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aches
(encz) | aches,bolesti n: Zdeněk Brož |
aches
(encz) | aches,touhy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
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beaches
(mass) | beaches
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apaches
(encz) | Apaches,Apači n: pl. web |
approaches
(encz) | approaches,blíží se Zdeněk Brožapproaches,přichází v: Zdeněk Brožapproaches,přijíždí v: Zdeněk Brožapproaches,přistupuje v: Zdeněk Brož |
beaches
(encz) | beaches,pláže n: Zdeněk Brož |
breaches
(encz) | breaches,nedodržuje v: Zdeněk Brožbreaches,porušuje v: Zdeněk Brožbreaches,proráží v: Zdeněk Brož |
caches
(encz) | caches,skrýše n: Zdeněk Brož |
coaches
(encz) | coaches,instruktoři n: Zdeněk Brožcoaches,trenéři n: Zdeněk Brožcoaches,trénuje v: Zdeněk Brož |
cockroaches
(encz) | cockroaches,švábi n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
detaches
(encz) | detaches, |
encroaches
(encz) | encroaches, |
headaches
(encz) | headaches,bolesti hlavy Zdeněk Brož |
huaraches
(encz) | huaraches, n: |
impeaches
(encz) | impeaches, |
laches
(encz) | laches,promeškání n: Zdeněk Brožlaches,zanedbání n: Zdeněk Brož |
lachesis
(encz) | Lachesis, |
mustaches
(encz) | mustaches,kníry n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
peaches
(encz) | peaches,broskve n: pl. |
peaches-and-cream
(encz) | peaches-and-cream, |
preaches
(encz) | preaches, |
reaches
(encz) | reaches,dosáhne v: Michal Ambrož |
reproaches
(encz) | reproaches, |
slowcoaches
(encz) | slowcoaches, |
stagecoaches
(encz) | stagecoaches, |
teaches
(encz) | teaches,učí Zdeněk Brož |
Apaches
(gcide) | Apaches \A*pa"ches\, n. pl.; sing. Apache. (Ethnol.)
A group of nomadic North American Indians including several
tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.
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Beaches
(gcide) | Beach \Beach\ (b[=e]ch), n.; pl. Beaches (-[e^]z). [Cf. Sw.
backe hill, Dan. bakke, Icel. bakki hill, bank. Cf. Bank.]
1. Pebbles, collectively; shingle.
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2. The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the
waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.
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Beach flea (Zool.), the common name of many species of
amphipod Crustacea, of the family Orchestid[ae], living
on the sea beaches, and leaping like fleas.
Beach grass (Bot.), a coarse grass ({Ammophila
arundinacea}), growing on the sandy shores of lakes and
seas, which, by its interlaced running rootstocks, binds
the sand together, and resists the encroachment of the
waves.
Beach wagon, a light open wagon with two or more seats.
Raised beach, an accumulation of water-worn stones, gravel,
sand, and other shore deposits, above the present level of
wave action, whether actually raised by elevation of the
coast, as in Norway, or left by the receding waters, as in
many lake and river regions.
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huaraches
(gcide) | Huarache \Hua*ra"che\, huaraches \hua*ra"ches\, Huaracho
\Hua*ra"cho\, n.; pl. Huarachos. [Amer. Sp., also guaracha,
guarache, huarache, prob. of Mexican origin.]
A kind of low-heeled sandal with the upper consisting of
interwoven leather strips; -- usually used in pl. [Southern
U. S. & Mex.]
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Laches
(gcide) | Laches \Lach"es\ (l[a^]sh"[e^]z), Lache \Lache\ (l[a^]sh), n.
[OF. lachesse, fr. lache lax, indolent, F. l[^a]che,
ultimately fr. L. laxus loose, lax. See Lax.] (Law)
Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the
proper time; especially, a delay in asserting a claim,
sufficient to cause a person to lose the right to
adjuducation of the claim by a court.
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It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches
with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney. --Macaulay.
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Lachesis mutus
(gcide) | Bush \Bush\ (b[.u]sh), n. [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk;
akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b[=u]skr,
b[=u]ski, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus,
buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF.
bos. Whether the LL. or G. form is the original is uncertain;
if the LL., it is perh. from the same source as E. box a
case. Cf. Ambush, Boscage, Bouquet, Box a case.]
1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild
forest.
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Note: This was the original sense of the word, as in the
Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In
this sense it is extensively used in the British
colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also
in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the
bush.
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2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near
the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.
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To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling
flowers. --Gascoigne.
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3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as,
bushes to support pea vines.
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4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to
Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern
sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern
itself.
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If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is
true that a good play needs no epilogue. --Shak.
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5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
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To beat about the bush, to approach anything in a
round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a
metaphor taken from hunting.
Bush bean (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and
requires no support (Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus).
See Bean, 1.
Bush buck, or Bush goat (Zool.), a beautiful South
African antelope (Tragelaphus sylvaticus); -- so called
because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is
also applied to other species.
Bush cat (Zool.), the serval. See Serval.
Bush chat (Zool.), a bird of the genus Pratincola, of the
Thrush family.
Bush dog. (Zool.) See Potto.
Bush hammer. See Bushhammer in the Vocabulary.
Bush harrow (Agric.) See under Harrow.
Bush hog (Zool.), a South African wild hog
(Potamoch[oe]rus Africanus); -- called also bush pig,
and water hog.
Bush master (Zool.), a venomous snake (Lachesis mutus) of
Guinea; -- called also surucucu.
Bush pea (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.
Bush shrike (Zool.), a bird of the genus Thamnophilus,
and allied genera; -- called also batarg. Many species
inhabit tropical America.
Bush tit (Zool.), a small bird of the genus Psaltriparus,
allied to the titmouse. Psaltriparus minimus inhabits
California.
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Mustaches
(gcide) | Mustache \Mus*tache"\ (m[u^]s*t[.a]sh"; 277), n.; pl.
Mustaches. [Written also moustache.] [F. moustache, It.
mostaccio visage, mostacchio mustache, fr. Gr. my`stax upper
lip and the beard upon it; cf. ma`stax mouth: cf. Sp.
mostacho.]
1. That part of the beard which grows on the upper lip; hair
left growing above the mouth.
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2. (Zool.) A West African monkey (Cercopithecus cephus). It
has yellow whiskers, and a triangular blue mark on the
nose.
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3. (Zool.) Any conspicuous stripe of color on the side of the
head, beneath the eye of a bird.
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4. A stain or discoloration on the upper lip of a person; as,
wearing a milk mustache. [informal]
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Ranz des vaches
(gcide) | Ranz des vaches \Ranz" des` vaches"\ (r[aum]Ns" d[asl]`
v[.a]sh"). [F., the ranks or rows of cows, the name being
given from the fact that the cattle, when answering the
musical call of their keeper, move towards him in a row,
preceded by those wearing bells.]
The name for numerous simple, but very irregular, melodies of
the Swiss mountaineers, blown on a long tube called the
Alpine horn, and sometimes sung.
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acheson
(wn) | Acheson
n 1: United States statesman who promoted the Marshall Plan and
helped establish NATO (1893-1971) [syn: Acheson, {Dean
Acheson}, Dean Gooderham Acheson] |
acheson process
(wn) | Acheson process
n 1: an industrial process for making graphite by heating a
mixture of coke and clay |
dean acheson
(wn) | Dean Acheson
n 1: United States statesman who promoted the Marshall Plan and
helped establish NATO (1893-1971) [syn: Acheson, {Dean
Acheson}, Dean Gooderham Acheson] |
dean gooderham acheson
(wn) | Dean Gooderham Acheson
n 1: United States statesman who promoted the Marshall Plan and
helped establish NATO (1893-1971) [syn: Acheson, {Dean
Acheson}, Dean Gooderham Acheson] |
huaraches
(wn) | huaraches
n 1: a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather
straps [syn: huarache, huaraches] |
lachesis
(wn) | Lachesis
n 1: the Greek goddess of fate who determines the length of the
thread of life |
vyacheslav mikhailovich molotov
(wn) | Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov
n 1: Soviet statesman (1890-1986) [syn: Molotov, {Vyacheslav
Mikhailovich Molotov}] |
LACHES
(bouvier) | LACHES. This word, derived from the French lecher, is nearly synonymous with
negligence.
2. In general, when a party has been guilty of laches in enforcing his
right by great delay and lapse of time, this circumstance will at common law
prejudice, and sometimes operate in bar of a remedy which it is
discretionary and not compulsory in the court to afford. In courts of
equity, also delay will generally prejudice. 1 Chit. Pr. 786, and the cases
there cited; 8 Com. Dig. 684; 6 Johns. Ch. R. 360.
3. But laches may be excused from, ignorance of the party's rights; 2
Mer. R. 362; 2 Ball & Beat. 104; from the obscurity of the transaction; 2
Sch. & Lef. 487; by the pendancy of a suit; 1 Sch. & Lef. 413; and where the
party labors under a legal disability, as insanity, coverture, infancy, and
the like. And no laches can be imputed to the public. 4 Mass. Rep. 522; 3
Serg. & Rawle, 291; 4 Hen. & Munf. 57; 1 Penna. R. 476. Vide 1 Supp. to
Ves. Jr. 436; 2 Id. 170; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3911.
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