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wench
(encz) | wench,holka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Wench
(gcide) | Wench \Wench\ (w[e^]nch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wenched
(w[e^]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Wenching.]
To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.
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Wench
(gcide) | Wench \Wench\ (w[e^]nch), n. [OE. wenche, for older wenchel a
child, originally, weak, tottering; cf. AS. wencle a maid, a
daughter, wencel a pupil, orphan, wincel, winclu, children,
offspring, wencel weak, wancol unstable, OHG. wanchol;
perhaps akin to E. wink. See Wink.]
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1. A young woman; a girl; a maiden. --Shak.
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Lord and lady, groom and wench. --Chaucer.
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That they may send again
My most sweet wench, and gifts to boot. --Chapman.
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He was received by the daughter of the house, a
pretty, buxom, blue-eyed little wench. --W. Black.
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2. A low, vicious young woman; a drab; a strumpet.
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She shall be called his wench or his leman.
--Chaucer.
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It is not a digression to talk of bawds in a
discourse upon wenches. --Spectator.
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3. A colored woman; a negress. [Archaic, U. S.]
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wench
(wn) | wench
n 1: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll,
wench, skirt, chick, bird]
v 1: frequent prostitutes |
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oldwench
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wench
(encz) | wench,holka n: Zdeněk Brož |
wencher
(encz) | wencher, n: |
wenches
(encz) | wenches, |
Flax wench
(gcide) | Flax \Flax\ (fl[a^]ks), n. [AS. fleax; akin to D. vlas, OHG.
flahs, G. flachs, and prob. to flechten to braid, plait,m
twist, L. plectere to weave, plicare to fold, Gr. ? to weave,
plait. See Ply.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the {L.
usitatissimum}, which has a single, slender stalk, about a
foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the
bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen,
cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from
the seed.
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2. The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken
and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.
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Earth flax (Min.), amianthus.
Flax brake, a machine for removing the woody portion of
flax from the fibrous.
Flax comb, a hatchel, hackle, or heckle.
Flax cotton, the fiber of flax, reduced by steeping in
bicarbonate of soda and acidulated liquids, and prepared
for bleaching and spinning like cotton. --Knight.
Flax dresser, one who breaks and swingles flax, or prepares
it for the spinner.
Flax mill, a mill or factory where flax is spun or linen
manufactured.
Flax puller, a machine for pulling flax plants in the
field.
Flax wench.
(a) A woman who spins flax. [Obs.]
(b) A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak.
Mountain flax (Min.), amianthus.
New Zealand flax (Bot.) See Flax-plant.
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Oyster wench
(gcide) | Oyster \Oys"ter\ (ois"t[~e]r), n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[^i]tre, L.
ostrea, ostreum, Gr. 'o`streon; prob. akin to 'ostre`on bone,
the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. Osseous,
Ostracize.]
1. (Zool.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea.
They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed
objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in
brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European
oyster (Ostrea edulis), and the American oyster ({Ostrea
Virginiana}), are the most important species.
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2. A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in
a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part
of the back of a fowl.
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Fresh-water oyster (Zool.), any species of the genus
Etheria, and allied genera, found in rivers of Africa
and South America. They are irregular in form, and attach
themselves to rocks like oysters, but they have a pearly
interior, and are allied to the fresh-water mussels.
Oyster bed, a breeding place for oysters; a place in a
tidal river or other water on or near the seashore, where
oysters are deposited to grow and fatten for market. See
1st Scalp, n.
Oyster catcher (Zool.), See oystercatcher in the
vocabulary.
Oyster crab (Zool.) a small crab (Pinnotheres ostreum)
which lives as a commensal in the gill cavity of the
oyster.
Oyster dredge, a rake or small dragnet for bringing up
oysters from the bottom of the sea.
Oyster fish. (Zool.)
(a) The tautog.
(b) The toadfish.
Oyster plant. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Tragopogon ({Tragopogon
porrifolius}), the root of which, when cooked,
somewhat resembles the oyster in taste; salsify; --
called also vegetable oyster.
(b) A plant found on the seacoast of Northern Europe,
America and Asia (Mertensia maritima), the fresh
leaves of which have a strong flavor of oysters.
Oyster plover. (Zool.) Same as oystercatcher.
Oyster shell (Zool.), the shell of an oyster.
Oyster wench, Oyster wife, Oyster women, a women who
deals in oysters.
Pearl oyster. (Zool.) See under Pearl.
Thorny oyster (Zool.), any spiny marine shell of the genus
Spondylus.
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Wenched
(gcide) | Wench \Wench\ (w[e^]nch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wenched
(w[e^]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Wenching.]
To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.
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Wencher
(gcide) | Wencher \Wench"er\ (w[e^]nch"[~e]r), n.
One who wenches; a lewd man.
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Wenching
(gcide) | Wench \Wench\ (w[e^]nch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wenched
(w[e^]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Wenching.]
To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.
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Wenchless
(gcide) | Wenchless \Wench"less\, a.
Being without a wench. --Shak. "Mr. Clinton, wenchless of
late, has sublimated with public apologies."
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oldwench
(wn) | oldwench
n 1: tropical Atlantic fish [syn: queen triggerfish, {Bessy
cerca}, oldwench, oldwife, Balistes vetula] |
wench
(wn) | wench
n 1: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll,
wench, skirt, chick, bird]
v 1: frequent prostitutes |
wencher
(wn) | wencher
n 1: someone who patronizes prostitutes |
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