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Tewing
(gcide) | Tew \Tew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tewed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tewing.] [OE. tewen, tawen. [root]64. See Taw, v.]
1. To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to
taw.
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2. Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul;
to tease; to vex. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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stewing
(encz) | stewing, n: |
stewing pan
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whitewing
(encz) | whitewing,osoba nosící bílou uniformu n: Jiří Dadák |
Stewing
(gcide) | Stew \Stew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stewed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stewing.] [OE. stuven, OF. estuver, F. ['e]tuver, fr. OF.
estuve, F. ['e]tuve, a sweating house, a room heated for a
bath; probably of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. stove. See
Stove, and cf. Stive to stew.]
To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to
seethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire,
without boiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters; to stew
apples.
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white-wing
(gcide) | Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus
Oidemia.
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Note: The European scoters are Oidemia nigra, called also
black duck, black diver, surf duck; and the
velvet, or double, scoter (Oidemia fusca). The common
American species are the velvet, or white-winged,
scoter (Oidemia Deglandi), called also velvet duck,
white-wing, bull coot, white-winged coot; the
black scoter (Oidemia Americana), called also {black
coot}, butterbill, coppernose; and the surf scoter,
or surf duck (Oidemia perspicillata), called also
baldpate, skunkhead, horsehead, patchhead,
pishaug, and spectacled coot. These birds are
collectively called also coots. The females and young
are called gray coots, and brown coots.
[1913 Webster]Whitewing \White"wing`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the
wing.
(b) The velvet duck.
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Whitewing
(gcide) | Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus
Oidemia.
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Note: The European scoters are Oidemia nigra, called also
black duck, black diver, surf duck; and the
velvet, or double, scoter (Oidemia fusca). The common
American species are the velvet, or white-winged,
scoter (Oidemia Deglandi), called also velvet duck,
white-wing, bull coot, white-winged coot; the
black scoter (Oidemia Americana), called also {black
coot}, butterbill, coppernose; and the surf scoter,
or surf duck (Oidemia perspicillata), called also
baldpate, skunkhead, horsehead, patchhead,
pishaug, and spectacled coot. These birds are
collectively called also coots. The females and young
are called gray coots, and brown coots.
[1913 Webster]Whitewing \White"wing`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the
wing.
(b) The velvet duck.
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white-winged coot
(gcide) | Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus
Oidemia.
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Note: The European scoters are Oidemia nigra, called also
black duck, black diver, surf duck; and the
velvet, or double, scoter (Oidemia fusca). The common
American species are the velvet, or white-winged,
scoter (Oidemia Deglandi), called also velvet duck,
white-wing, bull coot, white-winged coot; the
black scoter (Oidemia Americana), called also {black
coot}, butterbill, coppernose; and the surf scoter,
or surf duck (Oidemia perspicillata), called also
baldpate, skunkhead, horsehead, patchhead,
pishaug, and spectacled coot. These birds are
collectively called also coots. The females and young
are called gray coots, and brown coots.
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bitewing
(wn) | bitewing
n 1: a dental X-ray film that can be held in place by the teeth
during radiography |
stewing
(wn) | stewing
n 1: an extreme state of worry and agitation; "his stewing over
the fight kept him awake most of the night"
2: cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil [syn:
boiling, stewing, simmering] |
stewing pan
(wn) | stewing pan
n 1: a saucepan used for stewing [syn: stewing pan, stewpan] |
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