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slovo definícia reef (encz) reef,rif [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač reef (encz) reef,skalisko n: Zdeněk Brož reef (encz) reef,úskalí Zdeněk Brož reef (encz) reef,útes n: Reef (gcide) Reef \Reef\, n. [Akin to D. reef, G. reff, Sw. ref; cf. Icel. rif reef, rifa to basten together. Cf. Reeve, v. t., River.] (Naut.) That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind. [1913 Webster] Note: From the head to the first reef-band, in square sails, is termed the first reef; from this to the next is the second reef; and so on. In fore-and-aft sails, which reef on the foot, the first reef is the lowest part. --Totten. [1913 Webster] Close reef, the last reef that can be put in. Reef band. See Reef-band in the Vocabulary. Reef knot, the knot which is used in tying reef pointss. See Illust. under Knot. Reef line, a small rope formerly used to reef the courses by being passed spirally round the yard and through the holes of the reef. --Totten. Reef points, pieces of small rope passing through the eyelet holes of a reef-band, and used reefing the sail. Reef tackle, a tackle by which the reef cringles, or rings, of a sail are hauled up to the yard for reefing. --Totten. To take a reef in, to reduce the size of (a sail) by folding or rolling up a reef, and lashing it to the spar. [1913 Webster] Reef (gcide) Reef \Reef\ (r[=e]f), n. [Akin to D. rif, G. riff, Icel. rif, Dan. rev; cf. Icel. rifa rift, rent, fissure, rifa to rive, bear. Cf. Rift, Rive.] 1. A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mining.) A large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore. [1913 Webster] Reef builder (Zool.), any stony coral which contributes material to the formation of coral reefs. Reef heron (Zool.), any heron of the genus Demigretta; as, the blue reef heron (Demigretta jugularis) of Australia. [1913 Webster] Reef (gcide) Reef \Reef\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reefed (r[=e]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. Reefing.] (Naut.) To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by rolling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar. --Totten. [1913 Webster] To reef the paddles, to move the floats of a paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply. [1913 Webster] reef (wn) reef n 1: a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water 2: a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese [syn: Witwatersrand, Rand, Reef] 3: one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind v 1: lower and bring partially inboard; "reef the sailboat's mast" 2: roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area 3: reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef

podobné slovo definícia freeforall (mass) free-for-all - hromadná bitka, otvorený boj barrier reef (encz) barrier reef,bariérový útes coral reef (encz) coral reef,korálový útes n: web freeform (encz) freeform,netradiční adj: Zdeněk Brož lowland burrowing treefrog (encz) lowland burrowing treefrog, n: reef (encz) reef,rif [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačreef,skalisko n: Zdeněk Brožreef,úskalí Zdeněk Brožreef,útes n: reef knot (encz) reef knot, n: reef squirrelfish (encz) reef squirrelfish, n: reef whitetip shark (encz) reef whitetip shark, n: reefer (encz) reefer, reefs (encz) reefs,útesy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož reefy (encz) reefy, adj: threefold (encz) threefold,trojnásobný adj: Zdeněk Brož Bagreef (gcide) Bagreef \Bag"reef`\, n. [Bag + reef.] (Naut.) The lower reef of fore and aft sails; also, the upper reef of topsails. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. [1913 Webster] Balancereef (gcide) Balancereef \Bal"ance*reef`\, n. (Naut.) The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship. [1913 Webster] Barrier reef (gcide) Barrier \Bar"ri*er\, n. [OE. barrere, barere, F. barri[`e]re, fr. barre bar. See Bar, n.] 1. (Fort.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy. [1913 Webster] 2. A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach. [1913 Webster] 3. pl. A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd. [1913 Webster] No sooner were the barriers opened, than he paced into the lists. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 4. Any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack. "Constitutional barriers." --Hopkinson. [1913 Webster] 5. Any limit or boundary; a line of separation. [1913 Webster] 'Twixt that [instinct] and reason, what a nice barrier! --Pope. [1913 Webster] Barrier gate, a heavy gate to close the opening through a barrier. Barrier reef, a form of coral reef which runs in the general direction of the shore, and incloses a lagoon channel more or less extensive. To fight at barriers, to fight with a barrier between, as a martial exercise. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] barrier reefs (gcide) Coral \Cor"al\, n. [Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium, fr. Gr. kora`llion.] 1. (Zool.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa. [1913 Webster] Note: The large stony corals forming coral reefs belong to various genera of Madreporaria, and to the hydroid genus, Millepora. The red coral, used in jewelry, is the stony axis of the stem of a gorgonian ({Corallium rubrum}) found chiefly in the Mediterranean. The {fan corals}, plume corals, and sea feathers are species of Gorgoniacea, in which the axis is horny. Organ-pipe coral is formed by the genus Tubipora, an Alcyonarian, and black coral is in part the axis of species of the genus Antipathes. See Anthozoa, Madrepora. [1913 Webster] 2. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their color. [1913 Webster] 3. A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything. [1913 Webster] Brain coral, or Brain stone coral. See under Brain. Chain coral. See under Chain. Coral animal (Zool.), one of the polyps by which corals are formed. They are often very erroneously called {coral insects}. Coral fish. See in the Vocabulary. Coral reefs (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent, made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation. They are classed as fringing reefs, when they border the land; barrier reefs, when separated from the shore by a broad belt of water; atolls, when they constitute separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll. Coral root (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust. under Coralloid. Coral snake. (Zo) (a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake {(Elaps corallinus)}, coral-red, with black bands. (b) A small, harmless, South American snake ({Tortrix scytale}). Coral tree (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds. The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron. Coral wood, a hard, red cabinet wood. --McElrath. [1913 Webster] Close reef (gcide) Reef \Reef\, n. [Akin to D. reef, G. reff, Sw. ref; cf. Icel. rif reef, rifa to basten together. Cf. Reeve, v. t., River.] (Naut.) That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind. [1913 Webster] Note: From the head to the first reef-band, in square sails, is termed the first reef; from this to the next is the second reef; and so on. In fore-and-aft sails, which reef on the foot, the first reef is the lowest part. --Totten. [1913 Webster] Close reef, the last reef that can be put in. Reef band. See Reef-band in the Vocabulary. Reef knot, the knot which is used in tying reef pointss. See Illust. under Knot. Reef line, a small rope formerly used to reef the courses by being passed spirally round the yard and through the holes of the reef. --Totten. Reef points, pieces of small rope passing through the eyelet holes of a reef-band, and used reefing the sail. Reef tackle, a tackle by which the reef cringles, or rings, of a sail are hauled up to the yard for reefing. --Totten. To take a reef in, to reduce the size of (a sail) by folding or rolling up a reef, and lashing it to the spar. [1913 Webster] Closereefed (gcide) Closereefed \Close"reefed`\, a. (Naut.) Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail. [1913 Webster] Coral reefs (gcide) Coral \Cor"al\, n. [Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium, fr. Gr. kora`llion.] 1. (Zool.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa. [1913 Webster] Note: The large stony corals forming coral reefs belong to various genera of Madreporaria, and to the hydroid genus, Millepora. The red coral, used in jewelry, is the stony axis of the stem of a gorgonian ({Corallium rubrum}) found chiefly in the Mediterranean. The {fan corals}, plume corals, and sea feathers are species of Gorgoniacea, in which the axis is horny. Organ-pipe coral is formed by the genus Tubipora, an Alcyonarian, and black coral is in part the axis of species of the genus Antipathes. See Anthozoa, Madrepora. [1913 Webster] 2. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their color. [1913 Webster] 3. A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything. [1913 Webster] Brain coral, or Brain stone coral. See under Brain. Chain coral. See under Chain. Coral animal (Zool.), one of the polyps by which corals are formed. They are often very erroneously called {coral insects}. Coral fish. See in the Vocabulary. Coral reefs (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent, made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation. They are classed as fringing reefs, when they border the land; barrier reefs, when separated from the shore by a broad belt of water; atolls, when they constitute separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll. Coral root (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust. under Coralloid. Coral snake. (Zo) (a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake {(Elaps corallinus)}, coral-red, with black bands. (b) A small, harmless, South American snake ({Tortrix scytale}). Coral tree (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds. The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron. Coral wood, a hard, red cabinet wood. --McElrath. [1913 Webster] free-for-all (gcide) free-for-all \free-for-all\ n. 1. a noisy and disordered fight conducted without rules. Syn: brawl. [WordNet 1.5] 2. Hence: Any vigorous competition in which anyone can compete, with few or no rules, and in which the winner is unpredictable; as, when they began to distribute the free food, the orderly line of hungry recipients degenerated into a free-for-all. [PJC] Fringing reef (gcide) Fringe \Fringe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fringed (fr[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Fringing.] To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe. [1913 Webster] Precipices fringed with grass. -- Bryant. [1913 Webster] Fringing reef. See Coral reefs, under Coral. [1913 Webster] fringing reefs (gcide) Coral \Cor"al\, n. [Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium, fr. Gr. kora`llion.] 1. (Zool.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa. [1913 Webster] Note: The large stony corals forming coral reefs belong to various genera of Madreporaria, and to the hydroid genus, Millepora. The red coral, used in jewelry, is the stony axis of the stem of a gorgonian ({Corallium rubrum}) found chiefly in the Mediterranean. The {fan corals}, plume corals, and sea feathers are species of Gorgoniacea, in which the axis is horny. Organ-pipe coral is formed by the genus Tubipora, an Alcyonarian, and black coral is in part the axis of species of the genus Antipathes. See Anthozoa, Madrepora. [1913 Webster] 2. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their color. [1913 Webster] 3. A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything. [1913 Webster] Brain coral, or Brain stone coral. See under Brain. Chain coral. See under Chain. Coral animal (Zool.), one of the polyps by which corals are formed. They are often very erroneously called {coral insects}. Coral fish. See in the Vocabulary. Coral reefs (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent, made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation. They are classed as fringing reefs, when they border the land; barrier reefs, when separated from the shore by a broad belt of water; atolls, when they constitute separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll. Coral root (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust. under Coralloid. Coral snake. (Zo) (a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake {(Elaps corallinus)}, coral-red, with black bands. (b) A small, harmless, South American snake ({Tortrix scytale}). Coral tree (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds. The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron. Coral wood, a hard, red cabinet wood. --McElrath. [1913 Webster] Irish reef (gcide) Irish \I"rish\, a. [AS. [imac]risc, fr. [imac]ras the Irish. Cf. Aryan, Erse.] Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland. [1913 Webster] Irish elk. (Zool.) See under Elk. Irish moss. (a) (Bot.) Carrageen. (b) A preparation of the same made into a blanc mange. Irish poplin. See Poplin. Irish potato, the ordinary white potato, so called because it is a favorite article of food in Ireland. Irish reef, or Irishman's reef (Naut.), the head of a sail tied up. Irish stew, meat, potatoes, and onions, cut in small pieces and stewed. [1913 Webster]