| slovo | definícia |
stair
(encz) | stair,schod n: |
stair
(encz) | stair,schodiště Zdeněk Brož |
Stair
(gcide) | Stair \Stair\ (st[^a]r), n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st[=ae]ger,
from st[imac]gan to ascend, rise. [root]164. See Sty to
ascend.]
1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a
different level; -- commonly applied to those within a
building.
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2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a
house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but
originally used in the singular only. "I a winding stair
found." --Chaucer's Dream.
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Below stairs, in the basement or lower part of a house,
where the servants are.
Flight of stairs, the stairs which make the whole ascent of
a story.
Pair of stairs, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this
phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See Pair, n.,
1.
Run of stairs (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section
of a stairway, from one platform to the next.
Stair rod, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair
carpet to its place.
Up stairs. See Upstairs in the Vocabulary.
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stair
(wn) | stair
n 1: support consisting of a place to rest the foot while
ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the
bottom step" [syn: step, stair] |
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downstairs
(mass) | downstairs
- dole |
stairs
(mass) | stairs
- schody |
upstairs
(mass) | upstairs
- nahore |
astaire
(encz) | Astaire,americký herec a tanečník Zdeněk Brož |
backstair
(encz) | backstair,nepoctivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
backstairs
(encz) | backstairs,zadní schodiště Zdeněk Brož |
down the stairs
(encz) | down the stairs, adv: |
downstair
(encz) | downstair, adj: |
downstairs
(encz) | downstairs,dole adv: downstairs,dolů adv: "ze schodů" downstairs,o poschodí níže adv: lunodownstairs,po schodech dolů adv: Zdeněk Brož |
flight of stairs
(encz) | flight of stairs, n: |
kick downstairs
(encz) | kick downstairs, v: |
kick upstairs
(encz) | kick upstairs, v: |
moving staircase
(encz) | moving staircase, n: |
moving stairway
(encz) | moving stairway, n: |
stair
(encz) | stair,schod n: stair,schodiště Zdeněk Brož |
stair climbing
(encz) | stair climbing,běh do schodů n: Ivan Masár |
stair-carpet
(encz) | stair-carpet, n: |
stair-rod
(encz) | stair-rod, n: |
staircase
(encz) | staircase,schodiště |
staircases
(encz) | staircases,schodiště pl. Zdeněk Brož |
stairhead
(encz) | stairhead,podesta schodiště Zdeněk Brož |
stairs
(encz) | stairs,schodiště Zdeněk Brožstairs,schody n: pl. |
stairway
(encz) | stairway,schodiště |
stairwell
(encz) | stairwell,schodišťová šachta n: Zdeněk Brož |
up the stairs
(encz) | up the stairs, adv: |
upstair
(encz) | upstair, adj: |
upstairs
(encz) | upstairs,nahoru adv: do schodů Martin Dvořákupstairs,nahoře upstairs,o poschodí výše adv: luno |
Back stairs
(gcide) | Back \Back\, a.
1. Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the
back door; back settlements.
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2. Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.
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3. Moving or operating backward; as, back action.
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Back blocks, Australian pastoral country which is remote
from the seacoast or from a river. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Back charges, charges brought forward after an account has
been made up.
Back filling (Arch.), the mass of materials used in filling
up the space between two walls, or between the inner and
outer faces of a wall, or upon the haunches of an arch or
vault.
Back pressure. (Steam Engine) See under Pressure.
Back rest, a guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe,
and placed in contact with the work, to steady it in
turning.
Back slang, a kind of slang in which every word is written
or pronounced backwards; as, nam for man.
Back stairs, stairs in the back part of a house; private
stairs. Also used adjectively. See Back stairs,
Backstairs, and Backstair, in the Vocabulary.
Back step (Mil.), the retrograde movement of a man or body
of men, without changing front.
Back stream, a current running against the main current of
a stream; an eddy.
To take the back track, to retrace one's steps; to retreat.
[Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Backstairs \Back"stairs`\, Back stairs \Back" stairs`\
(b[a^]k"st[^a]rz`) n.
Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the
front stairs; a second staircase at the rear of a building;
hence, a private or indirect way.
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Backstair
(gcide) | Backstairs \Back"stairs`\, Backstair \Back"stair`\, a.
Private; indirect; secret; conducted with secrecy;
intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs; as,
backstairs gossip.
Syn: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hugger-mugger, hush-hush,
on the quiet(predicate), secret, subterranean,
surreptitious, undercover, underground.
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A backstairs influence. --Burke.
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Female caprice and backstair influence.
--Trevelyan.
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Backstairs
(gcide) | Backstairs \Back"stairs`\, Back stairs \Back" stairs`\
(b[a^]k"st[^a]rz`) n.
Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the
front stairs; a second staircase at the rear of a building;
hence, a private or indirect way.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] BackstairsBackstairs \Back"stairs`\, Backstair \Back"stair`\, a.
Private; indirect; secret; conducted with secrecy;
intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs; as,
backstairs gossip.
Syn: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hugger-mugger, hush-hush,
on the quiet(predicate), secret, subterranean,
surreptitious, undercover, underground.
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A backstairs influence. --Burke.
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Female caprice and backstair influence.
--Trevelyan.
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Below stairs
(gcide) | Stair \Stair\ (st[^a]r), n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st[=ae]ger,
from st[imac]gan to ascend, rise. [root]164. See Sty to
ascend.]
1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a
different level; -- commonly applied to those within a
building.
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2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a
house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but
originally used in the singular only. "I a winding stair
found." --Chaucer's Dream.
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Below stairs, in the basement or lower part of a house,
where the servants are.
Flight of stairs, the stairs which make the whole ascent of
a story.
Pair of stairs, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this
phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See Pair, n.,
1.
Run of stairs (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section
of a stairway, from one platform to the next.
Stair rod, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair
carpet to its place.
Up stairs. See Upstairs in the Vocabulary.
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Cockle stairs
(gcide) | Cockle \Coc"kle\ (k[o^]k"k'l), n. [OE. cockes cockles, AS.
s[=ae]coccas sea cockles, prob, from Celtic; cf. W. cocs
cockles, Gael. cochull husk. Perh. influenced by F. coquille
shell, a dim. from the root of E. conch. Cf. Coach.]
1. (Zool.) A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the
genus Cardium, especially Cardium edule, used in
Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of
other genera.
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2. A cockleshell.
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3. The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by
the Cornish miners. --Raymond.
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4. The fire chamber of a furnace. [Eng.] --Knight.
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5. A hop-drying kiln; an oast. --Knight.
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6. The dome of a heating furnace. --Knight.
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Cockle hat, a hat ornamented with a cockleshell, the badge
of a pilgrim. --Shak.
Cockle stairs, winding or spiral stairs.
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corkscrew stairs
(gcide) | corkscrew \cork"screw`\ (k[^o]rk"skr[udd]`), a.
shaped like a corkscrew; spiral; helical.
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corkscrew stairs, a spiral staircase around a solid newel.
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downstair
(gcide) | downstair \downstair\, downstairs \downstairs\adj.
on or of the lower floors of a building, especially the
ground floor; as, the downstairs (or downstair phone; the
house has no downstairs bathroom. Opposite of upstairs.
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downstairs
(gcide) | downstair \downstair\, downstairs \downstairs\adj.
on or of the lower floors of a building, especially the
ground floor; as, the downstairs (or downstair phone; the
house has no downstairs bathroom. Opposite of upstairs.
[WordNet 1.5]downstairs \down"stairs\, adv.
Down the stairs; to a lower floor; as, she headed downstairs
as soon as she heard the horn.
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Flight of stairs
(gcide) | Stair \Stair\ (st[^a]r), n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st[=ae]ger,
from st[imac]gan to ascend, rise. [root]164. See Sty to
ascend.]
1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a
different level; -- commonly applied to those within a
building.
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2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a
house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but
originally used in the singular only. "I a winding stair
found." --Chaucer's Dream.
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Below stairs, in the basement or lower part of a house,
where the servants are.
Flight of stairs, the stairs which make the whole ascent of
a story.
Pair of stairs, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this
phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See Pair, n.,
1.
Run of stairs (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section
of a stairway, from one platform to the next.
Stair rod, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair
carpet to its place.
Up stairs. See Upstairs in the Vocabulary.
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Geometrical staircase
(gcide) | Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L.
geometricus; Gr. ?: cf. F. g['e]om['e]trique.]
1. Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of,
geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical
solution of a problem.
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2. (Art) characterized by simple geometric forms in design
and decoration; as, a buffalo hide painted with red and
black geometrical designs.
Syn: geometric.
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Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to
include processes or solutions in which the
propositions or principles of geometry are made use of
rather than those of algebra.
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Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly
technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a
construction or solution is geometrical which can be
made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right
lines and circles. Every construction or solution which
requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or
circle as would generate any other curve, is not
geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a
geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of
geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact;
while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial,
by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is
only approximate and empirical.
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Geometrical curve. Same as Algebraic curve; -- so called
because their different points may be constructed by the
operations of elementary geometry.
Geometric lathe, an instrument for engraving bank notes,
etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; --
called also cycloidal engine.
Geometrical pace, a measure of five feet.
Geometric pen, an instrument for drawing geometric curves,
in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a
revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely
varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to
the arm.
Geometrical plane (Persp.), the same as Ground plane .
Geometrical progression, proportion, ratio. See under
Progression, Proportion and Ratio.
Geometrical radius, in gearing, the radius of the pitch
circle of a cogwheel. --Knight.
Geometric spider (Zool.), one of many species of spiders,
which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to
Epeira and allied genera, as the garden spider. See
Garden spider.
Geometric square, a portable instrument in the form of a
square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by
measuring angles.
Geometrical staircase, one in which the stairs are
supported by the wall at one end only.
Geometrical tracery, in architecture and decoration,
tracery arranged in geometrical figures.
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Pair of stairs
(gcide) | Stair \Stair\ (st[^a]r), n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st[=ae]ger,
from st[imac]gan to ascend, rise. [root]164. See Sty to
ascend.]
1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a
different level; -- commonly applied to those within a
building.
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2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a
house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but
originally used in the singular only. "I a winding stair
found." --Chaucer's Dream.
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Below stairs, in the basement or lower part of a house,
where the servants are.
Flight of stairs, the stairs which make the whole ascent of
a story.
Pair of stairs, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this
phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See Pair, n.,
1.
Run of stairs (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section
of a stairway, from one platform to the next.
Stair rod, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair
carpet to its place.
Up stairs. See Upstairs in the Vocabulary.
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Run of stairs
(gcide) | Stair \Stair\ (st[^a]r), n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st[=ae]ger,
from st[imac]gan to ascend, rise. [root]164. See Sty to
ascend.]
1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a
different level; -- commonly applied to those within a
building.
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2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a
house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but
originally used in the singular only. "I a winding stair
found." --Chaucer's Dream.
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Below stairs, in the basement or lower part of a house,
where the servants are.
Flight of stairs, the stairs which make the whole ascent of
a story.
Pair of stairs, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this
phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See Pair, n.,
1.
Run of stairs (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section
of a stairway, from one platform to the next.
Stair rod, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair
carpet to its place.
Up stairs. See Upstairs in the Vocabulary.
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Salmon stair
(gcide) | Salmon \Salm"on\ (s[a^]m"[u^]n), n.; pl. Salmons (-[u^]nz) or
(collectively) Salmon. [OE. saumoun, salmon, F. saumon, fr.
L. salmo, salmonis, perhaps from salire to leap. Cf. Sally,
v.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of fishes of the genus
Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon ({Salmo
salar}) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and
the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important
species. They are extensively preserved for food. See
Quinnat.
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Note: The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head
streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes,
and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in
the way of their progress. The common salmon has been
known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds;
more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five
pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and
grilse. Among the true salmons are:
Black salmon, or Lake salmon, the namaycush.
Dog salmon, a salmon of Western North America
(Oncorhynchus keta).
Humpbacked salmon, a Pacific-coast salmon ({Oncorhynchus
gorbuscha}).
King salmon, the quinnat.
Landlocked salmon, a variety of the common salmon (var.
Sebago), long confined in certain lakes in consequence of
obstructions that prevented it from returning to the sea.
This last is called also dwarf salmon.
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Note: Among fishes of other families which are locally and
erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called
jack salmon; the spotted, or southern, squeteague;
the cabrilla, called kelp salmon; young pollock,
called sea salmon; and the California yellowtail.
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2. A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the
salmon.
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Salmon berry (Bot.), a large red raspberry growing from
Alaska to California, the fruit of the Rubus Nutkanus.
Salmon killer (Zool.), a stickleback ({Gasterosteus
cataphractus}) of Western North America and Northern Asia.
Salmon ladder, Salmon stair. See Fish ladder, under
Fish.
Salmon peel, a young salmon.
Salmon pipe, a certain device for catching salmon. --Crabb.
Salmon trout. (Zool.)
(a) The European sea trout (Salmo trutta). It resembles
the salmon, but is smaller, and has smaller and more
numerous scales.
(b) The American namaycush.
(c) A name that is also applied locally to the adult black
spotted trout (Salmo purpuratus), and to the steel
head and other large trout of the Pacific coast.
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Stair rod
(gcide) | Stair \Stair\ (st[^a]r), n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st[=ae]ger,
from st[imac]gan to ascend, rise. [root]164. See Sty to
ascend.]
1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a
different level; -- commonly applied to those within a
building.
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2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a
house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but
originally used in the singular only. "I a winding stair
found." --Chaucer's Dream.
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Below stairs, in the basement or lower part of a house,
where the servants are.
Flight of stairs, the stairs which make the whole ascent of
a story.
Pair of stairs, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this
phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See Pair, n.,
1.
Run of stairs (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section
of a stairway, from one platform to the next.
Stair rod, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair
carpet to its place.
Up stairs. See Upstairs in the Vocabulary.
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Staircase
(gcide) | Staircase \Stair"case`\ (st[^a]r"k[=a]s`), n.
A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing,
balusters, etc.
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To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of
architecture. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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Staircase shell. (Zool.)
(a) Any scalaria, or wentletrap.
(b) Any species of Solarium, or perspective shell.
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Staircase shell
(gcide) | Staircase \Stair"case`\ (st[^a]r"k[=a]s`), n.
A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing,
balusters, etc.
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To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of
architecture. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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Staircase shell. (Zool.)
(a) Any scalaria, or wentletrap.
(b) Any species of Solarium, or perspective shell.
[1913 Webster]Wentletrap \Wen"tle*trap`\, n. [D. wenteltrap a winding
staircase; cf. G. wendeltreppe.] [Obs.]
Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine
shells of the genus Scalaria, especially Scalaria pretiosa,
which was formerly highly valued; -- called also {staircase
shell}. See Scalaria.
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staircase shell
(gcide) | Staircase \Stair"case`\ (st[^a]r"k[=a]s`), n.
A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing,
balusters, etc.
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To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of
architecture. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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Staircase shell. (Zool.)
(a) Any scalaria, or wentletrap.
(b) Any species of Solarium, or perspective shell.
[1913 Webster]Wentletrap \Wen"tle*trap`\, n. [D. wenteltrap a winding
staircase; cf. G. wendeltreppe.] [Obs.]
Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine
shells of the genus Scalaria, especially Scalaria pretiosa,
which was formerly highly valued; -- called also {staircase
shell}. See Scalaria.
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Stairhead
(gcide) | Stairhead \Stair"head`\ (-h[e^]d`), n.
The head or top of a staircase.
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Stairway
(gcide) | Stairway \Stair"way`\ (-w[=a]`), n.
A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase. "A rude and narrow
stairway." --Moore.
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Trap stairs
(gcide) | Trap \Trap\, n. [OE. trappe, AS. treppe; akin to OD. trappe,
OHG. trapo; probably fr. the root of E. tramp, as that which
is trod upon: cf. F. trappe, which is trod upon: cf. F.
trappe, which perhaps influenced the English word.]
1. A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a
spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap
for foxes.
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She would weep if that she saw a mouse
Caught in a trap. --Chaucer.
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2. Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which
one may be caught unawares.
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Let their table be made a snare and a trap. --Rom.
xi. 9.
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God and your majesty
Protect mine innocence, or I fall into
The trap is laid for me! --Shak.
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3. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in
the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one
end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air
by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing
into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot
at.
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4. The game of trapball.
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5. A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil
pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents
form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but
permits the flow of liquids.
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6. A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates
for want of an outlet.
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7. A wagon, or other vehicle. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
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8. A kind of movable stepladder. --Knight.
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Trap stairs, a staircase leading to a trapdoor.
Trap tree (Bot.) the jack; -- so called because it
furnishes a kind of birdlime. See 1st Jack.
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Understair
(gcide) | Understair \Un"der*stair`\, a.
Of or pertaining to the kitchen, or the servants' quarters;
hence, subordinate; menial. [Obs.]
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Understairs
(gcide) | Understairs \Un"der*stairs`\, n.
The basement or cellar.
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Up stairs
(gcide) | Stair \Stair\ (st[^a]r), n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st[=ae]ger,
from st[imac]gan to ascend, rise. [root]164. See Sty to
ascend.]
1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a
different level; -- commonly applied to those within a
building.
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2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a
house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but
originally used in the singular only. "I a winding stair
found." --Chaucer's Dream.
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Below stairs, in the basement or lower part of a house,
where the servants are.
Flight of stairs, the stairs which make the whole ascent of
a story.
Pair of stairs, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this
phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See Pair, n.,
1.
Run of stairs (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section
of a stairway, from one platform to the next.
Stair rod, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair
carpet to its place.
Up stairs. See Upstairs in the Vocabulary.
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Upstairs
(gcide) | Upstairs \Up*stairs"\, adv.
Up the stairs; in or toward an upper story.
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Being above stairs; as, an upstairs room.
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Well staircase
(gcide) | Well \Well\, n. [OE. welle, AS. wella, wylla, from weallan to
well up, surge, boil; akin to D. wel a spring or fountain.
????. See Well, v. i.]
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1. An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.
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Begin, then, sisters of the sacred well. --Milton.
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2. A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to
reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form,
and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth
from caving in.
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The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to
draw with, and the well is deep. --John iv. 11.
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3. A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.
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4. Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring. "This well
of mercy." --Chaucer.
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Dan Chaucer, well of English undefiled. --Spenser.
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A well of serious thought and pure. --Keble.
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5. (Naut.)
(a) An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around
the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to
preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their
inspection.
(b) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing
vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes
perforated in the bottom to let in water for the
preservation of fish alive while they are transported
to market.
(c) A vertical passage in the stern into which an
auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of
water.
(d) A depressed space in the after part of the deck; --
often called the cockpit.
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6. (Mil.) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from
which run branches or galleries.
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7. (Arch.) An opening through the floors of a building, as
for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
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8. (Metal.) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal
falls.
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Artesian well, Driven well. See under Artesian, and
Driven.
Pump well. (Naut.) See Well, 5
(a), above.
Well boring, the art or process of boring an artesian well.
Well drain.
(a) A drain or vent for water, somewhat like a well or
pit, serving to discharge the water of wet land.
(b) A drain conducting to a well or pit.
Well room.
(a) A room where a well or spring is situated; especially,
one built over a mineral spring.
(b) (Naut.) A depression in the bottom of a boat, into
which water may run, and whence it is thrown out with
a scoop.
Well sinker, one who sinks or digs wells.
Well sinking, the art or process of sinking or digging
wells.
Well staircase (Arch.), a staircase having a wellhole (see
Wellhole
(b) ), as distinguished from one which occupies the whole
of the space left for it in the floor.
Well sweep. Same as Sweep, n., 12.
Well water, the water that flows into a well from
subterraneous springs; the water drawn from a well.
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alfred alistair cooke
(wn) | Alfred Alistair Cooke
n 1: United States journalist (born in England in 1908) [syn:
Cooke, Alistair Cooke, Alfred Alistair Cooke] |
alistair cooke
(wn) | Alistair Cooke
n 1: United States journalist (born in England in 1908) [syn:
Cooke, Alistair Cooke, Alfred Alistair Cooke] |
astaire
(wn) | Astaire
n 1: United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his
original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987) [syn:
Astaire, Fred Astaire] |
backstair
(wn) | backstair
adj 1: secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low
backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs
intimacies"; "furtive behavior" [syn: backstair,
backstairs, furtive] |
backstairs
(wn) | backstairs
adj 1: secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low
backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs
intimacies"; "furtive behavior" [syn: backstair,
backstairs, furtive]
n 1: a second staircase at the rear of a building |
down the stairs
(wn) | down the stairs
adv 1: on a floor below; "the tenants live downstairs" [syn:
downstairs, down the stairs, on a lower floor,
below] [ant: on a higher floor, up the stairs,
upstairs] |
downstair
(wn) | downstair
adj 1: on or of lower floors of a building; "the downstairs (or
downstair) phone" [syn: downstairs, downstair] [ant:
upstair, upstairs] |
downstairs
(wn) | downstairs
adv 1: on a floor below; "the tenants live downstairs" [syn:
downstairs, down the stairs, on a lower floor,
below] [ant: on a higher floor, up the stairs,
upstairs]
adj 1: on or of lower floors of a building; "the downstairs (or
downstair) phone" [syn: downstairs, downstair] [ant:
upstair, upstairs] |
flight of stairs
(wn) | flight of stairs
n 1: a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and
the next [syn: flight, flight of stairs, {flight of
steps}] |
fred astaire
(wn) | Fred Astaire
n 1: United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his
original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987) [syn:
Astaire, Fred Astaire] |
kick downstairs
(wn) | kick downstairs
v 1: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was
demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down
to Sergeant" [syn: demote, bump, relegate, break,
kick downstairs] [ant: advance, elevate, {kick
upstairs}, promote, raise, upgrade] |
kick upstairs
(wn) | kick upstairs
v 1: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John
was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women
tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got
promoted after many years of hard work" [syn: promote,
upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate]
[ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs,
relegate] |
moving staircase
(wn) | moving staircase
n 1: a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating
belt [syn: escalator, moving staircase, {moving
stairway}] |
moving stairway
(wn) | moving stairway
n 1: a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating
belt [syn: escalator, moving staircase, {moving
stairway}] |
stair
(wn) | stair
n 1: support consisting of a place to rest the foot while
ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the
bottom step" [syn: step, stair] |
stair-carpet
(wn) | stair-carpet
n 1: a strip of carpet for laying on stairs |
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