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ravelin
(gcide) | Half-moon \Half"-moon`\ (-m[=oo]n`), n.
1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears
illuminated.
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2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
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See how in warlike muster they appear,
In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings.
--Milton.
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3. (Fort.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a
salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now
called a ravelin.
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4. (Zool.) A marine, sparoid, food fish of California
(C[ae]siosoma Californiense). The body is ovate,
blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also
medialuna.
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Ravelin
(gcide) | Ravelin \Rave"lin\ (r[a^]v"l[i^]n; 277), n. [F.; cf. Sp.
rebellin, It. revellino, rivellino; perhaps fr. L. re- again
+ vallum wall.] (Fort.)
A detached work with two embankments which make a salient
angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of
the place. Formerly called demilune and half-moon.
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raveling
(encz) | raveling, n: |
traveling
(encz) | traveling, n: |
traveling bag
(encz) | traveling bag, |
traveling salesman
(encz) | traveling salesman,obchodní cestující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
traveling wave
(encz) | traveling wave, n: |
Graveling
(gcide) | Graveling \Grav"el*ing\, or Gravelling \Grav"el*ling\, n.
1. The act of covering with gravel.
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2. A layer or coating of gravel (on a path, etc.). GravelingGraveling \Grav"el*ing\, or Gravelling \Grav"el*ling\, n.
(Zool.)
A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea.
[1913 Webster]Gravel \Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graveledor Gravelled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Graveling or Gravelling.]
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1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
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2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run
aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
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When we were fallen into a place between two seas,
they graveled the ship. --Acts xxvii.
41 (Rhemish
version).
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Willam the Conqueror . . . chanced as his arrival to
be graveled; and one of his feet stuck so fast in
the sand that he fell to the ground. --Camden.
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3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.]
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When you were graveled for lack of matter. --Shak.
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The physician was so graveled and amazed withal,
that he had not a word more to say. --Sir T.
North.
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4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the
shoe and foot.
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ravelin
(gcide) | Half-moon \Half"-moon`\ (-m[=oo]n`), n.
1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears
illuminated.
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2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
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See how in warlike muster they appear,
In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings.
--Milton.
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3. (Fort.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a
salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now
called a ravelin.
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4. (Zool.) A marine, sparoid, food fish of California
(C[ae]siosoma Californiense). The body is ovate,
blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also
medialuna.
[1913 Webster]Ravelin \Rave"lin\ (r[a^]v"l[i^]n; 277), n. [F.; cf. Sp.
rebellin, It. revellino, rivellino; perhaps fr. L. re- again
+ vallum wall.] (Fort.)
A detached work with two embankments which make a salient
angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of
the place. Formerly called demilune and half-moon.
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Raveling
(gcide) | Ravel \Rav"el\ (r[a^]v"'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raveled (-'ld)
or Ravelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Raveling or Ravelling.]
[OD. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln,
reffeln.]
1. To separate or undo the texture of; to unravel; to take
apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed
by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking.
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Sleep, that knits up the raveled sleave of care.
--Shak.
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2. To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
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3. To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them
fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make
intricate; to involve.
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What glory's due to him that could divide
Such raveled interests? has the knot untied?
--Waller.
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The faith of very many men seems a duty so weak and
indifferent, is so often untwisted by violence, or
raveled and entangled in weak discourses! --Jer.
Taylor.
[1913 Webster]Raveling \Rav"el*ing\ (r[a^]v"'l*[i^]ng), n. [Also ravelling.]
1. The act of untwisting or of disentangling.
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2. That which is raveled out; esp., a thread detached from a
texture.
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Traveling
(gcide) | Travel \Trav"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Traveledor Travelled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Traveling or Travelling.] [Properly, to
labor, and the same word as travail.]
1. To labor; to travail. [Obsoles.] --Hooker.
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2. To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the
city, or through the streets.
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3. To pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place,
or to many places; to journey; as, a man travels for his
health; he is traveling in California.
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4. To pass; to go; to move.
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Time travels in divers paces with divers persons.
--Shak.
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Traveling crane
(gcide) | Crane \Crane\ (kr[=a]n), n. [AS. cran; akin to D. & LG. craan,
G. kranich, krahn (this in sense 2), Gr. ge`ranos, L. grus,
W. & Armor. garan, OSlav. zerav[i^], Lith. gerve, Icel.
trani, Sw. trana, Dan. trane. [root]24. Cf. Geranium.]
1. (Zool.) A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied
genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill,
and long legs and neck.
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Note: The common European crane is Grus cinerea. The
sand-hill crane (Grus Mexicana) and the whooping
crane (Grus Americana) are large American species.
The Balearic or crowned crane is Balearica pavonina.
The name is sometimes erroneously applied to the herons
and cormorants.
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2. Any arm which swings about a vertical axis at one end,
used for supporting a suspended weight.
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3. A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and,
while holding them suspended, transporting them through a
limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a
projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post
or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so
called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the
neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick.
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4. An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side
or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over
a fire.
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5. A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
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6. (Naut.) A forked post or projecting bracket to support
spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2.
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7. (Zool.) The American blue heron (Ardea herodias).
[Local, U. S.]
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Crane fly (Zool.), a dipterous insect with long legs, of
the genus Tipula.
Derrick crane. See Derrick.
Gigantic crane. (Zool.) See Adjutant, n., 3.
Traveling crane, Traveler crane, Traversing crane
(Mach.), a crane mounted on wheels; esp., an overhead
crane consisting of a crab or other hoisting apparatus
traveling on rails or beams fixed overhead, as in a
machine shop or foundry.
Water crane, a kind of hydrant with a long swinging spout,
for filling locomotive tenders, water carts, etc., with
water.
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raveling
(wn) | raveling
n 1: a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric
[syn: raveling, ravelling] |
traveling
(wn) | traveling
n 1: the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed
selling but he hated the travel" [syn: travel,
traveling, travelling] |
traveling bag
(wn) | traveling bag
n 1: a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; "he
carried his small bag onto the plane with him" [syn: bag,
traveling bag, travelling bag, grip, suitcase] |
traveling salesman
(wn) | traveling salesman
n 1: a salesman who travels to call on customers [syn:
traveling salesman, travelling salesman, {commercial
traveler}, commercial traveller, roadman, bagman] |
traveling wave
(wn) | traveling wave
n 1: a wave in which the medium moves in the direction of
propagation of the wave [syn: traveling wave, {travelling
wave}] |
traveling salesman problem
(foldoc) | traveling salesman problem
US spelling of travelling salesman problem.
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