slovo | definícia |
oiled (encz) | oiled,namazaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
oiled (encz) | oiled,naolejovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Oiled (gcide) | Oil \Oil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oiled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Oiling.]
To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to
anoint with oil.
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oiled (gcide) | oiled \oiled\ (oild), a.
1. Covered or treated with oil; dressed with, or soaked in,
oil.
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2. Drunk; inebriated. [slang]
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Oiled silk, silk rendered waterproof by saturation with
boiled oil.
well oiled,
(a) operating smoothly and efficiently.
(b) very drink. [slang]
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oiled (wn) | oiled
adj 1: treated with oil; "oiled country roads"; "an oiled walnut
table" [ant: unoiled] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
boiled (mass) | boiled
- varený |
boiled (encz) | boiled,vařený n: |
boiled oil (encz) | boiled oil,fermež [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
charbroiled (encz) | charbroiled,roštovaný na uhlí Zdeněk Brož |
coiled (encz) | coiled,stočený adj: Zdeněk Brožcoiled,svinutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
despoiled (encz) | despoiled, adj: |
embroiled (encz) | embroiled,zapletený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
foiled (encz) | foiled,nepovedený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
hard-boiled (encz) | hard-boiled,hrubý adj: Zdeněk Brožhard-boiled,natvrdo vařený Zdeněk Brožhard-boiled,uvařený natvrdo Zdeněk Brož |
hard-boiled egg (encz) | hard-boiled egg, n: |
hardboiled (encz) | hardboiled, |
oiled (encz) | oiled,namazaný adj: Zdeněk Brožoiled,naolejovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
oiled-up water (encz) | oiled-up water,zaolejovaná voda [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
parboiled (encz) | parboiled,parbolied úprava rýže Clock |
roiled (encz) | roiled, adj: |
shopsoiled (encz) | shopsoiled, adj: |
soft-boiled (encz) | soft-boiled,uvařený na měkko Zdeněk Brož |
soiled (encz) | soiled,špinavý Pavel Machek |
spoiled (encz) | spoiled,zhýčkaný adj: Toldaspoiled,zkažený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
spoiled brat (encz) | spoiled brat, |
the first pancake is always spoiled (encz) | the first pancake is always spoiled, |
travel-soiled (encz) | travel-soiled, adj: |
unboiled (encz) | unboiled, |
uncoiled (encz) | uncoiled, adj: |
unoiled (encz) | unoiled, adj: |
unsoiled (encz) | unsoiled, |
unspoiled (encz) | unspoiled,nenarušený adj: Zdeněk Brožunspoiled,nezkažený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Boiled (gcide) | Boil \Boil\ (boil), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boiled (boild); p. pr.
& vb. n. Boiling.] [OE. boilen, OF. boilir, builir, F.
bouillir, fr. L. bullire to be in a bubbling motion, from
bulla bubble; akin to Gr. ?, Lith. bumbuls. Cf. Bull an
edict, Budge, v., and Ebullition.]
1. To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the
generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or
of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point;
to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils.
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2. To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than
heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.
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He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. --Job xii.
31.
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3. To pass from a liquid to an a["e]riform state or vapor
when heated; as, the water boils away.
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4. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid;
as, his blood boils with anger.
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Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath.
--Surrey.
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5. To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes
are boiling.
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To boil away, to vaporize; to evaporate or be evaporated by
the action of heat.
To boil over, to run over the top of a vessel, as liquid
when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause
of effervescence; to be excited with ardor or passion so
as to lose self-control.
[1913 Webster]Boiled \Boiled\, a.
Dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of a
boiling liquid; as, boiled meat; a boiled dinner; boiled
clothes.
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boiled-down (gcide) | boiled-down \boiled-down\ adj.
expressing the essence; condensed; summarized. the final
boiled-down crux of the matter
Syn: boiled down.
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broiled (gcide) | broiled \broiled\ adj.
cooked by direct exposure to radiant heat. baked fried
bolied
Syn: grilled.
[WordNet 1.5]Broil \Broil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Broiled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Broiling.] [OE. broilen, OF. bruillir, fr. bruir to broil,
burn; of Ger. origin; cf. MHG. br["u]ejen, G. br["u]hen, to
scald, akin to E. brood.]
1. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon
a gridiron over coals.
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2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
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Broiled (gcide) | broiled \broiled\ adj.
cooked by direct exposure to radiant heat. baked fried
bolied
Syn: grilled.
[WordNet 1.5]Broil \Broil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Broiled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Broiling.] [OE. broilen, OF. bruillir, fr. bruir to broil,
burn; of Ger. origin; cf. MHG. br["u]ejen, G. br["u]hen, to
scald, akin to E. brood.]
1. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon
a gridiron over coals.
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2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
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churning churned-up roiling roiled roily turbulent (gcide) | agitated \agitated\ adj.
1. troubled emotionally and usually deeply. Opposite of
unagitated. agitated parents
Note: Narrower terms are: {demoniac, demoniacal ; distraught,
overwrought; disturbed, jolted, shaken; {feverish,
hectic}; frantic, frenetic, phrenetic, frenzied;
{psychedelic ; {rampageous, raging, frenzied ;
{wild-eyed . Also See: discomposed, excited, impatient,
tense, unquiet, unsteady.
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2. 1 throwing oneself from side to side.
Syn: tossing
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3. physically disturbed or set in motion; as, the agitated
mixture foamed and bubbled. Opposite of unagitated and
left alone, allowed to stand.
Note: [Narrower terms are: {churning, churned-up, roiling,
roiled, roily, turbulent ; stirred.]
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coiled (gcide) | coiled \coiled\ (koild), adj.
curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals;
as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on
the deck. Opposite of uncoiled.
Note: [Narrower terms: {coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling,
volute, voluted, whorled}; {convolute rolled
longitudinally upon itself};curled, curled up;
{involute closely coiled so that the axis is
obscured)}; looped, whorled; twined, twisted;
convoluted; {involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves
in bud: having margins rolled inward)}; wound]
[WordNet 1.5]Coil \Coil\ (koil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coiled (koild); p. pr.
& vb. n. Coiling.] [OF. coillir, F. cueillir, to collect,
gather together, L. coligere; col- + legere to gather. See
Legend, and cf. Cull, v. t., Collect.]
1. To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when
not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.
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2. To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils. [Obs. or R.]
--T. Edwards.
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Coiled (gcide) | coiled \coiled\ (koild), adj.
curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals;
as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on
the deck. Opposite of uncoiled.
Note: [Narrower terms: {coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling,
volute, voluted, whorled}; {convolute rolled
longitudinally upon itself};curled, curled up;
{involute closely coiled so that the axis is
obscured)}; looped, whorled; twined, twisted;
convoluted; {involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves
in bud: having margins rolled inward)}; wound]
[WordNet 1.5]Coil \Coil\ (koil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coiled (koild); p. pr.
& vb. n. Coiling.] [OF. coillir, F. cueillir, to collect,
gather together, L. coligere; col- + legere to gather. See
Legend, and cf. Cull, v. t., Collect.]
1. To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when
not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.
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2. To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils. [Obs. or R.]
--T. Edwards.
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Despoiled (gcide) | Despoil \De*spoil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Despoiled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Despoiling.] [OF. despoiller, F. d['e]pouiller, L.
despoliare, despoliatum; de- + spoliare to strip, rob,
spolium spoil, booty. Cf. Spoil, Despoliation.]
1. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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2. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to
strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.
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The clothed earth is then bare,
Despoiled is the summer fair. --Gower.
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A law which restored to them an immense domain of
which they had been despoiled. --Macaulay.
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Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss.
--Milton.
Syn: To strip; deprive; rob; bereave; rifle.
[1913 Webster]despoiled \despoiled\ adj.
having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence.
Syn: pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked.
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despoiled (gcide) | Despoil \De*spoil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Despoiled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Despoiling.] [OF. despoiller, F. d['e]pouiller, L.
despoliare, despoliatum; de- + spoliare to strip, rob,
spolium spoil, booty. Cf. Spoil, Despoliation.]
1. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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2. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to
strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.
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The clothed earth is then bare,
Despoiled is the summer fair. --Gower.
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A law which restored to them an immense domain of
which they had been despoiled. --Macaulay.
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Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss.
--Milton.
Syn: To strip; deprive; rob; bereave; rifle.
[1913 Webster]despoiled \despoiled\ adj.
having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence.
Syn: pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked.
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despoiled pillaged raped ravaged sacked (gcide) | destroyed \destroyed\ adj.
1. p. p. of destroy. [Narrower terms: {annihilated,
exterminated, wiped out(predicate)}; {blasted, desolate,
desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted};
blighted, spoilt; {blotted out, obliterate,
obliterated}; demolished, dismantled, razed; {done
for(predicate), kaput(predicate), gone(prenominal), lost,
finished(predicate)}; extinguished; {ruined, wiped
out(predicate), impoverished}; totaled, wrecked;
war-torn, war-worn; {despoiled, pillaged, raped,
ravaged, sacked}] Also See: damaged. Antonym:
preserved
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2. destroyed physically or morally.
Syn: ruined.
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Disembroiled (gcide) | Disembroil \Dis`em*broil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembroiled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disembroiling.] [Pref. dis- + embroil.]
To disentangle; to free from perplexity; to extricate from
confusion.
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Vaillant has disembroiled a history that was lost to
the world before his time. --Addison.
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Embroiled (gcide) | Embroil \Em*broil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embroiled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Embroiling.] [F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) +
brouiller. See 1st Broil, and cf. Imbroglio.]
1. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or
discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make
confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by
dissension or strife.
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The royal house embroiled in civil war. --Dryden.
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2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
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The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so
embroiled with ?able and legend. --Addison.
Syn: To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder;
trouble; implicate; commingle.
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Entoiled (gcide) | Entoil \En*toil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entoiled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Entoiling.]
To take with toils or bring into toils; to insnare. [R.]
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Entoiled in woofed phantasies. --Keats.
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Foiled (gcide) | Foil \Foil\ (foil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foiled (foild); p. pr.
& vb. n. Foiling.] [F. fouler to tread or trample under
one's feet, to press, oppress. See Full, v. t.]
1. To tread under foot; to trample.
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King Richard . . . caused the ensigns of Leopold to
be pulled down and foiled under foot. --Knoless.
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Whom he did all to pieces breake and foyle,
In filthy durt, and left so in the loathely soyle.
--Spenser.
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2. To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to
baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.
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And by ? mortal man at length am foiled. --Dryden.
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Her long locks that foil the painter's power.
--Byron.
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3. To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in
chase. --Addison.
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hard-boiled (gcide) | hard-bitten \hard-bitten\ hard-boiled \hard-boiled\adj.
not given to sentimentality or gentleness; -- of people; as,
a hard-bitten character.
Syn: pugnacious, tough.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]hard-boiled \hard-boiled\ adj.
1. same as hard-bitten.
Syn: hard-bitten, pugnacious.
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2. emotionally hardened; -- used of persons.
Syn: callous, case-hardened, hardened.
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3. cooked until the yolk is solid; -- used of eggs; as, a
breakfast of pancakes and hard-boiled eggs.
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involute closely coiled so that the axis is obscured (gcide) | coiled \coiled\ (koild), adj.
curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals;
as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on
the deck. Opposite of uncoiled.
Note: [Narrower terms: {coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling,
volute, voluted, whorled}; {convolute rolled
longitudinally upon itself};curled, curled up;
{involute closely coiled so that the axis is
obscured)}; looped, whorled; twined, twisted;
convoluted; {involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves
in bud: having margins rolled inward)}; wound]
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Moiled (gcide) | Moil \Moil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moiled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Moiling.] [OE. moillen to wet, OF. moillier, muillier, F.
mouller, fr. (assumed) LL. molliare, fr. L. mollis soft. See
Mollify.]
To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.
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Thou . . . doest thy mind in dirty pleasures moil.
--Spenser.
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oiled (gcide) | Oil \Oil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oiled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Oiling.]
To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to
anoint with oil.
[1913 Webster]oiled \oiled\ (oild), a.
1. Covered or treated with oil; dressed with, or soaked in,
oil.
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2. Drunk; inebriated. [slang]
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Oiled silk, silk rendered waterproof by saturation with
boiled oil.
well oiled,
(a) operating smoothly and efficiently.
(b) very drink. [slang]
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Oiled silk (gcide) | oiled \oiled\ (oild), a.
1. Covered or treated with oil; dressed with, or soaked in,
oil.
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2. Drunk; inebriated. [slang]
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Oiled silk, silk rendered waterproof by saturation with
boiled oil.
well oiled,
(a) operating smoothly and efficiently.
(b) very drink. [slang]
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Parboiled (gcide) | Parboil \Par"boil`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parboiled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Parboiling.] [OE. parboilen, OF. parbouillir to cook
well; par through (see Par) + bouillir to boil, L. bullire.
The sense has been influenced by E. part. See 1st Boil.]
1. To boil or cook thoroughly. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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2. To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling.
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3. Hence: (Fig.) To do (something) only part way, or
incompletely. Also used intransitively.
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Recoiled (gcide) | Recoil \Re*coil"\ (r[-e]*koil"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Recoiled
(r[-e]*koild"); p. pr. & vb. n. Recoiling.] [OE. recoilen,
F. reculer, fr. L. pref. re- re- + culus the fundament. The
English word was perhaps influenced in form by accoil.]
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1. To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a
reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to
return.
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Evil on itself shall back recoil. --Milton.
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The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . .
. that we should recoil into our ordinary spirits.
--De Quincey.
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2. To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing,
alarming, or the like; to shrink. --Shak.
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3. To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
[Obs.] "To your bowers recoil." --Spenser.
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Roiled (gcide) | Roil \Roil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roiled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Roiling.] [Cf. OE. roilen to wander; possibly fr. OF.
roeler to roll, equiv. to F. rouler. See Roll, v., and cf.
Rile.]
1. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of;
as, to roil wine, cider, etc., in casks or bottles; to
roil a spring.
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2. To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to
rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex.
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That his friends should believe it, was what roiled
him [Judge Jeffreys] exceedingly. --R. North.
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Note: Provincial in England and colloquial in the United
States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile.
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Soiled (gcide) | Soil \Soil\ (soil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soiled (soild); p. pr.
& vb. n. Soiling.] [OF. saoler, saouler, to satiate, F.
so[^u]ler, L. satullare, fr. satullus, dim. of satur sated.
See Satire.]
To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure,
with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of
sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the
effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food;
as, to soil a horse.
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Soiled dove (gcide) | Dove \Dove\ (d[u^]v), n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d[=u]fe;
akin to OS. d[=u]ba, D. duif, OHG. t[=u]ba, G. taube, Icel.
d[=u]fa, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d[=u]b[=o]; perh. from
the root of E. dive.]
1. (Zool.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various
related genera. The species are numerous.
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Note: The domestic dove, including the varieties called
fantails, tumblers, carrier pigeons, etc., was
derived from the rock pigeon (Columba livia) of
Europe and Asia; the turtledove of Europe, celebrated
for its sweet, plaintive note, is Columba turtur or
Turtur vulgaris; the ringdove, the largest of
European species, is Columba palumbus; the {Carolina
dove}, or Mourning dove, is Zenaidura macroura; the
sea dove is the little auk (Mergulus alle or {Alle
alle}). See Turtledove, Ground dove, and {Rock
pigeon}. The dove is a symbol of peace, innocence,
gentleness, and affection; also, in art and in the
Scriptures, the typical symbol of the Holy Ghost.
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2. A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
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O my dove, . . . let me hear thy voice. --Cant. ii.
14.
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3. a person advocating peace, compromise or conciliation
rather than war or conflict. Opposite of hawk.
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Dove tick (Zool.), a mite (Argas reflexus) which infests
doves and other birds.
Soiled dove, a prostitute. [Slang] Dovecot |
Spoiled (gcide) | Spoil \Spoil\ (spoil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spoiled (spoild) or
Spoilt (spoilt); p. pr. & vb. n. Spoiling.] [F. spolier,
OF. espoillier, fr. L. spoliare, fr. spolium spoil. Cf.
Despoil, Spoliation.]
1. To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; --
with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil
one of his goods or possessions. "Ye shall spoil the
Egyptians." --Ex. iii. 22.
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My sons their old, unhappy sire despise,
Spoiled of his kingdom, and deprived of eyes.
--Pope.
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2. To seize by violence; to take by force; to plunder.
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No man can enter into a strong man's house, and
spoil his goods, except he will first bind the
strong man. --Mark iii.
27.
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3. To cause to decay and perish; to corrupt; to vitiate; to
mar.
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Spiritual pride spoils many graces. --Jer. Taylor.
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4. To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin;
to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled
by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.
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Toiled (gcide) | Toil \Toil\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toiled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Toiling.] [OE. toilen to pull about, to toil; of uncertain
origin; cf. OD. teulen, tuylen, to labor, till, or OF.
tooillier, toailler, to wash, rub (cf. Towel); or perhaps
ultimately from the same root as E. tug.]
To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind,
especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or
duration; to labor; to work.
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Trefoiled (gcide) | Trefoiled \Tre"foiled`\, a. (Her.)
Same as Tr['e]fl['e].
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Turmoiled (gcide) | Turmoil \Tur*moil"\ (t[^u]r*moil"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Turmoiled (t[^u]r*moil"d); p. pr. & vb. n. Turmoiling.]
To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry. [Obs.]
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It is her fatal misfortune . . . to be miserably tossed
and turmoiled with these storms of affliction.
--Spenser.
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Unboiled (gcide) | Unboiled \Unboiled\
See boiled. |
Unfoiled (gcide) | Unfoiled \Unfoiled\
See foiled. |
Unoiled (gcide) | Unoiled \Unoiled\
See oiled. |
Unroiled (gcide) | Unroiled \Unroiled\
See roiled. |
Unsoiled (gcide) | Unsoiled \Unsoiled\
See soiled. |
Unspoiled (gcide) | Unspoiled \Unspoiled\
See spoiled. |
Untoiled (gcide) | Untoiled \Untoiled\
See toiled. |
well oiled (gcide) | oiled \oiled\ (oild), a.
1. Covered or treated with oil; dressed with, or soaked in,
oil.
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2. Drunk; inebriated. [slang]
[PJC]
Oiled silk, silk rendered waterproof by saturation with
boiled oil.
well oiled,
(a) operating smoothly and efficiently.
(b) very drink. [slang]
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
boiled (wn) | boiled
adj 1: cooked in hot water [syn: boiled, poached, stewed] |
boiled dinner (wn) | boiled dinner
n 1: corned beef simmered with onions and cabbage and usually
other vegetables [syn: boiled dinner, {New England boiled
dinner}] |
boiled egg (wn) | boiled egg
n 1: egg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling water
[syn: boiled egg, coddled egg] |
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