slovo | definícia |
nubbin (encz) | nubbin,nevyvinutý klas kukuřice Zdeněk Brož |
Nubbin (gcide) | Nubbin \Nub"bin\, n.
A small or imperfect ear of maize. [Colloq. U. S.]
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nubbin (wn) | nubbin
n 1: a small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of
corn) |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
nubbin (encz) | nubbin,nevyvinutý klas kukuřice Zdeněk Brož |
nubbiness (encz) | nubbiness, n: |
snubbing (encz) | snubbing,lanování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Snubbing (gcide) | Snub \Snub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snubbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snubbing.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba,
Icel. snubb[=o]ttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.]
1. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the
growth of; to nop.
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2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or
remark; to reprimand; to check. --J. Foster.
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3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or
pretentious person; to slight designedly.
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To snub a cable or To snub a rope (Naut.), to check it
suddenly in running out. --Totten.
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Snubbing post (gcide) | Snub \Snub\, n.
1. A knot; a protuberance; a song. [Obs.]
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[A club] with ragged snubs and knotty grain.
--Spenser.
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2. A check or rebuke; an intended slight. --J. Foster.
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Snub nose, a short or flat nose.
Snub post, or Snubbing post (Naut.), a post on a dock or
shore, around which a rope is thrown to check the motion
of a vessel.
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nubbin (wn) | nubbin
n 1: a small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of
corn) |
nubbiness (wn) | nubbiness
n 1: looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) [syn:
coarseness, nubbiness, tweediness] |
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