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weaning
(encz) | weaning,odstavení mláděte Zdeněk Brož |
Weaning
(gcide) | Wean \Wean\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weaned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Weaning.] [OE. wenen, AS. wenian, wennan, to accustom; akin
to D. wennen, G. gew["o]hnen, OHG. giwennan, Icel. venja, Sw.
v[aum]nja, Dan. v[ae]nne, Icel. vanr accustomed, wont; cf.
AS. [=a]wenian to wean, G. entw["o]hnen. See Wont, a.]
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1. To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young
animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take
from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on
the mother nourishment.
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And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made
a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
--Gen. xxi. 8.
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2. Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any
object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of
anything. "Wean them from themselves." --Shak.
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The troubles of age were intended . . . to wean us
gradually from our fondness of life. --Swift.
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weaning
(wn) | weaning
n 1: the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in
the diet of a child or young mammal [syn: weaning,
ablactation] |
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weaning
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Weaning brash
(gcide) | Weanling \Wean"ling\,
a. & n. from Wean, v.
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The weaning of the whelp is the great test of the skill
of the kennel man. --J. H. Walsh.
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Weaning brash. (Med.) See under Brash.
[1913 Webster]Brash \Brash\, n. [See Brash brittle.]
1. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
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2. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges.
[Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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3. (Geol.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying
alluvial deposits. --Lyell.
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4. Broken fragments of ice. --Kane.
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Water brash (Med.), an affection characterized by a
spasmodic pain or hot sensation in the stomach with a
rising of watery liquid into the mouth; pyrosis.
Weaning brash (Med.), a severe form of diarrhea which
sometimes attacks children just weaned.
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weaning
(wn) | weaning
n 1: the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in
the diet of a child or young mammal [syn: weaning,
ablactation] |
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