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alma
(encz) | alma,alma mater Zdeněk Brož |
alma
(encz) | alma,matka živitelka n: Zdeněk Brož |
alma
(encz) | alma,staré označení univerzity Zdeněk Brož |
Alma
(gcide) | Alma \Al"ma\, Almah \Al"mah\, n.
Same as Alme.
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generalmajor
(msasasci) | generalmajor
- major-general |
alma-ata
(encz) | Alma-Ata,město v Kazachstánu Zdeněk Brož |
almanac
(encz) | almanac,almanach n: Zdeněk Brožalmanac,ročenka n: Zdeněk Brož |
almandine
(encz) | almandine,almandin n: Zdeněk Brož |
coalman
(encz) | coalman,uhlíř n: Zdeněk Brož |
dalmatia
(encz) | Dalmatia,Dalmacie [zem.] n: |
dalmatian
(encz) | dalmatian,dalmatinec n: Zdeněk Brož |
halma
(encz) | halma, n: |
liver-spotted dalmatian
(encz) | liver-spotted dalmatian, n: |
order palmales
(encz) | order Palmales, n: |
palma christ
(encz) | palma christ, n: |
palma christi
(encz) | palma christi, n: |
palmar
(encz) | palmar,dlaňový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
palmate
(encz) | palmate, |
palmate leaf
(encz) | palmate leaf, n: |
palmately
(encz) | palmately, adv: |
palmatifid
(encz) | palmatifid, adj: |
palmature
(encz) | palmature, n: |
salmacis
(encz) | Salmacis, |
salmagundi
(encz) | salmagundi, n: |
signalman
(encz) | signalman,signalista n: Zdeněk Brož |
alma mater
(czen) | alma mater,alma Zdeněk Brož |
almanach
(czen) | almanach,almanacn: Zdeněk Brož |
almandin
(czen) | almandin,almandinen: Zdeněk Brož |
dalmacie
(czen) | Dalmacie,Dalmatia[zem.] n: |
dalmatinec
(czen) | dalmatinec,dalmatiann: Zdeněk Brož |
kalmar
(czen) | kalmar,calamaryn: Zdeněk Brož |
kokosová palma
(czen) | kokosová palma,cocon: Zdeněk Brožkokosová palma,coconut palmn: IvČa |
palma
(czen) | palma,lena palm tree nebess1palma,palmn: palma,palm tree Martin Král |
ságová palma
(czen) | ságová palma,sago palmn: xHire |
šalmaj
(czen) | šalmaj,shawm Zdeněk Brož |
Aegialitis semipalmata
(gcide) | Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain
bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from
pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See
Float.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds
belonging to the family Charadrid[ae], and especially
those belonging to the subfamily Charadrins[ae]. They
are prized as game birds.
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2. (Zool.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling,
the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola);
the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and
other species of sandpipers.
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Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied
plover} or blackbreasted plover ({Charadrius
squatarola}) of America and Europe; -- called also
gray plover, bull-head plover, Swiss plover, {sea
plover}, and oxeye; the golden plover (see under
Golden); the ring plover or ringed plover
(Aegialitis hiaticula). See Ringneck. The {piping
plover} (Aegialitis meloda); Wilson's plover
(Aegialitis Wilsonia); the mountain plover
(Aegialitis montana); and the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata), are all small American
species.
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Bastard plover (Zool.), the lapwing.
Long-legged plover, or yellow-legged plover. See
Tattler.
Plover's page, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Rock plover, or Stone plover, the black-bellied plover.
[Prov. Eng.]
Whistling plover.
(a) The golden plover.
(b) The black-bellied plover.
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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.
[1913 Webster]Ringneck \Ring"neck`\, n.
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of small plovers of the
genus Aegialitis, having a ring around the neck. The
ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in
winter. The semipalmated plover (Aegialitis semipalmata)
and the piping plover (Aegialitis meloda) are common
North American species. Called also ring plover, and
ring-necked plover.
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2. (Zool.) The ring-necked duck.
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Agalmatolite
(gcide) | Agalmatolite \Ag`al*mat"o*lite\
([a^]g`[a^]l*m[a^]t"[-o]*l[imac]t), n. [Gr. 'a`galma,
'a`galmatos, image, statue + -lite: cf. F. agalmatolithe.]
(Min.)
A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish
color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called
figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of
pinite.
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Alma
(gcide) | Alma \Al"ma\, Almah \Al"mah\, n.
Same as Alme.
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Alma Mater
(gcide) | Alma Mater \Al"ma Ma"ter\ [L., fostering mother.]
A college or seminary where one is educated.
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Almacantar
(gcide) | Almacantar \Al`ma*can"tar\, n. (Astron.)
(a) Same as Almucantar.
(b) A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly
bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See
Almucantar.
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Almadia
(gcide) | Almadia \Al`ma*di"a\, Almadie \Al"ma*die\, n. [F. almadie (cf.
Sp. & Pg. almadia), fr. Ar. alma'd[imac]yah a raft, float.]
(Naut.)
(a) A bark canoe used by the Africans.
(b) A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long,
and six or seven broad.
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Almadie
(gcide) | Almadia \Al`ma*di"a\, Almadie \Al"ma*die\, n. [F. almadie (cf.
Sp. & Pg. almadia), fr. Ar. alma'd[imac]yah a raft, float.]
(Naut.)
(a) A bark canoe used by the Africans.
(b) A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long,
and six or seven broad.
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Almagest
(gcide) | Almagest \Al"ma*gest\, n. [F. almageste, LL. almageste, Ar.
al-majist[imac], fr. Gr. ? (sc. ?), the greatest
composition.]
The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains
nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and
theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other
similar works.
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Almagra
(gcide) | Almagra \Al*ma"gra\, n. [Sp. almagra, almagre, fr. Ar.
al-maghrah red clay or earth.]
A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It
is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of
Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver.
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Almah
(gcide) | Alma \Al"ma\, Almah \Al"mah\, n.
Same as Alme.
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Almain
(gcide) | Almain \Al"main\ ([a^]l"m[=a]n), Almayne \Al"mayne\ (-m[=a]n),
Alman \Al"man\ (-man), n. [OF. Aleman, F. Allemand, fr. L.
Alemanni, ancient Ger. tribes.] [Obs.]
1. A German. Also adj., German. --Shak.
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2. The German language. --J. Foxe.
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3. A kind of dance. See Allemande.
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Almain rivets, Almayne rivets, or Alman rivets, a sort
of light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping
plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great
flexibility.
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Almain rivets
(gcide) | Almain \Al"main\ ([a^]l"m[=a]n), Almayne \Al"mayne\ (-m[=a]n),
Alman \Al"man\ (-man), n. [OF. Aleman, F. Allemand, fr. L.
Alemanni, ancient Ger. tribes.] [Obs.]
1. A German. Also adj., German. --Shak.
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2. The German language. --J. Foxe.
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3. A kind of dance. See Allemande.
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Almain rivets, Almayne rivets, or Alman rivets, a sort
of light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping
plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great
flexibility.
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Alman
(gcide) | Almain \Al"main\ ([a^]l"m[=a]n), Almayne \Al"mayne\ (-m[=a]n),
Alman \Al"man\ (-man), n. [OF. Aleman, F. Allemand, fr. L.
Alemanni, ancient Ger. tribes.] [Obs.]
1. A German. Also adj., German. --Shak.
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2. The German language. --J. Foxe.
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3. A kind of dance. See Allemande.
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Almain rivets, Almayne rivets, or Alman rivets, a sort
of light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping
plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great
flexibility.
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Alman rivets
(gcide) | Almain \Al"main\ ([a^]l"m[=a]n), Almayne \Al"mayne\ (-m[=a]n),
Alman \Al"man\ (-man), n. [OF. Aleman, F. Allemand, fr. L.
Alemanni, ancient Ger. tribes.] [Obs.]
1. A German. Also adj., German. --Shak.
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2. The German language. --J. Foxe.
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3. A kind of dance. See Allemande.
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Almain rivets, Almayne rivets, or Alman rivets, a sort
of light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping
plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great
flexibility.
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Almanac
(gcide) | Almanac \Al"ma*nac\ (?; 277), n. [LL. almanac, almanach: cf. F.
almanach, Sp. almanaque, It. almanacco, all of uncertain
origin.]
A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months,
to which astronomical data and various statistics are often
added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun
and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of
churches, terms of courts, etc.
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Nautical almanac, an almanac, or year book, containing
astronomical calculations (lunar, stellar, etc.), and
other information useful to mariners.
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Almandine
(gcide) | Almandine \Al"man*dine\, n. [LL. almandina, alamandina, for L.
alabandina a precious stone, named after Alabanda, a town in
Caria, where it was first and chiefly found: cf. F.
almandine.] (Min.)
The common red variety of garnet.
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Almayne
(gcide) | Almain \Al"main\ ([a^]l"m[=a]n), Almayne \Al"mayne\ (-m[=a]n),
Alman \Al"man\ (-man), n. [OF. Aleman, F. Allemand, fr. L.
Alemanni, ancient Ger. tribes.] [Obs.]
1. A German. Also adj., German. --Shak.
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2. The German language. --J. Foxe.
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3. A kind of dance. See Allemande.
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Almain rivets, Almayne rivets, or Alman rivets, a sort
of light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping
plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great
flexibility.
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Almayne rivets
(gcide) | Almain \Al"main\ ([a^]l"m[=a]n), Almayne \Al"mayne\ (-m[=a]n),
Alman \Al"man\ (-man), n. [OF. Aleman, F. Allemand, fr. L.
Alemanni, ancient Ger. tribes.] [Obs.]
1. A German. Also adj., German. --Shak.
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2. The German language. --J. Foxe.
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3. A kind of dance. See Allemande.
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Almain rivets, Almayne rivets, or Alman rivets, a sort
of light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping
plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great
flexibility.
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Anseranas semipalmata
(gcide) | Goose \Goose\ (g[=oo]s), n.; pl. Geese (g[=e]s). [OE. gos, AS.
g[=o]s, pl. g[=e]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. g[=a]s, Dan.
gaas, Sw. g[*a]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for
hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha[.m]sa. [root]233. Cf. Gander,
Gannet, Ganza, Gosling.] (Zool.)
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1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserin[ae],
and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several
allied genera. See Anseres.
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Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been
derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser
anser}). The bean goose (A. segetum), the American
wild or Canada goose (Branta Canadensis), and the
bernicle goose (Branta leucopsis) are well known
species. The American white or snow geese and the blue
goose belong to the genus Chen. See Bernicle,
Emperor goose, under Emperor, Snow goose, {Wild
goose}, Brant.
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2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the
common goose.
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Note: The Egyptian or fox goose (Alopochen Aegyptiaca) and
the African spur-winged geese (Plectropterus) belong
to the family Plectropterid[ae]. The Australian
semipalmated goose (Anseranas semipalmata) and Cape
Barren goose (Cereopsis Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]) are
very different from northern geese, and each is made
the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in
Australia.
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3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle,
which resembles the neck of a goose.
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4. A silly creature; a simpleton.
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5. A game played with counters on a board divided into
compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.
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The pictures placed for ornament and use,
The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
--Goldsmith.
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A wild goose chase, an attempt to accomplish something
impossible or unlikely of attainment.
Fen goose. See under Fen.
Goose barnacle (Zool.), any pedunculated barnacle of the
genus Anatifa or Lepas; -- called also {duck
barnacle}. See Barnacle, and Cirripedia.
Goose cap, a silly person. [Obs.] --Beau. & .
Goose corn (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ({Juncus
squarrosus}).
Goose feast, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.]
Goose grass. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Galium (G. Aparine), a
favorite food of geese; -- called also catchweed and
cleavers.
(b) A species of knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
(c) The annual spear grass (Poa annua).
Goose neck, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved
like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook
connecting a spar with a mast.
Goose quill, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a
pen made from it.
Goose skin. See Goose flesh, above.
Goose tongue (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea
ptarmica}), growing wild in the British islands.
Sea goose. (Zool.) See Phalarope.
Solan goose. (Zool.) See Gannet.
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Bipalmate
(gcide) | Bipalmate \Bi*pal"mate\, a. [Pref. bi- + palmate.] (Bot.)
Palmately branched, with the branches again palmated.
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Calandra palmarum
(gcide) | Grugru worm \Gru"gru worm"\ (Zool.)
The larva or grub of a large South American beetle ({Calandra
palmarum}), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar
cane. It is eaten by the natives, and esteemed a delicacy.
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Carludovica palmata
(gcide) | Panama hat \Pan`a*ma" hat`\
A fine plaited hat, made in Central America of the young
leaves of a plant (Carludovica palmata).
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Clog almanac
(gcide) | Clog \Clog\ (kl[o^]g), n. [OE. clogge clog, Scot. clag, n., a
clot, v., to to obstruct, cover with mud or anything
adhesive; prob. of the same origin as E. clay.]
1. That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an
encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.
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All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and
institutions of England are so many clogs to check
and retard the headlong course of violence and
opression. --Burke.
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2. A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or
an animal to hinder motion.
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As a dog . . . but chance breaks loose,
And quits his clog. --Hudibras.
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A clog of lead was round my feet. --Tennyson.
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3. A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet,
or to increase the apparent stature, and having,
therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine.
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In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the
middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs.
--Harvey.
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Clog almanac, a primitive kind of almanac or calendar,
formerly used in England, made by cutting notches and
figures on the four edges of a clog, or square piece of
wood, brass, or bone; -- called also a Runic staff, from
the Runic characters used in the numerical notation.
Clog dance, a dance performed by a person wearing clogs, or
thick-soled shoes.
Clog dancer.
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Cocculus palmatus
(gcide) | Calumba \Ca*lum"ba\, n. [from kalumb, its native name in
Mozambique.] (Med.)
The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably
Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an
unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and
antiseptic. [Written also colombo, columbo, and
calombo.]
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American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis, also called
American gentian. Its root has been used in medicine as
bitter tonic in place of calumba.
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Dalmania
(gcide) | Dalmania \Dal*ma"ni*a\, n. [From Dalman, the geologist.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of trilobites, of many species, common in the Upper
Silurian and Devonian rocks.
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Dalmanites
(gcide) | Dalmanites \Dal`ma*ni"tes\, n.
Same as Dalmania.
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Dalmatian
(gcide) | Dalmatian \Dal*ma"tian\, a.
Of or pertaining to Dalmatia.
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Dalmatian dog (Zool.), a carriage dog, shaped like a
pointer, and having black or bluish spots on a white
ground; the coach dog. Dalmatica |
Dalmatian dog
(gcide) | Dalmatian \Dal*ma"tian\, a.
Of or pertaining to Dalmatia.
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Dalmatian dog (Zool.), a carriage dog, shaped like a
pointer, and having black or bluish spots on a white
ground; the coach dog. Dalmatica |
Dalmatic
(gcide) | Dalmatica \Dal*mat"i*ca\, n., Dalmatic \Dal*mat"ic\, n.[LL.
dalmatica: cf. F. dalmatique.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) A vestment with wide sleeves, and with two
stripes, worn at Mass by deacons, and by bishops at
pontifical Mass; -- imitated from a dress originally worn
in Dalmatia.
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2. A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at
their coronation.
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Dalmatica
(gcide) | Dalmatica \Dal*mat"i*ca\, n., Dalmatic \Dal*mat"ic\, n.[LL.
dalmatica: cf. F. dalmatique.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) A vestment with wide sleeves, and with two
stripes, worn at Mass by deacons, and by bishops at
pontifical Mass; -- imitated from a dress originally worn
in Dalmatia.
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2. A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at
their coronation.
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Dendroica palmarum
(gcide) | Redpoll \Red"poll`\ (-p?l`), n. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of small northern finches of
the genus Acanthis (formerly Aegiothus), native of
Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or
rosy. The male of the most common species ({Acanthis
linarius}) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also
redpoll linnet. See Illust. under Linnet.
(b) The common European linnet.
(c) The American redpoll warbler (Dendroica palmarum).
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Edriophthalma
(gcide) | Edriophthalma \Ed`ri*oph*thal"ma\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.
"edrai^os steadfast + 'ofqalmo`s the eye.] (Zo["o]l.)
A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks;
the Arthrostraca. [Written also Edriophthalmata.]
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Edriophthalmata
(gcide) | Edriophthalma \Ed`ri*oph*thal"ma\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.
"edrai^os steadfast + 'ofqalmo`s the eye.] (Zo["o]l.)
A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks;
the Arthrostraca. [Written also Edriophthalmata.]
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Fissipalmate
(gcide) | Fissipalmate \Fis`si*pal"mate\, a. [L. fissus (p. p. of findere
to split) + palma palm.] (Zool.)
Semipalmate and loboped, as a grebe's foot. See Illust. under
Aves.
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Galeruca calmariensis
(gcide) | Elm \Elm\, n. [AS. elm; akin to D. olm, OHG. elm, G. ulme, Icel.
almr, Dan. & Sw. alm, L. ulmus, and E. alder. Cf. Old.]
(Bot.)
A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as
a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is
Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is {U.
Americana}; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva.
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Elm beetle (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of beetles
(esp. Galeruca calmariensis), which feed on the leaves
of the elm.
Elm borer (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of beetles of
which the larv[ae] bore into the wood or under the bark of
the elm (esp. Saperda tridentata).
Elm butterfly (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of
butterflies, which, in the caterpillar state, feed on the
leaves of the elm (esp. Vanessa antiopa and {Grapta
comma}). See Comma butterfly, under Comma.
Elm moth (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of moths of
which the larv[ae] destroy the leaves of the elm (esp.
Eugonia subsignaria, called elm spanworm).
Elm sawfly (Zo["o]l.), a large sawfly (Cimbex Americana).
The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe,
feeds on the leaves of the elm.
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Gymnophthalmata
(gcide) | Gymnophthalmata \Gym`noph*thal"ma*ta\
(j[i^]m`n[o^]f*th[a^]l"m[.a]*t[.a]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.
gymno`s naked + 'ofqalmo`s the eye.] (Zool.)
A group of acalephs, including the naked-eyed medus[ae]; the
hydromedus[ae]. Most of them are known to be the
free-swimming progeny (gonophores) of hydroids.
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Halma
(gcide) | Halma \Hal"ma\ (h[a^]l"m[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "a`lma, fr.
"a`llesqai to leap.] (Greek Antiq.)
The long jump, with weights in the hands, -- the most
important of the exercises of the Pentathlon.
[1913 Webster]Halma \Hal"ma\ (h[a^]l"m[.a]), n.
A game played on a board having 256 squares, by two persons
with 19 men each, or by four with 13 men each, starting from
different corners and striving to place each his own set of
men in a corresponding position in the opposite corner by
moving them or by jumping them over those met in progress.
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Halmaturus Bennettii
(gcide) | Wallaby \Wal"la*by\, n.; pl. Wallabies. [From a native name.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the
genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania,
especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo
(Halmaturus Bennettii) and the pademelon ({Halmaturus
thetidis}). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district
and bushy plains. [Written also wallabee, and whallabee.]
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Halmaturus thetidis
(gcide) | Wallaby \Wal"la*by\, n.; pl. Wallabies. [From a native name.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the
genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania,
especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo
(Halmaturus Bennettii) and the pademelon ({Halmaturus
thetidis}). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district
and bushy plains. [Written also wallabee, and whallabee.]
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Lygodium palmatum
(gcide) | Lygodium \Ly*go"di*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? flexible; ? a willow
twig + e'i^dos form.] (Bot.)
A genus of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearing
stalked and variously-lobed divisions in pairs.
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Note: Lygodium palmatum, much prized for indoor ornament,
inhabits shaded and moist grassy places, from
Massachusetts to Virginia and Kentucky, and sparingly
southwards.
[1913 Webster]Fern \Fern\ (f[~e]rn), n. [AS. fearn; akin to D. varen, G. farn,
farnkraut; cf. Skr. par[.n]a wing, feather, leaf, sort of
plant, or Lith. papartis fern.] (Bot.)
An order of cryptogamous plants, the Filices, which have
their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves.
They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow
epiphytically on trees, and in tropical climates often attain
a gigantic size.
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Note: The plants are asexual, and bear clustered sporangia,
containing minute spores, which germinate and form
prothalli, on which are borne the true organs of
reproduction. The brake or bracken, the maidenhair, and
the polypody are all well known ferns.
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Christmas fern. See under Christmas.
Climbing fern (Bot.), a delicate North American fern
(Lygodium palmatum), which climbs several feet high over
bushes, etc., and is much sought for purposes of
decoration.
Fern owl. (Zool.)
(a) The European goatsucker.
(b) The short-eared owl. [Prov. Eng.] -- Fern shaw, a fern
thicket. [Eng.] --R. Browning.
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Madrepora palmata
(gcide) | Stag \Stag\ (st[a^]g), n. [Icel. steggr the male of several
animals; or a doubtful AS. stagga. Cf. Steg.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a
large European species closely related to the American
elk, or wapiti.
(b) The male of certain other species of large deer.
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2. A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. A castrated bull; -- called also bull stag, and {bull
seg}. See the Note under Ox.
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4. (Stock Exchange)
(a) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a
member of the exchange. [Cant]
(b) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new
projects, with a view to sell immediately at a
premium, and not to hold the stock. [Cant]
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5. (Zool.) The European wren. [Prov. Eng.]
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Stag beetle (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
lamellicorn beetles belonging to Lucanus and allied
genera, especially Lucanus cervus of Europe and {Lucanus
dama} of the United States. The mandibles are large and
branched, or forked, whence the name. The larva feeds on
the rotten wood of dead trees. Called also horned bug,
and horse beetle.
Stag dance, a dance by men only. [Slang, U.S.]
Stag hog (Zool.), the babiroussa.
Stag-horn coral (Zool.), any one of several species of
large branching corals of the genus Madrepora, which
somewhat resemble the antlers of the stag, especially
Madrepora cervicornis, and Madrepora palmata, of
Florida and the West Indies.
Stag-horn fern (Bot.), an Australian and West African fern
(Platycerium alcicorne) having the large fronds branched
like a stag's horns; also, any species of the same genus.
Stag-horn sumac (Bot.), a common American shrub ({Rhus
typhina}) having densely velvety branchlets. See Sumac.
Stag party, a party consisting of men only. [Slang, U. S.]
Stag tick (Zool.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the
family Hippoboscidae, which lives upon the stag and is
usually wingless. The same species lives also upon the
European grouse, but in that case has wings.
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malma
(gcide) | malma \mal"ma\, n. (Zool.)
A spotted trout (Salvelinus malma), inhabiting Northern
America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also {Dolly
Varden trout}, bull trout, red-spotted trout, and
golet.
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[1913 Webster]Dolly Varden \Dol"ly Var"den\
1. A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a
beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a
cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.
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2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women;
also, a style of dress.
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Dolly Varden trout (Zool.), a trout of northwest America;
-- called also bull trout, malma, and {red-spotted
trout}. See Malma.
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