| slovo | definícia |
NaCl
(gcide) | Sodium \So"di*um\, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.)
A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature
always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc.
It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so
highly reactive that it combines violently with water, and to
be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar
liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free
state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals
(as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial
product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 22.990.
Specific gravity 0.97.
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Sodium amalgam, an alloy of sodium and mercury, usually
produced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which
is used as a reducing agent, and otherwise.
Sodium carbonate, a white crystalline substance,
Na2CO3.10H2O, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in
the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in
large quantities from common salt. It is used in making
soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many
chemical industries. Called also sal soda, {washing
soda}, or soda. Cf. Sodium bicarbonate, and Trona.
Sodium chloride, common, or table, salt, NaCl.
Sodium hydroxide, a white opaque brittle solid, NaOH,
having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of
quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium
carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the
manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc.
Called also sodium hydrate, and caustic soda. By
extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide.
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manacle
(mass) | manacle
- putá, spútať |
tabernacle
(mass) | tabernacle
- svätostánok |
barnacle
(encz) | barnacle,druh husy Zdeněk Brožbarnacle,druh korýše Zdeněk Brož |
binnacle
(encz) | binnacle,část kompasu Zdeněk Brož |
goose barnacle
(encz) | goose barnacle, n: |
gooseneck barnacle
(encz) | gooseneck barnacle, n: |
manacle
(encz) | manacle,pouta n: Zdeněk Brožmanacle,spoutat v: Zdeněk Brož |
manacled
(encz) | manacled, |
pinnacle
(encz) | pinnacle,věžička na střeše n: Petr Prášekpinnacle,vrchol n: Petr Prášek |
pinnacled
(encz) | pinnacled, |
rock barnacle
(encz) | rock barnacle, n: |
tabernacle
(encz) | tabernacle,svatostánek n: Zdeněk Brož |
chlorid sodný (nacl)
(czen) | chlorid sodný (NaCl),sodium chloriden: [chem.] jedlá sůl Štěpán Šrubař |
Anaclastic
(gcide) | Anaclastic \An`a*clas"tic\, a. [Gr. ? to bend back and break; to
reflect (light); ? + ? to break.]
1. (Opt.) Produced by the refraction of light, as seen
through water; as, anaclastic curves.
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2. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
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Anaclastic glass, a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted
funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. By sucking out
a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with
a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the
orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its
former convex form.
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Anaclastic glass
(gcide) | Anaclastic \An`a*clas"tic\, a. [Gr. ? to bend back and break; to
reflect (light); ? + ? to break.]
1. (Opt.) Produced by the refraction of light, as seen
through water; as, anaclastic curves.
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2. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
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Anaclastic glass, a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted
funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. By sucking out
a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with
a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the
orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its
former convex form.
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Anaclastics
(gcide) | Anaclastics \An`a*clas"tics\, n. (Opt.)
That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light;
-- commonly called dioptrics. --Encyc. Brit.
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Antanaclasis
(gcide) | Antanaclasis \Ant`an*a*cla"sis\, n. [Gr. ?; 'anti`/ +
'ana`klasis a bending back and breaking. See Anaclastic.]
(Rhet.)
(a) A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a
different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that
when old you may live without craft.
(b) A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long
parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels
them, but which has all motions of life placed in them),
shall that heart, etc.
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Barnacle
(gcide) | Barnacle \Bar"na*cle\, n. [See Bernicle.]
A bernicle goose.
[1913 Webster]Barnacle \Bar"na*cle\, n. [OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac,
and Prov. F. (Berri) berniques, spectacles.]
1. pl. (Far.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and
thus restraining him.
Note: [Formerly used in the sing.]
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The barnacles . . . give pain almost equal to
that of the switch. --Youatt.
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2. pl. Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the
barnacles used by farriers. [Cant, Eng.] --Dickens.
[1913 Webster]Barnacle \Bar"na*cle\, n. [Prob. from E. barnacle a kind of
goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this
shellfish; but perh. from LL. bernacula for pernacula, dim.
of perna ham, sea mussel; cf. Gr. pe`rna ham. Cf. F.
bernacle, barnacle, E. barnacle a goose; and Ir. bairneach,
barneach, limpet.] (Zool.)
Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber,
ships, etc., esp.
(a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and
(b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and
allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle.
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Barnacle eater (Zool.), the orange filefish.
Barnacle scale (Zool.), a bark louse ({Ceroplastes
cirripediformis}) of the orange and quince trees in
Florida. The female scale curiously resembles a sessile
barnacle in form.
[1913 Webster]Bernicle \Ber"ni*cle\, n. [OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac;
prob. fr. LL. bernacula for hibernicula, bernicula, fr.
Hibernia; the birds coming from Hibernia or Ireland. Cf. 1st
Barnacle.]
A bernicle goose. [Written also barnacle.]
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Bernicle goose (Zool.), a goose (Branta leucopsis), of
Arctic Europe and America. It was formerly believed that
it hatched from the cirripeds of the sea (Lepas), which
were, therefore, called barnacles, goose barnacles, or
Anatifers. The name is also applied to other related
species. See Anatifa and Cirripedia.
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barnacle
(gcide) | Barnacle \Bar"na*cle\, n. [See Bernicle.]
A bernicle goose.
[1913 Webster]Barnacle \Bar"na*cle\, n. [OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac,
and Prov. F. (Berri) berniques, spectacles.]
1. pl. (Far.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and
thus restraining him.
Note: [Formerly used in the sing.]
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The barnacles . . . give pain almost equal to
that of the switch. --Youatt.
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2. pl. Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the
barnacles used by farriers. [Cant, Eng.] --Dickens.
[1913 Webster]Barnacle \Bar"na*cle\, n. [Prob. from E. barnacle a kind of
goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this
shellfish; but perh. from LL. bernacula for pernacula, dim.
of perna ham, sea mussel; cf. Gr. pe`rna ham. Cf. F.
bernacle, barnacle, E. barnacle a goose; and Ir. bairneach,
barneach, limpet.] (Zool.)
Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber,
ships, etc., esp.
(a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and
(b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and
allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle.
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Barnacle eater (Zool.), the orange filefish.
Barnacle scale (Zool.), a bark louse ({Ceroplastes
cirripediformis}) of the orange and quince trees in
Florida. The female scale curiously resembles a sessile
barnacle in form.
[1913 Webster]Bernicle \Ber"ni*cle\, n. [OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac;
prob. fr. LL. bernacula for hibernicula, bernicula, fr.
Hibernia; the birds coming from Hibernia or Ireland. Cf. 1st
Barnacle.]
A bernicle goose. [Written also barnacle.]
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Bernicle goose (Zool.), a goose (Branta leucopsis), of
Arctic Europe and America. It was formerly believed that
it hatched from the cirripeds of the sea (Lepas), which
were, therefore, called barnacles, goose barnacles, or
Anatifers. The name is also applied to other related
species. See Anatifa and Cirripedia.
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Barnacle eater
(gcide) | Barnacle \Bar"na*cle\, n. [Prob. from E. barnacle a kind of
goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this
shellfish; but perh. from LL. bernacula for pernacula, dim.
of perna ham, sea mussel; cf. Gr. pe`rna ham. Cf. F.
bernacle, barnacle, E. barnacle a goose; and Ir. bairneach,
barneach, limpet.] (Zool.)
Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber,
ships, etc., esp.
(a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and
(b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and
allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle.
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Barnacle eater (Zool.), the orange filefish.
Barnacle scale (Zool.), a bark louse ({Ceroplastes
cirripediformis}) of the orange and quince trees in
Florida. The female scale curiously resembles a sessile
barnacle in form.
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barnacle goose
(gcide) | Clake \Clake\, Claik \Claik\, n. (Zool.)
The bernicle goose; -- now called barnacle goose and also
called clack goose.
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Barnacle scale
(gcide) | Barnacle \Bar"na*cle\, n. [Prob. from E. barnacle a kind of
goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this
shellfish; but perh. from LL. bernacula for pernacula, dim.
of perna ham, sea mussel; cf. Gr. pe`rna ham. Cf. F.
bernacle, barnacle, E. barnacle a goose; and Ir. bairneach,
barneach, limpet.] (Zool.)
Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber,
ships, etc., esp.
(a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and
(b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and
allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle.
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Barnacle eater (Zool.), the orange filefish.
Barnacle scale (Zool.), a bark louse ({Ceroplastes
cirripediformis}) of the orange and quince trees in
Florida. The female scale curiously resembles a sessile
barnacle in form.
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barnacled
(gcide) | barnacled \barnacled\ adj.
1. covered with barnacles. the barnacled hull of a wrecked
ship
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Bernacle
(gcide) | Bernacle \Ber"na*cle\, n.
See Barnacle.
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Binnacle
(gcide) | Binnacle \Bin"na*cle\, n. [For bittacle, corrupted (perh. by
influence of bin) fr. Pg. bitacola binnacle, fr. L.
habitaculum dwelling place, fr. habitare to dwell. See
Habit, and cf. Bittacle.] (Naut.)
A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the
compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night. --Totten.
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duck barnacle
(gcide) | Goose \Goose\ (g[=oo]s), n.; pl. Geese (g[=e]s). [OE. gos, AS.
g[=o]s, pl. g[=e]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. g[=a]s, Dan.
gaas, Sw. g[*a]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for
hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha[.m]sa. [root]233. Cf. Gander,
Gannet, Ganza, Gosling.] (Zool.)
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1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserin[ae],
and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several
allied genera. See Anseres.
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Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been
derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser
anser}). The bean goose (A. segetum), the American
wild or Canada goose (Branta Canadensis), and the
bernicle goose (Branta leucopsis) are well known
species. The American white or snow geese and the blue
goose belong to the genus Chen. See Bernicle,
Emperor goose, under Emperor, Snow goose, {Wild
goose}, Brant.
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2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the
common goose.
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Note: The Egyptian or fox goose (Alopochen Aegyptiaca) and
the African spur-winged geese (Plectropterus) belong
to the family Plectropterid[ae]. The Australian
semipalmated goose (Anseranas semipalmata) and Cape
Barren goose (Cereopsis Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]) are
very different from northern geese, and each is made
the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in
Australia.
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3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle,
which resembles the neck of a goose.
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4. A silly creature; a simpleton.
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5. A game played with counters on a board divided into
compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.
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The pictures placed for ornament and use,
The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
--Goldsmith.
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A wild goose chase, an attempt to accomplish something
impossible or unlikely of attainment.
Fen goose. See under Fen.
Goose barnacle (Zool.), any pedunculated barnacle of the
genus Anatifa or Lepas; -- called also {duck
barnacle}. See Barnacle, and Cirripedia.
Goose cap, a silly person. [Obs.] --Beau. & .
Goose corn (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ({Juncus
squarrosus}).
Goose feast, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.]
Goose grass. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Galium (G. Aparine), a
favorite food of geese; -- called also catchweed and
cleavers.
(b) A species of knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
(c) The annual spear grass (Poa annua).
Goose neck, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved
like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook
connecting a spar with a mast.
Goose quill, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a
pen made from it.
Goose skin. See Goose flesh, above.
Goose tongue (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea
ptarmica}), growing wild in the British islands.
Sea goose. (Zool.) See Phalarope.
Solan goose. (Zool.) See Gannet.
[1913 Webster]Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See Duck, v. t. ]
1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatin[ae], family
Anatid[ae].
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Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided
into river ducks and sea ducks. Among the former
are the common domestic duck (Anas boschas); the wood
duck (Aix sponsa); the beautiful mandarin duck of
China (Dendronessa galeriliculata); the Muscovy duck,
originally of South America (Cairina moschata). Among
the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.
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2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the
person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
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Here be, without duck or nod,
Other trippings to be trod. --Milton.
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Bombay duck (Zool.), a fish. See Bummalo.
Buffel duck, Spirit duck. See Buffel duck.
Duck ant (Zool.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which
builds large nests in trees.
Duck barnacle. (Zool.) See Goose barnacle.
Duck hawk. (Zool.)
(a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.
(b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.
Duck mole (Zool.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,
having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck
(Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass
Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird
or reptile; -- called also duckbill, platypus,
mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole.
To make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone obliquely,
so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of
the water, raising a succession of jets; hence:
To play at ducks and drakes, with property, to throw it
away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably.
Lame duck. See under Lame.
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Duck barnacle
(gcide) | Goose \Goose\ (g[=oo]s), n.; pl. Geese (g[=e]s). [OE. gos, AS.
g[=o]s, pl. g[=e]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. g[=a]s, Dan.
gaas, Sw. g[*a]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for
hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha[.m]sa. [root]233. Cf. Gander,
Gannet, Ganza, Gosling.] (Zool.)
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1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserin[ae],
and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several
allied genera. See Anseres.
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Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been
derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser
anser}). The bean goose (A. segetum), the American
wild or Canada goose (Branta Canadensis), and the
bernicle goose (Branta leucopsis) are well known
species. The American white or snow geese and the blue
goose belong to the genus Chen. See Bernicle,
Emperor goose, under Emperor, Snow goose, {Wild
goose}, Brant.
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2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the
common goose.
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Note: The Egyptian or fox goose (Alopochen Aegyptiaca) and
the African spur-winged geese (Plectropterus) belong
to the family Plectropterid[ae]. The Australian
semipalmated goose (Anseranas semipalmata) and Cape
Barren goose (Cereopsis Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]) are
very different from northern geese, and each is made
the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in
Australia.
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3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle,
which resembles the neck of a goose.
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4. A silly creature; a simpleton.
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5. A game played with counters on a board divided into
compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.
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The pictures placed for ornament and use,
The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
--Goldsmith.
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A wild goose chase, an attempt to accomplish something
impossible or unlikely of attainment.
Fen goose. See under Fen.
Goose barnacle (Zool.), any pedunculated barnacle of the
genus Anatifa or Lepas; -- called also {duck
barnacle}. See Barnacle, and Cirripedia.
Goose cap, a silly person. [Obs.] --Beau. & .
Goose corn (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ({Juncus
squarrosus}).
Goose feast, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.]
Goose grass. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Galium (G. Aparine), a
favorite food of geese; -- called also catchweed and
cleavers.
(b) A species of knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
(c) The annual spear grass (Poa annua).
Goose neck, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved
like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook
connecting a spar with a mast.
Goose quill, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a
pen made from it.
Goose skin. See Goose flesh, above.
Goose tongue (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea
ptarmica}), growing wild in the British islands.
Sea goose. (Zool.) See Phalarope.
Solan goose. (Zool.) See Gannet.
[1913 Webster]Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See Duck, v. t. ]
1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatin[ae], family
Anatid[ae].
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Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided
into river ducks and sea ducks. Among the former
are the common domestic duck (Anas boschas); the wood
duck (Aix sponsa); the beautiful mandarin duck of
China (Dendronessa galeriliculata); the Muscovy duck,
originally of South America (Cairina moschata). Among
the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.
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2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the
person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
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Here be, without duck or nod,
Other trippings to be trod. --Milton.
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Bombay duck (Zool.), a fish. See Bummalo.
Buffel duck, Spirit duck. See Buffel duck.
Duck ant (Zool.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which
builds large nests in trees.
Duck barnacle. (Zool.) See Goose barnacle.
Duck hawk. (Zool.)
(a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.
(b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.
Duck mole (Zool.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,
having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck
(Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass
Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird
or reptile; -- called also duckbill, platypus,
mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole.
To make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone obliquely,
so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of
the water, raising a succession of jets; hence:
To play at ducks and drakes, with property, to throw it
away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably.
Lame duck. See under Lame.
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Feast of Tabernacles
(gcide) | Tabernacle \Tab"er*na*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. tabernaculum, dim. of
taberna nut. See Tabern.]
1. A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a
tent.
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Dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob. --Heb.
xi. 9.
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Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in
winter with a wooden tabernacle and stoves.
--Evelyn.
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2. (Jewish Antiq.) A portable structure of wooden framework
covered with curtains, which was carried through the
wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of
sacrifice and worship. --Ex. xxvi.
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3. Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for
worship. --Acts xv. 16.
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4. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of
the soul.
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Shortly I must put off this my tabernacle. --2 Pet.
i. 14.
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5. Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or
precious things was deposited or kept. Specifically:
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(a) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the
consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or
movable.
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(b) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred
painting or sculpture.
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(c) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a
partially architectural character, as a solid frame
resting on a bracket, or the like.
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(d) A tryptich for sacred imagery.
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(e) A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.
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6. (Naut.) A boxlike step for a mast with the after side
open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under
bridges, etc.
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Feast of Tabernacles (Jewish Antiq.), one of the three
principal festivals of the Jews, lasting seven days,
during which the people dwelt in booths formed of the
boughs of trees, in commemoration of the habitation of
their ancestors in similar dwellings during their
pilgrimage in the wilderness.
Tabernacle work, rich canopy work like that over the head
of niches, used over seats or stalls, or over sepulchral
monuments. --Oxf. Gloss.
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Goose barnacle
(gcide) | Goose \Goose\ (g[=oo]s), n.; pl. Geese (g[=e]s). [OE. gos, AS.
g[=o]s, pl. g[=e]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. g[=a]s, Dan.
gaas, Sw. g[*a]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for
hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha[.m]sa. [root]233. Cf. Gander,
Gannet, Ganza, Gosling.] (Zool.)
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1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserin[ae],
and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several
allied genera. See Anseres.
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Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been
derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser
anser}). The bean goose (A. segetum), the American
wild or Canada goose (Branta Canadensis), and the
bernicle goose (Branta leucopsis) are well known
species. The American white or snow geese and the blue
goose belong to the genus Chen. See Bernicle,
Emperor goose, under Emperor, Snow goose, {Wild
goose}, Brant.
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2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the
common goose.
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Note: The Egyptian or fox goose (Alopochen Aegyptiaca) and
the African spur-winged geese (Plectropterus) belong
to the family Plectropterid[ae]. The Australian
semipalmated goose (Anseranas semipalmata) and Cape
Barren goose (Cereopsis Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]) are
very different from northern geese, and each is made
the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in
Australia.
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3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle,
which resembles the neck of a goose.
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4. A silly creature; a simpleton.
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5. A game played with counters on a board divided into
compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.
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The pictures placed for ornament and use,
The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
--Goldsmith.
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A wild goose chase, an attempt to accomplish something
impossible or unlikely of attainment.
Fen goose. See under Fen.
Goose barnacle (Zool.), any pedunculated barnacle of the
genus Anatifa or Lepas; -- called also {duck
barnacle}. See Barnacle, and Cirripedia.
Goose cap, a silly person. [Obs.] --Beau. & .
Goose corn (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ({Juncus
squarrosus}).
Goose feast, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.]
Goose grass. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Galium (G. Aparine), a
favorite food of geese; -- called also catchweed and
cleavers.
(b) A species of knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
(c) The annual spear grass (Poa annua).
Goose neck, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved
like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook
connecting a spar with a mast.
Goose quill, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a
pen made from it.
Goose skin. See Goose flesh, above.
Goose tongue (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea
ptarmica}), growing wild in the British islands.
Sea goose. (Zool.) See Phalarope.
Solan goose. (Zool.) See Gannet.
[1913 Webster]Lepas \Le"pas\ (l[=e]"p[a^]s), n. [L., a limpet, fr. Gr.
lepa`s.] (Zool.)
Any one of various species of Lepas, a genus of
pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber,
bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; -- called also {goose
barnacle}. See Barnacle.
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goose barnacle
(gcide) | Goose \Goose\ (g[=oo]s), n.; pl. Geese (g[=e]s). [OE. gos, AS.
g[=o]s, pl. g[=e]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. g[=a]s, Dan.
gaas, Sw. g[*a]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for
hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha[.m]sa. [root]233. Cf. Gander,
Gannet, Ganza, Gosling.] (Zool.)
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1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserin[ae],
and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several
allied genera. See Anseres.
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Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been
derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser
anser}). The bean goose (A. segetum), the American
wild or Canada goose (Branta Canadensis), and the
bernicle goose (Branta leucopsis) are well known
species. The American white or snow geese and the blue
goose belong to the genus Chen. See Bernicle,
Emperor goose, under Emperor, Snow goose, {Wild
goose}, Brant.
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2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the
common goose.
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Note: The Egyptian or fox goose (Alopochen Aegyptiaca) and
the African spur-winged geese (Plectropterus) belong
to the family Plectropterid[ae]. The Australian
semipalmated goose (Anseranas semipalmata) and Cape
Barren goose (Cereopsis Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]) are
very different from northern geese, and each is made
the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in
Australia.
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3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle,
which resembles the neck of a goose.
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4. A silly creature; a simpleton.
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5. A game played with counters on a board divided into
compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.
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The pictures placed for ornament and use,
The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
--Goldsmith.
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A wild goose chase, an attempt to accomplish something
impossible or unlikely of attainment.
Fen goose. See under Fen.
Goose barnacle (Zool.), any pedunculated barnacle of the
genus Anatifa or Lepas; -- called also {duck
barnacle}. See Barnacle, and Cirripedia.
Goose cap, a silly person. [Obs.] --Beau. & .
Goose corn (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ({Juncus
squarrosus}).
Goose feast, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.]
Goose grass. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Galium (G. Aparine), a
favorite food of geese; -- called also catchweed and
cleavers.
(b) A species of knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
(c) The annual spear grass (Poa annua).
Goose neck, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved
like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook
connecting a spar with a mast.
Goose quill, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a
pen made from it.
Goose skin. See Goose flesh, above.
Goose tongue (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea
ptarmica}), growing wild in the British islands.
Sea goose. (Zool.) See Phalarope.
Solan goose. (Zool.) See Gannet.
[1913 Webster]Lepas \Le"pas\ (l[=e]"p[a^]s), n. [L., a limpet, fr. Gr.
lepa`s.] (Zool.)
Any one of various species of Lepas, a genus of
pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber,
bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; -- called also {goose
barnacle}. See Barnacle.
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Hibernacle
(gcide) | Hibernacle \Hi*ber"na*cle\, n. [L. hibernaculum a winter
residence, pl. hibernacula winter quarters: cf. F.
hibernacle. See Hibernate.]
That which serves for protection or shelter in winter; winter
quarters; as, the hibernacle of an animal or a plant.
--Martyn.
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Hybernacle
(gcide) | Hybernacle \Hy*ber"na*cle\, Hybernate \Hy"ber*nate\, Hybernation
\Hy`ber*na"tion\
See Hibernacle, Hibernate, Hibernation.
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Immanacle
(gcide) | Immanacle \Im*man"a*cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immanacled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Immanacling.]
To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from
free action.
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Although this corporal rind
Thou hast immanacled. --Milton.
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Immanacled
(gcide) | Immanacle \Im*man"a*cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immanacled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Immanacling.]
To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from
free action.
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Although this corporal rind
Thou hast immanacled. --Milton.
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Immanacling
(gcide) | Immanacle \Im*man"a*cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immanacled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Immanacling.]
To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from
free action.
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Although this corporal rind
Thou hast immanacled. --Milton.
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Manacle
(gcide) | Manacle \Man"a*cle\ (m[a^]n"[.a]*k'l), n. [OE. manicle, OF.
manicle, F. manicle sort glove, manacle, L. manicula a little
hand, dim. of manus hand; cf. L. manica sleeve, manacle, fr.
manus. See Manual.]
A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in
the plural.
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Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like
manacles on the right hand. --Ecclus. xxi.
19.
[1913 Webster]Manacle \Man"a*cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manacled
(m[a^]n"[.a]*k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Manacling.]
To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the
hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of
the limbs or natural powers.
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Is it thus you use this monarch, to manacle and shackle
him hand and foot ? --Arbuthnot.
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Manacled
(gcide) | Manacle \Man"a*cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manacled
(m[a^]n"[.a]*k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Manacling.]
To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the
hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of
the limbs or natural powers.
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Is it thus you use this monarch, to manacle and shackle
him hand and foot ? --Arbuthnot.
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Manacling
(gcide) | Manacle \Man"a*cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manacled
(m[a^]n"[.a]*k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Manacling.]
To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the
hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of
the limbs or natural powers.
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Is it thus you use this monarch, to manacle and shackle
him hand and foot ? --Arbuthnot.
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Pinnacle
(gcide) | Pinnacle \Pin"na*cle\, n. [OE. pinacle, F. pinacle, L.
pinnaculum, fr. pinna pinnacle, feather. See Pin a peg.]
1. (Arch.) An architectural member, upright, and generally
ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to
constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles
flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be
considered primarily as added weight, where it is
necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc.
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Some renowned metropolis
With glistering spires and pinnacles around.
--Milton.
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2. Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed
summit.
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Three silent pinnacles of aged snow. --Tennyson.
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The slippery tops of human state,
The gilded pinnacles of fate. --Cowley.
[1913 Webster]Pinnacle \Pin"na*cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinnacled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Pinnacling.]
To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles. --T.
Warton.
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Pinnacled
(gcide) | Pinnacle \Pin"na*cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinnacled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Pinnacling.]
To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles. --T.
Warton.
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Pinnacling
(gcide) | Pinnacle \Pin"na*cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinnacled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Pinnacling.]
To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles. --T.
Warton.
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Propugnacle
(gcide) | Propugnacle \Pro*pug"na*cle\, n. [L. propugnaculum.]
A fortress. [Obs.] --Howell.
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Rock barnacle
(gcide) | Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
rocc.]
1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
stone or crag. See Stone.
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Come one, come all! this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
clay, etc., when in natural beds.
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3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
support; a refuge.
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The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
2.
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4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
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5. (Zool.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
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Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
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Rock alum. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
rock.] Same as Roche alum.
Rock barnacle (Zool.), a barnacle (Balanus balanoides)
very abundant on rocks washed by tides.
Rock bass. (Zool.)
(a) The stripped bass. See under Bass.
(b) The goggle-eye.
(c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
rock bass.
Rock builder (Zool.), any species of animal whose remains
contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the
corals and Foraminifera.
Rock butter (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
slate.
Rock candy, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
sugar which are very hard, whence the name.
Rock cavy. (Zool.) See Moco.
Rock cod (Zool.)
(a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
found about rocks andledges.
(b) A California rockfish.
Rock cook. (Zool.)
(a) A European wrasse (Centrolabrus exoletus).
(b) A rockling.
Rock cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.
Rock crab (Zool.), any one of several species of large
crabs of the genus C, as the two species of the New
England coast (Cancer irroratus and Cancer borealis).
See Illust. under Cancer.
Rock cress (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
kind found on rocks, as Arabis petraea, Arabis lyrata,
etc.
Rock crystal (Min.), limpid quartz. See Quartz, and under
Crystal.
Rock dove (Zool.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock
doo}.
Rock drill, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
drilling holes for blasting, etc.
Rock duck (Zool.), the harlequin duck.
Rock eel. (Zool.) See Gunnel.
Rock goat (Zool.), a wild goat, or ibex.
Rock hopper (Zool.), a penguin of the genus Catarractes.
See under Penguin.
Rock kangaroo. (Zool.) See Kangaroo, and Petrogale.
Rock lobster (Zool.), any one of several species of large
spinose lobsters of the genera Panulirus and
Palinurus. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny
lobster}, and sea crayfish.
Rock meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
occuring as an efflorescence.
Rock milk. (Min.) See Agaric mineral, under Agaric.
Rock moss, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See Cudbear.
Rock oil. See Petroleum.
Rock parrakeet (Zool.), a small Australian parrakeet
(Euphema petrophila), which nests in holes among the
rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
green.
Rock pigeon (Zool.), the wild pigeon (Columba livia) Of
Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
derived. See Illust. under Pigeon.
Rock pipit. (Zool.) See the Note under Pipit.
Rock plover. (Zool.)
(a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
(b) The rock snipe.
Rock ptarmigan (Zool.), an arctic American ptarmigan
(Lagopus rupestris), which in winter is white, with the
tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
patches on the back.
Rock rabbit (Zool.), the hyrax. See Cony, and Daman.
Rock ruby (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.
Rock salt (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
from sea water in large basins or cavities.
Rock seal (Zool.), the harbor seal. See Seal.
Rock shell (Zool.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
allied genera.
Rock snake (Zool.), any one of several large pythons; as,
the royal rock snake (Python regia) of Africa, and the
rock snake of India (Python molurus). The Australian
rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus Morelia.
Rock snipe (Zool.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}); -- called also rock bird, rock plover,
winter snipe.
Rock soap (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
feel, and adhering to the tongue.
Rock sparrow. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
the genus Petronia, as Petronia stulla, of Europe.
(b) A North American sparrow (Pucaea ruficeps).
Rock tar, petroleum.
Rock thrush (Zool.), any Old World thrush of the genus
Monticola, or Petrocossyphus; as, the European rock
thrush (Monticola saxatilis), and the blue rock thrush
of India (Monticola cyaneus), in which the male is blue
throughout.
Rock tripe (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria
Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
of extremity.
Rock trout (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Hexagrammus, family Chiradae,
native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea
trout}, boregat, bodieron, and starling.
Rock warbler (Zool.), a small Australian singing bird
(Origma rubricata) which frequents rocky ravines and
water courses; -- called also cataract bird.
Rock wren (Zool.), any one of several species of wrens of
the genus Salpinctes, native of the arid plains of Lower
California and Mexico.
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Root barnacle
(gcide) | Root \Root\, n. [Icel. r[=o]t (for vr[=o]t); akin to E. wort,
and perhaps to root to turn up the earth. See Wort.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true
root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the
potato, the onion, or the sweet flag.
(b) The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a
plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity
only, not divided into joints, leafless and without
buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant in
the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble
matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of
nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may
never reach the ground, but may be attached to a wall,
etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air,
as in some epiphytic orchids.
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2. An edible or esculent root, especially of such plants as
produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc.; as, the
root crop.
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3. That which resembles a root in position or function, esp.
as a source of nourishment or support; that from which
anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the
root of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like.
Specifically:
(a) An ancestor or progenitor; and hence, an early race; a
stem.
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They were the roots out of which sprang two
distinct people. --Locke.
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(b) A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms
employed in language; a word from which other words
are formed; a radix, or radical.
(c) The cause or occasion by which anything is brought
about; the source. "She herself . . . is root of
bounty." --Chaucer.
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The love of money is a root of all kinds of
evil. --1 Tim. vi.
10 (rev. Ver.)
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(d) (Math.) That factor of a quantity which when
multiplied into itself will produce that quantity;
thus, 3 is a root of 9, because 3 multiplied into
itself produces 9; 3 is the cube root of 27.
(e) (Mus.) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone
from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is
composed. --Busby.
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(f) The lowest place, position, or part. "Deep to the
roots of hell." --Milton. "The roots of the
mountains." --Southey.
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4. (Astrol.) The time which to reckon in making calculations.
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When a root is of a birth yknowe [known]. --Chaucer.
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Aerial roots. (Bot.)
(a) Small roots emitted from the stem of a plant in the
open air, which, attaching themselves to the bark of
trees, etc., serve to support the plant.
(b) Large roots growing from the stem, etc., which descend
and establish themselves in the soil. See Illust. of
Mangrove.
Multiple primary root (Bot.), a name given to the numerous
roots emitted from the radicle in many plants, as the
squash.
Primary root (Bot.), the central, first-formed, main root,
from which the rootlets are given off.
Root and branch, every part; wholly; completely; as, to
destroy an error root and branch.
Root-and-branch men, radical reformers; -- a designation
applied to the English Independents (1641). See Citation
under Radical, n., 2.
Root barnacle (Zool.), one of the Rhizocephala.
Root hair (Bot.), one of the slender, hairlike fibers found
on the surface of fresh roots. They are prolongations of
the superficial cells of the root into minute tubes.
--Gray.
Root leaf (Bot.), a radical leaf. See Radical, a., 3
(b) .
Root louse (Zool.), any plant louse, or aphid, which lives
on the roots of plants, as the Phylloxera of the
grapevine. See Phylloxera.
Root of an equation (Alg.), that value which, substituted
for the unknown quantity in an equation, satisfies the
equation.
Root of a nail
(Anat.), the part of a nail which is covered by the skin.
Root of a tooth (Anat.), the part of a tooth contained in
the socket and consisting of one or more fangs.
Secondary roots (Bot.), roots emitted from any part of the
plant above the radicle.
To strike root, To take root, to send forth roots; to
become fixed in the earth, etc., by a root; hence, in
general, to become planted, fixed, or established; to
increase and spread; as, an opinion takes root. "The
bended twigs take root." --Milton.
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stalk barnacle
(gcide) | Stalked \Stalked\ (st[add]kt), a.
Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.
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Stalked barnacle (Zool.), a goose barnacle, or anatifer; --
called also stalk barnacle.
Stalked crinoid (Zool.), any crinoid having a jointed stem.
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Stalked barnacle
(gcide) | Stalked \Stalked\ (st[add]kt), a.
Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.
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Stalked barnacle (Zool.), a goose barnacle, or anatifer; --
called also stalk barnacle.
Stalked crinoid (Zool.), any crinoid having a jointed stem.
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Tabernacle
(gcide) | Tabernacle \Tab"er*na*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. tabernaculum, dim. of
taberna nut. See Tabern.]
1. A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a
tent.
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Dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob. --Heb.
xi. 9.
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Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in
winter with a wooden tabernacle and stoves.
--Evelyn.
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2. (Jewish Antiq.) A portable structure of wooden framework
covered with curtains, which was carried through the
wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of
sacrifice and worship. --Ex. xxvi.
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3. Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for
worship. --Acts xv. 16.
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4. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of
the soul.
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Shortly I must put off this my tabernacle. --2 Pet.
i. 14.
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5. Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or
precious things was deposited or kept. Specifically:
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(a) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the
consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or
movable.
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(b) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred
painting or sculpture.
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(c) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a
partially architectural character, as a solid frame
resting on a bracket, or the like.
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(d) A tryptich for sacred imagery.
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(e) A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.
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6. (Naut.) A boxlike step for a mast with the after side
open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under
bridges, etc.
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Feast of Tabernacles (Jewish Antiq.), one of the three
principal festivals of the Jews, lasting seven days,
during which the people dwelt in booths formed of the
boughs of trees, in commemoration of the habitation of
their ancestors in similar dwellings during their
pilgrimage in the wilderness.
Tabernacle work, rich canopy work like that over the head
of niches, used over seats or stalls, or over sepulchral
monuments. --Oxf. Gloss.
[1913 Webster]Tabernacle \Tab"er*na*cle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tabernacled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Tabernacling.]
To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.
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He assumed our nature, and tabernacled among us in the
flesh. --Dr. J.
Scott.
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Tabernacle work
(gcide) | Tabernacle \Tab"er*na*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. tabernaculum, dim. of
taberna nut. See Tabern.]
1. A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a
tent.
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Dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob. --Heb.
xi. 9.
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Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in
winter with a wooden tabernacle and stoves.
--Evelyn.
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2. (Jewish Antiq.) A portable structure of wooden framework
covered with curtains, which was carried through the
wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of
sacrifice and worship. --Ex. xxvi.
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3. Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for
worship. --Acts xv. 16.
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4. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of
the soul.
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Shortly I must put off this my tabernacle. --2 Pet.
i. 14.
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5. Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or
precious things was deposited or kept. Specifically:
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(a) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the
consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or
movable.
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(b) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred
painting or sculpture.
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(c) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a
partially architectural character, as a solid frame
resting on a bracket, or the like.
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(d) A tryptich for sacred imagery.
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(e) A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.
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6. (Naut.) A boxlike step for a mast with the after side
open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under
bridges, etc.
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Feast of Tabernacles (Jewish Antiq.), one of the three
principal festivals of the Jews, lasting seven days,
during which the people dwelt in booths formed of the
boughs of trees, in commemoration of the habitation of
their ancestors in similar dwellings during their
pilgrimage in the wilderness.
Tabernacle work, rich canopy work like that over the head
of niches, used over seats or stalls, or over sepulchral
monuments. --Oxf. Gloss.
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Tabernacled
(gcide) | Tabernacle \Tab"er*na*cle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tabernacled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Tabernacling.]
To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.
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He assumed our nature, and tabernacled among us in the
flesh. --Dr. J.
Scott.
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Tabernacling
(gcide) | Tabernacle \Tab"er*na*cle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tabernacled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Tabernacling.]
To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.
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He assumed our nature, and tabernacled among us in the
flesh. --Dr. J.
Scott.
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Unmanacle
(gcide) | Unmanacle \Un*man"a*cle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + manacle.]
To free from manacles. --Tennyson.
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Vernacle
(gcide) | Vernacle \Ver"na*cle\, n.
See Veronica, 1. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Veronica \Ve*ron"i*ca\, n. [LL.; -- so called from Veronica, a
woman who, according to an old legend, as Christ was carrying
the cross, wiped his face with a cloth, which received an
impression of his countenance; Veronica is fr. MGr.
Beroni`kh, fr. Macedonian Bereni`kh, for Gr. Fereni`kh,
literally, carrying off victory, victorious.]
1. A portrait or representation of the face of our Savior on
the alleged handkerchief of Saint Veronica, preserved at
Rome; hence, a representation of this portrait, or any
similar representation of the face of the Savior. Formerly
called also Vernacle, and Vernicle.
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2. (Bot.) A genus of scrophulariaceous plants; the speedwell.
See Speedwell.
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Note: Several herbaceous species are common in both Europe
and America, most of which have small blue flowers. A
few shrubby species from New Zealand are sometimes
found in cultivation.
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acorn barnacle
(wn) | acorn barnacle
n 1: barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal
zones [syn: acorn barnacle, rock barnacle, {Balanus
balanoides}] |
anaclinal
(wn) | anaclinal
adj 1: of valleys and rivers; progressing in a direction
opposite to the dip in surrounding rock strata [ant:
cataclinal] |
anaclisis
(wn) | anaclisis
n 1: (psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence
on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a
parental figure |
anaclitic
(wn) | anaclitic
adj 1: of or related to relationships that are characterized by
the strong dependence of one person on another |
anaclitic depression
(wn) | anaclitic depression
n 1: severe and progressive depression in infants who lose their
mother and do not get a suitable substitute |
barnacle
(wn) | barnacle
n 1: marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages;
free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and
live attached to submerged surfaces [syn: barnacle,
cirriped, cirripede]
2: European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far
north [syn: barnacle goose, barnacle, Branta leucopsis] |
barnacle goose
(wn) | barnacle goose
n 1: European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far
north [syn: barnacle goose, barnacle, {Branta
leucopsis}] |
binnacle
(wn) | binnacle
n 1: a nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in
front of the helm) |
feast of tabernacles
(wn) | Feast of Tabernacles
n 1: a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of
Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites
during their 40 years in the wilderness [syn: Succoth,
Sukkoth, Succos, Feast of Booths, {Feast of
Tabernacles}, Tabernacles] |
goose barnacle
(wn) | goose barnacle
n 1: stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating
timbers [syn: goose barnacle, gooseneck barnacle,
Lepas fascicularis] |
gooseneck barnacle
(wn) | gooseneck barnacle
n 1: stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating
timbers [syn: goose barnacle, gooseneck barnacle,
Lepas fascicularis] |
manacle
(wn) | manacle
n 1: shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked
around the wrist; usually used in pairs [syn: handcuff,
cuff, handlock, manacle]
v 1: confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or
handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene
of the crime" [syn: manacle, cuff, handcuff] |
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