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rapping
(encz) | rapping,klepající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Rapping
(gcide) | Rap \Rap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rapped (r[a^]pt), usually
written Rapt; p. pr. & vb. n. Rapping.] [OE. rapen; akin
to LG. & D. rapen to snatch, G. raffen, Sw. rappa; cf. Dan.
rappe sig to make haste, and Icel. hrapa to fall, to rush,
hurry. The word has been confused with L. rapere to seize.
Cf. Rape robbery, Rapture, Raff, v., Ramp, v.]
1. To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.
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And through the Greeks and Ilians they rapt
The whirring chariot. --Chapman.
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From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew, Sir Edmund
Bacon, to Redgrove. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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2. To hasten. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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3. To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to
transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or
rapture; as, rapt into admiration.
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I'm rapt with joy to see my Marcia's tears.
--Addison.
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Rapt into future times, the bard begun. --Pope.
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4. To exchange; to truck. [Obs. & Low]
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5. To engage in a discussion, converse.
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6. (ca. 1985) to perform a type of rhythmic talking, often
with accompanying rhythm instruments. It is considered by
some as a type of music; see rap music.
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To rap and ren, To rap and rend. [Perhaps fr. Icel. hrapa
to hurry and r[ae]na plunder, fr. r[=a]n plunder, E. ran.]
To seize and plunder; to snatch by violence. --Dryden.
"[Ye] waste all that ye may rape and renne." --Chaucer.
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All they could rap and rend and pilfer. --Hudibras.
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To rap out, to utter with sudden violence, as an oath.
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A judge who rapped out a great oath. --Addison.
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Rapping
(gcide) | Rap \Rap\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rapped (r[a^]pt); p. pr. & vb.
n. Rapping.] [Akin to Sw. rappa to strike, rapp stroke,
Dan. rap, perhaps of imitative origin.]
To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on
the door.
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scrapping
(mass) | scrapping
- odložiť |
wrapping
(mass) | wrapping
- balenie |
entrapping
(encz) | entrapping, |
gift wrapping
(encz) | gift wrapping, n: |
rapping
(encz) | rapping,klepající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
scrapping
(encz) | scrapping,drcení n: Zdeněk Brožscrapping,odložit [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačscrapping,šrotování n: Zdeněk Brož |
spirit rapping
(encz) | spirit rapping, n: |
strapping
(encz) | strapping,urostlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
table rapping
(encz) | table rapping, n: |
trapping
(encz) | trapping,odchyt n: Zdeněk Brožtrapping,zachycování n: Zdeněk Brož |
trappings
(encz) | trappings,čabraka Pavel Machektrappings,náčiní n: Pino |
unwrapping
(encz) | unwrapping, |
wrapping
(encz) | wrapping,balení n: Zdeněk Brož |
wrapping paper
(encz) | wrapping paper,balicí papír n: |
Entrapping
(gcide) | Entrap \En*trap"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entrapped; p. pr. & vb.
n. Entrapping.] [Pref. en- + trap: cf. OF. entraper.]
To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a
trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses;
to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by
the devices of evil men.
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A golden mesh, to entrap the hearts of men. --Shak.
Syn: To insnare; inveigle; tangle; decoy; entangle.
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Frapping
(gcide) | Frap \Frap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Frapping.] [Cf. F. frapper to strike, to seize ropes. Cf.
Affrap.]
1. (Naut.) To draw together; to bind with a view to secure
and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it;
to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together.
--Tottem.
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2. To brace by drawing together, as the cords of a drum.
--Knoght.
[1913 Webster]Frapping \Frap"ping\, n. [From Frap.] (Naut.)
A lashing binding a thing tightly or binding things together.
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Riprapping
(gcide) | Riprap \Rip"rap`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Riprapped; p. pr. & vb.
n. Riprapping.]
To form a riprap in or upon.
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shrink-wrapping
(gcide) | shrink-wrap \shrink"-wrap\, shrinkwrap \shrink"wrap\
(shr[i^][ng]k"r[a^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. shrink-wrapped
or shrink"wrapped (shr[i^][ng]k"r[a^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n.
shrink"wrapping or shrink"-wrapping.]
to wrap and seal (an object for sale) in a transparent sheet
of plastic material that is shrunken to a tight-fitting
wrapping by the application of heat.
[PJC] shrink-wrapshrink-wrap \shrink"-wrap\, shrinkwrap \shrink"wrap\, n.
a type of plastic film, usually transparent, that shrinks
upon application of heat, and may be used to form a wrapping
around objects that fits tightly and closely follows the
contours of the wrapped object; -- also called shrink-pack,
shrinkpack or shrink-wrapping.
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shrinkwrapping
(gcide) | shrink-wrap \shrink"-wrap\, shrinkwrap \shrink"wrap\
(shr[i^][ng]k"r[a^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. shrink-wrapped
or shrink"wrapped (shr[i^][ng]k"r[a^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n.
shrink"wrapping or shrink"-wrapping.]
to wrap and seal (an object for sale) in a transparent sheet
of plastic material that is shrunken to a tight-fitting
wrapping by the application of heat.
[PJC] shrink-wrapshrink-wrap \shrink"-wrap\, shrinkwrap \shrink"wrap\, n.
a type of plastic film, usually transparent, that shrinks
upon application of heat, and may be used to form a wrapping
around objects that fits tightly and closely follows the
contours of the wrapped object; -- also called shrink-pack,
shrinkpack or shrink-wrapping.
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shrink-wrapping
(gcide) | shrink-wrap \shrink"-wrap\, shrinkwrap \shrink"wrap\
(shr[i^][ng]k"r[a^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. shrink-wrapped
or shrink"wrapped (shr[i^][ng]k"r[a^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n.
shrink"wrapping or shrink"-wrapping.]
to wrap and seal (an object for sale) in a transparent sheet
of plastic material that is shrunken to a tight-fitting
wrapping by the application of heat.
[PJC] shrink-wrapshrink-wrap \shrink"-wrap\, shrinkwrap \shrink"wrap\, n.
a type of plastic film, usually transparent, that shrinks
upon application of heat, and may be used to form a wrapping
around objects that fits tightly and closely follows the
contours of the wrapped object; -- also called shrink-pack,
shrinkpack or shrink-wrapping.
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Spirit rapping
(gcide) | Spirit \Spir"it\, n. [OF. espirit, esperit, F. esprit, L.
spiritus, from spirare to breathe, to blow. Cf. Conspire,
Expire, Esprit, Sprite.]
1. Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes,
life itself. [Obs.] "All of spirit would deprive."
--Spenser.
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The mild air, with season moderate,
Gently attempered, and disposed eo well,
That still it breathed foorth sweet spirit.
--Spenser.
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2. A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a
mark to denote aspiration; a breathing. [Obs.]
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Be it a letter or spirit, we have great use for it.
--B. Jonson.
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3. Life, or living substance, considered independently of
corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart
from any physical organization or embodiment; vital
essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.
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4. The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the
soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides;
the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions,
whether spiritual or material.
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There is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the
Almighty giveth them understanding. --Job xxxii.
8.
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As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith
without works is dead also. --James ii.
26.
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Spirit is a substance wherein thinking, knowing,
doubting, and a power of moving, do subsist.
--Locke.
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5. Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it
has left the body.
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Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was,
and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
--Eccl. xii.
7.
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Ye gentle spirits far away,
With whom we shared the cup of grace. --Keble.
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6. Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a
specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an
elf.
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Whilst young, preserve his tender mind from all
impressions of spirits and goblins in the dark.
--Locke.
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7. Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.
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"Write it then, quickly," replied Bede; and
summoning all his spirits together, like the last
blaze of a candle going out, he indited it, and
expired. --Fuller.
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8. One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great
activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper;
as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.
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Such spirits as he desired to please, such would I
choose for my judges. --Dryden.
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9. Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or
disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the
plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be
downhearted, or in bad spirits.
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God has . . . made a spirit of building succeed a
spirit of pulling down. --South.
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A perfect judge will read each work of wit
With the same spirit that its author writ. --Pope.
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10. Intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to
formal statement; also, characteristic quality,
especially such as is derived from the individual genius
or the personal character; as, the spirit of an
enterprise, of a document, or the like.
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11. Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed
of active qualities.
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All bodies have spirits . . . within them. --Bacon.
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12. Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol,
the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first
distilled from wine): -- often in the plural.
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13. pl. Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors
having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt
liquors.
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14. (Med.) A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf.
Tincture. --U. S. Disp.
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15. (Alchemy) Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal
ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some,
orpiment).
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The four spirits and the bodies seven. --Chaucer.
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16. (Dyeing) Stannic chloride. See under Stannic.
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Note: Spirit is sometimes joined with other words, forming
compounds, generally of obvious signification; as,
spirit-moving, spirit-searching, spirit-stirring, etc.
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Astral spirits, Familiar spirits, etc. See under
Astral, Familiar, etc.
Animal spirits.
(a) (Physiol.) The fluid which at one time was supposed
to circulate through the nerves and was regarded as
the agent of sensation and motion; -- called also the
nervous fluid, or nervous principle.
(b) Physical health and energy; frolicsomeness;
sportiveness.
Ardent spirits, strong alcoholic liquors, as brandy, rum,
whisky, etc., obtained by distillation.
Holy Spirit, or The Spirit (Theol.), the Spirit of God,
or the third person of the Trinity; the Holy Ghost. The
spirit also signifies the human spirit as influenced or
animated by the Divine Spirit.
Proof spirit. (Chem.) See under Proof.
Rectified spirit (Chem.), spirit rendered purer or more
concentrated by redistillation, so as to increase the
percentage of absolute alcohol.
Spirit butterfly (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
delicate butterflies of tropical America belonging to the
genus Ithomia. The wings are gauzy and nearly destitute
of scales.
Spirit duck. (Zool.)
(a) The buffle-headed duck.
(b) The golden-eye.
Spirit lamp (Art), a lamp in which alcohol or methylated
spirit is burned.
Spirit level. See under Level.
Spirit of hartshorn. (Old Chem.) See under Hartshorn.
Spirit of Mindererus (Med.), an aqueous solution of acetate
of ammonium; -- named after R. Minderer, physician of
Augsburg.
Spirit of nitrous ether (Med. Chem.), a pale yellow liquid,
of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor. It is
obtained by the distillation of alcohol with nitric and
sulphuric acids, and consists essentially of ethyl nitrite
with a little acetic aldehyde. It is used as a
diaphoretic, diuretic, antispasmodic, etc. Called also
sweet spirit of niter.
Spirit of salt (Chem.), hydrochloric acid; -- so called
because obtained from salt and sulphuric acid. [Obs.]
Spirit of sense, the utmost refinement of sensation. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Spirits of turpentine, or Spirit of turpentine (Chem.),
rectified oil of turpentine, a transparent, colorless,
volatile, and very inflammable liquid, distilled from the
turpentine of the various species of pine; camphine. It is
commonly used to remove paint from surfaces, or to dissole
oil-based paint. See Camphine.
Spirit of vitriol (Chem.), sulphuric acid; -- so called
because formerly obtained by the distillation of green
vitriol. [Obs.]
Spirit of vitriolic ether (Chem.) ethyl ether; -- often but
incorrectly called sulphuric ether. See Ether. [Obs.]
Spirits of wine, or Spirit of wine (Chem.), alcohol; --
so called because formerly obtained by the distillation of
wine.
Spirit rapper, one who practices spirit rapping; a "medium"
so called.
Spirit rapping, an alleged form of communication with the
spirits of the dead by raps. See Spiritualism, 3.
Sweet spirit of niter. See Spirit of nitrous ether,
above.
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Syn: Life; ardor; energy; fire; courage; animatioon;
cheerfulness; vivacity; enterprise.
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Strapping
(gcide) | Strap \Strap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Strapping.]
1. To beat or chastise with a strap.
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2. To fasten or bind with a strap. --Cowper.
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3. To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a
razor.
[1913 Webster]Strapping \Strap"ping\, a.
Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow. [Colloq.]
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There are five and thirty strapping officers gone.
--Farquhar.
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Trapping
(gcide) | Trap \Trap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trapping.] [Akin to OE. trappe trappings, and perhaps from
an Old French word of the same origin as E. drab a kind of
cloth.]
To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of
horses.
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Steeds . . . that trapped were in steel all glittering.
--Chaucer.
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To deck his hearse, and trap his tomb-black steed.
--Spenser.
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There she found her palfrey trapped
In purple blazoned with armorial gold. --Tennyson.
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Trappings
(gcide) | Trappings \Trap"pings\, n. pl. [From Trap to dress with
ornaments.]
1. That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress;
superficial decorations.
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Trappings of life, for ornament, not use. --Dryden.
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These but the trappings and the suits of woe.
--Shak.
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2. Specifically, ornaments to be put on horses.
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Caparisons and steeds,
Bases and tinsel trappings. --Milton.
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Understrapping
(gcide) | Understrapping \Un"der*strap`ping\, a.
Becoming an understrapper; subservient. [R.] --Sterne.
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Wrapping
(gcide) | Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrappedor Wrapt; p. pr. &
vb. n. Wrapping.] [OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp.
[root]144. Cf. Warp.]
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1. To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.
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Then cometh Simon Peter, . . . and seeth . . . the
napkin that was about his head, not lying with the
linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by
itself. --John xx. 6,
7.
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Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
--Bryant.
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2. To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to
involve; to infold; -- often with up.
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I . . . wrapt in mist
Of midnight vapor, glide obscure. --Milton.
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3. To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to
involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.
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Wise poets that wrap truth in tales. --Carew.
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To be wrapped up in, to be wholly engrossed in; to be
entirely dependent on; to be covered with.
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Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was
wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of
her daughter. --Addison.
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Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . .
are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable
obscurity. --Locke.
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gift wrapping
(wn) | gift wrapping
n 1: ornamental wrapping for gifts |
spirit rapping
(wn) | spirit rapping
n 1: alleged form of communication with spirits of the dead
[syn: table rapping, table tapping, spirit rapping] |
strapping
(wn) | strapping
adj 1: muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a
tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a
strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish
term" [syn: beefy, burly, husky, strapping,
buirdly] |
table rapping
(wn) | table rapping
n 1: alleged form of communication with spirits of the dead
[syn: table rapping, table tapping, spirit rapping] |
trapping
(wn) | trapping
n 1: stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse,
especially (formerly) for a warhorse [syn: caparison,
trapping, housing] |
trappings
(wn) | trappings
n 1: (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel [syn:
furnishing, trappings] |
wrapping
(wn) | wrapping
n 1: the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which
something is wrapped [syn: wrapping, wrap, wrapper]
2: an enveloping bandage [syn: swathe, wrapping] |
wrapping paper
(wn) | wrapping paper
n 1: a tough paper used for wrapping |
phase-wrapping
(foldoc) | phase-wrapping
(MIT) wrap around.
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phase-wrapping
(jargon) | phase-wrapping
n.
[MIT] Syn. wrap around, sense 2.
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