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thew
(encz) | thew, |
Thew
(gcide) | Thew \Thew\ (th[=u]), n.
Note: [Chiefly used in the plural Thews (th[=u]z).] [OE.
thew, [thorn]eau, manner, habit, strength, AS.
[thorn]e['a]w manner, habit (cf. [thorn][=y]wan to
drive); akin to OS. thau custom, habit, OHG. dou.
[root]56.]
1. Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of
mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues.
[Obs.]
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For her great light
Of sapience, and for her thews clear. --Chaucer.
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Evil speeches destroy good thews. --Wyclif (1
Cor. xv. 33).
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To be upbrought in gentle thews and martial might.
--Spenser.
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2. Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew. --Shak.
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And I myself, who sat apart
And watched them, waxed in every limb;
I felt the thews of Anakim,
The pules of a Titan's heart. --Tennyson.
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outoftheway
(mass) | out-of-the-way
- zvláštny |
willothewisp
(mass) | will-o'-the-wisp
- ilúzia |
mathewson
(encz) | Mathewson,Mathewson n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
matthew
(encz) | Matthew,Matěj Zdeněk BrožMatthew,Mathew Zdeněk BrožMatthew,Matouš Zdeněk BrožMatthew,Matthew n: [jmén.] příjmení, ženské křestní jméno, mužské
křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladMatthew,Matyáš Zdeněk Brož |
matthews
(encz) | Matthews,Matthews n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
thew
(encz) | thew, |
thewless
(encz) | thewless,bezduchý adj: Jakub Kalousek |
mathew
(czen) | Mathew,Matthew Zdeněk Brož |
mathewson
(czen) | Mathewson,Mathewsonn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
matthew
(czen) | Matthew,Matthewn: [jmén.] příjmení, ženské křestní jméno, mužské křestní
jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
matthews
(czen) | Matthews,Matthewsn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
bird-on-the-wing
(gcide) | bird-on-the-wing \bird-on-the-wing\ n.
a common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America
(Polygala paucifolia), having leaves like wintergreen and
usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals.
Syn: flowering wintergreen, gaywings, gay-wings, fringed
polygala.
[WordNet 1.5] |
dyed-in-the-wool
(gcide) | dyed-in-the-wool \dyed-in-the-wool\ adj.
1. thoroughly imbued; thoroughgoing; uncompromising;
complete; unmitigated; through-and-through.
[PJC]
2. dyed before being spun or woven into cloth.
Syn: yarn-dyed.
[WordNet 1.5] |
dyed-in-the-wool yarn-dyed
(gcide) | dyed \dyed\ adj.
1. colored or impregnated with dye. [Narrower terms:
dyed-in-the-wool, yarn-dyed; hennaed] undyed
Syn: tinted.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. having a new color imparted by impregnation with dye;
having an artificially produced color; not naturally
colored. [Narrower terms: bleached]
Syn: colored.
[WordNet 1.5] |
hen-of-the-woods
(gcide) | hen-of-the-woods \hen-of-the-woods\ n.
A large grayish-brown edible fungus (Polyporus frondosus)
forming a mass of overlapping caps at the base of trees that
somewhat resembles a hen.
Syn: hen of the woods, Polyporus frondosus.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Matthew
(gcide) | Matthew \Matthew\ prop. n.
Saint Matthew, a disciple of Jesus; author of the first
Gospel.
Syn: Saint Matthew, St. Matthew, Saint Matthew the Apostle,
Levi.
[WordNet 1.5] |
old-man-of-the-woods
(gcide) | old-man-of-the-woods \old-man-of-the-woods\ n.
An edible mild-tasting mushroom (Strobilomyces floccopus)
found in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America.
Syn: old man of the woods, Strobilomyces floccopus.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Out-of-the-way
(gcide) | Out-of-the-way \Out`-of-the-way"\, a.
1. See under Out, adv.
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2. Not on a main transportation route; inconveniently
located.
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Scythewhet
(gcide) | Scythewhet \Scythe"whet`\, n. (Zool.)
Wilson's thrush; -- so called from its note. [Local, U.S.]
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Thewed
(gcide) | Thewed \Thewed\ (th[=u]d), a.
1. Furnished with thews or muscles; as, a well-thewed limb.
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2. Accustomed; mannered. [Obs.] --John Skelton.
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Yet would not seem so rude and thewed ill.
--Spenser.
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Thewy
(gcide) | Thewy \Thew"y\, a.
Having strong or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy;
strong.
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Will-o'-the-wisp
(gcide) | Ignis fatuus \Ig"nis fat"u*us\; pl. Ignes fatui. [L. ignis
fire + fatuus foolish. So called in allusion to its tendency
to mislead travelers.]
1. A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over
marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the
decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by
some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also
Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and
Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern. It is thought
by some to be caused by phosphine, PH3, a sponaneously
combustible gas.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
Will o'the Wisp -- which also rejoices in the names
of Ignis Fatuus or Jack o'Lantern -- is not, as some
of you may think, a cartoon character. In mediaeval
times this chemical phenomenon struck terror into
travellers and, very likely, lured some of them to
their deaths in a stinking and marshy grave.
I have never seen this Will o'the Wisp; nor am I
likely to do so. It is a flickering flame seen over
marshes; marshes are not now common in London, nor
indeed anywhere else in Britain. In any case the
ephemeral nature of the phenomenon and the enormous
amount of ambient light [ldqo]pollution[rdqo] found
in most areas means that most of us will never see
it.
What is this Will o'the Wisp? Popular chemical lore
has it that it is marsh gas, or methane, which
catches fire when it hits the air because of the
presence of either phosphine (PH3) or diphosphine
(P2H4) in the gas, both of which are spontaneously
flammable in air. Methane is certainly formed in
marshes, and bubbles up if the mud is disturbed in a
pond, say. It is the same reaction that enables
organic materials to produce biogas, methane from
the decomposition of sewage, which can be profitably
used. But is it this that is burning in Will o'the
Wisp?
Almost certainly not. At this point I will say that
I have thought for some years off and on as to how
one might set up an experiment to test the
hypotheses, since the sporadic and rare nature of
the natural version renders its investigation a
highly intractable problem. However: the combustion
of methane under the conditions in a marsh would
give a yellow flame, and heat.
Will o'the Wisp is not like this, so it is said.
Firstly the flame is bluish, not yellow, and it is
said to be a cold flame. The colour and the
temperature suggests some sort of phosphorescence;
since organic material contain phosphorus, the
production of phosphine or diphosphine is scarcely
impossible, and maybe it does oxidise via a mainly
chemiluminescent reaction. The exact nature of the
Will o'the Wisp reaction nevertheless remains, to me
at any rate, a mystery. Similar phenomena have been
reported in graveyards and are known as corpse
candles. If anyone knows anything more, I would love
to hear of it. A warning that if you look for it on
the Web, you will get a great deal of bizarre stuff.
You will also get the delightful picture from a
Canadian artist which decorates the top of this page
(http://www.rod.beavon.clara.net/willo.htm), and a
couple of poems at least. One is also by a Canadian,
Annie Campbell Huestis, the other by the prolific
fantasy poet Walter de la Mare.
The preparation of phosphine in the laboratory (by
the teacher!) is fun, and perfectly safe in a fume
cupboard. White phosphorus is boiled with aqueous
sodium hydroxide solution in an apparatus from which
all air must have been removed by purging with, say,
natural gas. The phosphine will form marvellous
smoke rings if allowed to bubble up through water in
a pneumatic trough. This is an experiment for the
teacher, needless to say. The experiment is
described in Partington J.R., [ldqo]A Textbook of
Inorganic Chemistry[rdqo], 6th ed, Macmillan 1957, p
572. (So, inter alia, is a great deal of other
interesting chemistry.)
Dr. Rod Beavon
17 Dean's Yard London SW1P 3PB
e-mail: rod.beavon@westminster.org.uk
[PJC]
2. Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.
[1913 Webster]
Scared and guided by the ignis fatuus of popular
superstition. --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]Will-o'-the-wisp \Will"-o'-the-wisp`\, n.
See Ignis fatuus and phosphine.
[1913 Webster + PJC] |
Will-with-the-wisp
(gcide) | Ignis fatuus \Ig"nis fat"u*us\; pl. Ignes fatui. [L. ignis
fire + fatuus foolish. So called in allusion to its tendency
to mislead travelers.]
1. A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over
marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the
decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by
some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also
Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and
Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern. It is thought
by some to be caused by phosphine, PH3, a sponaneously
combustible gas.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
Will o'the Wisp -- which also rejoices in the names
of Ignis Fatuus or Jack o'Lantern -- is not, as some
of you may think, a cartoon character. In mediaeval
times this chemical phenomenon struck terror into
travellers and, very likely, lured some of them to
their deaths in a stinking and marshy grave.
I have never seen this Will o'the Wisp; nor am I
likely to do so. It is a flickering flame seen over
marshes; marshes are not now common in London, nor
indeed anywhere else in Britain. In any case the
ephemeral nature of the phenomenon and the enormous
amount of ambient light [ldqo]pollution[rdqo] found
in most areas means that most of us will never see
it.
What is this Will o'the Wisp? Popular chemical lore
has it that it is marsh gas, or methane, which
catches fire when it hits the air because of the
presence of either phosphine (PH3) or diphosphine
(P2H4) in the gas, both of which are spontaneously
flammable in air. Methane is certainly formed in
marshes, and bubbles up if the mud is disturbed in a
pond, say. It is the same reaction that enables
organic materials to produce biogas, methane from
the decomposition of sewage, which can be profitably
used. But is it this that is burning in Will o'the
Wisp?
Almost certainly not. At this point I will say that
I have thought for some years off and on as to how
one might set up an experiment to test the
hypotheses, since the sporadic and rare nature of
the natural version renders its investigation a
highly intractable problem. However: the combustion
of methane under the conditions in a marsh would
give a yellow flame, and heat.
Will o'the Wisp is not like this, so it is said.
Firstly the flame is bluish, not yellow, and it is
said to be a cold flame. The colour and the
temperature suggests some sort of phosphorescence;
since organic material contain phosphorus, the
production of phosphine or diphosphine is scarcely
impossible, and maybe it does oxidise via a mainly
chemiluminescent reaction. The exact nature of the
Will o'the Wisp reaction nevertheless remains, to me
at any rate, a mystery. Similar phenomena have been
reported in graveyards and are known as corpse
candles. If anyone knows anything more, I would love
to hear of it. A warning that if you look for it on
the Web, you will get a great deal of bizarre stuff.
You will also get the delightful picture from a
Canadian artist which decorates the top of this page
(http://www.rod.beavon.clara.net/willo.htm), and a
couple of poems at least. One is also by a Canadian,
Annie Campbell Huestis, the other by the prolific
fantasy poet Walter de la Mare.
The preparation of phosphine in the laboratory (by
the teacher!) is fun, and perfectly safe in a fume
cupboard. White phosphorus is boiled with aqueous
sodium hydroxide solution in an apparatus from which
all air must have been removed by purging with, say,
natural gas. The phosphine will form marvellous
smoke rings if allowed to bubble up through water in
a pneumatic trough. This is an experiment for the
teacher, needless to say. The experiment is
described in Partington J.R., [ldqo]A Textbook of
Inorganic Chemistry[rdqo], 6th ed, Macmillan 1957, p
572. (So, inter alia, is a great deal of other
interesting chemistry.)
Dr. Rod Beavon
17 Dean's Yard London SW1P 3PB
e-mail: rod.beavon@westminster.org.uk
[PJC]
2. Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.
[1913 Webster]
Scared and guided by the ignis fatuus of popular
superstition. --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster] |
gospel according to matthew
(wn) | Gospel According to Matthew
n 1: one of the Gospels in the New Testament; includes the
Sermon on the Mount [syn: Matthew, {Gospel According to
Matthew}] |
james matthew barrie
(wn) | James Matthew Barrie
n 1: Scottish dramatist and novelist; created Peter Pan
(1860-1937) [syn: Barrie, James Barrie, J. M. Barrie,
James Matthew Barrie, Sir James Matthew Barrie] |
mathew b. brady
(wn) | Mathew B. Brady
n 1: United States pioneer photographer famous for his
portraits; was the official Union photographer for the
American Civil War (1823-1896) [syn: Brady, {Mathew B.
Brady}] |
matthew
(wn) | Matthew
n 1: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered
to be the author of the first Gospel [syn: Matthew,
Saint Matthew, St. Matthew, {Saint Matthew the
Apostle}, St. Matthew the Apostle, Levi]
2: one of the Gospels in the New Testament; includes the Sermon
on the Mount [syn: Matthew, Gospel According to Matthew] |
matthew arnold
(wn) | Matthew Arnold
n 1: English poet and literary critic (1822-1888) [syn:
Arnold, Matthew Arnold] |
matthew calbraith perry
(wn) | Matthew Calbraith Perry
n 1: United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan
and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations
between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard
Perry (1794-1858) [syn: Perry, Matthew Calbraith Perry] |
matthew flinders
(wn) | Matthew Flinders
n 1: British explorer who mapped the Australian coast
(1774-1814) [syn: Flinders, Matthew Flinders, {Sir
Matthew Flinders}] |
matthew walker
(wn) | Matthew Walker
n 1: a kind of stopper knot [syn: Matthew Walker, {Matthew
Walker knot}] |
matthew walker knot
(wn) | Matthew Walker knot
n 1: a kind of stopper knot [syn: Matthew Walker, {Matthew
Walker knot}] |
saint matthew
(wn) | Saint Matthew
n 1: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered
to be the author of the first Gospel [syn: Matthew,
Saint Matthew, St. Matthew, {Saint Matthew the
Apostle}, St. Matthew the Apostle, Levi] |
saint matthew the apostle
(wn) | Saint Matthew the Apostle
n 1: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered
to be the author of the first Gospel [syn: Matthew,
Saint Matthew, St. Matthew, {Saint Matthew the
Apostle}, St. Matthew the Apostle, Levi] |
sir james matthew barrie
(wn) | Sir James Matthew Barrie
n 1: Scottish dramatist and novelist; created Peter Pan
(1860-1937) [syn: Barrie, James Barrie, J. M. Barrie,
James Matthew Barrie, Sir James Matthew Barrie] |
sir matthew flinders
(wn) | Sir Matthew Flinders
n 1: British explorer who mapped the Australian coast
(1774-1814) [syn: Flinders, Matthew Flinders, {Sir
Matthew Flinders}] |
st. matthew
(wn) | St. Matthew
n 1: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered
to be the author of the first Gospel [syn: Matthew,
Saint Matthew, St. Matthew, {Saint Matthew the
Apostle}, St. Matthew the Apostle, Levi] |
st. matthew the apostle
(wn) | St. Matthew the Apostle
n 1: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered
to be the author of the first Gospel [syn: Matthew,
Saint Matthew, St. Matthew, {Saint Matthew the
Apostle}, St. Matthew the Apostle, Levi] |
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