to
recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater,
one of the British signal flags.
Blue pill. (Med.)
(a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.
(b) Blue mass.
Blue ribbon.
(a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter;
-- hence, a member of that order.
(b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great
ambition; a distinction; a prize. "These
[scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the college."
--Farrar.
(c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total
abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon
Army.
Blue ruin, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle.
Blue spar (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See Lazulite.
Blue thrush (Zool.), a European and Asiatic thrush
(Petrocossyphus cyaneas).
Blue verditer. See Verditer.
Blue vitriol (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue
crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico
printing, etc.
Blue water, the open ocean.
Big Blue, the International Business Machines corporation.
[Wall Street slang.] PJC
To look blue, to look disheartened or dejected.
True blue, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed;
not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising
Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the
Covenanters.
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For his religion . . .
'T was Presbyterian, true blue. --Hudibras.
[1913 Webster]Bluestocking \Blue"stock`ing\, n.
1. A literary lady; a female pedant. [Colloq.]
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Note: As explained in Boswell's "Life of Dr. Johnson", this
term is derived from the name given to certain meetings
held by ladies, in Johnson's time, for conversation
with distinguished literary men. An eminent attendant
of these assemblies was a Mr. Stillingfleet, who always
wore blue stockings. He was so much distinguished for
his conversational powers that his absence at any time
was felt to be a great loss, so that the remark became
common, "We can do nothing without the blue stockings."
Hence these meetings were sportively called
bluestocking clubs, and the ladies who attended them,
bluestockings.
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2. (Zool.) The American avocet (Recurvirostra Americana).
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Bluestocking (gcide) | Blue \Blue\ (bl[=u]), a. [Compar. Bluer (bl[=u]"[~e]r);
superl. Bluest.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, livid, black,
fr. Icel.bl[=a]r livid; akin to Dan. blaa blue, Sw. bl[*a],
D. blauw, OHG. bl[=a]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F.
bleu, from OHG. bl[=a]o.]
1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it,
whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue
as a sapphire; blue violets. "The blue firmament."
--Milton.
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2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence,
of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence
of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air
was blue with oaths.
[1913 Webster]
3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
[1913 Webster]
4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as,
thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour
religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals;
inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality;
as, blue laws.
[1913 Webster]
6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of
bluestocking. [Colloq.]
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The ladies were very blue and well informed.
--Thackeray.
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Blue asbestus. See Crocidolite.
Blue black, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost
black.
Blue blood. See under Blood.
Blue buck (Zool.), a small South African antelope
(Cephalophus pygm[ae]us); also applied to a larger
species ([AE]goceras leucoph[ae]us); the blaubok.
Blue cod (Zool.), the buffalo cod.
Blue crab (Zool.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic
coast of the United States (Callinectes hastatus).
Blue curls (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema
dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also
bastard pennyroyal.
Blue devils, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons
suffering with delirium tremens; hence, very low
spirits. "Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils,
or lay them all in a red sea of claret?" --Thackeray.
Blue gage. See under Gage, a plum.
Blue gum, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus
globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in
tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as
a protection against malaria. The essential oil is
beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very
useful. See Eucalyptus.
Blue jack, Blue stone, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
Blue jacket, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval
uniform.
Blue jaundice. See under Jaundice.
Blue laws, a name first used in the eighteenth century to
describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor
reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any
puritanical laws. [U. S.]
Blue light, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue
flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at
sea, and in military operations.
Blue mantle (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the
English college of arms; -- so called from the color of
his official robes.
Blue mass, a preparation of mercury from which is formed
the blue pill. --McElrath.
Blue mold or Blue mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus
glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.
Blue Monday,
(a) a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself
given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).
(b) a Monday considered as depressing because it is a
workday in contrast to the relaxation of the weekend.
Blue ointment (Med.), mercurial ointment.
Blue Peter (British Marine), a blue flag with a white
square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to
recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater,
one of the British signal flags.
Blue pill. (Med.)
(a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.
(b) Blue mass.
Blue ribbon.
(a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter;
-- hence, a member of that order.
(b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great
ambition; a distinction; a prize. "These
[scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the college."
--Farrar.
(c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total
abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon
Army.
Blue ruin, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle.
Blue spar (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See Lazulite.
Blue thrush (Zool.), a European and Asiatic thrush
(Petrocossyphus cyaneas).
Blue verditer. See Verditer.
Blue vitriol (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue
crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico
printing, etc.
Blue water, the open ocean.
Big Blue, the International Business Machines corporation.
[Wall Street slang.] PJC
To look blue, to look disheartened or dejected.
True blue, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed;
not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising
Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the
Covenanters.
[1913 Webster]
For his religion . . .
'T was Presbyterian, true blue. --Hudibras.
[1913 Webster]Bluestocking \Blue"stock`ing\, n.
1. A literary lady; a female pedant. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: As explained in Boswell's "Life of Dr. Johnson", this
term is derived from the name given to certain meetings
held by ladies, in Johnson's time, for conversation
with distinguished literary men. An eminent attendant
of these assemblies was a Mr. Stillingfleet, who always
wore blue stockings. He was so much distinguished for
his conversational powers that his absence at any time
was felt to be a great loss, so that the remark became
common, "We can do nothing without the blue stockings."
Hence these meetings were sportively called
bluestocking clubs, and the ladies who attended them,
bluestockings.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) The American avocet (Recurvirostra Americana).
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Bluestockingism (gcide) | Bluestockingism \Blue"stock`ing*ism\, n.
The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
[Colloq.]
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Bluestone (gcide) | Bluestone \Blue"stone`\, n.
1. Blue vitriol. --Dunglison.
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2. A grayish blue building stone, as that commonly used in
the eastern United States.
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lues (gcide) | Lues \Lu"es\, n. [L.] (Med.)
1. Disease, especially of a contagious kind. [archaic]
[1913 Webster]
2. syphilis; -- called also Lues venerea.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Lues venerea, syphilis; -- called also simply lues.
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Lues venerea (gcide) | Lues \Lu"es\, n. [L.] (Med.)
1. Disease, especially of a contagious kind. [archaic]
[1913 Webster]
2. syphilis; -- called also Lues venerea.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Lues venerea, syphilis; -- called also simply lues.
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blues (wn) | blues
n 1: a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at
the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound
from repeated use of blue notes
2: a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues" [syn:
blues, blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours] |
bluestem (wn) | bluestem
n 1: tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in
the United States [syn: bluestem, blue stem,
Andropogon furcatus, Andropogon gerardii] |
bluestem wheatgrass (wn) | bluestem wheatgrass
n 1: valuable forage grass of western United States [syn:
western wheatgrass, bluestem wheatgrass, {Agropyron
smithii}] |
bluestocking (wn) | bluestocking
n 1: a woman having literary or intellectual interests [syn:
bluestocking, bas bleu] |
bluestone (wn) | bluestone
n 1: bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building |
dress blues (wn) | dress blues
n 1: a dress uniform for formal occasions [syn: dress blues,
dress whites] |
lues (wn) | lues
n 1: a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum
spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can
be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) [syn:
syphilis, syph, pox, lues venerea, lues] |
lues venerea (wn) | lues venerea
n 1: a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum
spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can
be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) [syn:
syphilis, syph, pox, lues venerea, lues] |
rhythm and blues (wn) | rhythm and blues
n 1: a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the
United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of
rock 'n' roll [syn: rhythm and blues, R and B] |
rhythm and blues musician (wn) | rhythm and blues musician
n 1: a performer (and sometimes composer) of rhythm and blues
music |
values (wn) | values
n 1: beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an
emotional investment (either for or against something); "he
has very conservatives values" |
comma separated values (foldoc) | comma separated values
CSV
(CSV) A file format used as a portable
representation of a database. Each line is one entry or
record and the fields in a record are separated by commas.
Commas may be followed by arbitrary space and/or tab
characters which are ignored. If field includes a comma, the
whole field must be surrounded with double quotes.
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for values of (foldoc) | for values of
A common rhetorical maneuver at MIT is to use any
of the canonical random numbers as placeholders for
variables. "The max function takes 42 arguments, for
arbitrary values of 42". "There are 69 ways to leave your
lover, for 69 = 50". This is especially likely when the
speaker has uttered a random number and realises that it was
not recognised as such, but even "non-random" numbers are
occasionally used in this fashion. A related joke is that pi
equals 3 - for small values of pi and large values of 3.
This usage probably derives from the programming language MAD
(Michigan Algorithm Decoder), an ALGOL-like language that
was the most common choice among mainstream (non-hacker) users
at MIT in the mid-1960s. It had a control structure FOR
VALUES OF X = 3, 7, 99 DO ... that would repeat the indicated
instructions for each value in the list (unlike the usual FOR
that generates an arithmetic sequence of values). MAD is
long extinct, but similar for-constructs still flourish
(e.g. in Unix's shell languages).
[Jargon File]
(1994-12-16)
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tab-separated values (foldoc) | tab-separated values
TSV
(TSV) A file format used as a portable
representation of a database. Each line represents one
entry or record; and in every line, each field is separated
from the next by a tab character (HT).
Compare CSV.
(2001-03-16)
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for values of (jargon) | for values of
[MIT] A common rhetorical maneuver at MIT is to use any of the canonical {
random numbers} as placeholders for variables. “The max function takes 42
arguments, for arbitrary values of 42.:” “There are 69 ways to leave your
lover, for 69 = 50.” This is especially likely when the speaker has uttered
a random number and realizes that it was not recognized as such, but even
‘non-random’ numbers are occasionally used in this fashion. A related joke
is that π equals 3 — for small values of π and large values of 3.
Historical note: at MIT this usage has traditionally been traced to the
programming language MAD (Michigan Algorithm Decoder), an Algol-58-like
language that was the most common choice among mainstream (non-hacker)
users at MIT in the mid-60s. It inherited from Algol-58 a control structure
FOR VALUES OF X = 3, 7, 99 DO ... that would repeat the indicated
instructions for each value in the list (unlike the usual FOR that only
works for arithmetic sequences of values). MAD is long extinct, but similar
for-constructs still flourish (e.g., in Unix's shell languages).
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ESTIMATION OF VALUES (bouvier) | ESTIMATION OF VALUES. As the value of most things is variable, according to
circumstances, the law in many cases determines the time at which the value
of a thing should be taken; thus, the value of an advancement, is to be
taken at the time of the gift. 1 Serg. & R. 425. Of a gift in frank-
marriage, at the time of partition between the parceners, and the bringing
of the gift in frank-marriage into hotchpot. But this is a case sui generis.
Co. Lit. Sec. 273; 1 Serg. & R. 426. Of the yearly value of properties; at
the time of partition. Tho. Co. Lit. 820. Of a bequest of so pieces of coin;
at the time of the will made. Godolph, 0. L. 273, part 3, chap. 1. Sec. 3.
Of assets to make lineal warranty a bar; at the time of the descent. Co.
Lit. 374, b. Of lands warranted; at the time of the warranty. Beames' Glanv.
75 n.; 2 Serg. & Rawle, 444, see Eviction 2. Of a ship lost at sea; her
value is to be taken at the port from which she sailed, deducting one-fifth;
2 Serg. & Rawle, 258; 1 Caines, 572; 2 Condy. Marshall, 545; but different
rules prevail on this subject in different nations. 2 Serg. & R. 259. Of
goods lost at sea; their value is to be taken at the port of delivery. 2
Serg. & R. 257. The comparative value of a life estate, and the remainder in
fee, is one-third for the life and two-thirds for the remainder in fee; and
moneys due upon a mortgage of lands devised to one for life, and the
remainder in fee to another, are to be apportioned by the same rule. 1 Vern.
70; 1 Chit. Cas. 223, 224, 271; Francis' Max. 3, Sec. 12, and note. See
Exchange, 3-2.
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