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thief
(mass) | thief
- zlodej |
thief
(encz) | thief,zloděj n: |
Thief
(gcide) | Thief \Thief\ (th[=e]f), n.; pl. Thieves (th[=e]vz). [OE.
thef, theef, AS. [thorn]e['o]f; akin to OFries. thiaf, OS.
theof, thiof, D. dief, G. dieb, OHG. diob, Icel.
[thorn]j[=o]fr, Sw. tjuf, Dan. tyv, Goth. [thorn]iufs,
[thorn]iubs, and perhaps to Lith. tupeti to squat or crouch
down. Cf. Theft.]
1. One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See
Theft.
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There came a privy thief, men clepeth death.
--Chaucer.
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Where thieves break through and steal. --Matt. vi.
19.
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2. A waster in the snuff of a candle. --Bp. Hall.
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Thief catcher. Same as Thief taker.
Thief leader, one who leads or takes away a thief.
--L'Estrange.
Thief taker, one whose business is to find and capture
thieves and bring them to justice.
Thief tube, a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid
from a cask.
Thieves' vinegar, a kind of aromatic vinegar for the sick
room, taking its name from the story that thieves, by
using it, were enabled to plunder, with impunity to
health, in the great plague at London. [Eng.]
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Syn: Robber; pilferer.
Usage: Thief, Robber. A thief takes our property by
stealth; a robber attacks us openly, and strips us by
main force.
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Take heed, have open eye, for thieves do foot by
night. --Shak.
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Some roving robber calling to his fellows.
--Milton.
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thief
(gcide) | Waster \Wast"er\, n. [OE. wastour, OF. wasteor, gasteor. See
Waste, v. t.]
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1. One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who
consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a
prodigal.
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He also that is slothful in his work is brother to
him that is a great waster. --Prov. xviii.
9.
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Sconces are great wasters of candles. --Swift.
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2. An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to
waste; -- called also a thief. --Halliwell.
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3. A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a
foil.
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Half a dozen of veneys at wasters with a good fellow
for a broken head. --Beau. & Fl.
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Being unable to wield the intellectual arms of
reason, they are fain to betake them unto wasters.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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thief
(wn) | thief
n 1: a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else
with the intention of keeping it or selling it [syn:
thief, stealer] |
THIEF
(bouvier) | THIEF, crimes. One who has been guilty of larceny or theft.
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thief
(mass) | thief
- zlodej |
cattle thief
(encz) | cattle thief, n: |
sneak thief
(encz) | sneak thief, n: |
thief
(encz) | thief,zloděj n: |
Liquor thief
(gcide) | Liquor \Liq"uor\ (l[i^]k"[~e]r), n. [OE. licour, licur, OF.
licur, F. liqueur, fr. L. liquor, fr. liquere to be liquid.
See Liquid, and cf. Liqueur.]
1. Any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice,
or the like.
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2. Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either
distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer,
etc.
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3. (Pharm.) A solution of a medicinal substance in water; --
distinguished from tincture and aqua.
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Note: The U. S. Pharmacopoeia includes, in this class of
preparations, all aqueous solutions without sugar, in
which the substance acted on is wholly soluble in
water, excluding those in which the dissolved matter is
gaseous or very volatile, as in the aqu[ae] or waters.
--U. S. Disp.
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Labarraque's liquor (Old Chem.), a solution of an alkaline
hypochlorite, as sodium hypochlorite, used in bleaching
and as a disinfectant.
Liquor of flints, or Liquor silicum (Old Chem.), soluble
glass; -- so called because formerly made from powdered
flints. See Soluble glass, under Glass.
Liquor of Libavius. (Old Chem.) See {Fuming liquor of
Libavius}, under Fuming.
Liquor sanguinis (s[a^]n"gw[i^]n*[i^]s), (Physiol.), the
blood plasma.
Liquor thief, a tube for taking samples of liquor from a
cask through the bung hole.
To be in liquor, to be intoxicated.
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Panel thief
(gcide) | Panel \Pan"el\, n. [Orig., a little piece; OF. panel, pannel, F.
panneau, dim. of pan skirt, lappet, part or piece of a wall,
side. See 2d Pane.]
1. (Arch.) A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded
or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
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2. (Law)
(a) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the
names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff;
hence, more generally, the whole group of persons
summoned on a particular day, from whom a jury is to
be selected; also, the jury selected from that group.
--Blackstone.
(b) (Scots Law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar
of a criminal court. --Burrill.
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3. Hence: Any group of persons selected to judge a contest,
conduct a discussion, serve as advisers, or participate in
any group activity in which they will provide information
or make judgments.
[PJC]
4. Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a
soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
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5. (Joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove
of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.
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6. (Masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone. --Gwilt.
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7. (Painting) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of
canvas, a picture is painted.
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8. (Mining)
(a) A heap of dressed ore.
(b) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size,
into which a mine is laid off in one system of
extracting coal.
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9. (Dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or
plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a
dress, for ornament.
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10. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or
struts, as in a bridge truss.
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11. (A["e]ronautics) A segment of an a["e]roplane wing. In a
biplane the outer panel extends from the wing tip to the
next row of posts, and is trussed by oblique stay wires.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Panel game, a method of stealing money in a panel house.
Panel house, a house of prostitution in which the rooms
have secret entrances to facilitate theft from customers
by accomplices of the inmates.
Panel saw, handsaw with fine teeth, -- used for cutting out
panels, etc.
Panel thief, one who robs in a panel house.
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Sea thief
(gcide) | Sea thief \Sea" thief`\
A pirate. --Drayton.
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Thief
(gcide) | Thief \Thief\ (th[=e]f), n.; pl. Thieves (th[=e]vz). [OE.
thef, theef, AS. [thorn]e['o]f; akin to OFries. thiaf, OS.
theof, thiof, D. dief, G. dieb, OHG. diob, Icel.
[thorn]j[=o]fr, Sw. tjuf, Dan. tyv, Goth. [thorn]iufs,
[thorn]iubs, and perhaps to Lith. tupeti to squat or crouch
down. Cf. Theft.]
1. One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See
Theft.
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There came a privy thief, men clepeth death.
--Chaucer.
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Where thieves break through and steal. --Matt. vi.
19.
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2. A waster in the snuff of a candle. --Bp. Hall.
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Thief catcher. Same as Thief taker.
Thief leader, one who leads or takes away a thief.
--L'Estrange.
Thief taker, one whose business is to find and capture
thieves and bring them to justice.
Thief tube, a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid
from a cask.
Thieves' vinegar, a kind of aromatic vinegar for the sick
room, taking its name from the story that thieves, by
using it, were enabled to plunder, with impunity to
health, in the great plague at London. [Eng.]
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Syn: Robber; pilferer.
Usage: Thief, Robber. A thief takes our property by
stealth; a robber attacks us openly, and strips us by
main force.
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Take heed, have open eye, for thieves do foot by
night. --Shak.
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Some roving robber calling to his fellows.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]Waster \Wast"er\, n. [OE. wastour, OF. wasteor, gasteor. See
Waste, v. t.]
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1. One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who
consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a
prodigal.
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He also that is slothful in his work is brother to
him that is a great waster. --Prov. xviii.
9.
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Sconces are great wasters of candles. --Swift.
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2. An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to
waste; -- called also a thief. --Halliwell.
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3. A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a
foil.
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Half a dozen of veneys at wasters with a good fellow
for a broken head. --Beau. & Fl.
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Being unable to wield the intellectual arms of
reason, they are fain to betake them unto wasters.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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thief
(gcide) | Thief \Thief\ (th[=e]f), n.; pl. Thieves (th[=e]vz). [OE.
thef, theef, AS. [thorn]e['o]f; akin to OFries. thiaf, OS.
theof, thiof, D. dief, G. dieb, OHG. diob, Icel.
[thorn]j[=o]fr, Sw. tjuf, Dan. tyv, Goth. [thorn]iufs,
[thorn]iubs, and perhaps to Lith. tupeti to squat or crouch
down. Cf. Theft.]
1. One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See
Theft.
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There came a privy thief, men clepeth death.
--Chaucer.
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Where thieves break through and steal. --Matt. vi.
19.
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2. A waster in the snuff of a candle. --Bp. Hall.
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Thief catcher. Same as Thief taker.
Thief leader, one who leads or takes away a thief.
--L'Estrange.
Thief taker, one whose business is to find and capture
thieves and bring them to justice.
Thief tube, a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid
from a cask.
Thieves' vinegar, a kind of aromatic vinegar for the sick
room, taking its name from the story that thieves, by
using it, were enabled to plunder, with impunity to
health, in the great plague at London. [Eng.]
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Syn: Robber; pilferer.
Usage: Thief, Robber. A thief takes our property by
stealth; a robber attacks us openly, and strips us by
main force.
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Take heed, have open eye, for thieves do foot by
night. --Shak.
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Some roving robber calling to his fellows.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]Waster \Wast"er\, n. [OE. wastour, OF. wasteor, gasteor. See
Waste, v. t.]
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1. One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who
consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a
prodigal.
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He also that is slothful in his work is brother to
him that is a great waster. --Prov. xviii.
9.
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Sconces are great wasters of candles. --Swift.
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2. An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to
waste; -- called also a thief. --Halliwell.
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3. A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a
foil.
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Half a dozen of veneys at wasters with a good fellow
for a broken head. --Beau. & Fl.
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Being unable to wield the intellectual arms of
reason, they are fain to betake them unto wasters.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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Thief catcher
(gcide) | Thief \Thief\ (th[=e]f), n.; pl. Thieves (th[=e]vz). [OE.
thef, theef, AS. [thorn]e['o]f; akin to OFries. thiaf, OS.
theof, thiof, D. dief, G. dieb, OHG. diob, Icel.
[thorn]j[=o]fr, Sw. tjuf, Dan. tyv, Goth. [thorn]iufs,
[thorn]iubs, and perhaps to Lith. tupeti to squat or crouch
down. Cf. Theft.]
1. One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See
Theft.
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There came a privy thief, men clepeth death.
--Chaucer.
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Where thieves break through and steal. --Matt. vi.
19.
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2. A waster in the snuff of a candle. --Bp. Hall.
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Thief catcher. Same as Thief taker.
Thief leader, one who leads or takes away a thief.
--L'Estrange.
Thief taker, one whose business is to find and capture
thieves and bring them to justice.
Thief tube, a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid
from a cask.
Thieves' vinegar, a kind of aromatic vinegar for the sick
room, taking its name from the story that thieves, by
using it, were enabled to plunder, with impunity to
health, in the great plague at London. [Eng.]
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Syn: Robber; pilferer.
Usage: Thief, Robber. A thief takes our property by
stealth; a robber attacks us openly, and strips us by
main force.
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Take heed, have open eye, for thieves do foot by
night. --Shak.
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Some roving robber calling to his fellows.
--Milton.
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Thief leader
(gcide) | Thief \Thief\ (th[=e]f), n.; pl. Thieves (th[=e]vz). [OE.
thef, theef, AS. [thorn]e['o]f; akin to OFries. thiaf, OS.
theof, thiof, D. dief, G. dieb, OHG. diob, Icel.
[thorn]j[=o]fr, Sw. tjuf, Dan. tyv, Goth. [thorn]iufs,
[thorn]iubs, and perhaps to Lith. tupeti to squat or crouch
down. Cf. Theft.]
1. One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See
Theft.
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There came a privy thief, men clepeth death.
--Chaucer.
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Where thieves break through and steal. --Matt. vi.
19.
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2. A waster in the snuff of a candle. --Bp. Hall.
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Thief catcher. Same as Thief taker.
Thief leader, one who leads or takes away a thief.
--L'Estrange.
Thief taker, one whose business is to find and capture
thieves and bring them to justice.
Thief tube, a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid
from a cask.
Thieves' vinegar, a kind of aromatic vinegar for the sick
room, taking its name from the story that thieves, by
using it, were enabled to plunder, with impunity to
health, in the great plague at London. [Eng.]
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Syn: Robber; pilferer.
Usage: Thief, Robber. A thief takes our property by
stealth; a robber attacks us openly, and strips us by
main force.
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Take heed, have open eye, for thieves do foot by
night. --Shak.
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Some roving robber calling to his fellows.
--Milton.
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Thief taker
(gcide) | Thief \Thief\ (th[=e]f), n.; pl. Thieves (th[=e]vz). [OE.
thef, theef, AS. [thorn]e['o]f; akin to OFries. thiaf, OS.
theof, thiof, D. dief, G. dieb, OHG. diob, Icel.
[thorn]j[=o]fr, Sw. tjuf, Dan. tyv, Goth. [thorn]iufs,
[thorn]iubs, and perhaps to Lith. tupeti to squat or crouch
down. Cf. Theft.]
1. One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See
Theft.
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There came a privy thief, men clepeth death.
--Chaucer.
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Where thieves break through and steal. --Matt. vi.
19.
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2. A waster in the snuff of a candle. --Bp. Hall.
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Thief catcher. Same as Thief taker.
Thief leader, one who leads or takes away a thief.
--L'Estrange.
Thief taker, one whose business is to find and capture
thieves and bring them to justice.
Thief tube, a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid
from a cask.
Thieves' vinegar, a kind of aromatic vinegar for the sick
room, taking its name from the story that thieves, by
using it, were enabled to plunder, with impunity to
health, in the great plague at London. [Eng.]
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Syn: Robber; pilferer.
Usage: Thief, Robber. A thief takes our property by
stealth; a robber attacks us openly, and strips us by
main force.
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Take heed, have open eye, for thieves do foot by
night. --Shak.
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Some roving robber calling to his fellows.
--Milton.
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Thief tube
(gcide) | Thief \Thief\ (th[=e]f), n.; pl. Thieves (th[=e]vz). [OE.
thef, theef, AS. [thorn]e['o]f; akin to OFries. thiaf, OS.
theof, thiof, D. dief, G. dieb, OHG. diob, Icel.
[thorn]j[=o]fr, Sw. tjuf, Dan. tyv, Goth. [thorn]iufs,
[thorn]iubs, and perhaps to Lith. tupeti to squat or crouch
down. Cf. Theft.]
1. One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See
Theft.
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There came a privy thief, men clepeth death.
--Chaucer.
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Where thieves break through and steal. --Matt. vi.
19.
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2. A waster in the snuff of a candle. --Bp. Hall.
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Thief catcher. Same as Thief taker.
Thief leader, one who leads or takes away a thief.
--L'Estrange.
Thief taker, one whose business is to find and capture
thieves and bring them to justice.
Thief tube, a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid
from a cask.
Thieves' vinegar, a kind of aromatic vinegar for the sick
room, taking its name from the story that thieves, by
using it, were enabled to plunder, with impunity to
health, in the great plague at London. [Eng.]
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Syn: Robber; pilferer.
Usage: Thief, Robber. A thief takes our property by
stealth; a robber attacks us openly, and strips us by
main force.
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Take heed, have open eye, for thieves do foot by
night. --Shak.
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Some roving robber calling to his fellows.
--Milton.
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Thiefly
(gcide) | Thiefly \Thief"ly\, a. & adv.
Like a thief; thievish; thievishly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Water thief
(gcide) | Water thief \Wa"ter thief`\
A pirate. [R.] --Shak.
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Wheat thief
(gcide) | Wheat \Wheat\ (hw[=e]t), n. [OE. whete, AS. hw[=ae]te; akin to
OS. hw[=e]ti, D. weit, G. weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel. hveiti,
Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. white. See
White.] (Bot.)
A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which
furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the
grain most largely used by the human race.
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Note: Of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat,
white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat,
summer wheat, and the like. Wheat is not known to exist
as a wild native plant, and all statements as to its
origin are either incorrect or at best only guesses.
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Buck wheat. (Bot.) See Buckwheat.
German wheat. (Bot.) See 2d Spelt.
Guinea wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
Indian wheat, or Tartary wheat (Bot.), a grain
(Fagopyrum Tartaricum) much like buckwheat, but only
half as large.
Turkey wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
Wheat aphid, or Wheat aphis (Zool.), any one of several
species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the sap
of growing wheat.
Wheat beetle. (Zool.)
(a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle ({Sylvanus
Surinamensis}) whose larvae feed upon wheat, rice, and
other grains.
(b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle ({Anobium
paniceum}) whose larvae eat the interior of grains of
wheat.
Wheat duck (Zool.), the American widgeon. [Western U. S.]
Wheat fly. (Zool.) Same as Wheat midge, below.
Wheat grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Agropyrum caninum)
somewhat resembling wheat. It grows in the northern parts
of Europe and America.
Wheat jointworm. (Zool.) See Jointworm.
Wheat louse (Zool.), any wheat aphid.
Wheat maggot (Zool.), the larva of a wheat midge.
Wheat midge. (Zool.)
(a) A small two-winged fly (Diplosis tritici) which is very
destructive to growing wheat, both in Europe and America.
The female lays her eggs in the flowers of wheat, and the
larvae suck the juice of the young kernels and when full
grown change to pupae in the earth.
(b) The Hessian fly. See under Hessian.
Wheat moth (Zool.), any moth whose larvae devour the grains
of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain moth. See
Angoumois Moth, also Grain moth, under Grain.
Wheat thief (Bot.), gromwell; -- so called because it is a
troublesome weed in wheat fields. See Gromwell.
Wheat thrips (Zool.), a small brown thrips ({Thrips
cerealium}) which is very injurious to the grains of
growing wheat.
Wheat weevil. (Zool.)
(a) The grain weevil.
(b) The rice weevil when found in wheat.
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cattle thief
(wn) | cattle thief
n 1: someone who steals livestock (especially cattle) [syn:
rustler, cattle thief] |
sneak thief
(wn) | sneak thief
n 1: a thief who steals without using violence [syn: {sneak
thief}, pilferer, snitcher] |
thief
(wn) | thief
n 1: a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else
with the intention of keeping it or selling it [syn:
thief, stealer] |
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