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ayt
(encz) | AYT,Are You There? [zkr.] |
ayt
(gcide) | Eyot \Ey"ot\ ([imac]"[o^]t or [=a]t), n. [Ey (AS. [imac]g or
Icel. ey) + F. dim. termination -ot; cf. AS. [imac]geo[eth].
See Island, and cf. Ait.]
A little island in a river or lake. See Ait. [Written also
ait, ayt, ey, eyet, and eyght.] --Blackstone.
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ayt
(foldoc) | AYT
Are you there?
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daytime
(mass) | daytime
- deň |
daytoday
(mass) | day-to-day
- zo dňa na deň |
paytv
(mass) | pay-TV
- platená televízia |
playtime
(mass) | playtime
- voľno |
clayton
(encz) | Clayton,Clayton n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, mužské křestní
jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
daytime
(encz) | daytime,den n: Zdeněk Broždaytime,denní doba Jiri Syrovy |
dayton
(encz) | Dayton,Dayton n: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Spojené státy americké Zdeněk
Brož a automatický překlad |
daytona
(encz) | Daytona, |
hayti
(encz) | Hayti, |
layton
(encz) | Layton,Layton n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
plaything
(encz) | plaything,hračka n: Zdeněk Brožplaything,hříčka n: Zdeněk Brož |
playtime
(encz) | playtime,čas hry n: Zdeněk Brožplaytime,volno n: Zdeněk Brož |
raytheon
(encz) | Raytheon, |
shaytan
(encz) | shaytan, n: |
clayton
(czen) | Clayton,Claytonn: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, mužské křestní
jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
dayton
(czen) | Dayton,Daytonn: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Spojené státy americké Zdeněk
Brož a automatický překlad |
layton
(czen) | Layton,Laytonn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Agathotes Chirayta
(gcide) | Chiretta \Chi*ret"ta\, n. [Hind. chir[=a][imac]t[=a].]
A plant (Agathotes Chirayta) found in Northern India,
having medicinal properties to the gentian, and esteemed as a
tonic and febrifuge.
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Alaudala raytal
(gcide) | Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant,
Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.]
1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not
reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose
grains, which are not coherent when wet.
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That finer matter, called sand, is no other than
very small pebbles. --Woodward.
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2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak.
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3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of
time; the term or extent of one's life.
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The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak.
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4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of
Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed
by the ebb of the tide. "The Libyan sands." --Milton. "The
sands o' Dee." --C. Kingsley.
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5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang]
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Sand badger (Zool.), the Japanese badger (Meles ankuma).
Sand bag.
(a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various
purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc.
(b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by
assassins.
Sand ball, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use
at the toilet.
Sand bath.
(a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which
vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed.
(b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand.
Sand bed, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited
naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of
sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a
reducing furnace.
Sand birds (Zool.), a collective name for numerous species
of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers,
tattlers, and many others; -- called also shore birds.
Sand blast, a process of engraving and cutting glass and
other hard substances by driving sand against them by a
steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the
process.
Sand box.
(a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling
paper with sand.
(b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on
the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent
slipping.
Sand-box tree (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura
crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody
capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud
report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of Regma.
Sand bug (Zool.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa
talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often
used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under Anomura.
Sand canal (Zool.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous
coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the
madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in
function.
Sand cock (Zool.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand collar. (Zool.) Same as Sand saucer, below.
Sand crab. (Zool.)
(a) The lady crab.
(b) A land crab, or ocypodian.
Sand crack (Far.), a crack extending downward from the
coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes
lameness.
Sand cricket (Zool.), any one of several species of large
terrestrial crickets of the genus Stenophelmatus and
allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western
United States.
Sand cusk (Zool.), any ophidioid fish. See Illust. under
Ophidioid.
Sand dab (Zool.), a small American flounder ({Limanda
ferruginea}); -- called also rusty dab. The name is also
applied locally to other allied species.
Sand darter (Zool.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio
valley (Ammocrypta pellucida).
Sand dollar (Zool.), any one of several species of small
flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms,
especially Echinarachnius parma of the American coast.
Sand drift, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted
sand.
Sand eel. (Zool.)
(a) A lant, or launce.
(b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus
Gonorhynchus, having barbels about the mouth.
Sand flag, sandstone which splits up into flagstones.
Sand flea. (Zool.)
(a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in,
sandy places, especially the common dog flea.
(b) The chigoe.
(c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or
orchestian. See Beach flea, under Beach.
Sand flood, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind.
--James Bruce.
Sand fluke. (Zool.)
(a) The sandnecker.
(b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes
microcephalus}); -- called also kitt, marysole,
smear dab, town dab.
Sand fly (Zool.), any one of several species of small
dipterous flies of the genus Simulium, abounding on
sandy shores, especially Simulium nocivum of the United
States. They are very troublesome on account of their
biting habits. Called also no-see-um, punky, and
midge.
Sand gall. (Geol.) See Sand pipe, below.
Sand grass (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in
sand; especially, a tufted grass (Triplasis purpurea)
with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves,
growing on the Atlantic coast.
Sand grouse (Zool.), any one of many species of Old World
birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and
resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock
grouse}, rock pigeon, and ganga. They mostly belong to
the genus Pterocles, as the common Indian species
(Pterocles exustus). The large sand grouse ({Pterocles
arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({Pterocles
fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({Pterocles
alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under
Pterocletes.
Sand hill, a hill of sand; a dune.
Sand-hill crane (Zool.), the American brown crane ({Grus
Mexicana}).
Sand hopper (Zool.), a beach flea; an orchestian.
Sand hornet (Zool.), a sand wasp.
Sand lark. (Zool.)
(a) A small lark (Alaudala raytal), native of India.
(b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the
sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.
(c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({Aegialophilus
ruficapillus}); -- called also red-necked plover.
Sand launce (Zool.), a lant, or launce.
Sand lizard (Zool.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
agilis}).
Sand martin (Zool.), the bank swallow.
Sand mole (Zool.), the coast rat.
Sand monitor (Zool.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor
arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities.
Sand mouse (Zool.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand myrtle. (Bot.) See under Myrtle.
Sand partridge (Zool.), either of two small Asiatic
partridges of the genus Ammoperdix. The wings are long
and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({Ammoperdix
Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species
(Ammoperdix Bonhami), inhabiting Central Asia, is called
also seesee partridge, and teehoo.
Sand picture, a picture made by putting sand of different
colors on an adhesive surface.
Sand pike. (Zool.)
(a) The sauger.
(b) The lizard fish.
Sand pillar, a sand storm which takes the form of a
whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like
those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
Sand pipe (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to
several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous
rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called
also sand gall.
Sand pride (Zool.), a small British lamprey now considered
to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand
prey}.
Sand pump, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket
with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
Sand rat (Zool.), the pocket gopher.
Sand rock, a rock made of cemented sand.
Sand runner (Zool.), the turnstone.
Sand saucer (Zool.), the mass of egg capsules, or oothecae,
of any mollusk of the genus Natica and allied genera. It
has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with
fine sand; -- called also sand collar.
Sand screw (Zool.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis
arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of
Europe and America.
Sand shark (Zool.), an American shark ({Odontaspis
littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern
United States; -- called also gray shark, and {dogfish
shark}. See Illust. under Remora.
Sand skink (Zool.), any one of several species of Old World
lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the ocellated
sand skink (Seps ocellatus) of Southern Europe.
Sand skipper (Zool.), a beach flea, or orchestian.
Sand smelt (Zool.), a silverside.
Sand snake. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing
snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe,
Africa, and Asia, especially Eryx jaculus of India
and Eryx Johnii, used by snake charmers.
(b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
Psammophis, especially Psammophis sibilans.
Sand snipe (Zool.), the sandpiper.
Sand star (Zool.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy
sea bottoms; a brittle star.
Sand storm, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
Sand sucker, the sandnecker.
Sand swallow (Zool.), the bank swallow. See under Bank.
Sand trap, (Golf) a shallow pit on a golf course having a
layer of sand in it, usually located near a green, and
designed to function as a hazard, due to the difficulty of
hitting balls effectively from such a position.
Sand tube, a tube made of sand. Especially:
(a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of
lightning; a fulgurite.
(b) (Zool.) Any tube made of cemented sand.
(c) (Zool.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous
particles in its wall, which connects the oral water
tube with the madreporic plate.
Sand viper. (Zool.) See Hognose snake.
Sand wasp (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
Pompilidae and Spheridae, which dig burrows in sand.
The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders
which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food
for her young.
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Aythya affinis
(gcide) | Scaup \Scaup\ (sk[add]p), n. [See Scalp a bed of oysters or
mussels.]
1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
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2. (Zool.) A scaup duck. See below.
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Scaup duck (Zool.), any one of several species of northern
ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult
males are, in large part, black. The three North American
species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var.
nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill,
blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and {raft
duck}; the lesser scaup duck (Aythya affinis), called
also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler;
the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({Aythya
collaris}), called also black jack, ringneck,
ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of
Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common
European scaup, or mussel, duck (Aythya marila), closely
resembles the American variety.
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Aythya Americana
(gcide) | Redhead \Red"head`\ (-h?d`), n.
1. A person having red hair.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) An American duck (Aythya Americana) highly esteemed
as a game bird. It is closely allied to the
canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red.
Called also red-headed duck. American poachard,
grayback, and fall duck. See Illust. under
Poachard.
(b) The red-headed woodpecker. See Woodpecker.
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3. (Bot.) A kind of milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica) with
red flowers. It is used in medicine.
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Aythya collaris
(gcide) | Scaup \Scaup\ (sk[add]p), n. [See Scalp a bed of oysters or
mussels.]
1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
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2. (Zool.) A scaup duck. See below.
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Scaup duck (Zool.), any one of several species of northern
ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult
males are, in large part, black. The three North American
species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var.
nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill,
blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and {raft
duck}; the lesser scaup duck (Aythya affinis), called
also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler;
the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({Aythya
collaris}), called also black jack, ringneck,
ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of
Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common
European scaup, or mussel, duck (Aythya marila), closely
resembles the American variety.
[1913 Webster]Ring-necked \Ring"-necked`\, a. (Zool.)
Having a well defined ring of color around the neck.
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Ring-necked duck (Zool.), an American scaup duck ({Aythya
collaris}). The head, neck, and breast of the adult male
are black, and a narrow, but conspicuous, red ring
encircles the neck. This ring is absent in the female.
Called also ring-neck, ring-necked blackhead,
ringbill, tufted duck, and black jack.
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Aythya cristata
(gcide) | Poachard \Poach"ard\ (p[=o]ch"[~e]rd), n. [From Poach to
stab.] [Written also pocard, pochard.] (Zool.)
(a) A common European duck (Aythya ferina); -- called also
goldhead, poker, and fresh-water widgeon, or
red-headed widgeon.
(b) The American redhead, which is closely allied to the
European poachard.
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Red-crested poachard (Zool.), an Old World duck ({Branta
rufina}).
Scaup poachard, the scaup duck.
Tufted poachard, a scaup duck (Aythya cristata, or
Fuligula cristata), native of Europe and Asia.
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Aythya ferina
(gcide) | Poachard \Poach"ard\ (p[=o]ch"[~e]rd), n. [From Poach to
stab.] [Written also pocard, pochard.] (Zool.)
(a) A common European duck (Aythya ferina); -- called also
goldhead, poker, and fresh-water widgeon, or
red-headed widgeon.
(b) The American redhead, which is closely allied to the
European poachard.
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Red-crested poachard (Zool.), an Old World duck ({Branta
rufina}).
Scaup poachard, the scaup duck.
Tufted poachard, a scaup duck (Aythya cristata, or
Fuligula cristata), native of Europe and Asia.
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Aythya marila
(gcide) | Scaup \Scaup\ (sk[add]p), n. [See Scalp a bed of oysters or
mussels.]
1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
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2. (Zool.) A scaup duck. See below.
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Scaup duck (Zool.), any one of several species of northern
ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult
males are, in large part, black. The three North American
species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var.
nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill,
blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and {raft
duck}; the lesser scaup duck (Aythya affinis), called
also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler;
the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({Aythya
collaris}), called also black jack, ringneck,
ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of
Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common
European scaup, or mussel, duck (Aythya marila), closely
resembles the American variety.
[1913 Webster]Broadbill \Broad"bill`\, n.
1. (Zool.) A wild duck (Aythya marila, or {Fuligula
marila}), which appears in large numbers on the eastern
coast of the United States, in autumn; -- called also
bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck.
See Scaup duck.
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2. (Zool.) The shoveler. See Shoveler.
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Aythya vallisneria
(gcide) | Canvasback \Can"vas*back`\, n. (Zool.)
A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for the
delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn;
particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named
from the markings of the plumage on its back.
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Claytonia
(gcide) | Claytonia \Clay*to"ni*a\, prop. n. [Named after Dr. John
Clayton, an American botanist.] (Bot.)
An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms;
-- sometimes called spring beauty.
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daytime
(gcide) | Day \Day\ (d[=a]), n. [OE. day, dai, dei, AS. d[ae]g; akin to
OS., D., Dan., & Sw. dag, G. tag, Icel. dagr, Goth. dags; cf.
Skr. dah (for dhagh ?) to burn. [root]69. Cf. Dawn.]
1. The time of light, or interval between one night and the
next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to
darkness; hence, the light; sunshine; -- also called
daytime.
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2. The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. --
ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured
by the interval between two successive transits of a
celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a
specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the
sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits
of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a
solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is
the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day,
below.
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3. Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by
usage or law for work.
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4. A specified time or period; time, considered with
reference to the existence or prominence of a person or
thing; age; time.
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A man who was great among the Hellenes of his day.
--Jowett
(Thucyd. )
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If my debtors do not keep their day, . . .
I must with patience all the terms attend. --Dryden.
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5. (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of
contest, some anniversary, etc.
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The field of Agincourt,
Fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus. --Shak.
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His name struck fear, his conduct won the day.
--Roscommon.
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Note: Day is much used in self-explaining compounds; as,
daybreak, daylight, workday, etc.
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Anniversary day. See Anniversary, n.
Astronomical day, a period equal to the mean solar day, but
beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four
hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day,
as that most used by astronomers.
Born days. See under Born.
Canicular days. See Dog day.
Civil day, the mean solar day, used in the ordinary
reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning
at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two
series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized
by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and
Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews
at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight.
Day blindness. (Med.) See Nyctalopia.
Day by day, or Day after day, daily; every day;
continually; without intermission of a day. See under
By. "Day by day we magnify thee." --Book of Common
Prayer.
Days in bank (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return
of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called
because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench,
or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. --Burrill.
Day in court, a day for the appearance of parties in a
suit.
Days of devotion (R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which
devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. --Shipley.
Days of grace. See Grace.
Days of obligation (R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is
obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. --Shipley.
Day owl, (Zool.), an owl that flies by day. See Hawk owl.
Day rule (Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished)
allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go
beyond the prison limits for a single day.
Day school, one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in
distinction from a boarding school.
Day sight. (Med.) See Hemeralopia.
Day's work (Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's
course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon.
From day to day, as time passes; in the course of time; as,
he improves from day to day.
Jewish day, the time between sunset and sunset.
Mean solar day (Astron.), the mean or average of all the
apparent solar days of the year.
One day, One of these days, at an uncertain time, usually
of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later. "Well,
niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband."
--Shak.
Only from day to day, without certainty of continuance;
temporarily. --Bacon.
Sidereal day, the interval between two successive transits
of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The
Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time.
To win the day, to gain the victory, to be successful. --S.
Butler.
Week day, any day of the week except Sunday; a working day.
Working day.
(a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction
from Sundays and legal holidays.
(b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom,
during which a workman, hired at a stated price per
day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay.
[1913 Webster]daytime \day"time`\ (d[=a]"t[imac]m`), n.
The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished
from the night; same as day, 1; as, during the daytime.
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day-to-day
(gcide) | day-to-day \day-to-day\ adj.
occurring every day.
Syn: daily, day-after-day.
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Faytour
(gcide) | Faytour \Fay"tour\ (f[=a]"t[=oo]r), n.
See Faitour. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Gaytre
(gcide) | Gaitre \Gai"tre\, Gaytre \Gay"tre\ (g[=a]"t[~e]r), n. [OE. Cf.
Gatten tree.]
The dogwood tree. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Gaytre \Gay"tre\, n. [See Gaitre.]
The dogwood tree. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Haythorn
(gcide) | Haythorn \Hay"thorn`\ (h[=a]"th[^o]rn`), n.
Hawthorn. --R. Scot.
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Haytian
(gcide) | Haytian \Hay"ti*an\ (h[=a]"t[i^]*an), a.
Of or pertaining to Haiti; now usually written Haitian. --
n. A native of Haiti. [Written also Haitian.]
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Nayt
(gcide) | Nayt \Nayt\, v. t. [Icel. neita.]
To refuse; to deny. [Obs.] "He shall not nayt ne deny his
sin." --Chaucer.
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Paytine
(gcide) | Paytine \Pay"tine\, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid obtained from a white bark resembling that of the
cinchona, first brought from Payta, in Peru.
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Playte
(gcide) | Playte \Playte\, n. (Naut.)
See Pleyt.
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Plaything
(gcide) | Plaything \Play"thing`\, n.
A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse.
[1913 Webster]
A child knows his nurse, and by degrees the playthings
of a little more advanced age. --Locke.
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Playtime
(gcide) | Playtime \Play"time`\, n.
Time for play or diversion.
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Tray-trip
(gcide) | Tray-trip \Tray"-trip`\, n. [From Trey a three.]
An old game played with dice. [Obs.] --Shak.
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al-hasan ibn al-haytham
(wn) | Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham
n 1: an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in
geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century;
established experiments as the norm of proof in physics
(died in 1040) [syn: Alhazen, Alhacen, al-Haytham,
Ibn al-Haytham, Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham] |
al-haytham
(wn) | al-Haytham
n 1: an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in
geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century;
established experiments as the norm of proof in physics
(died in 1040) [syn: Alhazen, Alhacen, al-Haytham,
Ibn al-Haytham, Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham] |
aythya
(wn) | Aythya
n 1: canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc. [syn: Aythya, {genus
Aythya}] |
aythya affinis
(wn) | Aythya affinis
n 1: common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads
[syn: lesser scaup, lesser scaup duck, lake duck,
Aythya affinis] |
aythya americana
(wn) | Aythya americana
n 1: North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and
reddish-brown head [syn: redhead, Aythya americana] |
aythya ferina
(wn) | Aythya ferina
n 1: heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black
body and reddish head [syn: pochard, Aythya ferina] |
aythya marila
(wn) | Aythya marila
n 1: large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence
on the head of the male [syn: greater scaup, {Aythya
marila}] |
aythya valisineria
(wn) | Aythya valisineria
n 1: North American wild duck valued for sport and food [syn:
canvasback, canvasback duck, Aythya valisineria] |
bayt lahm
(wn) | Bayt Lahm
n 1: a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan
River; early home of David and regarded as the place where
Jesus was born [syn: Bethlehem, Bayt Lahm, {Bethlehem
Ephrathah}, Bethlehem-Judah] |
claytonia
(wn) | Claytonia
n 1: genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white
or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes [syn:
Claytonia, genus Claytonia] |
claytonia caroliniana
(wn) | Claytonia caroliniana
n 1: similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink
flowers; eastern North America [syn: {Carolina spring
beauty}, Claytonia caroliniana] |
claytonia virginica
(wn) | Claytonia virginica
n 1: small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of
succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers;
eastern North America [syn: Virginia spring beauty,
Claytonia virginica] |
daytime
(wn) | daytime
n 1: the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light
outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to
make the repairs in the daytime" [syn: day, daytime,
daylight] [ant: dark, night, nighttime] |
dayton
(wn) | Dayton
n 1: a city in southwest Ohio; manufacturing center |
dayton ax
(wn) | Dayton ax
n 1: an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting
edge and one blunt side [syn: common ax, common axe,
Dayton ax, Dayton axe] |
dayton axe
(wn) | Dayton axe
n 1: an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting
edge and one blunt side [syn: common ax, common axe,
Dayton ax, Dayton axe] |
daytona beach
(wn) | Daytona Beach
n 1: a resort town in northeast Florida on the Atlantic coast;
hard white beaches have been used for automobile speed
trials |
genus aythya
(wn) | genus Aythya
n 1: canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc. [syn: Aythya, {genus
Aythya}] |
genus claytonia
(wn) | genus Claytonia
n 1: genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white
or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes [syn:
Claytonia, genus Claytonia] |
harold clayton lloyd
(wn) | Harold Clayton Lloyd
n 1: United States comic actor in silent films; he used physical
danger as a source of comedy (1893-1971) [syn: Lloyd,
Harold Lloyd, Harold Clayton Lloyd] |
harold clayton urey
(wn) | Harold Clayton Urey
n 1: United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981)
[syn: Urey, Harold Urey, Harold Clayton Urey] |
hayti
(wn) | Hayti
n 1: an island in the West Indies [syn: Hispaniola, Haiti,
Hayti] |
ibn al-haytham
(wn) | Ibn al-Haytham
n 1: an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in
geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century;
established experiments as the norm of proof in physics
(died in 1040) [syn: Alhazen, Alhacen, al-Haytham,
Ibn al-Haytham, Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham] |
plaything
(wn) | plaything
n 1: an artifact designed to be played with [syn: plaything,
toy] |
playtime
(wn) | playtime
n 1: time for play or diversion [syn: playtime, playday] |
shaytan
(wn) | shaytan
n 1: (Islam) a rebellious jinni who leads men astray [syn:
shaitan, shaytan] |
thomas clayton wolfe
(wn) | Thomas Clayton Wolfe
n 1: United States writer best known for his autobiographical
novels (1900-1938) [syn: Wolfe, Thomas Wolfe, {Thomas
Clayton Wolfe}] |
maximum maytag mode
(foldoc) | maximum Maytag mode
(From the US brand of washing machine) What
a washing machine or, by extension, any hard disk is in
when it's being used so heavily that it's shaking like an old
Maytag with an unbalanced load. If prolonged for any length
of time, can lead to disks becoming walking drives.
[Jargon File]
(1997-07-22)
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playte
(foldoc) | playte
/playt/ 16 bits, by analogy with byte.
Usage: rare and extremely silly.
See also dynner, crumb.
[Jargon File]
(1997-12-03)
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maximum maytag mode
(jargon) | maximum Maytag mode
n.
What a washing machine or, by extension, any disk drive is in when it's
being used so heavily that it's shaking like an old Maytag with an
unbalanced load. If prolonged for any length of time, can lead to disks
becoming walking drives. In 1999 it's been some years since hard disks
were large enough to do this, but the same phenomenon has recently been
reported with 24X CD-ROM drives.
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playte
(jargon) | playte
/playt/
16 bits, by analogy with nybble and byte. Usage: rare and extremely
silly. See also dynner and crumb. General discussion of such terms is
under nybble.
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