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camps
(encz) | camps,kempy Jiří Šmoldas |
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campsite
(mass) | campsite
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campsis
(encz) | campsis,trubač kořenující n: [bot.] Michal Ambrož |
campsite
(encz) | campsite,kemp |
Anacampsis sarcitella
(gcide) | Pack \Pack\, n. [Akin to D. pak, G. pack, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa,
Icel. pakki, Gael. & Ir. pac, Arm. pak. Cf. Packet.]
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1. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a
bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a
bale, as of goods. --Piers Plowman.
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2. [Cf. Peck, n.] A number or quantity equal to the
contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden. "A pack
of sorrows." "A pack of blessings." --Shak.
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Note: "In England, by a pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of
wool, 240 lbs." --McElrath.
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3. A group or quantity of connected or similar things; as, a
pack of lies; specifically:
(a) A full set of playing cards; a deck; also, the
assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre
pack.
(b) A number of wolves, hounds or dogs, hunting or kept
together; as, a wolf pack.
(c) A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad
design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or
knaves.
(d) A shook of cask staves.
(e) A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling
simultaneously.
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4. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together
more or less closely. --Kane.
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5. An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic
practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack,
etc., according to the method of treatment.
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6. [Prob. the same word; but cf. AS. p[=ae]can to deceive.] A
loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage. [Obs.]
--Skelton.
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7. (Med.) In hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or
sheets called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc.,
according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used,
put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact
or condition of being so treated.
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8. (Rugby Football) The forwards who compose one half of the
scrummage; also, the scrummage.
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Pack animal, an animal, as a horse, mule, etc., employed in
carrying packs.
Pack and prime road or Pack and prime way, a pack road or
bridle way.
Pack cloth, a coarse cloth, often duck, used in covering
packs or bales.
Pack horse. See Pack animal (above).
Pack ice. See def. 4, above.
Pack moth (Zool.), a small moth (Anacampsis sarcitella)
which, in the larval state, is very destructive to wool
and woolen fabrics.
Pack needle, a needle for sewing with pack thread. --Piers
Plowman.
Pack saddle, a saddle made for supporting the load on a
pack animal. --Shak.
Pack staff, a staff for supporting a pack; a peddler's
staff.
Pack train (Mil.), a troop of pack animals.
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Campsis radicans
(gcide) | Bignonia \Big*no"ni*a\, prop. n. [Named from the Abb['e]
Bignon.]
1. (Bot.) A large genus of American, mostly tropical,
climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat
tubular flowers. Bignonia capreolata is the cross vine
of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper (also
called the trumpet vine), with large red tubular flowers,
was formerly considered to be of this genus, but is now
classified as Campsis radicans.
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2. any member of the family Bignoniaceae, including the
bignonia[1], catalpa, trumpet creeper, and {princess
tree}. They typically have brightly colored tubular
(trumpet-shaped) flowers.
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campstool
(gcide) | campstool \camp"stool`\ n.
a folding stool.
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campsis radicans
(wn) | Campsis radicans
n 1: a North American woody vine having pinnate leaves and large
red trumpet-shaped flowers [syn: trumpet creeper,
trumpet vine, Campsis radicans] |
campsite
(wn) | campsite
n 1: a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent [syn:
campsite, campground, camping site, camping ground,
bivouac, encampment, camping area] |
campstool
(wn) | campstool
n 1: a folding stool |
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