| slovo | definícia |
sard
(encz) | sard, n: |
Sard
(gcide) | Sard \Sard\, n. [L. sarda, Gr. ?, or ? (sc. ?), i.e., Sardian
stone, fr. ? Sardian, ? Sardes, the capital of Lydia: cf. F.
sarde. Cf. Sardius.] (Min.)
A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish
red color. See the Note under Chalcedony.
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sard
(gcide) | Chalcedony \Chal*ced"o*ny\ (k[a^]l*s[e^]d"[-o]*n[y^] or
k[a^]l"s[-e]*d[-o]*n[y^]; 277), n.; pl. Chalcedonies
(-n[i^]z). [ L. chalcedonius, fr. Gr. CHalkhdw`n Chalcedon, a
town in Asia Minor, opposite to Byzantium: cf. calc['e]doine,
OE. calcidoine, casidoyne. Cf. Cassidony.] (Min.)
A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having
usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.
[Written also calcedony.]
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Note: When chalcedony is variegated with with spots or
figures, or arranged in differently colored layers, it
is called agate; and if by reason of the thickness,
color, and arrangement of the layers it is suitable for
being carved into cameos, it is called onyx.
Chrysoprase is green chalcedony; carnelian, a flesh
red, and sard, a brownish red variety.
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sard
(wn) | sard
n 1: a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony [syn: sard,
sardine, sardius] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
sardinia
(mass) | Sardinia
- Sardínia |
sardinian
(mass) | Sardinian
- sardínsky, Sardínčan |
sardínia
(msas) | Sardínia
- Sardinia |
sardínsky
(msas) | sardínsky
- Sardinian |
sardínčan
(msas) | Sardínčan
- Sardinian |
sardincan
(msasasci) | Sardincan
- Sardinian |
sardinia
(msasasci) | Sardinia
- Sardinia |
sardinsky
(msasasci) | sardinsky
- Sardinian |
brassard
(encz) | brassard,brnění na paži n: Zdeněk Brož |
hansard
(encz) | Hansard, |
mansard
(encz) | mansard,mansarda n: luke |
mansard roof
(encz) | mansard roof,mansardová střecha n: luke |
sard
(encz) | sard, n: |
sardine
(encz) | sardine,olejovka sardine,sardinka |
sardine oil
(encz) | sardine oil, n: |
sardines
(encz) | sardines,sardinky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
sardinia
(encz) | Sardinia,Sardínie [zem.] n: |
sardinian
(encz) | Sardinian, adj: |
sardius
(encz) | sardius, n: |
sardonic
(encz) | sardonic,sardonický adj: Zdeněk Brožsardonic,zatrpklý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sardonically
(encz) | sardonically,sardonicky adv: Zdeněk Brožsardonically,zatrpkle adv: Zdeněk Brož |
sardonyx
(encz) | sardonyx,sardonyx Zdeněk Brož |
mansarda
(czen) | mansarda,garretn: Zdeněk Brožmansarda,mansardn: luke |
mansardová střecha
(czen) | mansardová střecha,gambrel roofn: Zdeněk Brožmansardová střecha,mansard roofn: luke |
sardel
(czen) | sardel,anchovyn: Zdeněk Brož |
sardele
(czen) | sardele,anchoviesn: pl. smrt |
sardinka
(czen) | sardinka,pilchardn: Zdeněk Brožsardinka,sardine |
sardinky
(czen) | sardinky,pilchardsn: pl. Zdeněk Brožsardinky,sardinesn: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
sardonicky
(czen) | sardonicky,sardonicallyadv: Zdeněk Brož |
sardonický
(czen) | sardonický,sardonicadj: Zdeněk Brož |
sardonyx
(czen) | sardonyx,sardonyx Zdeněk Brož |
sardínie
(czen) | Sardínie,Sardinia[zem.] n: |
brassard
(gcide) | brassard \brassard\ n.
an armor plate that protects the arm.
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Camisard
(gcide) | Camisard \Cam"i*sard\, n. [F.]
One of the French Protestant insurgents who rebelled against
Louis XIV, after the revocation of the edict of Nates; -- so
called from the peasant's smock (camise) which they wore.
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Disard
(gcide) | Disard \Dis"ard\, n.
See Dizzard. [Obs.] --Burton.
[1913 Webster]Dizzard \Diz"zard\ (d[i^]z"z[~e]rd), n. [See Dizzy, and cf.
Disard.]
A blockhead. [Obs.] [Written also dizard, and disard.] --
Diz"zard*ly, adv. [Obs.]
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disard
(gcide) | Disard \Dis"ard\, n.
See Dizzard. [Obs.] --Burton.
[1913 Webster]Dizzard \Diz"zard\ (d[i^]z"z[~e]rd), n. [See Dizzy, and cf.
Disard.]
A blockhead. [Obs.] [Written also dizard, and disard.] --
Diz"zard*ly, adv. [Obs.]
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Gymnosarda alletterata
(gcide) | Tuna \Tu"na\, n. [Cf. Tunny.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes
belonging to the mackerel family Scombridae, especially
the bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, formerly {Orcynus
thynnus} or Albacora thynnus), called also the {common
tunny} or great tunny, a native of the Mediterranean Sea
and of temperate parts of the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes
weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is caught
commercially in large quantity for use as food; -- also
called, especially in Britain, tunny. It is also one of
the favorite fishes used by the Japanese in preparing
sushi. On the American coast, especially in New England,
it is sometimes called the horse mackerel. Another
well-known species is the yellowfin tuna ({Thunnus
albacares}) of warm seas. the See Illust. of {Horse
mackerel}, under Horse.
Note: The little tunny (Gymnosarda alletterata) of the
Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned
tunny, or albacore (Thunnus alalunga) (see
Albacore), are related species of smaller size.
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2. The bonito, 2.
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3. the meat of the tuna, used as food; -- also called {tuna
fish}.
[PJC]Tunny \Tun"ny\ (t[u^]n"n[y^]), n.; pl. Tunnies. [L. thunnus,
thynnus, Gr. qy`nnos, qy^nos: cf. It. tonno, F. & Pr. thon.]
(Zool.)
The chiefly British equivalent of tuna; any one of several
species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel
family, especially the common or great tunny ({Thunnus
thynnus} syn. Albacora thynnus, formerly Orcynus thynnus)
native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It
sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is
extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American
coast it is called horse mackerel. See Illust. of {Horse
mackerel}, under Horse. [Written also thynny.]
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Note: The little tunny (Gymnosarda alletterata) of the
Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned
tunny, or albicore (Thunnus alalunga, see
Albacore), are related species of smaller size.
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Hansard
(gcide) | Hansard \Han"sard\ (-s[~e]rd), n.
An official report of proceedings in the British Parliament;
-- so called from the name of the publishers.
[1913 Webster]Hansard \Han"sard\, n.
A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under 2d
Hanse.
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Hasard
(gcide) | Hasard \Has"ard\ (-[~e]rd), n.
Hazard. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Mansard roof
(gcide) | Mansard roof \Man"sard roof"\ [So called from its inventor,
Fran[,c]ois Mansard, or Mansart, a distinguished French
architect, who died in 1666.] (Arch.)
A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two
slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one.
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Musard
(gcide) | Musard \Mu"sard\, n. [F., fr. muser to loiter, trifle. See
Muse, v. i.]
A dreamer; an absent-minded person. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.
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Oil sardine
(gcide) | Oil \Oil\ (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum;
akin to Gr. ?. Cf. Olive.]
Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible
substances, more viscous than and not miscible with water;
as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal,
vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and
they are variously used for food, for solvents, for
anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any
substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol.
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Note: The mineral oils are varieties of petroleum. See
Petroleum. The vegetable oils are of two classes,
essential oils (see under Essential), and {natural
oils} which in general resemble the animal oils and
fats. Most of the natural oils and the animal oils and
fats consist of ethereal salts of glycerin, with a
large number of organic acids, principally stearic,
oleic, and palmitic, forming respectively stearin,
olein, and palmitin. Stearin and palmitin prevail in
the solid oils and fats, and olein in the liquid oils.
Mutton tallow, beef tallow, and lard are rich in
stearin, human fat and palm oil in palmitin, and sperm
and cod-liver oils in olein. In making soaps, the acids
leave the glycerin and unite with the soda or potash.
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Animal oil, Bone oil, Dipple's oil, etc. (Old Chem.), a
complex oil obtained by the distillation of animal
substances, as bones. See Bone oil, under Bone.
Drying oils, Essential oils. (Chem.) See under Drying,
and Essential.
Ethereal oil of wine, Heavy oil of wine. (Chem.) See
under Ethereal.
Fixed oil. (Chem.) See under Fixed.
Oil bag (Zool.), a bag, cyst, or gland in animals,
containing oil.
Oil beetle (Zool.), any beetle of the genus Meloe and
allied genera. When disturbed they emit from the joints of
the legs a yellowish oily liquor. Some species possess
vesicating properties, and are used instead of
cantharides.
Oil box, or Oil cellar (Mach.), a fixed box or reservoir,
for lubricating a bearing; esp., the box for oil beneath
the journal of a railway-car axle.
Oil cake. See under Cake.
Oil cock, a stopcock connected with an oil cup. See {Oil
cup}.
Oil color.
(a) A paint made by grinding a coloring substance in oil.
(b) Such paints, taken in a general sense.
(b) a painting made from such a paint.
Oil cup, a cup, or small receptacle, connected with a
bearing as a lubricator, and usually provided with a wick,
wire, or adjustable valve for regulating the delivery of
oil.
Oil engine, a gas engine worked with the explosive vapor of
petroleum.
Oil gas, inflammable gas procured from oil, and used for
lighting streets, houses, etc.
Oil gland.
(a) (Zool.) A gland which secretes oil; especially in birds,
the large gland at the base of the tail.
(b) (Bot.) A gland, in some plants, producing oil.
Oil green, a pale yellowish green, like oil.
Oil of brick, empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a
brick soaked in oil to distillation at a high temperature,
-- used by lapidaries as a vehicle for the emery by which
stones and gems are sawn or cut. --Brande & C.
Oil of talc, a nostrum made of calcined talc, and famous in
the 17th century as a cosmetic. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Oil of vitriol (Chem.), strong sulphuric acid; -- so called
from its oily consistency and from its forming the
vitriols or sulphates.
Oil of wine, [OE]nanthic ether. See under [OE]nanthic.
Oil painting.
(a) The art of painting in oil colors.
(b) Any kind of painting of which the pigments are originally
ground in oil.
Oil palm (Bot.), a palm tree whose fruit furnishes oil,
esp. Elaeis Guineensis. See Elaeis.
Oil sardine (Zool.), an East Indian herring ({Clupea
scombrina}), valued for its oil.
Oil shark (Zool.)
(a) The liver shark.
(b) The tope.
Oil still, a still for hydrocarbons, esp. for petroleum.
Oil test, a test for determining the temperature at which
petroleum oils give off vapor which is liable to explode.
Oil tree. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Ricinus (Ricinus communis), from
the seeds of which castor oil is obtained.
(b) An Indian tree, the mahwa. See Mahwa.
(c) The oil palm.
To burn the midnight oil, to study or work late at night.
Volatle oils. See Essential oils, under Essential.
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sard
(gcide) | Sard \Sard\, n. [L. sarda, Gr. ?, or ? (sc. ?), i.e., Sardian
stone, fr. ? Sardian, ? Sardes, the capital of Lydia: cf. F.
sarde. Cf. Sardius.] (Min.)
A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish
red color. See the Note under Chalcedony.
[1913 Webster]Chalcedony \Chal*ced"o*ny\ (k[a^]l*s[e^]d"[-o]*n[y^] or
k[a^]l"s[-e]*d[-o]*n[y^]; 277), n.; pl. Chalcedonies
(-n[i^]z). [ L. chalcedonius, fr. Gr. CHalkhdw`n Chalcedon, a
town in Asia Minor, opposite to Byzantium: cf. calc['e]doine,
OE. calcidoine, casidoyne. Cf. Cassidony.] (Min.)
A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having
usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.
[Written also calcedony.]
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Note: When chalcedony is variegated with with spots or
figures, or arranged in differently colored layers, it
is called agate; and if by reason of the thickness,
color, and arrangement of the layers it is suitable for
being carved into cameos, it is called onyx.
Chrysoprase is green chalcedony; carnelian, a flesh
red, and sard, a brownish red variety.
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Sarda Chilensis
(gcide) | Bonito \Bo*ni"to\ (b[-o]*n[=e]"t[-o]), n.; pl. Bonitoes
(-t[-o]z). [Sp. & Pg. bonito, fr. Ar. bain[imac]t and
bain[imac]th.] [Often incorrectly written bonita.] (Zool.)
1. A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the
tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four
brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the
American coast.
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2. any of a variety of scombroid fishes of the genera Sarda
or Euthynnus, with a size intermediate between those of
the smaller mackerels and the tunas. It is applied
especially to the skipjack tuna (Euthynnus pelamis,
syn. Katsuwonus pelamis, formerly Sarda Mediterranea,
also called skipjack) of the Atlantic, an important and
abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and
(Sarda Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related
species. These are large and active fishes, of a blue
color above and silver below, with black oblique stripes.
--MW10
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3. The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the
southern part of the United States and the West Indies.
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4. The cobia or crab eater (Elacate canada), an edible fish
of the Middle and Southern United States.
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Sarda Mediterranea
(gcide) | Bonito \Bo*ni"to\ (b[-o]*n[=e]"t[-o]), n.; pl. Bonitoes
(-t[-o]z). [Sp. & Pg. bonito, fr. Ar. bain[imac]t and
bain[imac]th.] [Often incorrectly written bonita.] (Zool.)
1. A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the
tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four
brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the
American coast.
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2. any of a variety of scombroid fishes of the genera Sarda
or Euthynnus, with a size intermediate between those of
the smaller mackerels and the tunas. It is applied
especially to the skipjack tuna (Euthynnus pelamis,
syn. Katsuwonus pelamis, formerly Sarda Mediterranea,
also called skipjack) of the Atlantic, an important and
abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and
(Sarda Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related
species. These are large and active fishes, of a blue
color above and silver below, with black oblique stripes.
--MW10
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3. The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the
southern part of the United States and the West Indies.
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4. The cobia or crab eater (Elacate canada), an edible fish
of the Middle and Southern United States.
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Sardachate
(gcide) | Sardachate \Sar"da*chate\, n. [L. sardachates: cf. F.
sardachate. See Sard, and Agate.] (Min.)
A variety of agate containing sard.
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Sardan
(gcide) | Sardan \Sar"dan\, Sardel \Sar"del\, n. [It. sardella. See
Sardine a fish.] (Zool.)
A sardine. [Obs.]
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Sardel
(gcide) | Sardan \Sar"dan\, Sardel \Sar"del\, n. [It. sardella. See
Sardine a fish.] (Zool.)
A sardine. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Sardel \Sar"del\, n.
A precious stone. See Sardius.
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Sardine
(gcide) | Sardine \Sar"dine\ (? or ?; 277), n. [F. sardine (cf. Sp.
sardina, sarda, It. sardina, sardella), L. sardina, sarda;
cf. Gr. ?, ?; so called from the island of Sardinia, Gr. ?.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several small species of herring which are
commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the
pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pilchardus). The
California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American
sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the
common herring and of the menhaden.
[1913 Webster]Sardine \Sar"dine\ (? or ?; 277), n.
See Sardius.
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Sardinian
(gcide) | Sardinian \Sar*din"i*an\, a. [L. Sardinianus.]
Of or pertaining to the island, kingdom, or people of
Sardinia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Sardinia.
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Sardius
(gcide) | Sardius \Sar"di*us\, n. [L. sardius, lapis sardinus, Gr. ?, ?,
?. See Sard.]
A precious stone, probably a carnelian, one of which was set
in Aaron's breastplate. --Ex. xxviii. 17.
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Sardoin
(gcide) | Sardoin \Sar"doin\, n. [Cf. F. sardoine.] (Min.)
Sard; carnelian.
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Sardonian
(gcide) | Sardonian \Sar*do"ni*an\, a. [Cf. F. sardonien.]
Sardonic. [Obs.] "With Sardonian smile." --Spenser.
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Sardonic
(gcide) | Sardonic \Sar*don"ic\, a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at
Colchis.
[1913 Webster]Sardonic \Sar*don"ic\, a. [F. sardonique, L. sardonius, Gr. ?,
?, perhaps fr. ? to grin like a dog, or from a certain plant
of Sardinia, Gr. ?, which was said to screw up the face of
the eater.]
Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking,
malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh,
smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
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Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still,
And grief is forced to laugh against her will. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody
ruffian. --Burke.
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Sardonic grin or Sardonic laugh, an old medical term for
a spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving
it an appearance of laughter.
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Sardonic grin
(gcide) | Sardonic \Sar*don"ic\, a. [F. sardonique, L. sardonius, Gr. ?,
?, perhaps fr. ? to grin like a dog, or from a certain plant
of Sardinia, Gr. ?, which was said to screw up the face of
the eater.]
Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking,
malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh,
smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
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Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still,
And grief is forced to laugh against her will. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody
ruffian. --Burke.
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Sardonic grin or Sardonic laugh, an old medical term for
a spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving
it an appearance of laughter.
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Sardonic laugh
(gcide) | Sardonic \Sar*don"ic\, a. [F. sardonique, L. sardonius, Gr. ?,
?, perhaps fr. ? to grin like a dog, or from a certain plant
of Sardinia, Gr. ?, which was said to screw up the face of
the eater.]
Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking,
malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh,
smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
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Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still,
And grief is forced to laugh against her will. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody
ruffian. --Burke.
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Sardonic grin or Sardonic laugh, an old medical term for
a spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving
it an appearance of laughter.
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Sardonyx
(gcide) | Sardonyx \Sar"do*nyx\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?. See Sard, and
Onyx.] (Min.)
A variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in
alternate layers.
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Unvisard
(gcide) | Unvisard \Un*vis"ard\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + vizard.]
To take the vizard or mask from; to unmask. [Written also
unvizard.] [Obs.] --Milton.
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Visard
(gcide) | Visard \Vis"ard\, n.
A mask. See Visor.
[1913 Webster]Visard \Vis"ard\, v. t.
To mask.
[1913 Webster]Visor \Vis"or\, n. [OE. visere, F. visi[`e]re, fr. OF. vis. See
Visage, Vision.] [Written also visar, visard,
vizard, and vizor.]
1. A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so
show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are
generally in it.
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2. A mask used to disfigure or disguise. "My very visor began
to assume life." --Shak.
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My weaker government since, makes you pull off the
visor. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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3. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting
the eyes.
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visard
(gcide) | Visard \Vis"ard\, n.
A mask. See Visor.
[1913 Webster]Visard \Vis"ard\, v. t.
To mask.
[1913 Webster]Visor \Vis"or\, n. [OE. visere, F. visi[`e]re, fr. OF. vis. See
Visage, Vision.] [Written also visar, visard,
vizard, and vizor.]
1. A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so
show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are
generally in it.
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2. A mask used to disfigure or disguise. "My very visor began
to assume life." --Shak.
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My weaker government since, makes you pull off the
visor. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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3. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting
the eyes.
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Wisard
(gcide) | Wisard \Wis"ard\, n.
See Wizard.
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brassard
(wn) | brassard
n 1: armor plate that protects the arm |
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