| slovo | definícia |
norfolk
(msas) | Norfolk
- NF, NFK, Norfolk Island |
norfolk
(msasasci) | Norfolk
- NF, NFK, Norfolk Island |
norfolk
(encz) | Norfolk,Norfolk n: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Spojené státy americké,
okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
norfolk
(czen) | Norfolk,Norfolkn: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Spojené státy americké,
okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Norfolk
(gcide) | Norfolk \Nor"folk\, n.
Short for Norfolk Jacket.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
norfolk
(wn) | Norfolk
n 1: port city located in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth
River at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay; headquarters of the
Atlantic fleet of the United States Navy |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
norfolk island
(mass) | Norfolk Island
- Norfolk |
norfolk
(msas) | Norfolk
- NF, NFK, Norfolk Island |
norfolk
(msasasci) | Norfolk
- NF, NFK, Norfolk Island |
norfolk
(encz) | Norfolk,Norfolk n: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Spojené státy americké,
okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
norfolk island pine
(encz) | norfolk island pine, n: |
norfolk jacket
(encz) | Norfolk jacket, |
norfolk
(czen) | Norfolk,Norfolkn: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Spojené státy americké,
okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Norfolk dumpling
(gcide) | Norfolk dumpling \Norfolk dumpling\ (Eng.)
(a) A kind of boiled dumpling made in Norfolk.
(b) A native or inhabitant of Norfolk.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Norfolk Island pine
(gcide) | Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[imac]n, L. pinus.]
1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See
Pinus.
[1913 Webster]
Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
States, of which the white pine (Pinus Strobus),
the Georgia pine (Pinus australis), the red pine
(Pinus resinosa), and the great West Coast {sugar
pine} (Pinus Lambertiana) are among the most
valuable. The Scotch pine or fir, also called
Norway or Riga pine (Pinus sylvestris), is the
only British species. The nut pine is any pine tree,
or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See
Pinon.
[1913 Webster] The spruces, firs, larches, and true
cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now
commonly assigned to other genera.
[1913 Webster]
2. The wood of the pine tree.
[1913 Webster]
3. A pineapple.
[1913 Webster]
Ground pine. (Bot.) See under Ground.
Norfolk Island pine (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
the Araucaria excelsa.
Pine barren, a tract of infertile land which is covered
with pines. [Southern U.S.]
Pine borer (Zool.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into
pine trees.
Pine finch. (Zool.) See Pinefinch, in the Vocabulary.
Pine grosbeak (Zool.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
red.
Pine lizard (Zool.), a small, very active, mottled gray
lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle
States; -- called also swift, brown scorpion, and
alligator.
Pine marten. (Zool.)
(a) A European weasel (Mustela martes), called also
sweet marten, and yellow-breasted marten.
(b) The American sable. See Sable.
Pine moth (Zool.), any one of several species of small
tortricid moths of the genus Retinia, whose larv[ae]
burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
doing great damage.
Pine mouse (Zool.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
forests.
Pine needle (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
of a pine tree. See Pinus.
Pine-needle wool. See Pine wool (below).
Pine oil, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
Pine snake (Zool.), a large harmless North American snake
(Pituophis melanoleucus). It is whitish, covered with
brown blotches having black margins. Called also {bull
snake}. The Western pine snake (Pituophis Sayi) is
chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
Pine tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Pinus; pine.
Pine-tree money, money coined in Massachusetts in the
seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
figure of a pine tree. The most noted variety is the {pine
tree shilling}.
Pine weevil (Zool.), any one of numerous species of weevils
whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several
species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to
the genera Pissodes, Hylobius, etc.
Pine wool, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
arts; -- called also pine-needle wool, and {pine-wood
wool}.
[1913 Webster] |
Norfolk jacket
(gcide) | Norfolk jacket \Norfolk jacket\
A kind of loose-fitting plaited jacket, having a loose belt.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Norfolk plover
(gcide) | Norfolk plover \Norfolk plover\
The stone curlew.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Norfolk spaniel
(gcide) | Norfolk spaniel \Norfolk spaniel\
One of a breed of field spaniels similar to the clumbers, but
shorter in body and of a liver-and-white or black-and-white
color.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
norfolk
(wn) | Norfolk
n 1: port city located in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth
River at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay; headquarters of the
Atlantic fleet of the United States Navy |
norfolk island
(wn) | Norfolk Island
n 1: an island territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean off
the eastern coast of Australia; formerly a British penal
colony |
norfolk island pine
(wn) | norfolk island pine
n 1: evergreen of Australia and Norfolk Island in the South
Pacific [syn: norfolk island pine, {Araucaria
heterophylla}, Araucaria excelsa] |
norfolk jacket
(wn) | Norfolk jacket
n 1: loose-fitting single-breasted jacket |
norfolk terrier
(wn) | Norfolk terrier
n 1: English breed of small terrier with a straight wiry
grizzled coat and dropped ears |
norfolk wherry
(wn) | Norfolk wherry
n 1: sailing barge used especially in East Anglia [syn:
wherry, Norfolk wherry] |
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