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baster
(wn) | baster
n 1: a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy
2: a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches [syn:
baster, tacker]
3: a tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted
fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat |
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alabaster
(mass) | alabaster
- alabastrový, alabaster |
alabaster
(msas) | alabaster
- alabaster |
alabaster
(msasasci) | alabaster
- alabaster |
alabaster
(encz) | alabaster,alabastr n: jemnozrnný, čistě bílý nerost (soška z alabastru,
bílý jako alabastr) MPEG |
oriental alabaster
(encz) | oriental alabaster, n: |
Abaster erythrogrammus
(gcide) | Hoop \Hoop\, n. [OE. hope; akin to D. hoep, hoepel.]
1. A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form,
and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of
casks, tubs, etc.
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2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as
the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in
making cheese.
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3. A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone,
metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the
skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline; -- used chiefly in
the plural.
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Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of
whale. --Pope.
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4. A quart pot; -- so called because originally bound with
hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents
measured by the distance between the hoops. [Obs.]
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5. An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from
one to four pecks. [Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Bulge hoop, Chine hoop, Quarter hoop, the hoop nearest
the middle of a cask, that nearest the end, and the
intermediate hoop between these two, respectively.
Flat hoop, a wooden hoop dressed flat on both sides.
Half-round hoop, a wooden hoop left rounding and undressed
on the outside.
Hoop iron, iron in thin narrow strips, used for making
hoops.
Hoop lock, the fastening for uniting the ends of wooden
hoops by notching and interlocking them.
Hoop skirt, a framework of hoops for expanding the skirts
of a woman's dress; -- called also hoop petticoat.
Hoop snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of the Southern United
States (Abaster erythrogrammus); -- so called from the
mistaken notion that it curves itself into a hoop, taking
its tail into its mouth, and rolls along with great
velocity.
Hoop tree (Bot.), a small West Indian tree ({Melia
sempervirens}), of the Mahogany family.
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alabaster
(gcide) | Gypsum \Gyp"sum\ (j[i^]p"s[u^]m), n. [L. gypsum, Gr. gy`psos;
cf. Ar. jibs plaster, mortar, Per. jabs[imac]n lime.] (Min.)
A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime
(calcium). When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris.
Selenite is a transparent, crystalline variety;
alabaster, a fine, white, massive variety.
[1913 Webster]Alabaster \Al"a*bas"ter\, n. [L. alabaster, Gr. 'ala`bastros,
said to be derived fr. Alabastron, the name of a town in
Egypt, near which it was common: cf. OF. alabastre, F.
alb[^a]tre.]
1. (Min.)
(a) A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of
fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but
sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into
vases, mantel ornaments, etc.
(b) A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat
translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite.
The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is
sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.
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2. A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.;
-- so called from the stone of which it was originally
made. --Fosbroke.
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Alabaster
(gcide) | Gypsum \Gyp"sum\ (j[i^]p"s[u^]m), n. [L. gypsum, Gr. gy`psos;
cf. Ar. jibs plaster, mortar, Per. jabs[imac]n lime.] (Min.)
A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime
(calcium). When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris.
Selenite is a transparent, crystalline variety;
alabaster, a fine, white, massive variety.
[1913 Webster]Alabaster \Al"a*bas"ter\, n. [L. alabaster, Gr. 'ala`bastros,
said to be derived fr. Alabastron, the name of a town in
Egypt, near which it was common: cf. OF. alabastre, F.
alb[^a]tre.]
1. (Min.)
(a) A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of
fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but
sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into
vases, mantel ornaments, etc.
(b) A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat
translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite.
The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is
sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.
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2. A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.;
-- so called from the stone of which it was originally
made. --Fosbroke.
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alabaster
(wn) | alabaster
adj 1: of or resembling alabaster; "alabaster statue" [syn:
alabaster, alabastrine]
n 1: a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for
carving
2: a hard compact kind of calcite [syn: alabaster, {oriental
alabaster}, onyx marble, Mexican onyx]
3: a very light white |
oriental alabaster
(wn) | oriental alabaster
n 1: a hard compact kind of calcite [syn: alabaster, {oriental
alabaster}, onyx marble, Mexican onyx] |
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