| slovo | definícia |
Boose
(gcide) | Boose \Boose\, v. i.
To drink excessively. See Booze.
[1913 Webster] |
Boose
(gcide) | Boose \Boose\, n. [AS. b[=o]s, b[=o]sig; akin to Icel. b[=a]ss,
Sw. b[*a]s, Dan. baas, stall, G. banse, Goth. bansts barn,
Skr. bh[=a]sas stall. [root]252.]
A stall or a crib for an ox, cow, or other animal. [Prov.
Eng.] --Halliwell.
[1913 Webster] |
boose
(gcide) | Booze \Booze\ (b[=oo]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boozed
(b[=oo]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Boozing.] [D. buizen; akin to
G. bausen, and perh. fr. D. buis tube, channel, bus box,
jar.]
To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to
tipple. [Written also bouse, and boose.] --Landor.
[1913 Webster]
This is better than boozing in public houses. --H. R.
Haweis.
[1913 Webster] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
caboose
(encz) | caboose,lodní kuchyně n: [brit.] Jiří Šmoldascaboose,malá kamna n: do přírody Jiří Šmoldascaboose,služební vůz n: [amer.] ve vlakové soupravě Jiří Šmoldas |
calaboose
(encz) | calaboose,vězení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Boose
(gcide) | Boose \Boose\, v. i.
To drink excessively. See Booze.
[1913 Webster]Boose \Boose\, n. [AS. b[=o]s, b[=o]sig; akin to Icel. b[=a]ss,
Sw. b[*a]s, Dan. baas, stall, G. banse, Goth. bansts barn,
Skr. bh[=a]sas stall. [root]252.]
A stall or a crib for an ox, cow, or other animal. [Prov.
Eng.] --Halliwell.
[1913 Webster]Booze \Booze\ (b[=oo]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boozed
(b[=oo]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Boozing.] [D. buizen; akin to
G. bausen, and perh. fr. D. buis tube, channel, bus box,
jar.]
To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to
tipple. [Written also bouse, and boose.] --Landor.
[1913 Webster]
This is better than boozing in public houses. --H. R.
Haweis.
[1913 Webster] |
Booser
(gcide) | Booser \Boos"er\, n.
A toper; a guzzler. See Boozer.
[1913 Webster] |
caboose
(gcide) | Galley \Gal"ley\, n.; pl. Galleys. [OE. gale, galeie (cf. OF.
galie, gal['e]e, LL. galea, LGr. ?; of unknown origin.]
1. (Naut.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts
and sails or not; as:
(a) A large vessel for war and national purposes; --
common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th
century.
(b) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other
ancient vessels propelled by oars.
(c) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse
officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
(d) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The typical galley of the Mediterranean was from one
hundred to two hundred feet long, often having twenty
oars on each side. It had two or three masts rigged
with lateen sails, carried guns at prow and stern, and
a complement of one thousand to twelve hundred men, and
was very efficient in mediaeval warfare. Galleons,
galliots, galleasses, half galleys, and quarter galleys
were all modifications of this type.
[1913 Webster]
2. The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel;
-- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Chem.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of
retorts; a gallery furnace.
[1913 Webster]
4. [F. gal['e]e; the same word as E. galley a vessel.]
(Print.)
(a) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides,
for holding type which has been set, or is to be made
up, etc.
(b) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a
galley proof.
[1913 Webster]
Galley slave, a person condemned, often as a punishment for
crime, to work at the oar on board a galley. "To toil like
a galley slave." --Macaulay.
Galley slice (Print.), a sliding false bottom to a large
galley. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]Caboose \Ca*boose"\ (k[.a]*b[=oo]s"), n. [Cf. D. kabuis,
kombuis, Dan. kabys, Sw. kabysa, G. kabuse a little room or
hut. The First part of the word seems to be allied to W. cab
cabin, booth. Cf. Cabin.] [Written also camboose.]
1. (Naut.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; --
commonly called the galley.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Railroad) A car used on freight or construction trains as
travelling quarters for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool
car. It usually is the last car of the train. [U. S.]
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Caboose
(gcide) | Galley \Gal"ley\, n.; pl. Galleys. [OE. gale, galeie (cf. OF.
galie, gal['e]e, LL. galea, LGr. ?; of unknown origin.]
1. (Naut.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts
and sails or not; as:
(a) A large vessel for war and national purposes; --
common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th
century.
(b) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other
ancient vessels propelled by oars.
(c) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse
officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
(d) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The typical galley of the Mediterranean was from one
hundred to two hundred feet long, often having twenty
oars on each side. It had two or three masts rigged
with lateen sails, carried guns at prow and stern, and
a complement of one thousand to twelve hundred men, and
was very efficient in mediaeval warfare. Galleons,
galliots, galleasses, half galleys, and quarter galleys
were all modifications of this type.
[1913 Webster]
2. The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel;
-- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Chem.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of
retorts; a gallery furnace.
[1913 Webster]
4. [F. gal['e]e; the same word as E. galley a vessel.]
(Print.)
(a) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides,
for holding type which has been set, or is to be made
up, etc.
(b) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a
galley proof.
[1913 Webster]
Galley slave, a person condemned, often as a punishment for
crime, to work at the oar on board a galley. "To toil like
a galley slave." --Macaulay.
Galley slice (Print.), a sliding false bottom to a large
galley. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]Caboose \Ca*boose"\ (k[.a]*b[=oo]s"), n. [Cf. D. kabuis,
kombuis, Dan. kabys, Sw. kabysa, G. kabuse a little room or
hut. The First part of the word seems to be allied to W. cab
cabin, booth. Cf. Cabin.] [Written also camboose.]
1. (Naut.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; --
commonly called the galley.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Railroad) A car used on freight or construction trains as
travelling quarters for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool
car. It usually is the last car of the train. [U. S.]
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Calaboose
(gcide) | Calaboose \Cal`a*boose"\, n. [A corruption of Sp. calabozo
dungeon.]
A prison; a jail. [Local, U. S.]
[1913 Webster] |
camboose
(gcide) | Caboose \Ca*boose"\ (k[.a]*b[=oo]s"), n. [Cf. D. kabuis,
kombuis, Dan. kabys, Sw. kabysa, G. kabuse a little room or
hut. The First part of the word seems to be allied to W. cab
cabin, booth. Cf. Cabin.] [Written also camboose.]
1. (Naut.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; --
commonly called the galley.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Railroad) A car used on freight or construction trains as
travelling quarters for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool
car. It usually is the last car of the train. [U. S.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]Camboose \Cam*boose"\, n. (Naut.)
See Caboose.
[1913 Webster] |
Camboose
(gcide) | Caboose \Ca*boose"\ (k[.a]*b[=oo]s"), n. [Cf. D. kabuis,
kombuis, Dan. kabys, Sw. kabysa, G. kabuse a little room or
hut. The First part of the word seems to be allied to W. cab
cabin, booth. Cf. Cabin.] [Written also camboose.]
1. (Naut.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; --
commonly called the galley.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Railroad) A car used on freight or construction trains as
travelling quarters for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool
car. It usually is the last car of the train. [U. S.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]Camboose \Cam*boose"\, n. (Naut.)
See Caboose.
[1913 Webster] |
Coboose
(gcide) | Coboose \Co*boose"\, n.
See Caboose.
[1913 Webster] |
caboose
(wn) | caboose
n 1: the area for food preparation on a ship [syn: galley,
ship's galley, caboose, cookhouse]
2: a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually
the last car on the train [syn: cabin car, caboose] |
|