| slovo | definícia |
parch
(encz) | parch,opražit v: Petr Prášek |
parch
(encz) | parch,pražit v: Petr Prášek |
parch
(encz) | parch,vyprahnout v: Petr Prášek |
parch
(encz) | parch,vysušit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Parch
(gcide) | Parch \Parch\, v. i.
To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry.
"Parch in Afric sun." --Shak.
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Parch
(gcide) | Parch \Parch\ (p[aum]rch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parched; p. pr.
& vb. n. Parching.] [OE. perchen to pierce, hence used of a
piercing heat or cold, OF. perchier, another form of percier,
F. percer. See Pierce.]
1. To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire,
as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn.
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Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn. --Lev.
xxiii. 14.
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2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth
is parched from fever.
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The ground below is parched. --Dryden.
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parch
(wn) | parch
v 1: cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun
parched the earth" [syn: parch, sear] |
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parched
(mass) | parched
- vyprahlý |
eparch
(encz) | eparch,eparcha Zdeněk Brož |
eparchial
(encz) | eparchial, adj: |
eparchy
(encz) | eparchy, n: |
hipparchus
(encz) | Hipparchus, |
parch
(encz) | parch,opražit v: Petr Prášekparch,pražit v: Petr Prášekparch,vyprahnout v: Petr Prášekparch,vysušit v: Zdeněk Brož |
parched
(encz) | parched,vyprahlý adj: Zdeněk Brožparched,vysušený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
parcheesi
(encz) | parcheesi,verze hry Člověče, nezlob se! n: Lukáš Jirkovský |
parchment
(encz) | parchment,pergamen n: Zdeněk Brož |
eparcha
(czen) | eparcha,eparch Zdeněk Brož |
Eparch
(gcide) | Eparch \Ep"arch\, n. [Gr. ?; 'epi` over + ? chief, ? supreme
power, dominion.]
In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in
modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.
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Eparchy
(gcide) | Eparchy \Ep"arch*y\, n. [Gr. ? the post or office of an ?.]
A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction
of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the
larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom;
in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.
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Paparchy
(gcide) | Paparchy \Pa"par*chy\, n. [L. papa bishop + -archy.]
Government by a pope; papal rule.
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Parched
(gcide) | Parch \Parch\ (p[aum]rch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parched; p. pr.
& vb. n. Parching.] [OE. perchen to pierce, hence used of a
piercing heat or cold, OF. perchier, another form of percier,
F. percer. See Pierce.]
1. To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire,
as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn.
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Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn. --Lev.
xxiii. 14.
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2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth
is parched from fever.
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The ground below is parched. --Dryden.
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Parchedness
(gcide) | Parchedness \Parch"ed*ness\, n.
The state of being parched.
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Parcheesi
(gcide) | Parcheesi \Par*chee"si\ (p[aum]r*ch[=e]"z[i^]), n.
See Pachisi.
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Parchesi
(gcide) | Pachisi \Pa*chi"si\, Parchesi \Par*che"si\, Parchisi
\Par*chi"si\, n. [Hind., fr. pachis twenty-five, the highest
throw in the game.]
1. A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in
India.
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2. A game adopted from the Indian game, using disks, as of
pasteboard, and dice; it is played on a cross-shaped
board. [U. S. & Eng.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]parchesi \par*che"si\ (p[aum]r*ch[=e]"z[i^]), n.
See Pachisi.
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parchesi
(gcide) | Pachisi \Pa*chi"si\, Parchesi \Par*che"si\, Parchisi
\Par*chi"si\, n. [Hind., fr. pachis twenty-five, the highest
throw in the game.]
1. A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in
India.
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2. A game adopted from the Indian game, using disks, as of
pasteboard, and dice; it is played on a cross-shaped
board. [U. S. & Eng.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]parchesi \par*che"si\ (p[aum]r*ch[=e]"z[i^]), n.
See Pachisi.
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Parching
(gcide) | Parch \Parch\ (p[aum]rch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parched; p. pr.
& vb. n. Parching.] [OE. perchen to pierce, hence used of a
piercing heat or cold, OF. perchier, another form of percier,
F. percer. See Pierce.]
1. To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire,
as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn.
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Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn. --Lev.
xxiii. 14.
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2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth
is parched from fever.
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The ground below is parched. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]parching \parch"ing\ (p[aum]rch"[i^]ng), a.
Scorching; burning; drying. "Summer's parching heat." --Shak.
-- Parch"ing*ly, adv.
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parching
(gcide) | Parch \Parch\ (p[aum]rch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parched; p. pr.
& vb. n. Parching.] [OE. perchen to pierce, hence used of a
piercing heat or cold, OF. perchier, another form of percier,
F. percer. See Pierce.]
1. To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire,
as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn.
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Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn. --Lev.
xxiii. 14.
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2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth
is parched from fever.
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The ground below is parched. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]parching \parch"ing\ (p[aum]rch"[i^]ng), a.
Scorching; burning; drying. "Summer's parching heat." --Shak.
-- Parch"ing*ly, adv.
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Parchingly
(gcide) | parching \parch"ing\ (p[aum]rch"[i^]ng), a.
Scorching; burning; drying. "Summer's parching heat." --Shak.
-- Parch"ing*ly, adv.
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Parchisi
(gcide) | Pachisi \Pa*chi"si\, Parchesi \Par*che"si\, Parchisi
\Par*chi"si\, n. [Hind., fr. pachis twenty-five, the highest
throw in the game.]
1. A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in
India.
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2. A game adopted from the Indian game, using disks, as of
pasteboard, and dice; it is played on a cross-shaped
board. [U. S. & Eng.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]Parchisi \Par*chi"si\ (p[aum]r*ch[=e]"z[i^]), n.
same as Pachisi.
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Parchment
(gcide) | Parchment \Parch"ment\ (p[aum]rch"ment), n. [OE. parchemin,
perchemin, F. parchemin, LL. pergamenum, L. pergamena,
pergamina, fr. L. Pergamenus of or belonging to Pergamus an
ancient city of Mysia in Asia Minor, where parchment was
first used.]
1. The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other
animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum.
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But here's a parchment with the seal of C[ae]sar.
--Shak.
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2. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
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Parchment paper. See Papyrine.
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parchment beaver
(gcide) | Dry \Dry\ (dr[imac]), a. [Compar. Drier; superl. Driest.]
[OE. dru[yogh]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG.
dr["o]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a
dry log. Cf. Drought, Drouth, 3d Drug.]
1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid;
not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal
supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said
especially:
(a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.
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The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the
season. --Addison.
(b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not
succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay.
(c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry.
(d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.
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Give the dry fool drink. -- Shak
(e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
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Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. --
Prescott.
(f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is
entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry
gangrene; dry catarrh.
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2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren;
unembellished; jejune; plain.
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These epistles will become less dry, more
susceptible of ornament. --Pope.
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3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or
hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone
or manner; dry wit.
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He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W.
Irving.
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4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of
execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and
of easy transition in coloring.
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Dry area (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the
foundation of a building to guard it from damp.
Dry blow.
(a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no
effusion of blood.
(b) A quick, sharp blow.
Dry bone (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a
miner's term.
Dry castor (Zool.) a kind of beaver; -- called also
parchment beaver.
Dry cupping. (Med.) See under Cupping.
Dry dock. See under Dock.
Dry fat. See Dry vat (below).
Dry light, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear,
impartial view. --Bacon.
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The scientific man must keep his feelings under
stern control, lest they obtrude into his
researches, and color the dry light in which alone
science desires to see its objects. -- J. C.
Shairp.
Dry masonry. See Masonry.
Dry measure, a system of measures of volume for dry or
coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc.
Dry pile (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed
without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current,
and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of
great delicacy; -- called also Zamboni's, from the names
of the two earliest constructors of it.
Dry pipe (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam
from a boiler.
Dry plate (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating
sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or
pictures can be made, without moistening.
Dry-plate process, the process of photographing with dry
plates.
Dry point. (Fine Arts)
(a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the
burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching,
but is finished without the use acid.
(b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper.
(c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is
made.
Dry rent (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a
clause of distress. --Bouvier.
Dry rot, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the
condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the
presence of a peculiar fungus (Merulius lacrymans),
which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but
it is more probable that the real cause is the
decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called
also sap rot, and, in the United States, powder post.
--Hebert.
Dry stove, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of
arid climates. --Brande & C.
Dry vat, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry
articles.
Dry wine, that in which the saccharine matter and
fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have
wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is
perceptible; -- opposed to sweet wine, in which the
saccharine matter is in excess.
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Parchment paper
(gcide) | Parchment \Parch"ment\ (p[aum]rch"ment), n. [OE. parchemin,
perchemin, F. parchemin, LL. pergamenum, L. pergamena,
pergamina, fr. L. Pergamenus of or belonging to Pergamus an
ancient city of Mysia in Asia Minor, where parchment was
first used.]
1. The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other
animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum.
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But here's a parchment with the seal of C[ae]sar.
--Shak.
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2. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
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Parchment paper. See Papyrine.
[1913 Webster]Paper \Pa"per\ (p[=a]"p[~e]r), n. [F. papier, fr. L. papyrus
papyrus, from which the Egyptians made a kind of paper, Gr.
pa`pyros. Cf. Papyrus.]
1. A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended
to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It
is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous
material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded,
pressed, and dried.
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2. A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.
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3. A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the
like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific
society.
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They brought a paper to me to be signed. --Dryden.
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4. A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a
journal; as, a daily paper.
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5. Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of
exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount
of his paper.
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6. Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper.
See Paper hangings, below.
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7. A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a
paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.
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8. A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for
external application; as, cantharides paper.
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9. pl. Documents establishing a person's identity, or status,
or attesting to some right, such as the right to drive a
vehicle; as, the border guard asked for his papers.
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Note: Paper is manufactured in sheets, the trade names of
which, together with the regular sizes in inches, are
shown in the following table. But paper makers vary the
size somewhat.
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Note: In the manufacture of books, etc., a sheet, of whatever
size originally, is termed, when folded once, a folio;
folded twice, a quarto, or 4to; three times, an octavo,
or 8vo; four times, a sextodecimo, or 16mo; five times,
a 32mo; three times, with an offcut folded twice and
set in, a duodecimo, or 12mo; four times, with an
offcut folded three times and set in, a 24mo.
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Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination,
having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper
cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or
paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker;
paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight,
or paperweight, etc.
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Business paper, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in
payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to
accommodation paper.
Fly paper, paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used
for catching flies.
Laid paper. See under Laid.
Paper birch (Bot.), the canoe birch tree ({Betula
papyracea}).
Paper blockade, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval
force.
Paper boat (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper.
Paper car wheel (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel
tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between
two plate-iron disks. --Forney.
Paper credit, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such
as promissory notes, duebills, etc.
Paper hanger, one who covers walls with paper hangings.
Paper hangings, paper printed with colored figures, or
otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against
the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper.
Paper house, an audience composed of people who have come
in on free passes. [Cant]
Paper money, notes or bills, usually issued by government
or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money,
and circulated as the representative of coin.
Paper mulberry. (Bot.) See under Mulberry.
Paper muslin, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc.
Paper nautilus. (Zool.) See Argonauta.
Paper reed (Bot.), the papyrus.
Paper sailor. (Zool.) See Argonauta.
Paper stainer, one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De
Colange.
Paper wasp (Zool.), any wasp which makes a nest of
paperlike material, as the yellow jacket.
Paper weight, any object used as a weight to prevent loose
papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise.
on paper.
(a) in writing; as, I would like to see that on paper.
(b) in theory, though not necessarily in paractice.
(c) in the design state; planned, but not yet put into
practice.
Parchment paper. See Papyrine.
Tissue paper, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to
protect engravings in books.
Wall paper. Same as Paper hangings, above.
Waste paper, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless,
except for uses of little account.
Wove paper, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not
ribbed or watermarked.
paper tiger, a person or group that appears to be powerful
and dangerous but is in fact weak and ineffectual.
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Parchmentize
(gcide) | Parchmentize \Parch"ment*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. -ized; p.
pr. & vb. n. -izing.]
To convert to a parchmentlike substance, especially by
sulphuric acid.
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Toparch
(gcide) | Toparch \To"parch\, n. [L. toparcha, Gr. ?; ? a place + ? to
govern, to rule.]
The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the
governor of a toparchy.
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The prince and toparch of that country. --Fuller.
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Toparchies
(gcide) | Toparchy \To"parch*y\, n.; pl. Toparchies. [L. toparchia, Gr.
?. See Toparch.]
A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty
country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided
into ten toparchies. --Fuller.
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Toparchy
(gcide) | Toparchy \To"parch*y\, n.; pl. Toparchies. [L. toparchia, Gr.
?. See Toparch.]
A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty
country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided
into ten toparchies. --Fuller.
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Unparched
(gcide) | Unparched \Un*parched"\, a. [Pref. un- not (intensive) parched.]
Dried up; withered by heat. [Obs.] "My tongue . . .
unparched." -- Crashaw.
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Vegetable parchment
(gcide) | Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v['e]g['e]table growing,
capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,
from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,
invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,
vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be
lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.
wake, v. See Vigil, Wake, v.]
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1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or
produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable
growths, juices, etc.
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Blooming ambrosial fruit
Of vegetable gold. --Milton.
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2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable
kingdom.
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Vegetable alkali (Chem.), an alkaloid.
Vegetable brimstone. (Bot.) See Vegetable sulphur, below.
Vegetable butter (Bot.), a name of several kinds of
concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian
butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma
butyracea}, a tree of the order Guttiferae, also
African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of
cocoa (Theobroma).
Vegetable flannel, a textile material, manufactured in
Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained
from the leaves of the Pinus sylvestris.
Vegetable ivory. See Ivory nut, under Ivory.
Vegetable jelly. See Pectin.
Vegetable kingdom. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.
Vegetable leather.
(a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia
punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.
(b) See Vegetable leather, under Leather.
Vegetable marrow (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly
eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender
quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable
in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but
is now thought to have been derived from a form of the
American pumpkin.
Vegetable oyster (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under
Oyster.
Vegetable parchment, papyrine.
Vegetable sheep (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia
eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large
fleecy cushions on the mountains.
Vegetable silk, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained
from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree
(Chorisia speciosa). It is used for various purposes, as
for stuffing cushions, and the like, but is incapable of
being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the
fibers.
Vegetable sponge. See 1st Loof.
Vegetable sulphur, the fine and highly inflammable spores
of the club moss (Lycopodium clavatum); witch meal.
Vegetable tallow, a substance resembling tallow, obtained
from various plants; as, Chinese vegetable tallow,
obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian
vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney
tallow.
Vegetable wax, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of
certain plants, as the bayberry.
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Vegetable kingdom (Nat. Hist.), that primary division of
living things which includes all plants. The classes of
the vegetable kingdom have been grouped differently by
various botanists. The following is one of the best of the
many arrangements of the principal subdivisions.
[1913 Webster] I. Phaenogamia (called also
Phanerogamia). Plants having distinct flowers and true
seeds. [ 1. Dicotyledons (called also Exogens). --
Seeds with two or more cotyledons. Stems with the pith,
woody fiber, and bark concentrically arranged. Divided
into two subclasses: Angiosperms, having the woody fiber
interspersed with dotted or annular ducts, and the seeds
contained in a true ovary; Gymnosperms, having few or no
ducts in the woody fiber, and the seeds naked. 2.
Monocotyledons (called also Endogens). -- Seeds with
single cotyledon. Stems with slender bundles of woody
fiber not concentrically arranged, and with no true bark.]
[1913 Webster] II. Cryptogamia. Plants without true
flowers, and reproduced by minute spores of various kinds,
or by simple cell division. [ 1. Acrogens. -- Plants
usually with distinct stems and leaves, existing in two
alternate conditions, one of which is nonsexual and
sporophoric, the other sexual and oophoric. Divided into
Vascular Acrogens, or Pteridophyta, having the
sporophoric plant conspicuous and consisting partly of
vascular tissue, as in Ferns, Lycopods, and Equiseta, and
Cellular Acrogens, or Bryophyta, having the sexual
plant most conspicuous, but destitute of vascular tissue,
as in Mosses and Scale Mosses. 2. Thallogens. -- Plants
without distinct stem and leaves, consisting of a simple
or branched mass of cellular tissue, or reduced to a
single cell. Reproduction effected variously. Divided into
Algae, which contain chlorophyll or its equivalent, and
which live upon air and water, and Fungi, which contain
no chlorophyll, and live on organic matter. (Lichens are
now believed to be fungi parasitic on included algae.]
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Note: Many botanists divide the Phaenogamia primarily into
Gymnosperms and Angiosperms, and the latter into
Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons. Others consider
Pteridophyta and Bryophyta to be separate classes.
Thallogens are variously divided by different writers,
and the places for diatoms, slime molds, and stoneworts
are altogether uncertain.
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Vocabulary.
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eparch
(wn) | eparch
n 1: a bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the
Eastern Church
2: the governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece |
eparchial
(wn) | eparchial
adj 1: of or relating to an eparchy |
eparchy
(wn) | eparchy
n 1: a province in ancient Greece
2: a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church [syn: eparchy,
exarchate] |
hipparchus
(wn) | Hipparchus
n 1: Greek astronomer and mathematician who discovered the
precession of the equinoxes and made the first known star
chart and is said to have invented trigonometry (second
century BC) |
parch
(wn) | parch
v 1: cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun
parched the earth" [syn: parch, sear] |
parched
(wn) | parched
adj 1: dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; "a
vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat";
"parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare";
"sunbaked salt flats" [syn: adust, baked, parched,
scorched, sunbaked]
2: toasted or roasted slightly; "parched corn was a staple of
the Indian diet" |
parcheesi
(wn) | Parcheesi
n 1: a modern board game based on pachisi |
parchesi
(wn) | parchesi
n 1: an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a
cross-shaped board [syn: pachisi, parchesi, parchisi] |
parchisi
(wn) | parchisi
n 1: an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a
cross-shaped board [syn: pachisi, parchesi, parchisi] |
parchment
(wn) | parchment
n 1: a superior paper resembling sheepskin
2: skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on [syn:
parchment, sheepskin, lambskin] |
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