| slovo | definícia |
To put out
(gcide) | Put \Put\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Put; p. pr. & vb. n.
Putting.] [AS. potian to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to
put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin to W. pwtio to butt, poke,
thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust, and E. potter, v.
i.]
1. To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; --
nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put
by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put
forth = to thrust out).
[1913 Webster]
His chief designs are . . . to put thee by from thy
spiritual employment. --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
2. To bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set;
figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified
relation, condition, or the like; to bring to a stated
mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put
a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight.
[1913 Webster]
This present dignity,
In which that I have put you. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
I will put enmity between thee and the woman. --Gen.
iii. 15.
[1913 Webster]
He put no trust in his servants. --Job iv. 18.
[1913 Webster]
When God into the hands of their deliverer
Puts invincible might. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
In the mean time other measures were put in
operation. --Sparks.
[1913 Webster]
3. To attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong
construction on an act or expression.
[1913 Webster]
4. To lay down; to give up; to surrender. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
No man hath more love than this, that a man put his
life for his friends. --Wyclif (John
xv. 13).
[1913 Webster]
5. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection;
to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express;
figuratively, to assume; to suppose; -- formerly sometimes
followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a
question; to put a case.
[1913 Webster]
Let us now put that ye have leave. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
Put the perception and you put the mind. --Berkeley.
[1913 Webster]
These verses, originally Greek, were put in Latin.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
All this is ingeniously and ably put. --Hare.
[1913 Webster]
6. To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
[1913 Webster]
These wretches put us upon all mischief. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
Put me not use the carnal weapon in my own defense.
--Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
Thank him who puts me, loath, to this revenge.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
7. To throw or cast with a pushing motion "overhand," the
hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in
athletics; as, to put the shot or weight.
[1913 Webster]
8. (Mining) To convey coal in the mine, as from the working
to the tramway. --Raymond.
[1913 Webster]
Put case, formerly, an elliptical expression for, put or
suppose the case to be.
[1913 Webster]
Put case that the soul after departure from the body
may live. --Bp. Hall.
[1913 Webster]
To put about (Naut.), to turn, or change the course of, as
a ship.
To put away.
(a) To renounce; to discard; to expel.
(b) To divorce.
To put back.
(a) To push or thrust backwards; hence, to hinder; to
delay.
(b) To refuse; to deny.
[1913 Webster]
Coming from thee, I could not put him back.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
(c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to an earlier hour.
(d) To restore to the original place; to replace.
To put by.
(a) To turn, set, or thrust, aside. "Smiling put the
question by." --Tennyson.
(b) To lay aside; to keep; to sore up; as, to put by
money.
To put down.
(a) To lay down; to deposit; to set down.
(b) To lower; to diminish; as, to put down prices.
(c) To deprive of position or power; to put a stop to; to
suppress; to abolish; to confute; as, to put down
rebellion or traitors.
[1913 Webster]
Mark, how a plain tale shall put you down.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Sugar hath put down the use of honey. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
(d) To subscribe; as, to put down one's name.
To put forth.
(a) To thrust out; to extend, as the hand; to cause to
come or push out; as, a tree puts forth leaves.
(b) To make manifest; to develop; also, to bring into
action; to exert; as, to put forth strength.
(c) To propose, as a question, a riddle, and the like.
(d) To publish, as a book.
To put forward.
(a) To advance to a position of prominence or
responsibility; to promote.
(b) To cause to make progress; to aid.
(c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to a later hour.
To put in.
(a) To introduce among others; to insert; sometimes, to
introduce with difficulty; as, to put in a word while
others are discoursing.
(b) (Naut.) To conduct into a harbor, as a ship.
(c) (Law) To place in due form before a court; to place
among the records of a court. --Burrill.
(d) (Med.) To restore, as a dislocated part, to its place.
To put off.
(a) To lay aside; to discard; as, to put off a robe; to
put off mortality. "Put off thy shoes from off thy
feet." --Ex. iii. 5.
(b) To turn aside; to elude; to disappoint; to frustrate;
to baffle.
[1913 Webster]
I hoped for a demonstration, but Themistius
hoped to put me off with an harangue. --Boyle.
[1913 Webster]
We might put him off with this answer.
--Bentley.
[1913 Webster]
(c) To delay; to defer; to postpone; as, to put off
repentance.
(d) To get rid of; to dispose of; especially, to pass
fraudulently; as, to put off a counterfeit note, or an
ingenious theory.
(e) To push from land; as, to put off a boat.
To put on or To put upon.
(a) To invest one's self with, as clothes; to assume.
"Mercury . . . put on the shape of a man."
--L'Estrange.
(b) To impute (something) to; to charge upon; as, to put
blame on or upon another.
(c) To advance; to promote. [Obs.] "This came handsomely
to put on the peace." --Bacon.
(d) To impose; to inflict. "That which thou puttest on me,
will I bear." --2 Kings xviii. 14.
(e) To apply; as, to put on workmen; to put on steam.
(f) To deceive; to trick. "The stork found he was put
upon." --L'Estrange.
(g) To place upon, as a means or condition; as, he put him
upon bread and water. "This caution will put them upon
considering." --Locke.
(h) (Law) To rest upon; to submit to; as, a defendant puts
himself on or upon the country. --Burrill.
To put out.
(a) To eject; as, to put out and intruder.
(b) To put forth; to shoot, as a bud, or sprout.
(c) To extinguish; as, to put out a candle, light, or
fire.
(d) To place at interest; to loan; as, to put out funds.
(e) To provoke, as by insult; to displease; to vex; as, he
was put out by my reply. [Colloq.]
(f) To protrude; to stretch forth; as, to put out the
hand.
(g) To publish; to make public; as, to put out a pamphlet.
(h) To confuse; to disconcert; to interrupt; as, to put
one out in reading or speaking.
(i) (Law) To open; as, to put out lights, that is, to open
or cut windows. --Burrill.
(j) (Med.) To place out of joint; to dislocate; as, to put
out the ankle.
(k) To cause to cease playing, or to prevent from playing
longer in a certain inning, as in base ball.
(l) to engage in sexual intercourse; -- used of women; as,
she's got a great bod, but she doesn't put out.
[Vulgar slang]
To put over.
(a) To place (some one) in authority over; as, to put a
general over a division of an army.
(b) To refer.
[1913 Webster]
For the certain knowledge of that truth
I put you o'er to heaven and to my mother.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
(c) To defer; to postpone; as, the court put over the
cause to the next term.
(d) To transfer (a person or thing) across; as, to put one
over the river.
To put the hand to or To put the hand unto.
(a) To take hold of, as of an instrument of labor; as, to
put the hand to the plow; hence, to engage in (any
task or affair); as, to put one's hand to the work.
(b) To take or seize, as in theft. "He hath not put his
hand unto his neighbor's goods." --Ex. xxii. 11.
To put through, to cause to go through all conditions or
stages of a progress; hence, to push to completion; to
accomplish; as, he put through a measure of legislation;
he put through a railroad enterprise. [U.S.]
To put to.
(a) To add; to unite; as, to put one sum to another.
(b) To refer to; to expose; as, to put the safety of the
state to hazard. "That dares not put it to the touch."
--Montrose.
(c) To attach (something) to; to harness beasts to.
--Dickens.
To put to a stand, to stop; to arrest by obstacles or
difficulties.
To put to bed.
(a) To undress and place in bed, as a child.
(b) To deliver in, or to make ready for, childbirth.
To put to death, to kill.
To put together, to attach; to aggregate; to unite in one.
To put this and that (or two and two) together, to draw
an inference; to form a correct conclusion.
To put to it, to distress; to press hard; to perplex; to
give difficulty to. "O gentle lady, do not put me to 't."
--Shak.
To put to rights, to arrange in proper order; to settle or
compose rightly.
To put to the sword, to kill with the sword; to slay.
To put to trial, or on trial, to bring to a test; to try.
To put trust in, to confide in; to repose confidence in.
To put up.
(a) To pass unavenged; to overlook; not to punish or
resent; to put up with; as, to put up indignities.
[Obs.] "Such national injuries are not to be put up."
--Addison.
(b) To send forth or upward; as, to put up goods for sale.
(d) To start from a cover, as game. "She has been
frightened; she has been put up." --C. Kingsley.
(e) To hoard. "Himself never put up any of the rent."
--Spelman.
(f) To lay side or preserve; to pack away; to store; to
pickle; as, to put up pork, beef, or fish.
(g) To place out of sight, or away; to put in its proper
place; as, put up that letter. --Shak.
(h) To incite; to instigate; -- followed by to; as, he put
the lad up to mischief.
(i) To raise; to erect; to build; as, to put up a tent, or
a house.
(j) To lodge; to entertain; as, to put up travelers.
To put up a job, to arrange a plot. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To place; set; lay; cause; produce; propose; state.
Usage: Put, Lay, Place, Set. These words agree in the
idea of fixing the position of some object, and are
often used interchangeably. To put is the least
definite, denoting merely to move to a place. To place
has more particular reference to the precise location,
as to put with care in a certain or proper place. To
set or to lay may be used when there is special
reference to the position of the object.
[1913 Webster] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
rolling on the floor trying to put out flames
(czen) | Rolling On the Floor Trying To Put Out Flames,ROFTTPOF[zkr.] |
To put out of court
(gcide) | Court \Court\ (k[=o]rt), n. [OF. court, curt, cort, F. cour, LL.
cortis, fr. L. cohors, cors, chors, gen. cohortis, cortis,
chortis, an inclosure, court, thing inclosed, crowd, throng;
co- + a root akin to Gr. chorto`s inclosure, feeding place,
and to E. garden, yard, orchard. See Yard, and cf.
Cohort, Curtain.]
1. An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in
by the walls of a building, or by different building;
also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded
by houses; a blind alley.
[1913 Webster]
The courts of the house of our God. --Ps. cxxxv.
2.
[1913 Webster]
And round the cool green courts there ran a row
Of cloisters. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
2. The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other
dignitary; a palace.
[1913 Webster]
Attends the emperor in his royal court. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
This our court, infected with their manners,
Shows like a riotous inn. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a
sovereign or person high in authority; all the
surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
[1913 Webster]
My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door
would speak with you. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove. --Sir. W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
4. Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as,
to hold a court.
[1913 Webster]
The princesses held their court within the fortress.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
5. Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or
address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners;
civility; compliment; flattery.
[1913 Webster]
No solace could her paramour intreat
Her once to show, ne court, nor dalliance.
--Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
I went to make my court to the Duke and Duchess of
Newcastle. --Evelyn.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Law)
(a) The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is
administered.
(b) The persons officially assembled under authority of
law, at the appropriate time and place, for the
administration of justice; an official assembly,
legally met together for the transaction of judicial
business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or
trial of causes.
(c) A tribunal established for the administration of
justice.
(d) The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel
or jury, or both.
[1913 Webster]
Most heartily I do beseech the court
To give the judgment. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
7. The session of a judicial assembly.
[1913 Webster]
8. Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
[1913 Webster]
9. A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one
of the divisions of a tennis court.
[1913 Webster]
Christian court, the English ecclesiastical courts in the
aggregate, or any one of them.
Court breeding, education acquired at court.
Court card. Same as Coat card.
Court circular, one or more paragraphs of news respecting
the sovereign and the royal family, together with the
proceedings or movements of the court generally, supplied
to the newspapers by an officer specially charged with
such duty. [Eng.] --Edwards.
Court of claims (Law), a court for settling claims against
a state or government; specif., a court of the United
States, created by act of Congress, and holding its
sessions at Washington. It is given jurisdiction over
claims on contracts against the government, and sometimes
may advise the government as to its liabilities. [Webster
1913 Suppl.]
Court day, a day on which a court sits to administer
justice.
Court dress, the dress prescribed for appearance at the
court of a sovereign.
Court fool, a buffoon or jester, formerly kept by princes
and nobles for their amusement.
Court guide, a directory of the names and adresses of the
nobility and gentry in a town.
Court hand, the hand or manner of writing used in records
and judicial proceedings. --Shak.
Court lands (Eng. Law), lands kept in demesne, -- that is,
for the use of the lord and his family.
Court marshal, one who acts as marshal for a court.
Court party, a party attached to the court.
Court rolls, the records of a court. SeeRoll.
Court in banc, or Court in bank, The full court sitting
at its regular terms for the hearing of arguments upon
questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi
prius.
Court of Arches, audience, etc. See under Arches,
Audience, etc.
Court of Chancery. See Chancery, n.
Court of Common pleas. (Law) See Common pleas, under
Common.
Court of Equity. See under Equity, and Chancery.
Court of Inquiry (Mil.), a court appointed to inquire into
and report on some military matter, as the conduct of an
officer.
Court of St. James, the usual designation of the British
Court; -- so called from the old palace of St. James,
which is used for the royal receptions, levees, and
drawing-rooms.
The court of the Lord, the temple at Jerusalem; hence, a
church, or Christian house of worship.
General Court, the legislature of a State; -- so called
from having had, in the colonial days, judicial power; as,
the General Court of Massachusetts. [U.S.]
To pay one's court, to seek to gain favor by attentions.
"Alcibiades was assiduous in paying his court to
Tissaphernes." --Jowett.
To put out of court, to refuse further judicial hearing.
[1913 Webster] |
To put out of the way
(gcide) | Out \Out\ (out), adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and
[=u]te, [=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G.
aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr.
ud. [root]198. Cf. About, But, prep., Carouse, Utter,
a.]
In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior
of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in
a position or relation which is exterior to something; --
opposed to in or into. The something may be expressed
after of, from, etc. (see Out of, below); or, if not
expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the
house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out
from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc. Out is used in a
variety of applications, as:
[1913 Webster]
1. Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a
usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual,
place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out.
Opposite of in. "My shoulder blade is out." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
He hath been out (of the country) nine years.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy,
constraint, etc., actual or figurative; hence, not in
concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of
freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; a matter
of public knowledge; as, the sun shines out; he laughed
out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out,
or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is
out.
[1913 Webster]
Leaves are out and perfect in a month. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
She has not been out [in general society] very long.
--H. James.
[1913 Webster]
3. Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to
the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of
extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the
fire, has burned out; that style is on the way out. "Hear
me out." --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Deceitful men shall not live out half their days.
--Ps. iv. 23.
[1913 Webster]
When the butt is out, we will drink water. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
4. Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or
into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of
office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the
Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money
out at interest. "Land that is out at rack rent." --Locke.
"He was out fifty pounds." --Bp. Fell.
[1913 Webster]
I have forgot my part, and I am out. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
5. Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct,
proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or
incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement,
opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation. "Lancelot
and I are out." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Wicked men are strangely out in the calculating of
their own interest. --South.
[1913 Webster]
Very seldom out, in these his guesses. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
6. Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the
state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores.
[1913 Webster]
7. Out of fashion; unfashionable; no longer in current vogue;
unpopular.
[PJC]
Note: Out is largely used in composition as a prefix, with
the same significations that it has as a separate word;
as outbound, outbreak, outbuilding, outcome, outdo,
outdoor, outfield. See also the first Note under
Over, adv.
[1913 Webster]
Day in, day out, from the beginning to the limit of each of
several days; day by day; every day.
Out at, Out in, Out on, etc., elliptical phrases, that
to which out refers as a source, origin, etc., being
omitted; as, out (of the house and) at the barn; out (of
the house, road, fields, etc., and) in the woods.
Three fishers went sailing out into the west,
Out into the west, as the sun went down. --C.
Kingsley.
Note: In these lines after out may be understood, "of the
harbor," "from the shore," "of sight," or some similar
phrase. The complete construction is seen in the
saying: "Out of the frying pan into the fire."
Out from, a construction similar to out of (below). See
Of and From.
Out of, a phrase which may be considered either as composed
of an adverb and a preposition, each having its
appropriate office in the sentence, or as a compound
preposition. Considered as a preposition, it denotes, with
verbs of movement or action, from the interior of; beyond
the limit: from; hence, origin, source, motive, departure,
separation, loss, etc.; -- opposed to in or into; also
with verbs of being, the state of being derived, removed,
or separated from. Examples may be found in the phrases
below, and also under Vocabulary words; as, out of breath;
out of countenance.
Out of cess, beyond measure, excessively. --Shak.
Out of character, unbecoming; improper.
Out of conceit with, not pleased with. See under Conceit.
Out of date, not timely; unfashionable; antiquated.
Out of door, Out of doors, beyond the doors; from the
house; not inside a building; in, or into, the open air;
hence, figuratively, shut out; dismissed. See under
Door, also, Out-of-door, Outdoor, Outdoors, in the
Vocabulary. "He 's quality, and the question's out of
door," --Dryden.
Out of favor, disliked; under displeasure.
Out of frame, not in correct order or condition; irregular;
disarranged. --Latimer.
Out of hand, immediately; without delay or preparation;
without hesitation or debate; as, to dismiss a suggestion
out of hand. "Ananias . . . fell down and died out of
hand." --Latimer.
Out of harm's way, beyond the danger limit; in a safe
place.
Out of joint, not in proper connection or adjustment;
unhinged; disordered. "The time is out of joint." --Shak.
Out of mind, not in mind; forgotten; also, beyond the limit
of memory; as, time out of mind.
Out of one's head, beyond commanding one's mental powers;
in a wandering state mentally; delirious. [Colloq.]
Out of one's time, beyond one's period of minority or
apprenticeship.
Out of order, not in proper order; disarranged; in
confusion.
Out of place, not in the usual or proper place; hence, not
proper or becoming.
Out of pocket, in a condition of having expended or lost
more money than one has received.
Out of print, not in market, the edition printed being
exhausted; -- said of books, pamphlets, etc.
Out of the question, beyond the limits or range of
consideration; impossible to be favorably considered.
Out of reach, beyond one's reach; inaccessible.
Out of season, not in a proper season or time; untimely;
inopportune.
Out of sorts, wanting certain things; unsatisfied; unwell;
unhappy; cross. See under Sort, n.
Out of temper, not in good temper; irritated; angry.
Out of time, not in proper time; too soon, or too late.
Out of time, not in harmony; discordant; hence, not in an
agreeing temper; fretful.
Out of twist, Out of winding, or Out of wind, not in
warped condition; perfectly plain and smooth; -- said of
surfaces.
Out of use, not in use; unfashionable; obsolete.
Out of the way.
(a) On one side; hard to reach or find; secluded.
(b) Improper; unusual; wrong.
Out of the woods, not in a place, or state, of obscurity or
doubt; free from difficulty or perils; safe. [Colloq.]
Out to out, from one extreme limit to another, including
the whole length, breadth, or thickness; -- applied to
measurements.
Out West, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some
Western State or Territory. [U. S.]
To come out, To cut out, To fall out, etc. See under
Come, Cut, Fall, etc.
To make out See to make out under make, v. t. and v.
i..
To put out of the way, to kill; to destroy.
Week in, week out. See Day in, day out (above).
[1913 Webster] |
To put out to grass
(gcide) | Barnyard grass, for hay. South. Panicum Grus-galli. Bent,
pasture and hay. Agrostis, several species. Bermuda grass,
pasture. South. Cynodon Dactylon. Black bent. Same as {Switch
grass} (below). Blue bent, hay. North and West. {Andropogon
provincialis}. Blue grass, pasture. Poa compressa. Blue joint,
hay. Northwest. Aqropyrum glaucum. Buffalo grass, grazing.
Rocky Mts., etc.
(a) Buchlo["e] dectyloides.
(b) Same as Grama grass (below). Bunch grass, grazing.
Far West. Eriocoma, Festuca, Stips, etc. Chess,
or Cheat, a weed. Bromus secalinus, etc. Couch
grass. Same as Quick grass (below). Crab grass,
(a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. Panicum sanguinale.
(b) Pasture and hay. South. Eleusine Indica. Darnel
(a) Bearded, a noxious weed. Lolium temulentum.
(b) Common. Same as Rye grass (below). Drop seed, fair
for forage and hay. Muhlenbergia, several species.
English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow
grass.
(a) Pasture and hay. Poa serotina.
(b) Hay, on moist land. Gryceria nervata. Gama grass,
cut fodder. South. Tripsacum dactyloides. Grama
grass, grazing. West and Pacific slope. {Bouteloua
oligostachya}, etc. Great bunch grass, pasture and
hay. Far West. Festuca scabrella. Guinea grass, hay.
South. Panicum jumentorum. Herd's grass, in New
England Timothy, in Pennsylvania and South Redtop.
Indian grass. Same as Wood grass (below). Italian
rye grass, forage and hay. Lolium Italicum. Johnson
grass, grazing and hay. South and Southwest. {Sorghum
Halepense}. Kentucky blue grass, pasture. {Poa
pratensis}. Lyme grass, coarse hay. South. Elymus,
several species. Manna grass, pasture and hay.
Glyceria, several species. Meadow fescue, pasture
and hay. Festuca elatior. Meadow foxtail, pasture,
hay, lawn. North. Alopecurus pratensis. Meadow
grass, pasture, hay, lawn. Poa, several species.
Mesquite grass, or Muskit grass. Same as Grama grass
(above). Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed.
Muhlenbergia diffsa. Orchard grass, pasture and hay.
Dactylis glomerata. Porcupine grass, troublesome to
sheep. Northwest. Stipa spartea. Quaking grass,
ornamental. Briza media and maxima. Quitch, or
Quick, grass, etc., a weed. Agropyrum repens. Ray
grass. Same as Rye grass (below). Redtop, pasture
and hay. Agrostis vulgaris. Red-topped buffalo
grass, forage. Northwest. Poa tenuifolia. Reed
canary grass, of slight value. Phalaris arundinacea.
Reed meadow grass, hay. North. Glyceria aquatica.
Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary
grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. Lolium perenne,
var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North.
Hierochloa borealis. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native
in Northern Europe and Asia. Festuca ovina. Small
reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia
Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as Meadow grass
(above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals.
Seacoast and Northwest. Hordeum jubatum. Switch
grass, hay, cut young. Panicum virgatum. Timothy,
cut young, the best of hay. North. Phleum pratense.
Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus
lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn.
Anthoxanthum odoratum. Wire grass, valuable in
pastures. Poa compressa. Wood grass, Indian grass,
hay. Chrysopogon nutans.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
true grasses botanically considered, such as black
grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Black grass, a kind of small rush (Juncus Gerardi),
growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
Grass of the Andes, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
avenaceum} of Europe.
Grass of Parnassus, a plant of the genus Parnassia
growing in wet ground. The European species is {Parnassia
palustris}; in the United States there are several
species.
Grass bass (Zool.), the calico bass.
Grass bird, the dunlin.
Grass cloth, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
grass-cloth plant.
Grass-cloth plant, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
(B[oe]hmeria nivea syn. Urtica nivea), which grows in
Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
Grass finch. (Zool.)
(a) A common American sparrow ({Po["o]c[ae]tes
gramineus}); -- called also vesper sparrow and
bay-winged bunting.
(b) Any Australian finch, of the genus Po["e]phila, of
which several species are known.
Grass lamb, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
and giving rich milk.
Grass land, land kept in grass and not tilled.
Grass moth (Zool.), one of many small moths of the genus
Crambus, found in grass.
Grass oil, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
India from grasses of the genus Andropogon, etc.; --
used in perfumery under the name of citronella, {ginger
grass oil}, lemon grass oil, essence of verbena etc.
Grass owl (Zool.), a South African owl (Strix Capensis).
Grass parrakeet (Zool.), any of several species of
Australian parrots, of the genus Euphemia; -- also
applied to the zebra parrakeet.
Grass plover (Zool.), the upland or field plover.
Grass poly (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
Crass quit (Zool.), one of several tropical American
finches of the genus Euetheia. The males have most of
the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
Grass snake. (Zool.)
(a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
natrix}).
(b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
See Green snake, under Green.
Grass snipe (Zool.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
maculata}); -- called also jacksnipe in America.
Grass spider (Zool.), a common spider (Agelena n[ae]via),
which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered
with dew.
Grass sponge (Zool.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge
from Florida and the Bahamas.
Grass table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Grass vetch (Bot.), a vetch (Lathyrus Nissolia), with
narrow grasslike leaves.
Grass widow. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[aum]senka a grass widow.]
(a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
(b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
husband. [Slang.]
Grass wrack (Bot.) eelgrass.
To bring to grass (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
surface of the ground.
To put to grass, To put out to grass, to put out to graze
a season, as cattle.
[1913 Webster] |
To put out to nurse
(gcide) | Nurse \Nurse\ (n[^u]rs), n. [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF.
nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia
nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to
nutrix, -icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See Nourish,
and cf. Nutritious.]
1. One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or
brings up; as:
(a) A woman who has the care of young children;
especially, one who suckles an infant not her own.
(b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the
sick or infirm.
[1913 Webster]
2. One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow,
trains, fosters, or the like.
[1913 Webster]
The nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise.
--Burke.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Naut.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real
commander when the captain is unfit for his place.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.)
(a) A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces
cercariae by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and
Redia.
(b) Either one of the nurse sharks.
[1913 Webster]
Nurse shark. (Zool.)
(a) A large arctic shark (Somniosus microcephalus),
having small teeth and feeble jaws; -- called also
sleeper shark, and ground shark.
(b) A large shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum), native of
the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, having the dorsal
fins situated behind the ventral fins.
To put to nurse, or To put out to nurse, to send away to
be nursed; to place in the care of a nurse.
Wet nurse, Dry nurse. See Wet nurse, and Dry nurse,
in the Vocabulary.
[1913 Webster] |
|