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Breasted
(gcide) | Breast \Breast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Breasted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Breasting.]
To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose
manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves.
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The court breasted the popular current by sustaining
the demurrer. --Wirt.
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To breast up a hedge, to cut the face of it on one side so
as to lay bare the principal upright stems of the plants.
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Breasted
(gcide) | Breasted \Breast"ed\, a.
Having a breast; -- used in composition with qualifying
words, in either a literal or a metaphorical sense; as, a
single-breasted coat.
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The close minister is buttoned up, and the brave
officer open-breasted, on these occasions. --Spectator.
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breasted
(wn) | breasted
adj 1: having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used
chiefly in compounds; "small-breasted"; "red-breasted
sandpiper" [ant: breastless] |
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chicken-breasted
(encz) | chicken-breasted, adj: |
double-breasted
(encz) | double-breasted,dvouřadový oblek Zdeněk Brož |
double-breasted jacket
(encz) | double-breasted jacket, n: |
double-breasted suit
(encz) | double-breasted suit, n: |
pigeon-breasted
(encz) | pigeon-breasted, adj: |
red-breasted merganser
(encz) | red-breasted merganser, n: |
red-breasted nuthatch
(encz) | red-breasted nuthatch, n: |
red-breasted sapsucker
(encz) | red-breasted sapsucker, n: |
red-breasted snipe
(encz) | red-breasted snipe, n: |
single-breasted
(encz) | single-breasted,jednořadový Jaroslav Šedivý |
single-breasted jacket
(encz) | single-breasted jacket, n: |
single-breasted suit
(encz) | single-breasted suit, n: |
white-breasted nuthatch
(encz) | white-breasted nuthatch, n: |
yellow-breasted bunting
(encz) | yellow-breasted bunting, n: |
yellow-breasted chat
(encz) | yellow-breasted chat, n: |
bare-breasted
(gcide) | bare-breasted \bare-breasted\ (b[^a]r"br[e^]st`[e^]d), adj.
wearing no covering for the breasts or featuring such nudity.
bare-breasted beauties parading along the beach"
Syn: braless, topless.
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black-breasted flycatcher
(gcide) | Thunderbird \Thun"der*bird`\, n. (Zool.)
An Australian insectivorous singing bird ({Pachycephala
gutturalis}). The male is conspicuously marked with black and
yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also
white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust,
black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and
black-breasted flycatcher.
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black-breasted plover
(gcide) | Golden \Gold"en\ (g[=o]ld"'n), a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden,
AS. gylden, from gold. See Gold, and cf. Guilder.]
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1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.
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2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
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3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently
auspicious; as, golden opinions.
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Golden age.
(a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of
manners in rural employments, followed by the {silver
age}, bronze age, and iron age. --Dryden.
(b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D.
14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when
Cicero, C[ae]sar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence:
(c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when
it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its
greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been
considered the golden age of English literature.
Golden balls, three gilt balls used as a sign of a
pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the
coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in
London having been Lombards.
Golden bull. See under Bull, an edict.
Golden chain (Bot.), the shrub Cytisus Laburnum, so named
from its long clusters of yellow blossoms.
Golden club (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Orontium
aquaticum}), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow
flowers.
Golden cup (Bot.), the buttercup.
Golden eagle (Zool.), a large and powerful eagle ({Aquila
Chrysa["e]tos}) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North
America. It is so called from the brownish yellow tips of
the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety is
called the royal eagle; the young in the second year is
the ring-tailed eagle.
Golden fleece.
(a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken
from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to
Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the
Argonautic expedition.
(b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by
Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also
Toison d'Or.
Golden grease, a bribe; a fee. [Slang]
Golden hair (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant
with golden yellow flowers, the Chrysocoma Coma-aurea.
Golden Horde (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who
overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th
century.
Golden Legend, a hagiology (the "Aurea Legenda") written by
James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th
century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and
partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus
entitled.
Golden marcasite tin. [Obs.]
Golden mean, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes;
sufficiency without excess; moderation.
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Angels guard him in the golden mean. --Pope.
Golden mole (Zool), one of several South African
Insectivora of the family Chrysochlorid[ae], resembling
moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green,
purple, and gold.
Golden number (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the
lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and
is so called from having formerly been written in the
calendar in gold.
Golden oriole. (Zool.) See Oriole.
Golden pheasant. See under Pheasant.
Golden pippin, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color.
Golden plover (Zool.), one of several species of plovers,
of the genus Charadrius, esp. the European ({Charadrius
apricarius}, syn. Charadrius pluvialis; -- called also
yellow plover, black-breasted plover, hill plover,
and whistling plover. The common American species
(Charadrius dominicus) is also called frostbird, and
bullhead.
Golden robin. (Zool.) See Baltimore oriole, in Vocab.
Golden rose (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by
the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some
church or person in recognition of special services
rendered to the Holy See.
Golden rule.
(a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us.
Cf. --Luke vi. 31.
(b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three.
Golden samphire (Bot.), a composite plant ({Inula
crithmoides}), found on the seashore of Europe.
Golden saxifrage (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers
(Chrysosplenium oppositifolium), blossoming in wet
places in early spring.
Golden seal (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb
(Hydrastis Canadensis), with a thick knotted rootstock
and large rounded leaves.
Golden sulphide of antimony, or {Golden sulphuret of
antimony} (Chem.), the pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or
orange yellow powder.
Golden warbler (Zool.), a common American wood warbler
(Dendroica [ae]stiva); -- called also {blue-eyed yellow
warbler}, garden warbler, and summer yellow bird.
Golden wasp (Zool.), a bright-colored hymenopterous insect,
of the family Chrysidid[ae]. The colors are golden,
blue, and green.
Golden wedding. See under Wedding.
[1913 Webster]Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain
bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from
pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See
Float.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds
belonging to the family Charadrid[ae], and especially
those belonging to the subfamily Charadrins[ae]. They
are prized as game birds.
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2. (Zool.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling,
the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola);
the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and
other species of sandpipers.
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Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied
plover} or blackbreasted plover ({Charadrius
squatarola}) of America and Europe; -- called also
gray plover, bull-head plover, Swiss plover, {sea
plover}, and oxeye; the golden plover (see under
Golden); the ring plover or ringed plover
(Aegialitis hiaticula). See Ringneck. The {piping
plover} (Aegialitis meloda); Wilson's plover
(Aegialitis Wilsonia); the mountain plover
(Aegialitis montana); and the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata), are all small American
species.
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Bastard plover (Zool.), the lapwing.
Long-legged plover, or yellow-legged plover. See
Tattler.
Plover's page, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Rock plover, or Stone plover, the black-bellied plover.
[Prov. Eng.]
Whistling plover.
(a) The golden plover.
(b) The black-bellied plover.
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blackbreasted plover
(gcide) | Golden \Gold"en\ (g[=o]ld"'n), a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden,
AS. gylden, from gold. See Gold, and cf. Guilder.]
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1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.
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2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
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3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently
auspicious; as, golden opinions.
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Golden age.
(a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of
manners in rural employments, followed by the {silver
age}, bronze age, and iron age. --Dryden.
(b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D.
14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when
Cicero, C[ae]sar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence:
(c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when
it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its
greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been
considered the golden age of English literature.
Golden balls, three gilt balls used as a sign of a
pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the
coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in
London having been Lombards.
Golden bull. See under Bull, an edict.
Golden chain (Bot.), the shrub Cytisus Laburnum, so named
from its long clusters of yellow blossoms.
Golden club (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Orontium
aquaticum}), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow
flowers.
Golden cup (Bot.), the buttercup.
Golden eagle (Zool.), a large and powerful eagle ({Aquila
Chrysa["e]tos}) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North
America. It is so called from the brownish yellow tips of
the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety is
called the royal eagle; the young in the second year is
the ring-tailed eagle.
Golden fleece.
(a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken
from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to
Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the
Argonautic expedition.
(b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by
Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also
Toison d'Or.
Golden grease, a bribe; a fee. [Slang]
Golden hair (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant
with golden yellow flowers, the Chrysocoma Coma-aurea.
Golden Horde (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who
overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th
century.
Golden Legend, a hagiology (the "Aurea Legenda") written by
James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th
century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and
partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus
entitled.
Golden marcasite tin. [Obs.]
Golden mean, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes;
sufficiency without excess; moderation.
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Angels guard him in the golden mean. --Pope.
Golden mole (Zool), one of several South African
Insectivora of the family Chrysochlorid[ae], resembling
moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green,
purple, and gold.
Golden number (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the
lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and
is so called from having formerly been written in the
calendar in gold.
Golden oriole. (Zool.) See Oriole.
Golden pheasant. See under Pheasant.
Golden pippin, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color.
Golden plover (Zool.), one of several species of plovers,
of the genus Charadrius, esp. the European ({Charadrius
apricarius}, syn. Charadrius pluvialis; -- called also
yellow plover, black-breasted plover, hill plover,
and whistling plover. The common American species
(Charadrius dominicus) is also called frostbird, and
bullhead.
Golden robin. (Zool.) See Baltimore oriole, in Vocab.
Golden rose (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by
the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some
church or person in recognition of special services
rendered to the Holy See.
Golden rule.
(a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us.
Cf. --Luke vi. 31.
(b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three.
Golden samphire (Bot.), a composite plant ({Inula
crithmoides}), found on the seashore of Europe.
Golden saxifrage (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers
(Chrysosplenium oppositifolium), blossoming in wet
places in early spring.
Golden seal (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb
(Hydrastis Canadensis), with a thick knotted rootstock
and large rounded leaves.
Golden sulphide of antimony, or {Golden sulphuret of
antimony} (Chem.), the pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or
orange yellow powder.
Golden warbler (Zool.), a common American wood warbler
(Dendroica [ae]stiva); -- called also {blue-eyed yellow
warbler}, garden warbler, and summer yellow bird.
Golden wasp (Zool.), a bright-colored hymenopterous insect,
of the family Chrysidid[ae]. The colors are golden,
blue, and green.
Golden wedding. See under Wedding.
[1913 Webster]Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain
bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from
pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See
Float.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds
belonging to the family Charadrid[ae], and especially
those belonging to the subfamily Charadrins[ae]. They
are prized as game birds.
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2. (Zool.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling,
the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola);
the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and
other species of sandpipers.
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Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied
plover} or blackbreasted plover ({Charadrius
squatarola}) of America and Europe; -- called also
gray plover, bull-head plover, Swiss plover, {sea
plover}, and oxeye; the golden plover (see under
Golden); the ring plover or ringed plover
(Aegialitis hiaticula). See Ringneck. The {piping
plover} (Aegialitis meloda); Wilson's plover
(Aegialitis Wilsonia); the mountain plover
(Aegialitis montana); and the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata), are all small American
species.
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Bastard plover (Zool.), the lapwing.
Long-legged plover, or yellow-legged plover. See
Tattler.
Plover's page, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Rock plover, or Stone plover, the black-bellied plover.
[Prov. Eng.]
Whistling plover.
(a) The golden plover.
(b) The black-bellied plover.
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Breasted
(gcide) | Breast \Breast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Breasted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Breasting.]
To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose
manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves.
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The court breasted the popular current by sustaining
the demurrer. --Wirt.
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To breast up a hedge, to cut the face of it on one side so
as to lay bare the principal upright stems of the plants.
[1913 Webster]Breasted \Breast"ed\, a.
Having a breast; -- used in composition with qualifying
words, in either a literal or a metaphorical sense; as, a
single-breasted coat.
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The close minister is buttoned up, and the brave
officer open-breasted, on these occasions. --Spectator.
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Chicken-breasted
(gcide) | Chicken-breasted \Chick"en-breast`ed\, a.
Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward
curvature of the vertebral column.
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Double-breasted
(gcide) | Double-breasted \Dou"ble-breast`ed\, a.
Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons
and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat.
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gold-breasted trumpeter
(gcide) | Agami \Ag"a*mi\ ([a^]g"[.a]*m[=e]), n.; pl. Agamis
([a^]g"[.a]*m[=e]z). [F. agami, fr. the native name.] (Zool.)
A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the
cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the
gold-breasted trumpeter. Its body is about the size of the
pheasant. See Trumpeter.
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lilac-breasted roller
(gcide) | Roller \Roll"er\ (r[=o]l"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder,
sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in
husbandry and the arts.
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2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage
used in surgery.
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3. (Naut.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in
upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.
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4. A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling
cylinder; -- called also roller towel.
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5. (Print.) A cylinder coated with a composition made
principally of glue and molassess, with which forms of
type are inked previously to taking an impression from
them. --W. Savage.
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6. A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the
roller of a map.
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7. A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
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8. (Zool.) Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf
roller. see Tortrix.
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9. [CF. F. rollier.] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of
Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciadae. The
name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or
"tumbling" in flight.
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Note: Many of the species are brilliantly colored. The common
European species (Coracias garrula) has the head,
neck, and under parts light blue varied with green, the
scapulars chestnut brown, and the tail blue, green, and
black. The broad-billed rollers of India and Africa
belong to the genus Eurystomus, as the oriental
roller (Eurystomus orientalis), and the Australian
roller, or dollar bird (Eurystomus Pacificus). The
latter is dark brown on the head and neck, sea green on
the back, and bright blue on the throat, base of the
tail, and parts of the wings. It has a silvery-white
spot on the middle of each wing. The {lilac-breasted
roller} of Africa is Corcia caudata caudata, a
brightly colored bird of the family Corciidae having
malachite green, blue, purple-lilac, brown and
sea-green feathers from head to tail; it is a popular
sight with tourists in Africa.
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orange-breasted thrust
(gcide) | Thunderbird \Thun"der*bird`\, n. (Zool.)
An Australian insectivorous singing bird ({Pachycephala
gutturalis}). The male is conspicuously marked with black and
yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also
white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust,
black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and
black-breasted flycatcher.
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Pigeon-breasted
(gcide) | Pigeon-breasted \Pi"geon-breast`ed\, a.
Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so
prominent as to constitute a deformity; chicken-breasted.
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red-breasted nuthatch
(gcide) | Nuthatch \Nut"hatch`\, n. [OE. nuthake. See 2d Hack.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as
the European species (Sitta Europaea). The {white-breasted
nuthatch} (Sitta Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch
(Sitta Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea),
and others, are American.
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scarlet-breasted parrot
(gcide) | Green-leek \Green"-leek`\, n. (Zool.)
An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi); -- called
also the scarlet-breasted parrot.
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Single-breasted
(gcide) | Single-breasted \Sin"gle-breast`ed\, a.
Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of
buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a
single-breasted coast.
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Sweet-breasted
(gcide) | Sweet-breasted \Sweet"-breast`ed\, a.
Having a sweet, musical voice, as the nightingale. Cf.
Breast, n., 6. [Obs.]
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white-breasted nuthatch
(gcide) | Nuthatch \Nut"hatch`\, n. [OE. nuthake. See 2d Hack.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as
the European species (Sitta Europaea). The {white-breasted
nuthatch} (Sitta Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch
(Sitta Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea),
and others, are American.
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yellow-breasted marten
(gcide) | Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[imac]n, L. pinus.]
1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See
Pinus.
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Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
States, of which the white pine (Pinus Strobus),
the Georgia pine (Pinus australis), the red pine
(Pinus resinosa), and the great West Coast {sugar
pine} (Pinus Lambertiana) are among the most
valuable. The Scotch pine or fir, also called
Norway or Riga pine (Pinus sylvestris), is the
only British species. The nut pine is any pine tree,
or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See
Pinon.
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cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now
commonly assigned to other genera.
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2. The wood of the pine tree.
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3. A pineapple.
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Ground pine. (Bot.) See under Ground.
Norfolk Island pine (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
the Araucaria excelsa.
Pine barren, a tract of infertile land which is covered
with pines. [Southern U.S.]
Pine borer (Zool.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into
pine trees.
Pine finch. (Zool.) See Pinefinch, in the Vocabulary.
Pine grosbeak (Zool.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
red.
Pine lizard (Zool.), a small, very active, mottled gray
lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle
States; -- called also swift, brown scorpion, and
alligator.
Pine marten. (Zool.)
(a) A European weasel (Mustela martes), called also
sweet marten, and yellow-breasted marten.
(b) The American sable. See Sable.
Pine moth (Zool.), any one of several species of small
tortricid moths of the genus Retinia, whose larv[ae]
burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
doing great damage.
Pine mouse (Zool.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
forests.
Pine needle (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
of a pine tree. See Pinus.
Pine-needle wool. See Pine wool (below).
Pine oil, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
Pine snake (Zool.), a large harmless North American snake
(Pituophis melanoleucus). It is whitish, covered with
brown blotches having black margins. Called also {bull
snake}. The Western pine snake (Pituophis Sayi) is
chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
Pine tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Pinus; pine.
Pine-tree money, money coined in Massachusetts in the
seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
figure of a pine tree. The most noted variety is the {pine
tree shilling}.
Pine weevil (Zool.), any one of numerous species of weevils
whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several
species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to
the genera Pissodes, Hylobius, etc.
Pine wool, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
arts; -- called also pine-needle wool, and {pine-wood
wool}.
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bare-breasted
(wn) | bare-breasted
adj 1: having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity;
"topless waitresses"; "a topless cabaret" [syn: {bare-
breasted}, braless, topless] |
chicken-breasted
(wn) | chicken-breasted
adj 1: having a chest deformity marked by a projecting
breastbone caused by infantile rickets [syn: {pigeon-
breasted}, chicken-breasted] |
double-breasted
(wn) | double-breasted
adj 1: (of clothing) fastened by lapping one edge of the front
well over the other usually with a double row of buttons;
"double-breasted jacket"; "double-breasted suit" [ant:
single-breasted] |
double-breasted jacket
(wn) | double-breasted jacket
n 1: a jacket having fronts that overlap enough for two separate
rows of buttons |
double-breasted suit
(wn) | double-breasted suit
n 1: a suit with a double-breasted jacket |
pigeon-breasted
(wn) | pigeon-breasted
adj 1: having a chest deformity marked by a projecting
breastbone caused by infantile rickets [syn: {pigeon-
breasted}, chicken-breasted] |
red-breasted merganser
(wn) | red-breasted merganser
n 1: widely distributed merganser of America and Europe [syn:
red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator] |
red-breasted nuthatch
(wn) | red-breasted nuthatch
n 1: bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern
coniferous forests [syn: red-breasted nuthatch, {Sitta
canadensis}] |
red-breasted sapsucker
(wn) | red-breasted sapsucker
n 1: western North American sapsucker [syn: {red-breasted
sapsucker}, Sphyrapicus varius ruber] |
red-breasted snipe
(wn) | red-breasted snipe
n 1: a dowitcher with a red breast [syn: red-breasted snipe,
Limnodromus scolopaceus] |
single-breasted
(wn) | single-breasted
adj 1: (of clothing) closing with a narrow overlap and fastened
with a single row of buttons; "a single-breasted jacket"
[ant: double-breasted] |
single-breasted jacket
(wn) | single-breasted jacket
n 1: a jacket having fronts that overlap only enough for a
single row of buttons |
single-breasted suit
(wn) | single-breasted suit
n 1: a suit having a single-breasted jacket |
white-breasted nuthatch
(wn) | white-breasted nuthatch
n 1: bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast; of
eastern North America [syn: white-breasted nuthatch,
Sitta carolinensis] |
yellow-breasted bunting
(wn) | yellow-breasted bunting
n 1: common in Russia and Siberia [syn: {yellow-breasted
bunting}, Emberiza aureola] |
yellow-breasted chat
(wn) | yellow-breasted chat
n 1: American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds
[syn: yellow-breasted chat, Icteria virens] |
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