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rune
(encz) | rune,runa n: Zdeněk Brož |
Rune
(gcide) | Rune \Rune\ (r[udd]n), n. [AS. r[=u]n a rune, a secret, a
mystery; akin to Icel. r[=u]n, OHG. & Goth. r[=u]na a secret,
secret colloquy, G. & Dan. rune rune, and probably to Gr.
'ereyna^n to search for. Cf. Roun to whisper.]
1. A letter, or character, belonging to the written language
of the ancient Norsemen, or Scandinavians; in a wider
sense, applied to the letters of the ancient nations of
Northern Europe in general.
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Note: The Norsemen had a peculiar alphabet, consisting of
sixteen letters, or characters, called runes, the
origin of which is lost in the remotest antiquity. The
signification of the word rune (mystery) seems to
allude to the fact that originally only a few were
acquainted with the use of these marks, and that they
were mostly applied to secret tricks, witchcrafts and
enchantments. But the runes were also used in
communication by writing.
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2. pl. Old Norse poetry expressed in runes.
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Runes were upon his tongue,
As on the warrior's sword. --Longfellow.
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Rune stone, a stone bearing a runic inscription.
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rune
(wn) | rune
n 1: any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in
Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages; "each
rune had its own magical significance" [syn: rune, {runic
letter}] |
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brunei
(mass) | Brunei
- Brunej |
brunei darussalam
(mass) | Brunei Darussalam
- Brunej |
prune
(mass) | prune
- odrezať, orezať, odstrániť |
brunej
(msas) | Brunej
- BN, BRN, Brunei, Brunei Darussalam |
brunej
(msasasci) | Brunej
- BN, BRN, Brunei, Brunei Darussalam |
brunei
(encz) | Brunei,Brunej n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
brunet
(encz) | brunet,brunet n: Zdeněk Brožbrunet,tmavovlasý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
brunette
(encz) | brunette,bruneta n: Zdeněk Brožbrunette,černovláska n: Zdeněk Brožbrunette,tmavovláska n: Zdeněk Brož |
prune
(encz) | prune,hňup n: [hovor.] lukeprune,omezenec n: [hovor.] lukeprune,omezit v: lukeprune,prořezat v: lukeprune,sušená švestka n: Kamil Páralprune,zmenšit v: luke |
prune cake
(encz) | prune cake, n: |
prune whip
(encz) | prune whip, n: |
pruned
(encz) | pruned,prořezaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
prunella
(encz) | Prunella, |
pruner
(encz) | pruner,nůžky n: Zdeněk Brož |
rune
(encz) | rune,runa n: Zdeněk Brož |
runes
(encz) | runes,runy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
brunej
(czen) | Brunej,Brunein: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
brunet
(czen) | brunet,brunetn: Zdeněk Brož |
bruneta
(czen) | bruneta,brunetten: Zdeněk Brož |
hl.m. - brunej
(czen) | hl.m. - Brunej,Bandar Seri Begawann: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
kamerunec
(czen) | Kamerunec,Camerooniann: Jiří Šmoldas |
Brunei
(gcide) | Brunei \Brunei\ n.
a sultanate in Northwestern Borneo.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Bruneian
(gcide) | Bruneian \Bruneian\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to Brunei; as, Bruneian oil production.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. a native or inhabitant of Brunei.
[WordNet 1.5] brunet |
Brunella vulgaris
(gcide) | Self-heal \Self`-heal"\, n. (Bot.)
A blue-flowered labiate plant (Brunella vulgaris); the
healall.
[1913 Webster]Sicklewort \Sic"kle*wort`\, n. [AS. sicolwyrt.] (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Coronilla ({Coronilla
scorpioides}); -- so named from its curved pods.
(b) The healall (Brunella vulgaris).
[1913 Webster]Healall \Heal"all`\ (-[add]l`), n. (Bot.)
A common herb of the Mint family (Brunella vulgaris),
destitute of active properties, but anciently thought to be a
panacea.
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brunet
(gcide) | brunet \bru*net"\, Brunette \Bru*nette"\, adj.
1. being or having dark-colored skin and hair; contrasted
with blond. [Narrower terms: {adust, sunburned burned
brown by the sun}; black, brown; {black-haired,
dark-haired}; browned, suntanned, tanned; {grizzled,
roan}; nutbrown]
[WordNet 1.5] brunetbrunet \bru*net"\, Brunette \Bru*nette"\, n. [F. brunet,
brunette, brownish, dim. of brun, brune, brown, fr. OHG.
br?n. See Brown, a.]
A girl or woman with a somewhat brown or dark complexion. --
a. Having a dark tint.
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Brunette
(gcide) | brunet \bru*net"\, Brunette \Bru*nette"\, adj.
1. being or having dark-colored skin and hair; contrasted
with blond. [Narrower terms: {adust, sunburned burned
brown by the sun}; black, brown; {black-haired,
dark-haired}; browned, suntanned, tanned; {grizzled,
roan}; nutbrown]
[WordNet 1.5] brunetbrunet \bru*net"\, Brunette \Bru*nette"\, n. [F. brunet,
brunette, brownish, dim. of brun, brune, brown, fr. OHG.
br?n. See Brown, a.]
A girl or woman with a somewhat brown or dark complexion. --
a. Having a dark tint.
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German prune
(gcide) | Plum \Plum\, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?.
Cf. Prune a dried plum.]
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1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the {Prunus
domestica}, and of several other species of Prunus;
also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
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The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties
of plum, of our gardens, although growing into
thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the
blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. --G.
Bentham.
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
the Prunus domestica are described; among them the
greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or
Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are
some of the best known.
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Note: Among the true plums are;
Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or
purple globular drupes,
Bullace plum. See Bullace.
Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its
round red drupes.
Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
much grown in England for sale in the markets.
Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or
yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several
other varieties.
[1913 Webster] Among plants called plum, but of other
genera than Prunus, are;
Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and {Cargillia
australis}, of the same family with the persimmon.
Blood plum, the West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri.
Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine.
Date plum. See under Date.
Gingerbread plum, the West African {Parinarium
macrophyllum}.
Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime.
Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea.
Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia.
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2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
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3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the
person possessing it.
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4. Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or
choice thing of its kind, as among appointments,
positions, parts of a book, etc.; as, the mayor rewarded
his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for
handsome pay
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5. A color resembling that of a plum; a slightly grayish deep
purple, varying somewhat in its red or blue tint.
[PJC]
Plum bird, Plum budder (Zool.), the European bullfinch.
Plum gouger (Zool.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
Plum weevil (Zool.), an American weevil which is very
destructive to plums, nectarines, cherries, and many other
stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and {plum
curculio}. See Illust. under Curculio.
[1913 Webster]Prune \Prune\, n. [F. prune, from L. prunum a plum. See Plum.]
A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or
Turkish prunes; California prunes.
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German prune (Bot.), a large dark purple plum, of oval
shape, often one-sided. It is much used for preserving,
either dried or in sirup.
Prune tree. (Bot.)
(a) A tree of the genus Prunus (Prunus domestica), which
produces prunes.
(b) The West Indian tree, Prunus occidentalis.
South African prune (Bot.), the edible fruit of a
sapindaceous tree (Pappea Capensis).
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Oak pruner
(gcide) | Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D.
eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
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1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks
have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a
scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
rays, forming the silver grain.
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2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
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Note: Among the true oaks in America are:
Barren oak, or
Black-jack, Quercus nigra.
Basket oak, Quercus Michauxii.
Black oak, Quercus tinctoria; -- called also yellow oak
or quercitron oak.
Bur oak (see under Bur.), Quercus macrocarpa; -- called
also over-cup or mossy-cup oak.
Chestnut oak, Quercus Prinus and Quercus densiflora.
Chinquapin oak (see under Chinquapin), {Quercus
prinoides}.
Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia, of California; -- also
called enceno.
Live oak (see under Live), Quercus virens, the best of
all for shipbuilding; also, Quercus Chrysolepis, of
California.
Pin oak. Same as Swamp oak.
Post oak, Quercus obtusifolia.
Red oak, Quercus rubra.
Scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea.
Scrub oak, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus undulata, etc.
Shingle oak, Quercus imbricaria.
Spanish oak, Quercus falcata.
Swamp Spanish oak, or
Pin oak, Quercus palustris.
Swamp white oak, Quercus bicolor.
Water oak, Quercus aquatica.
Water white oak, Quercus lyrata.
Willow oak, Quercus Phellos.
[1913 Webster] Among the true oaks in Europe are:
Bitter oak, or
Turkey oak, Quercus Cerris (see Cerris).
Cork oak, Quercus Suber.
English white oak, Quercus Robur.
Evergreen oak,
Holly oak, or
Holm oak, Quercus Ilex.
Kermes oak, Quercus coccifera.
Nutgall oak, Quercus infectoria.
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Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
Quercus, are:
African oak, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia
Africana}).
Australian oak or She oak, any tree of the genus
Casuarina (see Casuarina).
Indian oak, the teak tree (see Teak).
Jerusalem oak. See under Jerusalem.
New Zealand oak, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon
excelsum}).
Poison oak, a shrub once not distinguished from poison ivy,
but now restricted to Rhus toxicodendron or {Rhus
diversiloba}.
Silky oak or Silk-bark oak, an Australian tree
(Grevillea robusta).
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Green oak, oak wood colored green by the growth of the
mycelium of certain fungi.
Oak apple, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the
leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips
confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young.
Oak beauty (Zool.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston
prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak.
Oak gall, a gall found on the oak. See 2d Gall.
Oak leather (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms
leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.
Oak pruner. (Zool.) See Pruner, the insect.
Oak spangle, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the
insect Diplolepis lenticularis.
Oak wart, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.
The Oaks, one of the three great annual English horse races
(the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was
instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called
from his estate.
To sport one's oak, to be "not at home to visitors,"
signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's
rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]
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Prune
(gcide) | Prune \Prune\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pruned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pruning.] [OE. proine, probably fr. F. provigner to lay
down vine stocks for propagation; hence, probably, the
meaning, to cut away superfluous shoots. See Provine.]
1. To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or
shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or
smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune
an essay. --Thackeray.
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Taking into consideration how they [laws] are to be
pruned and reformed. --Bacon.
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Our delightful task
To prune these growing plants, and tend these
flowers. --Milton.
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2. To cut off or cut out, as useless parts.
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Horace will our superfluous branches prune.
--Waller.
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3. To preen; to prepare; to dress. --Spenser.
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His royal bird
Prunes the immortal wing and cloys his beak. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Prune \Prune\, v. i.
To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Prune \Prune\, n. [F. prune, from L. prunum a plum. See Plum.]
A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or
Turkish prunes; California prunes.
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German prune (Bot.), a large dark purple plum, of oval
shape, often one-sided. It is much used for preserving,
either dried or in sirup.
Prune tree. (Bot.)
(a) A tree of the genus Prunus (Prunus domestica), which
produces prunes.
(b) The West Indian tree, Prunus occidentalis.
South African prune (Bot.), the edible fruit of a
sapindaceous tree (Pappea Capensis).
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Prune tree
(gcide) | Prune \Prune\, n. [F. prune, from L. prunum a plum. See Plum.]
A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or
Turkish prunes; California prunes.
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German prune (Bot.), a large dark purple plum, of oval
shape, often one-sided. It is much used for preserving,
either dried or in sirup.
Prune tree. (Bot.)
(a) A tree of the genus Prunus (Prunus domestica), which
produces prunes.
(b) The West Indian tree, Prunus occidentalis.
South African prune (Bot.), the edible fruit of a
sapindaceous tree (Pappea Capensis).
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Pruned
(gcide) | Prune \Prune\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pruned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pruning.] [OE. proine, probably fr. F. provigner to lay
down vine stocks for propagation; hence, probably, the
meaning, to cut away superfluous shoots. See Provine.]
1. To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or
shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or
smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune
an essay. --Thackeray.
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Taking into consideration how they [laws] are to be
pruned and reformed. --Bacon.
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Our delightful task
To prune these growing plants, and tend these
flowers. --Milton.
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2. To cut off or cut out, as useless parts.
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Horace will our superfluous branches prune.
--Waller.
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3. To preen; to prepare; to dress. --Spenser.
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His royal bird
Prunes the immortal wing and cloys his beak. --Shak.
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Prunella
(gcide) | Prunella \Pru*nel"la\, n. [NL., perhaps from G. br[ae]une
quinsy, croup.] (Med.)
(a) Angina, or angina pectoris.
(b) Thrush.
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Prunella salt (Old Chem.), niter fused and cast into little
balls.
[1913 Webster] PrunellaPrunella \Pru*nel"la\, Prunello \Pru*nel"lo\, n. [F. prunelle,
probably so called from its color resembling that of prunes.
See Prune, n.]
A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making
shoes; a kind of lasting; -- formerly used also for
clergymen's gowns.
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Prunella salt
(gcide) | Prunella \Pru*nel"la\, n. [NL., perhaps from G. br[ae]une
quinsy, croup.] (Med.)
(a) Angina, or angina pectoris.
(b) Thrush.
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Prunella salt (Old Chem.), niter fused and cast into little
balls.
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Prunelle
(gcide) | Prunelle \Pru*nelle"\, n. [F., dim. of prune. See Prune, n.]
A kind of small and very acid French plum; -- applied
especially to the stoned and dried fruit.
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Prunello
(gcide) | Prunella \Pru*nel"la\, Prunello \Pru*nel"lo\, n. [F. prunelle,
probably so called from its color resembling that of prunes.
See Prune, n.]
A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making
shoes; a kind of lasting; -- formerly used also for
clergymen's gowns.
[1913 Webster]Prunello \Pru*nel"lo\, n. [F. prunelle, dim. of prune. See
Prune a plum.]
A species of dried plum; prunelle.
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Pruner
(gcide) | Pruner \Prun"er\, n.
1. One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of beetles whose
larv[ae] gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to
fall, especially the American oak pruner ({Asemum
m[oe]stum}), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches,
and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside
nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a
pupa.
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Reprune
(gcide) | Reprune \Re*prune"\ (r[=e]*pr[udd]n"), v. t.
To prune again or anew.
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Yet soon reprunes her wing to soar anew. --Young.
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Rune stone
(gcide) | Rune \Rune\ (r[udd]n), n. [AS. r[=u]n a rune, a secret, a
mystery; akin to Icel. r[=u]n, OHG. & Goth. r[=u]na a secret,
secret colloquy, G. & Dan. rune rune, and probably to Gr.
'ereyna^n to search for. Cf. Roun to whisper.]
1. A letter, or character, belonging to the written language
of the ancient Norsemen, or Scandinavians; in a wider
sense, applied to the letters of the ancient nations of
Northern Europe in general.
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Note: The Norsemen had a peculiar alphabet, consisting of
sixteen letters, or characters, called runes, the
origin of which is lost in the remotest antiquity. The
signification of the word rune (mystery) seems to
allude to the fact that originally only a few were
acquainted with the use of these marks, and that they
were mostly applied to secret tricks, witchcrafts and
enchantments. But the runes were also used in
communication by writing.
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2. pl. Old Norse poetry expressed in runes.
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Runes were upon his tongue,
As on the warrior's sword. --Longfellow.
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Rune stone, a stone bearing a runic inscription.
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Runer
(gcide) | Runer \Ru"ner\, n.
A bard, or learned man, among the ancient Goths. --Sir W.
Temple.
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Sal prunella
(gcide) | Sal \Sal\ (s[a^]l), n. [L. See Salt.] (Chem. & Pharm.)
Salt.
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Sal absinthii [NL.] (Old Chem.), an impure potassium
carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood ({Artemisia
Absinthium}).
Sal acetosellae [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt of sorrel.
Sal alembroth. (Old Chem.) See Alembroth.
Sal ammoniac (Chem.), ammonium chloride, NH4Cl, a white
crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste,
obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It
is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent,
and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because
originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the
temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also {muriate of
ammonia}.
Sal catharticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), Epsom salts.
Sal culinarius [L.] (Old Chem.), common salt, or sodium
chloride.
Sal Cyrenaicus. [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Sal ammoniac above.
Sal de duobus, Sal duplicatum [NL.] (Old Chem.),
potassium sulphate; -- so called because erroneously
supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one
alkaline.
Sal diureticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), potassium acetate.
Sal enixum [NL.] (Old Chem.), acid potassium sulphate.
Sal gemmae [NL.] (Old Min.), common salt occuring native.
Sal Jovis [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride;
-- the alchemical name of tin being Jove.
Sal Martis [NL.] (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or ferrous
sulphate; -- the alchemical name of iron being Mars.
Sal microcosmicum [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Microcosmic salt,
under Microcosmic.
Sal plumbi [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead.
Sal prunella. (Old Chem.) See Prunella salt, under 1st
Prunella.
Sal Saturni [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead, or lead
acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
Sal sedativus [NL.] (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric
acid.
Sal Seignette [F. seignette, sel de seignette] (Chem.),
Rochelle salt.
Sal soda (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under Sodium.
Sal vitrioli [NL.] (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc
sulphate.
Sal volatile. [NL.]
(a) (Chem.) See Sal ammoniac, above.
(b) Spirits of ammonia.
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South African prune
(gcide) | Prune \Prune\, n. [F. prune, from L. prunum a plum. See Plum.]
A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or
Turkish prunes; California prunes.
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German prune (Bot.), a large dark purple plum, of oval
shape, often one-sided. It is much used for preserving,
either dried or in sirup.
Prune tree. (Bot.)
(a) A tree of the genus Prunus (Prunus domestica), which
produces prunes.
(b) The West Indian tree, Prunus occidentalis.
South African prune (Bot.), the edible fruit of a
sapindaceous tree (Pappea Capensis).
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Unpruned
(gcide) | Unpruned \Unpruned\
See pruned. |
brunei
(wn) | Brunei
n 1: a sultanate in northwestern Borneo; became independent of
Great Britain in 1984 [syn: Brunei, {Negara Brunei
Darussalam}] |
brunei dollar
(wn) | Brunei dollar
n 1: the basic unit of money in Brunei |
bruneian
(wn) | Bruneian
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Brunei or its
people; "Bruneian oil production"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Brunei |
brunelleschi
(wn) | Brunelleschi
n 1: Florentine architect who was the first great architect of
the Italian Renaissance (1377-1446) [syn: Brunelleschi,
Filippo Brunelleschi] |
brunet
(wn) | brunet
adj 1: marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or
skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty" [syn: brunet,
brunette] [ant: blond, blonde, light-haired]
n 1: a person with dark (brown) hair [syn: brunet, brunette] |
brunette
(wn) | brunette
adj 1: marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or
skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty" [syn: brunet,
brunette] [ant: blond, blonde, light-haired]
n 1: a person with dark (brown) hair [syn: brunet, brunette] |
family prunellidae
(wn) | family Prunellidae
n 1: hedge sparrow [syn: Prunellidae, family Prunellidae] |
filippo brunelleschi
(wn) | Filippo Brunelleschi
n 1: Florentine architect who was the first great architect of
the Italian Renaissance (1377-1446) [syn: Brunelleschi,
Filippo Brunelleschi] |
genus prunella
(wn) | genus Prunella
n 1: small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal
spikes of small purplish or white flowers [syn: Prunella,
genus Prunella]
2: type genus of the Prunellidae [syn: Prunella, {genus
Prunella}] |
negara brunei darussalam
(wn) | Negara Brunei Darussalam
n 1: a sultanate in northwestern Borneo; became independent of
Great Britain in 1984 [syn: Brunei, {Negara Brunei
Darussalam}] |
prune
(wn) | prune
n 1: dried plum
v 1: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the
plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, crop, trim,
lop, dress, prune, cut back]
2: weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose
weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" [syn: cut,
prune, rationalize, rationalise] |
prune cake
(wn) | prune cake
n 1: moist cake containing prunes that have been made into a
puree |
prune whip
(wn) | prune whip
n 1: dessert made of prune puree and whipped cream |
prunella
(wn) | Prunella
n 1: small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal
spikes of small purplish or white flowers [syn: Prunella,
genus Prunella]
2: type genus of the Prunellidae [syn: Prunella, {genus
Prunella}] |
prunella modularis
(wn) | Prunella modularis
n 1: small brownish European songbird [syn: hedge sparrow,
sparrow, dunnock, Prunella modularis] |
prunella vulgaris
(wn) | Prunella vulgaris
n 1: decumbent blue-flowered European perennial thought to
possess healing properties; naturalized throughout North
America [syn: self-heal, heal all, Prunella vulgaris] |
prunellidae
(wn) | Prunellidae
n 1: hedge sparrow [syn: Prunellidae, family Prunellidae] |
pruner
(wn) | pruner
n 1: a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs;
"untouched by the pruner's axe" [syn: pruner, trimmer]
2: a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and
sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees [syn:
pruner, pruning hook, lopper] |
rune
(wn) | rune
n 1: any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in
Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages; "each
rune had its own magical significance" [syn: rune, {runic
letter}] |
casting the runes
(foldoc) | casting the runes
What a guru does when you ask him or her to run a
particular program because it never works for anyone else;
especially used when nobody can ever see what the guru is
doing different from what J. Random Luser does.
Compare incantation, runes, examining the entrails; also
see the AI koan about Tom Knight.
(1997-12-26)
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great runes
(foldoc) | Great Runes
Uppercase-only text or display messages. Some archaic
operating systems still emit these.
See also runes, smash case, fold case.
Back in the days when it was the sole supplier of
long-distance hardcopy transmision devices, the {Teletype
Corporation} was faced with a major design choice. To shorten
code lengths and cut complexity in the printing mechanism, it
had been decided that teletypes would use a monocase
font, either ALL UPPER or all lower. The Question Of The
Day was therefore, which one to choose. A study was conducted
on readability under various conditions of bad ribbon, worn
print hammers, etc. Lowercase won; it is less dense and has
more distinctive letterforms, and is thus much easier to read
both under ideal conditions and when the letters are mangled
or partly obscured. The results were filtered up through
management. The chairman of Teletype killed the proposal
because it failed one incredibly important criterion:
"It would be impossible to spell the name of the Deity correctly."
In this way (or so, at least, hacker folklore has it)
superstition triumphed over utility. Teletypes were the
major input devices on most early computers, and terminal
manufacturers looking for corners to cut naturally followed
suit until well into the 1970s. Thus, that one bad call
stuck us with Great Runes for thirty years.
(1994-12-02)
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runes
(foldoc) | runes
1. Anything that requires heavy wizardry or black art to
parse: core dumps, JCL commands, APL or code in a
language you haven't a clue how to read. Not quite as bad as
line noise, but close.
Compare casting the runes, Great Runes.
2. Special display characters (for example, the high-half
graphics on an IBM PC).
[Jargon File]
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