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raving
(encz) | raving,blouznění n: Zdeněk Brož |
raving
(encz) | raving,blouznivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
raving
(encz) | raving,nepříčetný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
raving
(encz) | raving,zuřící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Raving
(gcide) | Rave \Rave\ (r[=a]v), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raved (r[=a]vd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Raving.] [F. r[^e]ver to rave, to be
delirious, to dream; perhaps fr. L. rabere to rave, rage, be
mad or furious. Cf. Rage, Reverie.]
1. To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk
or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a
madman.
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In our madness evermore we rave. --Chaucer.
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Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast?
--Addison.
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The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went
raving down the valley to the gorge of
Killiecrankie. --Macaulay.
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2. To rush wildly or furiously. --Spenser.
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3. To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion
or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he
raved about her beauty.
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The hallowed scene
Which others rave of, though they know it not.
--Byron.
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Raving
(gcide) | Raving \Rav"ing\ (r[=a]v"[i^]ng), a.
Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving lunatic. --
Rav"ing*ly, adv.
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raving
(wn) | raving
adv 1: in a raving manner; "raving mad" [syn: raving,
ravingly]
n 1: declaiming wildly; "the raving of maniacs" |
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craving
(mass) | craving
- túžba |
copper engraving
(encz) | copper engraving,mědiryt n: [tech.] xo |
craving
(encz) | craving,dožadování n: Zdeněk Brožcraving,touha n: Zdeněk Brožcraving,toužebný adj: Zdeněk Brožcraving,toužení n: Zdeněk Brožcraving,žádostivost n: Zdeněk Brožcraving,žádostivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
depraving
(encz) | depraving, |
engraving
(encz) | engraving,rytectví n: Zdeněk Brožengraving,rytina n: Zdeněk Brož |
graving dock
(encz) | graving dock, n: |
graving tool
(encz) | graving tool, n: |
halftone engraving
(encz) | halftone engraving, n: |
line engraving
(encz) | line engraving, n: |
photoengraving
(encz) | photoengraving, |
raving
(encz) | raving,blouznění n: Zdeněk Brožraving,blouznivý adj: Zdeněk Brožraving,nepříčetný adj: Zdeněk Brožraving,zuřící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
raving mad
(encz) | raving mad, adj: |
ravingly
(encz) | ravingly,nepříčetně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
ravings
(encz) | ravings,blouznění n: Zdeněk Brožravings,šílení n: Zdeněk Brož |
stark raving mad
(encz) | stark raving mad, |
steel engraving
(encz) | steel engraving,oceloryt n: [tech.] xo |
wood engraving
(encz) | wood engraving,dřevoryt n: PetrVwood engraving,dřevorytectví n: PetrVwood engraving,dřevořezba n: PetrV |
i have a terrible craving for your body!
(czen) | I Have A Terrible Craving For Your Body!,IHATCFYB[zkr.] |
Braving
(gcide) | Brave \Brave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Braved; p. pr. & vb. n.
Braving.]
1. To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at
defiance; to defy; to dare.
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These I can brave, but those I can not bear.
--Dryden.
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2. To adorn; to make fine or showy. [Obs.]
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Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast
braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced
or braved. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Braving \Brav"ing\, n.
A bravado; a boast.
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With so proud a strain
Of threats and bravings. --Chapman.
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Bravingly
(gcide) | Bravingly \Brav"ing*ly\, adv.
In a defiant manner.
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Craving
(gcide) | Crave \Crave\ (kr[=a]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Craved
(kr[=a]vd); p pr. & vb. n. Craving.] [AS. crafian; akin to
Icel. krefja, Sw. kr[aum]fva, Dan. kr[ae]ve.]
1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with
submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to
implore.
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I crave your honor's pardon. --Shak.
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Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved
the body of Jesus. --Mark xv. 43.
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2. To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to
require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.
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His path is one that eminently craves weary walking.
--Edmund
Gurney.
Syn: To ask; seek; beg; beseech; implore; entreat; solicit;
request; supplicate; adjure.
[1913 Webster]Craving \Crav"ing\ (-?ng), n.
Vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching.
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A succession of cravings and satiety. --L'Estrange.
-- Crav"ing*ly, adv. -- Crav"ing*ness, n.
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Cravingly
(gcide) | Craving \Crav"ing\ (-?ng), n.
Vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching.
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A succession of cravings and satiety. --L'Estrange.
-- Crav"ing*ly, adv. -- Crav"ing*ness, n.
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Cravingness
(gcide) | Craving \Crav"ing\ (-?ng), n.
Vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching.
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A succession of cravings and satiety. --L'Estrange.
-- Crav"ing*ly, adv. -- Crav"ing*ness, n.
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Depraving
(gcide) | Deprave \De*prave"\ (d[-e]*pr[=a]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Depraved (d[-e]*pr[=a]vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Depraving.]
[L. depravare, depravatum; de- + pravus crooked, distorted,
perverse, wicked.]
1. To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile.
[Obs.]
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And thou knowest, conscience, I came not to chide
Nor deprave thy person with a proud heart. --Piers
Plowman.
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2. To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt.
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Whose pride depraves each other better part.
--Spenser.
Syn: To corrupt; vitiate; contaminate; pollute.
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Depravingly
(gcide) | Depravingly \De*prav"ing*ly\, adv.
In a depraving manner.
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Electro-engraving
(gcide) | Electro-engraving \E*lec`tro-en*grav"ing\, n.
The art or process of engraving by means of electricity.
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Engraving
(gcide) | Engrave \En*grave"\, v. t. [imp. Engraved; p. p. Engraved or
Engraven; p. pr. & vb. n. Engraving.] [Pref. en- + grave
to carve: cf. OF. engraver.]
1. To cut in; to make by incision. [Obs.]
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Full many wounds in his corrupted flesh
He did engrave. --Spenser.
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2. To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an
inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures;
to mark with incisions.
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Like . . . . a signet thou engrave the two stones
with the names of the children of Israel. --Ex.
xxviii. 11.
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3. To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood,
stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.
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4. To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.
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Engrave principles in men's minds. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]Engraving \En*grav"ing\, n.
1. The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or
raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like;
especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the
surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is
used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for
producing an original, from which a pattern or design may
be printed on paper.
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2. That which is engraved; an engraved plate.
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3. An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or
other material; a print.
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Note: Engraving on wood is called xylography; on copper,
chalcography; on stone lithography. Engravings or
prints take from wood blocks are usually called wood
cuts, those from stone, lithographs.
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Graving
(gcide) | Grave \Grave\, v. t. [imp. Graved (gr[=a]vd); p. p. Graven
(gr[=a]v"'n) or Graved; p. pr. & vb. n. Graving.] [AS.
grafan to dig, grave, engrave; akin to OFries. greva, D.
graven, G. graben, OHG. & Goth. graban, Dan. grabe, Sw.
gr[aum]fva, Icel. grafa, but prob. not to Gr. gra`fein to
write, E. graphic. Cf. Grave, n., Grove, n.]
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1. To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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He hath graven and digged up a pit. --Ps. vii. 16
(Book of
Common
Prayer).
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2. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard
substance; to engrave.
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Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them
the names of the children of Israel. --Ex. xxviii.
9.
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3. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel;
to sculpture; as, to grave an image.
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With gold men may the hearte grave. --Chaucer.
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4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
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O! may they graven in thy heart remain. --Prior.
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5. To entomb; to bury. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Graving \Grav"ing\, n. [From Grave to clean.]
The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.
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Graving dock. (Naut.) See under Dock.
[1913 Webster]Graving \Grav"ing\, n. [From Grave to dig.]
1. The act or art of carving figures in hard substances,
especially by incision or in intaglio.
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2. That which is graved or carved. [R.]
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Skillful to . . . grave any manner of graving. --2
Chron. ii. 14.
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3. Impression, as upon the mind or heart.
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New gravings upon their souls. --Eikon
Basilike
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Graving dock
(gcide) | Graving \Grav"ing\, n. [From Grave to clean.]
The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.
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Graving dock. (Naut.) See under Dock.
[1913 Webster]Dock \Dock\, n. [Akin to D. dok; of uncertain origin; cf. LL.
doga ditch, L. doga ditch, L. doga sort of vessel, Gr. ?
receptacle, fr. ? to receive.]
1. An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a
harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and
provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the
tide.
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2. The slip or water way extending between two piers or
projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; --
sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down
on the dock.
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3. The place in court where a criminal or accused person
stands.
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Balance dock, a kind of floating dock which is kept level
by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the
compartments of side chambers.
Dry dock, a dock from which the water may be shut or pumped
out, especially, one in the form of a chamber having walls
and floor, often of masonry and communicating with deep
water, but having appliances for excluding it; -- used in
constructing or repairing ships. The name includes
structures used for the examination, repairing, or
building of vessels, as graving docks, floating docks,
hydraulic docks, etc.
Floating dock, a dock which is made to become buoyant, and,
by floating, to lift a vessel out of water.
Graving dock, a dock for holding a ship for graving or
cleaning the bottom, etc.
Hydraulic dock, a dock in which a vessel is raised clear of
the water by hydraulic presses.
Naval dock, a dock connected with which are naval stores,
materials, and all conveniences for the construction and
repair of ships.
Sectional dock, a form of floating dock made in separate
sections or caissons.
Slip dock, a dock having a sloping floor that extends from
deep water to above high-water mark, and upon which is a
railway on which runs a cradle carrying the ship.
Wet dock, a dock where the water is shut in, and kept at a
given level, to facilitate the loading and unloading of
ships; -- also sometimes used as a place of safety; a
basin.
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Intergraving
(gcide) | Intergrave \In`ter*grave"\, v. t. [imp. Intergraved; p. p.
Intergraved or Intergraven (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Intergraving.]
To grave or carve between; to engrave in the alternate
sections.
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The work itself of the bases, was intergraven. --3
Kings vii. 28
(Douay
version. )
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Line engraving
(gcide) | Line \Line\, n. [OE. line, AS. l[imac]ne cable, hawser, prob.
from L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax,
thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by
F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See Linen.]
1. A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a
cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing
line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline.
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Who so layeth lines for to latch fowls. --Piers
Plowman.
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2. A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver;
any long mark; as, a chalk line.
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3. The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road
or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the
place is remote from lines of travel.
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4. Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.
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5. A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a
row of words extending across a page or column.
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6. A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.
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7. (Poet.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number
of feet, according to the measure.
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In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa.
--Broome.
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8. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method
of argument; department of industry, trade, or
intellectual activity.
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He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is
not the line of a first-rate man. --Coleridge.
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9. (Math.) That which has length, but not breadth or
thickness.
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10. The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory;
boundary; contour; outline.
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Eden stretched her line
From Auran eastward to the royal towers
Of great Seleucia. --Milton.
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11. A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence,
characteristic mark.
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Though on his brow were graven lines austere.
--Byron.
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He tipples palmistry, and dines
On all her fortune-telling lines. --Cleveland.
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12. Lineament; feature; figure. "The lines of my boy's face."
--Shak.
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13. A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of
houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.
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Unite thy forces and attack their lines. --Dryden.
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14. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a
given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or
descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a
line of kings.
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Of his lineage am I, and his offspring
By very line, as of the stock real. --Chaucer.
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15. A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an
established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.;
as, a line of stages; an express line.
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16. (Geog.)
(a) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented
on a map.
(b) The equator; -- usually called the line, or
equinoctial line; as, to cross the line.
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17. A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked
with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a
tapeline.
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18. (Script.)
(a) A measuring line or cord.
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He marketh it out with a line. --Is. xliv.
13.
(b) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any
piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of
abode.
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The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant
places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. --Ps.
xvi. 6.
(c) Instruction; doctrine.
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Their line is gone out through all the earth.
--Ps. xix. 4.
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19. (Mach.) The proper relative position or adjustment of
parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference
to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of
line.
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20. The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
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21. (Mil.)
(a) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether
side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to
column.
(b) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished
from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry,
artillery, etc.
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22. (Fort.)
(a) A trench or rampart.
(b) pl. Dispositions made to cover extended positions,
and presenting a front in but one direction to an
enemy.
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23. pl. (Shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the
outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
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24. (Mus.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel
prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are
placed.
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25. (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
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26. (Trade) A series of various qualities and values of the
same general class of articles; as, a full line of
hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. --McElrath.
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27. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another,
or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one
management and name.
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28. pl. The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.
[U. S.]
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29. A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.
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Hard lines, hard lot. --C. Kingsley. [See Def. 18.]
Line breeding (Stockbreeding), breeding by a certain family
line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or
mother.
Line conch (Zool.), a spiral marine shell ({Fasciolaria
distans}), of Florida and the West Indies. It is marked by
narrow, dark, revolving lines.
Line engraving.
(a) Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines
of different width and closeness, cut with the burin
upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so
engraved.
(b) A picture produced by printing from such an
engraving.
Line of battle.
(a) (Mil. Tactics) The position of troops drawn up in
their usual order without any determined maneuver.
(b) (Naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of
war in an engagement.
Line of battle ship. See Ship of the line, below.
Line of beauty (Fine Arts),an abstract line supposed to be
beautiful in itself and absolutely; -- differently
represented by different authors, often as a kind of
elongated S (like the one drawn by Hogarth).
Line of centers. (Mach.)
(a) A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels
or levers.
(b) A line which determines a dead center. See {Dead
center}, under Dead.
Line of dip (Geol.), a line in the plane of a stratum, or
part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with
a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a
stratum to the horizon.
Line of fire (Mil.), the direction of fire.
Line of force (Physics), any line in a space in which
forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the
line its tangent is the direction of the resultant of all
the forces. It cuts at right angles every equipotential
surface which it meets. Specifically (Magnetism), a line
in proximity to a magnet so drawn that any point in it is
tangential with the direction of a short compass needle
held at that point. --Faraday.
Line of life (Palmistry), a line on the inside of the hand,
curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate,
by its form or position, the length of a person's life.
Line of lines. See Gunter's line.
Line of march. (Mil.)
(a) Arrangement of troops for marching.
(b) Course or direction taken by an army or body of
troops in marching.
Line of operations, that portion of a theater of war which
an army passes over in attaining its object. --H. W.
Halleck.
Line of sight (Firearms), the line which passes through the
front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are
sighted at an object.
Line tub (Naut.), a tub in which the line carried by a
whaleboat is coiled.
Mason and Dixon's line, Mason-Dixon line, the boundary
line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, as run before the
Revolution (1764-1767) by two English astronomers named
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. In an extended sense,
the line between the free and the slave States; as, below
the Mason-Dixon line, i.e. in the South.
On the line,
(a) on a level with the eye of the spectator; -- said of
a picture, as hung in an exhibition of pictures.
(b) at risk (dependent upon success) in a contest or
enterprise; as, the survival of the company is on the
line in this project.
Right line, a straight line; the shortest line that can be
drawn between two points.
Ship of the line, formerly, a ship of war large enough to
have a place in the line of battle; a vessel superior to a
frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-decker; --
called also line of battle ship or battleship.
--Totten.
To cross the line, to cross the equator, as a vessel at
sea.
To give a person line, to allow him more or less liberty
until it is convenient to stop or check him, like a hooked
fish that swims away with the line.
Water line (Shipbuilding), the outline of a horizontal
section of a vessel, as when floating in the water.
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Photo-engraving
(gcide) | Photo-engraving \Pho`to-en*grav"ing\, n. [Photo- + engraving.]
The process of obtaining an etched or engraved plate from the
photographic image, to be used in printing; also, a picture
produced by such a process.
[1913 Webster]Photo-engrave \Pho`to-en*grave"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Photo-engraved; p. pr. & vb. n. Photo-engraving.] [Photo-
+ engrave.]
To engrave by a photomechanical process; to make a
photo-engraving of. -- Pho`to-en*grav"er, n.
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Photoglyphic engraving
(gcide) | Photoglyphic \Pho`to*glyph"ic\, a. [Photo- + Gr. gly`fein to
engrave.]
Pertaining to the art of engraving by the action of light.
[Written also photoglyptic.]
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Photoglyphic engraving, a process of etching on copper,
steel, or zinc, by means of the action of light and
certain chemicals, so that from the plate impressions may
be taken. --Sir D. Brewster.
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Ravingly
(gcide) | Raving \Rav"ing\ (r[=a]v"[i^]ng), a.
Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving lunatic. --
Rav"ing*ly, adv.
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Wood engraving
(gcide) | Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.
witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. &
Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]
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1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;
-- frequently used in the plural.
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Light thickens, and the crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak.
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2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous
substance which composes the body of a tree and its
branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. "To
worship their own work in wood and stone for gods."
--Milton.
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3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater
part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby
plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.
It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of
various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands
called silver grain.
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Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose
and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.
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4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
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Wood acid, Wood vinegar (Chem.), a complex acid liquid
obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing
large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,
acetic acid. Formerly called pyroligneous acid.
Wood anemone (Bot.), a delicate flower (Anemone nemorosa)
of early spring; -- also called windflower. See Illust.
of Anemone.
Wood ant (Zool.), a large ant (Formica rufa) which lives
in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.
Wood apple (Bot.). See Elephant apple, under Elephant.
Wood baboon (Zool.), the drill.
Wood betony. (Bot.)
(a) Same as Betony.
(b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis
Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or
purplish flowers.
Wood borer. (Zool.)
(a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring
beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,
buprestidans, and certain weevils. See Apple borer,
under Apple, and Pine weevil, under Pine.
(b) The larva of any one of various species of
lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing
moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under Peach),
and of the goat moths.
(c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the
tribe Urocerata. See Tremex.
(d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,
as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.
(e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the
Limnoria, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura
terebrans}).
Wood carpet, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces
of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.
--Knight.
Wood cell (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell
usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the
principal constituent of woody fiber.
Wood choir, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.
[Poetic] --Coleridge.
Wood coal, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.
Wood cricket (Zool.), a small European cricket ({Nemobius
sylvestris}).
Wood culver (Zool.), the wood pigeon.
Wood cut, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an
engraving.
Wood dove (Zool.), the stockdove.
Wood drink, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.
Wood duck (Zool.)
(a) A very beautiful American duck (Aix sponsa). The
male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with
green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its
nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal
duck}, summer duck, and wood widgeon.
(b) The hooded merganser.
(c) The Australian maned goose (Chlamydochen jubata).
Wood echo, an echo from the wood.
Wood engraver.
(a) An engraver on wood.
(b) (Zool.) Any of several species of small beetles whose
larvae bore beneath the bark of trees, and excavate
furrows in the wood often more or less resembling
coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus
xylographus}.
Wood engraving.
(a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.
(b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from
such an engraving.
Wood fern. (Bot.) See Shield fern, under Shield.
Wood fiber.
(a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.
(b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty
mass.
Wood fretter (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
beetles whose larvae bore in the wood, or beneath the
bark, of trees.
Wood frog (Zool.), a common North American frog ({Rana
sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except
during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,
with a black stripe on each side of the head.
Wood germander. (Bot.) See under Germander.
Wood god, a fabled sylvan deity.
Wood grass. (Bot.) See under Grass.
Wood grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The capercailzie.
(b) The spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
Wood guest (Zool.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]
Wood hen. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged
rails of the genus Ocydromus, including the weka and
allied species.
(b) The American woodcock.
Wood hoopoe (Zool.), any one of several species of Old
World arboreal birds belonging to Irrisor and allied
genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but
have a curved beak, and a longer tail.
Wood ibis (Zool.), any one of several species of large,
long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus
Tantalus. The head and neck are naked or scantily
covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus
loculator}) is common in Florida.
Wood lark (Zool.), a small European lark ({Alauda
arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes
while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on
trees.
Wood laurel (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne
Laureola}).
Wood leopard (Zool.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera
aesculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy larva
bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other fruit
trees.
Wood lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley.
Wood lock (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and
sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the
pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.
Wood louse (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod
Crustacea belonging to Oniscus, Armadillo, and
related genera. See Sow bug, under Sow, and {Pill
bug}, under Pill.
(b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,
pseudoneuropterous insects of the family Psocidae,
which live in the crevices of walls and among old
books and papers. Some of the species are called also
book lice, and deathticks, or deathwatches.
Wood mite (Zool.), any one of numerous small mites of the
family Oribatidae. They are found chiefly in woods, on
tree trunks and stones.
Wood mote. (Eng. Law)
(a) Formerly, the forest court.
(b) The court of attachment.
Wood nettle. (Bot.) See under Nettle.
Wood nightshade (Bot.), woody nightshade.
Wood nut (Bot.), the filbert.
Wood nymph. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled
goddess of the woods; a dryad. "The wood nymphs, decked
with daisies trim." --Milton.
(b) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored moths belonging to the genus Eudryas. The
larvae are bright-colored, and some of the species, as
Eudryas grata, and Eudryas unio, feed on the
leaves of the grapevine.
(c) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored South American humming birds belonging to the
genus Thalurania. The males are bright blue, or
green and blue.
Wood offering, wood burnt on the altar.
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We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.
x. 34.
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Wood oil (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East
Indian trees of the genus Dipterocarpus, having
properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes
substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See
Gurjun.
Wood opal (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having
some resemblance to wood.
Wood paper, paper made of wood pulp. See Wood pulp,
below.
Wood pewee (Zool.), a North American tyrant flycatcher
(Contopus virens). It closely resembles the pewee, but
is smaller.
Wood pie (Zool.), any black and white woodpecker,
especially the European great spotted woodpecker.
Wood pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons
belonging to Palumbus and allied genera of the
family Columbidae.
(b) The ringdove.
Wood puceron (Zool.), a plant louse.
Wood pulp (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the
poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion
with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into
sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.
Wood quail (Zool.), any one of several species of East
Indian crested quails belonging to Rollulus and allied
genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({Rollulus
roulroul}), the male of which is bright green, with a long
crest of red hairlike feathers.
Wood rabbit (Zool.), the cottontail.
Wood rat (Zool.), any one of several species of American
wild rats of the genus Neotoma found in the Southern
United States; -- called also bush rat. The Florida wood
rat (Neotoma Floridana) is the best-known species.
Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall grass (Cinna arundinacea)
growing in moist woods.
Wood reeve, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]
Wood rush (Bot.), any plant of the genus Luzula,
differing from the true rushes of the genus Juncus
chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.
Wood sage (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of
the genus Teucrium. See Germander.
Wood screw, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and
usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.
Wood sheldrake (Zool.), the hooded merganser.
Wood shock (Zool.), the fisher. See Fisher, 2.
Wood shrike (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World singing birds belonging to Grallina,
Collyricincla, Prionops, and allied genera, common in
India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,
but feed upon both insects and berries.
Wood snipe. (Zool.)
(a) The American woodcock.
(b) An Asiatic snipe (Gallinago nemoricola).
Wood soot, soot from burnt wood.
Wood sore. (Zool.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
Wood sorrel (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis
Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of
Shamrock.
Wood spirit. (Chem.) See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl.
Wood stamp, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,
for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.
Wood star (Zool.), any one of several species of small
South American humming birds belonging to the genus
Calothorax. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,
purple, and other colors.
Wood sucker (Zool.), the yaffle.
Wood swallow (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World passerine birds belonging to the genus Artamus and
allied genera of the family Artamidae. They are common
in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and
habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they
resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white
beneath.
Wood tapper (Zool.), any woodpecker.
Wood tar. See under Tar.
Wood thrush, (Zool.)
(a) An American thrush (Turdus mustelinus) noted for the
sweetness of its song. See under Thrush.
(b) The missel thrush.
Wood tick. See in Vocabulary.
Wood tin. (Min.). See Cassiterite.
Wood titmouse (Zool.), the goldcgest.
Wood tortoise (Zool.), the sculptured tortoise. See under
Sculptured.
Wood vine (Bot.), the white bryony.
Wood vinegar. See Wood acid, above.
Wood warbler. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of
the genus Dendroica. See Warbler.
(b) A European warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix); --
called also green wren, wood wren, and {yellow
wren}.
Wood worm (Zool.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood
borer.
Wood wren. (Zool.)
(a) The wood warbler.
(b) The willow warbler.
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bureau of engraving and printing
(wn) | Bureau of Engraving and Printing
n 1: the agency of the Treasury Department that produces
currency |
copperplate engraving
(wn) | copperplate engraving
n 1: an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that
has been etched or engraved [syn: copperplate,
copperplate engraving] |
craving
(wn) | craving
n 1: an intense desire for some particular thing |
engraving
(wn) | engraving
n 1: a print made from an engraving
2: a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved
3: making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from
them [syn: engraving, etching] |
graving dock
(wn) | graving dock
n 1: a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for
building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline
[syn: dry dock, drydock, graving dock] |
graving tool
(wn) | graving tool
n 1: a tool used by an engraver [syn: graver, graving tool,
pointel, pointrel] |
halftone engraving
(wn) | halftone engraving
n 1: an engraving used to reproduce an illustration [syn:
halftone, halftone engraving, photoengraving] |
line engraving
(wn) | line engraving
n 1: a print obtained from a line drawing [syn: linecut, {line
engraving}]
2: engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or
engraved [syn: linecut, line block, line engraving] |
photoengraving
(wn) | photoengraving
n 1: an engraving used to reproduce an illustration [syn:
halftone, halftone engraving, photoengraving] |
raving
(wn) | raving
adv 1: in a raving manner; "raving mad" [syn: raving,
ravingly]
n 1: declaiming wildly; "the raving of maniacs" |
raving mad
(wn) | raving mad
adj 1: talking or behaving irrationally; "a raving lunatic"
[syn: raving mad, wild] |
ravingly
(wn) | ravingly
adv 1: in a raving manner; "raving mad" [syn: raving,
ravingly] |
steel engraving
(wn) | steel engraving
n 1: an impression taken from an engraved steel plate
2: engraving on a steel plate
3: the act of engraving on a steel plate |
wood engraving
(wn) | wood engraving
n 1: a print made from a woodcut [syn: woodcut, {wood
engraving}]
2: engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut
into it; used to make prints [syn: woodcut, wood block,
wood engraving] |
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