| slovo | definícia |
wc
(mass) | W.C.
- Water Closet, záchod |
w.c.
(wn) | W.C.
n 1: a toilet in Britain [syn: water closet, closet, W.C.,
loo] |
wc
(vera) | WC
WildCard multicast route entry (PIM, Multicast)
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wc
(vera) | WC
Word Count (Unix)
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wc
(vera) | WC
Write Cache (SCSI, HDD)
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
lowcal
(mass) | low-cal
- nízkokalorický |
lowcost
(mass) | low-cost
- lacný, úsporný, nízkonákladový |
newcomer
(mass) | newcomer
- nováčik, začiatočník |
wc
(mass) | W.C.
- Water Closet, záchod |
windowcleaner
(mass) | window-cleaner
- čistič okien |
Bawcock
(gcide) | Bawcock \Baw"cock\, n. [From F. beau fine + E. cock (the bird);
or more prob. fr. OF. baud bold, gay + E. cock. Cf. Bawd.]
A fine fellow; -- a term of endearment. [Obs.] "How now, my
bawcock ?" --Shak.
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Bow-compass
(gcide) | Bow-compass \Bow"-com`pass\, n.; pl. Bow-compasses.
1. An arcograph.
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2. A small pair of compasses, one leg of which carries a
pencil, or a pen, for drawing circles. Its legs are often
connected by a bow-shaped spring, instead of by a joint.
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3. A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate riveted to
one of the legs, and passing through the other.
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Bow-compasses
(gcide) | Bow-compass \Bow"-com`pass\, n.; pl. Bow-compasses.
1. An arcograph.
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2. A small pair of compasses, one leg of which carries a
pencil, or a pen, for drawing circles. Its legs are often
connected by a bow-shaped spring, instead of by a joint.
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3. A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate riveted to
one of the legs, and passing through the other.
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Carry coals to Newcastle
(gcide) | Newcastle \New"cast`le\, prop. n.
A town in England.
[PJC]
Carry coals to Newcastle to do something utterly
superfluous; to do something useless or wasteful; -- from
the nearness of Newcastle to the coal-mining district.
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chow-chow
(gcide) | chow-chow \chow-chow\ (chou"chou`), n.
1. chopped pickles in mustard sauce.
Syn: chowchow.
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2. a Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger.
Syn: chowchow.
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3. a breed of thick-coated medium-sized dogs with fluffy
curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed
to have originated in north China.
Syn: chow, chow chow.
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Chowchow chop, the last lighter containing the small sundry
packages sent off to fill up a ship. --S. W. Williams.
[1913 Webster]Chowchow \Chow"chow`\ (chou"chou`), a. [Chin.]
Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed; as,
chowchow sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together).
[1913 Webster]Chowchow \Chow"chow`\ (chou"chou`), n. (Com.)
A kind of mixed pickles.
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Chowchow
(gcide) | chow-chow \chow-chow\ (chou"chou`), n.
1. chopped pickles in mustard sauce.
Syn: chowchow.
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2. a Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger.
Syn: chowchow.
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3. a breed of thick-coated medium-sized dogs with fluffy
curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed
to have originated in north China.
Syn: chow, chow chow.
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Chowchow chop, the last lighter containing the small sundry
packages sent off to fill up a ship. --S. W. Williams.
[1913 Webster]Chowchow \Chow"chow`\ (chou"chou`), a. [Chin.]
Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed; as,
chowchow sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together).
[1913 Webster]Chowchow \Chow"chow`\ (chou"chou`), n. (Com.)
A kind of mixed pickles.
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Chowchow chop
(gcide) | Chop \Chop\, n. [Chin. & Hind. ch[=a]p stamp, brand.]
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1. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.
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2. A permit or clearance.
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Chop dollar, a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity.
chop of tea, a number of boxes of the same make and quality
of leaf.
Chowchow chop. See under Chowchow.
Grand chop, a ship's port clearance. --S. W. Williams.
[1913 Webster]chow-chow \chow-chow\ (chou"chou`), n.
1. chopped pickles in mustard sauce.
Syn: chowchow.
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2. a Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger.
Syn: chowchow.
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3. a breed of thick-coated medium-sized dogs with fluffy
curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed
to have originated in north China.
Syn: chow, chow chow.
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Chowchow chop, the last lighter containing the small sundry
packages sent off to fill up a ship. --S. W. Williams.
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Cowcatcher
(gcide) | Cowcatcher \Cow"catch`er\ (-k?ch`?r), n.
A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in
front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off
obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot. [U.S.]
Syn: fender, buffer, pilot.
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cow-cockle
(gcide) | cow-cockle \cow-cockle\ n.
a European annual (Vaccaria hispanica) with pale
rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown
grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes
classified as a soapwort.
Syn: cowherb, cow cockle, Vaccaria hispanica, {Vaccaria
pyramidata}, Saponaria vaccaria.
[WordNet 1.5]cowherb \cowherb\ n.
a European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated
flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North
America; sometimes classified as a soapwort; -- also called
the cow-cockle.
Syn: cow cockle, cow-cockle, Vaccaria hispanica, Vaccaria
pyramidata, Saponaria vaccaria.
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Dewclaw
(gcide) | Dewclaw \Dew"claw`\, n.
In any animal, esp. of the Herbivora, a rudimentary claw or
small hoof not reaching the ground.
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Some cut off the dewclaws [of greyhounds]. --J. H.
Walsh.
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Dowcet
(gcide) | Dowcet \Dow"cet\, n. [See Doucet.]
One of the testicles of a hart or stag. [Spelt also
doucet.] --B. Jonson.
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Drawcansir
(gcide) | Drawcansir \Draw"can*sir\, n. [From the name of a bullying
braggart character in the play by George Villiers called "The
Rehearsal."]
A blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart; a
bully.
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The leader was of an ugly look and gigantic stature; he
acted like a drawcansir, sparing neither friend nor
foe. --Addison.
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Draw-cut
(gcide) | Draw-cut \Draw"-cut`\, n.
A single cut with a knife.
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Elbowchair
(gcide) | Elbowchair \El"bow*chair`\, n.
A chair with arms to support the elbows; an armchair.
--Addison.
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Fellow-commoner
(gcide) | Fellow-commoner \Fel"low-com"mon*er\, n.
A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or
dines, at the Fellow's table.
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Fellow-creature
(gcide) | Fellow-creature \Fel"low-crea"ture\ (?; 135), n.
One of the same race or kind; one made by the same Creator.
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Reason, by which we are raised above our
fellow-creatures, the brutes. --I. Watts.
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hen hawck
(gcide) | Red-tailed \Red"-tailed`\ (-t?ld`), a.
Having a red tail.
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Red-tailed hawk (Zool.), a large North American hawk
(Buteo borealis). When adult its tail is chestnut red.
Called also hen hawck, and red-tailed buzzard.
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low-cal
(gcide) | low-cal \low-cal\ adj.
having relatively few calories.
Syn: diet(prenominal), lite, low-calorie.
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low-ceilinged
(gcide) | low-ceilinged \low-ceilinged\ adj.
having a lower than normal ceiling.
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Low-church
(gcide) | Low-church \Low"-church`\, a.
Not placing a high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations
or forms; -- applied especially to Episcopalians, and opposed
to high-church. See High Church, under High.
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Low-churchism
(gcide) | Low-churchism \Low"-church`ism\, n.
The principles of the low-church party.
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Low-churchman
(gcide) | Low-churchman \Low"-church`man\, n.; pl. -men.
One who holds low-church principles.
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Low-churchmanship
(gcide) | Low-churchmanship \Low"-church`man*ship\, n.
The state of being a low-churchman.
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low-class
(gcide) | low-class \low-class\ adj.
1. Occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society.
Contrasted with middle-class and upper-class.
[Narrower terms: {propertyless, wage-earning,
working-class, blue-collar}] Also See: lowborn,
proletarian, propertyless.
Syn: lower-class (vs. upper-class).
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2. characteristic of the lower classes. [Narrower terms:
non-U, vulgar] PJC] |
low-cost
(gcide) | low-cost \low-cost\ adj.
inexpensive; cheap. Opposite of expensive.
Syn: inexpensive, low-priced.
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low-cut
(gcide) | low-cut \low-cut\ adj.
1. having a neckline low enough to expose part of the breast;
-- of a woman's garment; as, a low-cut party dress.
Syn: decollete, low-necked.
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2. having a back exposing skin between the shoulder blades.
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lower-class low-class
(gcide) | blue-collar \blue-collar\ adj.
1. of or designating work or workers in industry not
requiring well-groomed appearance. [Narrower terms:
industrial] white-collar
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2. of those who work for wages especially manual or
industrial laborers. [Narrower terms: {lower-class,
low-class}]
Syn: propertyless, wage-earning, working-class.
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lower-class vs middle-class vs upper-class low-class
(gcide) | non-U \non-U"\ (n[o^]n*[=u]"), adj.
Not characteristic of the upper classes especially in
language use. [Chiefly British] [Narrower terms: {lower-class
(vs. middle-class) (vs. upper-class), low-class}]
Syn: vulgar.
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Newcastle
(gcide) | Newcastle \New"cast`le\, prop. n.
A town in England.
[PJC]
Carry coals to Newcastle to do something utterly
superfluous; to do something useless or wasteful; -- from
the nearness of Newcastle to the coal-mining district.
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Newcastle burr
(gcide) | Burr \Burr\ (b[^u]r), n. [See Bur.] (Bot.)
1. A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.
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2. The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or
shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.;
also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting.
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The graver, in plowing furrows in the surface of the
copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs.
--Tomlinson.
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3. A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by
punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before
it is swaged down.
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4. A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe,
to prevent the hand from slipping.
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5. The lobe or lap of the ear.
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6. [Probably of imitative origin.] A guttural pronounciation
of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the
soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism;
-- often called the Newcastle burr, {Northumberland
burr}, or Tweedside burr.
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7. The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8.
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Newcome
(gcide) | Newcome \New"come`\ (n[=u]"k[u^]m`), a.
Recently come.
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Newcomer
(gcide) | Newcomer \New"com`er\, n.
One who has lately come.
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Nowch
(gcide) | Nowch \Nowch\, n.
See Nouch. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Owch
(gcide) | Owch \Owch\ (ouch), n.
See Ouch. [Obs.] --Speser.
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Pillowcase
(gcide) | Pillowcase \Pil"low*case`\, n.
A removable case or covering for a pillow, usually of white
linen or cotton cloth.
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sawceflem
(gcide) | Sauseflem \Sau"se*flem\, a. [OF. saus salt (L. salsus) + flemme
phlegm.]
Having a red, pimpled face. [Obs.] [Written also
sawceflem.] --Chaucer.
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See Sauseflem. [Obs.]
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Sawceflem
(gcide) | Sauseflem \Sau"se*flem\, a. [OF. saus salt (L. salsus) + flemme
phlegm.]
Having a red, pimpled face. [Obs.] [Written also
sawceflem.] --Chaucer.
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See Sauseflem. [Obs.]
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Screw-cutting
(gcide) | Screw-cutting \Screw"-cut`ting\, a.
Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting
lathe.
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slowcawn
(gcide) | sloakan \sloak"an\ (sl[=o]k"an), n. (Bot.)
A species of seaweed. See 3d Laver. [Spelled also
slowcawn.]
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Snowcap
(gcide) | Snowcap \Snow"cap`\, n. (Zool.)
A very small humming bird (Microchaera albocoronata) native
of New Grenada.
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Note: The feathers of the top of the head are white and
snining, the body blue black with a purple and bronzy
luster. The name is applied also to {Microchaera
parvirostris} of Central America, which is similar in
color.
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Snow-capped
(gcide) | Snow-capped \Snow"-capped`\, a.
Having the top capped or covered with snow; as, snow-capped
mountains.
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Sowce
(gcide) | Sowce \Sowce\, n. & v.
See Souse. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Souse \Souse\, n. [OF. sausse. See Sauce.] [Written also
souce, sowce, and sowse.]
1. Pickle made with salt.
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2. Something kept or steeped in pickle; esp., the pickled
ears, feet, etc., of swine.
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And he that can rear up a pig in his house,
Hath cheaper his bacon, and sweeter his souse.
--Tusser.
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3. The ear; especially, a hog's ear. [Prov. Eng.]
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4. The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
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sowce
(gcide) | Sowce \Sowce\, n. & v.
See Souse. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Souse \Souse\, n. [OF. sausse. See Sauce.] [Written also
souce, sowce, and sowse.]
1. Pickle made with salt.
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2. Something kept or steeped in pickle; esp., the pickled
ears, feet, etc., of swine.
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And he that can rear up a pig in his house,
Hath cheaper his bacon, and sweeter his souse.
--Tusser.
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3. The ear; especially, a hog's ear. [Prov. Eng.]
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4. The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
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Stowce
(gcide) | Stowce \Stowce\, n. (Mining)
(a) A windlass.
(b) A wooden landmark, to indicate possession of mining land.
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straw-color straw-colored straw-coloured
(gcide) | colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled}]
Syn: colourful.
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2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque]
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3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.
Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn,
reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary,
canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored,
earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender,
lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae
bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress
green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey,
honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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Straw-colored
(gcide) | Straw-colored \Straw"-col`ored\, a.
Being of a straw color. See Straw color, under Straw, n.
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Straw-cutter
(gcide) | Straw-cutter \Straw"-cut`ter\, n.
An instrument to cut straw for fodder.
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Throw-crook
(gcide) | Throw-crook \Throw"-crook`\, n. (Agric.)
An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.
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To carry coals to Newcastle
(gcide) | Carry \Car"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Carrying.] [OF. carier, charier, F. carrier, to cart, from
OF. car, char, F. car, car. See Car.]
1. To convey or transport in any manner from one place to
another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
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When he dieth he shall carry nothing away. --Ps.
xiix. 17.
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Devout men carried Stephen to his burial. --Acts
viii, 2.
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Another carried the intelligence to Russell.
--Macaulay.
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The sound will be carried, at the least, twenty
miles. --Bacon.
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2. To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to
place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to
carry a wound; to carry an unborn child.
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If the ideas . . . were carried along with us in our
minds. --Locke.
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3. To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead
or guide.
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Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet. --Shak.
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He carried away all his cattle. --Gen. xxxi.
18.
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Passion and revenge will carry them too far.
--Locke.
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4. To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column)
to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to
carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in
adding figures.
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5. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to
carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten
miles farther.
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6. To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a
leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a
contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to
carry an election. "The greater part carries it." --Shak.
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The carrying of our main point. --Addison.
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7. To get possession of by force; to capture.
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The town would have been carried in the end.
--Bacon.
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8. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of; to show or
exhibit; to imply.
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He thought it carried something of argument in it.
--Watts.
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It carries too great an imputation of ignorance.
--Lacke.
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9. To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; --
with the reflexive pronouns.
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He carried himself so insolently in the house, and
out of the house, to all persons, that he became
odious. --Clarendon.
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10. To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as
stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as,
a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a
mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry
a life insurance.
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Carry arms (Mil. Drill), a command of the Manual of Arms
directing the soldier to hold his piece in the right hand,
the barrel resting against the hollow of the shoulder in a
nearly perpendicular position. In this position the
soldier is said to stand, and the musket to be held, at
carry.
To carry all before one, to overcome all obstacles; to have
uninterrupted success.
To carry arms
(a) To bear weapons.
(b) To serve as a soldier.
To carry away.
(a) (Naut.) to break off; to lose; as, to carry away a
fore-topmast.
(b) To take possession of the mind; to charm; to delude;
as, to be carried by music, or by temptation.
To carry coals, to bear indignities tamely, a phrase used
by early dramatists, perhaps from the mean nature of the
occupation. --Halliwell.
To carry coals to Newcastle, to take things to a place
where they already abound; to lose one's labor.
To carry off
(a) To remove to a distance.
(b) To bear away as from the power or grasp of others.
(c) To remove from life; as, the plague carried off
thousands.
To carry on
(a) To carry farther; to advance, or help forward; to
continue; as, to carry on a design.
(b) To manage, conduct, or prosecute; as, to carry on
husbandry or trade.
To carry out.
(a) To bear from within.
(b) To put into execution; to bring to a successful
issue.
(c) To sustain to the end; to continue to the end.
To carry through.
(a) To convey through the midst of.
(b) To support to the end; to sustain, or keep from
falling, or being subdued. "Grace will carry us . . .
through all difficulties." --Hammond.
(c) To complete; to bring to a successful issue; to
succeed.
To carry up, to convey or extend in an upward course or
direction; to build.
To carry weight.
(a) To be handicapped; to have an extra burden, as when
one rides or runs. "He carries weight, he rides a
race" --Cowper.
(b) To have influence.
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WCTU
(gcide) | Woman's Christian Temperance Union \Woman's Christian Temperance
Union\
An association of women formed in the United States in 1874,
for the advancement of temperance by organizing preventive,
educational, evangelistic, social, and legal work. It is also
known as the Women's Christian Temperance Union and by its
acronym WCTU or W.C.T.U.. It was one of the political
forces leading to passage of the constitutional amendment,
later repealed, which prohibited the sale of alcoholic
beverages.
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Yellow-covered
(gcide) | Yellow-covered \Yel"low-cov`ered\, a.
Covered or bound in yellow paper.
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Yellow-covered literature, cheap sensational novels and
trashy magazines; -- formerly so called from the usual
color of their covers. [Colloq. U. S.] --Bartlett.
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Yellow-covered literature
(gcide) | Yellow-covered \Yel"low-cov`ered\, a.
Covered or bound in yellow paper.
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Yellow-covered literature, cheap sensational novels and
trashy magazines; -- formerly so called from the usual
color of their covers. [Colloq. U. S.] --Bartlett.
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yellow-crowned warbler
(gcide) | Myrtle \Myr"tle\ (m[~e]r"t'l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a
little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr.
my`rtos; cf. Per. m[=u]rd.] (Bot.)
A species of the genus Myrtus, especially {Myrtus
communis}. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem,
eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head,
thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It
has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by
black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it
sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used
variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the
beautifully mottled wood is used in turning.
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Note: The name is also popularly but wrongly applied in
America to two creeping plants, the blue-flowered
periwinkle and the yellow-flowered moneywort. In the
West Indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called
myrtle.
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Bog myrtle, the sweet gale.
Crape myrtle. See under Crape.
Myrtle warbler (Zool.), a North American wood warbler
(Dendroica coronata); -- called also myrtle bird,
yellow-rumped warbler, and yellow-crowned warbler.
Myrtle wax. (Bot.) See Bayberry tallow, under Bayberry.
Sand myrtle, a low, branching evergreen shrub ({Leiophyllum
buxifolium}), growing in New Jersey and southward.
Wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera). See Bayberry.
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w.c.
(wn) | W.C.
n 1: a toilet in Britain [syn: water closet, closet, W.C.,
loo] |
bwcc
(vera) | BWCC
Borland Windows Custom Controls (Borland, DLL)
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iwc
(vera) | IWC
Inside Wire Cable
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lwc
(vera) | LWC
Last Working Configuration (ESCD, PNP, BIOS)
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mwc
(vera) | MWC
Mobile World Congress (mobile-systems, conference)
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mwcm
(vera) | MWCM
Molecular Wire Crossbar Memory (RAM, IC, HP)
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nwcs
(vera) | NWCS
Netware Workstation Compatible Service (Netware, Windows NT)
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owc
(vera) | OWC
Optical Wireless Communication
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rwcp
(vera) | RWCP
Real World Computing Partnership (org., Japan)
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scwcd
(vera) | SCWCD
Sun Certified Web Component Developer (Sun)
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uswc
(vera) | USWC
Uncached Speculative Write Combining (CPU)
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wc
(vera) | WC
WildCard multicast route entry (PIM, Multicast)
WC
Word Count (Unix)
WC
Write Cache (SCSI, HDD)
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