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meteor
(encz) | meteor,meteor n: |
meteor
(czen) | meteor,falling starn: Zdeněk Brož |
meteor
(czen) | meteor,meteorn: |
Meteor
(gcide) | Meteor \Me"te*or\, n. [F. m['e]t['e]ore, Gr. ?, pl. ? things in
the air, fr. ? high in air, raised off the ground; ? beyond +
?, ?, a suspension or hovering in the air, fr. ? to lift,
raise up.]
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1. Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds,
rain, hail, snow, etc.
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Hail, an ordinary meteor. --Bp. Hall.
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2. Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in
the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region.
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The vaulty top of heaven
Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. --Shak.
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3. A mass of stone or other substance which sometimes falls
to the earth from space beyond the moon, burning up from
atomospheric friction and creating a brilliant but usually
very brief trail of light in the atmosphere; also called a
shooting star.
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Note: The term is especially applied to fireballs, and the
masses of stone or other substances which sometimes
fall to the earth; also to shooting stars and to ignes
fatui. Meteors are often classed as: aerial meteors,
winds, tornadoes, etc.; aqueous meteors, rain, hail,
snow, dew, etc.; luminous meteors, rainbows, halos,
etc.; and igneous meteors, lightning, shooting stars,
and the like.
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meteor
(wn) | meteor
n 1: (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies
that hits the earth's atmosphere [syn: meteoroid,
meteor]
2: a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a
meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes
the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode [syn: meteor,
shooting star] |
meteor
(foldoc) | METEOR
A version of COMIT with Lisp-like syntax, written in MIT Lisp
1.5 for the IBM 7090. "METEOR - A List Interpreter for String
Transformation", D.G. Bobrow in The Programming Language LISP
and its Interpretation, E.D. and D.G. Bobrow eds, 1964.
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meteorology
(mass) | meteorology
- meteorológia |
meteorológia
(msas) | meteorológia
- meteorology |
meteorologia
(msasasci) | meteorologia
- meteorology |
agricultural meteorology
(encz) | agricultural meteorology,agrometeorologie [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
biometeorology
(encz) | biometeorology,biometeorologie [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
electrometeor
(encz) | electrometeor,elektrometeor [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
hydrometeorological forecast
(encz) | hydrometeorological forecast,hydrometeorologická předpověď [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
hydrometeorological prognosis
(encz) | hydrometeorological prognosis,hydrometeorologická
předpověď [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
hydrometeorology
(encz) | hydrometeorology,hydrometeorologie [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
meteor
(encz) | meteor,meteor n: |
meteor shower
(encz) | meteor shower,meteorický roj metan |
meteor stream
(encz) | meteor stream, n: |
meteor swarm
(encz) | meteor swarm, n: |
meteoric
(encz) | meteoric,meteorický adj: |
meteorically
(encz) | meteorically,meteoricky adj: |
meteorite
(encz) | meteorite,meteorit n: Zdeněk Brož |
meteoritic
(encz) | meteoritic,meteorický adj: Zdeněk Brožmeteoritic,meteoritický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
meteoritical
(encz) | meteoritical, adj: |
meteoroid
(encz) | meteoroid,meteoroid n: Zdeněk Brož |
meteorologic
(encz) | meteorologic,meteorologický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
meteorological
(encz) | meteorological,meteorologický adj: |
meteorological balloon
(encz) | meteorological balloon, n: |
meteorological conditions
(encz) | meteorological conditions, n: |
meteorological observation post
(encz) | meteorological observation post, n: |
meteorological satellite
(encz) | meteorological satellite, n: |
meteorologically
(encz) | meteorologically, adv: |
meteorologist
(encz) | meteorologist,meteorolog n: Zdeněk Brož |
meteorology
(encz) | meteorology,meteorologie n: |
meteors
(encz) | meteors,meteory n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
meteortropism
(encz) | meteortropism, n: |
micrometeor
(encz) | micrometeor, n: |
micrometeoric
(encz) | micrometeoric, adj: |
micrometeorite
(encz) | micrometeorite,mikrometeorit n: Zdeněk Brož |
micrometeoritic
(encz) | micrometeoritic, adj: |
micrometeoroid
(encz) | micrometeoroid, n: |
agrometeorologie
(czen) | agrometeorologie,agricultural meteorology[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
biometeorologie
(czen) | biometeorologie,biometeorology[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
defense meteorological satellite program
(czen) | Defense Meteorological Satellite Program,DMSP[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož
a automatický překlad |
elektrometeor
(czen) | elektrometeor,electrometeor[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
fronta (meteorologie)
(czen) | fronta (meteorologie),front[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
hydrometeorologická předpověď
(czen) | hydrometeorologická předpověď,hydrometeorological forecast[eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskačhydrometeorologická předpověď,hydrometeorological prognosis[eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
hydrometeorologie
(czen) | hydrometeorologie,hydrometeorology[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
kamenný meteorit
(czen) | kamenný meteorit,aerolite Zdeněk Brož |
meteor
(czen) | meteor,falling starn: Zdeněk Brožmeteor,meteorn: |
meteoricky
(czen) | meteoricky,meteoricallyadj: |
meteorický
(czen) | meteorický,meteoricadj: meteorický,meteoriticadj: Zdeněk Brož |
meteorický déšť
(czen) | meteorický déšť,outburst[astr.] Bzuco |
meteorický roj
(czen) | meteorický roj,meteor shower metan |
meteorit
(czen) | meteorit,meteoriten: Zdeněk Brož |
meteoritický
(czen) | meteoritický,meteoriticadj: Zdeněk Brož |
meteoroid
(czen) | meteoroid,meteoroidn: Zdeněk Brož |
meteorolog
(czen) | meteorolog,meteorologistn: Zdeněk Brožmeteorolog,weathermann: Zdeněk Brož |
meteorologický
(czen) | meteorologický,met[zkr.] Toldameteorologický,meteorologicadj: Zdeněk Brožmeteorologický,meteorologicaladj: |
meteorologie
(czen) | meteorologie,meteorologyn: |
meteorologové
(czen) | meteorologové,weathermenn: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
meteory
(czen) | meteory,meteorsn: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
mikrometeorit
(czen) | mikrometeorit,micrometeoriten: Zdeněk Brož |
Astrometeorological
(gcide) | Astrometeorology \As`tro*me`te*or*ol"o*gy\, n. [Astro- +
meteorology.]
The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and
stars, and the weather. -- As`*tro*me`te*or`o*log"ic*al, a.
-- As`tro*me`te*or*ol"o*gist, n.
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Astrometeorologist
(gcide) | Astrometeorology \As`tro*me`te*or*ol"o*gy\, n. [Astro- +
meteorology.]
The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and
stars, and the weather. -- As`*tro*me`te*or`o*log"ic*al, a.
-- As`tro*me`te*or*ol"o*gist, n.
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Astrometeorology
(gcide) | Astrometeorology \As`tro*me`te*or*ol"o*gy\, n. [Astro- +
meteorology.]
The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and
stars, and the weather. -- As`*tro*me`te*or`o*log"ic*al, a.
-- As`tro*me`te*or*ol"o*gist, n.
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Hydrometeor
(gcide) | Hydrometeor \Hy`dro*me"te*or\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + meteor.]
A meteor or atmospheric phenomenon dependent upon the vapor
of water; -- in the pl., a general term for the whole aqueous
phenomena of the atmosphere, as rain, snow, hail, etc.
--Nichol.
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Hydrometeorological
(gcide) | Hydrometeorological \Hy`dro*me`te*or`o*log"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to hydrometeorology, or to rain, clouds,
storms, etc.
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Hydrometeorology
(gcide) | Hydrometeorology \Hy`dro*me`te*or*ol"o*gy\, n. [Hydro-, 1 +
meteorology.]
That branch of meteorology which relates to, or treats of,
water in the atmosphere, or its phenomena, as rain, clouds,
snow, hail, storms, etc.
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Meteoric
(gcide) | Meteoric \Me`te*or"ic\, a. [Cf. F. m['e]t['e]orique.]
1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric,
as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones.
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2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions.
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3. Flashing; transient and brilliant, like a meteor[3]; as,
meteoric fame. "Meteoric politician." --Craik.
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Meteoric iron, Meteoric stone. (Min.) See Meteorite.
Meteoric paper, a substance of confervoid origin found
floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper;
-- so called because formerly supposed to fall from
meteors.
Meteoric showers, periodical exhibitions of shooting stars,
occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of
November, more rarely in April and December, and also at
some other periods.
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Meteoric iron
(gcide) | Iron \I"ron\ ([imac]"[u^]rn), n. [OE. iren, AS. [imac]ren,
[imac]sen, [imac]sern; akin to D. ijzer, OS. [imac]sarn, OHG.
[imac]sarn, [imac]san, G. eisen, Icel. [imac]sarn, j[=a]rn,
Sw. & Dan. jern, and perh. to E. ice; cf. Ir. iarann, W.
haiarn, Armor. houarn.]
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1. (Chem.) The most common and most useful metallic element,
being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form
of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.), or a hydrous
oxide (as limonite, turgite, etc.). It is reduced on an
enormous scale in three principal forms; viz., {cast
iron}, steel, and wrought iron. Iron usually appears
dark brown, from oxidation or impurity, but when pure, or
on a fresh surface, is a gray or white metal. It is easily
oxidized (rusted) by moisture, and is attacked by many
corrosive agents. Symbol Fe (Latin Ferrum). Atomic number
26, atomic weight 55.847. Specific gravity, pure iron,
7.86; cast iron, 7.1. In magnetic properties, it is
superior to all other substances.
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Note: The value of iron is largely due to the facility with
which it can be worked. Thus, when heated it is
malleable and ductile, and can be easily welded and
forged at a high temperature. As cast iron, it is
easily fusible; as steel, is very tough, and (when
tempered) very hard and elastic. Chemically, iron is
grouped with cobalt and nickel. Steel is a variety of
iron containing more carbon than wrought iron, but less
that cast iron. It is made either from wrought iron, by
roasting in a packing of carbon (cementation) or from
cast iron, by burning off the impurities in a Bessemer
converter (then called Bessemer steel), or directly
from the iron ore (as in the Siemens rotatory and
generating furnace).
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2. An instrument or utensil made of iron; -- chiefly in
composition; as, a flatiron, a smoothing iron, etc.
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My young soldier, put up your iron. --Shak.
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3. pl. Fetters; chains; handcuffs; manacles.
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Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons.
--Macaulay.
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4. Strength; power; firmness; inflexibility; as, to rule with
a rod of iron.
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5. (Golf) An iron-headed club with a deep face, chiefly used
in making approaches, lifting a ball over hazards, etc.
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Bar iron. See Wrought iron (below).
Bog iron, bog ore; limonite. See Bog ore, under Bog.
Cast iron (Metal.), an impure variety of iron, containing
from three to six percent of carbon, part of which is
united with a part of the iron, as a carbide, and the rest
is uncombined, as graphite. It there is little free
carbon, the product is white iron; if much of the carbon
has separated as graphite, it is called gray iron. See
also Cast iron, in the Vocabulary.
Fire irons. See under Fire, n.
Gray irons. See under Fire, n.
Gray iron. See Cast iron (above).
It irons (Naut.), said of a sailing vessel, when, in
tacking, she comes up head to the wind and will not fill
away on either tack.
Magnetic iron. See Magnetite.
Malleable iron (Metal.), iron sufficiently pure or soft to
be capable of extension under the hammer; also, specif., a
kind of iron produced by removing a portion of the carbon
or other impurities from cast iron, rendering it less
brittle, and to some extent malleable.
Meteoric iron (Chem.), iron forming a large, and often the
chief, ingredient of meteorites. It invariably contains a
small amount of nickel and cobalt. Cf. Meteorite.
Pig iron, the form in which cast iron is made at the blast
furnace, being run into molds, called pigs.
Reduced iron. See under Reduced.
Specular iron. See Hematite.
Too many irons in the fire, too many objects or tasks
requiring the attention at once.
White iron. See Cast iron (above).
Wrought iron (Metal.), the purest form of iron commonly
known in the arts, containing only about half of one per
cent of carbon. It is made either directly from the ore,
as in the Catalan forge or bloomery, or by purifying
(puddling) cast iron in a reverberatory furnace or
refinery. It is tough, malleable, and ductile. When formed
into bars, it is called bar iron.
[1913 Webster]Meteoric \Me`te*or"ic\, a. [Cf. F. m['e]t['e]orique.]
1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric,
as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones.
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2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions.
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3. Flashing; transient and brilliant, like a meteor[3]; as,
meteoric fame. "Meteoric politician." --Craik.
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Meteoric iron, Meteoric stone. (Min.) See Meteorite.
Meteoric paper, a substance of confervoid origin found
floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper;
-- so called because formerly supposed to fall from
meteors.
Meteoric showers, periodical exhibitions of shooting stars,
occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of
November, more rarely in April and December, and also at
some other periods.
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Meteoric paper
(gcide) | Meteoric \Me`te*or"ic\, a. [Cf. F. m['e]t['e]orique.]
1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric,
as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones.
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2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions.
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3. Flashing; transient and brilliant, like a meteor[3]; as,
meteoric fame. "Meteoric politician." --Craik.
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Meteoric iron, Meteoric stone. (Min.) See Meteorite.
Meteoric paper, a substance of confervoid origin found
floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper;
-- so called because formerly supposed to fall from
meteors.
Meteoric showers, periodical exhibitions of shooting stars,
occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of
November, more rarely in April and December, and also at
some other periods.
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Meteoric showers
(gcide) | Meteoric \Me`te*or"ic\, a. [Cf. F. m['e]t['e]orique.]
1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric,
as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones.
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2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions.
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3. Flashing; transient and brilliant, like a meteor[3]; as,
meteoric fame. "Meteoric politician." --Craik.
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Meteoric iron, Meteoric stone. (Min.) See Meteorite.
Meteoric paper, a substance of confervoid origin found
floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper;
-- so called because formerly supposed to fall from
meteors.
Meteoric showers, periodical exhibitions of shooting stars,
occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of
November, more rarely in April and December, and also at
some other periods.
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Meteoric stone
(gcide) | Meteoric \Me`te*or"ic\, a. [Cf. F. m['e]t['e]orique.]
1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric,
as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones.
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2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions.
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3. Flashing; transient and brilliant, like a meteor[3]; as,
meteoric fame. "Meteoric politician." --Craik.
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Meteoric iron, Meteoric stone. (Min.) See Meteorite.
Meteoric paper, a substance of confervoid origin found
floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper;
-- so called because formerly supposed to fall from
meteors.
Meteoric showers, periodical exhibitions of shooting stars,
occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of
November, more rarely in April and December, and also at
some other periods.
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Meteoric stones
(gcide) | Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. &
OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,
Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a
pebble. [root]167. Cf. Steen.]
1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular
mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy
threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. "Dumb as a
stone." --Chaucer.
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They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for
mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.
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Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are
called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the
finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone
is much and widely used in the construction of
buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,
abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.
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2. A precious stone; a gem. "Many a rich stone." --Chaucer.
"Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." --Shak.
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3. Something made of stone. Specifically:
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(a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]
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Lend me a looking-glass;
If that her breath will mist or stain the stone,
Why, then she lives. --Shak.
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(b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.
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Should some relenting eye
Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope.
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4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the
kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
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5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.
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6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a
cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
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7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]
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Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8
lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5
lbs.
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8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
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I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.
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9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of
stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a
book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also
imposing stone.
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Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other
words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or
stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or
pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or
stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone
falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some
adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed
by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;
as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,
etc.
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Atlantic stone, ivory. [Obs.] "Citron tables, or Atlantic
stone." --Milton.
Bowing stone. Same as Cromlech. --Encyc. Brit.
Meteoric stones, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as
after the explosion of a meteor.
Philosopher's stone. See under Philosopher.
Rocking stone. See Rocking-stone.
Stone age, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when
stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for
weapons and tools; -- called also flint age. The {bronze
age} succeeded to this.
Stone bass (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Serranus and allied genera, as
Serranus Couchii, and Polyprion cernium of Europe; --
called also sea perch.
Stone biter (Zool.), the wolf fish.
Stone boiling, a method of boiling water or milk by
dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.
--Tylor.
Stone borer (Zool.), any animal that bores stones;
especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow
in limestone. See Lithodomus, and Saxicava.
Stone bramble (Bot.), a European trailing species of
bramble (Rubus saxatilis).
Stone-break. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the
genus Saxifraga; saxifrage.
Stone bruise, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a
bruise by a stone.
Stone canal. (Zool.) Same as Sand canal, under Sand.
Stone cat (Zool.), any one of several species of small
fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus
Noturus. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they
inflict painful wounds.
Stone coal, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.
Stone coral (Zool.), any hard calcareous coral.
Stone crab. (Zool.)
(a) A large crab (Menippe mercenaria) found on the
southern coast of the United States and much used as
food.
(b) A European spider crab (Lithodes maia).
Stone crawfish (Zool.), a European crawfish ({Astacus
torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of
the common species (Astacus fluviatilis).
Stone curlew. (Zool.)
(a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus
crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also
thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee.
(b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
(c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]
Stone crush. Same as Stone bruise, above.
Stone eater. (Zool.) Same as Stone borer, above.
Stone falcon (Zool.), the merlin.
Stone fern (Bot.), a European fern (Asplenium Ceterach)
which grows on rocks and walls.
Stone fly (Zool.), any one of many species of
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Perla and allied
genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.
The larvae are aquatic.
Stone fruit (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a
drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.
Stone grig (Zool.), the mud lamprey, or pride.
Stone hammer, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a
thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,
-- used for breaking stone.
Stone hawk (Zool.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit
of sitting on bare stones.
Stone jar, a jar made of stoneware.
Stone lily (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.
Stone lugger. (Zool.) See Stone roller, below.
Stone marten (Zool.), a European marten (Mustela foina)
allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; --
called also beech marten.
Stone mason, a mason who works or builds in stone.
Stone-mortar (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used
in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short
distances.
Stone oil, rock oil, petroleum.
Stone parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli
Labanotis}). See under Parsley.
Stone pine. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under Pine,
and Pi[~n]on.
Stone pit, a quarry where stones are dug.
Stone pitch, hard, inspissated pitch.
Stone plover. (Zool.)
(a) The European stone curlew.
(b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the
genus Esacus; as, the large stone plover ({Esacus
recurvirostris}).
(c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]
(d) The ringed plover.
(e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to
other species of limicoline birds.
Stone roller. (Zool.)
(a) An American fresh-water fish (Catostomus nigricans)
of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,
often with dark blotches. Called also stone lugger,
stone toter, hog sucker, hog mullet.
(b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma
anomalum}); -- called also stone lugger.
Stone's cast, or Stone's throw, the distance to which a
stone may be thrown by the hand; as, they live a stone's
throw from each other.
Stone snipe (Zool.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.
[Local, U.S.]
Stone toter. (Zool.)
(a) See Stone roller
(a), above.
(b) A cyprinoid fish (Exoglossum maxillingua) found in
the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a
three-lobed lower lip; -- called also cutlips.
To leave no stone unturned, to do everything that can be
done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
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Meteorical
(gcide) | Meteorical \Me`te*or"ic*al\, a.
Meteoric.
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Meteorism
(gcide) | Meteorism \Me"te*or*ism\, n. (Med.)
Flatulent distention of the abdomen; tympanites.
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Meteorite
(gcide) | Meteorite \Me"te*or*ite\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]t['e]orite.] (Min.)
A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from
space; an aerolite.
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Note: Meteorites usually show a pitted surface with a fused
crust, caused by the heat developed in their rapid
passage through the earth's atmosphere. A meteorite may
consist: 1. Of metallic iron, alloyed with a small
percentage of nickel (meteoric iron, holosiderite).
When etched this usually exhibits peculiar crystalline
figures, called Widmanst[aum]tten figures. 2. Of a
cellular mass of iron with imbedded silicates
(mesosiderite or siderolite). 3. Of a stony mass of
silicates with little iron (meteoric stone,
sporadosiderite). 4. Of a mass without iron
(asiderite).
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Meteorize
(gcide) | Meteorize \Me"te*or*ize\, v. i. [Gr. ? to raise to a height.]
To ascend in vapors; to take the form of a meteor. --Evelyn.
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