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taller
(encz) | taller,vyšší |
Taller
(gcide) | Tall \Tall\, a. [Compar. Taller; superl. Tallest.] [OE. tal
seemly, elegant, docile (?); of uncertain origin; cf. AS.
un-tala, un-tale, bad, Goth. untals indocile, disobedient,
uninstructed, or W. & Corn. tal high, Ir. talla meet, fit,
proper, just.]
1. High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual,
extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having
the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the
height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast.
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Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall. --Milton.
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2. Brave; bold; courageous. [Obs.]
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As tall a trencherman
As e'er demolished a pye fortification. --Massinger.
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His companions, being almost in despair of victory,
were suddenly recomforted by Sir William Stanley,
which came to succors with three thousand tall men.
--Grafton.
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3. Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive.
[Obs. or Slang] --B. Jonson.
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Syn: High; lofty.
Usage: Tall, High, Lofty. High is the generic term, and
is applied to anything which is elevated or raised
above another thing. Tall specifically describes that
which has a small diameter in proportion to its
height; hence, we speak of a tall man, a tall steeple,
a tall mast, etc., but not of a tall hill. Lofty has a
special reference to the expanse above us, and denotes
an imposing height; as, a lofty mountain; a lofty
room. Tall is now properly applied only to physical
objects; high and lofty have a moral acceptation; as,
high thought, purpose, etc.; lofty aspirations; a
lofty genius. Lofty is the stronger word, and is
usually coupled with the grand or admirable.
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installer
(encz) | installer,instalační program n: [it.] installer,instalátor n: [it.] |
taller
(encz) | taller,vyšší |
teetotaller
(encz) | teetotaller,abstinent n: Zdeněk Brož |
totaller
(encz) | totaller, |
Forestaller
(gcide) | Forestaller \Fore*stall"er\, n.
One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market.
--Locke.
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hospitaller
(gcide) | Hospitaler \Hos"pi*tal*er\, n. [Written also hospitaller.] [F.
hospitalier. See Hospital, and cf. Hostler.]
1. One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving
the poor, the sick, and strangers.
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2. One of an order of knights who built a hospital at
Jerusalem for pilgrims, A. D. 1042. They were called
Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and after the removal of
the order to Malta, Knights of Malta.
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Staller
(gcide) | Staller \Stall"er\ (st[add]l"[~e]r), n.
A standard bearer. [R.] --Fuller.
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teetotaller
(wn) | teetotaller
n 1: a total abstainer [syn: teetotaler, teetotaller,
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installer
(foldoc) | installer
A utility program to ease the
installation of another, probably larger, application. It
is also possible for hardware to have an installer accompany
it, to install any low level device drivers required.
The installer commonly asks the user to enter desired
configuration options for the main program or hardware, and
sets up various initialisation files accordingly, as well as
copying the main program to a hard disc.
Some badly designed operating systems require applications to
provide an uninstaller because of the number of different
files modified or created during the installation process.
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uninstaller
(foldoc) | uninstaller
A utility program to remove another
application program from a computer's disks.
Most commonly found on IBM PCs, as applications tend to
leave files in various places on the hard disc, so special
software is required to tidy up after them.
Ken Spreitzer claims to have written the
original PC program called "UnInstaller", first licensed to
MicroHelp and now (Feb 1998) sold by CyberMedia.
Compare with installer.
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