| slovo | definícia |
vamp
(mass) | vamp
- upír |
vamp
(encz) | vamp,nárt boty Zdeněk Brož |
vamp
(encz) | vamp,svůdná žena využívající muže Zdeněk Brož |
vamp
(encz) | vamp,upír n: Zdeněk Brož |
vamp
(gcide) | vamp \vamp\, v. t. & i.
To seduce (a man) sexually for purpose of exploitation.
[PJC] |
Vamp
(gcide) | Vamp \Vamp\ (v[a^]mp), v. i.
To advance; to travel. [Obs.]
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Vamp
(gcide) | Vamp \Vamp\, n. [OE. vampe, vaumpe, vauntpe, F. avantpied the
forefoot, vamp; avant before, fore + pied foot, L. pes. See
Advance, Van of an army, and Foot.]
1. The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in
front of the ankle seam; an upper.
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2. Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new
appearance. See Vamp, v. t.
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3. (Music) A usually improvized Jazz accompaniment,
consisting of simple chords in sucession.
[PJC] |
vamp
(gcide) | vamp \vamp\, n.
A woman who seduces men with her charm and wiles, in order to
exploit them.
[PJC] |
Vamp
(gcide) | Vamp \Vamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vamped (?; 215); p. pr. & vb.
n. Vamping.]
1. To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to
to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to
patch; -- often followed by up.
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I had never much hopes of your vamped play. --Swift.
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2. To create with little skill; to concoct; to invent; --
usually with up; as, he vamped up an implausible excuse.
[PJC] |
vamp
(wn) | vamp
n 1: a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
[syn: coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx,
tease, prickteaser]
2: an improvised musical accompaniment
3: piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a
shoe
v 1: make up; "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting"
[syn: vamp, vamp up]
2: piece (something old) with a new part; "vamp up an old
speech" [syn: vamp, vamp up]
3: act seductively with (someone)
4: provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots" [syn:
vamp, revamp] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
vamp
(mass) | vamp
- upír |
false vampire
(encz) | false vampire, n: |
false vampire bat
(encz) | false vampire bat, n: |
hairy-legged vampire bat
(encz) | hairy-legged vampire bat, n: |
revamp
(encz) | revamp,předělat v: Zdeněk Brožrevamp,renovovat v: Dan Ditrichrevamp,vylepšit v: Zdeněk Brož |
revamped
(encz) | revamped,renovoval v: Dan Ditrich |
true vampire bat
(encz) | true vampire bat, n: |
vamp
(encz) | vamp,nárt boty Zdeněk Brožvamp,svůdná žena využívající muže Zdeněk Brožvamp,upír n: Zdeněk Brož |
vamp up
(encz) | vamp up,slátat v: Zdeněk Brož |
vamper
(encz) | vamper, n: |
vampire
(encz) | vampire,upír n: webvampire,vampýr Zdeněk Brož |
vampire bat
(encz) | vampire bat,netopýr sající krev Zdeněk Brož |
vampires
(encz) | vampires,upíři n: Zdeněk Brož |
vampýr
(czen) | vampýr,vampire Zdeněk Brož |
Cephaloptera vampyrus
(gcide) | Devilfish \Dev"il*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) A huge ray (Manta birostris or Cephaloptera vampyrus)
of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts.
Several other related species take the same name. See
Cephaloptera.
(b) A large cephalopod, especially the very large species of
Octopus and Architeuthis. See Octopus.
(c) The gray whale of the Pacific coast. See Gray whale.
(d) The goosefish or angler (Lophius), and other allied
fishes. See Angler.
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false vampire
(gcide) | Vampire \Vam"pire\, n. [F. vampire (cf. It. vampiro, G. & D.
vampir), fr. Servian vampir.] [Written also vampyre.]
1. A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person
superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander
about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus
causing their death. This superstition was once prevalent
in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in
Hungary about the year 1730. The vampire was often said to
have the ability to transform itself into the form of a
bat, as presented in the novel depicting the legend of
Dracula published by Bram Stoker in 1897, which has
inspired several movies.
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The persons who turn vampires are generally wizards,
witches, suicides, and persons who have come to a
violent end, or have been cursed by their parents or
by the church, --Encyc. Brit.
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2. Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner;
a bloodsucker.
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3. (Zool.) Either one of two or more species of South
American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera
Desmodus and Diphylla; also called vampire bat.
These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong,
sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured
wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle,
and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep.
They have a caecal appendage to the stomach, in which the
blood with which they gorge themselves is stored.
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4. (Zool.) Any one of several species of harmless tropical
American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially
Vampyrus spectrum. These bats feed upon insects and
fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the
blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire.
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Vampire bat (Zool.), a vampire, 3.
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[1913 Webster]False \False\, a. [Compar. Falser; superl. Falsest.] [L.
falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F.
faux, and AS. fals fraud. See Fail, Fall.]
1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit;
dishnest; as, a false witness.
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2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance,
vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false
friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
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I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton.
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3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or
likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
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4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;
counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty;
false colors; false jewelry.
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False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
--Shak.
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5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as,
a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in
grammar.
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Whose false foundation waves have swept away.
--Spenser.
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6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which
are temporary or supplemental.
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7. (Mus.) Not in tune.
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False arch (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an
arch, though not of arch construction.
False attic, an architectural erection above the main
cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or
inclosing rooms.
False bearing, any bearing which is not directly upon a
vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has
a false bearing.
False cadence, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.
False conception (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a
mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a
properly organized fetus.
False croup (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx
attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but
unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.
False door or False window (Arch.), the representation of
a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors
or windows or to give symmetry.
False fire, a combustible carried by vessels of war,
chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the
purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for
decoying a vessel to destruction.
False galena. See Blende.
False imprisonment (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a
person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or
the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.
False keel (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to
serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's
lateral resistance.
False key, a picklock.
False leg. (Zool.) See Proleg.
False membrane (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in
croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an
animal membrane.
False papers (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving
false representations respecting her cargo, destination,
etc., for the purpose of deceiving.
False passage (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off
from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced
usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.
False personation (Law), the intentional false assumption
of the name and personality of another.
False pretenses (Law), false representations concerning
past or present facts and events, for the purpose of
defrauding another.
False rail (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of
the head rail to strengthen it.
False relation (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a
certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed
by a flat or sharp.
False return (Law), an untrue return made to a process by
the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.
False ribs (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are
five pairs in man.
False roof (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and
the roof. --Oxford Gloss.
False token, a false mark or other symbol, used for
fraudulent purposes.
False scorpion (Zool.), any arachnid of the genus
Chelifer. See Book scorpion.
False tack (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling
away again on the same tack.
False vampire (Zool.), the Vampyrus spectrum of South
America, formerly erroneously supposed to have
blood-sucking habits; -- called also vampire, and {ghost
vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the
genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.
False window. (Arch.) See False door, above.
False wing. (Zool.) See Alula, and Bastard wing, under
Bastard.
False works (Civil Engin.), construction works to
facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding,
bridge centering, etc.
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False vampire
(gcide) | Vampire \Vam"pire\, n. [F. vampire (cf. It. vampiro, G. & D.
vampir), fr. Servian vampir.] [Written also vampyre.]
1. A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person
superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander
about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus
causing their death. This superstition was once prevalent
in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in
Hungary about the year 1730. The vampire was often said to
have the ability to transform itself into the form of a
bat, as presented in the novel depicting the legend of
Dracula published by Bram Stoker in 1897, which has
inspired several movies.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
The persons who turn vampires are generally wizards,
witches, suicides, and persons who have come to a
violent end, or have been cursed by their parents or
by the church, --Encyc. Brit.
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2. Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner;
a bloodsucker.
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3. (Zool.) Either one of two or more species of South
American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera
Desmodus and Diphylla; also called vampire bat.
These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong,
sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured
wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle,
and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep.
They have a caecal appendage to the stomach, in which the
blood with which they gorge themselves is stored.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.) Any one of several species of harmless tropical
American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially
Vampyrus spectrum. These bats feed upon insects and
fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the
blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire.
[1913 Webster]
Vampire bat (Zool.), a vampire, 3.
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[1913 Webster]False \False\, a. [Compar. Falser; superl. Falsest.] [L.
falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F.
faux, and AS. fals fraud. See Fail, Fall.]
1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit;
dishnest; as, a false witness.
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2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance,
vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false
friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
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I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton.
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3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or
likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
[1913 Webster]
4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;
counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty;
false colors; false jewelry.
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False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
--Shak.
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5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as,
a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in
grammar.
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Whose false foundation waves have swept away.
--Spenser.
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6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which
are temporary or supplemental.
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7. (Mus.) Not in tune.
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False arch (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an
arch, though not of arch construction.
False attic, an architectural erection above the main
cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or
inclosing rooms.
False bearing, any bearing which is not directly upon a
vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has
a false bearing.
False cadence, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.
False conception (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a
mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a
properly organized fetus.
False croup (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx
attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but
unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.
False door or False window (Arch.), the representation of
a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors
or windows or to give symmetry.
False fire, a combustible carried by vessels of war,
chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the
purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for
decoying a vessel to destruction.
False galena. See Blende.
False imprisonment (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a
person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or
the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.
False keel (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to
serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's
lateral resistance.
False key, a picklock.
False leg. (Zool.) See Proleg.
False membrane (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in
croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an
animal membrane.
False papers (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving
false representations respecting her cargo, destination,
etc., for the purpose of deceiving.
False passage (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off
from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced
usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.
False personation (Law), the intentional false assumption
of the name and personality of another.
False pretenses (Law), false representations concerning
past or present facts and events, for the purpose of
defrauding another.
False rail (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of
the head rail to strengthen it.
False relation (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a
certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed
by a flat or sharp.
False return (Law), an untrue return made to a process by
the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.
False ribs (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are
five pairs in man.
False roof (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and
the roof. --Oxford Gloss.
False token, a false mark or other symbol, used for
fraudulent purposes.
False scorpion (Zool.), any arachnid of the genus
Chelifer. See Book scorpion.
False tack (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling
away again on the same tack.
False vampire (Zool.), the Vampyrus spectrum of South
America, formerly erroneously supposed to have
blood-sucking habits; -- called also vampire, and {ghost
vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the
genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.
False window. (Arch.) See False door, above.
False wing. (Zool.) See Alula, and Bastard wing, under
Bastard.
False works (Civil Engin.), construction works to
facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding,
bridge centering, etc.
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ghost vampire
(gcide) | False \False\, a. [Compar. Falser; superl. Falsest.] [L.
falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F.
faux, and AS. fals fraud. See Fail, Fall.]
1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit;
dishnest; as, a false witness.
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2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance,
vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false
friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
[1913 Webster]
I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or
likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
[1913 Webster]
4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;
counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty;
false colors; false jewelry.
[1913 Webster]
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as,
a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in
grammar.
[1913 Webster]
Whose false foundation waves have swept away.
--Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which
are temporary or supplemental.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Mus.) Not in tune.
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False arch (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an
arch, though not of arch construction.
False attic, an architectural erection above the main
cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or
inclosing rooms.
False bearing, any bearing which is not directly upon a
vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has
a false bearing.
False cadence, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.
False conception (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a
mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a
properly organized fetus.
False croup (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx
attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but
unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.
False door or False window (Arch.), the representation of
a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors
or windows or to give symmetry.
False fire, a combustible carried by vessels of war,
chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the
purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for
decoying a vessel to destruction.
False galena. See Blende.
False imprisonment (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a
person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or
the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.
False keel (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to
serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's
lateral resistance.
False key, a picklock.
False leg. (Zool.) See Proleg.
False membrane (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in
croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an
animal membrane.
False papers (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving
false representations respecting her cargo, destination,
etc., for the purpose of deceiving.
False passage (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off
from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced
usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.
False personation (Law), the intentional false assumption
of the name and personality of another.
False pretenses (Law), false representations concerning
past or present facts and events, for the purpose of
defrauding another.
False rail (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of
the head rail to strengthen it.
False relation (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a
certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed
by a flat or sharp.
False return (Law), an untrue return made to a process by
the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.
False ribs (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are
five pairs in man.
False roof (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and
the roof. --Oxford Gloss.
False token, a false mark or other symbol, used for
fraudulent purposes.
False scorpion (Zool.), any arachnid of the genus
Chelifer. See Book scorpion.
False tack (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling
away again on the same tack.
False vampire (Zool.), the Vampyrus spectrum of South
America, formerly erroneously supposed to have
blood-sucking habits; -- called also vampire, and {ghost
vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the
genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.
False window. (Arch.) See False door, above.
False wing. (Zool.) See Alula, and Bastard wing, under
Bastard.
False works (Civil Engin.), construction works to
facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding,
bridge centering, etc.
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Revamp
(gcide) | Revamp \Re*vamp"\, v. t.
To vamp again; hence, to patch up; to reconstruct.
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vamp
(gcide) | vamp \vamp\, v. t. & i.
To seduce (a man) sexually for purpose of exploitation.
[PJC]Vamp \Vamp\ (v[a^]mp), v. i.
To advance; to travel. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Vamp \Vamp\, n. [OE. vampe, vaumpe, vauntpe, F. avantpied the
forefoot, vamp; avant before, fore + pied foot, L. pes. See
Advance, Van of an army, and Foot.]
1. The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in
front of the ankle seam; an upper.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new
appearance. See Vamp, v. t.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Music) A usually improvized Jazz accompaniment,
consisting of simple chords in sucession.
[PJC]vamp \vamp\, n.
A woman who seduces men with her charm and wiles, in order to
exploit them.
[PJC]Vamp \Vamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vamped (?; 215); p. pr. & vb.
n. Vamping.]
1. To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to
to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to
patch; -- often followed by up.
[1913 Webster]
I had never much hopes of your vamped play. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
2. To create with little skill; to concoct; to invent; --
usually with up; as, he vamped up an implausible excuse.
[PJC] |
vamp
(gcide) | vamp \vamp\, v. t. & i.
To seduce (a man) sexually for purpose of exploitation.
[PJC]Vamp \Vamp\ (v[a^]mp), v. i.
To advance; to travel. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Vamp \Vamp\, n. [OE. vampe, vaumpe, vauntpe, F. avantpied the
forefoot, vamp; avant before, fore + pied foot, L. pes. See
Advance, Van of an army, and Foot.]
1. The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in
front of the ankle seam; an upper.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new
appearance. See Vamp, v. t.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Music) A usually improvized Jazz accompaniment,
consisting of simple chords in sucession.
[PJC]vamp \vamp\, n.
A woman who seduces men with her charm and wiles, in order to
exploit them.
[PJC]Vamp \Vamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vamped (?; 215); p. pr. & vb.
n. Vamping.]
1. To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to
to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to
patch; -- often followed by up.
[1913 Webster]
I had never much hopes of your vamped play. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
2. To create with little skill; to concoct; to invent; --
usually with up; as, he vamped up an implausible excuse.
[PJC] |
Vamped
(gcide) | Vamp \Vamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vamped (?; 215); p. pr. & vb.
n. Vamping.]
1. To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to
to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to
patch; -- often followed by up.
[1913 Webster]
I had never much hopes of your vamped play. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
2. To create with little skill; to concoct; to invent; --
usually with up; as, he vamped up an implausible excuse.
[PJC] |
Vamper
(gcide) | Vamper \Vamp"er\, n.
1. One who vamps; one who pieces an old thing with something
new; a cobbler.
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2. Same as 2nd vamp, n.
[PJC]Vamper \Vamp"er\, v. i. [Cf. Vaunt.]
To swagger; to make an ostentatious show. [Prov. Eng. &
Scot.] --Jamieson.
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Vamping
(gcide) | Vamp \Vamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vamped (?; 215); p. pr. & vb.
n. Vamping.]
1. To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to
to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to
patch; -- often followed by up.
[1913 Webster]
I had never much hopes of your vamped play. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
2. To create with little skill; to concoct; to invent; --
usually with up; as, he vamped up an implausible excuse.
[PJC] |
Vampire
(gcide) | Vampire \Vam"pire\, n. [F. vampire (cf. It. vampiro, G. & D.
vampir), fr. Servian vampir.] [Written also vampyre.]
1. A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person
superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander
about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus
causing their death. This superstition was once prevalent
in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in
Hungary about the year 1730. The vampire was often said to
have the ability to transform itself into the form of a
bat, as presented in the novel depicting the legend of
Dracula published by Bram Stoker in 1897, which has
inspired several movies.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
The persons who turn vampires are generally wizards,
witches, suicides, and persons who have come to a
violent end, or have been cursed by their parents or
by the church, --Encyc. Brit.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner;
a bloodsucker.
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3. (Zool.) Either one of two or more species of South
American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera
Desmodus and Diphylla; also called vampire bat.
These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong,
sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured
wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle,
and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep.
They have a caecal appendage to the stomach, in which the
blood with which they gorge themselves is stored.
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4. (Zool.) Any one of several species of harmless tropical
American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially
Vampyrus spectrum. These bats feed upon insects and
fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the
blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire.
[1913 Webster]
Vampire bat (Zool.), a vampire, 3.
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[1913 Webster]False \False\, a. [Compar. Falser; superl. Falsest.] [L.
falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F.
faux, and AS. fals fraud. See Fail, Fall.]
1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit;
dishnest; as, a false witness.
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2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance,
vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false
friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
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I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton.
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3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or
likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
[1913 Webster]
4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;
counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty;
false colors; false jewelry.
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False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
--Shak.
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5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as,
a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in
grammar.
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Whose false foundation waves have swept away.
--Spenser.
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6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which
are temporary or supplemental.
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7. (Mus.) Not in tune.
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False arch (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an
arch, though not of arch construction.
False attic, an architectural erection above the main
cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or
inclosing rooms.
False bearing, any bearing which is not directly upon a
vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has
a false bearing.
False cadence, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.
False conception (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a
mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a
properly organized fetus.
False croup (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx
attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but
unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.
False door or False window (Arch.), the representation of
a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors
or windows or to give symmetry.
False fire, a combustible carried by vessels of war,
chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the
purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for
decoying a vessel to destruction.
False galena. See Blende.
False imprisonment (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a
person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or
the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.
False keel (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to
serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's
lateral resistance.
False key, a picklock.
False leg. (Zool.) See Proleg.
False membrane (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in
croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an
animal membrane.
False papers (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving
false representations respecting her cargo, destination,
etc., for the purpose of deceiving.
False passage (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off
from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced
usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.
False personation (Law), the intentional false assumption
of the name and personality of another.
False pretenses (Law), false representations concerning
past or present facts and events, for the purpose of
defrauding another.
False rail (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of
the head rail to strengthen it.
False relation (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a
certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed
by a flat or sharp.
False return (Law), an untrue return made to a process by
the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.
False ribs (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are
five pairs in man.
False roof (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and
the roof. --Oxford Gloss.
False token, a false mark or other symbol, used for
fraudulent purposes.
False scorpion (Zool.), any arachnid of the genus
Chelifer. See Book scorpion.
False tack (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling
away again on the same tack.
False vampire (Zool.), the Vampyrus spectrum of South
America, formerly erroneously supposed to have
blood-sucking habits; -- called also vampire, and {ghost
vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the
genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.
False window. (Arch.) See False door, above.
False wing. (Zool.) See Alula, and Bastard wing, under
Bastard.
False works (Civil Engin.), construction works to
facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding,
bridge centering, etc.
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vampire
(gcide) | Vampire \Vam"pire\, n. [F. vampire (cf. It. vampiro, G. & D.
vampir), fr. Servian vampir.] [Written also vampyre.]
1. A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person
superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander
about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus
causing their death. This superstition was once prevalent
in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in
Hungary about the year 1730. The vampire was often said to
have the ability to transform itself into the form of a
bat, as presented in the novel depicting the legend of
Dracula published by Bram Stoker in 1897, which has
inspired several movies.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
The persons who turn vampires are generally wizards,
witches, suicides, and persons who have come to a
violent end, or have been cursed by their parents or
by the church, --Encyc. Brit.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner;
a bloodsucker.
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3. (Zool.) Either one of two or more species of South
American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera
Desmodus and Diphylla; also called vampire bat.
These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong,
sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured
wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle,
and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep.
They have a caecal appendage to the stomach, in which the
blood with which they gorge themselves is stored.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.) Any one of several species of harmless tropical
American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially
Vampyrus spectrum. These bats feed upon insects and
fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the
blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire.
[1913 Webster]
Vampire bat (Zool.), a vampire, 3.
[1913 Webster]
[1913 Webster]False \False\, a. [Compar. Falser; superl. Falsest.] [L.
falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F.
faux, and AS. fals fraud. See Fail, Fall.]
1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit;
dishnest; as, a false witness.
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2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance,
vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false
friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
[1913 Webster]
I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or
likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
[1913 Webster]
4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;
counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty;
false colors; false jewelry.
[1913 Webster]
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as,
a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in
grammar.
[1913 Webster]
Whose false foundation waves have swept away.
--Spenser.
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6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which
are temporary or supplemental.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Mus.) Not in tune.
[1913 Webster]
False arch (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an
arch, though not of arch construction.
False attic, an architectural erection above the main
cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or
inclosing rooms.
False bearing, any bearing which is not directly upon a
vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has
a false bearing.
False cadence, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.
False conception (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a
mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a
properly organized fetus.
False croup (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx
attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but
unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.
False door or False window (Arch.), the representation of
a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors
or windows or to give symmetry.
False fire, a combustible carried by vessels of war,
chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the
purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for
decoying a vessel to destruction.
False galena. See Blende.
False imprisonment (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a
person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or
the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.
False keel (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to
serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's
lateral resistance.
False key, a picklock.
False leg. (Zool.) See Proleg.
False membrane (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in
croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an
animal membrane.
False papers (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving
false representations respecting her cargo, destination,
etc., for the purpose of deceiving.
False passage (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off
from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced
usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.
False personation (Law), the intentional false assumption
of the name and personality of another.
False pretenses (Law), false representations concerning
past or present facts and events, for the purpose of
defrauding another.
False rail (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of
the head rail to strengthen it.
False relation (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a
certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed
by a flat or sharp.
False return (Law), an untrue return made to a process by
the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.
False ribs (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are
five pairs in man.
False roof (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and
the roof. --Oxford Gloss.
False token, a false mark or other symbol, used for
fraudulent purposes.
False scorpion (Zool.), any arachnid of the genus
Chelifer. See Book scorpion.
False tack (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling
away again on the same tack.
False vampire (Zool.), the Vampyrus spectrum of South
America, formerly erroneously supposed to have
blood-sucking habits; -- called also vampire, and {ghost
vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the
genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.
False window. (Arch.) See False door, above.
False wing. (Zool.) See Alula, and Bastard wing, under
Bastard.
False works (Civil Engin.), construction works to
facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding,
bridge centering, etc.
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Vampire bat
(gcide) | Vampire \Vam"pire\, n. [F. vampire (cf. It. vampiro, G. & D.
vampir), fr. Servian vampir.] [Written also vampyre.]
1. A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person
superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander
about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus
causing their death. This superstition was once prevalent
in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in
Hungary about the year 1730. The vampire was often said to
have the ability to transform itself into the form of a
bat, as presented in the novel depicting the legend of
Dracula published by Bram Stoker in 1897, which has
inspired several movies.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
The persons who turn vampires are generally wizards,
witches, suicides, and persons who have come to a
violent end, or have been cursed by their parents or
by the church, --Encyc. Brit.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner;
a bloodsucker.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Zool.) Either one of two or more species of South
American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera
Desmodus and Diphylla; also called vampire bat.
These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong,
sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured
wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle,
and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep.
They have a caecal appendage to the stomach, in which the
blood with which they gorge themselves is stored.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.) Any one of several species of harmless tropical
American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially
Vampyrus spectrum. These bats feed upon insects and
fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the
blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire.
[1913 Webster]
Vampire bat (Zool.), a vampire, 3.
[1913 Webster]
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vampire bat
(gcide) | Vampire \Vam"pire\, n. [F. vampire (cf. It. vampiro, G. & D.
vampir), fr. Servian vampir.] [Written also vampyre.]
1. A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person
superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander
about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus
causing their death. This superstition was once prevalent
in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in
Hungary about the year 1730. The vampire was often said to
have the ability to transform itself into the form of a
bat, as presented in the novel depicting the legend of
Dracula published by Bram Stoker in 1897, which has
inspired several movies.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
The persons who turn vampires are generally wizards,
witches, suicides, and persons who have come to a
violent end, or have been cursed by their parents or
by the church, --Encyc. Brit.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner;
a bloodsucker.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Zool.) Either one of two or more species of South
American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera
Desmodus and Diphylla; also called vampire bat.
These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong,
sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured
wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle,
and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep.
They have a caecal appendage to the stomach, in which the
blood with which they gorge themselves is stored.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.) Any one of several species of harmless tropical
American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially
Vampyrus spectrum. These bats feed upon insects and
fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the
blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire.
[1913 Webster]
Vampire bat (Zool.), a vampire, 3.
[1913 Webster]
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Vampirism
(gcide) | Vampirism \Vam"pir*ism\, n. [Cf. F. vampirisme.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Belief in the existence of vampires.
[1913 Webster]
2. The actions of a vampire; the practice of bloodsucking.
[1913 Webster]
3. Fig.: The practice of extortion. --Carlyle.
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Vamplate
(gcide) | Vamplate \Vam"plate`\, n. [F. avant before, fore + E. plate.]
A round plate of iron on the shaft of a tilting spear, to
protect the hand. [Written also vamplet.]
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vamplet
(gcide) | Vamplate \Vam"plate`\, n. [F. avant before, fore + E. plate.]
A round plate of iron on the shaft of a tilting spear, to
protect the hand. [Written also vamplet.]
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vampyre
(gcide) | Vampire \Vam"pire\, n. [F. vampire (cf. It. vampiro, G. & D.
vampir), fr. Servian vampir.] [Written also vampyre.]
1. A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person
superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander
about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus
causing their death. This superstition was once prevalent
in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in
Hungary about the year 1730. The vampire was often said to
have the ability to transform itself into the form of a
bat, as presented in the novel depicting the legend of
Dracula published by Bram Stoker in 1897, which has
inspired several movies.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
The persons who turn vampires are generally wizards,
witches, suicides, and persons who have come to a
violent end, or have been cursed by their parents or
by the church, --Encyc. Brit.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner;
a bloodsucker.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Zool.) Either one of two or more species of South
American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera
Desmodus and Diphylla; also called vampire bat.
These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong,
sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured
wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle,
and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep.
They have a caecal appendage to the stomach, in which the
blood with which they gorge themselves is stored.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.) Any one of several species of harmless tropical
American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially
Vampyrus spectrum. These bats feed upon insects and
fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the
blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire.
[1913 Webster]
Vampire bat (Zool.), a vampire, 3.
[1913 Webster]
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Vampyrus spectrum
(gcide) | Vampire \Vam"pire\, n. [F. vampire (cf. It. vampiro, G. & D.
vampir), fr. Servian vampir.] [Written also vampyre.]
1. A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person
superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander
about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus
causing their death. This superstition was once prevalent
in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in
Hungary about the year 1730. The vampire was often said to
have the ability to transform itself into the form of a
bat, as presented in the novel depicting the legend of
Dracula published by Bram Stoker in 1897, which has
inspired several movies.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
The persons who turn vampires are generally wizards,
witches, suicides, and persons who have come to a
violent end, or have been cursed by their parents or
by the church, --Encyc. Brit.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner;
a bloodsucker.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Zool.) Either one of two or more species of South
American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera
Desmodus and Diphylla; also called vampire bat.
These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong,
sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured
wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle,
and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep.
They have a caecal appendage to the stomach, in which the
blood with which they gorge themselves is stored.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.) Any one of several species of harmless tropical
American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially
Vampyrus spectrum. These bats feed upon insects and
fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the
blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire.
[1913 Webster]
Vampire bat (Zool.), a vampire, 3.
[1913 Webster]
[1913 Webster]False \False\, a. [Compar. Falser; superl. Falsest.] [L.
falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F.
faux, and AS. fals fraud. See Fail, Fall.]
1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit;
dishnest; as, a false witness.
[1913 Webster]
2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance,
vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false
friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
[1913 Webster]
I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or
likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
[1913 Webster]
4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;
counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty;
false colors; false jewelry.
[1913 Webster]
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as,
a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in
grammar.
[1913 Webster]
Whose false foundation waves have swept away.
--Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which
are temporary or supplemental.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Mus.) Not in tune.
[1913 Webster]
False arch (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an
arch, though not of arch construction.
False attic, an architectural erection above the main
cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or
inclosing rooms.
False bearing, any bearing which is not directly upon a
vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has
a false bearing.
False cadence, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.
False conception (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a
mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a
properly organized fetus.
False croup (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx
attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but
unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.
False door or False window (Arch.), the representation of
a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors
or windows or to give symmetry.
False fire, a combustible carried by vessels of war,
chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the
purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for
decoying a vessel to destruction.
False galena. See Blende.
False imprisonment (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a
person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or
the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.
False keel (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to
serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's
lateral resistance.
False key, a picklock.
False leg. (Zool.) See Proleg.
False membrane (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in
croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an
animal membrane.
False papers (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving
false representations respecting her cargo, destination,
etc., for the purpose of deceiving.
False passage (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off
from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced
usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.
False personation (Law), the intentional false assumption
of the name and personality of another.
False pretenses (Law), false representations concerning
past or present facts and events, for the purpose of
defrauding another.
False rail (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of
the head rail to strengthen it.
False relation (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a
certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed
by a flat or sharp.
False return (Law), an untrue return made to a process by
the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.
False ribs (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are
five pairs in man.
False roof (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and
the roof. --Oxford Gloss.
False token, a false mark or other symbol, used for
fraudulent purposes.
False scorpion (Zool.), any arachnid of the genus
Chelifer. See Book scorpion.
False tack (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling
away again on the same tack.
False vampire (Zool.), the Vampyrus spectrum of South
America, formerly erroneously supposed to have
blood-sucking habits; -- called also vampire, and {ghost
vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the
genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.
False window. (Arch.) See False door, above.
False wing. (Zool.) See Alula, and Bastard wing, under
Bastard.
False works (Civil Engin.), construction works to
facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding,
bridge centering, etc.
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false vampire
(wn) | false vampire
n 1: any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to
suck blood but in fact feeding on insects [syn: {false
vampire}, false vampire bat] |
false vampire bat
(wn) | false vampire bat
n 1: any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to
suck blood but in fact feeding on insects [syn: {false
vampire}, false vampire bat] |
hairy-legged vampire bat
(wn) | hairy-legged vampire bat
n 1: similar in size and habits to Desmodus rotundus; of
tropical America including southern California and Texas
[syn: hairy-legged vampire bat, Diphylla ecaudata] |
revamp
(wn) | revamp
v 1: to patch up or renovate; repair or restore; "They revamped
their old house before selling it"
2: provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots" [syn:
vamp, revamp] |
true vampire bat
(wn) | true vampire bat
n 1: any of various tropical American bats of the family
Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their
blood [syn: vampire bat, true vampire bat] |
vamp
(wn) | vamp
n 1: a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
[syn: coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx,
tease, prickteaser]
2: an improvised musical accompaniment
3: piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a
shoe
v 1: make up; "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting"
[syn: vamp, vamp up]
2: piece (something old) with a new part; "vamp up an old
speech" [syn: vamp, vamp up]
3: act seductively with (someone)
4: provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots" [syn:
vamp, revamp] |
vamp up
(wn) | vamp up
v 1: make up; "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting"
[syn: vamp, vamp up]
2: piece (something old) with a new part; "vamp up an old
speech" [syn: vamp, vamp up] |
vamper
(wn) | vamper
n 1: a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
[syn: coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx,
tease, prickteaser] |
vampire
(wn) | vampire
n 1: (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood
of the living [syn: vampire, lamia] |
vampire bat
(wn) | vampire bat
n 1: any of various tropical American bats of the family
Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their
blood [syn: vampire bat, true vampire bat] |
vampirism
(wn) | vampirism
n 1: belief in the existence of vampires
2: the actions or practices of a vampire |
vampire tap
(foldoc) | vampire tap
A device to connect a network node to
an RG8 thick ethernet cable without affecting other
connected nodes.
A vampire tap has an interface box with a "V" shaped groove
along one side. A sharp needle protrudes from the center of
the groove. The cable is clamped into the groove by a grooved
plate held in position by two thumb screws. With sufficient
practise, tightening the screws forces the needle through the
cable jacket and into contact with the cable's center wire
while other spikes bite into the outer conductor. The
interface box has a 15 pin connector to connect to the network
node.
The vampire tap is often built into the transceiver, with a
more flexible multi-wire "drop cable" to connect the
transceiver to the node.
(2004-08-25)
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