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alexandr
(czen) | Alexandr,Alexander[jmén.] |
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alexandra
(encz) | Alexandra,Alexandra n: [jmén.] ženské křestní jméno |
alexandre
(encz) | Alexandre,Alexandre n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
alexandria
(encz) | Alexandria,Alexandria n: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Spojené státy
americké, ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladAlexandria,Alexandrie [zem.] |
alexandrian
(encz) | Alexandrian,týkající se Alexandra velikého Zdeněk Brož |
alexandrine
(encz) | alexandrine,alexandrín Zdeněk Brož |
alexandr veliký
(czen) | Alexandr veliký,Alexander the Great[jmén.] [hist.] Alexandros Veliký
(Makedonský), makedonský panovník žil 356-323 BC |
alexandra
(czen) | Alexandra,Alexandran: [jmén.] ženské křestní jméno |
alexandre
(czen) | Alexandre,Alexandren: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
alexandria
(czen) | Alexandria,Alexandrian: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Spojené státy
americké, ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
alexandrie
(czen) | Alexandrie,Alexandria[zem.] |
alexandrín
(czen) | alexandrín,alexandrine Zdeněk Brož |
týkající se alexandra velikého
(czen) | týkající se Alexandra velikého,Alexandrian Zdeněk Brož |
Alexandria
(gcide) | Alexandria \Alexandria\ n.
a city on the Mediterranean Sea, the chief port of Egypt.
Syn: El Iskandariyah
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Alexandrian
(gcide) | Alexandrian \Al`ex*an"dri*an\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the
Alexandrian library.
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2. Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n.
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Alexandrine
(gcide) | Verse \Verse\ (v[~e]rs), n. [OE. vers, AS. fers, L. versus a
line in writing, and, in poetry, a verse, from vertere,
versum, to turn, to turn round; akin to E. worth to become:
cf. F. vers. See Worth to become, and cf. Advertise,
Averse, Controversy, Convert, Divers, Invert,
Obverse, Prose, Suzerain, Vortex.]
1. A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet
(see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.
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Note: Verses are of various kinds, as hexameter,
pentameter, tetrameter, etc., according to the
number of feet in each. A verse of twelve syllables is
called an Alexandrine. Two or more verses form a
stanza or strophe.
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2. Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed
in metrical form; versification; poetry.
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Such prompt eloquence
Flowed from their lips in prose or numerous verse.
--Milton.
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Virtue was taught in verse. --Prior.
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Verse embalms virtue. --Donne.
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3. A short division of any composition. Specifically:
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(a) A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.
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Note: Although this use of verse is common, it is
objectionable, because not always distinguishable from
the stricter use in the sense of a line.
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(b) (Script.) One of the short divisions of the chapters
in the Old and New Testaments.
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Note: The author of the division of the Old Testament into
verses is not ascertained. The New Testament was
divided into verses by Robert Stephens [or Estienne], a
French printer. This arrangement appeared for the first
time in an edition printed at Geneva, in 1551.
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(c) (Mus.) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a
single voice to each part.
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4. A piece of poetry. "This verse be thine." --Pope.
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Blank verse, poetry in which the lines do not end in
rhymes.
Heroic verse. See under Heroic.
[1913 Webster]Alexandrine \Al`ex*an"drine\, n. [F. alexandrin.]
A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables.
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The needless Alexandrine ends the song,
That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length
along. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]Alexandrine \Al`ex*an"drine\ (?; 277), a.
Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian. --Bancroft.
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Mus Alexandrinus
(gcide) | Rat \Rat\ (r[a^]t), n. [AS. r[ae]t; akin to D. rat, OHG. rato,
ratta, G. ratte, ratze, OLG. ratta, LG. & Dan. rotte, Sw.
r[*a]tta, F. rat, Ir. & Gael radan, Armor. raz, of unknown
origin. Cf. Raccoon.]
1. (Zool.) One of several species of small rodents of the
genus Rattus (formerly included in Mus) and allied
genera, of the family Muridae, distinguished from mice
primarily by being larger. They infest houses, stores, and
ships, especially the Norway rat, also called brown rat,
(Rattus norvegicus formerly Mus decumanus), the black
rat (Rattus rattus formerly Mus rattus), and the roof
rat (formerly Mus Alexandrinus, now included in {Rattus
rattus}). These were introduced into America from the Old
World. The white rat used most commonly in laboratories is
primarily a strain derived from Rattus rattus.
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2. A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material,
used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their
natural hair. [Local, U.S.]
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3. One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the
trades, one who works for lower wages than those
prescribed by a trades union. [Cant]
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Note: "It so chanced that, not long after the accession of
the house of Hanover, some of the brown, that is the
German or Norway, rats, were first brought over to this
country (in some timber as is said); and being much
stronger than the black, or, till then, the common,
rats, they in many places quite extirpated the latter.
The word (both the noun and the verb to rat) was first,
as we have seen, leveled at the converts to the
government of George the First, but has by degrees
obtained a wider meaning, and come to be applied to any
sudden and mercenary change in politics." --Lord Mahon.
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Bamboo rat (Zool.), any Indian rodent of the genus
Rhizomys.
Beaver rat, Coast rat. (Zool.) See under Beaver and
Coast.
Blind rat (Zool.), the mole rat.
Cotton rat (Zool.), a long-haired rat ({Sigmodon
hispidus}), native of the Southern United States and
Mexico. It makes its nest of cotton and is often injurious
to the crop.
Ground rat. See Ground Pig, under Ground.
Hedgehog rat. See under Hedgehog.
Kangaroo rat (Zool.), the potoroo.
Norway rat (Zool.), the common brown rat. See Rat.
Pouched rat. (Zool.)
(a) See Pocket Gopher, under Pocket.
(b) Any African rodent of the genus Cricetomys.
Rat Indians (Ethnol.), a tribe of Indians dwelling near
Fort Ukon, Alaska. They belong to the Athabascan stock.
Rat mole. (Zool.) See Mole rat, under Mole.
Rat pit, an inclosed space into which rats are put to be
killed by a dog for sport.
Rat snake (Zool.), a large colubrine snake ({Ptyas
mucosus}) very common in India and Ceylon. It enters
dwellings, and destroys rats, chickens, etc.
Spiny rat (Zool.), any South American rodent of the genus
Echinomys.
To smell a rat. See under Smell.
Wood rat (Zool.), any American rat of the genus Neotoma,
especially Neotoma Floridana, common in the Southern
United States. Its feet and belly are white.
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Palaeornis Alexandri
(gcide) | Ring \Ring\, n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G.
ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf.
Russ. krug'. Cf. Harangue, Rank a row,Rink.]
A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a
circular line or hoop.
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2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other
precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the
ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a
wedding ring.
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Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.
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The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak.
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3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports
are performed; an arena.
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Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring,
Where youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E.
Smith.
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4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence,
figuratively, prize fighting. "The road was an
institution, the ring was an institution." --Thackeray.
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5. A circular group of persons.
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And hears the Muses in a ring
Aye round about Jove's alter sing. --Milton.
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6. (Geom.)
(a) The plane figure included between the circumferences
of two concentric circles.
(b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or
other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an
axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other
figure.
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7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for
taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring
suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through
which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the
graduated inner surface opposite.
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8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the
spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium.
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9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a
selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute
offices, obtain contracts, etc.
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The ruling ring at Constantinople. --E. A.
Freeman.
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Ring armor, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring
mail}, below, and Chain mail, under Chain.
Ring blackbird (Zool.), the ring ousel.
Ring canal (Zool.), the circular water tube which surrounds
the esophagus of echinoderms.
Ring dotterel, or Ringed dotterel. (Zool.) See
Dotterel, and Illust. of Pressiroster.
Ring dropper, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring
(dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy
it as valuable, it being worthless.
Ring fence. See under Fence.
Ring finger, the third finger of the left hand, or the next
the little finger, on which the ring is placed in
marriage.
Ring formula (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a
closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See
Illust. under Benzene.
Ring mail, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed
upon a garment of leather or of cloth.
Ring micrometer. (Astron.) See Circular micrometer, under
Micrometer.
Saturn's rings. See Saturn.
Ring ousel. (Zool.) See Ousel.
Ring parrot (Zool.), any one of several species of Old
World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck,
especially Palaeornis torquatus, common in India, and
Palaeornis Alexandri of Java.
Ring plover. (Zool.)
(a) The ringed dotterel.
(b) Any one of several small American plovers having a
dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata).
Ring snake (Zool.), a small harmless American snake
(Diadophis punctatus) having a white ring around the
neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of
an orange red.
Ring stopper. (Naut.) See under Stopper.
Ring thrush (Zool.), the ring ousel.
The prize ring, the ring in which prize fighters contend;
prize fighters, collectively.
The ring.
(a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races.
[Eng.]
(b) The prize ring.
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Trifolium alexandrinum
(gcide) | Berseem \Ber*seem"\, n. [Ar. bersh[imac]m clover.]
An Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum) extensively
cultivated as a forage plant and soil-renewing crop in the
alkaline soils of the Nile valley, and now introduced into
the southwestern United States. It is more succulent than
other clovers or than alfalfa. Called also Egyptian clover.
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alexander alexandrovich blok
(wn) | Alexander Alexandrovich Blok
n 1: Russian poet (1880-1921) [syn: Blok, {Alexander
Alexandrovich Blok}, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok] |
alexandre dumas
(wn) | Alexandre Dumas
n 1: French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical
tales (1802-1870) [syn: Dumas, Alexandre Dumas] |
alexandre emile jean yersin
(wn) | Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin
n 1: French bacteriologist born in Switzerland; was a student of
Pasteur; discovered the plague bacillus (1863-1943) [syn:
Yersin, Alexandre Yersin, {Alexandre Emile Jean
Yersin}] |
alexandre gustave eiffel
(wn) | Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
n 1: French engineer who constructed the Eiffel Tower
(1832-1923) [syn: Eiffel, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel] |
alexandre yersin
(wn) | Alexandre Yersin
n 1: French bacteriologist born in Switzerland; was a student of
Pasteur; discovered the plague bacillus (1863-1943) [syn:
Yersin, Alexandre Yersin, {Alexandre Emile Jean
Yersin}] |
alexandria
(wn) | Alexandria
n 1: a town in Louisiana on the Red River
2: the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the
Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the
Great; the capital of ancient Egypt [syn: Alexandria, {El
Iskandriyah}] |
alexandria senna
(wn) | Alexandria senna
n 1: erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the
dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes
placed in genus Cassia [syn: Alexandria senna,
Alexandrian senna, true senna, tinnevelly senna,
Indian senna, Senna alexandrina, Cassia acutifolia,
Cassia augustifolia] |
alexandrian
(wn) | Alexandrian
adj 1: of or relating to Alexander the Great or his empire
n 1: a resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria
in Egypt) |
alexandrian laurel
(wn) | Alexandrian laurel
n 1: East Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers;
coastal areas southern India to Malaysia [syn: {Alexandrian
laurel}, Calophyllum inophyllum] |
alexandrian senna
(wn) | Alexandrian senna
n 1: erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the
dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes
placed in genus Cassia [syn: Alexandria senna,
Alexandrian senna, true senna, tinnevelly senna,
Indian senna, Senna alexandrina, Cassia acutifolia,
Cassia augustifolia] |
alexandrine
(wn) | Alexandrine
n 1: (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet |
alexandrite
(wn) | alexandrite
n 1: a green variety of chrysoberyl used as a gemstone |
hero of alexandria
(wn) | Hero of Alexandria
n 1: Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to
determine the area of a triangle and who described various
mechanical devices (first century) [syn: Hero, Heron,
Hero of Alexandria] |
jacques alexandre cesar charles
(wn) | Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles
n 1: French physicist and author of Charles's law which
anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823) [syn: Charles,
Jacques Charles, Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles] |
senna alexandrina
(wn) | Senna alexandrina
n 1: erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the
dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes
placed in genus Cassia [syn: Alexandria senna,
Alexandrian senna, true senna, tinnevelly senna,
Indian senna, Senna alexandrina, Cassia acutifolia,
Cassia augustifolia] |
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