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pistol
(encz) | pistol,pistole n: Zdeněk Brož |
pistol
(encz) | pistol,revolver n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pistol
(gcide) | Pistol \Pis"tol\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pistoled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pistoling.] [Cf. F. pistoler.]
To shoot with a pistol. "To pistol a poacher." --Sydney
Smith.
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Pistol
(gcide) | Pistol \Pis"tol\, n. [F. pistole, pistolet, It. pistola; prob.
from a form Pistola, for Pistoja, a town in Italy where
pistols were first made. Cf. Pistole.]
The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one
hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of
names. See Illust. of Revolver.
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Pistol carbine, a firearm with a removable but-piece, and
thus capable of being used either as a pistol or a
carbine.
Pistol pipe (Metal.), a pipe in which the blast for a
furnace is heated, resembling a pistol in form.
Pistol shot.
(a) The discharge of a pistol.
(b) The distance to which a pistol can propel a ball.
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pistol
(wn) | pistol
n 1: a firearm that is held and fired with one hand [syn:
pistol, handgun, side arm, shooting iron] |
pistol
(foldoc) | pistol
[IBM] A tool that makes it all too easy for you to shoot
yourself in the foot. "Unix "rm *" makes such a nice pistol!"
[Jargon File]
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pistol
(jargon) | pistol
n.
[IBM] A tool that makes it all too easy for you to shoot yourself in the
foot. “Unix rm * makes such a nice pistol!”
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epistola
(msasasci) | epistola
- epistle |
epistolary
(encz) | epistolary,dopisový adj: Zdeněk Brožepistolary,epistolární adj: Zdeněk Brožepistolary,napsaný ve formě dopisů Zdeněk Brožepistolary,písemný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
epistolatory
(encz) | epistolatory, adj: |
horse pistol
(encz) | horse pistol, n: |
horse-pistol
(encz) | horse-pistol, n: |
machine pistol
(encz) | machine pistol, n: |
pistol
(encz) | pistol,pistole n: Zdeněk Brožpistol,revolver n: Zdeněk Brož |
pistol grip
(encz) | pistol grip, n: |
pistol shrimp
(encz) | pistol shrimp, n: |
pistol-whip
(encz) | pistol-whip, |
pistoleer
(encz) | pistoleer, n: |
pistols
(encz) | pistols,pistole n: Zdeněk Brož |
semiautomatic pistol
(encz) | semiautomatic pistol, n: |
twenty-two pistol
(encz) | twenty-two pistol, n: |
water pistol
(encz) | water pistol,vodní pistole web |
epistolární
(czen) | epistolární,epistolaryadj: Zdeněk Brož |
mazací pistole
(czen) | mazací pistole,grease gun Zdeněk Brož |
nastřelovací pistole
(czen) | nastřelovací pistole,staple gun pro nastřelování hřebíků metan |
pistole
(czen) | pistole,derringern: Zdeněk Brožpistole,gatn: Zdeněk Brožpistole,handgun pistole,pistoln: Zdeněk Brožpistole,pistolsn: Zdeněk Brož |
pistolníci
(czen) | pistolníci,gunmenn: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
pistolník
(czen) | pistolník,gunfightern: Zdeněk Brožpistolník,gunmann: Zdeněk Brožpistolník,gunslingern: Zdeněk Brož |
pouzdro na pistoli
(czen) | pouzdro na pistoli,holstern: Zdeněk Brož |
primitivní pistole vyrobená podomácku
(czen) | primitivní pistole vyrobená podomácku,zip gunn: tata |
rychlopalná pistole
(czen) | rychlopalná pistole,submachine gun Zdeněk Brož |
spínací pistole
(czen) | spínací pistole,tacker Zdeněk Brož |
stříkací pistole
(czen) | stříkací pistole,spray gun Zdeněk Brožstříkací pistole,squirt gun Pavel Machekstříkací pistole,water gunn: PetrV |
vodní pistole
(czen) | vodní pistole,water pistol web |
vystřelit z pistole
(czen) | vystřelit z pistole,pop a cap[fráz.] [slang.] Cascaval |
automatic pistol
(gcide) | Colt pistol \Colt pistol\ (Firearms)
A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable
magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil
extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads
ready for another shot. Called also Browning pistol,
Colt-Browning pistol, automatic pistol and automatic.
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Browning pistol
(gcide) | Colt pistol \Colt pistol\ (Firearms)
A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable
magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil
extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads
ready for another shot. Called also Browning pistol,
Colt-Browning pistol, automatic pistol and automatic.
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Colt pistol
(gcide) | Colt pistol \Colt pistol\ (Firearms)
A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable
magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil
extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads
ready for another shot. Called also Browning pistol,
Colt-Browning pistol, automatic pistol and automatic.
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Colt-Browning pistol
(gcide) | Colt pistol \Colt pistol\ (Firearms)
A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable
magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil
extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads
ready for another shot. Called also Browning pistol,
Colt-Browning pistol, automatic pistol and automatic.
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Epistolar
(gcide) | Epistolar \E*pis"to*lar\, a.
Epistolary. --Dr. H. More.
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Epistolary
(gcide) | Epistolary \E*pis"to*la*ry\, a. [L. epistolaris, fr. epistola:
cf. F. ['e]pistolaire.]
1. Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and
correspondence; as, an epistolary style.
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2. Contained in letters; carried on by letters. "Epistolary
correspondence." --Addison.
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Epistolean
(gcide) | Epistolean \Ep`is*to"le*an\ ([e^]p`[i^]s*t[=o]"l[e^]*an), n.
One who writes epistles; a correspondent. --Mary Cowden
Clarke.
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Epistoler
(gcide) | Epistoler \E*pis"to*ler\ ([-e]*p[i^]s"t[-o]*l[~e]r), n. (Eccl.)
One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion
service; an epistler.
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Epistolet
(gcide) | Epistolet \E*pis"to*let\ ([-e]*p[i^]s"t[-o]*l[e^]t), n.
A little epistle. --Lamb. Epistolic |
Epistolic
(gcide) | Epistolic \Ep`is*tol"ic\, Epistolical \Ep`is*tol"ic*al\, a. [L.
epistolicus, Gr. ?.]
Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of
letters; epistolary.
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Epistolical
(gcide) | Epistolic \Ep`is*tol"ic\, Epistolical \Ep`is*tol"ic*al\, a. [L.
epistolicus, Gr. ?.]
Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of
letters; epistolary.
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Epistolize
(gcide) | Epistolize \E*pis"to*lize\, v. i.
To write epistles.
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Epistolizer
(gcide) | Epistolizer \E*pis"to*li`zer\, n.
A writer of epistles.
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Epistolographic
(gcide) | Epistolographic \E*pis`to*lo*graph"ic\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F.
['e]pistolographique.]
Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing
letters; epistolary.
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Epistolographic character of writing or {Epistolographic
mode of writing}, the same as Demotic character. See under
Demotic.
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epistolographic character
(gcide) | Demotic \De*mot"ic\, a. [Gr. dhmotiko`s, fr. dh^mos the people:
cf. F. d['e]motique.]
Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common.
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Demotic alphabet or Demotic character, a form of writing
used in Egypt after six or seven centuries before Christ,
for books, deeds, and other such writings; a simplified
form of the hieratic character; -- called also
epistolographic character, and enchorial character.
See Enchorial.
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Epistolographic character of writing
(gcide) | Epistolographic \E*pis`to*lo*graph"ic\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F.
['e]pistolographique.]
Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing
letters; epistolary.
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Epistolographic character of writing or {Epistolographic
mode of writing}, the same as Demotic character. See under
Demotic.
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Epistolographic mode of writing
(gcide) | Epistolographic \E*pis`to*lo*graph"ic\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F.
['e]pistolographique.]
Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing
letters; epistolary.
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Epistolographic character of writing or {Epistolographic
mode of writing}, the same as Demotic character. See under
Demotic.
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Epistolography
(gcide) | Epistolography \E*pis`to*log"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? epistle +
-graphy: cf. F. ['e]pistolographie.]
The art or practice of writing epistles. Epistoma |
machine pistol
(gcide) | machine pistol \machine pistol\ n.
A fully automatic pistol; a small submachine gun.
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Pistol carbine
(gcide) | Pistol \Pis"tol\, n. [F. pistole, pistolet, It. pistola; prob.
from a form Pistola, for Pistoja, a town in Italy where
pistols were first made. Cf. Pistole.]
The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one
hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of
names. See Illust. of Revolver.
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Pistol carbine, a firearm with a removable but-piece, and
thus capable of being used either as a pistol or a
carbine.
Pistol pipe (Metal.), a pipe in which the blast for a
furnace is heated, resembling a pistol in form.
Pistol shot.
(a) The discharge of a pistol.
(b) The distance to which a pistol can propel a ball.
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Pistol pipe
(gcide) | Pistol \Pis"tol\, n. [F. pistole, pistolet, It. pistola; prob.
from a form Pistola, for Pistoja, a town in Italy where
pistols were first made. Cf. Pistole.]
The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one
hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of
names. See Illust. of Revolver.
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Pistol carbine, a firearm with a removable but-piece, and
thus capable of being used either as a pistol or a
carbine.
Pistol pipe (Metal.), a pipe in which the blast for a
furnace is heated, resembling a pistol in form.
Pistol shot.
(a) The discharge of a pistol.
(b) The distance to which a pistol can propel a ball.
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Pistol shot
(gcide) | Pistol \Pis"tol\, n. [F. pistole, pistolet, It. pistola; prob.
from a form Pistola, for Pistoja, a town in Italy where
pistols were first made. Cf. Pistole.]
The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one
hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of
names. See Illust. of Revolver.
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Pistol carbine, a firearm with a removable but-piece, and
thus capable of being used either as a pistol or a
carbine.
Pistol pipe (Metal.), a pipe in which the blast for a
furnace is heated, resembling a pistol in form.
Pistol shot.
(a) The discharge of a pistol.
(b) The distance to which a pistol can propel a ball.
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Pistolade
(gcide) | Pistolade \Pis"to*lade`\, n. [F.]
A pistol shot.
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Pistole
(gcide) | Pistole \Pis*tole"\, n. [F., probably a name given in jest in
France to a Spanish coin. Cf. Pistol.]
The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly
coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was
equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in
Germany and Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian
pistole worth about $5.40.
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Pistoled
(gcide) | Pistol \Pis"tol\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pistoled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pistoling.] [Cf. F. pistoler.]
To shoot with a pistol. "To pistol a poacher." --Sydney
Smith.
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Pistoleer
(gcide) | Pistoleer \Pis`to*leer"\, n. [Cf. F. pistolier.]
One who uses a pistol. [R.] --Carlyle.
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Pistolet
(gcide) | Pistolet \Pis"to*let`\, n. [F., a dim. of pistole.]
A small pistol. --Donne. Beau. & Fl.
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Pistoling
(gcide) | Pistol \Pis"tol\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pistoled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pistoling.] [Cf. F. pistoler.]
To shoot with a pistol. "To pistol a poacher." --Sydney
Smith.
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Pocket pistol
(gcide) | Pocket \Pock"et\ (p[o^]k"[e^]t), n. [OE. poket, Prov. F. & OF.
poquette, F. pochette, dim. fr. poque, pouque, F. poche;
probably of Teutonic origin. See Poke a pocket, and cf.
Poach to cook eggs, to plunder, and Pouch.]
1. A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a
garment for carrying small articles, particularly money;
hence, figuratively, money; wealth.
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2. One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into
which the balls are driven.
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3. A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as
ginger, hops, cowries, etc.
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Note: In the wool or hop trade, the pocket contains half a
sack, or about 168 Ibs.; but it is a variable quantity,
the articles being sold by actual weight.
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4. (Arch.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of
board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.
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5. (Mining.)
(a) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or
other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a
cavity.
(b) A hole containing water.
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6. (Nat.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a
batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
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7. (Zool.) Same as Pouch.
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8. Any hollow place suggestive of a pocket in form or use;
specif.:
(a) A bin for storing coal, grain, etc.
(b) A socket for receiving the foot of a post, stake, etc.
(c) A bight on a lee shore.
(d) a small cavity in the body, especially one abnormally
filled with a fluid; as, a pocket of pus.
(e) (Dentistry) a small space between a tooth and the
adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the
gum from the tooth.
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9. An isolated group or area which has properties in contrast
to the surrounding area; as, a pocket of poverty in an
affluent region; pockets of resistance in a conquered
territory; a pocket of unemployment in a booming ecomony.
[PJC]
10. (Football) The area from which a quarterback throws a
pass, behind the line of scrimmage, delineated by the
defensive players of his own team who protect him from
attacking opponents; as, he had ample time in the pocket
to choose an open receiver.
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11. (Baseball) The part of a baseball glove covering the palm
of the wearer's hand.
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12. (Bowling) the space between the head pin and one of the
pins in the second row, considered as the optimal point
at which to aim the bowling ball in order to get a
strike.
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Note: Pocket is often used adjectively in the sense of small,
or in the formation of compound words usually of
obvious signification; as, pocket knife, pocket comb,
pocket compass, pocket edition, pocket handkerchief,
pocket money, pocket picking, or pocket-picking, etc.
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deep pocket or
deep pockets, wealth or substantial financial assets.
Note: Used esp. in legal actions, where plaintiffs desire to
find a defendant with "deep pockets", so as to be able
to actually obtain the sum of damages which may be
judged due to him. This contrasts with a
"judgment-proof" defendant, one who has neither assets
nor insurance, and against whom a judgment for monetary
damages would be uncollectable and worthless.
Out of pocket. See under Out, prep.
Pocket borough, a borough "owned" by some person. See under
Borough. [Eng.]
Pocket gopher (Zool.), any one of several species of
American rodents of the genera Geomys, and Thomomys,
family Geomyd[ae]. They have large external cheek
pouches, and are fossorial in their habits. they inhabit
North America, from the Mississippi Valley west to the
Pacific. Called also pouched gopher.
Pocket mouse (Zool.), any species of American mice of the
family Saccomyid[ae]. They have external cheek pouches.
Some of them are adapted for leaping (genus Dipadomys),
and are called kangaroo mice. They are native of the
Southwestern United States, Mexico, etc.
Pocket piece, a piece of money kept in the pocket and not
spent.
Pocket pistol, a pistol to be carried in the pocket.
Pocket sheriff (Eng. Law), a sheriff appointed by the sole
authority of the crown, without a nomination by the judges
in the exchequer. --Burrill.
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Very pistol
(gcide) | Very's night signals \Ver"y's night signals\, or Very night
signals \Ver"y night signals\ . [After Lieut. Samuel W. Very,
who invented the system in 1877.] (Naut.)
A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire
are fired from a pistol, the arrangement in groups denoting
numbers having a code significance. The pistol used to fire
the signal flare is called a
Very pistol.
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automatic pistol
(wn) | automatic pistol
n 1: a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone
or the trigger is released [syn: automatic pistol,
automatic] |
epistolary
(wn) | epistolary
adj 1: written in the form of or carried on by letters or
correspondence; "an endless sequence of epistolary love
affairs"; "the epistolatory novel" [syn: epistolary,
epistolatory] |
epistolatory
(wn) | epistolatory
adj 1: written in the form of or carried on by letters or
correspondence; "an endless sequence of epistolary love
affairs"; "the epistolatory novel" [syn: epistolary,
epistolatory] |
horse pistol
(wn) | horse pistol
n 1: a large pistol (usually in a holster) formerly carried by
horsemen [syn: horse pistol, horse-pistol] |
horse-pistol
(wn) | horse-pistol
n 1: a large pistol (usually in a holster) formerly carried by
horsemen [syn: horse pistol, horse-pistol] |
machine pistol
(wn) | machine pistol
n 1: a fully automatic pistol; a small submachine gun [syn:
burp gun, machine pistol] |
pistol
(wn) | pistol
n 1: a firearm that is held and fired with one hand [syn:
pistol, handgun, side arm, shooting iron] |
pistol grip
(wn) | pistol grip
n 1: a handle (as of a gun or saw) shaped like the butt of a
pistol |
pistol shrimp
(wn) | pistol shrimp
n 1: small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their
enlarged chelae [syn: snapping shrimp, pistol shrimp] |
pistol-whip
(wn) | pistol-whip
v 1: beat with a pistol |
pistoleer
(wn) | pistoleer
n 1: someone armed with a pistol (especially a soldier so armed) |
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