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Sora
(gcide) | Sora \So"ra\, n. (Zool.)
A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the
Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with
black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the
breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called
also American rail, Carolina rail, Carolina crake,
common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken, and
orto.
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King sora, the Florida gallinule.
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psora
(encz) | psora,prašivina n: Zdeněk Brožpsora,svrab n: Zdeněk Brož |
Aega psora
(gcide) | Salve \Salve\ (?; 277), n. [AS. sealf ointment; akin to LG.
salwe, D. zalve, zalf, OHG. salba, Dan. salve, Sw. salfva,
Goth. salb[=o]n to anoint, and probably to Gr. (Hesychius) ?
oil, ? butter, Skr. sarpis clarified butter. [root]155, 291.]
1. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to
wounds or sores; a healing ointment. --Chaucer.
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2. A soothing remedy or antidote.
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Counsel or consolation we may bring.
Salve to thy sores. --Milton.
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Salve bug (Zool.), a large, stout isopod crustacean ({Aega
psora}), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by
fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about
two inches in length.
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Cursorary
(gcide) | Cursorary \Cur"so*ra*ry\ (-s?-r?-r?), a.
Cursory; hasty. [Obs.]
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With a cursorary eye o'erglanced the articles. --Shak.
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Essorant
(gcide) | Essorant \Es"so*rant\, a. [F.] (Her.)
Standing, but with the wings spread, as if about to fly; --
said of a bird borne as a charge on an escutcheon.
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King sora
(gcide) | Sora \So"ra\, n. (Zool.)
A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the
Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with
black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the
breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called
also American rail, Carolina rail, Carolina crake,
common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken, and
orto.
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King sora, the Florida gallinule.
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Masora
(gcide) | Masora \Ma*so"ra\, n. [NHeb. m[=a]s[=o]r[=a]h tradition.]
A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures,
composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias,
in the eighth and ninth centuries. [Written also Masorah,
Massora, and Massorah.]
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Masorah
(gcide) | Masora \Ma*so"ra\, n. [NHeb. m[=a]s[=o]r[=a]h tradition.]
A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures,
composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias,
in the eighth and ninth centuries. [Written also Masorah,
Massora, and Massorah.]
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Massora
(gcide) | Masora \Ma*so"ra\, n. [NHeb. m[=a]s[=o]r[=a]h tradition.]
A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures,
composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias,
in the eighth and ninth centuries. [Written also Masorah,
Massora, and Massorah.]
[1913 Webster]Massora \Mas*so"ra\, n.
Same as Masora.
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Massorah
(gcide) | Masora \Ma*so"ra\, n. [NHeb. m[=a]s[=o]r[=a]h tradition.]
A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures,
composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias,
in the eighth and ninth centuries. [Written also Masorah,
Massora, and Massorah.]
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Melampsoraceae
(gcide) | Melampsoraceae \Melampsoraceae\ prop. n.
A natural family of rust fungi.
Syn: family Melampsoraceae.
[WordNet 1.5] Melampyrin |
psora
(gcide) | Itch \Itch\, n.
1. (Med.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated
vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite
(the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is
transmissible by contact.
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2. Any itching eruption.
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3. A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that
occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also
scabies, psora, etc.
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4. A constant irritating desire.
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An itch of being thought a divine king. --Dryden.
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Baker's itch. See under Baker.
Barber's itch, sycosis.
Bricklayer's itch, an eczema of the hands attended with
much itching, occurring among bricklayers.
Grocer's itch, an itching eruption, being a variety of
eczema, produced by the sugar mite ({Tyrogluphus
sacchari}).
Itch insect (Zool.), a small parasitic mite ({Sarcoptes
scabei}) which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin,
thus causing the disease known as the itch. See Illust. in
Append.
Itch mite. (Zool.) Same as Itch insect, above. Also,
other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the
horse and ox.
Sugar baker's itch, a variety of eczema, due to the action
of sugar upon the skin.
Washerwoman's itch, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring
among washerwomen.
[1913 Webster]Psora \Pso"ra\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Med.)
A cutaneous disease; especially, the itch.
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Psora
(gcide) | Itch \Itch\, n.
1. (Med.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated
vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite
(the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is
transmissible by contact.
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2. Any itching eruption.
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3. A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that
occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also
scabies, psora, etc.
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4. A constant irritating desire.
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An itch of being thought a divine king. --Dryden.
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Baker's itch. See under Baker.
Barber's itch, sycosis.
Bricklayer's itch, an eczema of the hands attended with
much itching, occurring among bricklayers.
Grocer's itch, an itching eruption, being a variety of
eczema, produced by the sugar mite ({Tyrogluphus
sacchari}).
Itch insect (Zool.), a small parasitic mite ({Sarcoptes
scabei}) which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin,
thus causing the disease known as the itch. See Illust. in
Append.
Itch mite. (Zool.) Same as Itch insect, above. Also,
other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the
horse and ox.
Sugar baker's itch, a variety of eczema, due to the action
of sugar upon the skin.
Washerwoman's itch, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring
among washerwomen.
[1913 Webster]Psora \Pso"ra\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Med.)
A cutaneous disease; especially, the itch.
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Psoralea esculenta
(gcide) | Prairie \Prai"rie\, n. [F., an extensive meadow, OF. praerie,
LL. prataria, fr. L. pratum a meadow.]
1. An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of
trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually
characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound
throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies
and the Rocky mountains.
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From the forests and the prairies,
From the great lakes of the northland. --Longfellow.
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2. A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called
natural meadow.
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Prairie chicken (Zool.), any American grouse of the genus
Tympanuchus, especially Tympanuchus Americanus
(formerly Tympanuchus cupido), which inhabits the
prairies of the central United States. Applied also to the
sharp-tailed grouse.
Prairie clover (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus
Petalostemon, having small rosy or white flowers in
dense terminal heads or spikes. Several species occur in
the prairies of the United States.
Prairie dock (Bot.), a coarse composite plant ({Silphium
terebinthaceum}) with large rough leaves and yellow
flowers, found in the Western prairies.
Prairie dog (Zool.), a small American rodent ({Cynomys
Ludovicianus}) allied to the marmots. It inhabits the
plains west of the Mississippi. The prairie dogs burrow in
the ground in large warrens, and have a sharp bark like
that of a dog. Called also prairie marmot.
Prairie grouse. Same as Prairie chicken, above.
Prairie hare (Zool.), a large long-eared Western hare
(Lepus campestris). See Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack.
Prairie hawk, Prairie falcon (Zool.), a falcon of Western
North America (Falco Mexicanus). The upper parts are
brown. The tail has transverse bands of white; the under
parts, longitudinal streaks and spots of brown.
Prairie hen. (Zool.) Same as Prairie chicken, above.
Prairie itch (Med.), an affection of the skin attended with
intense itching, which is observed in the Northern and
Western United States; -- also called swamp itch,
winter itch.
Prairie marmot. (Zool.) Same as Prairie dog, above.
Prairie mole (Zool.), a large American mole ({Scalops
argentatus}), native of the Western prairies.
Prairie pigeon, Prairie plover, or Prairie snipe
(Zool.), the upland plover. See Plover, n., 2.
Prairie rattlesnake (Zool.), the massasauga.
Prairie snake (Zool.), a large harmless American snake
(Masticophis flavigularis). It is pale yellow, tinged
with brown above.
Prairie squirrel (Zool.), any American ground squirrel of
the genus Spermophilus, inhabiting prairies; -- called
also gopher.
Prairie turnip (Bot.), the edible turnip-shaped farinaceous
root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta) of the
Upper Missouri region; also, the plant itself. Called also
pomme blanche, and pomme de prairie.
Prairie warbler (Zool.), a bright-colored American warbler
(Dendroica discolor). The back is olive yellow, with a
group of reddish spots in the middle; the under parts and
the parts around the eyes are bright yellow; the sides of
the throat and spots along the sides, black; three outer
tail feathers partly white.
Prairie wolf. (Zool.) See Coyote.
[1913 Webster]Breadroot \Bread`root"\, n. (Bot.)
The root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta), found
near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and
abounds in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable
food.
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Note: It is the Pomme blanche of Canadian voyageurs.
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sora rail
(gcide) | Sora \So"ra\, n. (Zool.)
A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the
Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with
black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the
breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called
also American rail, Carolina rail, Carolina crake,
common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken, and
orto.
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King sora, the Florida gallinule.
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Sorance
(gcide) | Sorance \Sor"ance\ (? or ?), n.
Soreness. [Obs.]
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cyamopsis psoraloides
(wn) | Cyamopsis psoraloides
n 1: drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed
which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing
material [syn: guar, cluster bean, {Cyamopsis
tetragonolobus}, Cyamopsis psoraloides] |
family melampsoraceae
(wn) | family Melampsoraceae
n 1: rust fungi [syn: Melampsoraceae, family Melampsoraceae] |
genus melampsora
(wn) | genus Melampsora
n 1: rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single
layer [syn: Melampsora, genus Melampsora] |
genus psoralea
(wn) | genus Psoralea
n 1: widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular
compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white
flowers [syn: Psoralea, genus Psoralea] |
helicteres isora
(wn) | Helicteres isora
n 1: East Indian shrub often cultivated for its hairy leaves and
orange-red flowers [syn: nut-leaved screw tree,
Helicteres isora] |
masora
(wn) | Masora
n 1: a vast body of textual criticism of the Hebrew Scriptures
including notes on features of writing and on the
occurrence of certain words and on variant sources and
instructions for pronunciation and other comments that were
written between AD 600 and 900 by Jewish scribes in the
margins or at the end of texts [syn: Masorah, Masora] |
masorah
(wn) | Masorah
n 1: a vast body of textual criticism of the Hebrew Scriptures
including notes on features of writing and on the
occurrence of certain words and on variant sources and
instructions for pronunciation and other comments that were
written between AD 600 and 900 by Jewish scribes in the
margins or at the end of texts [syn: Masorah, Masora] |
melampsora
(wn) | Melampsora
n 1: rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single
layer [syn: Melampsora, genus Melampsora] |
melampsora lini
(wn) | Melampsora lini
n 1: fungus causing flax rust [syn: flax rust, {flax rust
fungus}, Melampsora lini] |
melampsoraceae
(wn) | Melampsoraceae
n 1: rust fungi [syn: Melampsoraceae, family Melampsoraceae] |
psoralea
(wn) | Psoralea
n 1: widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular
compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white
flowers [syn: Psoralea, genus Psoralea] |
psoralea esculenta
(wn) | Psoralea esculenta
n 1: densely hairy perennial of central North America having
edible tuberous roots [syn: breadroot, {Indian
breadroot}, pomme blanche, pomme de prairie, {Psoralea
esculenta}] |
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