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petty
(encz) | petty,drobný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
petty
(encz) | petty,malicherný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
petty
(encz) | petty,malý adj: [slang.] Jan Hradil |
petty
(encz) | petty,triviální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Petty
(gcide) | Petty \Pet"ty\ (p[e^]t"t[y^]), a. [Compar. Pettier
(p[e^]t"t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Pettiest.] [OE. petit, F.
petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf.
Petit.]
Little; trifling; inconsiderable; unimportant; also,
inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; petty complaints; a
petty prince. --Denham.
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Like a petty god
I walked about, admired of all. --Milton.
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Petty averages. See under Average.
Petty cash, money expended or received in small items or
amounts.
Petty officer, a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc.,
corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army.
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Note: For petty constable, petty jury, petty larceny, petty
treason, See Petit.
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Syn: Little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling;
trivial; unimportant; frivolous.
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petty
(wn) | petty
adj 1: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a
lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
functionary" [syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking,
lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern]
2: (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of
money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian
compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little
(or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details";
"limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a
police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it
seems to be a picayune infraction" [syn: fiddling,
footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling,
piffling, petty, picayune, trivial]
3: contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments";
"disgusted with their small-minded pettiness" [syn: petty,
small-minded]
n 1: larceny of property having a value less than some amount
(the amount varies by locale) [syn: petit larceny, {petty
larceny}, petty] [ant: grand larceny, grand theft] |
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petty cash
(mass) | petty cash
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chief petty officer
(encz) | chief petty officer, |
master chief petty officer
(encz) | master chief petty officer, |
petty
(encz) | petty,drobný adj: Zdeněk Brožpetty,malicherný adj: Zdeněk Brožpetty,malý adj: [slang.] Jan Hradilpetty,triviální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
petty apartheid
(encz) | petty apartheid, n: |
petty bourgeoisie
(encz) | petty bourgeoisie, n: |
petty cash
(encz) | petty cash,drobná hotovost Zdeněk Brož |
petty criticism
(encz) | petty criticism, n: |
petty juror
(encz) | petty juror, n: |
petty jury
(encz) | petty jury, n: |
petty larceny
(encz) | petty larceny, n: |
petty morel
(encz) | petty morel, n: |
petty officer
(encz) | petty officer,poddůstojník Zdeněk Brož |
petty officer first class
(encz) | petty officer first class, |
petty officer second class
(encz) | petty officer second class, |
petty officer third class
(encz) | petty officer third class, |
petty spurge
(encz) | petty spurge, n: |
petty whin
(encz) | petty whin, n: |
senior chief petty officer
(encz) | senior chief petty officer, |
greater pettychaps
(gcide) | Figpecker \Fig"peck`er\ (f[i^]g"p[e^]k`[~e]r), n. (Zool.)
The European garden warbler (Sylvia hortensis or {Currica,
hortensis}); -- called also beccafico and {greater
pettychaps}.
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little petty small small-minded
(gcide) | Narrow-minded \Nar"row-mind`ed\, a.
Of narrow mental scope; lacking tolerance or breadth of view;
illiberal; mean. Opposite of broad-minded, open-minded,
liberal. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {dogmatic,
dogmatical}; little, petty, small, small-minded]
Syn: narrowminded, narrow, illiberal, intolerant.
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2. Capable of being shocked by behavior of others. Opposite
of unshockable. [WordNet sense 1]
Syn: shockable.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] -- Nar"row-mind`ed*ness, n.
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Petty averages
(gcide) | Petty \Pet"ty\ (p[e^]t"t[y^]), a. [Compar. Pettier
(p[e^]t"t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Pettiest.] [OE. petit, F.
petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf.
Petit.]
Little; trifling; inconsiderable; unimportant; also,
inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; petty complaints; a
petty prince. --Denham.
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Like a petty god
I walked about, admired of all. --Milton.
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Petty averages. See under Average.
Petty cash, money expended or received in small items or
amounts.
Petty officer, a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc.,
corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army.
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Note: For petty constable, petty jury, petty larceny, petty
treason, See Petit.
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Syn: Little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling;
trivial; unimportant; frivolous.
[1913 Webster]Average \Av"er*age\, n. [OF. average, LL. averagium, prob. fr.
OF. aver, F. avoir, property, horses, cattle, etc.; prop.
infin., to have, from L. habere to have. Cf. F. av['e]rage
small cattle, and avarie (perh. of different origin) damage
to ship or cargo, port dues. The first meaning was perhaps
the service of carting a feudal lord's wheat, then charge for
carriage, the contribution towards loss of things carried, in
proportion to the amount of each person's property. Cf.
Aver, n., Avercorn, Averpenny.]
1. (OLd Eng. Law) That service which a tenant owed his lord,
to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the
carriage of wheat, turf, etc.
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2. [Cf. F. avarie damage to ship or cargo.] (Com.)
(a) A tariff or duty on goods, etc. [Obs.]
(b) Any charge in addition to the regular charge for
freight of goods shipped.
(c) A contribution to a loss or charge which has been
imposed upon one of several for the general benefit;
damage done by sea perils.
(d) The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss
or expense among all interested.
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General average, a contribution made, by all parties
concerned in a sea adventure, toward a loss occasioned by
the voluntary sacrifice of the property of some of the
parties in interest for the benefit of all. It is called
general average, because it falls upon the gross amount of
ship, cargo, and freight at risk and saved by the
sacrifice. --Kent.
Particular average signifies the damage or partial loss
happening to the ship, or cargo, or freight, in
consequence of some fortuitous or unavoidable accident;
and it is borne by the individual owners of the articles
damaged, or by their insurers.
Petty averages are sundry small charges, which occur
regularly, and are necessarily defrayed by the master in
the usual course of a voyage; such as port charges, common
pilotage, and the like, which formerly were, and in some
cases still are, borne partly by the ship and partly by
the cargo. In the clause commonly found in bills of
lading, "primage and average accustomed," average means a
kind of composition established by usage for such charges,
which were formerly assessed by way of average. --Arnould.
--Abbott. --Phillips.
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3. A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of
unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if
A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the
average 10.
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4. Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a
comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual
size, quantity, quality, rate, etc. "The average of
sensations." --Paley.
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5. pl. In the English corn trade, the medial price of the
several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
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On an average, taking the mean of unequal numbers or
quantities.
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Petty cash
(gcide) | Petty \Pet"ty\ (p[e^]t"t[y^]), a. [Compar. Pettier
(p[e^]t"t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Pettiest.] [OE. petit, F.
petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf.
Petit.]
Little; trifling; inconsiderable; unimportant; also,
inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; petty complaints; a
petty prince. --Denham.
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Like a petty god
I walked about, admired of all. --Milton.
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Petty averages. See under Average.
Petty cash, money expended or received in small items or
amounts.
Petty officer, a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc.,
corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army.
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Note: For petty constable, petty jury, petty larceny, petty
treason, See Petit.
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Syn: Little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling;
trivial; unimportant; frivolous.
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Petty constable
(gcide) | Constable \Con"sta*ble\ (k[o^]n"st[.a]*b'l or
k[u^]n"st[.a]*b'l), n. [OE. conestable, constable, a
constable (in sense 1), OF. conestable, F. conn['e]table, LL.
conestabulus, constabularius, comes stabuli, orig., count of
the stable, master of the horse, equerry; comes count (L.
companion) + L. stabulum stable. See Count a nobleman, and
Stable.]
1. A high officer in the monarchical establishments of the
Middle Ages.
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Note: The constable of France was the first officer of the
crown, and had the chief command of the army. It was
also his duty to regulate all matters of chivalry. The
office was suppressed in 1627. The constable, or lord
high constable, of England, was one of the highest
officers of the crown, commander in chief of the
forces, and keeper of the peace of the nation. He also
had judicial cognizance of many important matters. The
office was as early as the Conquest, but has been
disused (except on great and solemn occasions), since
the attainder of Stafford, duke of Buckingham, in the
reign of Henry VIII.
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2. (Law) An officer of the peace having power as a
conservator of the public peace, and bound to execute the
warrants of judicial officers. --Bouvier.
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Note: In England, at the present time, the constable is a
conservator of the peace within his district, and is
also charged by various statutes with other duties,
such as serving summons, precepts, warrants, etc. In
the United States, constables are town or city officers
of the peace, with powers similar to those of the
constables of England. In addition to their duties as
conservators of the peace, they are invested with
others by statute, such as to execute civil as well as
criminal process in certain cases, to attend courts,
keep juries, etc. In some cities, there are officers
called high constables, who act as chiefs of the
constabulary or police force. In other cities the title
of constable, as well as the office, is merged in that
of the police officer.
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High constable, a constable having certain duties and
powers within a hundred. [Eng.]
Petty constable, a conservator of the peace within a parish
or tithing; a tithingman. [Eng.]
Special constable, a person appointed to act as constable
of special occasions.
To overrun the constable, or outrun the constable, to
spend more than one's income; to get into debt. [Colloq.]
--Smollett.
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Petty morel
(gcide) | morel \mor"el\, n. [See morelle.] (Bot.)
1. Nightshade; -- so called from its blackish purple berries.
[Written also morelle.]
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2. A kind of cherry. See Morello.
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Great morel, the deadly nightshade.
Petty morel, the black nightshade. See Nightshade.
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Petty mullein
(gcide) | Mullein \Mul"lein\, n. [OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs
having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The
common species, with densely woolly leaves, is {Verbascum
Thapsus}.
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Moth mullein. See under Moth.
Mullein foxglove, an American herb (Seymeria macrophylla)
with coarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a
spreading border.
Petty mullein, the cowslip. --Dr. Prior.
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Petty officer
(gcide) | Petty \Pet"ty\ (p[e^]t"t[y^]), a. [Compar. Pettier
(p[e^]t"t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Pettiest.] [OE. petit, F.
petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf.
Petit.]
Little; trifling; inconsiderable; unimportant; also,
inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; petty complaints; a
petty prince. --Denham.
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Like a petty god
I walked about, admired of all. --Milton.
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Petty averages. See under Average.
Petty cash, money expended or received in small items or
amounts.
Petty officer, a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc.,
corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army.
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Note: For petty constable, petty jury, petty larceny, petty
treason, See Petit.
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Syn: Little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling;
trivial; unimportant; frivolous.
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Petty whin
(gcide) | Whin \Whin\, n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.]
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1. (Bot.)
(a) Gorse; furze. See Furze.
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Through the whins, and by the cairn. --Burns.
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(b) Woad-waxed. --Gray.
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2. Same as Whinstone. [Prov. Eng.]
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Moor whin or Petty whin (Bot.), a low prickly shrub
(Genista Anglica) common in Western Europe.
Whin bruiser, a machine for cutting and bruising whin, or
furze, to feed cattle on.
Whin Sparrow (Zool.), the hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
Whin Thrush (Zool.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
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Pettychaps
(gcide) | Pettychaps \Pet"ty*chaps\ (p[e^]t"t[y^]*ch[o^]ps), n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of small European singing birds of
the subfamily Sylviin[ae], as the willow warbler, the
chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis).
[1913 Webster]Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin
to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. Willy.]
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1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including
many species, most of which are characterized often used
as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A
wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." --Sir W.
Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the
person beloved, is said to wear the willow.
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And I must wear the willow garland
For him that's dead or false to me. --Campbell.
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2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is
opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes
projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded
with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having
been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods,
though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the
winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called
also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil.
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Almond willow, Pussy willow, Weeping willow. (Bot.) See
under Almond, Pussy, and Weeping.
Willow biter (Zool.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.]
Willow fly (Zool.), a greenish European stone fly
(Chloroperla viridis); -- called also yellow Sally.
Willow gall (Zool.), a conical, scaly gall produced on
willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia
strobiloides}).
Willow grouse (Zool.), the white ptarmigan. See
ptarmigan.
Willow lark (Zool.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
Willow ptarmigan (Zool.)
(a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting.
See under Reed.
(b) A sparrow (Passer salicicolus) native of Asia,
Africa, and Southern Europe.
Willow tea, the prepared leaves of a species of willow
largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively
used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for
tea. --McElrath.
Willow thrush (Zool.), a variety of the veery, or Wilson's
thrush. See Veery.
Willow warbler (Zool.), a very small European warbler
(Phylloscopus trochilus); -- called also bee bird,
haybird, golden wren, pettychaps, sweet William,
Tom Thumb, and willow wren.
[1913 Webster]Chiff-chaff \Chiff"-chaff\, n. [So called from its note.]
(Zool.)
A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); -- called
also chip-chap, and pettychaps. |
pettychaps
(gcide) | Pettychaps \Pet"ty*chaps\ (p[e^]t"t[y^]*ch[o^]ps), n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of small European singing birds of
the subfamily Sylviin[ae], as the willow warbler, the
chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis).
[1913 Webster]Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin
to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. Willy.]
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1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including
many species, most of which are characterized often used
as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A
wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." --Sir W.
Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the
person beloved, is said to wear the willow.
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And I must wear the willow garland
For him that's dead or false to me. --Campbell.
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2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is
opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes
projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded
with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having
been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods,
though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the
winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called
also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil.
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Almond willow, Pussy willow, Weeping willow. (Bot.) See
under Almond, Pussy, and Weeping.
Willow biter (Zool.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.]
Willow fly (Zool.), a greenish European stone fly
(Chloroperla viridis); -- called also yellow Sally.
Willow gall (Zool.), a conical, scaly gall produced on
willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia
strobiloides}).
Willow grouse (Zool.), the white ptarmigan. See
ptarmigan.
Willow lark (Zool.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
Willow ptarmigan (Zool.)
(a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting.
See under Reed.
(b) A sparrow (Passer salicicolus) native of Asia,
Africa, and Southern Europe.
Willow tea, the prepared leaves of a species of willow
largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively
used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for
tea. --McElrath.
Willow thrush (Zool.), a variety of the veery, or Wilson's
thrush. See Veery.
Willow warbler (Zool.), a very small European warbler
(Phylloscopus trochilus); -- called also bee bird,
haybird, golden wren, pettychaps, sweet William,
Tom Thumb, and willow wren.
[1913 Webster]Chiff-chaff \Chiff"-chaff\, n. [So called from its note.]
(Zool.)
A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); -- called
also chip-chap, and pettychaps. |
Pettywhin
(gcide) | Pettywhin \Pet"ty*whin\ (p[e^]t"t[y^]*hw[i^]n), n. [Petty +
whin.] (Bot.)
The needle furze. See under Needle.
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chief petty officer
(wn) | chief petty officer
n 1: a person with the senior noncommissioned naval rank |
petty
(wn) | petty
adj 1: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a
lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
functionary" [syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking,
lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern]
2: (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of
money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian
compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little
(or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details";
"limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a
police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it
seems to be a picayune infraction" [syn: fiddling,
footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling,
piffling, petty, picayune, trivial]
3: contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments";
"disgusted with their small-minded pettiness" [syn: petty,
small-minded]
n 1: larceny of property having a value less than some amount
(the amount varies by locale) [syn: petit larceny, {petty
larceny}, petty] [ant: grand larceny, grand theft] |
petty apartheid
(wn) | petty apartheid
n 1: racial segregation enforced primarily in public
transportation and hotels and restaurants and other public
places |
petty bourgeoisie
(wn) | petty bourgeoisie
n 1: lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.)
[syn: petit bourgeois, petite bourgeoisie, {petty
bourgeoisie}] |
petty cash
(wn) | petty cash
n 1: a small fund of cash that a firm keeps for the payment of
incidental expenses |
petty criticism
(wn) | petty criticism
n 1: a petty disparagement [syn: detraction, {petty
criticism}] |
petty juror
(wn) | petty juror
n 1: a member of a petit jury [syn: petit juror, {petty
juror}] |
petty jury
(wn) | petty jury
n 1: a jury of 12 to determine the facts and decide the issue in
civil or criminal proceedings [syn: petit jury, {petty
jury}] |
petty larceny
(wn) | petty larceny
n 1: larceny of property having a value less than some amount
(the amount varies by locale) [syn: petit larceny, {petty
larceny}, petty] [ant: grand larceny, grand theft] |
petty morel
(wn) | petty morel
n 1: unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished
from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled
umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico [syn:
American spikenard, petty morel, life-of-man, {Aralia
racemosa}] |
petty officer
(wn) | petty officer
n 1: a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a
rank comparable to sergeant in the Army [syn: {petty
officer}, PO, P.O.] |
petty spurge
(wn) | petty spurge
n 1: an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern
United States [syn: petty spurge, devil's milk,
Euphorbia peplus] |
petty whin
(wn) | petty whin
n 1: prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England
and Europe [syn: broom tree, needle furze, {petty
whin}, Genista anglica] |
senior chief petty officer
(wn) | senior chief petty officer
n 1: a senior noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard
with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army [syn:
senior chief petty officer, SCPO] |
PETTY AVERAGE
(bouvier) | PETTY AVERAGE. A contribution by the owners of the ship, freight and goods
on board, for losses sustained by the ship and cargo, which consist of small
charges. Vide Average.
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PETTY BAG
(bouvier) | PETTY BAG, Eng. law. An office in the court of chancery, appropriated for
suits against attorneys and officers of the court; and for, process and
proceedings, by extent on statutes, recognizances, ad quod damnum and the
like. T. de la Ley.
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