| slovo | definícia |
allot
(mass) | allot
- rozdeliť, udeliť, prideliť |
allot
(encz) | allot,přidělit v: |
allot
(encz) | allot,rozdělit v: Zdeněk Brož |
allot
(encz) | allot,udělit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Allot
(gcide) | Allot \Al*lot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Allotting.] [OF. aloter, F. allotir; a (L. ad) + lot lot.
See Lot.]
1. To distribute by lot.
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2. To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to
distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a
share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on;
to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with
that which Providence allots him.
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Ten years I will allot to the attainment of
knowledge. --Johnson.
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allot
(wn) | allot
v 1: give out; "We were assigned new uniforms" [syn: assign,
allot, portion]
2: allow to have; "grant a privilege" [syn: accord, allot,
grant]
3: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer
critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money";
"shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to
someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn:
distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out,
lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out,
allot, dole out] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
allotment
(mass) | allotment
- pozemok |
ballot
(mass) | ballot
- hlasovanie, hlasovací lístok, tajné hlasovanie |
allotment
(encz) | allotment,parcela n: Zdeněk Brožallotment,podíl n: Zdeněk Brožallotment,pozemek n: Zdeněk Brožallotment,příděl [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačallotment,zahrádka n: Zdeněk Brož |
allotments
(encz) | allotments,parcely n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
allotrope
(encz) | allotrope,alotrop n: Zdeněk Brož |
allotropic
(encz) | allotropic,alotropický adj: Zdeněk Brožallotropic,mnohotvarý Pavel Cvrček |
allotropy
(encz) | allotropy,alotropie n: Zdeněk Brožallotropy,mnohotvárnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
allotted
(encz) | allotted,přiděleno |
allotter
(encz) | allotter,přidělovač n: |
allotting
(encz) | allotting,přidělováno |
ballot
(encz) | ballot,hlasovací lístek ballot,hlasování Pavel Machek; Gizaballot,tajná volba Zdeněk Brožballot,tajně hlasovat Zdeněk Brož |
ballot box
(encz) | ballot box,volební urna n: Zdeněk Brož |
ballots
(encz) | ballots,tajně hlasuje v: Zdeněk Brožballots,tajné volby Zdeněk Brož |
reallot
(encz) | reallot, v: |
reallotment
(encz) | reallotment, n: |
secret ballot
(encz) | secret ballot, n: |
shallot
(encz) | shallot,šalotka n: Zdeněk Brož |
tetralogy of fallot
(encz) | tetralogy of Fallot, n: |
Allot
(gcide) | Allot \Al*lot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Allotting.] [OF. aloter, F. allotir; a (L. ad) + lot lot.
See Lot.]
1. To distribute by lot.
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2. To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to
distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a
share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on;
to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with
that which Providence allots him.
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Ten years I will allot to the attainment of
knowledge. --Johnson.
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Allotheism
(gcide) | Allotheism \Al"lo*the*ism\, n. [Gr. ? other + ? god.]
The worship of strange gods. --Jer. Taylor.
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Allotment
(gcide) | Allotment \Al*lot"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. alotement, F. allotement.]
1. The act of allotting; assignment.
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2. That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted
or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the
act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a
distinct party.
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The alloments of God and nature. --L'Estrange.
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A vineyard and an allotment for olives and herbs.
--Broome.
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3. (law) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a
particular thing to a particular person.
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Cottage allotment, an allotment of a small portion of land
to a country laborer for garden cultivation. [Eng.]
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allotriophagy
(gcide) | allotriophagy \al`lo*tri*oph"a*gy\
([a^]l`l[-o]*tr[i^]*[o^]f"[.a]*j[y^]), n. [Gr. 'allo`trios
strange + fagei^n to eat: cf. F. allotriophagie.] (Med.)
A depraved appetite; a desire for strange or nonnutritious
food, such as clay or starch. Called also pica. --AS
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allotrophic
(gcide) | allotrophic \al`lo*troph"ic\ ([a^]l`l[-o]*tr[o^]f"[i^]k), a.
[Gr. 'a`llos other + trophic.]
(a) (Physiol.) Changed or modified in nutritive power by the
process of digestion.
(b) (Plant Physiol.) Dependent upon other organisms for
nutrition; heterotrophic; -- said of plants unable to
perform photosynthesis, as all saprophytes; -- opposed to
autotrophic.
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Allotropic
(gcide) | Allotropic \Al`lo*trop"ic\ ([a^]l`l[-o]*tr[o^]p"[i^]k),
Allotropical \Al`lo*trop"ic*al\ (-[i^]k*al), a. [Cf. F.
allotropique.]
Of or pertaining to allotropism. -- Al`lo*trop"ic*al*ly,
adv.
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Allotropic state, the several conditions which occur in a
case of allotropism.
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Allotropic state
(gcide) | Allotropic \Al`lo*trop"ic\ ([a^]l`l[-o]*tr[o^]p"[i^]k),
Allotropical \Al`lo*trop"ic*al\ (-[i^]k*al), a. [Cf. F.
allotropique.]
Of or pertaining to allotropism. -- Al`lo*trop"ic*al*ly,
adv.
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Allotropic state, the several conditions which occur in a
case of allotropism.
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Allotropical
(gcide) | Allotropic \Al`lo*trop"ic\ ([a^]l`l[-o]*tr[o^]p"[i^]k),
Allotropical \Al`lo*trop"ic*al\ (-[i^]k*al), a. [Cf. F.
allotropique.]
Of or pertaining to allotropism. -- Al`lo*trop"ic*al*ly,
adv.
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Allotropic state, the several conditions which occur in a
case of allotropism.
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Allotropically
(gcide) | Allotropic \Al`lo*trop"ic\ ([a^]l`l[-o]*tr[o^]p"[i^]k),
Allotropical \Al`lo*trop"ic*al\ (-[i^]k*al), a. [Cf. F.
allotropique.]
Of or pertaining to allotropism. -- Al`lo*trop"ic*al*ly,
adv.
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Allotropic state, the several conditions which occur in a
case of allotropism.
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Allotropicity
(gcide) | Allotropicity \Al*lot`ro*pic"i*ty\
([a^]l`l[o^]t`r[-o]*p[i^]s"[i^]*t[y^]), n.
Allotropic property or nature.
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Allotropism
(gcide) | Allotropism \Al*lot"ro*pism\, Allotropy \Al*lot"ro*py\, n. [Gr.
? other + direction, way, ? to turn: cf. F. allotropie.]
(Chem.)
The property of existing in two or more conditions which are
distinct in their physical or chemical relations.
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Note: Thus, carbon occurs crystallized in octahedrons and
other related forms, in a state of extreme hardness, in
the diamond; it occurs in hexagonal forms, and of
little hardness, in black lead; and again occurs in a
third form, with entire softness, in lampblack and
charcoal. In some cases, one of these is peculiarly an
active state, and the other a passive one. Thus, ozone
is an active state of oxygen, and is distinct from
ordinary oxygen, which is the element in its passive
state.
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Allotropize
(gcide) | Allotropize \Al*lot"ro*pize\, v. t.
To change in physical properties but not in substance. [R.]
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Allotropy
(gcide) | Allotropism \Al*lot"ro*pism\, Allotropy \Al*lot"ro*py\, n. [Gr.
? other + direction, way, ? to turn: cf. F. allotropie.]
(Chem.)
The property of existing in two or more conditions which are
distinct in their physical or chemical relations.
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Note: Thus, carbon occurs crystallized in octahedrons and
other related forms, in a state of extreme hardness, in
the diamond; it occurs in hexagonal forms, and of
little hardness, in black lead; and again occurs in a
third form, with entire softness, in lampblack and
charcoal. In some cases, one of these is peculiarly an
active state, and the other a passive one. Thus, ozone
is an active state of oxygen, and is distinct from
ordinary oxygen, which is the element in its passive
state.
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Allottable
(gcide) | Allottable \Al*lot"ta*ble\, a.
Capable of being allotted.
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Allotted
(gcide) | Allot \Al*lot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Allotting.] [OF. aloter, F. allotir; a (L. ad) + lot lot.
See Lot.]
1. To distribute by lot.
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2. To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to
distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a
share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on;
to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with
that which Providence allots him.
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Ten years I will allot to the attainment of
knowledge. --Johnson.
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Allottee
(gcide) | Allottee \Al*lot`tee"\, n.
One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is
made.
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Allotter
(gcide) | Allotter \Al*lot"ter\, n.
One who allots.
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Allottery
(gcide) | Allottery \Al*lot"ter*y\, n.
Allotment. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Allotting
(gcide) | Allot \Al*lot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Allotting.] [OF. aloter, F. allotir; a (L. ad) + lot lot.
See Lot.]
1. To distribute by lot.
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2. To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to
distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a
share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on;
to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with
that which Providence allots him.
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Ten years I will allot to the attainment of
knowledge. --Johnson.
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Australian ballot
(gcide) | Australian ballot \Aus*tra"li*an bal"lot\ (Law)
A system of balloting or voting in public elections,
originally used in South Australia, in which there is such an
arrangement for polling votes that secrecy is compulsorily
maintained, and the ballot used is an official ballot printed
and distributed by the government.
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Ballot
(gcide) | Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), n. [F. ballotte, fr. It.
ballotta. See Ball round body.]
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1. Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any
printed or written ticket used in voting.
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2. The act of secret voting, whether by balls, written or
printed ballots or tickets, or by use of a voting machine;
the system of voting secretly.
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The insufficiency of the ballot. --Dickens.
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3. The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a
given territory or electoral district.
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4. the official list of candidates competing in an election.
There are no women on the ballot.
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Ballot box,
(a) a box for receiving ballots.
(b) the act, process or system of voting secretly; same as
ballot[2]. "The question will be resolved by the
ballot box."
[1913 Webster]Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Balloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Balloting.] [F. ballotter to
toss, to ballot, or It. ballottare. See Ballot, n.]
To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.
[1913 Webster]Ballot \Bal"lot\, v. t.
To vote for or in opposition to.
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None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number
of balls, they fell to ballot some others. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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Ballot box
(gcide) | Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), n. [F. ballotte, fr. It.
ballotta. See Ball round body.]
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1. Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any
printed or written ticket used in voting.
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2. The act of secret voting, whether by balls, written or
printed ballots or tickets, or by use of a voting machine;
the system of voting secretly.
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The insufficiency of the ballot. --Dickens.
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3. The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a
given territory or electoral district.
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4. the official list of candidates competing in an election.
There are no women on the ballot.
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Ballot box,
(a) a box for receiving ballots.
(b) the act, process or system of voting secretly; same as
ballot[2]. "The question will be resolved by the
ballot box."
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Ballota nigra
(gcide) | Horehound \Hore"hound`\, n. [OE. horehune, AS. h[=a]rhune;
h[=a]r hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species
of organum, Gr. ?, Skr. kn?y to smell.] (Bot.)
1. A plant of the genus Marrubium (Marrubium vulgare),
which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a
household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. [Written also
hoarhound.]
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2. A lozenge or tablet, usually sweetened, containing extract
of horehound, used as a remedy for a cough or a sore
throat.
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Fetid horehound, or Black horehound, a disagreeable plant
resembling horehound (Ballota nigra).
Water horehound, a species of the genus Lycopus,
resembling mint, but not aromatic.
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Ballotade
(gcide) | Ballotade \Bal"lo*tade`\ (b[a^]l"l[-o]*t[aum]d` or
b[a^]l"l[-o]*t[=a]d`), n. [F. ballottade, fr. ballotter to
toss. See Ballot, v. i.] (Man.)
A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight
line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows
only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.
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Ballotage
(gcide) | Ballotage \Bal"lot*age\, n. [F. ballottage.]
In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive first
ballot to decide between two or several candidates; a {runoff
election}.
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Ballotation
(gcide) | Ballotation \Bal`lo*ta"tion\, n.
Voting by ballot. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
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Balloted
(gcide) | Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Balloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Balloting.] [F. ballotter to
toss, to ballot, or It. ballottare. See Ballot, n.]
To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.
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Balloter
(gcide) | Balloter \Bal"lot*er\, n.
One who votes by ballot.
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Ballotin
(gcide) | Ballotin \Bal"lo*tin\, n. [F.]
An officer who has charge of a ballot box. [Obs.]
--Harrington.
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Balloting
(gcide) | Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Balloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Balloting.] [F. ballotter to
toss, to ballot, or It. ballottare. See Ballot, n.]
To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.
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Callot
(gcide) | Callot \Cal"lot\, n.
A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte. --B. Jonson.
[1913 Webster]Calotte \Ca*lotte"\, Callot \Cal"lot\, n. [F. calotte, dim. of
cale a sort of flat cap. Cf. Caul.]
A close cap without visor or brim. Especially:
(a) Such a cap, worn by English serjeants at law.
(b) Such a cap, worn by the French cavalry under their
helmets.
(c) Such a cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic
Church.
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To assume the calotte, to become a priest.
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Cottage allotment
(gcide) | Allotment \Al*lot"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. alotement, F. allotement.]
1. The act of allotting; assignment.
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2. That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted
or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the
act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a
distinct party.
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The alloments of God and nature. --L'Estrange.
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A vineyard and an allotment for olives and herbs.
--Broome.
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3. (law) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a
particular thing to a particular person.
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Cottage allotment, an allotment of a small portion of land
to a country laborer for garden cultivation. [Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Cottage \Cot"tage\ (k?t"t?j; 48), n. [From Cot a cottage.]
A small house; a cot; a hut.
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Note: The term was formerly limited to a habitation for the
poor, but is now applied to any small tasteful
dwelling; and at places of summer resort, to any
residence or lodging house of rustic architecture,
irrespective of size.
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Cottage allotment. See under Alloment. [Eng.]
Cottage cheese, the thick part of clabbered milk strained,
salted, and pressed into a ball.
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Gallotannic
(gcide) | Gallotannic \Gal`lo*tan"nic\, a. [Gall nutgall + tannic.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to the tannin or nutgalls.
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Gallotannic acid. See Tannic acid, under Tannic.
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Gallotannic acid
(gcide) | Gallotannic \Gal`lo*tan"nic\, a. [Gall nutgall + tannic.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to the tannin or nutgalls.
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Gallotannic acid. See Tannic acid, under Tannic.
[1913 Webster]Tannic \Tan"nic\, a.
Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan;
as, tannic acid.
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Tannic acid. (Chem.)
(a) An acid obtained from nutgalls as a yellow amorphous
substance, C14H10O9, having an astringent taste, and
forming with ferric salts a bluish-black compound, which
is the basis of common ink. Called also tannin, and
gallotannic acid.
(b) By extension, any one of a series of astringent
substances resembling tannin proper, widely diffused
through the vegetable kingdom, as in oak bark, willow,
catechu, tea, coffee, etc.
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gallotannic acid
(gcide) | Gallotannic \Gal`lo*tan"nic\, a. [Gall nutgall + tannic.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to the tannin or nutgalls.
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Gallotannic acid. See Tannic acid, under Tannic.
[1913 Webster]Tannic \Tan"nic\, a.
Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan;
as, tannic acid.
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Tannic acid. (Chem.)
(a) An acid obtained from nutgalls as a yellow amorphous
substance, C14H10O9, having an astringent taste, and
forming with ferric salts a bluish-black compound, which
is the basis of common ink. Called also tannin, and
gallotannic acid.
(b) By extension, any one of a series of astringent
substances resembling tannin proper, widely diffused
through the vegetable kingdom, as in oak bark, willow,
catechu, tea, coffee, etc.
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Lepus callotis
(gcide) | Jack \Jack\ (j[a^]k), n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr. ?,
Heb. Ya 'aq[=o]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a
supplanter. Cf. Jacobite, Jockey.]
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1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John.
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You are John Rugby, and you are Jack Rugby. --Shak.
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2. An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a
clown; also, a servant; a rustic. "Jack fool." --Chaucer.
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Since every Jack became a gentleman,
There 's many a gentle person made a Jack. --Shak.
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3. A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also
Jack tar, and Jack afloat.
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4. A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a
subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient
service, and often supplying the place of a boy or
attendant who was commonly called Jack; as:
(a) A device to pull off boots.
(b) A sawhorse or sawbuck.
(c) A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke
jack, or kitchen jack.
(b) (Mining) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by
blasting.
(e) (Knitting Machine) A lever for depressing the sinkers
which push the loops down on the needles.
(f) (Warping Machine) A grating to separate and guide the
threads; a heck box.
(g) (Spinning) A machine for twisting the sliver as it
leaves the carding machine.
(h) A compact, portable machine for planing metal.
(i) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.
(k) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for
multiplying speed.
(l) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent
pipe, to prevent a back draught.
(m) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece
communicating the action of the key to the quill; --
called also hopper.
(n) In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the
torch used to attract game at night; also, the light
itself. --C. Hallock.
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5. A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting
great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body such as
an automobile through a small distance. It consists of a
lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any
simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a
compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever,
crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a
jackscrew, which is a kind of jack.
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6. The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.
--Shak.
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Like an uninstructed bowler who thinks to attain the
jack by delivering his bowl straight forward upon
it. --Sir W.
Scott.
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7. The male of certain animals, as of the ass.
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8. (Zool.)
(a) A young pike; a pickerel.
(b) The jurel.
(c) A large, California rock fish ({Sebastodes
paucispinus}); -- called also boccaccio, and
m['e]rou.
(d) The wall-eyed pike.
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9. A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding
a quarter of a pint. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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10. (Naut.)
(a) A flag, containing only the union, without the fly,
usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap;
-- called also union jack. The American jack is a
small blue flag, with a star for each State.
(b) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead,
to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal
shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree. --R. H.
Dana, Jr.
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11. The knave of a suit of playing cards.
12. (pl.) A game played with small (metallic, with
tetrahedrally oriented spikes) objects (the jacks(1950+),
formerly jackstones) that are tossed, caught, picked up,
and arranged on a horizontal surface in various patterns;
in the modern American game, the movements are
accompanied by tossing or bouncing a rubber ball on the
horizontal surface supporting the jacks. same as
jackstones.
[PJC]
13. Money. [slang]
[PJC]
14. Apple jack.
[PJC]
15. Brandy.
[PJC]
Note: Jack is used adjectively in various senses. It
sometimes designates something cut short or diminished
in size; as, a jack timber; a jack rafter; a jack arch,
etc.
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Jack arch, an arch of the thickness of one brick.
Jack back (Brewing & Malt Vinegar Manuf.), a cistern which
receives the wort. See under 1st Back.
Jack block (Naut.), a block fixed in the topgallant or
royal rigging, used for raising and lowering light masts
and spars.
Jack boots, boots reaching above the knee; -- worn in the
17 century by soldiers; afterwards by fishermen, etc.
Jack crosstree. (Naut.) See 10, b, above.
Jack curlew (Zool.), the whimbrel.
Jack frame. (Cotton Spinning) See 4
(g), above.
Jack Frost, frost or cold weather personified as a
mischievous person.
Jack hare, a male hare. --Cowper.
Jack lamp, a lamp for still hunting and camp use. See def.
4
(n.), above.
Jack plane, a joiner's plane used for coarse work.
Jack post, one of the posts which support the crank shaft
of a deep-well-boring apparatus.
Jack pot (Poker Playing), the name given to the stakes,
contributions to which are made by each player
successively, till such a hand is turned as shall take the
"pot," which is the sum total of all the bets. See also
jackpot.
Jack rabbit (Zool.), any one of several species of large
American hares, having very large ears and long legs. The
California species (Lepus Californicus), and that of
Texas and New Mexico (Lepus callotis), have the tail
black above, and the ears black at the tip. They do not
become white in winter. The more northern prairie hare
(Lepus campestris) has the upper side of the tail white,
and in winter its fur becomes nearly white.
Jack rafter (Arch.), in England, one of the shorter rafters
used in constructing a hip or valley roof; in the United
States, any secondary roof timber, as the common rafters
resting on purlins in a trussed roof; also, one of the
pieces simulating extended rafters, used under the eaves
in some styles of building.
Jack salmon (Zool.), the wall-eyed pike, or glasseye.
Jack sauce, an impudent fellow. [Colloq. & Obs.]
Jack shaft (Mach.), the first intermediate shaft, in a
factory or mill, which receives power, through belts or
gearing, from a prime mover, and transmits it, by the same
means, to other intermediate shafts or to a line shaft.
Jack sinker (Knitting Mach.), a thin iron plate operated by
the jack to depress the loop of thread between two
needles.
Jack snipe. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary.
Jack staff (Naut.), a staff fixed on the bowsprit cap, upon
which the jack is hoisted.
Jack timber (Arch.), any timber, as a rafter, rib, or
studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the
others.
Jack towel, a towel hung on a roller for common use.
Jack truss (Arch.), in a hip roof, a minor truss used where
the roof has not its full section.
Jack tree. (Bot.) See 1st Jack, n.
Jack yard (Naut.), a short spar to extend a topsail beyond
the gaff.
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Blue jack, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
Hydraulic jack, a jack used for lifting, pulling, or
forcing, consisting of a compact portable hydrostatic
press, with its pump and a reservoir containing a supply
of liquid, as oil.
Jack-at-a-pinch.
(a) One called upon to take the place of another in an
emergency.
(b) An itinerant parson who conducts an occasional
service for a fee.
Jack-at-all-trades, one who can turn his hand to any kind
of work.
Jack-by-the-hedge (Bot.), a plant of the genus Erysimum
(Erysimum alliaria, or Alliaria officinalis), which
grows under hedges. It bears a white flower and has a
taste not unlike garlic. Called also, in England,
sauce-alone. --Eng. Cyc.
Jack-in-office, an insolent fellow in authority. --Wolcott.
Jack-in-the-bush (Bot.), a tropical shrub with red fruit
(Cordia Cylindrostachya).
Jack-in-the-green, a chimney sweep inclosed in a framework
of boughs, carried in Mayday processions.
Jack-of-the-buttery (Bot.), the stonecrop (Sedum acre).
Jack-of-the-clock, a figure, usually of a man, on old
clocks, which struck the time on the bell.
Jack-on-both-sides, one who is or tries to be neutral.
Jack-out-of-office, one who has been in office and is
turned out. --Shak.
Jack the Giant Killer, the hero of a well-known nursery
story.
Yellow Jack (Naut.), the yellow fever; also, the quarantine
flag. See Yellow flag, under Flag.
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Mallotus
(gcide) | Mallotus \Mal*lo"tus\, n. [NL., fr Gr. ? fleecy.] (Zool.)
A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the
capelin (Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait
for cod.
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Mallotus catervarius
(gcide) | Capelin \Cape"lin\, n. [Cf. F. capelan, caplan.] (Zool.)
Either of two small marine fishes formerly classified in the
family Salmonid[ae], now within the smelt family
Osmeridae: Mallotus villosus, very abundant on the coasts
of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska; or {Mallotus
catervarius}, found in the North Pacific. The Atlantic
variety has been used as a bait for the cod. [Written also
capelan and caplin.]
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Note: This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the
Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina.
However the anchovy used as a food is a different
fish. --Fisheries of U. S. (1884).
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Mallotus Philippinensis
(gcide) | Kamala \Ka*ma"la\, n. (Bot.)
The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree
(Mallotus Philippinensis) used for dyeing silk. It is
violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm.
[Written also kameela.]
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Mallotus villosus
(gcide) | Mallotus \Mal*lo"tus\, n. [NL., fr Gr. ? fleecy.] (Zool.)
A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the
capelin (Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait
for cod.
[1913 Webster] MallowCapelin \Cape"lin\, n. [Cf. F. capelan, caplan.] (Zool.)
Either of two small marine fishes formerly classified in the
family Salmonid[ae], now within the smelt family
Osmeridae: Mallotus villosus, very abundant on the coasts
of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska; or {Mallotus
catervarius}, found in the North Pacific. The Atlantic
variety has been used as a bait for the cod. [Written also
capelan and caplin.]
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Note: This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the
Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina.
However the anchovy used as a food is a different
fish. --Fisheries of U. S. (1884).
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Metallotherapy
(gcide) | Metallotherapy \Me*tal`lo*ther"a*py\, n. [L. metallum metal + E.
therapy.] (Med.)
Treatment of disease by applying metallic plates to the
surface of the body.
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Misallotment
(gcide) | Misallotment \Mis`al*lot"ment\, n.
A wrong allotment.
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Shallot
(gcide) | Shallot \Shal*lot"\, n. [OF. eschalote (for escalone), F.
['e]chalote. See Scallion, and cf. Eschalot.] (Bot.)
A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in
clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or
eschalot.
[1913 Webster]Rocambole \Roc"am*bole\, n. [F.] [Written also rokambole.]
(Bot.)
A name of Allium Scorodoprasum and Allium Ascalonium, two
kinds of garlic, the latter of which is also called
shallot.
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shallot
(gcide) | Shallot \Shal*lot"\, n. [OF. eschalote (for escalone), F.
['e]chalote. See Scallion, and cf. Eschalot.] (Bot.)
A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in
clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or
eschalot.
[1913 Webster]Rocambole \Roc"am*bole\, n. [F.] [Written also rokambole.]
(Bot.)
A name of Allium Scorodoprasum and Allium Ascalonium, two
kinds of garlic, the latter of which is also called
shallot.
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