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wales
(encz)
Wales,Wales n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
wales
(encz)
Wales,Wales n: [zem.] část Británie Pavel Cvrček
wales
(czen)
Wales,Walesn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
wales
(czen)
Wales,Walesn: [zem.] část Británie Pavel Cvrček
wales
(wn)
Wales
n 1: one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times
the region was known as Cambria [syn: Wales, Cymru,
Cambria]
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waleský
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Walesan
- Welsh
walesky
(msasasci)
walesky
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walestina
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walestina
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lech walesa
(encz)
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prince of wales
(encz)
Prince of Wales,
wales
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hl.m. - wales
(czen)
hl.m. - Wales,Cardiffn: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
hlavní město walesu
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hlavní město Walesu,Cardiff Jiří Šmoldas
nový jižní wales
(czen)
Nový Jižní Wales,New South Wales
wales
(czen)
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walesan
(czen)
Walesan,Welsh mann: Walesan,Welshmann:
walesanka
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Walesanka,Welsh womann:
walesané
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walesané,welshn: Zdeněk Brož
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Chain wales
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Chain \Chain\ (ch[=a]n), n. [F. cha[^i]ne, fr. L. catena. Cf.
Catenate.]
1. A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected,
or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as
of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and
transmission of mechanical power, etc.
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[They] put a chain of gold about his neck. --Dan. v.
29.
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2. That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a
bond; as, the chains of habit.
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Driven down
To chains of darkness and the undying worm.
--Milton.
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3. A series of things linked together; or a series of things
connected and following each other in succession; as, a
chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.
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4. (Surv.) An instrument which consists of links and is used
in measuring land.
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Note: One commonly in use is Gunter's chain, which consists
of one hundred links, each link being seven inches and
ninety-two one hundredths in length; making up the
total length of rods, or sixty-six, feet; hence, a
measure of that length; hence, also, a unit for land
measure equal to four rods square, or one tenth of an
acre.
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5. pl. (Naut.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to
bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the
channels.
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6. (Weaving) The warp threads of a web. --Knight.
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Chain belt (Mach.), a belt made of a chain; -- used for
transmitting power.

Chain boat, a boat fitted up for recovering lost cables,
anchors, etc.

Chain bolt
(a) (Naut.) The bolt at the lower end of the chain plate,
which fastens it to the vessel's side.
(b) A bolt with a chain attached for drawing it out of
position.

Chain bond. See Chain timber.

Chain bridge, a bridge supported by chain cables; a
suspension bridge.

Chain cable, a cable made of iron links.

Chain coral (Zool.), a fossil coral of the genus
Halysites, common in the middle and upper Silurian
rocks. The tubular corallites are united side by side in
groups, looking in an end view like links of a chain. When
perfect, the calicles show twelve septa.

Chain coupling.
(a) A shackle for uniting lengths of chain, or connecting
a chain with an object.
(b) (Railroad) Supplementary coupling together of cars
with a chain.

Chain gang, a gang of convicts chained together.

Chain hook (Naut.), a hook, used for dragging cables about
the deck.

Chain mail, flexible, defensive armor of hammered metal
links wrought into the form of a garment.

Chain molding (Arch.), a form of molding in imitation of a
chain, used in the Normal style.

Chain pier, a pier suspended by chain.

Chain pipe (Naut.), an opening in the deck, lined with
iron, through which the cable is passed into the lockers
or tiers.

Chain plate (Shipbuilding), one of the iron plates or
bands, on a vessel's side, to which the standing rigging
is fastened.

Chain pulley, a pulley with depressions in the periphery of
its wheel, or projections from it, made to fit the links
of a chain.

Chain pumps. See in the Vocabulary.

Chain rule (Arith.), a theorem for solving numerical
problems by composition of ratios, or compound proportion,
by which, when several ratios of equality are given, the
consequent of each being the same as the antecedent of the
next, the relation between the first antecedent and the
last consequent is discovered.

Chain shot (Mil.), two cannon balls united by a shot chain,
formerly used in naval warfare on account of their
destructive effect on a ship's rigging.

Chain stitch. See in the Vocabulary.

Chain timber. (Arch.) See Bond timber, under Bond.

Chain wales. (Naut.) Same as Channels.

Chain wheel. See in the Vocabulary.

Closed chain, Open chain (Chem.), terms applied to the
chemical structure of compounds whose rational formul[ae]
are written respectively in the form of a closed ring (see
Benzene nucleus, under Benzene), or in an open
extended form.

Endless chain, a chain whose ends have been united by a
link.
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New South Wales rosewood
(gcide)
Rosewood \Rose"wood\, n.
A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and
variegated with black, obtained from several tropical
leguminous trees of the genera Dalbergia and Machaerium.
The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the
Dalbergia nigra.
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African rosewood, the wood of the leguminous tree
Pterocarpus erinaceus.

Jamaica rosewood, the wood of two West Indian trees
(Amyris balsamifera, and Linocieria ligustrina).

New South Wales rosewood, the wood of {Trichilia
glandulosa}, a tree related to the margosa.
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Prince of Wales
(gcide)
Prince \Prince\, n. [F., from L. princeps, -cipis, the first,
chief; primus first + capere to take. See Prime, a., and
Capacious.]
1. The one of highest rank; one holding the highest place and
authority; a sovereign; a monarch; -- originally applied
to either sex, but now rarely applied to a female.
--Wyclif (Rev. i. 5).
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Go, Michael, of celestial armies prince. --Milton.
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Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex.
--Camden.
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2. The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal
family; as, princes of the blood. --Shak.
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3. A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in
different countries. In England it belongs to dukes,
marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal
family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a
member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is
always one of the royal family.
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4. The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class
or profession; one who is pre["e]minent; as, a merchant
prince; a prince of players. "The prince of learning."
--Peacham.
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Prince-Albert coat, a long double-breasted frock coat for
men.

Prince of the blood, Prince consort, {Prince of
darkness}. See under Blood, Consort, and Darkness.

Prince of Wales, the oldest son of the English sovereign.


Prince's feather (Bot.), a name given to two annual herbs
(Amarantus caudatus and Polygonum orientale), with
apetalous reddish flowers arranged in long recurved
panicled spikes.

Prince's metal, Prince Rupert's metal. See under Metal.

Prince's pine. (Bot.) See Pipsissewa.
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lech walesa
(wn)
Lech Walesa
n 1: Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943) [syn:
Walesa, Lech Walesa]
new south wales
(wn)
New South Wales
n 1: an Australian state in southeastern Australia
prince of wales
(wn)
Prince of Wales
n 1: the male heir apparent of the British sovereign
prince of wales heath
(wn)
Prince of Wales heath
n 1: South African shrub grown for its profusion of white
flowers [syn: Prince-of-Wales'-heath, {Prince of Wales
heath}, Erica perspicua]
prince-of-wales feather
(wn)
Prince-of-Wales feather
n 1: New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly
stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea [syn: {crape
fern}, Prince-of-Wales fern, Prince-of-Wales feather,
Prince-of-Wales plume, Leptopteris superba, {Todea
superba}]
prince-of-wales fern
(wn)
Prince-of-Wales fern
n 1: New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly
stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea [syn: {crape
fern}, Prince-of-Wales fern, Prince-of-Wales feather,
Prince-of-Wales plume, Leptopteris superba, {Todea
superba}]
prince-of-wales plume
(wn)
Prince-of-Wales plume
n 1: New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly
stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea [syn: {crape
fern}, Prince-of-Wales fern, Prince-of-Wales feather,
Prince-of-Wales plume, Leptopteris superba, {Todea
superba}]