| slovo | definícia |
cairn
(encz) | cairn,keltská mohyla Jiří Šmoldas |
cairn
(encz) | cairn,mohyla n: Zdeněk Brož |
Cairn
(gcide) | Cairn \Cairn\, n. [Gael. carn, gen. cairn, a heap: cf. Ir. & W.
carn.]
1. A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early
inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a
sepulchral monument.
[1913 Webster]
Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn.
--Campbell.
[1913 Webster]
2. A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest
attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an
exploring party, etc. --C. Kingsley. Kane.
[1913 Webster] |
cairn
(wn) | cairn
n 1: a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a
boundary or path
2: small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland [syn:
cairn, cairn terrier] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
pitcairn
(mass) | Pitcairn
- Pitcairnove ostrovy |
pitcairnove ostrovy
(msas) | Pitcairnove ostrovy
- PCN, PN, Pitcairn |
pitcairnove ostrovy
(msasasci) | Pitcairnove ostrovy
- PCN, PN, Pitcairn |
cairngorm
(encz) | cairngorm,kouřový křemen Zdeněk Brož |
Cairn
(gcide) | Cairn \Cairn\, n. [Gael. carn, gen. cairn, a heap: cf. Ir. & W.
carn.]
1. A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early
inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a
sepulchral monument.
[1913 Webster]
Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn.
--Campbell.
[1913 Webster]
2. A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest
attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an
exploring party, etc. --C. Kingsley. Kane.
[1913 Webster] |
cairned
(gcide) | cairned \cairned\ adj.
piled up, like a cairn.
[WordNet 1.5] |
cairngorm
(gcide) | cairngorm \cairn"gorm\, Cairngormstone \Cairn*gorm"stone`\
[Gael. carn a cairn + gorm azure.] (Min.)
A smoky yellow or brown variety of rock crystal, or
crystallized quartz, found especially, in the mountain of
Cairngorm, in Scotland.
Syn: smoky quartz.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] |
Cairngormstone
(gcide) | cairngorm \cairn"gorm\, Cairngormstone \Cairn*gorm"stone`\
[Gael. carn a cairn + gorm azure.] (Min.)
A smoky yellow or brown variety of rock crystal, or
crystallized quartz, found especially, in the mountain of
Cairngorm, in Scotland.
Syn: smoky quartz.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] |
cairn terrier
(wn) | cairn terrier
n 1: small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland [syn:
cairn, cairn terrier] |
cairned
(wn) | cairned
adj 1: marked by cairns |
cairngorm
(wn) | cairngorm
n 1: a smoky yellow or brown quartz [syn: cairngorm, {smoky
quartz}] |
caladenia cairnsiana
(wn) | Caladenia cairnsiana
n 1: orchid with reddish linear leaves and panicle of purple-
marked pale-yellow flowers with deep red or purple lip;
southwestern Australia [syn: zebra orchid, {Caladenia
cairnsiana}] |
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