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trier (mass) | trier
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trier (encz) | trier,pokoušející se osoba n: Zdeněk Brož |
trier (encz) | trier,zkoušeč n: Zdeněk Brož |
Trier (gcide) | Trier \Tri"er\, n. [From Try.]
1. One who tries; one who makes experiments; one who examines
anything by a test or standard. --Boyle.
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2. One who tries judicially.
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3. (Law) A person appointed according to law to try
challenges of jurors; a trior. --Burrill.
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4. That which tries or approves; a test. --Shak.
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trier (wn) | trier
n 1: one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case
2: one who tries [syn: trier, attempter, essayer] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
trier (mass) | trier
- skúšač, testovač |
retrier (encz) | retrier, |
trier (encz) | trier,pokoušející se osoba n: Zdeněk Brožtrier,zkoušeč n: Zdeněk Brož |
triers (encz) | Triers,Trevir [zem.] n: |
Butter trier (gcide) | Butter \But"ter\ (b[u^]t"t[~e]r), n. [OE. botere, butter, AS.
butere, fr. L. butyrum, Gr. boy`turon; either fr. boy`s ox,
cow + turo`s cheese; or, perhaps, of Scythian origin. Cf.
Cow.]
1. An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by
churning.
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2. Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence,
or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the
chlorides, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of
antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly
solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao,
vegetable butter, shea butter.
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Butter boat, a small vessel for holding melted butter at
table.
Butter flower, the buttercup, a yellow flower.
Butter print, a piece of carved wood used to mark pats of
butter; -- called also butter stamp. --Locke.
Butter tooth, either of the two middle incisors of the
upper jaw.
Butter tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Bassia, the seeds
of which yield a substance closely resembling butter. The
butter tree of India is the Bassia butyracea; that of
Africa is the Shea tree (Bassia Parkii). See {Shea
tree}.
Butter trier, a tool used in sampling butter.
Butter wife, a woman who makes or sells butter; -- called
also butter woman. [Obs. or Archaic]
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Paltrier (gcide) | paltry \pal"try\ (p[add]l"tr[y^]), a. [Compar. Paltrier
(p[add]l"tr[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Paltriest.] [Cf. Prov. E.
paltry refuse, rubbish, LG. palterig ragged, palte, palter, a
rag, a tatter, Dan. pialt, Sw. palta, pl. paltor.]
Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful;
trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold. --Cowper.
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The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost. --Byron.
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Syn: See Contemptible.
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Sultrier (gcide) | Sultry \Sul"try\ (s[u^]l"tr[y^]), a. [Compar. Sultrier
(s[u^]l"tr[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Sultriest.] [From
Sweltry.]
1. Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry
deserts.
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Such as, born beneath the burning sky
And sultry sun, betwixt the tropics lie. --Dryden.
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2. Very hot and humid, or hot, close, stagnant, and
oppressive, as air.
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When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountain plant. --Addison.
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Trierarch (gcide) | Trierarch \Tri"er*arch\, n. [L. trierarchus, Gr. ?; ? a trireme
+ ? a leader, a chief.] (Gr. Antiq.)
(a) The commander of a trireme.
(b) At Athens, one who (singly, or jointly with other
citizens) had to fit out a trireme for the public
service.
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Trierarchises (gcide) | Trierarchy \Tri"er*arch`y\, n.; pl. Trierarchises. [ Gr. ?.]
The office duty of a trierarch.
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Trierarchy (gcide) | Trierarchy \Tri"er*arch`y\, n.; pl. Trierarchises. [ Gr. ?.]
The office duty of a trierarch.
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trier (wn) | trier
n 1: one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case
2: one who tries [syn: trier, attempter, essayer] |
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