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status
(mass) | status
- stav |
status
(encz) | status,postavení n: Zdeněk Brož |
status
(encz) | status,prestiž [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
status
(encz) | status,status n: Zdeněk Brož |
status
(encz) | status,statut n: Zdeněk Brož |
status
(encz) | status,stav n: Zdeněk Brož |
status
(encz) | status,věhlas n: Zdeněk Brož |
status
(czen) | status,statusn: Zdeněk Brož |
Status
(gcide) | Status \Sta"tus\ (st[=a]"t[u^]s), n. [L.]
State; condition; position of affairs.
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status
(wn) | status
n 1: the relative position or standing of things or especially
persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the
novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not
enjoy a favorable position in American life" [syn:
status, position]
2: a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of
disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
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status
(foldoc) | status
1. A description of how something is, similar to
state but usually implying a simpler set of possibilities,
e.g. up or down; set or clear; stopped, starting, started,
stopping.
In CPU hardware, the status register stores bits of
information about the outcome of previous operations,
e.g. zero, overflow. These status bits can be used to
control conditional execution, e.g. "branch if zero". The
same idea is common in other hardware, e.g. an input
peripheral with a status bit to indicate end of file.
2. Under the Unix operating system, a
process terminates with an exit status - an integer value
where zero indicates successful or normal completion and
non-zero values indicate different error conditions.
3. Standards and other forms of documentation can
have different statuses such as "proposal", {request for
comments} or accepted by some official body.
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STATUS
(bouvier) | STATUS. The condition of persons. It also means estate, because it signifies
the condition or circumstances in which the owner stands with regard to his
property. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1689.
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status
(mass) | status
- stav |
equal status
(encz) | equal status,rovné postavení n: [práv.] Ivan Masár |
high status
(encz) | high status, n: |
higher status
(encz) | higher status, n: |
junior status
(encz) | junior status, n: |
legal status
(encz) | legal status, n: |
low status
(encz) | low status, n: |
lower status
(encz) | lower status, n: |
marital status
(encz) | marital status, n: |
senior status
(encz) | senior status, n: |
social status
(encz) | social status, n: |
status
(encz) | status,postavení n: Zdeněk Brožstatus,prestiž [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačstatus,status n: Zdeněk Brožstatus,statut n: Zdeněk Brožstatus,stav n: Zdeněk Brožstatus,věhlas n: Zdeněk Brož |
status asthmaticus
(encz) | status asthmaticus, n: |
status bar
(encz) | status bar,stavový řádek [it.] |
status epilepticus
(encz) | status epilepticus, n: |
status of the fund
(encz) | status of the Fund, |
status quo
(encz) | status quo,současný stav Zdeněk Brožstatus quo,status quo [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
status report
(encz) | status report, |
status seeking
(encz) | status seeking, n: |
status symbol
(encz) | status symbol, |
statuses
(encz) | statuses, |
city or country / profession / status (married/single)
(czen) | City or Country / Profession / Status (married/single),C/P/S[zkr.] |
status
(czen) | status,statusn: Zdeněk Brož |
status quo
(czen) | status quo,status quo[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Cacatua cristatus
(gcide) | Cockatoo \Cock`a*too"\ (k[o^]k`[.a]*t[=oo]"), n. [Malayan
kakat[=u]a.] (Zool.)
A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuin[ae],
having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head
ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at
will. There are several genera and many species; as the
broad-crested cockatoo (Plictolophus cristatus or
Cacatua cristatus), the sulphur-crested (Cacatua galerita
or Plictolophus galeritus), etc. The palm cockatoo or
great black cockatoo of Australia is {Probosciger
aterrimus} (formerly Microglossus aterrimus).
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Callinectes hastatus
(gcide) | Blue \Blue\ (bl[=u]), a. [Compar. Bluer (bl[=u]"[~e]r);
superl. Bluest.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, livid, black,
fr. Icel.bl[=a]r livid; akin to Dan. blaa blue, Sw. bl[*a],
D. blauw, OHG. bl[=a]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F.
bleu, from OHG. bl[=a]o.]
1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it,
whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue
as a sapphire; blue violets. "The blue firmament."
--Milton.
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2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence,
of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence
of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air
was blue with oaths.
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3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
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4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as,
thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]
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5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour
religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals;
inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality;
as, blue laws.
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6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of
bluestocking. [Colloq.]
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The ladies were very blue and well informed.
--Thackeray.
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Blue asbestus. See Crocidolite.
Blue black, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost
black.
Blue blood. See under Blood.
Blue buck (Zool.), a small South African antelope
(Cephalophus pygm[ae]us); also applied to a larger
species ([AE]goceras leucoph[ae]us); the blaubok.
Blue cod (Zool.), the buffalo cod.
Blue crab (Zool.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic
coast of the United States (Callinectes hastatus).
Blue curls (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema
dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also
bastard pennyroyal.
Blue devils, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons
suffering with delirium tremens; hence, very low
spirits. "Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils,
or lay them all in a red sea of claret?" --Thackeray.
Blue gage. See under Gage, a plum.
Blue gum, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus
globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in
tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as
a protection against malaria. The essential oil is
beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very
useful. See Eucalyptus.
Blue jack, Blue stone, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
Blue jacket, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval
uniform.
Blue jaundice. See under Jaundice.
Blue laws, a name first used in the eighteenth century to
describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor
reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any
puritanical laws. [U. S.]
Blue light, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue
flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at
sea, and in military operations.
Blue mantle (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the
English college of arms; -- so called from the color of
his official robes.
Blue mass, a preparation of mercury from which is formed
the blue pill. --McElrath.
Blue mold or Blue mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus
glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.
Blue Monday,
(a) a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself
given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).
(b) a Monday considered as depressing because it is a
workday in contrast to the relaxation of the weekend.
Blue ointment (Med.), mercurial ointment.
Blue Peter (British Marine), a blue flag with a white
square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to
recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater,
one of the British signal flags.
Blue pill. (Med.)
(a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.
(b) Blue mass.
Blue ribbon.
(a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter;
-- hence, a member of that order.
(b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great
ambition; a distinction; a prize. "These
[scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the college."
--Farrar.
(c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total
abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon
Army.
Blue ruin, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle.
Blue spar (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See Lazulite.
Blue thrush (Zool.), a European and Asiatic thrush
(Petrocossyphus cyaneas).
Blue verditer. See Verditer.
Blue vitriol (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue
crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico
printing, etc.
Blue water, the open ocean.
Big Blue, the International Business Machines corporation.
[Wall Street slang.] PJC
To look blue, to look disheartened or dejected.
True blue, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed;
not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising
Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the
Covenanters.
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For his religion . . .
'T was Presbyterian, true blue. --Hudibras.
[1913 Webster]Edible \Ed"i*ble\, a. [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See
Eat.]
Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible
fishes. --Bacon. -- n. Anything edible.
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Edible bird's nest. See Bird's nest, 2.
Edible crab (Zo["o]l.), any species of crab used as food,
esp. the American blue crab (Callinectes hastatus). See
Crab.
Edible frog (Zo["o]l.), the common European frog ({Rana
esculenta}), used as food.
Edible snail (Zo["o]l.), any snail used as food, esp.
Helix pomatia and H. aspersa of Europe.
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Cebus subcristatus
(gcide) | Sapajou \Sap"a*jou\, n. [F. sapajou, sajou, Braz. sajuassu.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the
genus Cebus, having long and prehensile tails. Some of the
species are called also capuchins. The bonnet sapajou
(Cebus subcristatus), the golden-handed sapajou ({Cebus
chrysopus}), and the white-throated sapajou ({Cebus
hypoleucus}) are well known species. See Capuchin.
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Cynosurus cristatus
(gcide) | Dog's-tail grass \Dog's"-tail grass`\, n. (Bot.)
A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus)
which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making
straw plait; -- called also goldseed.
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Dicholophus cristatus
(gcide) | cariama \[,c]a`ri*a"ma\ (s[aum]`r[-e]*[.a]"m[.a]), n. [Native
name.] (Zool.)
A large, long-legged cranelike South American wading bird
(Cariama cristata, formerly Dicholophus cristatus) which
preys upon snakes, etc.; it is also called the seriema, but
that latter name is also applied to another South American
bird. See Seriema.
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Gallicrex cristatus
(gcide) | Water cock \Wa"ter cock`\ (Zool.)
A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of
Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season
the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on
the top of its head. Called also kora.
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Opisthocomus cristatus
(gcide) | Hoazin \Hoa"zin\, n. (Zool.)
A remarkable South American bird (Opisthocomus cristatus);
the crested touraco. By some Zoologists it is made the type
of a distinct order (Opisthocomi).
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Parus cristatus
(gcide) | Titmouse \Tit"mouse`\, n.; pl. Titmice. [OE. titemose,
titmase; tit small, or a small bird + AS. m[=a]se a kind of
small bird; akin to D. mees a titmouse, G. meise, OHG. meisa,
Icel. meisingr. The English form has been influenced by the
unrelated word mouse. Cf. Tit a small bird.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing
birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also
tit, and tomtit.
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Note: The blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus), the marsh
titmouse (Parus palustris), the crested titmouse
(Parus cristatus), the great titmouse ({Parus
major}), and the long tailed titmouse ({Aegithalos
caudatus}), are the best-known European species. See
Chickadee.
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Pavo cristatus
(gcide) | Peacock \Pea"cock`\ (p[=e]"k[o^]k`), n. [OE. pecok. Pea- in this
word is from AS. pe['a], p[=a]wa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob.
of Oriental origin; cf. Gr. taw`s, taw^s, Per. t[=a]us,
t[=a]wus, Ar. t[=a]w[=u]s. See Cock the bird.]
1. (Zool.) The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of
which at least two species are known, native of Southern
Asia and the East Indies.
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Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of
erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by
concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden
colors. The common domesticated species is {Pavo
cristatus}. The Javan peacock (Pavo muticus) is more
brilliantly colored than the common species.
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2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a
peafowl.
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Peacock butterfly (Zool.), a handsome European butterfly
(Hamadryas Io) having ocelli like those of peacock.
Peacock fish (Zool.), the European blue-striped wrasse
(Labrus variegatus); -- so called on account of its
brilliant colors. Called also cook wrasse and cook.
Peacock pheasant (Zool.), any one of several species of
handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus Polyplectron.
They resemble the peacock in color.
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Pecten tenuicostatus
(gcide) | Scallop \Scal"lop\ (?; 277), n. [OF. escalope a shell, probably
of German or Dutch origin, and akin to E. scale of a fish;
cf. D. schelp shell. See Scale of a fish, and cf.
Escalop.] [Written also scollop.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve
mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the
family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially ribbed,
and the edge is therefore often undulated in a
characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some
the species is much used as food. One species ({Vola
Jacobaeus}) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its
shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they
had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See
Pecten, 2.
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Note: The common edible scallop of the Eastern United States
is Pecten irradians; the large sea scallop, also used
as food, is Pecten Clintonius syn. {Pecten
tenuicostatus}.
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2. One of series of segments of circles joined at their
extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of
a scallop shell.
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3. One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a
scallop shell.
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Plictolophus cristatus
(gcide) | Cockatoo \Cock`a*too"\ (k[o^]k`[.a]*t[=oo]"), n. [Malayan
kakat[=u]a.] (Zool.)
A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuin[ae],
having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head
ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at
will. There are several genera and many species; as the
broad-crested cockatoo (Plictolophus cristatus or
Cacatua cristatus), the sulphur-crested (Cacatua galerita
or Plictolophus galeritus), etc. The palm cockatoo or
great black cockatoo of Australia is {Probosciger
aterrimus} (formerly Microglossus aterrimus).
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Prionidus cristatus
(gcide) | Wheel \Wheel\ (hw[=e]l), n. [OE. wheel, hweol, AS. hwe['o]l,
hweogul, hweowol; akin to D. wiel, Icel. hv[=e]l, Gr.
ky`klos, Skr. cakra; cf. Icel. hj[=o]l, Dan. hiul, Sw. hjul.
[root]218. Cf. Cycle, Cyclopedia.]
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1. A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk,
whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes
or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted
the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles,
in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a
wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc.
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The gasping charioteer beneath the wheel
Of his own car. --Dryden.
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2. Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting
of, a wheel. Specifically:
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(a) A spinning wheel. See under Spinning.
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(b) An instrument of torture formerly used.
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His examination is like that which is made by
the rack and wheel. --Addison.
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Note: This mode of torture is said to have been first
employed in Germany, in the fourteenth century. The
criminal was laid on a cart wheel with his legs and
arms extended, and his limbs in that posture were
fractured with an iron bar. In France, where its use
was restricted to the most atrocious crimes, the
criminal was first laid on a frame of wood in the form
of a St. Andrew's cross, with grooves cut transversely
in it above and below the knees and elbows, and the
executioner struck eight blows with an iron bar, so as
to break the limbs in those places, sometimes finishing
by two or three blows on the chest or stomach, which
usually put an end to the life of the criminal, and
were hence called coups-de-grace -- blows of mercy. The
criminal was then unbound, and laid on a small wheel,
with his face upward, and his arms and legs doubled
under him, there to expire, if he had survived the
previous treatment. --Brande.
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(c) (Naut.) A circular frame having handles on the
periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the
tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder
for the purpose of steering.
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(d) (Pottery) A potter's wheel. See under Potter.
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Then I went down to the potter's house, and,
behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. --Jer.
xviii. 3.
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Turn, turn, my wheel! This earthen jar
A touch can make, a touch can mar. --Longfellow.
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(e) (Pyrotechny) A firework which, while burning, is
caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the
escaping gases.
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(f) (Poetry) The burden or refrain of a song.
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Note: "This meaning has a low degree of authority, but is
supposed from the context in the few cases where the
word is found." --Nares.
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You must sing a-down a-down,
An you call him a-down-a.
O, how the wheel becomes it! --Shak.
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3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.
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4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form;
a disk; an orb. --Milton.
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5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass.
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According to the common vicissitude and wheel of
things, the proud and the insolent, after long
trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled
upon themselves. --South.
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[He] throws his steep flight in many an aery wheel.
--Milton.
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A wheel within a wheel, or Wheels within wheels, a
complication of circumstances, motives, etc.
Balance wheel. See in the Vocab.
Bevel wheel, Brake wheel, Cam wheel, Fifth wheel,
Overshot wheel, Spinning wheel, etc. See under Bevel,
Brake, etc.
Core wheel. (Mach.)
(a) A mortise gear.
(b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden
cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear.
Measuring wheel, an odometer, or perambulator.
Wheel and axle (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or
mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle,
and used for raising great weights, by applying the power
to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the
weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called
also axis in peritrochio, and perpetual lever, -- the
principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the
lever, while its action is continuous. See {Mechanical
powers}, under Mechanical.
Wheel animal, or Wheel animalcule (Zool.), any one of
numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the
anterior end.
Wheel barometer. (Physics) See under Barometer.
Wheel boat, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water
or upon inclined planes or railways.
Wheel bug (Zool.), a large North American hemipterous
insect (Prionidus cristatus) which sucks the blood of
other insects. So named from the curious shape of the
prothorax.
Wheel carriage, a carriage moving on wheels.
Wheel chains, or Wheel ropes (Naut.), the chains or ropes
connecting the wheel and rudder.
Wheel cutter, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear
wheels; a gear cutter.
Wheel horse, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as
opposed to a leader, or forward horse; -- called also
wheeler.
Wheel lathe, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels.
Wheel lock.
(a) A letter lock. See under Letter.
(b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a
flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel.
(c) A kind of brake a carriage.
Wheel ore (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the
shape of its twin crystals. See Bournonite.
Wheel pit (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the
lower part of the fly wheel runs.
Wheel plow, or Wheel plough, a plow having one or two
wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate
the depth of the furrow.
Wheel press, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced
on, or off, their axles.
Wheel race, the place in which a water wheel is set.
Wheel rope (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under Tiller.
Wheel stitch (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider's
web, worked into the material, and not over an open space.
--Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).
Wheel tree (Bot.), a tree (Aspidosperma excelsum) of
Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a
transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a
coarsely made wheel. See Paddlewood.
Wheel urchin (Zool.), any sea urchin of the genus Rotula
having a round, flat shell.
Wheel window (Arch.), a circular window having radiating
mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. {Rose
window}, under Rose.
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Prionotus cristatus
(gcide) | Devil \Dev"il\, n. [AS. de['o]fol, de['o]ful; akin to G. ?eufel,
Goth. diaba['u]lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. ? the
devil, the slanderer, fr. ? to slander, calumniate, orig., to
throw across; ? across + ? to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr.
gal to fall. Cf. Diabolic.]
1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and
spiritual of mankind.
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[Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil.
--Luke iv. 2.
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That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world. --Rev. xii. 9.
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2. An evil spirit; a demon.
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A dumb man possessed with a devil. --Matt. ix.
32.
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3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. "That devil
Glendower." "The devil drunkenness." --Shak.
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Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a
devil? --John vi. 70.
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4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or,
ironically, of negation. [Low]
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The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a
timepleaser. --Shak.
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The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare,
But wonder how the devil they got there. --Pope.
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5. (Cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and
excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
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Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting
oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. --Sir
W. Scott.
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6. (Manuf.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton,
etc.
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Blue devils. See under Blue.
Cartesian devil. See under Cartesian.
Devil bird (Zool.), one of two or more South African drongo
shrikes (Edolius retifer, and Edolius remifer),
believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery.
Devil may care, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used
adjectively. --Longfellow.
Devil's apron (Bot.), the large kelp ({Laminaria
saccharina}, and Laminaria longicruris) of the Atlantic
ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped
somewhat like an apron.
Devil's coachhorse. (Zool.)
(a) The black rove beetle (Ocypus olens). [Eng.]
(b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect ({Prionotus
cristatus}); the wheel bug. [U.S.]
Devil's darning-needle. (Zool.) See under Darn, v. t.
Devil's fingers, Devil's hand (Zool.), the common British
starfish (Asterias rubens); -- also applied to a sponge
with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.]
Devil's riding-horse (Zool.), the American mantis ({Mantis
Carolina}).
The Devil's tattoo, a drumming with the fingers or feet.
"Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot
heels." --F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.).
Devil worship, worship of the power of evil; -- still
practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil
forces of nature are of equal power.
Printer's devil, the youngest apprentice in a printing
office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing
the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. "Without fearing the
printer's devil or the sheriff's officer." --Macaulay.
Tasmanian devil (Zool.), a very savage carnivorous
marsupial of Tasmania (Dasyurus ursinus syn. {Diabolus
ursinus}).
To play devil with, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]
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Regulus cristatus
(gcide) | Goldcrest \Gold"crest`\ (g[=o]ld"kr[e^]st`), n. (Zool.)
The European golden-crested kinglet (Regulus cristatus, or
Regulus regulus); -- called also golden-crested wren, and
golden wren. The name is also sometimes applied to the
American golden-crested kinglet. See Kinglet.
[1913 Webster]Kinglet \King"let\, n.
1. A little king; a weak or insignificant king. --Carlyle.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of small singing birds
of the genus Regulus and family Sylviid[ae].
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Note: The golden-crowned kinglet (Regulus satrapa), and the
rubycrowned kinglet (Regulus calendula), are the most
common American species. The common English kinglet
(Regulus cristatus) is also called {golden-crested
wren}, moonie, and marigold finch. The kinglets are
often popularly called wrens, both in America and
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Status in quo
(gcide) | Status in quo \Sta"tus in` quo"\ (st[=a]"t[u^]s [i^]n` kw[=o]"),
Status quo \Sta"tus quo"\ (st[=a]"t[u^]s kw[=o]").[L., state in
which.]
The state in which anything is already. The phrase is also
used retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of peace, matters
return to the status quo ante bellum, or are left in statu
quo ante bellum, i.e., the state (or, in the state) before
the war. The form status quo is in most common use.
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Status quo
(gcide) | Status in quo \Sta"tus in` quo"\ (st[=a]"t[u^]s [i^]n` kw[=o]"),
Status quo \Sta"tus quo"\ (st[=a]"t[u^]s kw[=o]").[L., state in
which.]
The state in which anything is already. The phrase is also
used retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of peace, matters
return to the status quo ante bellum, or are left in statu
quo ante bellum, i.e., the state (or, in the state) before
the war. The form status quo is in most common use.
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Triton cristatus
(gcide) | Newt \Newt\, n. [OE. ewt, evete, AS. efete, with n prefixed, an
ewt being understood as a newt. Cf. Eft.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. The
common British species are the crested newt ({Triton
cristatus}) and the smooth newt (Lophinus punctatus). In
America, Diemictylus viridescens is one of the most
abundant species.
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Vanellus cristatus
(gcide) | Lapwing \Lap"wing`\, n. [OE. lapwynke, leepwynke, AS.
hle['a]pewince; hle['a]pan to leap, jump + (prob.) a word
akin to AS. wincian to wink, E. wink, AS. wancol wavering;
cf. G. wanken to stagger, waver. See Leap, and Wink.]
(Zool.)
A small European bird of the Plover family ({Vanellus
cristatus}, or Vanellus vanellus). It has long and broad
wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards,
downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish
bronze. Its eggs are the "plover's eggs" of the London
market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit,
dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the
Squatarola cinerea.
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amblyrhynchus cristatus
(wn) | Amblyrhynchus cristatus
n 1: shore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos
Islands [syn: marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus] |
arilus cristatus
(wn) | Arilus cristatus
n 1: large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of
other insects [syn: wheel bug, Arilus cristatus] |
commission on the status of women
(wn) | Commission on the Status of Women
n 1: the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the
United Nations that is concerned with the status of women
in different societies |
high status
(wn) | high status
n 1: a position of superior status [ant: low status,
lowliness, lowness] |
higher status
(wn) | higher status
n 1: higher rank than that of others especially by reason of
longer service [syn: seniority, senior status, {higher
status}, higher rank] |
junior status
(wn) | junior status
n 1: in a junior position |
legal status
(wn) | legal status
n 1: a status defined by law |
low status
(wn) | low status
n 1: a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or
fortune or estimation [syn: low status, lowness,
lowliness] [ant: high status] |
lower status
(wn) | lower status
n 1: the state of being inferior [syn: inferiority, {lower
status}, lower rank] |
marital status
(wn) | marital status
n 1: the condition of being married or unmarried |
pavo cristatus
(wn) | Pavo cristatus
n 1: peafowl of India and Ceylon [syn: blue peafowl, {Pavo
cristatus}] |
phyllostomus hastatus
(wn) | Phyllostomus hastatus
n 1: a variety of leaf-nosed bat |
podiceps cristatus
(wn) | Podiceps cristatus
n 1: large Old World grebe with black ear tufts [syn: {great
crested grebe}, Podiceps cristatus] |
senior status
(wn) | senior status
n 1: higher rank than that of others especially by reason of
longer service [syn: seniority, senior status, {higher
status}, higher rank] |
social status
(wn) | social status
n 1: position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware
of social status than Americans are" [syn: {social
station}, social status, social rank, rank] |
status
(wn) | status
n 1: the relative position or standing of things or especially
persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the
novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not
enjoy a favorable position in American life" [syn:
status, position]
2: a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of
disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
[syn: condition, status] |
status asthmaticus
(wn) | status asthmaticus
n 1: a prolonged and severe asthma attack that does not respond
to standard treatment |
status epilepticus
(wn) | status epilepticus
n 1: a condition in which there are continuing attacks of
epilepsy without intervals of consciousness; can lead to
brain damage and death |
status quo
(wn) | status quo
n 1: the existing state of affairs |
status seeking
(wn) | status seeking
n 1: a drive to acquire power [syn: power hunger, {status
seeking}] |
control and status register
(foldoc) | Control and Status Register
CSR
(CSR) A special register in most CPUs that
stores additional information about the results of {machine
instructions}, e.g. comparisons. The CSR consists of
several independent flag bits such as carry, overflow
and zero. The CSR is chiefly used to determine the outcome of
conditional branch instructions or other forms of
conditional execution.
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status
(foldoc) | status
1. A description of how something is, similar to
state but usually implying a simpler set of possibilities,
e.g. up or down; set or clear; stopped, starting, started,
stopping.
In CPU hardware, the status register stores bits of
information about the outcome of previous operations,
e.g. zero, overflow. These status bits can be used to
control conditional execution, e.g. "branch if zero". The
same idea is common in other hardware, e.g. an input
peripheral with a status bit to indicate end of file.
2. Under the Unix operating system, a
process terminates with an exit status - an integer value
where zero indicates successful or normal completion and
non-zero values indicate different error conditions.
3. Standards and other forms of documentation can
have different statuses such as "proposal", {request for
comments} or accepted by some official body.
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STATUS
(bouvier) | STATUS. The condition of persons. It also means estate, because it signifies
the condition or circumstances in which the owner stands with regard to his
property. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1689.
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