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apery
(encz) | apery,napodobování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Apery
(gcide) | Apery \Ap"er*y\, n.; pl. Aperies.
1. A place where apes are kept. [R.] --Kingsley.
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2. The practice of aping; an apish action. --Coleridge.
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apery
(wn) | apery
n 1: the act of mimicking; imitative behavior [syn: apery,
mimicry] |
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drapery
(mass) | drapery
- záves |
drapery
(encz) | drapery,závěs n: Zdeněk Brož |
napery
(encz) | napery, n: |
papery
(encz) | papery,papírovitý adj: Zdeněk Brožpapery,podobný papíru adj: Jaroslav Šedivýpapery,tenoučký a suchý adj: Jaroslav Šedivý |
sandpapery
(encz) | sandpapery, adj: |
Apery
(gcide) | Apery \Ap"er*y\, n.; pl. Aperies.
1. A place where apes are kept. [R.] --Kingsley.
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2. The practice of aping; an apish action. --Coleridge.
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Drapery
(gcide) | Drapery \Dra"per*y\, n.; pl. Draperies. [F. draperie.]
1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in
cloth. --Bacon.
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2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general.
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People who ought to be weighing out grocery or
measuring out drapery. --Macaulay.
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3. A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially
when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as:
(a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the
body, or shown in the representations of the human
figure in art.
(b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed.
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Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
--Bryant.
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All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely
torn off. --Burke.
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Casting of draperies. See under Casting.
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The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most
important of an artist's studies. --Fairholt.
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Grapery
(gcide) | Grapery \Grap"er*y\, n.
A building or inclosure used for the cultivation of grapes.
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Japery
(gcide) | Japery \Jap"er*y\, n. [Cf. OF. japerie a yelping.]
Jesting; buffoonery. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Napery
(gcide) | Napery \Na"per*y\, n.; pl. Naperies. [OF. naperie, fr. nape a
tablecloth, F. nappe, LL. napa, fr. L. mappa. See Map, and
cf. Apron, Napkin.]
Table linen; also, linen clothing, or linen in general.
[Obs.] --Gayton.
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papery
(gcide) | papery \pa"per*y\ (p[=a]"p[~e]r*[y^]), a.
Like paper; having the thinness or consistency of paper.
--Gray.
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drapery
(wn) | drapery
n 1: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
[syn: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall]
2: cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds |
japery
(wn) | japery
n 1: acting like a clown or buffoon [syn: buffoonery,
clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank] |
napery
(wn) | napery
n 1: linens for the dining table [syn: table linen, napery] |
papery
(wn) | papery
adj 1: thin and paperlike; "papery leaves"; "wasps that make
nests of papery material"
2: of or like paper [syn: chartaceous, papery, paperlike] |
sandpapery
(wn) | sandpapery
adj 1: having the abrasive texture of sandpaper |
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