| slovo | definícia |
brass
(mass) | brass
- mosadzný |
brass
(encz) | brass,mosaz n: |
brass
(encz) | brass,mosazný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
brass
(encz) | brass,pomosazovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
brass
(encz) | brass,žesťový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Brass
(gcide) | Brass \Brass\, n.; pl. Brasses. [OE. bras, bres, AS. br[ae]s;
akin to Icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire,
and to E. braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d Braze.]
1. An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable
proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to
one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely
other metals.
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2. (Mach.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently
made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal,
when the latter is generally called a white metal lining.
See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.
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3. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.]
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Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your
purses, nor scrip for your journey. --Matt. x. 9.
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4. Impudence; a brazen face. [Colloq.]
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5. pl. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
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The very scullion who cleans the brasses.
--Hopkinson.
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6. A brass plate engraved with a figure or device.
Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and
generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.
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7. pl. (Mining) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the
color of which is near to that of brass.
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Note: The word brass as used in Sculpture language is a
translation for copper or some kind of bronze.
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Note: Brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass
founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry.
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Brass band (Mus.), a band of musicians who play upon wind
instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc.
Brass foil, Brass leaf, brass made into very thin sheets;
-- called also Dutch gold.
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brass
(wn) | brass
n 1: an alloy of copper and zinc
2: a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of
variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or
funnel-shaped mouthpiece [syn: brass, brass instrument]
3: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a
body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims
that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance
of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly
became recognized as a member of the establishment" [syn:
administration, governance, governing body,
establishment, brass, organization, organisation]
4: impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness";
"he had the effrontery to question my honesty" [syn:
boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek]
5: an ornament or utensil made of brass
6: the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass
instruments [syn: brass section, brass]
7: a memorial made of brass [syn: brass, memorial tablet,
plaque] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
brasserie
(mass) | brasserie
- reštaurácia |
brassica napus
(msas) | Brassica napus
- rape |
brassica napus
(msasasci) | Brassica napus
- rape |
as bold as brass
(encz) | as bold as brass,drzý jako opice |
brass band
(encz) | brass band,dechová kapela n: Zdeněk Brož |
brass-band
(encz) | brass-band,dechová kapela Zdeněk Brož |
brass-band music
(encz) | brass-band music,dechová hudba brass-band music,dechovka "hovorově" |
brassard
(encz) | brassard,brnění na paži n: Zdeněk Brož |
brasserie
(encz) | brasserie,restaurace n: Zdeněk Brož |
brassie
(encz) | brassie,golfová hůl 2 n: Zdeněk Brož |
brassiere
(encz) | brassiere,podprsenka n: |
brassiness
(encz) | brassiness,neomalenost n: Zdeněk Brožbrassiness,nestoudnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
brassy
(encz) | brassy,drzý adj: Zdeněk Brožbrassy,mosazně žlutý adj: Zdeněk Brožbrassy,mosazný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cartridge brass
(encz) | cartridge brass, n: |
get down to brass tacks
(encz) | get down to brass tacks,dostat se k jádru věci [fráz.] Pino |
high brass
(encz) | high brass, n: |
high-strength brass
(encz) | high-strength brass, n: |
low brass
(encz) | low brass, n: |
naval brass
(encz) | naval brass, n: |
red brass
(encz) | red brass, n: |
top brass
(encz) | top brass, |
all-optical imaging brassboard
(czen) | All-Optical Imaging Brassboard,AOIB[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
nebrasský
(czen) | Nebrasský,Nebraskan |
Anthomyia brassicae
(gcide) | Cabbage \Cab"bage\ (k[a^]b"b[asl]j), n. [OE. cabage, fr. F.
cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage,
cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl,
hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa
cape. See Chief, Cape.] (Bot.)
1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the
wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has
a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels
sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.
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2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like,
cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.
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3. The cabbage palmetto. See below.
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Cabbage aphis (Zool.), a green plant-louse ({Aphis
brassic[ae]}) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage.
Cabbage beetle (Zool.), a small, striped flea-beetle
(Phyllotreta vittata) which lives, in the larval state,
on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage
and other cruciferous plants.
Cabbage fly (Zool.), a small two-winged fly ({Anthomyia
brassic[ae]}), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state,
on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to
the crop.
Cabbage head, the compact head formed by the leaves of a
cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and
colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull.
Cabbage palmetto, a species of palm tree (Sabal Palmetto)
found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida.
Cabbage rose (Bot.), a species of rose (Rosa centifolia)
having large and heavy blossoms.
Cabbage tree, Cabbage palm, a name given to palms having
a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the Sabal Palmetto
of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and
Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies.
Sea cabbage.(Bot.)
(a) Sea kale
(b) . The original Plant (Brassica oleracea), from which
the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been
derived by cultivation.
Thousand-headed cabbage. See Brussels sprouts.
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Aphis brassicae
(gcide) | Cabbage \Cab"bage\ (k[a^]b"b[asl]j), n. [OE. cabage, fr. F.
cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage,
cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl,
hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa
cape. See Chief, Cape.] (Bot.)
1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the
wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has
a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels
sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.
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2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like,
cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.
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3. The cabbage palmetto. See below.
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Cabbage aphis (Zool.), a green plant-louse ({Aphis
brassic[ae]}) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage.
Cabbage beetle (Zool.), a small, striped flea-beetle
(Phyllotreta vittata) which lives, in the larval state,
on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage
and other cruciferous plants.
Cabbage fly (Zool.), a small two-winged fly ({Anthomyia
brassic[ae]}), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state,
on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to
the crop.
Cabbage head, the compact head formed by the leaves of a
cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and
colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull.
Cabbage palmetto, a species of palm tree (Sabal Palmetto)
found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida.
Cabbage rose (Bot.), a species of rose (Rosa centifolia)
having large and heavy blossoms.
Cabbage tree, Cabbage palm, a name given to palms having
a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the Sabal Palmetto
of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and
Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies.
Sea cabbage.(Bot.)
(a) Sea kale
(b) . The original Plant (Brassica oleracea), from which
the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been
derived by cultivation.
Thousand-headed cabbage. See Brussels sprouts.
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Brass
(gcide) | Brass \Brass\, n.; pl. Brasses. [OE. bras, bres, AS. br[ae]s;
akin to Icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire,
and to E. braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d Braze.]
1. An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable
proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to
one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely
other metals.
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2. (Mach.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently
made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal,
when the latter is generally called a white metal lining.
See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.
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3. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.]
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Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your
purses, nor scrip for your journey. --Matt. x. 9.
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4. Impudence; a brazen face. [Colloq.]
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5. pl. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
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The very scullion who cleans the brasses.
--Hopkinson.
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6. A brass plate engraved with a figure or device.
Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and
generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.
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7. pl. (Mining) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the
color of which is near to that of brass.
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Note: The word brass as used in Sculpture language is a
translation for copper or some kind of bronze.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass
founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry.
[1913 Webster]
Brass band (Mus.), a band of musicians who play upon wind
instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc.
Brass foil, Brass leaf, brass made into very thin sheets;
-- called also Dutch gold.
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Brass band
(gcide) | Brass \Brass\, n.; pl. Brasses. [OE. bras, bres, AS. br[ae]s;
akin to Icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire,
and to E. braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d Braze.]
1. An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable
proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to
one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely
other metals.
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2. (Mach.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently
made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal,
when the latter is generally called a white metal lining.
See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.
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3. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.]
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Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your
purses, nor scrip for your journey. --Matt. x. 9.
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4. Impudence; a brazen face. [Colloq.]
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5. pl. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
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The very scullion who cleans the brasses.
--Hopkinson.
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6. A brass plate engraved with a figure or device.
Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and
generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.
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7. pl. (Mining) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the
color of which is near to that of brass.
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Note: The word brass as used in Sculpture language is a
translation for copper or some kind of bronze.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass
founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry.
[1913 Webster]
Brass band (Mus.), a band of musicians who play upon wind
instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc.
Brass foil, Brass leaf, brass made into very thin sheets;
-- called also Dutch gold.
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Brass foil
(gcide) | Brass \Brass\, n.; pl. Brasses. [OE. bras, bres, AS. br[ae]s;
akin to Icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire,
and to E. braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d Braze.]
1. An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable
proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to
one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely
other metals.
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2. (Mach.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently
made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal,
when the latter is generally called a white metal lining.
See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.
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3. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.]
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Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your
purses, nor scrip for your journey. --Matt. x. 9.
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4. Impudence; a brazen face. [Colloq.]
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5. pl. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
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The very scullion who cleans the brasses.
--Hopkinson.
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6. A brass plate engraved with a figure or device.
Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and
generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.
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7. pl. (Mining) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the
color of which is near to that of brass.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The word brass as used in Sculpture language is a
translation for copper or some kind of bronze.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass
founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry.
[1913 Webster]
Brass band (Mus.), a band of musicians who play upon wind
instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc.
Brass foil, Brass leaf, brass made into very thin sheets;
-- called also Dutch gold.
[1913 Webster]Dutch \Dutch\, a. [D. duitsch German; or G. deutsch, orig.,
popular, national, OD. dietsc, MHG. diutsch, tiutsch, OHG.
diutisk, fr. diot, diota, a people, a nation; akin to AS.
pe['o]d, OS. thiod, thioda, Goth. piuda; cf. Lith. tauta
land, OIr. tuath people, Oscan touto. The English have
applied the name especially to the Germanic people living
nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf. Derrick, Teutonic.]
Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
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Dutch auction. See under Auction.
Dutch cheese, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim
milk.
Dutch clinker, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is
yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.
Dutch clover (Bot.), common white clover ({Trifolium
repens}), the seed of which was largely imported into
England from Holland.
Dutch concert, a so-called concert in which all the singers
sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]
Dutch courage, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
--Marryat.
Dutch door, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so
arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened,
while the upper part remains open.
Dutch foil, Dutch leaf, or Dutch gold, a kind of brass
rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in
Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also {Dutch
mineral}, Dutch metal, brass foil, and bronze leaf.
Dutch liquid (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,
C2H4Cl2, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal
odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or
olefiant gas; -- called also Dutch oil. It is so called
because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four
Hollandish chemists. See Ethylene, and Olefiant.
Dutch oven, a tin screen for baking before an open fire or
kitchen range; also, in the United States, a shallow iron
kettle for baking, with a cover to hold burning coals.
Dutch pink, chalk, or whiting dyed yellow, and used in
distemper, and for paper staining. etc. --Weale.
Dutch rush (Bot.), a species of horsetail rush or
Equisetum (Equisetum hyemale) having a rough,
siliceous surface, and used for scouring and polishing; --
called also scouring rush, and shave grass. See
Equisetum.
Dutch tile, a glazed and painted ornamental tile, formerly
much exported, and used in the jambs of chimneys and the
like.
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Note: Dutch was formerly used for German.
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Germany is slandered to have sent none to this
war [the Crusades] at this first voyage; and that
other pilgrims, passing through that country,
were mocked by the Dutch, and called fools for
their pains. --Fuller.
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brass foil
(gcide) | Brass \Brass\, n.; pl. Brasses. [OE. bras, bres, AS. br[ae]s;
akin to Icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire,
and to E. braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d Braze.]
1. An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable
proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to
one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely
other metals.
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2. (Mach.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently
made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal,
when the latter is generally called a white metal lining.
See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.
[1913 Webster]
3. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.]
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Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your
purses, nor scrip for your journey. --Matt. x. 9.
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4. Impudence; a brazen face. [Colloq.]
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5. pl. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
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The very scullion who cleans the brasses.
--Hopkinson.
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6. A brass plate engraved with a figure or device.
Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and
generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.
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7. pl. (Mining) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the
color of which is near to that of brass.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The word brass as used in Sculpture language is a
translation for copper or some kind of bronze.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass
founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry.
[1913 Webster]
Brass band (Mus.), a band of musicians who play upon wind
instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc.
Brass foil, Brass leaf, brass made into very thin sheets;
-- called also Dutch gold.
[1913 Webster]Dutch \Dutch\, a. [D. duitsch German; or G. deutsch, orig.,
popular, national, OD. dietsc, MHG. diutsch, tiutsch, OHG.
diutisk, fr. diot, diota, a people, a nation; akin to AS.
pe['o]d, OS. thiod, thioda, Goth. piuda; cf. Lith. tauta
land, OIr. tuath people, Oscan touto. The English have
applied the name especially to the Germanic people living
nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf. Derrick, Teutonic.]
Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
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Dutch auction. See under Auction.
Dutch cheese, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim
milk.
Dutch clinker, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is
yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.
Dutch clover (Bot.), common white clover ({Trifolium
repens}), the seed of which was largely imported into
England from Holland.
Dutch concert, a so-called concert in which all the singers
sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]
Dutch courage, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
--Marryat.
Dutch door, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so
arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened,
while the upper part remains open.
Dutch foil, Dutch leaf, or Dutch gold, a kind of brass
rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in
Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also {Dutch
mineral}, Dutch metal, brass foil, and bronze leaf.
Dutch liquid (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,
C2H4Cl2, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal
odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or
olefiant gas; -- called also Dutch oil. It is so called
because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four
Hollandish chemists. See Ethylene, and Olefiant.
Dutch oven, a tin screen for baking before an open fire or
kitchen range; also, in the United States, a shallow iron
kettle for baking, with a cover to hold burning coals.
Dutch pink, chalk, or whiting dyed yellow, and used in
distemper, and for paper staining. etc. --Weale.
Dutch rush (Bot.), a species of horsetail rush or
Equisetum (Equisetum hyemale) having a rough,
siliceous surface, and used for scouring and polishing; --
called also scouring rush, and shave grass. See
Equisetum.
Dutch tile, a glazed and painted ornamental tile, formerly
much exported, and used in the jambs of chimneys and the
like.
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Note: Dutch was formerly used for German.
[1913 Webster]
Germany is slandered to have sent none to this
war [the Crusades] at this first voyage; and that
other pilgrims, passing through that country,
were mocked by the Dutch, and called fools for
their pains. --Fuller.
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brass knuckles
(gcide) | Knuckle \Knuc"kle\, n. [OE. knokel, knokil, AS. cuncel; akin to
D. knokkel, OFries. knokele, knokle, G. kn["o]chel, Sw.
knoge, Dan. knokkel, G. knochen bone, and perh. to E. knock.]
1. The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by
the closing of the fingers. --Davenant.
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2. The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a
quadruped, especially of a calf; -- formerly used of the
kneejoint of a human being.
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With weary knuckles on thy brim she kneeled sadly
down. --Golding.
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3. The joint of a plant. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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4. (Mech.) The joining parts of a hinge through which the pin
or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.
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5. (Shipbuilding) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where
a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where
a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
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6. A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished
with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a
blow, and to disfigure the person struck; -- called also
knuckle duster, knuckles or brass knuckles. [Slang.]
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Knuckle joint (Mach.), a hinge joint, in which a projection
with an eye, on one piece, enters a jaw between two
corresponding projections with eyes, on another piece, and
is retained by a pin which passes through the eyes and
forms the pivot.
Knuckle of veal (Cookery), the lower part of a leg of veal,
from the line of the body to the knuckle.
[1913 Webster]knuckles \knuc"kles\ n. pl.
a small metal weapon, worn over the knuckles on the back of
the hand; called also brass knuckles and knuckle duster.
Syn: brass knucks, knucks, brass knuckles, knuckle duster.
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Brass leaf
(gcide) | Brass \Brass\, n.; pl. Brasses. [OE. bras, bres, AS. br[ae]s;
akin to Icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire,
and to E. braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d Braze.]
1. An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable
proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to
one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely
other metals.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mach.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently
made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal,
when the latter is generally called a white metal lining.
See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.
[1913 Webster]
3. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your
purses, nor scrip for your journey. --Matt. x. 9.
[1913 Webster]
4. Impudence; a brazen face. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
5. pl. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
[1913 Webster]
The very scullion who cleans the brasses.
--Hopkinson.
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6. A brass plate engraved with a figure or device.
Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and
generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.
[1913 Webster]
7. pl. (Mining) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the
color of which is near to that of brass.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The word brass as used in Sculpture language is a
translation for copper or some kind of bronze.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass
founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry.
[1913 Webster]
Brass band (Mus.), a band of musicians who play upon wind
instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc.
Brass foil, Brass leaf, brass made into very thin sheets;
-- called also Dutch gold.
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Brass meridian
(gcide) | Meridian \Me*rid"i*an\, n. [F. m['e]ridien. See Meridian, a.]
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1. Midday; noon.
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2. Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or
the like; culmination.
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I have touched the highest point of all my
greatness,
And from that full meridian of my glory
I haste now to my setting. --Shak.
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3. (Astron.) A great circle of the sphere passing through the
poles of the heavens and the zenith of a given place. It
is crossed by the sun at midday.
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4. (Geog.) A great circle on the surface of the earth,
passing through the poles and any given place; also, the
half of such a circle included between the poles.
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Note: The planes of the geographical and astronomical
meridians coincide. Meridians, on a map or globe, are
lines drawn at certain intervals due north and south,
or in the direction of the poles.
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Calculated for the meridian of, or {fitted to the meridian
of}, or adapted to the meridian of, suited to the local
circumstances, capabilities, or special requirements of.
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All other knowledge merely serves the concerns of
this life, and is fitted to the meridian thereof.
--Sir M. Hale.
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First meridian or prime meridian, the meridian from which
longitudes are reckoned. The meridian of Greenwich is the
one commonly employed in calculations of longitude by
geographers, and in actual practice, although in various
countries other and different meridians, chiefly those
which pass through the capitals of the countries, are
occasionally used; as, in France, the meridian of Paris;
in the United States, the meridian of Washington, etc.
Guide meridian (Public Land Survey), a line, marked by
monuments, running North and South through a section of
country between other more carefully established meridians
called principal meridians, used for reference in
surveying. [U.S.]
Magnetic meridian, a great circle, passing through the
zenith and coinciding in direction with the magnetic
needle, or a line on the earth's surface having the same
direction.
Meridian circle (Astron.), an instrument consisting of a
telescope attached to a large graduated circle and so
mounted that the telescope revolves like the transit
instrument in a meridian plane. By it the right ascension
and the declination of a star may be measured in a single
observation.
Meridian instrument (Astron.), any astronomical instrument
having a telescope that rotates in a meridian plane.
Meridian of a globe, or Brass meridian, a graduated
circular ring of brass, in which the artificial globe is
suspended and revolves.
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Brassage
(gcide) | Brassage \Bras"sage\, n. [F.]
A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; -- now
called seigniorage.
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brassard
(gcide) | brassard \brassard\ n.
an armor plate that protects the arm.
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Brassart
(gcide) | Brassart \Bras"sart\, n. [F. brassard, fr. bras arm. See
Brace, n.]
Armor for the arm; -- generally used for the whole arm from
the shoulder to the wrist, and consisting, in the 15th and
16th centuries, of many parts.
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brassavola
(gcide) | brassavola \brassavola\ n.
any of various tropical American orchids with usually
solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally
fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7.
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brass-bound
(gcide) | brassbound \brassbound\, brass-bound \brass-bound\adj.
1. inflexibly entrenched; as, brassbound traditions.
Syn: ironclad, unchangeable.
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2. having trim or fittings of brass; as, a brassbound
campaign chest; the heavy brass-bound door.
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brassbound
(gcide) | brassbound \brassbound\, brass-bound \brass-bound\adj.
1. inflexibly entrenched; as, brassbound traditions.
Syn: ironclad, unchangeable.
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2. having trim or fittings of brass; as, a brassbound
campaign chest; the heavy brass-bound door.
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Brasse
(gcide) | Brasse \Brasse\, n. [Perh. a transposition of barse; but cf. LG.
brasse the bream, G. brassen Cf. Bream.] (Zool.)
A spotted European fish of the genus Lucioperca, resembling
a perch.
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brasserie
(gcide) | brasserie \brasserie\ n.
a small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food;
usually cheap.
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Brasses
(gcide) | Brass \Brass\, n.; pl. Brasses. [OE. bras, bres, AS. br[ae]s;
akin to Icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire,
and to E. braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d Braze.]
1. An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable
proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to
one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely
other metals.
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2. (Mach.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently
made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal,
when the latter is generally called a white metal lining.
See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.
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3. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.]
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Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your
purses, nor scrip for your journey. --Matt. x. 9.
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4. Impudence; a brazen face. [Colloq.]
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5. pl. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
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The very scullion who cleans the brasses.
--Hopkinson.
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6. A brass plate engraved with a figure or device.
Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and
generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.
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7. pl. (Mining) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the
color of which is near to that of brass.
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Note: The word brass as used in Sculpture language is a
translation for copper or some kind of bronze.
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Note: Brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass
founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry.
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Brass band (Mus.), a band of musicians who play upon wind
instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc.
Brass foil, Brass leaf, brass made into very thin sheets;
-- called also Dutch gold.
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Brassets
(gcide) | Brassets \Bras"sets\, n.
See Brassart.
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brassey
(gcide) | Brassy \Brass"y\, n. [Written also brassie and brassey.]
(Golf)
A wooden club soled with brass.
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Brassia
(gcide) | Brassia \Brassia\ n.
a genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having
striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike
flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips; the spider
orchids.
Syn: genus Brassia.
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Brassica
(gcide) | Sinapis \Si*na"pis\, n. [L.] (Bot.)
A disused generic name for mustard; -- now called Brassica.
[1913 Webster]Brassica \Bras"si*ca\, prop. n. [L., cabbage.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties
differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the
common cabbage (Brassica oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers,
etc.; the wild turnip (Brassica campestris); the common
turnip (Brassica rapa); the rape or coleseed ({Brassica
napus}), etc.
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Brassica alba
(gcide) | Sinalbin \Sin*al"bin\, n. [From L. Sinapis + alba.] (Chem.)
A glucoside found in the seeds of white mustard ({Brassica
alba}, formerly Sinapis alba), and extracted as a white
crystalline substance.
[1913 Webster]Mustard \Mus"tard\, n. [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L.
mustum must, -- mustard was prepared for use by being mixed
with must. See Must, n.]
1. (Bot.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus
Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard
(Brassica alba), black mustard (Brassica Nigra),
wild mustard or charlock (Brassica Sinapistrum).
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Note: There are also many herbs of the same family which are
called mustard, and have more or less of the flavor of
the true mustard; as, bowyer's mustard ({Lepidium
ruderale}); hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale);
Mithridate mustard (Thlaspi arvense); tower mustard
(Arabis perfoliata); treacle mustard ({Erysimum
cheiranthoides}).
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2. A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white
mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken
internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large
doses is emetic.
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Mustard oil (Chem.), a substance obtained from mustard, as
a transparent, volatile and intensely pungent oil. The
name is also extended to a number of analogous compounds
produced either naturally or artificially.
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Brassica campestris
(gcide) | Rape \Rape\, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. "ra`pys, "ra`fys,
G. r["u]be.] (Bot.)
A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the
turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used
for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for
the food of cage birds.
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Note: These plants, with the edible turnip, have been
variously named, but are all now believed to be derived
from the Brassica campestris of Europe, which by some
is not considered distinct from the wild stock
(Brassica oleracea) of the cabbage. See Cole.
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Broom rape. (Bot.) See Broom rape, in the Vocabulary.
Rape cake, the refuse remaining after the oil has been
expressed from the rape seed.
Rape root. Same as Rape.
Summer rape. (Bot.) See Colza.
[1913 Webster]Navew \Na"vew\, n. [OE. navel, naveau, a dim. fr. L. napus
navew. Cf. Napiform.] (Bot.)
A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris.
See Brassica. [Written also naphew.]
[1913 Webster]Turnip \Tur"nip\ (t[^u]r"n[i^]p), n. [OE. turnep; probably fr.
turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip,
AS. n[=ae]pe, L. napus. Cf. Turn, v. t., Navew.] (Bot.)
The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a
cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also,
the plant itself. [Formerly written also turnep.]
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Swedish turnip (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See Ruta-baga.
Turnip flea (Zool.), a small flea-beetle ({Haltica,
striolata} syn. Phyllotreta striolata), which feeds upon
the turnip, and often seriously injures it. It is black
with a stripe of yellow on each elytron. The name is also
applied to several other small insects which are injurious
to turnips. See Illust. under Flea-beetle.
Turnip fly. (Zool.)
(a) The turnip flea.
(b) A two-winged fly (Anthomyia radicum) whose larvae live
in the turnip root.
[1913 Webster]Brassica \Bras"si*ca\, prop. n. [L., cabbage.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties
differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the
common cabbage (Brassica oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers,
etc.; the wild turnip (Brassica campestris); the common
turnip (Brassica rapa); the rape or coleseed ({Brassica
napus}), etc.
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Brassica napus
(gcide) | Brassica \Bras"si*ca\, prop. n. [L., cabbage.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties
differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the
common cabbage (Brassica oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers,
etc.; the wild turnip (Brassica campestris); the common
turnip (Brassica rapa); the rape or coleseed ({Brassica
napus}), etc.
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Brassica nigra
(gcide) | Sinigrin \Sin"i*grin\, n. [From NL. Sinapis nigra.] (Chem.)
A glucoside found in the seeds of black mustard ({Brassica
nigra}, formerly Sinapis nigra) It resembles sinalbin, and
consists of a potassium salt of myronic acid.
[1913 Webster]Mustard \Mus"tard\, n. [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L.
mustum must, -- mustard was prepared for use by being mixed
with must. See Must, n.]
1. (Bot.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus
Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard
(Brassica alba), black mustard (Brassica Nigra),
wild mustard or charlock (Brassica Sinapistrum).
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Note: There are also many herbs of the same family which are
called mustard, and have more or less of the flavor of
the true mustard; as, bowyer's mustard ({Lepidium
ruderale}); hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale);
Mithridate mustard (Thlaspi arvense); tower mustard
(Arabis perfoliata); treacle mustard ({Erysimum
cheiranthoides}).
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2. A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white
mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken
internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large
doses is emetic.
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Mustard oil (Chem.), a substance obtained from mustard, as
a transparent, volatile and intensely pungent oil. The
name is also extended to a number of analogous compounds
produced either naturally or artificially.
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Brassica Nigra
(gcide) | Sinigrin \Sin"i*grin\, n. [From NL. Sinapis nigra.] (Chem.)
A glucoside found in the seeds of black mustard ({Brassica
nigra}, formerly Sinapis nigra) It resembles sinalbin, and
consists of a potassium salt of myronic acid.
[1913 Webster]Mustard \Mus"tard\, n. [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L.
mustum must, -- mustard was prepared for use by being mixed
with must. See Must, n.]
1. (Bot.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus
Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard
(Brassica alba), black mustard (Brassica Nigra),
wild mustard or charlock (Brassica Sinapistrum).
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Note: There are also many herbs of the same family which are
called mustard, and have more or less of the flavor of
the true mustard; as, bowyer's mustard ({Lepidium
ruderale}); hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale);
Mithridate mustard (Thlaspi arvense); tower mustard
(Arabis perfoliata); treacle mustard ({Erysimum
cheiranthoides}).
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2. A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white
mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken
internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large
doses is emetic.
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Mustard oil (Chem.), a substance obtained from mustard, as
a transparent, volatile and intensely pungent oil. The
name is also extended to a number of analogous compounds
produced either naturally or artificially.
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Brassica oleracea
(gcide) | Colza \Col"za\, n. [F., fr. D. koolzaad, prop., cabbage seed;
kool (akin to E. cole) + zaad, akin to E. seed.] (Bot.)
A variety of cabbage (Brassica oleracea), cultivated for
its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and
lubricating purposes; summer rape.
[1913 Webster]Rape \Rape\, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. "ra`pys, "ra`fys,
G. r["u]be.] (Bot.)
A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the
turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used
for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for
the food of cage birds.
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Note: These plants, with the edible turnip, have been
variously named, but are all now believed to be derived
from the Brassica campestris of Europe, which by some
is not considered distinct from the wild stock
(Brassica oleracea) of the cabbage. See Cole.
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Broom rape. (Bot.) See Broom rape, in the Vocabulary.
Rape cake, the refuse remaining after the oil has been
expressed from the rape seed.
Rape root. Same as Rape.
Summer rape. (Bot.) See Colza.
[1913 Webster]Brassica \Bras"si*ca\, prop. n. [L., cabbage.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties
differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the
common cabbage (Brassica oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers,
etc.; the wild turnip (Brassica campestris); the common
turnip (Brassica rapa); the rape or coleseed ({Brassica
napus}), etc.
[1913 Webster]Broccoli \Broc"co*li\, n. [It. broccoli, pl. of broccolo sprout,
cabbage sprout, dim. of brocco splinter. See Broach, n.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the Cabbage species (Brassica oleracea) of many
varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The "curd," or
flowering head, is the part used for food.
[1913 Webster]Cabbage \Cab"bage\ (k[a^]b"b[asl]j), n. [OE. cabage, fr. F.
cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage,
cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl,
hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa
cape. See Chief, Cape.] (Bot.)
1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the
wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has
a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels
sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.
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2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like,
cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.
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3. The cabbage palmetto. See below.
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Cabbage aphis (Zool.), a green plant-louse ({Aphis
brassic[ae]}) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage.
Cabbage beetle (Zool.), a small, striped flea-beetle
(Phyllotreta vittata) which lives, in the larval state,
on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage
and other cruciferous plants.
Cabbage fly (Zool.), a small two-winged fly ({Anthomyia
brassic[ae]}), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state,
on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to
the crop.
Cabbage head, the compact head formed by the leaves of a
cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and
colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull.
Cabbage palmetto, a species of palm tree (Sabal Palmetto)
found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida.
Cabbage rose (Bot.), a species of rose (Rosa centifolia)
having large and heavy blossoms.
Cabbage tree, Cabbage palm, a name given to palms having
a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the Sabal Palmetto
of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and
Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies.
Sea cabbage.(Bot.)
(a) Sea kale
(b) . The original Plant (Brassica oleracea), from which
the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been
derived by cultivation.
Thousand-headed cabbage. See Brussels sprouts.
[1913 Webster]Cauliflower \Cau"li*flow`er\, n. [F. choufleur, modified by E.
Cole. L. caulis, and by E. flower; F. chou cabbage is fr. L.
caulis stalk, cabbage, and fleur flower is fr. L. flos
flower. See Cole, and Flower.]
1. (Bot.) An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or
cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and
buds is eaten as a vegetable.
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2. The edible head or "curd" of a cauliflower plant.
[1913 Webster]Cole \Cole\ (k[=o]l), n. [OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L.
caulis, the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk,
cabbage, akin to Gr. kaylo`s. Cf. Cauliflower, Kale.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of
Brassica oleracea called rape and coleseed.
[1913 Webster]collard \collard\ n.
1. a variety of kale (Brassica oleracea) having smooth
leaves; a type of colewort. It is grown in the southern U.
S.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]collards \col"lards\ (k[o^]l"l[~e]rdz), n. pl. [Corrupted fr.
colewort.]
1. Young cabbage, used as "greens"; esp. the leaves of a kind
of kale (Brassica oleracea acephala) cultivated for that
purpose, the collard or colewort. [Colloq. Southern U. S.]
Syn: collard greens.
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2. A kind of kale (Brassica oleracea acephala) cultivated
in the southern United States as a vegetable.
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Brassica oleracea major
(gcide) | Savoy \Sa*voy"\, n. [F. chou de Savoie cabbage of Savoy.] (Bot.)
A variety of the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea major),
having curled leaves, -- much cultivated for winter use.
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Brassica rapa
(gcide) | pak-choi \pak-choi\ n.
An Asiatic plant (Brassica rapa chinensis) grown for its
cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves.
Syn: bok choy, bok choi, pak choi, Chinese white cabbage,
Brassica rapa chinensis.
[WordNet 1.5]pe-tsai \pe-tsai\ n.
A plant with an elongated celerylike head of broadstalked
leaves used as a vegetable in east Asia.
Syn: Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, napa, Brassica rapa
pekinensis.
[WordNet 1.5]napa \napa\ n.
A plant (Brassica rapa pekinensis) with an elongated
celerylike head of broadstalked leaves used as a vegetable in
east Asia; called also Chinese cabbage.
Syn: Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, pe-tsai, {Brassica
rapa} pekinensis.
[WordNet 1.5]Brassica \Bras"si*ca\, prop. n. [L., cabbage.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties
differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the
common cabbage (Brassica oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers,
etc.; the wild turnip (Brassica campestris); the common
turnip (Brassica rapa); the rape or coleseed ({Brassica
napus}), etc.
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Brassica Sinapistrum
(gcide) | Mustard \Mus"tard\, n. [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L.
mustum must, -- mustard was prepared for use by being mixed
with must. See Must, n.]
1. (Bot.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus
Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard
(Brassica alba), black mustard (Brassica Nigra),
wild mustard or charlock (Brassica Sinapistrum).
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Note: There are also many herbs of the same family which are
called mustard, and have more or less of the flavor of
the true mustard; as, bowyer's mustard ({Lepidium
ruderale}); hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale);
Mithridate mustard (Thlaspi arvense); tower mustard
(Arabis perfoliata); treacle mustard ({Erysimum
cheiranthoides}).
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2. A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white
mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken
internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large
doses is emetic.
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Mustard oil (Chem.), a substance obtained from mustard, as
a transparent, volatile and intensely pungent oil. The
name is also extended to a number of analogous compounds
produced either naturally or artificially.
[1913 Webster]Charlock \Char"lock\, n. [AS. cerlic; the latter part perh. fr.
AS. le['a]c leek. Cf. Hemlock.] (Bot.)
A cruciferous plant (Brassica sinapistrum) with yellow
flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields.
Called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and
kedlock.
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Jointed charlock, White charlock, a troublesome weed
(Raphanus Raphanistrum) with straw-colored, whitish, or
purplish flowers, and jointed pods: wild radish.
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Brassica sinapistrum
(gcide) | Mustard \Mus"tard\, n. [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L.
mustum must, -- mustard was prepared for use by being mixed
with must. See Must, n.]
1. (Bot.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus
Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard
(Brassica alba), black mustard (Brassica Nigra),
wild mustard or charlock (Brassica Sinapistrum).
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Note: There are also many herbs of the same family which are
called mustard, and have more or less of the flavor of
the true mustard; as, bowyer's mustard ({Lepidium
ruderale}); hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale);
Mithridate mustard (Thlaspi arvense); tower mustard
(Arabis perfoliata); treacle mustard ({Erysimum
cheiranthoides}).
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2. A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white
mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken
internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large
doses is emetic.
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Mustard oil (Chem.), a substance obtained from mustard, as
a transparent, volatile and intensely pungent oil. The
name is also extended to a number of analogous compounds
produced either naturally or artificially.
[1913 Webster]Charlock \Char"lock\, n. [AS. cerlic; the latter part perh. fr.
AS. le['a]c leek. Cf. Hemlock.] (Bot.)
A cruciferous plant (Brassica sinapistrum) with yellow
flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields.
Called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and
kedlock.
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Jointed charlock, White charlock, a troublesome weed
(Raphanus Raphanistrum) with straw-colored, whitish, or
purplish flowers, and jointed pods: wild radish.
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