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stile
(encz) | stile,sloupek n: Zdeněk Brož |
Stile
(gcide) | Stile \Stile\, n. [See Style.]
1. A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a
style. See Style. --Moxon.
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2. Mode of composition. See Style. [Obs.]
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May I not write in such a stile as this? --Bunyan.
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Stile
(gcide) | Stile \Stile\, n. [OE. stile, AS. stigel a step, a ladder, from
st[imac]gan to ascend; akin to OHG. stigila a stile.
[root]164. See Sty, v. i., and cf. Stair.]
1. A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in
passing a fence or wall.
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There comes my master . . . over the stile, this
way. --Shak.
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Over this stile in the way to Doubting Castle.
--Bunyan.
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2. (Arch.) One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the
primary members of a frame, into which the secondary
members are mortised.
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Note: In an ordinary door the principal upright pieces are
called stiles, the subordinate upright pieces mullions,
and the crosspieces rails. In wainscoting the principal
pieces are sometimes called stiles, even when
horizontal.
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Hanging stile, Pulley stile. See under Hanging, and
Pulley.
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stile
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n 1: an upright that is a member in a door or window frame |
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pestilence
(mass) | pestilence
- mor |
pestilential
(mass) | pestilential
- obtiažny |
castile
(encz) | Castile,Castile n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
castile soap
(encz) | castile soap, n: |
hostile
(encz) | hostile,nepřátelský adj: Milan Svoboda |
hostile expedition
(encz) | hostile expedition, n: |
hostile fire
(encz) | hostile fire, n: |
hostile takeover
(encz) | hostile takeover,nepřátelské převzetí [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
hostile witness
(encz) | hostile witness, n: |
hostilely
(encz) | hostilely,nepřátelsky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
pestilence
(encz) | pestilence,mor n: |
pestilent
(encz) | pestilent,odporný adj: pestilent,otravný adj: pestilent,protivný adj: |
pestilential
(encz) | pestilential,infekční adj: Zdeněk Brožpestilential,nakažlivý adj: Zdeněk Brožpestilential,obtížný adj: Zdeněk Brožpestilential,zhoubný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
stile
(encz) | stile,sloupek n: Zdeněk Brož |
stiletto
(encz) | stiletto,bodec n: Zdeněk Brožstiletto,jehlové podpatky Zdeněk Brožstiletto,úzká dýka n: Zdeněk Brož |
stiletto heel
(encz) | stiletto heel, n: |
stiletto heels
(encz) | stiletto heels,jehly Zdeněk Brož |
turnstile
(encz) | turnstile,turniket n: Zdeněk Brož |
unhostile
(encz) | unhostile, adj: |
castile
(czen) | Castile,Castilen: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
rozpustile
(czen) | rozpustile,skittishlyadv: Zdeněk Brož |
annoying galling chafing irritating nettlesome pesky pestiferous pestilent plaguy plaguey teasing vexatious vexing
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
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2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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Bastile
(gcide) | Bastile \Bas*tile"\ Bastille \Bas*tille"\(b[.a]s*t[=e]l" or
b[.a]s"t[-e]l; 277), n. [F. bastille fortress, OF. bastir to
build, F. b[^a]tir.]
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1. (Feud. Fort.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the
defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place.
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The high bastiles . . . which overtopped the walls.
--Holland.
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2. "The Bastille", formerly a castle or fortress in Paris,
used as a prison, especially for political offenders;
hence, a rhetorical name for a prison.
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Castile soap
(gcide) | Soap \Soap\, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[=a]pe; akin to D. zeep, G.
seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[=a]pa, Sw. s?pa, Dan. s?be, and
perhaps to AS. s[imac]pan to drip, MHG. s[imac]fen, and L.
sebum tallow. Cf. Saponaceous.]
A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather,
and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by
combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths,
usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium,
potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic,
palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf.
Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar
composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent
or not.
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Note: In general, soaps are of two classes, hard and soft.
Calcium, magnesium, lead, etc., form soaps, but they
are insoluble and useless.
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The purifying action of soap depends upon the
fact that it is decomposed by a large quantity of
water into free alkali and an insoluble acid
salt. The first of these takes away the fatty
dirt on washing, and the latter forms the soap
lather which envelops the greasy matter and thus
tends to remove it. --Roscoe &
Schorlemmer.
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Castile soap, a fine-grained hard soap, white or mottled,
made of olive oil and soda; -- called also {Marseilles
soap} or Venetian soap.
Hard soap, any one of a great variety of soaps, of
different ingredients and color, which are hard and
compact. All solid soaps are of this class.
Lead soap, an insoluble, white, pliable soap made by
saponifying an oil (olive oil) with lead oxide; -- used
externally in medicine. Called also lead plaster,
diachylon, etc.
Marine soap. See under Marine.
Pills of soap (Med.), pills containing soap and opium.
Potash soap, any soap made with potash, esp. the soft
soaps, and a hard soap made from potash and castor oil.
Pumice soap, any hard soap charged with a gritty powder, as
silica, alumina, powdered pumice, etc., which assists
mechanically in the removal of dirt.
Resin soap, a yellow soap containing resin, -- used in
bleaching.
Silicated soap, a cheap soap containing water glass (sodium
silicate).
Soap bark. (Bot.) See Quillaia bark.
Soap bubble, a hollow iridescent globe, formed by blowing a
film of soap suds from a pipe; figuratively, something
attractive, but extremely unsubstantial.
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This soap bubble of the metaphysicians. --J. C.
Shairp.
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Soap cerate, a cerate formed of soap, olive oil, white wax,
and the subacetate of lead, sometimes used as an
application to allay inflammation.
Soap fat, the refuse fat of kitchens, slaughter houses,
etc., used in making soap.
Soap liniment (Med.), a liniment containing soap, camphor,
and alcohol.
Soap nut, the hard kernel or seed of the fruit of the
soapberry tree, -- used for making beads, buttons, etc.
Soap plant (Bot.), one of several plants used in the place
of soap, as the Chlorogalum pomeridianum, a California
plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and
rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick lather, and smells
not unlike new brown soap. It is called also soap apple,
soap bulb, and soap weed.
Soap tree. (Bot.) Same as Soapberry tree.
Soda soap, a soap containing a sodium salt. The soda soaps
are all hard soaps.
Soft soap, a soap of a gray or brownish yellow color, and
of a slimy, jellylike consistence, made from potash or the
lye from wood ashes. It is strongly alkaline and often
contains glycerin, and is used in scouring wood, in
cleansing linen, in dyehouses, etc. Figuratively,
flattery; wheedling; blarney. [Colloq.]
Toilet soap, hard soap for the toilet, usually colored and
perfumed.
[1913 Webster]Castile soap \Cas"tile soap`\ [From Castile, or Castilia, a
province in Spain, from which it originally came.]
A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive
oil and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the
above-described soap.
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Diminishing stile
(gcide) | Diminish \Di*min"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diminished; p. pr.
& vb. n. Diminishing.] [Pref. di- (= L. dis-) + minish: cf.
L. diminuere, F. diminuer, OE. diminuen. See Dis-, and
Minish.]
1. To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or
amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.
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Not diminish, but rather increase, the debt.
--Barrow.
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2. To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to
degrade; to abase; to weaken.
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This doth nothing diminish their opinion. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule
over the nations. --Ezek. xxix.
15.
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O thou . . . at whose sight all the stars
Hide their diminished heads. --Milton.
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3. (Mus.) To make smaller by a half step; to make (an
interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
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4. To take away; to subtract.
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Neither shall ye diminish aught from it. --Deut. iv.
2.
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Diminished column, one whose upper diameter is less than
the lower.
Diminished scale, or Diminishing scale, a scale of
gradation used in finding the different points for drawing
the spiral curve of the volute. --Gwilt.
Diminishing rule (Arch.), a board cut with a concave edge,
for fixing the entasis and curvature of a shaft.
Diminishing stile (Arch.), a stile which is narrower in one
part than in another, as in many glazed doors.
Syn: To decrease; lessen; abate; reduce; contract; curtail;
impair; degrade. See Decrease.
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Hanging stile
(gcide) | Hanging \Hang"ing\, a.
1. Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.
"What a hanging face!" --Dryden.
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2. Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
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3. Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging
post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.
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Hanging compass, a compass suspended so that the card may
be read from beneath.
Hanging garden, a garden sustained at an artificial
elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon.
Hanging indentation. See under Indentation.
Hanging rail (Arch.), that rail of a door or casement to
which hinges are attached.
Hanging side (Mining), the overhanging side of an inclined
or hading vein.
Hanging sleeves.
(a) Strips of the same stuff as the gown, hanging down the
back from the shoulders.
(b) Loose, flowing sleeves.
Hanging stile. (Arch.)
(a) That stile of a door to which hinges are secured.
(b) That upright of a window frame to which casements are
hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are
fastened.
Hanging wall (Mining), the upper wall of inclined vein, or
that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the
vein.
[1913 Webster]Stile \Stile\, n. [OE. stile, AS. stigel a step, a ladder, from
st[imac]gan to ascend; akin to OHG. stigila a stile.
[root]164. See Sty, v. i., and cf. Stair.]
1. A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in
passing a fence or wall.
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There comes my master . . . over the stile, this
way. --Shak.
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Over this stile in the way to Doubting Castle.
--Bunyan.
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2. (Arch.) One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the
primary members of a frame, into which the secondary
members are mortised.
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Note: In an ordinary door the principal upright pieces are
called stiles, the subordinate upright pieces mullions,
and the crosspieces rails. In wainscoting the principal
pieces are sometimes called stiles, even when
horizontal.
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Hanging stile, Pulley stile. See under Hanging, and
Pulley.
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Hastile
(gcide) | Hastile \Has"tile\ (h[a^]s"t[imac]l or -t[i^]l), a. [L. hasta a
spear.] (Bot.)
Same as Hastate. --Gray.
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Hostile
(gcide) | Hostile \Hos"tile\, a. [L. hostilis, from hostis enemy: cf. F.
hostile. See Host an army.]
Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition
of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to
thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical;
unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a
hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.
Syn: Warlike; inimical; unfriendly; antagonistic; opposed;
adverse; opposite; contrary; repugnant.
[1913 Webster]Hostile \Hos"tile\, n.
An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the
whites; -- commonly in the plural. [Colloq.] --P. H.
Sheridan.
[1913 Webster]Aggressive \Ag*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. agressif.]
1. Tending or disposed to aggress; having or showing
determination and energetic pursuit of one's own ends at
the expense of others or mindless of others' needs or
desires; characterized by aggression; making assaults;
unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person,
nation; an aggressive businessman; an aggressive
basketball player; he was aggressive and imperious in his
convictions; aggressive drivers. Opposite of
unaggressive.
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No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay.
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2. Marked by self-confident ambition, vigorous
competitiveness, energy and initiative; as, an aggressive
young executive.
Syn: enterprising, pushful, pushing, pushy
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3. (Med., Biol.) Tending to grow or spread quickly; as, an
aggressive tumor. [Narrower terms: {invasive (vs.
noninvasive) ] --AS
Syn: fast-growing(prenominal)
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4. Tending to initiate unprovoked attacks; initiating
unprovoked military action; eager to fight; as, aggressive
acts against another country.
Syn: belligerent.
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Note: Narrower related terms: {bellicose, combative,
pugnacious, scrappy, truculent ; {hard-hitting,
high-pressure ; hostile (used of attempts to buy or
take control of a business: "hostile takeover";
"hostile tender offer"); {predatory, rapacious,
raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous . See also:
assertive, hostile, offensive.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. --
Ag*gres"sive*ness, n.
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hostile
(gcide) | Hostile \Hos"tile\, a. [L. hostilis, from hostis enemy: cf. F.
hostile. See Host an army.]
Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition
of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to
thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical;
unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a
hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.
Syn: Warlike; inimical; unfriendly; antagonistic; opposed;
adverse; opposite; contrary; repugnant.
[1913 Webster]Hostile \Hos"tile\, n.
An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the
whites; -- commonly in the plural. [Colloq.] --P. H.
Sheridan.
[1913 Webster]Aggressive \Ag*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. agressif.]
1. Tending or disposed to aggress; having or showing
determination and energetic pursuit of one's own ends at
the expense of others or mindless of others' needs or
desires; characterized by aggression; making assaults;
unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person,
nation; an aggressive businessman; an aggressive
basketball player; he was aggressive and imperious in his
convictions; aggressive drivers. Opposite of
unaggressive.
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No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay.
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2. Marked by self-confident ambition, vigorous
competitiveness, energy and initiative; as, an aggressive
young executive.
Syn: enterprising, pushful, pushing, pushy
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3. (Med., Biol.) Tending to grow or spread quickly; as, an
aggressive tumor. [Narrower terms: {invasive (vs.
noninvasive) ] --AS
Syn: fast-growing(prenominal)
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4. Tending to initiate unprovoked attacks; initiating
unprovoked military action; eager to fight; as, aggressive
acts against another country.
Syn: belligerent.
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Note: Narrower related terms: {bellicose, combative,
pugnacious, scrappy, truculent ; {hard-hitting,
high-pressure ; hostile (used of attempts to buy or
take control of a business: "hostile takeover";
"hostile tender offer"); {predatory, rapacious,
raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous . See also:
assertive, hostile, offensive.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. --
Ag*gres"sive*ness, n.
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hostile takeover
(gcide) | hostile takeover \hostile takeover\ n. (Finance)
the purchase of a controlling interest in a publicly-traded
company against the wishes of the current management.
Note: A person who is the main principal in performing such a
buyout is called a corporate raider.
Syn: hostile buyout.
[PJC]takeover \take"o*ver\ n. (Business, Finance)
The acquisition of ownership of one company by another
company, usually by purchasing a controlling percentage of
its stock or by exchanging stock of the purchasing company
for that of the purchased company. It is a hostile takeover
if the management of the company being taken over is opposed
to the deal. A hostile takeover is sometimes organized by a
corporate raider.
Syn: acquisition, buyout
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Hostilely
(gcide) | Hostilely \Hos"tile*ly\, adv.
In a hostile manner.
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John-a-Stiles
(gcide) | Roe Richard \Roe, Richard\ (Law)
A fictious name for a party, real or fictious, to an act or
proceeding. Other names were formerly similarly used, as
John-a-Nokes, John o', or of the, Nokes, or Noakes,
John-a-Stiles, etc.
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Pestilence
(gcide) | Pestilence \Pes"ti*lence\, n. [F. pestilence, L. pestilentia.
See Pestilent.]
1. Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any
contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent
and devastating.
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The pestilence that walketh in darkness. --Ps. xci.
6.
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2. Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to
the moral character of great numbers.
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I'll pour this pestilence into his ear. --Shak.
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Pestilence weed (Bot.), the butterbur coltsfoot ({Petasites
vulgaris}), so called because formerly considered a remedy
for the plague. --Dr. Prior.
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Pestilence weed
(gcide) | Pestilence \Pes"ti*lence\, n. [F. pestilence, L. pestilentia.
See Pestilent.]
1. Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any
contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent
and devastating.
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The pestilence that walketh in darkness. --Ps. xci.
6.
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2. Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to
the moral character of great numbers.
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I'll pour this pestilence into his ear. --Shak.
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Pestilence weed (Bot.), the butterbur coltsfoot ({Petasites
vulgaris}), so called because formerly considered a remedy
for the plague. --Dr. Prior.
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Pestilent
(gcide) | Pestilent \Pes"ti*lent\, a. [L. pestilens, -entis, fr. pestis
pest: cf. F. pestilent.]
Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous. "Corrupt and
pestilent." --Milton. "What a pestilent knave is this same!"
--Shak.
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Pestilential
(gcide) | Pestilential \Pes`ti*len"tial\, a. [Cf. F. pestilentiel.]
1. Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence. "Sends the
pestilential vapors." --Longfellow.
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2. Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally
destructive.
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So pestilential, so infectious a thing is sin.
--Jer. Taylor.
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Pestilentially
(gcide) | Pestilentially \Pes`ti*len"tial*ly\, adv.
Pestilently.
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Pestilentious
(gcide) | Pestilentious \Pes`ti*len"tious\, a.
Pestilential. [Obs.]
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Pestilently
(gcide) | Pestilently \Pes"ti*lent*ly\, adv.
In a pestilent manner; mischievously; destructively. "Above
all measure pestilently noisome." --Dr. H. More.
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Pestilentness
(gcide) | Pestilentness \Pes"ti*lent*ness\, n.
The quality of being pestilent.
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Postiled
(gcide) | Postil \Pos"til\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Postiled (?) or
Postilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Postiling or Postilling.]
To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to
postillate.
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Postiling and allegorizing on Scripture. --J. H.
Newman.
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Postiler
(gcide) | Postiler \Pos"til*er\, n. [Written also postiller.]
One who writers marginal notes; one who illustrates the text
of a book by notes in the margin. --Sir T. Browne.
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Pulley stile
(gcide) | Pulley \Pul"ley\, n.; pl. Pulleys. [F. poulie, perhaps of
Teutonic origin (cf. Poll, v. t.); but cf. OE. poleine,
polive, pulley, LL. polanus, and F. poulain, properly, a
colt, fr. L. pullus young animal, foal (cf. Pullet,
Foal). For the change of sense, cf. F. poutre beam,
originally, a filly, and E. easel.] (Mach.)
A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting
power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of
machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means
of a belt, cord, rope, or chain.
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Note: The pulley, as one of the mechanical powers, consists,
in its simplest form, of a grooved wheel, called a
sheave, turning within a movable frame or block, by
means of a cord or rope attached at one end to a fixed
point. The force, acting on the free end of the rope,
is thus doubled, but can move the load through only
half the space traversed by itself. The rope may also
pass over a sheave in another block that is fixed. The
end of the rope may be fastened to the movable block,
instead of a fixed point, with an additional gain of
power, and using either one or two sheaves in the fixed
block. Other sheaves may be added, and the power
multiplied accordingly. Such an apparatus is called by
workmen a block and tackle, or a fall and tackle.
See Block. A single fixed pulley gives no increase of
power, but serves simply for changing the direction of
motion.
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Band pulley, or Belt pulley, a pulley with a broad face
for transmitting power between revolving shafts by means
of a belt, or for guiding a belt.
Cone pulley. See Cone pulley.
Conical pulley, one of a pair of belt pulleys, each in the
shape of a truncated cone, for varying velocities.
Fast pulley, a pulley firmly attached upon a shaft.
Loose pulley, a pulley loose on a shaft, to interrupt the
transmission of motion in machinery. See {Fast and loose
pulleys}, under Fast.
Parting pulley, a belt pulley made in semicircular halves,
which can be bolted together, to facilitate application
to, or removal from, a shaft.
Pulley block. Same as Block, n. 6.
Pulley stile (Arch.), the upright of the window frame into
which a pulley is fixed and along which the sash slides.
Split pulley, a parting pulley.
[1913 Webster]Stile \Stile\, n. [OE. stile, AS. stigel a step, a ladder, from
st[imac]gan to ascend; akin to OHG. stigila a stile.
[root]164. See Sty, v. i., and cf. Stair.]
1. A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in
passing a fence or wall.
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There comes my master . . . over the stile, this
way. --Shak.
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Over this stile in the way to Doubting Castle.
--Bunyan.
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2. (Arch.) One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the
primary members of a frame, into which the secondary
members are mortised.
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Note: In an ordinary door the principal upright pieces are
called stiles, the subordinate upright pieces mullions,
and the crosspieces rails. In wainscoting the principal
pieces are sometimes called stiles, even when
horizontal.
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Hanging stile, Pulley stile. See under Hanging, and
Pulley.
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Stilet
(gcide) | Stilet \Sti"let\, n. [Written also stilette, and stylet.]
1. A stiletto. [R.]
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2. (Surg.) See Stylet, 2.
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Stiletto
(gcide) | Stiletto \Sti*let"to\, n.; pl. Stilettos. [It., dim. of stilo
a dagger, fr. L. stilus a pointed instrument. See Style for
writing, and cf. Stylet.]
1. A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed
blade.
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2. A pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in
embroidery.
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3. A beard trimmed into a pointed form. [Obs.]
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The very quack of fashions, the very he that
Wears a stiletto on his chin. --Ford.
[1913 Webster]Stiletto \Sti*let"to\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilettoed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Stilettoing.]
To stab or kill with a stiletto. --Bacon.
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Stilettoed
(gcide) | Stiletto \Sti*let"to\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilettoed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Stilettoing.]
To stab or kill with a stiletto. --Bacon.
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Stilettoing
(gcide) | Stiletto \Sti*let"to\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilettoed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Stilettoing.]
To stab or kill with a stiletto. --Bacon.
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Stilettos
(gcide) | Stiletto \Sti*let"to\, n.; pl. Stilettos. [It., dim. of stilo
a dagger, fr. L. stilus a pointed instrument. See Style for
writing, and cf. Stylet.]
1. A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed
blade.
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2. A pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in
embroidery.
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3. A beard trimmed into a pointed form. [Obs.]
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The very quack of fashions, the very he that
Wears a stiletto on his chin. --Ford.
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Substile
(gcide) | Substile \Sub"stile`\, n. (Dialing)
See Substyle.
[1913 Webster]Substyle \Sub"style`\, n. (Dialing)
A right line on which the style, or gnomon, of a dial is
erected; being the common section of the face of the dial and
a plane perpendicular to it passing through the style.
[Written also substile.] --Hutton.
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substile
(gcide) | Substile \Sub"stile`\, n. (Dialing)
See Substyle.
[1913 Webster]Substyle \Sub"style`\, n. (Dialing)
A right line on which the style, or gnomon, of a dial is
erected; being the common section of the face of the dial and
a plane perpendicular to it passing through the style.
[Written also substile.] --Hutton.
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To turn a hostile army
(gcide) | Turn \Turn\ (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turned (t[^u]rnd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Turning.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF.
tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L.
tornare to turn in a lathe, to round off, fr. tornus a lathe,
Gr. to`rnos a turner's chisel, a carpenter's tool for drawing
circles; probably akin to E. throw. See Throw, and cf.
Attorney, Return, Tornado, Tour, Tournament.]
1. To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to
give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to
move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to
make to change position so as to present other sides in
given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a
wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head.
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Turn the adamantine spindle round. --Milton.
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The monarch turns him to his royal guest. --Pope.
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2. To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost;
to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the
outside of; to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box
or a board; to turn a coat.
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3. To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to
direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; --
used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes
to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship
from her course; to turn the attention to or from
something. "Expert when to advance, or stand, or, turn the
sway of battle." --Milton.
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Thrice I deluded her, and turned to sport
Her importunity. --Milton.
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My thoughts are turned on peace. --Addison.
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4. To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to
another purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to
apply; to devote.
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Therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto
David. --1 Chron. x.
14.
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God will make these evils the occasion of a greater
good, by turning them to advantage in this world.
--Tillotson.
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When the passage is open, land will be turned most
to cattle; when shut, to sheep. --Sir W.
Temple.
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5. To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to
alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often
with to or into before the word denoting the effect or
product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged
insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse;
to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to
turn good to evil, and the like.
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The Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have
compassion upon thee. --Deut. xxx.
3.
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And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the
counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. --2 Sam. xv.
31.
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Impatience turns an ague into a fever. --Jer.
Taylor.
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6. To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by
applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn
the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal.
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I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned. --Shak.
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7. Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in
proper condition; to adapt. "The poet's pen turns them to
shapes." --Shak.
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His limbs how turned, how broad his shoulders spread
! --Pope.
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He was perfectly well turned for trade. --Addison.
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8. Specifically:
(a) To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.
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Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown.
--Pope.
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(b) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as,
to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.
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(c) To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's
stomach.
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9. To make a turn about or around (something); to go or pass
around by turning; as, to turn a corner.
The ranges are not high or steep, and one can turn a
kopje instead of cutting or tunneling through it.
--James Bryce.
To be turned of, to be advanced beyond; as, to be turned of
sixty-six.
To turn a cold shoulder to, to treat with neglect or
indifference.
To turn a corner,
(a) to go round a corner.
(b) [Fig.] To advance beyond a difficult stage in a
project, or in life.
To turn adrift, to cast off, to cease to care for.
To turn a flange (Mech.), to form a flange on, as around a
metal sheet or boiler plate, by stretching, bending, and
hammering, or rolling the metal.
To turn against.
(a) To direct against; as, to turn one's arguments against
himself.
(b) To make unfavorable or hostile to; as, to turn one's
friends against him.
To turn a hostile army, To turn the enemy's flank, or the
like (Mil.), to pass round it, and take a position behind
it or upon its side.
To turn a penny, or To turn an honest penny, to make a
small profit by trade, or the like.
To turn around one's finger, to have complete control of
the will and actions of; to be able to influence at
pleasure.
To turn aside, to avert.
To turn away.
(a) To dismiss from service; to discard; as, to turn away
a servant.
(b) To avert; as, to turn away wrath or evil.
To turn back.
(a) To give back; to return.
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We turn not back the silks upon the merchants,
When we have soiled them. --Shak.
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(b) To cause to return or retrace one's steps; hence, to
drive away; to repel. --Shak.
To turn down.
(a) To fold or double down.
(b) To turn over so as to conceal the face of; as, to turn
down cards.
(c) To lower, or reduce in size, by turning a valve,
stopcock, or the like; as, turn down the lights.
To turn in.
(a) To fold or double under; as, to turn in the edge of
cloth.
(b) To direct inwards; as, to turn the toes in when
walking.
(c) To contribute; to deliver up; as, he turned in a large
amount. [Colloq.]
To turn in the mind, to revolve, ponder, or meditate upon;
-- with about, over, etc. " Turn these ideas about in your
mind." --I. Watts.
To turn off.
(a) To dismiss contemptuously; as, to turn off a sycophant
or a parasite.
(b) To give over; to reduce.
(c) To divert; to deflect; as, to turn off the thoughts
from serious subjects; to turn off a joke.
(d) To accomplish; to perform, as work.
(e) (Mech.) To remove, as a surface, by the process of
turning; to reduce in size by turning.
(f) To shut off, as a fluid, by means of a valve,
stopcock, or other device; to stop the passage of; as,
to turn off the water or the gas.
To turn one's coat, to change one's uniform or colors; to
go over to the opposite party.
To turn one's goods or To turn one's money, and the like,
to exchange in the course of trade; to keep in lively
exchange or circulation; to gain or increase in trade.
To turn one's hand to, to adapt or apply one's self to; to
engage in.
To turn out.
(a) To drive out; to expel; as, to turn a family out of
doors; to turn a man out of office.
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I'll turn you out of my kingdom. -- Shak.
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(b) to put to pasture, as cattle or horses.
(c) To produce, as the result of labor, or any process of
manufacture; to furnish in a completed state.
(d) To reverse, as a pocket, bag, etc., so as to bring the
inside to the outside; hence, to produce.
(e) To cause to cease, or to put out, by turning a
stopcock, valve, or the like; as, to turn out the
lights.
To turn over.
(a) To change or reverse the position of; to overset; to
overturn; to cause to roll over.
(b) To transfer; as, to turn over business to another
hand.
(c) To read or examine, as a book, while, turning the
leaves. "We turned o'er many books together." --Shak.
(d) To handle in business; to do business to the amount
of; as, he turns over millions a year. [Colloq.]
To turn over a new leaf. See under Leaf.
To turn tail, to run away; to retreat ignominiously.
To turn the back, to flee; to retreat.
To turn the back on or
To turn the back upon, to treat with contempt; to reject or
refuse unceremoniously.
To turn the corner, to pass the critical stage; to get by
the worst point; hence, to begin to improve, or to
succeed.
To turn the die or To turn the dice, to change fortune.
To turn the edge of or To turn the point of, to bend over
the edge or point of so as to make dull; to blunt.
To turn the head of or To turn the brain of, to make
giddy, wild, insane, or the like; to infatuate; to
overthrow the reason or judgment of; as, a little success
turned his head.
To turn the scale or To turn the balance, to change the
preponderance; to decide or determine something doubtful;
to tip the balance.
To turn the stomach of, to nauseate; to sicken.
To turn the tables, to reverse the chances or conditions of
success or superiority; to give the advantage to the
person or side previously at a disadvantage.
To turn tippet, to make a change. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
To turn to profit, To turn to advantage, etc., to make
profitable or advantageous.
To turn turtle, to capsize bottom upward; -- said of a
vessel. [Naut. slang]
To turn under (Agric.), to put, as soil, manure, etc.,
underneath from the surface by plowing, digging, or the
like.
To turn up.
(a) To turn so as to bring the bottom side on top; as, to
turn up the trump.
(b) To bring from beneath to the surface, as in plowing,
digging, etc.
(c) To give an upward curve to; to tilt; as, to turn up
the nose.
To turn upon, to retort; to throw back; as, to turn the
arguments of an opponent upon himself.
To turn upside down, to confuse by putting things awry; to
throw into disorder.
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This house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler
died. --Shak.
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Turnstile
(gcide) | Turnstile \Turn"stile`\, n.
1. A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage of
horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a
turnpike. See Turnpike, n., 1.
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2. A similar arrangement for registering the number of
persons passing through a gateway, doorway, or the like.
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Unhostile
(gcide) | Unhostile \Unhostile\
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castile
(wn) | Castile
n 1: a region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised
most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain
in 1479 [syn: Castile, Castilla] |
castile soap
(wn) | castile soap
n 1: a good hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide |
hostile
(wn) | hostile
adj 1: characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation";
"a hostile remark"; "hostile actions" [ant: amicable]
2: not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an
ally; "hostile naval and air forces" [ant: friendly]
3: impossible to bring into friendly accord; "hostile factions"
4: very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an
uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the
unfriendly environment at high altitudes" [syn: hostile,
uncongenial, unfriendly]
5: unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target
company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a
business); "hostile takeover"; "hostile tender offer";
"hostile bid"
n 1: troops belonging to the enemy's military forces; "the
platoon ran into a pack of hostiles" [ant: friendly] |
hostile expedition
(wn) | hostile expedition
n 1: a military campaign designed to achieve a specific
objective in a foreign country [syn: expedition,
military expedition, hostile expedition] |
hostile fire
(wn) | hostile fire
n 1: fire that injures or kills an enemy |
hostile takeover
(wn) | hostile takeover
n 1: a takeover that is resisted by the management of the target
company |
hostile witness
(wn) | hostile witness
n 1: a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such
that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the
opposing party; "a hostile witness can be asked leading
questions and cross-examined" [syn: adverse witness,
hostile witness] |
hostilely
(wn) | hostilely
adv 1: with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner; "he
pushed her against the wall belligerently" [syn:
belligerently, hostilely] |
pestilence
(wn) | pestilence
n 1: a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by
Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by
the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal [syn:
plague, pestilence, pest, pestis]
2: any epidemic disease with a high death rate [syn: plague,
pestilence, pest]
3: a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of;
"racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation";
"according to him, I was the canker in their midst" [syn:
pestilence, canker] |
pestilent
(wn) | pestilent
adj 1: exceedingly harmful [syn: baneful, deadly,
pernicious, pestilent]
2: likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a
pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey
fevers" [syn: pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous,
plaguey] |
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