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smooth
(mass) | smooth
- hladký, plynulý |
smooth
(encz) | smooth,hladit v: Zdeněk Brož |
smooth
(encz) | smooth,hladký adj: [mat.] |
smooth
(encz) | smooth,rovný adj: |
smooth
(encz) | smooth,vyhladit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Smooth
(gcide) | Smooth \Smooth\, v. i.
To flatter; to use blandishment.
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Because I can not flatter and speak fair,
Smile in men's faces, smooth, deceive and cog. --Shak.
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Smooth
(gcide) | Smooth \Smooth\ (sm[=oo][th]), a. [Compar. Smoother
(sm[=oo][th]"[~e]r); superl. Smoothest.] [OE. smothe,
smethe, AS. sm[=e][eth]e, sm[oe][eth]e, where [=e], [oe],
come from an older [=o]; cf. LG. sm["o]de, sm["o]e,
sm["o]dig; of uncertain origin.]
1. Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no
roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not
rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain. --Chaucer.
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The outlines must be smooth, imperceptible to the
touch, and even, without eminence or cavities.
--Dryden.
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2. Evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair.
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3. Gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed;
as, a smooth stream.
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4. Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or
hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent.
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The only smooth poet of those times. --Milton.
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Waller was smooth; but Dryden taught to join
The varying verse, the full-resounding line. --Pope.
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When sage Minerva rose,
From her sweet lips smooth elocution flows. --Gay.
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5. Bland; mild; smoothing; fattering.
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This smooth discourse and mild behavior oft
Conceal a traitor. --Addison.
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6. (Mech. & Physics) Causing no resistance to a body sliding
along its surface; frictionless.
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Note: Smooth is often used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, smooth-bodied,
smooth-browed, smooth-combed, smooth-faced,
smooth-finished, smooth-gliding, smooth-grained,
smooth-leaved, smooth-sliding, smooth-speaking,
smooth-woven, and the like.
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Syn: Even; plain; level; flat; polished; glossy; sleek; soft;
bland; mild; soothing; voluble; flattering; adulatory;
deceptive.
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Smooth
(gcide) | Smooth \Smooth\, adv.
Smoothly. --Chaucer.
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Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. --Shak.
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Smooth
(gcide) | Smooth \Smooth\, n.
1. The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths.
--Thackeray.
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2. That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything. "The
smooth of his neck." --Gen. xxvii. 16.
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Smooth
(gcide) | Smooth \Smooth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smoothed (sm[=oo]thd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Smoothing.] [OE. smothen, smethen, AS.
sm[=e][eth]ian; cf. LG. sm["o]den. See Smooth, a.]
To make smooth; to make even on the surface by any means; as,
to smooth a board with a plane; to smooth cloth with an iron.
Specifically:
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(a) To free from obstruction; to make easy.
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Thou, Abelard! the last sad office pay,
And smooth my passage to the realms of day. --Pope.
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(b) To free from harshness; to make flowing.
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In their motions harmony divine
So smooths her charming tones that God's own ear
Listens delighted. --Milton.
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(c) To palliate; to gloze; as, to smooth over a fault.
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(d) To give a smooth or calm appearance to.
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Each perturbation smoothed with outward calm.
--Milton.
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(e) To ease; to regulate. --Dryden.
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smooth
(wn) | smooth
adj 1: having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges
or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop";
"smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a
mirror" [ant: rough, unsmooth]
2: smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of
sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so
important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer
with a smooth apology for the error" [syn: politic,
smooth, suave, bland]
3: of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth [ant:
rough]
4: smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth
stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a
ballerina" [syn: fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth]
5: (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected;
"a legato passage" [syn: legato, smooth] [ant:
disconnected, staccato]
6: of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or
turbulence; "a smooth ride" [ant: bumpy, jolting,
jolty, jumpy, rocky, rough]
7: lacking obstructions or difficulties; "the bill's path
through the legislature was smooth and orderly"
8: (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a
ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay";
"the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue
water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel
crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled
water" [syn: placid, quiet, still, tranquil,
smooth, unruffled]
n 1: the act of smoothing; "he gave his hair a quick smooth"
v 1: make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; "smooth the
surface of the wood" [syn: smooth, smoothen] [ant:
roughen]
2: make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish
my shoes" [syn: polish, smooth, smoothen, shine]
3: free from obstructions; "smooth the way towards peace
negotiations" [syn: smooth, smooth out] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
smooth
(mass) | smooth
- hladký, plynulý |
smoothen
(mass) | smoothen
- hladiť |
smoothfaced
(mass) | smooth-faced
- oholený |
smoothing
(mass) | smoothing
- vyhladenie |
double exponential smoothing
(encz) | double exponential smoothing,dvojité exponenciální vyrovnání n:
[mat.] webdouble exponential smoothing,Holtovo exponenciální vyrovnání n:
[mat.] webdouble exponential smoothing,jednoduché exponenciální vyrovnání n:
[mat.] web |
holt-winters additive exponential smoothing
(encz) | Holt-Winters additive exponential smoothing,Holt-Wintersovo aditivní
exponenciální vyrovnání n: [mat.] web |
holt-winters multiplicative exponential smoothing
(encz) | Holt-Winters multiplicative exponential smoothing,Holt-Wintersovo
multiplikativní exponenciální vyrovnání n: [mat.] web |
seasonal additive exponential smoothing
(encz) | seasonal additive exponential smoothing,aditivní dekompozice časové
řady n: [mat.] web |
seasonal multiplicative exponential smoothing
(encz) | seasonal multiplicative exponential smoothing,multiplikativní
dekompozice časové řady n: [mat.] web |
smooth
(encz) | smooth,hladit v: Zdeněk Brožsmooth,hladký adj: [mat.] smooth,rovný adj: smooth,vyhladit v: Zdeněk Brož |
smooth alder
(encz) | smooth alder, n: |
smooth and by the numbers
(encz) | smooth and by the numbers,podle předpisů [fráz.] Rostislav Svoboda |
smooth aster
(encz) | smooth aster, n: |
smooth bark kauri
(encz) | smooth bark kauri, n: |
smooth crabgrass
(encz) | smooth crabgrass, n: |
smooth darling pea
(encz) | smooth darling pea, n: |
smooth dogfish
(encz) | smooth dogfish, n: |
smooth earthball
(encz) | smooth earthball, n: |
smooth function
(encz) | smooth function,hladká funkce [mat.] v.martin |
smooth green snake
(encz) | smooth green snake, n: |
smooth hammerhead
(encz) | smooth hammerhead, n: |
smooth lip fern
(encz) | smooth lip fern, n: |
smooth muscle
(encz) | smooth muscle,hladký sval Zdeněk Brož |
smooth muscle cell
(encz) | smooth muscle cell, n: |
smooth operator
(encz) | smooth operator, n: |
smooth out
(encz) | smooth out,uhladit v: Zdeněk Brožsmooth out,urovnat v: Zdeněk Brožsmooth out,vyhladit v: Zdeněk Brož |
smooth over
(encz) | smooth over,urovnat v: Zdeněk Brož |
smooth plane
(encz) | smooth plane, n: |
smooth sailing
(encz) | smooth sailing, |
smooth softshell
(encz) | smooth softshell, n: |
smooth sumac
(encz) | smooth sumac, n: |
smooth talker
(encz) | smooth talker, |
smooth winterberry holly
(encz) | smooth winterberry holly, n: |
smooth woodsia
(encz) | smooth woodsia, n: |
smooth-faced
(encz) | smooth-faced,oholený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
smooth-haired fox terrier
(encz) | smooth-haired fox terrier, n: |
smooth-leaved elm
(encz) | smooth-leaved elm, n: |
smooth-shaven
(encz) | smooth-shaven, adj: |
smooth-spoken
(encz) | smooth-spoken, adj: |
smooth-tongued
(encz) | smooth-tongued, |
smoothbark
(encz) | smoothbark, n: |
smoothbore
(encz) | smoothbore,hladká hlaveň n: Zdeněk Brož |
smoothed
(encz) | smoothed,vyhlazený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
smoothen
(encz) | smoothen,hladit v: Zdeněk Brož |
smoothened
(encz) | smoothened, adj: |
smoother
(encz) | smoother,hladší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
smoothes
(encz) | smoothes, |
smoothest
(encz) | smoothest,nejhladší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
smoothhound
(encz) | smoothhound, n: |
smoothhound shark
(encz) | smoothhound shark, n: |
smoothie
(encz) | smoothie,lichotník n: Zdeněk Brožsmoothie,ovocný koktejl n: web |
smoothing
(encz) | smoothing,hlazení n: Zdeněk Brožsmoothing,vyhlazování n: Zdeněk Brož |
smoothing iron
(encz) | smoothing iron, n: |
smoothing plane
(encz) | smoothing plane, n: |
smoothing process
(encz) | smoothing process,hlazení n: Zdeněk Brož |
smoothly
(encz) | smoothly,hladce adv: lukesmoothly,klidně adv: Roman Hubáček |
smoothness
(encz) | smoothness,hladkost n: testování papíru web |
smoothy
(encz) | smoothy, n: |
unsmooth
(encz) | unsmooth, adj: |
unsmoothed
(encz) | unsmoothed, adj: |
Dead smooth
(gcide) | Dead \Dead\ (d[e^]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de['a]d; akin
to OS. d[=o]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[eth]r, Sw. &
Dan. d["o]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning
to die. See Die, and cf. Death.]
1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living;
reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of
motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their
functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man. "The queen, my
lord, is dead." --Shak.
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The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger.
--Arbuthnot.
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Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living.
--Shak.
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2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
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3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of
life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
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4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead
calm; a dead load or weight.
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5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a
dead floor.
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6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead
capital; dead stock in trade.
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7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye;
dead fire; dead color, etc.
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8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead
wall. "The ground is a dead flat." --C. Reade.
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9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot;
a dead certainty.
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I had them a dead bargain. --Goldsmith.
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10. Bringing death; deadly. --Shak.
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11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith;
dead works. "Dead in trespasses." --Eph. ii. 1.
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12. (Paint.)
(a) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has
been applied purposely to have this effect.
(b) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color,
as compared with crimson.
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13. (Law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of
the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one
banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
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14. (Mach.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead
spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
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15. (Elec.) Carrying no current, or producing no useful
effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also
of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and,
therefore, is not in use.
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16. Out of play; regarded as out of the game; -- said of a
ball, a piece, or a player under certain conditions in
cricket, baseball, checkers, and some other games.
[In golf], a ball is said to lie dead when it lies
so near the hole that the player is certain to hole
it in the next stroke. --Encyc. of
Sport.
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Dead ahead (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or
any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point
toward which a vessel would go.
Dead angle (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen
or defended from behind the parapet.
Dead block, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to
serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car.
Dead calm (Naut.), no wind at all.
Dead center, or Dead point (Mach.), either of two points
in the orbit of a crank, at which the crank and connecting
rod lie a straight line. It corresponds to the end of a
stroke; as, A and B are dead centers of the crank
mechanism in which the crank C drives, or is driven by,
the lever L.
Dead color (Paint.), a color which has no gloss upon it.
Dead coloring (Oil paint.), the layer of colors, the
preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this
is usually in monochrome.
Dead door (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the
outside of the quarter-gallery door.
Dead flat (Naut.), the widest or midship frame.
Dead freight (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person
who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full
cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.
--Abbott.
Dead ground (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there
is no ore.
Dead hand, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person
civilly dead. "Serfs held in dead hand." --Morley. See
Mortmain.
Dead head (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor
buoy.
Dead heat, a heat or course between two or more race
horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal,
so that neither wins.
Dead horse, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid
in advance. [Law]
Dead language, a language which is no longer spoken or in
common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as
the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.
Dead plate (Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire
grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part.
Dead pledge, a mortgage. See Mortgage.
Dead point. (Mach.) See Dead center.
Dead reckoning (Naut.), the method of determining the place
of a ship from a record kept of the courses sailed as
given by compass, and the distance made on each course as
found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc., without the
aid of celestial observations.
Dead rise, the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's
floor.
Dead rising, an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to
determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the
ship's length.
Dead-Sea apple. See under Apple.
Dead set. See under Set.
Dead shot.
(a) An unerring marksman.
(b) A shot certain to be made.
Dead smooth, the finest cut made; -- said of files.
Dead wall (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or
other openings.
Dead water (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a
ship's stern when sailing.
Dead weight.
(a) A heavy or oppressive burden. --Dryden.
(b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy
goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo.
(c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, the live
weight being the load. --Knight.
Dead wind (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the
ship's course.
To be dead, to die. [Obs.]
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I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. --Chaucer.
Syn: Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See Lifeless.
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Smooth breathing
(gcide) | Breathing \Breath"ing\, n.
1. Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.
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Subject to a difficulty of breathing. --Melmoth.
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2. Air in gentle motion.
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3. Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the
breathings of the Spirit.
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4. Aspiration; secret prayer. "Earnest desires and breathings
after that blessed state." --Tillotson.
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5. Exercising; promotion of respiration.
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Here is a lady that wants breathing too;
And I have heard, you knights of Tyre
Are excellent in making ladies trip. --Shak.
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6. Utterance; communication or publicity by words.
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I am sorry to give breathing to my purpose. --Shak.
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7. Breathing place; vent. --Dryden.
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8. Stop; pause; delay.
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You shake the head at so long a breathing. --Shak.
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9. Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction
of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when
the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed
by the letter h.
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10. (Gr. Gram.) A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence.
See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below.
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Breathing place.
(a) A pause. "That c[ae]sura, or breathing place, in the
midst of the verse." --Sir P. Sidney.
(b) A vent.
Breathing time, pause; relaxation. --Bp. Hall.
Breathing while, time sufficient for drawing breath; a
short time. --Shak.
Rough breathing (spiritus asper) ([spasp]). See 2d
Asper, n.
Smooth breathing (spiritus lenis), a mark (') indicating
the absence of the sound of h, as in 'ie`nai (ienai).
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Smooth file
(gcide) | File \File\ (f[imac]l), n. [AS. fe['o]l; akin to D. viji, OHG.
f[imac]la, f[imac]hala, G. feile, Sw. fil, Dan. fiil, cf.
Icel. [thorn][=e]l, Russ. pila, and Skr. pi[,c] to cut out,
adorn; perh. akin to E. paint.]
1. A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made
by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or
smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc.
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Note: A file differs from a rasp in having the furrows made
by straight cuts of a chisel, either single or crossed,
while the rasp has coarse, single teeth, raised by the
pyramidal end of a triangular punch.
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2. Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or
figuratively.
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Mock the nice touches of the critic's file.
--Akenside.
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3. A shrewd or artful person. [Slang] --Fielding.
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Will is an old file in spite of his smooth face.
--Thackeray.
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Bastard file, Cross file, etc. See under Bastard,
Cross, etc.
Cross-cut file, a file having two sets of teeth crossing
obliquely.
File blank, a steel blank shaped and ground ready for
cutting to form a file.
File cutter, a maker of files.
Second-cut file, a file having teeth of a grade next finer
than bastard.
Single-cut file, a file having only one set of parallel
teeth; a float.
Smooth file, a file having teeth so fine as to make an
almost smooth surface.
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Smooth log
(gcide) | Log \Log\, n. [Icel. l[=a]g a felled tree, log; akin to E. lie.
See Lie to lie prostrate.]
1. A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing
or sawing.
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2. [Prob. the same word as in sense 1; cf. LG. log, lock,
Dan. log, Sw. logg.] (Naut.) An apparatus for measuring
the rate of a ship's motion through the water.
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Note: The common log consists of the log-chip, or logship,
often exclusively called the log, and the log line, the
former being commonly a thin wooden quadrant of five or
six inches radius, loaded with lead on the arc to make
it float with the point up. It is attached to the log
line by cords from each corner. This line is divided
into equal spaces, called knots, each bearing the same
proportion to a mile that half a minute does to an
hour. The line is wound on a reel which is so held as
to let it run off freely. When the log is thrown, the
log-chip is kept by the water from being drawn forward,
and the speed of the ship is shown by the number of
knots run out in half a minute. There are improved
logs, consisting of a piece of mechanism which, being
towed astern, shows the distance actually gone through
by the ship, by means of the revolutions of a fly,
which are registered on a dial plate.
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3. Hence: The record of the rate of speed of a ship or
airplane, and of the course of its progress for the
duration of a voyage; also, the full nautical record of a
ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.
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4. Hence, generally: A record and tabulated statement of the
person(s) operating, operations performed, resources
consumed, and the work done by any machine, device, or
system.
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5. (Mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting
rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
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6. (computers) A record of activities performed within a
program, or changes in a database or file on a computer,
and typically kept as a file in the computer.
[PJC]
Log board (Naut.), a board consisting of two parts shutting
together like a book, with columns in which are entered
the direction of the wind, course of the ship, etc.,
during each hour of the day and night. These entries are
transferred to the log book. A folding slate is now used
instead.
Log book, or Logbook (Naut.),
(a) a book in which is entered the daily progress of a
ship at sea, as indicated by the log, with notes on
the weather and incidents of the voyage; the contents
of the log board.
(b) a book in which a log[4] is recorded.
Log cabin, Log house, a cabin or house made of logs.
Log canoe, a canoe made by shaping and hollowing out a
single log; a dugout canoe.
Log glass (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the
running out of the log line.
Log line (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and fifty
fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d
Log, n., 2.
Log perch (Zool.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter
(Percina caprodes); -- called also hogfish and
rockfish.
Log reel (Naut.), the reel on which the log line is wound.
Log slate. (Naut.) See Log board (above).
Rough log (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the
cruise or voyage.
Smooth log (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the
case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper
officer of the government.
To heave the log (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the
water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's
speed by the log.
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smooth sole
(gcide) | Scaldfish \Scald"fish`\, n. [Scald, a. + fish.] (Zool.)
A European flounder (Arnoglossus laterna, or {Psetta
arnoglossa}); -- called also megrim, and smooth sole.
[1913 Webster]Sole \Sole\, n. [F. sole, L. solea; -- so named from its flat
shape. See Sole of the foot.] (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus
Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidae,
especially the common European species ({Solea
vulgaris}), which is a valuable food fish.
(b) Any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling
the true sole in form or quality, as the California sole
(Lepidopsetta bilineata), the long-finned sole
(Glyptocephalus zachirus), and other species.
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Lemon, or French, sole (Zool.), a European species of
sole (Solea pegusa).
Smooth sole (Zool.), the megrim.
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Smooth sole
(gcide) | Scaldfish \Scald"fish`\, n. [Scald, a. + fish.] (Zool.)
A European flounder (Arnoglossus laterna, or {Psetta
arnoglossa}); -- called also megrim, and smooth sole.
[1913 Webster]Sole \Sole\, n. [F. sole, L. solea; -- so named from its flat
shape. See Sole of the foot.] (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus
Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidae,
especially the common European species ({Solea
vulgaris}), which is a valuable food fish.
(b) Any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling
the true sole in form or quality, as the California sole
(Lepidopsetta bilineata), the long-finned sole
(Glyptocephalus zachirus), and other species.
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Lemon, or French, sole (Zool.), a European species of
sole (Solea pegusa).
Smooth sole (Zool.), the megrim.
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smoothbore
(gcide) | Gun \Gun\ (g[u^]n), n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin;
cf. Ir., Gael., & LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon)
fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E.
mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.]
1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance;
any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles,
consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which
the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge (such
as guncotton or gunpowder) behind, which is ignited by
various means. Pistols, rifles, carbines, muskets, and
fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are
called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon,
ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc.
See these terms in the Vocabulary.
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As swift as a pellet out of a gunne
When fire is in the powder runne. --Chaucer.
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The word gun was in use in England for an engine to
cast a thing from a man long before there was any
gunpowder found out. --Selden.
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2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a
cannon.
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3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind.
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Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or
manner of loading as rifled or smoothbore,
breech-loading or muzzle-loading, cast or
built-up guns; or according to their use, as field,
mountain, prairie, seacoast, and siege guns.
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Armstrong gun, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named
after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong.
Big gun or Great gun, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence
(Fig.), a person superior in any way; as, bring in the big
guns to tackle the problem.
Gun barrel, the barrel or tube of a gun.
Gun carriage, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or
moved.
Gun cotton (Chem.), a general name for a series of
explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping
cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are
formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the
results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It
burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly
and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity.
Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are
insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the
highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See Pyroxylin, and
cf. Xyloidin. The gun cottons are used for blasting and
somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded
with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for
making collodion. See Celluloid, and Collodion. Gun
cotton is frequenty but improperly called
nitrocellulose. It is not a nitro compound, but an ester
of nitric acid.
Gun deck. See under Deck.
Gun fire, the time at which the morning or the evening gun
is fired.
Gun metal, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of
copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is
also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron.
Gun port (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a
cannon's muzzle is run out for firing.
Gun tackle (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the
side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from
the gun port.
Gun tackle purchase (Naut.), a tackle composed of two
single blocks and a fall. --Totten.
Krupp gun, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named
after its German inventor, Herr Krupp.
Machine gun, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns,
mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a
reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the
gun or guns and fired in rapid succession. In earlier
models, such as the Gatling gun, the cartridges were
loaded by machinery operated by turning a crank. In modern
versions the loading of cartidges is accomplished by
levers operated by the recoil of the explosion driving the
bullet, or by the pressure of gas within the barrel.
Several hundred shots can be fired in a minute by such
weapons, with accurate aim. The Gatling gun, {Gardner
gun}, Hotchkiss gun, and Nordenfelt gun, named for
their inventors, and the French mitrailleuse, are
machine guns.
To blow great guns (Naut.), to blow a gale. See Gun, n.,
3.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Smoothbore \Smooth"bore`\, a. (Gun.)
Having a bore of perfectly smooth surface; -- distinguished
from rifled. -- n. A smoothbore firearm.
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(gcide) | Gun \Gun\ (g[u^]n), n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin;
cf. Ir., Gael., & LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon)
fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E.
mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.]
1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance;
any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles,
consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which
the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge (such
as guncotton or gunpowder) behind, which is ignited by
various means. Pistols, rifles, carbines, muskets, and
fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are
called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon,
ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc.
See these terms in the Vocabulary.
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As swift as a pellet out of a gunne
When fire is in the powder runne. --Chaucer.
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The word gun was in use in England for an engine to
cast a thing from a man long before there was any
gunpowder found out. --Selden.
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2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a
cannon.
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3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind.
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Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or
manner of loading as rifled or smoothbore,
breech-loading or muzzle-loading, cast or
built-up guns; or according to their use, as field,
mountain, prairie, seacoast, and siege guns.
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Armstrong gun, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named
after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong.
Big gun or Great gun, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence
(Fig.), a person superior in any way; as, bring in the big
guns to tackle the problem.
Gun barrel, the barrel or tube of a gun.
Gun carriage, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or
moved.
Gun cotton (Chem.), a general name for a series of
explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping
cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are
formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the
results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It
burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly
and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity.
Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are
insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the
highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See Pyroxylin, and
cf. Xyloidin. The gun cottons are used for blasting and
somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded
with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for
making collodion. See Celluloid, and Collodion. Gun
cotton is frequenty but improperly called
nitrocellulose. It is not a nitro compound, but an ester
of nitric acid.
Gun deck. See under Deck.
Gun fire, the time at which the morning or the evening gun
is fired.
Gun metal, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of
copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is
also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron.
Gun port (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a
cannon's muzzle is run out for firing.
Gun tackle (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the
side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from
the gun port.
Gun tackle purchase (Naut.), a tackle composed of two
single blocks and a fall. --Totten.
Krupp gun, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named
after its German inventor, Herr Krupp.
Machine gun, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns,
mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a
reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the
gun or guns and fired in rapid succession. In earlier
models, such as the Gatling gun, the cartridges were
loaded by machinery operated by turning a crank. In modern
versions the loading of cartidges is accomplished by
levers operated by the recoil of the explosion driving the
bullet, or by the pressure of gas within the barrel.
Several hundred shots can be fired in a minute by such
weapons, with accurate aim. The Gatling gun, {Gardner
gun}, Hotchkiss gun, and Nordenfelt gun, named for
their inventors, and the French mitrailleuse, are
machine guns.
To blow great guns (Naut.), to blow a gale. See Gun, n.,
3.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Smoothbore \Smooth"bore`\, a. (Gun.)
Having a bore of perfectly smooth surface; -- distinguished
from rifled. -- n. A smoothbore firearm.
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