| slovo | definícia |
slug
(mass) | slug
- uderiť |
slug
(encz) | slug,brok n: Zdeněk Brož |
slug
(encz) | slug,kulka n: Pino |
slug
(encz) | slug,slimák n: Zdeněk Brož |
slug
(encz) | slug,udeřit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Slug
(gcide) | Slug \Slug\, v. i.
To move slowly; to lie idle. [Obs.]
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To slug in sloth and sensual delight. --Spenser.
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Slug
(gcide) | Slug \Slug\, v. t.
To make sluggish. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Slug
(gcide) | Slug \Slug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slugged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slugging.]
1. To load with a slug or slugs; as, to slug a gun.
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2. To strike heavily. [Cant or Slang]
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Slug
(gcide) | Slug \Slug\, v. i.
To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by
passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the
barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or
other firearm.
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Slug
(gcide) | Slug \Slug\, n. [OE. slugge slothful, sluggen to be slothful;
cf. LG. slukk low-spirited, sad, E. slack, slouch, D. slak,
slek, a snail.]
1. A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard. --Shak.
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2. A hindrance; an obstruction. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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3. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial
pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related
genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed
in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely
allied to the land snails.
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4. (Zool.) Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which
creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug.
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5. A ship that sails slowly. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
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His rendezvous for his fleet, and for all slugs to
come to, should be between Calais and Dover.
--Pepys.
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6. [Perhaps a different word.] An irregularly shaped piece of
metal, used as a missile for a gun.
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7. (Print.) A thick strip of metal less than type high, and
as long as the width of a column or a page, -- used in
spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc.
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Sea slug. (Zool.)
(a) Any nudibranch mollusk.
(b) A holothurian.
Slug caterpillar. Same as Slugworm.
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slug
(wn) | slug
n 1: a projectile that is fired from a gun [syn: bullet,
slug]
2: a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1
foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound;
approximately 14.5939 kilograms
3: a counterfeit coin
4: an idle slothful person [syn: sluggard, slug]
5: an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is
poured or gulped; "he took a slug of hard liquor"
6: a strip of type metal used for spacing [syn: type slug,
slug]
7: any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated
slimy body and no external shell
8: (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his
nose" [syn: punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug]
v 1: strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He
slugged me so hard that I passed out" [syn: slug, slog,
swig]
2: be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat
and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
[syn: idle, laze, slug, stagnate] [ant: work] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
slug
(mass) | slug
- uderiť |
sluggard
(mass) | sluggard
- lenoch |
sluggish
(mass) | sluggish
- lenivý |
a slug
(encz) | a slug,skupinka n: Zdeněk Broža slug,trs n: Zdeněk Brož |
sea slug
(encz) | sea slug, n: |
slug
(encz) | slug,brok n: Zdeněk Brožslug,kulka n: Pinoslug,slimák n: Zdeněk Brožslug,udeřit v: Zdeněk Brož |
slug away
(encz) | slug away, |
slugabed
(encz) | slugabed,opak ranního ptáčete n: Jiří Dadák |
slugfest
(encz) | slugfest, n: |
sluggard
(encz) | sluggard,lenoch n: Zdeněk Brož |
slugged
(encz) | slugged, |
slugger
(encz) | slugger,ranař n: Petr Písař |
slugging
(encz) | slugging, |
sluggish
(encz) | sluggish,líný adj: Zdeněk Brožsluggish,nemotorný adj: Jirka Daněksluggish,stagnující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sluggishly
(encz) | sluggishly,líně adv: Zdeněk Brožsluggishly,zdlouhavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
sluggishness
(encz) | sluggishness,lenivost n: PetrVsluggishness,loudavost n: PetrVsluggishness,netečnost n: PetrV |
slugs
(encz) | slugs,broky n: pl. Zdeněk Brožslugs,kulky n: pl. Zdeněk Brožslugs,slimáci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Aslug
(gcide) | Aslug \A*slug"\, adv. [Pref. a- + slug to move slowly.]
Sluggishly. [Obs.] --Fotherby.
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Forslugge
(gcide) | Forslugge \For*slug"ge\, v. t. [See Slug to be idle.]
To lsoe by idleness or slotch. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Pear slug
(gcide) | Pear \Pear\ (p[^a]r), n. [OE. pere, AS. peru, L. pirum: cf. F.
poire. Cf. Perry.] (Bot.)
The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus
communis}), cultivated in many varieties in temperate
climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See {Pear
family}, below.
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Pear blight.
(a) (Bot.) A name of two distinct diseases of pear trees,
both causing a destruction of the branches, viz., that
caused by a minute insect (Xyleborus pyri), and that
caused by the freezing of the sap in winter. --A. J.
Downing.
(b) (Zool.) A very small beetle (Xyleborus pyri) whose
larv[ae] bore in the twigs of pear trees and cause them
to wither.
Pear family (Bot.), a suborder of rosaceous plants
(Pome[ae]), characterized by the calyx tube becoming
fleshy in fruit, and, combined with the ovaries, forming a
pome. It includes the apple, pear, quince, service berry,
and hawthorn.
Pear gauge (Physics), a kind of gauge for measuring the
exhaustion of an air-pump receiver; -- so called because
consisting in part of a pear-shaped glass vessel.
Pear shell (Zool.), any marine gastropod shell of the genus
Pyrula, native of tropical seas; -- so called from the
shape.
Pear slug (Zool.), the larva of a sawfly which is very
injurious to the foliage of the pear tree.
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Rose slug
(gcide) | Rose \Rose\, n. [AS. rose, L. rosa, probably akin to Gr. ?,
Armor. vard, OPer. vareda; and perhaps to E. wort: cf. F.
rose, from the Latin. Cf. Copperas, Rhododendron.]
1. A flower and shrub of any species of the genus Rosa, of
which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern
hemispere
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Note: Roses are shrubs with pinnate leaves and usually
prickly stems. The flowers are large, and in the wild
state have five petals of a color varying from deep
pink to white, or sometimes yellow. By cultivation and
hybridizing the number of petals is greatly increased
and the natural perfume enhanced. In this way many
distinct classes of roses have been formed, as the
Banksia, Baurbon, Boursalt, China, Noisette, hybrid
perpetual, etc., with multitudes of varieties in nearly
every class.
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2. A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a
rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe. --Sha.
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3. (Arch.) A rose window. See Rose window, below.
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4. A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for
delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a
strainer at the foot of a pump.
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5. (Med.) The erysipelas. --Dunglison.
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6. The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card
with radiating lines, used in other instruments.
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7. The color of a rose; rose-red; pink.
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8. A diamond. See Rose diamond, below.
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Cabbage rose, China rose, etc. See under Cabbage,
China, etc.
Corn rose (Bot.) See Corn poppy, under Corn.
Infantile rose (Med.), a variety of roseola.
Jamaica rose. (Bot.) See under Jamaica.
Rose acacia (Bot.), a low American leguminous shrub
(Robinia hispida) with handsome clusters of rose-colored
blossoms.
Rose aniline. (Chem.) Same as Rosaniline.
Rose apple (Bot.), the fruit of the tropical myrtaceous
tree Eugenia Jambos. It is an edible berry an inch or
more in diameter, and is said to have a very strong
roselike perfume.
Rose beetle. (Zool.)
(a) A small yellowish or buff longlegged beetle
(Macrodactylus subspinosus), which eats the leaves
of various plants, and is often very injurious to
rosebushes, apple trees, grapevines, etc. Called also
rose bug, and rose chafer.
(b) The European chafer.
Rose bug. (Zool.) same as Rose beetle, Rose chafer.
Rose burner, a kind of gas-burner producing a rose-shaped
flame.
Rose camphor (Chem.), a solid odorless substance which
separates from rose oil.
Rose campion. (Bot.) See under Campion.
Rose catarrh (Med.), rose cold.
Rose chafer. (Zool.)
(a) A common European beetle (Cetonia aurata) which is
often very injurious to rosebushes; -- called also
rose beetle, and rose fly.
(b) The rose beetle
(a) .
Rose cold (Med.), a variety of hay fever, sometimes
attributed to the inhalation of the effluvia of roses. See
Hay fever, under Hay.
Rose color, the color of a rose; pink; hence, a beautiful
hue or appearance; fancied beauty, attractiveness, or
promise.
Rose de Pompadour, Rose du Barry, names succesively given
to a delicate rose color used on S[`e]vres porcelain.
Rose diamond, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the
other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges
which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf.
Brilliant, n.
Rose ear. See under Ear.
Rose elder (Bot.), the Guelder-rose.
Rose engine, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe,
by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with
a variety of curved lines. --Craig.
Rose family (Bot.) the Roseceae. See Rosaceous.
Rose fever (Med.), rose cold.
Rose fly (Zool.), a rose betle, or rose chafer.
Rose gall (Zool.), any gall found on rosebushes. See
Bedeguar.
Rose knot, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to
resemble a rose; a rosette.
Rose lake, Rose madder, a rich tint prepared from lac and
madder precipitated on an earthy basis. --Fairholt.
Rose mallow. (Bot.)
(a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus
Hibiscus, with large rose-colored flowers.
(b) the hollyhock.
Rose nail, a nail with a convex, faceted head.
Rose noble, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the
figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward
III., and current at 6s. 8d. --Sir W. Scott.
Rose of China. (Bot.) See China rose
(b), under China.
Rose of Jericho (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant
(Anastatica Hierochuntica) which rolls up when dry, and
expands again when moistened; -- called also {resurrection
plant}.
Rose of Sharon (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub
(Hibiscus Syriacus). In the Bible the name is used for
some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or
possibly the great lotus flower.
Rose oil (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from
various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief
part of attar of roses.
Rose pink, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk
or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also,
the color of the pigment.
Rose quartz (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red.
Rose rash. (Med.) Same as Roseola.
Rose slug (Zool.), the small green larva of a black sawfly
(Selandria rosae). These larvae feed in groups on the
parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often
abundant and very destructive.
Rose window (Arch.), a circular window filled with
ornamental tracery. Called also Catherine wheel, and
marigold window. Cf. wheel window, under Wheel.
Summer rose (Med.), a variety of roseola. See Roseola.
Under the rose [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret;
privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the
rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and
hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there
said was to be divulged.
Wars of the Roses (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of
York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the
House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster.
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Sea slug
(gcide) | Sea slug \Sea" slug`\ (Zool.)
(a) A holothurian.
(b) A nudibranch mollusk.
[1913 Webster]Slug \Slug\, n. [OE. slugge slothful, sluggen to be slothful;
cf. LG. slukk low-spirited, sad, E. slack, slouch, D. slak,
slek, a snail.]
1. A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard. --Shak.
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2. A hindrance; an obstruction. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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3. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial
pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related
genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed
in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely
allied to the land snails.
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4. (Zool.) Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which
creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug.
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5. A ship that sails slowly. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
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His rendezvous for his fleet, and for all slugs to
come to, should be between Calais and Dover.
--Pepys.
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6. [Perhaps a different word.] An irregularly shaped piece of
metal, used as a missile for a gun.
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7. (Print.) A thick strip of metal less than type high, and
as long as the width of a column or a page, -- used in
spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc.
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Sea slug. (Zool.)
(a) Any nudibranch mollusk.
(b) A holothurian.
Slug caterpillar. Same as Slugworm.
[1913 Webster]Trepang \Tre*pang"\, n. [Malay tr[imac]pang.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of
which are dried and extensively used as food in China; --
called also {b[^e]che de mer}, sea cucumber, and {sea
slug}. [Written also tripang.]
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Note: The edible trepangs are mostly large species of
Holothuria, especially Holothuria edulis. They are
taken in vast quantities in the East Indies, where they
are dried and smoked, and then shipped to China. They
are used as an ingredient in certain kinds of soup.
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sea slug
(gcide) | Sea slug \Sea" slug`\ (Zool.)
(a) A holothurian.
(b) A nudibranch mollusk.
[1913 Webster]Slug \Slug\, n. [OE. slugge slothful, sluggen to be slothful;
cf. LG. slukk low-spirited, sad, E. slack, slouch, D. slak,
slek, a snail.]
1. A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard. --Shak.
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2. A hindrance; an obstruction. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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3. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial
pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related
genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed
in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely
allied to the land snails.
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4. (Zool.) Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which
creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug.
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5. A ship that sails slowly. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
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His rendezvous for his fleet, and for all slugs to
come to, should be between Calais and Dover.
--Pepys.
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6. [Perhaps a different word.] An irregularly shaped piece of
metal, used as a missile for a gun.
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7. (Print.) A thick strip of metal less than type high, and
as long as the width of a column or a page, -- used in
spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc.
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Sea slug. (Zool.)
(a) Any nudibranch mollusk.
(b) A holothurian.
Slug caterpillar. Same as Slugworm.
[1913 Webster]Trepang \Tre*pang"\, n. [Malay tr[imac]pang.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of
which are dried and extensively used as food in China; --
called also {b[^e]che de mer}, sea cucumber, and {sea
slug}. [Written also tripang.]
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Note: The edible trepangs are mostly large species of
Holothuria, especially Holothuria edulis. They are
taken in vast quantities in the East Indies, where they
are dried and smoked, and then shipped to China. They
are used as an ingredient in certain kinds of soup.
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sea slugs
(gcide) | Holothurian \Hol`o*thu"ri*an\, a. (Zool.)
Belonging to the Holothurioidea. -- n. One of the
Holothurioidea.
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Note: Some of the species of Holothurians are called {sea
cucumbers}, sea slugs, trepang, and {b[^e]che de
m[`e]r}. Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese.
See Trepang.
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Slug caterpillar
(gcide) | Slug \Slug\, n. [OE. slugge slothful, sluggen to be slothful;
cf. LG. slukk low-spirited, sad, E. slack, slouch, D. slak,
slek, a snail.]
1. A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard. --Shak.
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2. A hindrance; an obstruction. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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3. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial
pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related
genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed
in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely
allied to the land snails.
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4. (Zool.) Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which
creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug.
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5. A ship that sails slowly. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
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His rendezvous for his fleet, and for all slugs to
come to, should be between Calais and Dover.
--Pepys.
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6. [Perhaps a different word.] An irregularly shaped piece of
metal, used as a missile for a gun.
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7. (Print.) A thick strip of metal less than type high, and
as long as the width of a column or a page, -- used in
spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc.
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Sea slug. (Zool.)
(a) Any nudibranch mollusk.
(b) A holothurian.
Slug caterpillar. Same as Slugworm.
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Slugabed
(gcide) | Slugabed \Slug"a*bed`\, n.
One who indulges in lying abed; a sluggard. [R.] "Fie, you
slugabed!" --Shak.
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Sluggard
(gcide) | Sluggard \Slug"gard\, n. [Slug + -ard.]
A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone.
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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be
wise. --Prov. vi. 6.
[1913 Webster]Sluggard \Slug"gard\, a.
Sluggish; lazy. --Dryden.
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Sluggardize
(gcide) | Sluggardize \Slug"gard*ize\, v. t.
To make lazy. [R.] --Shak.
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Sluggardy
(gcide) | Sluggardy \Slug"gard*y\, n. [OE. sloggardye.]
The state of being a sluggard; sluggishness; sloth. --Gower.
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Idleness is rotten sluggardy. --Chaucer.
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Slugged
(gcide) | Slug \Slug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slugged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slugging.]
1. To load with a slug or slugs; as, to slug a gun.
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2. To strike heavily. [Cant or Slang]
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Slugger
(gcide) | Slugger \Slug"ger\, n.
One who strikes heavy blows; hence, a boxer; a prize fighter.
[Cant or Slang]
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Slugging
(gcide) | Slug \Slug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slugged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slugging.]
1. To load with a slug or slugs; as, to slug a gun.
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2. To strike heavily. [Cant or Slang]
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Slugging average
(gcide) | Slugging average \Slug"ging av`er*age\ (Baseball)
a measure of the effectiveness of a batter at reaching base
and advancing other runners, calculated as the sum of the
number of bases reached on each hit, divided by the total
number of times at bat. A double counts two bases, a triple
three, a home run four. Thus a batter with four singles, two
doubles and a triple in 20 official times at bat would have a
slugging average of 0.550, and a batting average of 0.350.
Also called slugging percentage. Compare batting average.
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Slugging match
(gcide) | Slugging match \Slug"ging match\
(a) A boxing match or prize fight marked rather by heavy
hitting than skill. [Cant or Slang]
(b) A ball game, esp. a baseball game, in which there is much
hard hitting of the ball. [Slang, U. S.]
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slugging percentage
(gcide) | Slugging average \Slug"ging av`er*age\ (Baseball)
a measure of the effectiveness of a batter at reaching base
and advancing other runners, calculated as the sum of the
number of bases reached on each hit, divided by the total
number of times at bat. A double counts two bases, a triple
three, a home run four. Thus a batter with four singles, two
doubles and a triple in 20 official times at bat would have a
slugging average of 0.550, and a batting average of 0.350.
Also called slugging percentage. Compare batting average.
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Sluggish
(gcide) | Sluggish \Slug"gish\, a.
1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a
sluggish man.
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2. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
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3. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
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Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath
no power to stir or move itself. --Woodward.
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And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect.
--Longfellow.
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4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
[R.] "So sluggish a conceit." --Milton.
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Syn: Inert; idle; lazy; slothful; indolent; dronish; slow;
dull; drowsy; inactive. See Inert.
[1913 Webster] -- Slug"gish*ly, adv. --
Slug"gish*ness, n.
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Sluggishly
(gcide) | Sluggish \Slug"gish\, a.
1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a
sluggish man.
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2. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
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3. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
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Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath
no power to stir or move itself. --Woodward.
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And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect.
--Longfellow.
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4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
[R.] "So sluggish a conceit." --Milton.
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Syn: Inert; idle; lazy; slothful; indolent; dronish; slow;
dull; drowsy; inactive. See Inert.
[1913 Webster] -- Slug"gish*ly, adv. --
Slug"gish*ness, n.
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Sluggishness
(gcide) | Sluggish \Slug"gish\, a.
1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a
sluggish man.
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2. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
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3. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
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Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath
no power to stir or move itself. --Woodward.
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And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect.
--Longfellow.
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4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
[R.] "So sluggish a conceit." --Milton.
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Syn: Inert; idle; lazy; slothful; indolent; dronish; slow;
dull; drowsy; inactive. See Inert.
[1913 Webster] -- Slug"gish*ly, adv. --
Slug"gish*ness, n.
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Sluggy
(gcide) | Sluggy \Slug"gy\, a.
Sluggish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Slug-horn
(gcide) | Slug-horn \Slug"-horn`\, a.
An erroneous form of the Scotch word slughorne, or
sloggorne, meaning slogan.
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slughorne
(gcide) | Slug-horn \Slug"-horn`\, a.
An erroneous form of the Scotch word slughorne, or
sloggorne, meaning slogan.
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Slugs
(gcide) | Slugs \Slugs\, n. pl. (Mining)
Half-roasted ore.
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Slugworm
(gcide) | Slugworm \Slug"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
Any caterpillar which has the general appearance of a slug,
as do those of certain moths belonging to Limacodes and
allied genera, and those of certain sawflies.
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Vine slug
(gcide) | Vine \Vine\, n. [F. vigne, L. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus
of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See Wine, and
cf. Vignette.] (Bot.)
(a) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.
(b) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender
stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs
by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing
anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper;
as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons,
squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
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There shall be no grapes on the vine. --Jer.
viii. 13.
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And one went out into the field to gather herbs,
and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild
gourds. --2 Kings iv.
89.
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Vine apple (Bot.), a small kind of squash. --Roger
Williams.
Vine beetle (Zool.), any one of several species of beetles
which are injurious to the leaves or branches of the
grapevine. Among the more important species are the
grapevine fidia (see Fidia), the spotted Pelidnota
(Pelidnota punctata) (see Rutilian), the vine
fleabeetle (Graptodera chalybea), the rose beetle (see
under Rose), the vine weevil, and several species of
Colaspis and Anomala.
Vine borer. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae
bore in the wood or pith of the grapevine, especially
Sinoxylon basilare, a small species the larva of
which bores in the stems, and {Ampeloglypter
sesostris}, a small reddish brown weevil (called also
vine weevil), which produces knotlike galls on the
branches.
(b) A clearwing moth (Aegeria polistiformis), whose
larva bores in the roots of the grapevine and is often
destructive.
Vine dragon, an old and fruitless branch of a vine. [Obs.]
--Holland.
Vine forester (Zool.), any one of several species of moths
belonging to Alypia and allied genera, whose larvae feed
on the leaves of the grapevine.
Vine fretter (Zool.), a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera
that injuries the grapevine.
Vine grub (Zool.), any one of numerous species of insect
larvae that are injurious to the grapevine.
Vine hopper (Zool.), any one of several species of leaf
hoppers which suck the sap of the grapevine, especially
Erythroneura vitis. See Illust. of Grape hopper, under
Grape.
Vine inchworm (Zool.), the larva of any species of
geometrid moths which feed on the leaves of the grapevine,
especially Cidaria diversilineata.
Vine-leaf rooer (Zool.), a small moth (Desmia maculalis)
whose larva makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of the
grapevine. The moth is brownish black, spotted with white.
Vine louse (Zool.), the phylloxera.
Vine mildew (Bot.), a fungous growth which forms a white,
delicate, cottony layer upon the leaves, young shoots, and
fruit of the vine, causing brown spots upon the green
parts, and finally a hardening and destruction of the
vitality of the surface. The plant has been called {Oidium
Tuckeri}, but is now thought to be the conidia-producing
stage of an Erysiphe.
Vine of Sodom (Bot.), a plant named in the Bible (--Deut.
xxxii. 32), now thought to be identical with the apple of
Sodom. See Apple of Sodom, under Apple.
Vine sawfly (Zool.), a small black sawfiy ({Selandria
vitis}) whose larva feeds upon the leaves of the
grapevine. The larvae stand side by side in clusters while
feeding.
Vine slug (Zool.), the larva of the vine sawfly.
Vine sorrel (Bot.), a climbing plant (Cissus acida)
related to the grapevine, and having acid leaves. It is
found in Florida and the West Indies.
Vine sphinx (Zool.), any one of several species of hawk
moths. The larvae feed on grapevine leaves.
Vine weevil. (Zool.) See Vine borer
(a) above, and Wound gall, under Wound.
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sea slug
(wn) | sea slug
n 1: any of various marine gastropods of the suborder
Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully
colored body [syn: sea slug, nudibranch] |
slug
(wn) | slug
n 1: a projectile that is fired from a gun [syn: bullet,
slug]
2: a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1
foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound;
approximately 14.5939 kilograms
3: a counterfeit coin
4: an idle slothful person [syn: sluggard, slug]
5: an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is
poured or gulped; "he took a slug of hard liquor"
6: a strip of type metal used for spacing [syn: type slug,
slug]
7: any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated
slimy body and no external shell
8: (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his
nose" [syn: punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug]
v 1: strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He
slugged me so hard that I passed out" [syn: slug, slog,
swig]
2: be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat
and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
[syn: idle, laze, slug, stagnate] [ant: work] |
slugabed
(wn) | slugabed
n 1: a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour
[syn: lie-abed, slugabed] |
slugfest
(wn) | slugfest
n 1: a fight with bare fists [syn: fistfight, fisticuffs,
slugfest] |
sluggard
(wn) | sluggard
n 1: an idle slothful person [syn: sluggard, slug] |
slugger
(wn) | slugger
n 1: (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting [syn: batter,
hitter, slugger, batsman]
2: a boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches [syn:
slugger, slogger] |
sluggish
(wn) | sluggish
adj 1: moving slowly; "a sluggish stream" [syn: sluggish,
sulky]
2: (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or
slow)"; "a sluggish market" [syn: dull, slow, sluggish]
3: slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish
worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" [syn: inert,
sluggish, soggy, torpid] |
sluggishly
(wn) | sluggishly
adv 1: in a sluggish manner; "the smoke rose sluggishly" |
sluggishness
(wn) | sluggishness
n 1: a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
[syn: lethargy, lassitude, sluggishness]
2: the pace of things that move relatively slowly; "the
sluggishness of the economy"; "the sluggishness of the
compass in the Arctic cold"
3: inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general
appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends" [syn:
languor, lethargy, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness] |
type slug
(wn) | type slug
n 1: a strip of type metal used for spacing [syn: type slug,
slug] |
heat slug
(foldoc) | heat slug
A metal plate that helps dissipate heat
away from the silicon core of a processor to the
packaging or heat-sink.
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