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squib
(encz) | squib,druh zábavné pyrotechniky Jaroslav Šedivý |
squib
(encz) | squib,elektrický rozněcovač Jaroslav Šedivý |
Squib
(gcide) | Squib \Squib\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squibbed (skw[i^]bd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Squibbing.]
To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to
contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little in debate.
[Colloq.]
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Squib
(gcide) | Squib \Squib\ (skw[i^]b), n. [OE. squippen, swippen, to move
swiftly, Icel. svipa to swoop, flash, dart, whip; akin to AS.
swipian to whip, and E. swift, a. See Swift, a.]
1. A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with
powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air
while burning, so as to burst there with a crack.
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Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze.
--Waller.
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The making and selling of fireworks, and squibs . .
. is punishable. --Blackstone.
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2. (Mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
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3. A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a
brief, witty essay.
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Who copied his squibs, and reechoed his jokes.
--Goldsmith.
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4. A writer of lampoons. [Obs.]
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The squibs are those who in the common phrase of the
world are called libelers, lampooners, and
pamphleteers. --Tatler.
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5. A paltry fellow. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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squib
(wn) | squib
n 1: firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a
broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise |
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squib
(encz) | squib,druh zábavné pyrotechniky Jaroslav Šedivýsquib,elektrický rozněcovač Jaroslav Šedivý |
squibb
(encz) | Squibb,Squibb n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
squibb
(czen) | Squibb,Squibbn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Sesquibasic
(gcide) | Sesquibasic \Ses`qui*ba"sic\, a. [Sesqui- + basic.] (Chem.)
Containing, or acting as, a base in the proportions of a
sesqui compound.
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Squibbed
(gcide) | Squib \Squib\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squibbed (skw[i^]bd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Squibbing.]
To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to
contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little in debate.
[Colloq.]
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Squibbing
(gcide) | Squib \Squib\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squibbed (skw[i^]bd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Squibbing.]
To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to
contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little in debate.
[Colloq.]
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squib
(wn) | squib
n 1: firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a
broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise |
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