| slovo | definícia |
trench
(mass) | trench
- priekopa, výkop, vykopať |
trench
(encz) | trench,příkop n: Zdeněk Brož |
trench
(encz) | trench,výkop n: Zdeněk Brož |
trench
(encz) | trench,vykopat v: Zdeněk Brož |
trench
(encz) | trench,zákop n: [voj.] Ritchie |
Trench
(gcide) | Trench \Trench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trenched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trenching.] [OF. trenchier to cut, F. trancher; akin to Pr.
trencar, trenchar, Sp. trinchar, It. trinciare; of uncertain
origin.]
1. To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision,
hewing, or the like.
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The wide wound that the boar had trenched
In his soft flank. --Shak.
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This weak impress of love is as a figure
Trenched in ice, which with an hour's heat
Dissolves to water, and doth lose its form. --Shak.
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2. (Fort.) To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a
rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the
ditch; to intrench. --Pope.
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No more shall trenching war channel her fields.
--Shak.
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3. To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the
purpose of draining it.
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4. To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging
parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each
from the next; as, to trench a garden for certain crops.
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Trench
(gcide) | Trench \Trench\, v. i.
1. To encroach; to intrench.
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Does it not seem as if for a creature to challenge
to itself a boundless attribute, were to trench upon
the prerogative of the divine nature? --I. Taylor.
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2. To have direction; to aim or tend. [R.] --Bacon.
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To trench at, to make trenches against; to approach by
trenches, as a town in besieging it. [Obs.]
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Like powerful armies, trenching at a town
By slow and silent, but resistless, sap. --Young.
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Trench
(gcide) | Trench \Trench\, n. [OE. trenche, F. tranch['e]e. See Trench,
v. t.]
1. A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for
draining land. --Mortimer.
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2. An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods,
shrubbery, or the like. [Obs.]
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In a trench, forth in the park, goeth she.
--Chaucer.
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3. (Fort.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose
of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged
place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches.
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To open the trenches (Mil.), to begin to dig or to form the
lines of approach.
Trench cavalier (Fort.), an elevation constructed (by a
besieger) of gabions, fascines, earth, and the like, about
half way up the glacis, in order to discover and enfilade
the covered way.
Trench plow, or Trench plough, a kind of plow for opening
land to a greater depth than that of common furrows.
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trench
(wn) | trench
n 1: a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the
excavated earth
2: a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor [syn:
trench, deep, oceanic abyss]
3: any long ditch cut in the ground
v 1: impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an
individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"
[syn: impinge, encroach, entrench, trench]
2: fortify by surrounding with trenches; "He trenched his
military camp"
3: cut or carve deeply into; "letters trenched into the stone"
4: set, plant, or bury in a trench; "trench the fallen
soldiers"; "trench the vegetables"
5: cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain
it"; "trench the fields" [syn: trench, ditch]
6: dig a trench or trenches; "The National Guardsmen were sent
out to trench" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
retrench
(mass) | retrench
- obmedziť |
trench
(mass) | trench
- priekopa, výkop, vykopať |
communication trench
(encz) | communication trench, n: |
drain trench backfilling
(encz) | drain trench backfilling,zásyp drenážní rýhy [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
drain trench filling
(encz) | drain trench filling,výplň drenážní rýhy [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
drainage trench
(encz) | drainage trench,drenážní rýha [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
entrench
(encz) | entrench,definitivně zavést entrench,etablovat entrench,hluboce zakořenit entrench,pevně usadit entrench,pevně zakotvit entrench,rušivě zasahovat entrench,utvrdit |
entrenched
(encz) | entrenched,zakopaný adj: Zdeněk Brožentrenched,zakořeněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
entrenches
(encz) | entrenches, |
entrenching
(encz) | entrenching,obehnání zákopem Zdeněk Brož |
entrenching tool
(encz) | entrenching tool, n: |
entrenchment
(encz) | entrenchment,opevnění se zákopy Zdeněk Brožentrenchment,zákop n: Zdeněk Brož |
fire trench
(encz) | fire trench, n: |
intrench
(encz) | intrench, |
intrenchment
(encz) | intrenchment, n: |
mariana trench
(encz) | Mariana Trench, |
pond ring trench
(encz) | pond ring trench,obvodová rybniční stoka [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
retrench
(encz) | retrench,omezit v: Pavel Machek; Gizaretrench,seškrtat v: RNDr. Pavel Piskačretrench,ubrat v: RNDr. Pavel Piskačretrench,zredukovat v: RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
retrenchment
(encz) | retrenchment,snížení výdajů Zdeněk Brož |
slit trench
(encz) | slit trench,zákop n: [voj.] [brit.] web |
surface collecting trench
(encz) | surface collecting trench,sběrný odvodňovací příkop [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
trench
(encz) | trench,příkop n: Zdeněk Brožtrench,výkop n: Zdeněk Brožtrench,vykopat v: Zdeněk Brožtrench,zákop n: [voj.] Ritchie |
trench coat
(encz) | trench coat, |
trench fever
(encz) | trench fever, n: |
trench foot
(encz) | trench foot, |
trench knife
(encz) | trench knife, n: |
trench mortar
(encz) | trench mortar, n: |
trench mouth
(encz) | trench mouth, |
trenchancy
(encz) | trenchancy,ostrost n: Zdeněk Brož |
trenchant
(encz) | trenchant,pronikavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
trenchantly
(encz) | trenchantly,pronikavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
trenchcoat
(encz) | trenchcoat,plášť do deště s odnímatelnou podšívkou n:
[text.] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench_coat Petr Písař |
trencher
(encz) | trencher,podnos n: Zdeněk Brožtrencher,prkénko n: Zdeněk Brožtrencher,zákopník n: Zdeněk Brož |
trencherman
(encz) | trencherman,jedlík n: Zdeněk Brož |
trenches
(encz) | trenches,příkopy n: pl. Zdeněk Brožtrenches,strouhy n: pl. Zdeněk Brožtrenches,výkopy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
trenching spade
(encz) | trenching spade, n: |
entrench
(gcide) | entrench \en*trench"\, v. t.
1. (Mil.) To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as
in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet.
Same as intrench.
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2. to establish in a position from which dislodgement is
difficult; to place firmly in a strong position.
[PJC]
3. To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
Syn: intrench. [1913 Webster] |
entrenched
(gcide) | established \established\ adj.
1. brought about or set up or accepted; especially long and
widely accepted; as, distrust of established authority; a
team established as a member of a major league; enjoyed
his prestige as an established writer; an established
precedent; the established Church. Contrasted with
unestablished. [Narrower terms: entrenched;
implanted, planted, rooted; official; recognized]
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2. securely established; as, an established reputation.
Syn: firm.
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3. settled securely and unconditionally.
Syn: accomplished, effected.
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4. conforming with accepted standards.
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5. shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; as, the
established facts in the case.
Syn: proved.
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6. (Bot.) introduced from another region and persisting
without cultivation; -- of plants.
Syn: naturalized.
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entrenchment
(gcide) | entrenchment \entrenchment\ n.
1. an entrenched fortification; a position protected by
trenches.
Syn: intrenchment.
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2. the act or process of entrenching.
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Intrench
(gcide) | Intrench \In*trench"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrenched; p. pr.
& vb. n. Intrenching.]
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1. To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
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It was this very sword intrenched it. --Shak.
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His face
Deep scars of thunder had intrenched. --Milton.
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2. To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in
fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as,
the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself. "In
the suburbs close intrenched." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Intrench \In*trench"\, v. i.
To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on,
and take possession of, that which belongs to another; --
usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with
intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were
accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown.
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We are not to intrench upon truth in any conversation,
but least of all with children. --Locke.
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Intrenchant
(gcide) | Intrenchant \In*trench"ant\, a. [Pref. in- not + trenchant.]
Not to be gashed or marked with furrows. [Obs.]
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As easy mayest thou the intrenchant air
With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed. --Shak.
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Intrenched
(gcide) | Intrench \In*trench"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrenched; p. pr.
& vb. n. Intrenching.]
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1. To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
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It was this very sword intrenched it. --Shak.
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His face
Deep scars of thunder had intrenched. --Milton.
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2. To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in
fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as,
the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself. "In
the suburbs close intrenched." --Shak.
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Intrenching
(gcide) | Intrench \In*trench"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrenched; p. pr.
& vb. n. Intrenching.]
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1. To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
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It was this very sword intrenched it. --Shak.
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His face
Deep scars of thunder had intrenched. --Milton.
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2. To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in
fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as,
the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself. "In
the suburbs close intrenched." --Shak.
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Intrenchment
(gcide) | Intrenchment \In*trench"ment\, n. [From Intrench.]
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1. The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.
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2. (Mil.) Any defensive work consisting of at least a trench
or ditch and a parapet made from the earth thrown up in
making such a ditch.
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On our side, we have thrown up intrenchments on
Winter and Prospect Hills. --Washington.
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3. Any defense or protection.
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4. An encroachment or infringement.
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The slight intrenchment upon individual freedom.
--Southey.
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Retrench
(gcide) | Retrench \Re*trench"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retrenched; p. pr.
& vb. n. Retrenching.] [OF. retrenchier, F. retrancher;
pref. re- re- + OF. trenchier, F. trancher, to cut. See
Trench.]
1. To cut off; to pare away.
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Thy exuberant parts retrench. --Denham.
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2. To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench
superfluities or expenses.
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But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched.
--Milton.
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3. To confine; to limit; to restrict. --Addison.
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These figures, ought they then to receive a
retrenched interpretation? --I. Taylor.
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4. (Fort.) To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench
bastions.
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Syn: To lesen; diminish; curtail; abridge.
[1913 Webster]Retrench \Re*trench"\, v. i.
To cause or suffer retrenchment; specifically, to cut down
living expenses; as, it is more reputable to retrench than to
live embarrassed.
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Retrenched
(gcide) | Retrench \Re*trench"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retrenched; p. pr.
& vb. n. Retrenching.] [OF. retrenchier, F. retrancher;
pref. re- re- + OF. trenchier, F. trancher, to cut. See
Trench.]
1. To cut off; to pare away.
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Thy exuberant parts retrench. --Denham.
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2. To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench
superfluities or expenses.
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But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched.
--Milton.
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3. To confine; to limit; to restrict. --Addison.
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These figures, ought they then to receive a
retrenched interpretation? --I. Taylor.
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4. (Fort.) To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench
bastions.
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Syn: To lesen; diminish; curtail; abridge.
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Retrenching
(gcide) | Retrench \Re*trench"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retrenched; p. pr.
& vb. n. Retrenching.] [OF. retrenchier, F. retrancher;
pref. re- re- + OF. trenchier, F. trancher, to cut. See
Trench.]
1. To cut off; to pare away.
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Thy exuberant parts retrench. --Denham.
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2. To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench
superfluities or expenses.
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But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched.
--Milton.
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3. To confine; to limit; to restrict. --Addison.
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These figures, ought they then to receive a
retrenched interpretation? --I. Taylor.
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4. (Fort.) To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench
bastions.
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Syn: To lesen; diminish; curtail; abridge.
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Retrenchment
(gcide) | Retrenchment \Re*trench"ment\, n. [Cf. F. retrenchment.]
1. The act or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of
words in a writing.
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The retrenchment of my expenses will convince you
that ? mean to replace your fortune as far as I can.
--Walpole.
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2. (Fort.) A work constructed within another, to prolong the
defense of the position when the enemy has gained
possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders
till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation.
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Syn: Lessening; curtailment; diminution; reduction;
abridgment.
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Tail of the trenches
(gcide) | Tail \Tail\, n. [AS. taegel, taegl; akin to G. zagel, Icel.
tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [root]59.]
1. (Zool.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior
appendage of an animal.
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Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of
movable vertebrae, and is covered with flesh and hairs
or scales like those of other parts of the body. The
tail of existing birds consists of several more or less
consolidated vertebrae which supports a fanlike group
of quills to which the term tail is more particularly
applied. The tail of fishes consists of the tapering
hind portion of the body ending in a caudal fin. The
term tail is sometimes applied to the entire abdomen of
a crustacean or insect, and sometimes to the terminal
piece or pygidium alone.
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2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles,
in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
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Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled
waters of those tails that hang on willow trees.
--Harvey.
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3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of
anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior
part.
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The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail.
--Deut.
xxviii. 13.
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4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
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"Ah," said he, "if you saw but the chief with his
tail on." --Sir W.
Scott.
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5. The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head,
effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the
expression "heads or tails," employed when a coin is
thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its
fall.
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6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a muscle.
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7. (Bot.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes.
It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
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8. (Surg.)
(a) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end,
which does not go through the whole thickness of the
skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; --
called also tailing.
(b) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by
splitting the bandage one or more times.
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9. (Naut.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which
it may be lashed to anything.
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10. (Mus.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly
upward or downward from the head; the stem. --Moore
(Encyc. of Music).
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11. pl. Same as Tailing, 4.
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12. (Arch.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part,
as a slate or tile.
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13. pl. (Mining) See Tailing, n., 5.
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14. (Astronomy) the long visible stream of gases, ions, or
dust particles extending from the head of a comet in the
direction opposite to the sun.
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15. pl. (Rope Making) In some forms of rope-laying machine,
pieces of rope attached to the iron bar passing through
the grooven wooden top containing the strands, for
wrapping around the rope to be laid.
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16. pl. A tailed coat; a tail coat. [Colloq. or Dial.]
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17. (Aeronautics) In airplanes, an airfoil or group of
airfoils used at the rear to confer stability.
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18. the buttocks. [slang or vulgar]
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19. sexual intercourse, or a woman used for sexual
intercourse; as, to get some tail; to find a piece of
tail. See also tailing[3]. [slang and vulgar]
[PJC]
Tail beam. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail coverts (Zool.), the feathers which cover the bases of
the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than the
quills, and form elegant plumes. Those above the quills
are called the upper tail coverts, and those below, the
under tail coverts.
Tail end, the latter end; the termination; as, the tail end
of a contest. [Colloq.]
Tail joist. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail of a comet (Astron.), a luminous train extending from
the nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and
usually in a direction opposite to the sun.
Tail of a gale (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the
wind has greatly abated. --Totten.
Tail of a lock (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance
into the lower pond.
Tail of the trenches (Fort.), the post where the besiegers
begin to break ground, and cover themselves from the fire
of the place, in advancing the lines of approach.
Tail spindle, the spindle of the tailstock of a turning
lathe; -- called also dead spindle.
To turn tail, to run away; to flee.
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Would she turn tail to the heron, and fly quite out
another way; but all was to return in a higher
pitch. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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To open the trenches
(gcide) | Trench \Trench\, n. [OE. trenche, F. tranch['e]e. See Trench,
v. t.]
1. A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for
draining land. --Mortimer.
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2. An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods,
shrubbery, or the like. [Obs.]
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In a trench, forth in the park, goeth she.
--Chaucer.
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3. (Fort.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose
of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged
place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches.
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To open the trenches (Mil.), to begin to dig or to form the
lines of approach.
Trench cavalier (Fort.), an elevation constructed (by a
besieger) of gabions, fascines, earth, and the like, about
half way up the glacis, in order to discover and enfilade
the covered way.
Trench plow, or Trench plough, a kind of plow for opening
land to a greater depth than that of common furrows.
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To trench at
(gcide) | Trench \Trench\, v. i.
1. To encroach; to intrench.
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Does it not seem as if for a creature to challenge
to itself a boundless attribute, were to trench upon
the prerogative of the divine nature? --I. Taylor.
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2. To have direction; to aim or tend. [R.] --Bacon.
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To trench at, to make trenches against; to approach by
trenches, as a town in besieging it. [Obs.]
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Like powerful armies, trenching at a town
By slow and silent, but resistless, sap. --Young.
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Trench cavalier
(gcide) | Trench \Trench\, n. [OE. trenche, F. tranch['e]e. See Trench,
v. t.]
1. A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for
draining land. --Mortimer.
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2. An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods,
shrubbery, or the like. [Obs.]
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In a trench, forth in the park, goeth she.
--Chaucer.
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3. (Fort.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose
of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged
place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches.
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To open the trenches (Mil.), to begin to dig or to form the
lines of approach.
Trench cavalier (Fort.), an elevation constructed (by a
besieger) of gabions, fascines, earth, and the like, about
half way up the glacis, in order to discover and enfilade
the covered way.
Trench plow, or Trench plough, a kind of plow for opening
land to a greater depth than that of common furrows.
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Trench plough
(gcide) | Trench \Trench\, n. [OE. trenche, F. tranch['e]e. See Trench,
v. t.]
1. A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for
draining land. --Mortimer.
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2. An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods,
shrubbery, or the like. [Obs.]
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In a trench, forth in the park, goeth she.
--Chaucer.
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3. (Fort.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose
of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged
place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches.
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To open the trenches (Mil.), to begin to dig or to form the
lines of approach.
Trench cavalier (Fort.), an elevation constructed (by a
besieger) of gabions, fascines, earth, and the like, about
half way up the glacis, in order to discover and enfilade
the covered way.
Trench plow, or Trench plough, a kind of plow for opening
land to a greater depth than that of common furrows.
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Trench plow
(gcide) | Trench \Trench\, n. [OE. trenche, F. tranch['e]e. See Trench,
v. t.]
1. A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for
draining land. --Mortimer.
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2. An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods,
shrubbery, or the like. [Obs.]
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In a trench, forth in the park, goeth she.
--Chaucer.
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3. (Fort.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose
of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged
place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches.
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To open the trenches (Mil.), to begin to dig or to form the
lines of approach.
Trench cavalier (Fort.), an elevation constructed (by a
besieger) of gabions, fascines, earth, and the like, about
half way up the glacis, in order to discover and enfilade
the covered way.
Trench plow, or Trench plough, a kind of plow for opening
land to a greater depth than that of common furrows.
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Trenchand
(gcide) | Trenchand \Trench"and\, a.
Trenchant. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Trenchant
(gcide) | Trenchant \Trench"ant\, a. [OF. trenchant, F. tranchant, p. pr.
See Trench, v. t.]
1. Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. " Trenchant was
the blade." --Chaucer.
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2. Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
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Trenchantly
(gcide) | Trenchantly \Trench"ant*ly\, adv.
In a trenchant, or sharp, manner; sharply; severely.
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Trenched
(gcide) | Trench \Trench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trenched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trenching.] [OF. trenchier to cut, F. trancher; akin to Pr.
trencar, trenchar, Sp. trinchar, It. trinciare; of uncertain
origin.]
1. To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision,
hewing, or the like.
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The wide wound that the boar had trenched
In his soft flank. --Shak.
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This weak impress of love is as a figure
Trenched in ice, which with an hour's heat
Dissolves to water, and doth lose its form. --Shak.
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2. (Fort.) To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a
rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the
ditch; to intrench. --Pope.
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No more shall trenching war channel her fields.
--Shak.
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3. To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the
purpose of draining it.
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4. To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging
parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each
from the next; as, to trench a garden for certain crops.
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Trencher
(gcide) | Trencher \Trench"er\, n. [OE. trencheoir, F. tranchoir, fr.
trancher to cut, carve. See Trench, v. t.]
1. One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches.
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2. A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use.
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3. The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food.
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It could be no ordinary declension of nature that
could bring some men, after an ingenuous education,
to place their "summum bonum" upon their trenchers.
--South.
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Trencher cap, the cap worn by studens at Oxford and
Cambridge Universities, having a stiff, flat, square
appendage at top. A similar cap used in the United States
is called Oxford cap, mortar board, etc.
Trencher fly, a person who haunts the tables of others; a
parasite. [R.] --L'Estrange.
Trencher friend, one who frequents the tables of others; a
sponger.
Trencher mate, a table companion; a parasite; a trencher
fly. --Hooker.
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Trencher cap
(gcide) | Trencher \Trench"er\, n. [OE. trencheoir, F. tranchoir, fr.
trancher to cut, carve. See Trench, v. t.]
1. One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches.
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2. A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use.
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3. The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food.
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It could be no ordinary declension of nature that
could bring some men, after an ingenuous education,
to place their "summum bonum" upon their trenchers.
--South.
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Trencher cap, the cap worn by studens at Oxford and
Cambridge Universities, having a stiff, flat, square
appendage at top. A similar cap used in the United States
is called Oxford cap, mortar board, etc.
Trencher fly, a person who haunts the tables of others; a
parasite. [R.] --L'Estrange.
Trencher friend, one who frequents the tables of others; a
sponger.
Trencher mate, a table companion; a parasite; a trencher
fly. --Hooker.
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Trencher fly
(gcide) | Trencher \Trench"er\, n. [OE. trencheoir, F. tranchoir, fr.
trancher to cut, carve. See Trench, v. t.]
1. One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches.
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2. A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use.
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3. The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food.
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It could be no ordinary declension of nature that
could bring some men, after an ingenuous education,
to place their "summum bonum" upon their trenchers.
--South.
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Trencher cap, the cap worn by studens at Oxford and
Cambridge Universities, having a stiff, flat, square
appendage at top. A similar cap used in the United States
is called Oxford cap, mortar board, etc.
Trencher fly, a person who haunts the tables of others; a
parasite. [R.] --L'Estrange.
Trencher friend, one who frequents the tables of others; a
sponger.
Trencher mate, a table companion; a parasite; a trencher
fly. --Hooker.
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