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sill
(encz) | sill,parapet n: Zdeněk Brož |
Sill
(gcide) | Sill \Sill\, n. [Cf. Thill.]
The shaft or thill of a carriage. [Prov. Eng.]
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Sill
(gcide) | Sill \Sill\, n. [Cf. 4th Sile.]
A young herring. [Eng.]
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Sill
(gcide) | Sill \Sill\ (s[i^]l), n. [OE. sille, sylle, AS. syl, syll; akin
to G. schwelle, OHG. swelli, Icel. syll, svill, Sw. syll,
Dan. syld, Goth. gasuljan to lay a foundation, to found.]
The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal
piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame,
or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a
bridge, of a loom, and the like. Hence:
(a) The timber or stone at the foot of a door; the threshold.
(b) The timber or stone on which a window frame stands; or,
the lowest piece in a window frame.
(c) The floor of a gallery or passage in a mine.
(d) A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for
the gates to shut against.
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Sill course (Arch.), a horizontal course of stone, terra
cotta, or the like, built into a wall at the level of one
or more window sills, these sills often forming part of
it.
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sill
(wn) | sill
n 1: structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal
timber forming the lowest member of a framework or
supporting structure
2: (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock
between two layers of older sedimentary rock |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
disillusionment
(mass) | disillusionment
- sklamanie |
silly
(mass) | silly
- hlúpy, smiešny |
disillusion
(encz) | disillusion,deziluze lukedisillusion,rozčarovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
disillusioned
(encz) | disillusioned,rozčarovaný adj: Zdeněk Broždisillusioned,zbaven iluzí luke |
disillusioning
(encz) | disillusioning,zbavující iluzí luke |
disillusionment
(encz) | disillusionment,deziluze lukedisillusionment,zbavení iluzí lukedisillusionment,zklamání luke |
doorsill
(encz) | doorsill,práh Zdeněk Brož |
fusillade
(encz) | fusillade,salva n: Zdeněk Brožfusillade,střelba n: Zdeněk Brož |
laugh yourself silly
(encz) | laugh yourself silly, |
mudsill
(encz) | mudsill,patka opěry [stav.] Oldřich Švec |
peritonsillar abscess
(encz) | peritonsillar abscess, n: |
pusillanimity
(encz) | pusillanimity,bojácnost n: Zdeněk Brožpusillanimity,ustrašenost n: Zdeněk Brožpusillanimity,zbabělost n: Zdeněk Brož |
pusillanimous
(encz) | pusillanimous,bojácný adj: Zdeněk Brožpusillanimous,ustrašený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pusillanimously
(encz) | pusillanimously,ustrašeně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
pusillanimousness
(encz) | pusillanimousness,neodvážnost n: Zdeněk Brožpusillanimousness,ustrašenost n: Zdeněk Brožpusillanimousness,zbabělost n: Zdeněk Brož |
rosilla
(encz) | rosilla, n: |
salsilla
(encz) | salsilla, n: |
sill
(encz) | sill,parapet n: Zdeněk Brož |
sillabub
(encz) | sillabub, n: |
sillier
(encz) | sillier,pošetilejší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
silliest
(encz) | silliest,nejpošetilejší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
silliness
(encz) | silliness,naivita n: Zdeněk Brožsilliness,pošetilost n: Zdeněk Brož |
silly
(encz) | silly,bláhový adj: Zdeněk Brožsilly,blbý silly,hloupý silly,hlupáček Zdeněk Brožsilly,pitomý silly,pošetilý adj: Zdeněk Brožsilly,směšný |
silly season
(encz) | silly season,okurková sezona |
tonsilla
(encz) | tonsilla, n: |
tonsilla adenoidea
(encz) | tonsilla adenoidea, n: |
tonsilla pharyngealis
(encz) | tonsilla pharyngealis, n: |
tonsillectomy
(encz) | tonsillectomy,tonzilektomie n: Zdeněk Brožtonsillectomy,vynětí krčních mandlí Zdeněk Brož |
tonsillitis
(encz) | tonsillitis,angína n: Zdeněk Brožtonsillitis,tonzilitida n: Zdeněk Brožtonsillitis,zánět mandlí Zdeněk Brož |
window sill
(encz) | window sill,okenní parapet n: Ritchie |
windowsill
(encz) | windowsill,okenní parapet n: Zdeněk Brož |
disenchanting disillusioning
(gcide) | convincing \convincing\ adj.
causing one to believe the truth of something; having the
power to influence or convince; cogent; -- of evidence or
testimony; as, a convincing manner. Opposite of
unconvincing.
Note: [Narrower terms: disenchanting, disillusioning] [Also
See: persuasive.]
Syn: cogent, potent.
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Disillusion
(gcide) | Disillusion \Dis`il*lu"sion\, v. t.
To free from an illusion; to disillusionize.
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The act or process of freeing from an illusion, or the state
of being freed therefrom. --Lowell.
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disillusioning
(gcide) | disillusioning \disillusioning\ adj.
freeing from illusion or false belief.
Syn: disenchanting.
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Disillusionize
(gcide) | Disillusionize \Dis`il*lu"sion*ize\, v. t.
To disenchant; to free from illusion. "The bitter
disillusionizing experience of postnuptial life." --W. Black.
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Disillusionment
(gcide) | Disillusionment \Dis`il*lu"sion*ment\, n.
The act of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being
freed therefrom.
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Doorsill
(gcide) | Doorsill \Door"sill`\, n.
The sill or threshold of a door.
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Ereunetes pusillus
(gcide) | Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n.
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas,
Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family
Tringidae.
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Note: The most important North American species are the
pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also
brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the
red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
(Tringa alpina); the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({Tringa
canutus}); the semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes
pusillus}); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail
(Actitis macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper
(Tryngites subruficollis), and the Bartramian
sandpiper, or upland plover. See under Upland. Among
the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the
ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper
(Actitis hypoleucus syn. Tringoides hypoleucus),
called also fiddler, peeper, pleeps, weet-weet,
and summer snipe. Some of the small plovers and
tattlers are also called sandpipers.
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2. (Zool.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
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Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew.
Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt.
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Fusillade
(gcide) | Fusillade \Fu"sil*lade"\, n. [F. fusillade, cf. It. fucilata.
See Fusil a firelock.] (Mil.)
A simultaneous discharge of firearms.
[1913 Webster]Fusillade \Fu"sil*lade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fusillader; p.
pr. & vb. n. Fusillading.]
To shoot down of shoot at by a simultaneous discharge of
firearms.
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Fusillader
(gcide) | Fusillade \Fu"sil*lade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fusillader; p.
pr. & vb. n. Fusillading.]
To shoot down of shoot at by a simultaneous discharge of
firearms.
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Fusillading
(gcide) | Fusillade \Fu"sil*lade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fusillader; p.
pr. & vb. n. Fusillading.]
To shoot down of shoot at by a simultaneous discharge of
firearms.
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Ground sill
(gcide) | ground \ground\ (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin
to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom,
Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust,
gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.]
1. The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or
some indefinite portion of it.
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There was not a man to till the ground. --Gen. ii.
5.
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The fire ran along upon the ground. --Ex. ix. 23.
Hence: A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the
earth.
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2. Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region;
territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or
resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place
of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground.
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From . . . old Euphrates, to the brook that parts
Egypt from Syrian ground. --Milton.
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3. Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens,
lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the
grounds of the estate are well kept.
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Thy next design is on thy neighbor's grounds.
--Dryden. 4.
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4. The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The
foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise,
reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of
existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as,
the ground of my hope.
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5. (Paint. & Decorative Art)
(a) That surface upon which the figures of a composition
are set, and which relieves them by its plainness,
being either of one tint or of tints but slightly
contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a
white ground. See Background, Foreground, and
Middle-ground.
(b) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are
raised in relief.
(c) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the
embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground.
See Brussels lace, under Brussels.
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6. (Etching) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a
metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except
where an opening is made by the needle.
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7. (Arch.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the
plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; --
usually in the plural.
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Note: Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering
floated flush with them.
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8. (Mus.)
(a) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few
bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to
a varying melody.
(b) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
--Moore (Encyc.).
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On that ground I'll build a holy descant.
--Shak.
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9. (Elec.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby
the earth is made part of an electrical circuit.
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10. pl. Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs;
lees; feces; as, coffee grounds.
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11. The pit of a theater. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Ground angling, angling with a weighted line without a
float.
Ground annual (Scots Law), an estate created in land by a
vassal who instead of selling his land outright reserves
an annual ground rent, which becomes a perpetual charge
upon the land.
Ground ash. (Bot.) See Groutweed.
Ground bailiff (Mining), a superintendent of mines.
--Simmonds.
Ground bait, bits of bread, boiled barley or worms, etc.,
thrown into the water to collect the fish, --Wallon.
Ground bass or Ground base (Mus.), fundamental base; a
fundamental base continually repeated to a varied melody.
Ground beetle (Zool.), one of numerous species of
carnivorous beetles of the family Carabid[ae], living
mostly in burrows or under stones, etc.
Ground chamber, a room on the ground floor.
Ground cherry. (Bot.)
(a) A genus (Physalis) of herbaceous plants having an
inflated calyx for a seed pod: esp., the strawberry
tomato (Physalis Alkekengi). See Alkekengl.
(b) A European shrub (Prunus Cham[ae]cerasus), with
small, very acid fruit.
Ground cuckoo. (Zool.) See Chaparral cock.
Ground cypress. (Bot.) See Lavender cotton.
Ground dove (Zool.), one of several small American pigeons
of the genus Columbigallina, esp. C. passerina of the
Southern United States, Mexico, etc. They live chiefly on
the ground.
Ground fish (Zool.), any fish which constantly lives on the
botton of the sea, as the sole, turbot, halibut.
Ground floor, the floor of a house most nearly on a level
with the ground; -- called also in America, but not in
England, the first floor.
Ground form (Gram.), the stem or basis of a word, to which
the other parts are added in declension or conjugation. It
is sometimes, but not always, the same as the root.
Ground furze (Bot.), a low slightly thorny, leguminous
shrub (Ononis arvensis) of Europe and Central Asia,; --
called also rest-harrow.
Ground game, hares, rabbits, etc., as distinguished from
winged game.
Ground hele (Bot.), a perennial herb ({Veronica
officinalis}) with small blue flowers, common in Europe
and America, formerly thought to have curative properties.
Ground of the heavens (Astron.), the surface of any part of
the celestial sphere upon which the stars may be regarded
as projected.
Ground hemlock (Bot.), the yew (Taxus baccata var.
Canadensisi) of eastern North America, distinguished from
that of Europe by its low, straggling stems.
Ground hog. (Zool.)
(a) The woodchuck or American marmot (Arctomys monax).
See Woodchuck.
(b) The aardvark.
Ground hold (Naut.), ground tackle. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Ground ice, ice formed at the bottom of a body of water
before it forms on the surface.
Ground ivy. (Bot.) A trailing plant; alehoof. See Gill.
Ground joist, a joist for a basement or ground floor; a.
sleeper.
Ground lark (Zool.), the European pipit. See Pipit.
Ground laurel (Bot.). See Trailing arbutus, under
Arbutus.
Ground line (Descriptive Geom.), the line of intersection
of the horizontal and vertical planes of projection.
Ground liverwort (Bot.), a flowerless plant with a broad
flat forking thallus and the fruit raised on peduncled and
radiated receptacles (Marchantia polymorpha).
Ground mail, in Scotland, the fee paid for interment in a
churchyard.
Ground mass (Geol.), the fine-grained or glassy base of a
rock, in which distinct crystals of its constituents are
embedded.
Ground parrakeet (Zool.), one of several Australian
parrakeets, of the genera Callipsittacus and
Geopsittacus, which live mainly upon the ground.
Ground pearl (Zool.), an insect of the family Coccid[ae]
(Margarodes formicarum), found in ants' nests in the
Bahamas, and having a shelly covering. They are strung
like beads, and made into necklaces by the natives.
Ground pig (Zool.), a large, burrowing, African rodent
(Aulacodus Swinderianus) about two feet long, allied to
the porcupines but with harsh, bristly hair, and no
spines; -- called also ground rat.
Ground pigeon (Zool.), one of numerous species of pigeons
which live largely upon the ground, as the tooth-billed
pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), of the Samoan
Islands, and the crowned pigeon, or goura. See Goura,
and Ground dove (above).
Ground pine. (Bot.)
(a) A blue-flowered herb of the genus Ajuga ({A.
Cham[ae]pitys}), formerly included in the genus
Teucrium or germander, and named from its resinous
smell. --Sir J. Hill.
(b) A long, creeping, evergreen plant of the genus
Lycopodium (L. clavatum); -- called also {club
moss}.
(c) A tree-shaped evergreen plant about eight inches in
height, of the same genus (L. dendroideum) found in
moist, dark woods in the northern part of the United
States. --Gray.
Ground plan (Arch.), a plan of the ground floor of any
building, or of any floor, as distinguished from an
elevation or perpendicular section.
Ground plane, the horizontal plane of projection in
perspective drawing.
Ground plate.
(a) (Arch.) One of the chief pieces of framing of a
building; a timber laid horizontally on or near the
ground to support the uprights; a ground sill or
groundsel.
(b) (Railroads) A bed plate for sleepers or ties; a
mudsill.
(c) (Teleg.) A metallic plate buried in the earth to
conduct the electric current thereto. Connection to
the pipes of a gas or water main is usual in cities.
--Knight.
Ground plot, the ground upon which any structure is
erected; hence, any basis or foundation; also, a ground
plan.
Ground plum (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Astragalus
caryocarpus}) occurring from the Saskatchewan to Texas,
and having a succulent plum-shaped pod.
Ground rat. (Zool.) See Ground pig (above).
Ground rent, rent paid for the privilege of building on
another man's land.
Ground robin. (Zool.) See Chewink.
Ground room, a room on the ground floor; a lower room.
--Tatler.
Ground sea, the West Indian name for a swell of the ocean,
which occurs in calm weather and without obvious cause,
breaking on the shore in heavy roaring billows; -- called
also rollers, and in Jamaica, the North sea.
Ground sill. See Ground plate (a) (above).
Ground snake (Zool.), a small burrowing American snake
(Celuta am[oe]na). It is salmon colored, and has a blunt
tail.
Ground squirrel. (Zool.)
(a) One of numerous species of burrowing rodents of the
genera Tamias and Spermophilus, having cheek
pouches. The former genus includes the Eastern
striped squirrel or chipmunk and some allied Western
species; the latter includes the prairie squirrel or
striped gopher, the gray gopher, and many allied
Western species. See Chipmunk, and Gopher.
(b) Any species of the African genus Xerus, allied to
Tamias.
Ground story. Same as Ground floor (above).
Ground substance (Anat.), the intercellular substance, or
matrix, of tissues.
Ground swell.
(a) (Bot.) The plant groundsel. [Obs.] --Holland.
(b) A broad, deep swell or undulation of the ocean,
caused by a long continued gale, and felt even at a
remote distance after the gale has ceased.
Ground table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Ground tackle (Naut.), the tackle necessary to secure a
vessel at anchor. --Totten.
Ground thrush (Zool.), one of numerous species of
bright-colored Oriental birds of the family Pittid[ae].
See Pitta.
Ground tier.
(a) The lowest tier of water casks in a vessel's hold.
--Totten.
(b) The lowest line of articles of any kind stowed in a
vessel's hold.
(c) The lowest range of boxes in a theater.
Ground timbers (Shipbuilding) the timbers which lie on the
keel and are bolted to the keelson; floor timbers.
--Knight.
Ground tit. (Zool.) See Ground wren (below).
Ground wheel, that wheel of a harvester, mowing machine,
etc., which, rolling on the ground, drives the mechanism.
Ground wren (Zool.), a small California bird ({Cham[ae]a
fasciata}) allied to the wrens and titmice. It inhabits
the arid plains. Called also ground tit, and wren tit.
To bite the ground, To break ground. See under Bite,
Break.
To come to the ground, To fall to the ground, to come to
nothing; to fail; to miscarry.
To gain ground.
(a) To advance; to proceed forward in conflict; as, an
army in battle gains ground.
(b) To obtain an advantage; to have some success; as, the
army gains ground on the enemy.
(c) To gain credit; to become more prosperous or
influential.
To get ground, or To gather ground, to gain ground. [R.]
"Evening mist . . . gathers ground fast." --Milton.
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There is no way for duty to prevail, and get ground
of them, but by bidding higher. --South.
To give ground, to recede; to yield advantage.
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These nine . . . began to give me ground. --Shak.
To lose ground, to retire; to retreat; to withdraw from the
position taken; hence, to lose advantage; to lose credit
or reputation; to decline.
To stand one's ground, to stand firm; to resist attack or
encroachment. --Atterbury.
To take the ground to touch bottom or become stranded; --
said of a ship.
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Groundsill
(gcide) | Groundsel \Ground"sel\, Groundsill \Ground"sill`\, n. [Ground +
sill.]
See Ground plate
(a), under Ground
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Hersillon
(gcide) | Hersillon \Her"sil*lon\, n. [F., fr. herse a harrow. See
Herse, n.] (Fort.)
A beam with projecting spikes, used to make a breach
impassable.
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Mudsill
(gcide) | Mudsill \Mud"sill`\, n.
1. The lowest sill of a structure, usually embedded in the
soil; the lowest timber of a house; also, that sill or
timber of a bridge which is laid at the bottom of the
water. See Sill.
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2. Fig.: A person of the lowest stratum of society; -- a term
of opprobrium or contempt. [Southern U. S.]
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Pusillanimity
(gcide) | Pusillanimity \Pu`sil*la*nim"i*ty\, n. [L. pusillanimitas: cf.
F. pusillanimit['e].]
The quality of being pusillanimous; weakness of spirit;
cowardliness.
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The badge of pusillanimity and cowardice. --Shak.
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It is obvious to distinguished between an act of . . .
pusillanimity and an act of great modesty or humility.
--South.
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Syn: Cowardliness; cowardice; fear; timidity.
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Pusillanimous
(gcide) | Pusillanimous \Pu`sil*lan"i*mous\, a. [L. pusillanimis; pusillus
very little (dim. of pusus a little boy; cf. puer a boy, E.
puerile) + animus the mind: cf. F. pusillanime. See
Animosity.]
1. Destitute of a manly or courageous strength and firmness
of mind; of weak spirit; mean-spirited; spiritless;
cowardly; -- said of persons, as, a pusillanimous prince.
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2. Evincing, or characterized by, weakness of mind, and want
of courage; feeble; as, pusillanimous counsels. "A low and
pusillanimous spirit." --Burke.
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Syn: Cowardly; dastardly; mean-spirited; fainthearted; timid;
weak; feeble.
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Pusillanimously
(gcide) | Pusillanimously \Pu`sil*lan"i*mous*ly\
(p[=u]`s[i^]l*l[a^]n"[i^]*m[u^]s*l[y^]), adv.
With pusillanimity.
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Sill course
(gcide) | Sill \Sill\ (s[i^]l), n. [OE. sille, sylle, AS. syl, syll; akin
to G. schwelle, OHG. swelli, Icel. syll, svill, Sw. syll,
Dan. syld, Goth. gasuljan to lay a foundation, to found.]
The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal
piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame,
or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a
bridge, of a loom, and the like. Hence:
(a) The timber or stone at the foot of a door; the threshold.
(b) The timber or stone on which a window frame stands; or,
the lowest piece in a window frame.
(c) The floor of a gallery or passage in a mine.
(d) A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for
the gates to shut against.
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Sill course (Arch.), a horizontal course of stone, terra
cotta, or the like, built into a wall at the level of one
or more window sills, these sills often forming part of
it.
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Sillabub
(gcide) | Sillabub \Sil"la*bub\, n. [Cf. sile to strain, and bub liquor,
also Prov. E. sillibauk.]
A dish made by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus
forming a soft curd; also, sweetened cream, flavored with
wine and beaten to a stiff froth. [Written also syllabub.]
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Siller
(gcide) | Siller \Sil"ler\, n.
Silver. [Scot.]
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Sillier
(gcide) | Silly \Sil"ly\, a. [Compar. Sillier; superl. Silliest.] [OE.
seely, sely, AS. s?lig, ges?lig, happy, good, fr. s?l, s?l,
good, happy, s?l good fortune, happines; akin to OS.
s[=a]lig, a, good, happy, D. zalig blessed, G. selig, OHG.
s[=a]l[imac]g, Icel. s?l, Sw. s[aum]ll, Dan. salig, Goth.
s?ls good, kind, and perh. also to L. sollus whole, entire,
Gr. ???, Skr. sarva. Cf. Seel, n.]
1. Happy; fortunate; blessed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. Harmless; innocent; inoffensive. [Obs.] "This silly,
innocent Custance." --Chaucer.
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The silly virgin strove him to withstand. --Spenser.
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A silly, innocent hare murdered of a dog. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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3. Weak; helpless; frail. [Obs.]
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After long storms . . .
With which my silly bark was tossed sore. --Spenser.
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The silly buckets on the deck. --Coleridge.
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4. Rustic; plain; simple; humble. [Obs.]
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A fourth man, in a sillyhabit. --Shak.
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All that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.
--Milton.
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5. Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind;
foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman.
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6. Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment;
characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd;
stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question.
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Syn: Simple; brainless; witless; shallow; foolish; unwise;
indiscreet. See Simple.
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Silliest
(gcide) | Silly \Sil"ly\, a. [Compar. Sillier; superl. Silliest.] [OE.
seely, sely, AS. s?lig, ges?lig, happy, good, fr. s?l, s?l,
good, happy, s?l good fortune, happines; akin to OS.
s[=a]lig, a, good, happy, D. zalig blessed, G. selig, OHG.
s[=a]l[imac]g, Icel. s?l, Sw. s[aum]ll, Dan. salig, Goth.
s?ls good, kind, and perh. also to L. sollus whole, entire,
Gr. ???, Skr. sarva. Cf. Seel, n.]
1. Happy; fortunate; blessed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. Harmless; innocent; inoffensive. [Obs.] "This silly,
innocent Custance." --Chaucer.
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The silly virgin strove him to withstand. --Spenser.
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A silly, innocent hare murdered of a dog. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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3. Weak; helpless; frail. [Obs.]
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After long storms . . .
With which my silly bark was tossed sore. --Spenser.
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The silly buckets on the deck. --Coleridge.
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4. Rustic; plain; simple; humble. [Obs.]
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A fourth man, in a sillyhabit. --Shak.
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All that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.
--Milton.
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5. Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind;
foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman.
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6. Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment;
characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd;
stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question.
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Syn: Simple; brainless; witless; shallow; foolish; unwise;
indiscreet. See Simple.
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Sillily
(gcide) | Sillily \Sil"li*ly\, adv. [From Silly.]
In a silly manner; foolishly. --Dryden.
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Sillimanite
(gcide) | Sillimanite \Sil"li*man*ite\, n. [After Benjamin Siliman, an
American meneralogist.] (Min.)
Same as Fibrolite.
[1913 Webster]Fibrolite \Fi"bro*lite\ (? or ?), n. [L. fibra a fiber + -lite:
cf. F. fibrolithe.] (Min.)
A silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure. It
is like andalusite in composition; -- called also
sillimanite, and bucholzite.
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sillimanite
(gcide) | Sillimanite \Sil"li*man*ite\, n. [After Benjamin Siliman, an
American meneralogist.] (Min.)
Same as Fibrolite.
[1913 Webster]Fibrolite \Fi"bro*lite\ (? or ?), n. [L. fibra a fiber + -lite:
cf. F. fibrolithe.] (Min.)
A silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure. It
is like andalusite in composition; -- called also
sillimanite, and bucholzite.
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Silliness
(gcide) | Silliness \Sil"li*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being silly.
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