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Argal
(gcide) | Argal \Ar"gal\, n.
Crude tartar. See Argol.
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Argal
(gcide) | Argal \Ar"gal\, adv.
A ludicrous corruption of the Latin word ergo, therefore.
--Shak.
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Argal
(gcide) | Argal \Ar"gal\, Argali \Ar"ga*li\, n. [Mongolian.] (Zool.)
A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or Ovis argali),
remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of
Siberia and central Asia.
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Note: The bearded argali is the aoudad. See Aoudad. The
name is also applied to the bighorn sheep of the Rocky
Mountains. See Bighorn.
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argal
(wn) | argal
n 1: wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia [syn:
argali, argal, Ovis ammon] |
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Argal
(gcide) | Argal \Ar"gal\, n.
Crude tartar. See Argol.
[1913 Webster]Argal \Ar"gal\, adv.
A ludicrous corruption of the Latin word ergo, therefore.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster] ArgalArgal \Ar"gal\, Argali \Ar"ga*li\, n. [Mongolian.] (Zool.)
A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or Ovis argali),
remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of
Siberia and central Asia.
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Note: The bearded argali is the aoudad. See Aoudad. The
name is also applied to the bighorn sheep of the Rocky
Mountains. See Bighorn.
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argala
(gcide) | Adjutant \Ad"ju*tant\, n. [L. adjutans, p. pr. of adjutare to
help. See Aid.]
1. A helper; an assistant.
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2. (Mil.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the
colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment,
in the details of regimental and garrison duty.
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Adjutant general
(a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army,
through whom the commanding general receives
communications and issues military orders. In the U.
S. army he is brigadier general.
(b) (Among the Jesuits), one of a select number of
fathers, who resided with the general of the order,
each of whom had a province or country assigned to his
care.
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3. (Zool.) A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala),
a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane,
and by the native name argala. It is noted for its
serpent-destroying habits.
[1913 Webster]Argala \Ar"ga*la\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
The adjutant bird.
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Argala
(gcide) | Adjutant \Ad"ju*tant\, n. [L. adjutans, p. pr. of adjutare to
help. See Aid.]
1. A helper; an assistant.
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2. (Mil.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the
colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment,
in the details of regimental and garrison duty.
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Adjutant general
(a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army,
through whom the commanding general receives
communications and issues military orders. In the U.
S. army he is brigadier general.
(b) (Among the Jesuits), one of a select number of
fathers, who resided with the general of the order,
each of whom had a province or country assigned to his
care.
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3. (Zool.) A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala),
a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane,
and by the native name argala. It is noted for its
serpent-destroying habits.
[1913 Webster]Argala \Ar"ga*la\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
The adjutant bird.
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Argali
(gcide) | Argal \Ar"gal\, Argali \Ar"ga*li\, n. [Mongolian.] (Zool.)
A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or Ovis argali),
remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of
Siberia and central Asia.
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Note: The bearded argali is the aoudad. See Aoudad. The
name is also applied to the bighorn sheep of the Rocky
Mountains. See Bighorn.
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Ciconia argala
(gcide) | Adjutant \Ad"ju*tant\, n. [L. adjutans, p. pr. of adjutare to
help. See Aid.]
1. A helper; an assistant.
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2. (Mil.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the
colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment,
in the details of regimental and garrison duty.
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Adjutant general
(a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army,
through whom the commanding general receives
communications and issues military orders. In the U.
S. army he is brigadier general.
(b) (Among the Jesuits), one of a select number of
fathers, who resided with the general of the order,
each of whom had a province or country assigned to his
care.
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3. (Zool.) A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala),
a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane,
and by the native name argala. It is noted for its
serpent-destroying habits.
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Gargalize
(gcide) | Gargalize \Gar"ga*lize\, v. t. [Cf. Gargle, Gargarize.]
To gargle; to rinse. [Obs.] --Marston.
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Leptoptilos argala
(gcide) | Marabou \Mar`a*bou"\ (m[a^]r"[.a]b[=oo]"), n. [F.]
1. (Zool.) A large black-and-white carrion-eating stork of
the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the
African species (Leptoptilus crumeniferus syn.
Leptoptilos crumenifer), whose downy under-wing feathers
are used to trim garments; called also marabout. The
Asiatic species (Leptoptilos dubius, or {Leptoptilos
argala}) is the adjutant. See Adjutant. [Written also
marabu.]
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2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a
mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] --Bartlett.
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3. A kind of thrown raw silk, nearly white naturally, but
capable of being dyed without scouring; also, a thin
fabric made from it, as for scarfs, which resembles the
feathers of the marabou in delicacy, -- whence the name.
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Ovis argali
(gcide) | Argal \Ar"gal\, Argali \Ar"ga*li\, n. [Mongolian.] (Zool.)
A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or Ovis argali),
remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of
Siberia and central Asia.
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Note: The bearded argali is the aoudad. See Aoudad. The
name is also applied to the bighorn sheep of the Rocky
Mountains. See Bighorn.
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argali
(wn) | argali
n 1: wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia [syn:
argali, argal, Ovis ammon] |
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