| slovo | definícia |
spy
(encz) | spy,špeh n: Zdeněk Brož |
spy
(encz) | spy,špehovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
spy
(encz) | spy,špión n: Zdeněk Brož |
Spy
(gcide) | Spy \Spy\ (sp[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spied (sp[imac]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. Spying.] [OE. spien, espien, OF. espier, F.
['e]pier, OHG. speh[=o]n, G. sp[aum]hen; akin to L. specere
to see, Skr. spa[,c]. [root] 169. Cf. Espy, v. t.,
Aspect, Auspice, Circumspect, Conspicuous, Despise,
Frontispiece, Inspect, Prospect, Respite, Scope,
Specimen, Spectacle, Specter, Speculate, Spice,
Spite, Suspicion.]
1. To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state
of concealment; to espy; to see.
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One, in reading, skipped over all sentences where he
spied a note of admiration. --Swift.
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2. To discover by close search or examination.
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Look about with your eyes; spy what things are to be
reformed in the church of England. --Latimer.
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3. To explore; to view, inspect, and examine secretly, as a
country; -- usually with out.
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Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the
villages thereof. --Num. xxi.
32.
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Spy
(gcide) | Spy \Spy\, v. i.
To search narrowly; to scrutinize.
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It is my nature's plague
To spy into abuses. --Shak.
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Spy
(gcide) | Spy \Spy\, n.; pl. Spies (sp[imac]z). [See Spy, v., and cf.
Espy, n.]
1. One who keeps a constant watch of the conduct of others.
"These wretched spies of wit." --Dryden.
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2. (Mil.) A person sent secretly into an enemy's camp,
territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works,
ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to
communicate such intelligence to the proper officer.
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Spy money, money paid to a spy; the reward for private or
secret intelligence regarding the enemy.
Spy Wednesday (Eccl.), the Wednesday immediately preceding
the festival of Easter; -- so called in allusion to the
betrayal of Christ by Judas Iscariot.
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Syn: See Emissary, and Scout.
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spy
(wn) | spy
n 1: (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain
information about its enemies or by a business to obtain
industrial secrets from competitors [syn: spy,
undercover agent]
2: a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people;
"my spies tell me that you had a good time last night"
v 1: catch sight of [syn: descry, spot, espy, spy]
2: watch, observe, or inquire secretly [syn: spy, stag,
snoop, sleuth]
3: catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; "he caught sight
of the king's men coming over the ridge" [syn: spy,
sight]
4: secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage
in espionage; "spy for the Russians" |
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nevyspytateľný
(msas) | nevyspytateľný
- poker-faced |
nevyspytatelny
(msasasci) | nevyspytatelny
- poker-faced |
counterspy
(encz) | counterspy,kontrarozvědčík n: Zdeněk Brož |
crispy
(encz) | crispy,křupavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
espy
(encz) | espy,zpozorovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
raspy
(encz) | raspy,chraplavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
spy
(encz) | spy,špeh n: Zdeněk Brožspy,špehovat v: Zdeněk Brožspy,špión n: Zdeněk Brož |
spy satellite
(encz) | spy satellite, n: |
spy-hole
(encz) | spy-hole,kukátko |
spyglass
(encz) | spyglass,dalekohled n: Zdeněk Brožspyglass,malý dalekohled Zdeněk Brož |
spyhole
(encz) | spyhole,kukátko n: Zdeněk Brožspyhole,špehýrka n: Zdeněk Brož |
spying
(encz) | spying,slídivý adj: Zdeněk Brožspying,špehování n: Zdeněk Brožspying,špionáž Zdeněk Brož |
spymaster
(encz) | spymaster,šéf špionáže Zdeněk Brož |
wispy
(encz) | wispy,nejasný adj: Zdeněk Brožwispy,tenký a slabý adj: Zdeněk Brožwispy,vágní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Crispy
(gcide) | Crispy \Crisp"y\ (-?), a.
1. Formed into short, close ringlets; frizzed; crisp; as,
crispy locks.
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2. Crisp; brittle; as, a crispy pie crust.
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Diospyros
(gcide) | Ironwood \I"ron*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.
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Note: In the United States, the hornbeam and the hop hornbeam
are so called; also the Olneya Tesota, a small tree
of Arizona; in the West Indies, the {Erythroxylon
areolatum}, and several other unrelated trees; in
China, the Metrosideros vera; in India, the {Mesua
ferrea}, and two species of Inga; in Australia, the
Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, and in many countries,
species of Sideroxylon and Diospyros, and many
other trees.
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Diospyros discolor
(gcide) | Mabolo \Ma*bo"lo\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of persimmon tree (Diospyros discolor) from the
Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West
Indies. It bears an edible fruit as large as a quince.
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Diospyros ebenaster
(gcide) | Omander wood \O*man"der wood`\ [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
The wood of Diospyros ebenaster, a kind of ebony found in
Ceylon.
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Diospyros Kaki
(gcide) | Persimmon \Per*sim"mon\, n. [Virginia Indian.] (Bot.)
An American tree (Diospyros Virginiana) and its fruit,
found from New York southward. The fruit is like a plum in
appearance, but is very harsh and astringent until it has
been exposed to frost, when it becomes palatable and
nutritious.
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Japanese persimmon, Diospyros Kaki and its red or yellow
edible fruit, which outwardly resembles a tomato, but
contains a few large seeds.
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Diospyros kurzii
(gcide) | marblewood \marblewood\ n.
1. A hard marbled wood.
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2. A large Asiatic tree (Diospyros kurzii) having hard
marbled zebrawood.
Syn: Andaman marble, Andaman marble, Diospyros kurzii.
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Diospyros Lotus
(gcide) | Lotus \Lo"tus\ (l[=o]"t[u^]s), n. [L. lotus, Gr. lwto`s. Cf.
Lote.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A name of several kinds of water lilies; as {Nelumbium
speciosum}, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in
Egypt, and to this day in Asia; Nelumbium luteum,
the American lotus; and Nymph[ae]a Lotus and
Nymph[ae]a c[ae]rulea, the respectively
white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern
Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured
on its ancient monuments.
(b) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in
Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain
(Zizyphus Lotus), the fruit of which is mildly
sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers
who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all
desire to return to it.
(c) The lote, or nettle tree. See Lote.
(d) A genus (Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling
clover. [Written also lotos.]
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European lotus, a small tree (Diospyros Lotus) of
Southern Europe and Asia; also, its rather large bluish
black berry, which is called also the date plum.
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2. (Arch.) An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture,
generally asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian
water lily.
[1913 Webster] Lotus-eaterDate \Date\, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. ?, prob. not the
same word as da`ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin.] (Bot.)
The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.
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Note: This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive,
containing a soft pulp, sweet, esculent, and wholesome,
and inclosing a hard kernel.
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Date palm, or Date tree (Bot.), the genus of palms which
bear dates, of which common species is {Ph[oe]nix
dactylifera}. See Illust.
Date plum (Bot.), the fruit of several species of
Diospyros, including the American and Japanese
persimmons, and the European lotus (Diospyros Lotus).
Date shell, or Date fish (Zool.), a bivalve shell, or its
inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera. See
Pholas.
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Diospyros quaesita
(gcide) | Calamander wood \Cal"a*man`der wood\ (k[a^]l"[.a]*m[a^]n`d[~e]r
w[oo^]d`).
A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a
hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture.
It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the {Diospyros
qu[ae]sita}. Called also Coromandel wood.
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Diospyros reticulata
(gcide) | Ebony \Eb"on*y\, n.; pl. Ebonies. [F. ['e]b[`e]ne, L. ebenus,
fr. Gr. ?; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[imac]m, pl.
Cf. Ebon.]
A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine
polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs
red or green.
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Note: The finest black ebony is the heartwood of {Diospyros
reticulata}, of the Mauritius. Other species of the
same genus (D. Ebenum, Melanoxylon, etc.), furnish
the ebony of the East Indies and Ceylon. The West
Indian green ebony is from a leguminous tree ({Brya
Ebenus}), and from the Exc[ae]caria glandulosa.
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Diospyros Virginiana
(gcide) | Persimmon \Per*sim"mon\, n. [Virginia Indian.] (Bot.)
An American tree (Diospyros Virginiana) and its fruit,
found from New York southward. The fruit is like a plum in
appearance, but is very harsh and astringent until it has
been exposed to frost, when it becomes palatable and
nutritious.
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Japanese persimmon, Diospyros Kaki and its red or yellow
edible fruit, which outwardly resembles a tomato, but
contains a few large seeds.
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Espy
(gcide) | Espy \Es*py"\, v. i.
To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take
notice; to spy.
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Stand by the way, and espy. --Jer. xlviii.
19.
[1913 Webster]Espy \Es*py"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Espied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Espying.] [OF. espier, F. ['e]pier, from OHG. speh?n to
watch, spy, G. sp[aum]hen; akin to L. specere to look,
species sight, shape, appearance, kind. See Spice, Spy,
and cf. Espionage.]
1. To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover,
as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to
notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to
spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd.
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As one of them opened his sack to give his ass
provender in the inn, . . . he espied his money.
--Gen. xlii.
27.
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A goodly vessel did I then espy
Come like a giant from a haven broad. --Wordsworth.
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2. To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to
watch; to observe.
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He sends angels to espy us in all our ways. --Jer.
Taylor.
Syn: To discern; discover; detect; descry; spy.
[1913 Webster]Espy \Es*py"\, n.; pl. Espies. [OF. espie. See Espy, v.,
Spy.]
A spy; a scout. [Obs.] --Huloet.
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Espying
(gcide) | Espy \Es*py"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Espied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Espying.] [OF. espier, F. ['e]pier, from OHG. speh?n to
watch, spy, G. sp[aum]hen; akin to L. specere to look,
species sight, shape, appearance, kind. See Spice, Spy,
and cf. Espionage.]
1. To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover,
as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to
notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to
spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd.
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As one of them opened his sack to give his ass
provender in the inn, . . . he espied his money.
--Gen. xlii.
27.
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A goodly vessel did I then espy
Come like a giant from a haven broad. --Wordsworth.
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2. To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to
watch; to observe.
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He sends angels to espy us in all our ways. --Jer.
Taylor.
Syn: To discern; discover; detect; descry; spy.
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Northern spy
(gcide) | Northern \North"ern\, a. [AS. nor[eth]erne.]
1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or
nearer to that point than to the east or west.
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2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern
course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind.
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Northern diver. (Zool.) See Loon.
Northern lights. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora.
Northern spy (Bot.), an excellent American apple, of a
yellowish color, marked with red.
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Paspy
(gcide) | Paspy \Pas"py\, n. [F. passe-pied.]
A kind of minuet, in triple time, of French origin, popular
in the reign of Queen Elizabeth and for some time after; --
called also passing measure, and passymeasure. --Percy
Smith.
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Raspy
(gcide) | Raspy \Rasp"y\ (r[.a]sp"[y^]), a.
Like a rasp, or the sound made by a rasp; grating. --R. D.
Blackmore.
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Spy money
(gcide) | Spy \Spy\, n.; pl. Spies (sp[imac]z). [See Spy, v., and cf.
Espy, n.]
1. One who keeps a constant watch of the conduct of others.
"These wretched spies of wit." --Dryden.
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2. (Mil.) A person sent secretly into an enemy's camp,
territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works,
ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to
communicate such intelligence to the proper officer.
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Spy money, money paid to a spy; the reward for private or
secret intelligence regarding the enemy.
Spy Wednesday (Eccl.), the Wednesday immediately preceding
the festival of Easter; -- so called in allusion to the
betrayal of Christ by Judas Iscariot.
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Syn: See Emissary, and Scout.
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Spy Wednesday
(gcide) | Spy \Spy\, n.; pl. Spies (sp[imac]z). [See Spy, v., and cf.
Espy, n.]
1. One who keeps a constant watch of the conduct of others.
"These wretched spies of wit." --Dryden.
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2. (Mil.) A person sent secretly into an enemy's camp,
territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works,
ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to
communicate such intelligence to the proper officer.
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Spy money, money paid to a spy; the reward for private or
secret intelligence regarding the enemy.
Spy Wednesday (Eccl.), the Wednesday immediately preceding
the festival of Easter; -- so called in allusion to the
betrayal of Christ by Judas Iscariot.
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Syn: See Emissary, and Scout.
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Spyboat
(gcide) | Spyboat \Spy"boat`\ (-b[=o]t`), n.
A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence.
--Arbuthnot.
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Spyglass
(gcide) | Spyglass \Spy"glass`\ (-gl[.a]s`), n.
A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects.
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Spying
(gcide) | Spy \Spy\ (sp[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spied (sp[imac]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. Spying.] [OE. spien, espien, OF. espier, F.
['e]pier, OHG. speh[=o]n, G. sp[aum]hen; akin to L. specere
to see, Skr. spa[,c]. [root] 169. Cf. Espy, v. t.,
Aspect, Auspice, Circumspect, Conspicuous, Despise,
Frontispiece, Inspect, Prospect, Respite, Scope,
Specimen, Spectacle, Specter, Speculate, Spice,
Spite, Suspicion.]
1. To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state
of concealment; to espy; to see.
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One, in reading, skipped over all sentences where he
spied a note of admiration. --Swift.
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2. To discover by close search or examination.
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Look about with your eyes; spy what things are to be
reformed in the church of England. --Latimer.
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3. To explore; to view, inspect, and examine secretly, as a
country; -- usually with out.
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Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the
villages thereof. --Num. xxi.
32.
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Spyism
(gcide) | Spyism \Spy"ism\ (-[i^]z'm), n.
Act or business of spying. [R.]
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Spynace
(gcide) | Spynace \Spy"nace\ (sp[imac]"n[asl]s; 48), Spyne \Spyne\
(sp[imac]n), n. (Naut.)
See Pinnace, n., 1
(a) .
[1913 Webster]Pinnace \Pin"nace\, n. [F. pinasse; cf. It. pinassa, pinazza,
Sp. pinaza; all from L. pinus a pine tree, anything made of
pine, e.g., a ship. Cf. Pine a tree.]
1. (Naut.)
(a) A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly
employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called
originally, spynace or spyne.
(b) A man-of-war's boat.
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Whilst our pinnace anchors in the Downs. --Shak.
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2. A procuress; a pimp. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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spynace
(gcide) | Spynace \Spy"nace\ (sp[imac]"n[asl]s; 48), Spyne \Spyne\
(sp[imac]n), n. (Naut.)
See Pinnace, n., 1
(a) .
[1913 Webster]Pinnace \Pin"nace\, n. [F. pinasse; cf. It. pinassa, pinazza,
Sp. pinaza; all from L. pinus a pine tree, anything made of
pine, e.g., a ship. Cf. Pine a tree.]
1. (Naut.)
(a) A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly
employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called
originally, spynace or spyne.
(b) A man-of-war's boat.
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Whilst our pinnace anchors in the Downs. --Shak.
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2. A procuress; a pimp. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Spyne
(gcide) | Spynace \Spy"nace\ (sp[imac]"n[asl]s; 48), Spyne \Spyne\
(sp[imac]n), n. (Naut.)
See Pinnace, n., 1
(a) .
[1913 Webster]Pinnace \Pin"nace\, n. [F. pinasse; cf. It. pinassa, pinazza,
Sp. pinaza; all from L. pinus a pine tree, anything made of
pine, e.g., a ship. Cf. Pine a tree.]
1. (Naut.)
(a) A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly
employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called
originally, spynace or spyne.
(b) A man-of-war's boat.
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Whilst our pinnace anchors in the Downs. --Shak.
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2. A procuress; a pimp. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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spyne
(gcide) | Spynace \Spy"nace\ (sp[imac]"n[asl]s; 48), Spyne \Spyne\
(sp[imac]n), n. (Naut.)
See Pinnace, n., 1
(a) .
[1913 Webster]Pinnace \Pin"nace\, n. [F. pinasse; cf. It. pinassa, pinazza,
Sp. pinaza; all from L. pinus a pine tree, anything made of
pine, e.g., a ship. Cf. Pine a tree.]
1. (Naut.)
(a) A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly
employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called
originally, spynace or spyne.
(b) A man-of-war's boat.
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Whilst our pinnace anchors in the Downs. --Shak.
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2. A procuress; a pimp. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Weather spy
(gcide) | Weather \Weath"er\, n. [OE. weder, AS. weder; akin to OS. wedar,
OFries. weder, D. weder, we[^e]r, G. wetter, OHG. wetar,
Icel. ve[eth]r, Dan. veir, Sw. v[aum]der wind, air, weather,
and perhaps to OSlav. vedro fair weather; or perhaps to Lith.
vetra storm, Russ. vieter', vietr', wind, and E. wind. Cf.
Wither.]
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1. The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or
cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or
cloudiness, or any other meteorological phenomena;
meteorological condition of the atmosphere; as, warm
weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather, etc.
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Not amiss to cool a man's stomach this hot weather.
--Shak.
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Fair weather cometh out of the north. --Job xxxvii.
22.
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2. Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation
of the state of the air. --Bacon.
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3. Storm; tempest.
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What gusts of weather from that gathering cloud
My thoughts presage! --Dryden.
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4. A light rain; a shower. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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Stress of weather, violent winds; force of tempests.
To make fair weather, to flatter; to give flattering
representations. [R.]
To make good weather, or To make bad weather (Naut.), to
endure a gale well or ill; -- said of a vessel. --Shak.
Under the weather, ill; also, financially embarrassed.
[Colloq. U. S.] --Bartlett.
Weather box. Same as Weather house, below. --Thackeray.
Weather breeder, a fine day which is supposed to presage
foul weather.
Weather bureau, a popular name for the signal service. See
Signal service, under Signal, a. [U. S.]
Weather cloth (Naut.), a long piece of canvas of tarpaulin
used to preserve the hammocks from injury by the weather
when stowed in the nettings.
Weather door. (Mining) See Trapdoor, 2.
Weather gall. Same as Water gall, 2. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
Weather house, a mechanical contrivance in the form of a
house, which indicates changes in atmospheric conditions
by the appearance or retirement of toy images.
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Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought
Devised the weather house, that useful toy!
--Cowper.
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Weather molding, or
Weather moulding (Arch.), a canopy or cornice over a door
or a window, to throw off the rain.
Weather of a windmill sail, the obliquity of the sail, or
the angle which it makes with its plane of revolution.
Weather report, a daily report of meteorological
observations, and of probable changes in the weather;
esp., one published by government authority.
Weather spy, a stargazer; one who foretells the weather.
[R.] --Donne.
Weather strip (Arch.), a strip of wood, rubber, or other
material, applied to an outer door or window so as to
cover the joint made by it with the sill, casings, or
threshold, in order to exclude rain, snow, cold air, etc.
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counterspy
(wn) | counterspy
n 1: a spy who works against enemy espionage [syn: counterspy,
mole] |
crispy
(wn) | crispy
adj 1: tender and brittle; "crisp potato chips" [syn: crisp,
crispy] |
diospyros
(wn) | Diospyros
n 1: a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable
wood [syn: Diospyros, genus Diospyros] |
diospyros ebenum
(wn) | Diospyros ebenum
n 1: tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored
heartwood used in cabinetwork [syn: ebony, ebony tree,
Diospyros ebenum] |
diospyros kaki
(wn) | Diospyros kaki
n 1: small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange
edible astringent fruit [syn: Japanese persimmon, kaki,
Diospyros kaki] |
diospyros kurzii
(wn) | Diospyros kurzii
n 1: large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood [syn:
marblewood, marble-wood, Andaman marble, {Diospyros
kurzii}] |
diospyros lotus
(wn) | Diospyros lotus
n 1: an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow
or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes
[syn: date plum, Diospyros lotus] |
diospyros virginiana
(wn) | Diospyros virginiana
n 1: medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and
eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very
astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe [syn:
American persimmon, possumwood, Diospyros virginiana] |
espy
(wn) | espy
v 1: catch sight of [syn: descry, spot, espy, spy] |
genus diospyros
(wn) | genus Diospyros
n 1: a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable
wood [syn: Diospyros, genus Diospyros] |
genus spyeria
(wn) | genus Spyeria
n 1: fritillaries [syn: Spyeria, genus Spyeria] |
northern spy
(wn) | Northern Spy
n 1: large late-ripening apple with skin striped with yellow and
red |
raspy
(wn) | raspy
adj 1: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly
voice" [syn: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy,
rough, scratchy] |
spy
(wn) | spy
n 1: (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain
information about its enemies or by a business to obtain
industrial secrets from competitors [syn: spy,
undercover agent]
2: a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people;
"my spies tell me that you had a good time last night"
v 1: catch sight of [syn: descry, spot, espy, spy]
2: watch, observe, or inquire secretly [syn: spy, stag,
snoop, sleuth]
3: catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; "he caught sight
of the king's men coming over the ridge" [syn: spy,
sight]
4: secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage
in espionage; "spy for the Russians" |
spy satellite
(wn) | spy satellite
n 1: a satellite with sensors to detect nuclear explosions |
spyeria
(wn) | Spyeria
n 1: fritillaries [syn: Spyeria, genus Spyeria] |
spyglass
(wn) | spyglass
n 1: a small refracting telescope [syn: field glass, glass,
spyglass] |
spyhole
(wn) | spyhole
n 1: a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can
peep [syn: peephole, spyhole, eyehole] |
spying
(wn) | spying
n 1: keeping a secret or furtive watch
2: the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes
[syn: spying, undercover work]
3: the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
[syn: detection, catching, espial, spying,
spotting] |
spymaster
(wn) | spymaster
n 1: someone who directs clandestine intelligence activities |
spyware
(wn) | spyware
n 1: computer software that obtains information from a user's
computer without the user's knowledge or consent |
wispy
(wn) | wispy
adj 1: thin and weak; "a wispy little fellow with small hands
and feet"- Edmund Wilson [syn: wisplike, wispy]
2: lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the
distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in
the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the
fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" [syn: dim,
faint, shadowy, vague, wispy] |
crispy critters
(foldoc) | Crispy Critters
(Or "Crispy Crittered". From the "Post" breakfast
cereal of the same name) hardware which is fried or
toast.
(1995-01-31)
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cuspy
(foldoc) | cuspy
/kuhs'pee/ [WPI: from the DEC abbreviation CUSP, for
"Commonly Used System Program", i.e. a utility program used by
many people] 1. (of a program) Well-written.
2. Functionally excellent. A program that performs well and
interfaces well to users is cuspy. See rude.
[Jargon File]
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spyware
(foldoc) | spyware
sypware
(Or "adware") Any type of software that transmits
information without the user's knowledge.
Information is sent via the Internet to a server somewhere,
normally as a hidden side effect of using a program.
Gathering this information may benefit the user indirectly,
e.g. by helping to improve the software he is using. It may
be collected for advertising purposes or, worst of all, to
steal security information such as passwords to online
accounts or credit card details.
Spyware may be installed along with other software or as the
result of a virus infection. There are many tools available
to locate and remove various forms of spyware from a computer.
Some HTTP cookies could be considered as spyware as their
use is generally not made explicit to users. It is however
possible to disallow them, either totally or individually, and
some are actually useful, e.g. recording the fact that a user
has logged in.
(http://spychecker.com/spyware.html).
(2004-05-23)
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cuspy
(jargon) | cuspy
/kuhs'pee/, adj.
[WPI: from the DEC abbreviation CUSP, for ‘Commonly Used System Program’,
i.e., a utility program used by many people. Now rare.]
1. (of a program) Well-written.
2. Functionally excellent. A program that performs well and interfaces well
to users is cuspy. Oppose rude.
3. [NYU] Said of an attractive woman, especially one regarded as available.
Implies a certain curvaceousness.
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