slovodefinícia
carpet
(encz)
carpet,kobercový adj: Zdeněk Brož
carpet
(encz)
carpet,koberec
carpet
(encz)
carpet,rohož Pavel Cvrček
Carpet
(gcide)
Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
[1913 Webster]

Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
[1913 Webster]

2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
"The grassy carpet of this plain." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zool.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.

Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.

Carpet moth (Zool.), the larva of an insect which feeds on
carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds.
Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as {Tinea
tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.

Carpet snake (Zool.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond
snake}, under Diamond.

Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.

To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.

Brussels carpet. See under Brussels.
[1913 Webster]
Carpet
(gcide)
Carpet \Car"pet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carpeted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Carpeting.]
To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets;
to furnish with a carpet or carpets.
[1913 Webster]

Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. --E. Everett.
[1913 Webster]
carpet
(wn)
carpet
n 1: floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric
(usually with nap or pile) [syn: rug, carpet,
carpeting]
2: a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet; "a
carpet of flowers"; "the larvae of some moths spin a web that
resembles a carpet"
v 1: form a carpet-like cover (over)
2: cover completely, as if with a carpet; "flowers carpeted the
meadows"
3: cover with a carpet; "carpet the floors of the house"
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carpet beater
(encz)
carpet beater, n:
carpet beetle
(encz)
carpet beetle, n:
carpet bomb
(encz)
carpet bomb,provést kobercový nálet v: Petr Prášek
carpet bombing
(encz)
carpet bombing,kobercové bombardování n: Petr Prášek
carpet bug
(encz)
carpet bug, n:
carpet grass
(encz)
carpet grass, n:
carpet knight
(encz)
carpet knight, n:
carpet loom
(encz)
carpet loom, n:
carpet moth
(encz)
carpet moth, n:
carpet pad
(encz)
carpet pad, n:
carpet shark
(encz)
carpet shark, n:
carpet slipper
(encz)
carpet slipper, n:
carpet snake
(encz)
carpet snake, n:
carpet sweeper
(encz)
carpet sweeper, n:
carpet tack
(encz)
carpet tack, n:
carpetbag
(encz)
carpetbag,
carpetbagger
(encz)
carpetbagger,cizí člověk Zdeněk Brožcarpetbagger,volební kandidát Zdeněk Brož
carpeted
(encz)
carpeted, adj:
carpeting
(encz)
carpeting,koberce Zdeněk Brožcarpeting,kobercovina n: Zdeněk Brož
carpets
(encz)
carpets,koberce n: Zdeněk Brož
carpetweed
(encz)
carpetweed, n:
carpetweed family
(encz)
carpetweed family, n:
flying carpet
(encz)
flying carpet, n:
haul up on the carpet
(encz)
haul up on the carpet,
magic carpet
(encz)
magic carpet,létající koberec n: [fráz.] Ivan Masár
on the carpet
(encz)
on the carpet,
red carpet
(encz)
red carpet,slavnostní uvítání n: Zdeněk Brož
red-carpet
(encz)
red-carpet,
roll out the red carpet
(encz)
roll out the red carpet,
stair-carpet
(encz)
stair-carpet, n:
sweep under the carpet
(encz)
sweep under the carpet,
tapestry carpet
(encz)
tapestry carpet,gobelín n: Pinotapestry carpet,goblén n: Pino
uncarpeted
(encz)
uncarpeted, adj:
water carpet
(encz)
water carpet, n:
Axminster carpet
(gcide)
Axminster \Ax"min*ster\, n., or Axminster carpet \Axminster
carpet\ .
(a) [More fully chenille Axminster.] A variety of Turkey
carpet, woven by machine or, when more than 27 inches
wide, on a hand loom, and consisting of strips of worsted
chenille so colored as to produce a pattern on a stout
jute backing. It has a fine soft pile. So called from
Axminster, England, where it was formerly (1755 -- 1835)
made.
(b) A similar but cheaper machine-made carpet, resembling
moquette in construction and appearance, but finer and of
better material.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Brussels carpet
(gcide)
Brussels \Brussels\ prop. n. (Geography)
The capital city of Belgium. Population (2000) = 949,070
(metro). It has given its name to a kind of carpet, a kind of
lace, etc.
[PJC]

Brussels carpet, a kind of carpet made of worsted yarn
fixed in a foundation web of strong linen thread. The
worsted, which alone shows on the upper surface in drawn
up in loops to form the pattern.

Brussels ground, a name given to the handmade ground of
real Brussels lace. It is very costly because of the
extreme fineness of the threads.

Brussels lace, an expensive kind of lace of several
varieties, originally made in Brussels; as, Brussels
point, Brussels ground, Brussels wire ground.

Brussels net, an imitation of Brussels ground, made by
machinery.

Brussels point. See Point lace.

Brussels sprouts (Bot.), a plant of the Cabbage family,
which produces, in the axils of the upright stem, numerous
small green heads, or "sprouts," each a cabbage in
miniature, of one or two inches in diameter; the
thousand-headed cabbage.

Brussels wire ground, a ground for lace, made of silk, with
meshes partly straight and partly arched.
[1913 Webster]Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
[1913 Webster]

Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
[1913 Webster]

2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
"The grassy carpet of this plain." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zool.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.

Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.

Carpet moth (Zool.), the larva of an insect which feeds on
carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds.
Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as {Tinea
tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.

Carpet snake (Zool.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond
snake}, under Diamond.

Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.

To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.

Brussels carpet. See under Brussels.
[1913 Webster]
Carpet
(gcide)
Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
[1913 Webster]

Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
[1913 Webster]

2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
"The grassy carpet of this plain." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zool.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.

Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.

Carpet moth (Zool.), the larva of an insect which feeds on
carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds.
Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as {Tinea
tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.

Carpet snake (Zool.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond
snake}, under Diamond.

Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.

To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.

Brussels carpet. See under Brussels.
[1913 Webster]Carpet \Car"pet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carpeted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Carpeting.]
To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets;
to furnish with a carpet or carpets.
[1913 Webster]

Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. --E. Everett.
[1913 Webster]
Carpet beetle
(gcide)
Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
[1913 Webster]

Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
[1913 Webster]

2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
"The grassy carpet of this plain." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zool.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.

Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.

Carpet moth (Zool.), the larva of an insect which feeds on
carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds.
Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as {Tinea
tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.

Carpet snake (Zool.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond
snake}, under Diamond.

Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.

To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.

Brussels carpet. See under Brussels.
[1913 Webster]
Carpet bug
(gcide)
Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
[1913 Webster]

Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
[1913 Webster]

2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
"The grassy carpet of this plain." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zool.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.

Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.

Carpet moth (Zool.), the larva of an insect which feeds on
carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds.
Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as {Tinea
tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.

Carpet snake (Zool.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond
snake}, under Diamond.

Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.

To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.

Brussels carpet. See under Brussels.
[1913 Webster]
Carpet knight
(gcide)
Knight \Knight\, n. [OE. knight, cniht, knight, soldier, AS.
cniht, cneoht, a boy, youth, attendant, military follower;
akin to D. & G. knecht servant; perh. akin to E. kin.]
1. A young servant or follower; a military attendant. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

2.
(a) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback
and admitted to a certain military rank with special
ceremonies, including an oath to protect the
distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless
life.
(b) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of
baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him
to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John. [Eng.] Hence:
(c) A champion; a partisan; a lover. "Give this ring to my
true knight." Shak "In all your quarrels will I be
your knight." --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]

Knights, by their oaths, should right poor
ladies' harms. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Note: Formerly, when a knight's name was not known, it was
customary to address him as Sir Knight. The rank of a
knight is not hereditary.
[1913 Webster]

3. A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a
horse's head.
[1913 Webster]

4. A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave
or jack. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Carpet knight. See under Carpet.

Knight of industry. See Chevalier d'industrie, under
Chevalier.

Knight of Malta, Knight of Rhodes, {Knight of St. John of
Jerusalem}. See Hospitaler.

Knight of the post, one who gained his living by giving
false evidence on trials, or false bail; hence, a sharper
in general. --Nares. "A knight of the post, . . . quoth
he, for so I am termed; a fellow that will swear you
anything for twelve pence." --Nash.

Knight of the shire, in England, one of the representatives
of a county in Parliament, in distinction from the
representatives of cities and boroughs.

Knights commanders, Knights grand cross, different
classes of the Order of the Bath. See under Bath, and
Companion.

Knights of labor, a secret organization whose professed
purpose is to secure and maintain the rights of workingmen
as respects their relations to their employers. [U. S.]

Knights of Pythias, a secret order, founded in Washington,
D. C., in 1864, for social and charitable purposes.

Knights of the Round Table, knights belonging to an order
which, according to the legendary accounts, was instituted
by the mythical King Arthur. They derived their common
title from the table around which they sat on certain
solemn days. --Brande & C.
[1913 Webster]Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
[1913 Webster]

Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
[1913 Webster]

2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
"The grassy carpet of this plain." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zool.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.

Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.

Carpet moth (Zool.), the larva of an insect which feeds on
carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds.
Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as {Tinea
tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.

Carpet snake (Zool.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond
snake}, under Diamond.

Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.

To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.

Brussels carpet. See under Brussels.
[1913 Webster]
Carpet moth
(gcide)
Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
[1913 Webster]

Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
[1913 Webster]

2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
"The grassy carpet of this plain." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zool.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.

Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.

Carpet moth (Zool.), the larva of an insect which feeds on
carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds.
Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as {Tinea
tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.

Carpet snake (Zool.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond
snake}, under Diamond.

Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.

To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.

Brussels carpet. See under Brussels.
[1913 Webster]
Carpet snake
(gcide)
Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
[1913 Webster]

Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
[1913 Webster]

2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
"The grassy carpet of this plain." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zool.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.

Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.

Carpet moth (Zool.), the larva of an insect which feeds on
carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds.
Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as {Tinea
tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.

Carpet snake (Zool.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond
snake}, under Diamond.

Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.

To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.

Brussels carpet. See under Brussels.
[1913 Webster]
Carpet sweeper
(gcide)
Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
[1913 Webster]

Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
[1913 Webster]

2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
"The grassy carpet of this plain." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zool.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.

Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.

Carpet moth (Zool.), the larva of an insect which feeds on
carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds.
Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as {Tinea
tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.

Carpet snake (Zool.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond
snake}, under Diamond.

Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.

To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.

Brussels carpet. See under Brussels.
[1913 Webster]
Carpetbag
(gcide)
Carpetbag \Car"pet*bag`\, n.
A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally
made of carpet.
[1913 Webster]
Carpetbagger
(gcide)
Carpetbagger \Car"pet*bag`ger\, n.
An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man
seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern
part of the United States after the Civil War (1865). [U. S.]
[1913 Webster]
carpeted
(gcide)
carpeted \carpeted\ adj.
covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as
specified; often used in combination; as, the carpeted
hallway; a flower-carpeted hillside. Opposite of
uncarpeted.
[WordNet 1.5]Carpet \Car"pet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carpeted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Carpeting.]
To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets;
to furnish with a carpet or carpets.
[1913 Webster]

Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. --E. Everett.
[1913 Webster]
Carpeted
(gcide)
carpeted \carpeted\ adj.
covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as
specified; often used in combination; as, the carpeted
hallway; a flower-carpeted hillside. Opposite of
uncarpeted.
[WordNet 1.5]Carpet \Car"pet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carpeted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Carpeting.]
To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets;
to furnish with a carpet or carpets.
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Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. --E. Everett.
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Carpeting
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Carpeting \Car"pet*ing\, n.
1. The act of covering with carpets.
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2. Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general.
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The floor was covered with rich carpeting.
--Prescott.
[1913 Webster]Carpet \Car"pet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carpeted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Carpeting.]
To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets;
to furnish with a carpet or carpets.
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Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. --E. Everett.
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Carpetless
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Carpetless \Car"pet*less\, a.
Without a carpet.
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Carpetmonger
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Carpetmonger \Car"pet*mon`ger\, n.
1. One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.
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2. One fond of pleasure; a gallant. --Shak.
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Carpetway
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Carpetway \Car"pet*way`\, n. (Agric.)
A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed
field. --Ray.
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Ingrain carpet
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Ingrain \In"grain`\ (?; 277), a. [Pref. in- in + grain kermes.
See Engrain, Grain.]
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1. Dyed with grain, or kermes. [Obs.]
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2. Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a
textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought;
forming an essential part of the substance.
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Ingrain carpet, a double or two-ply carpet.

Triple ingrain carpet, a three-ply carpet.
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Rag carpet
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Rag \Rag\, n. [OE. ragge, probably of Scand, origin; cf. Icel.
r["o]gg a tuft, shagginess, Sw. ragg rough hair. Cf. Rug,
n.]
1. A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a
shred; a tatter; a fragment.
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Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers,
tossed,
And fluttered into rags. --Milton.
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Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover
the shame of their cruelty. --Fuller.
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2. pl. Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.
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And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
--Dryden.
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3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
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The other zealous rag is the compositor. --B.
Jonson.
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Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag
and rag. --Spenser.
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4. (Geol.) A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in
texture.
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5. (Metal Working) A ragged edge.
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6. A sail, or any piece of canvas. [Nautical Slang]
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Our ship was a clipper with every rag set. --Lowell.
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Rag bolt, an iron pin with barbs on its shank to retain it
in place.

Rag carpet, a carpet of which the weft consists of narrow
strips of cloth sewed together, end to end.

Rag dust, fine particles of ground-up rags, used in making
papier-mach['e] and wall papers.

Rag wheel.
(a) A chain wheel; a sprocket wheel.
(b) A polishing wheel made of disks of cloth clamped
together on a mandrel.

Rag wool, wool obtained by tearing woolen rags into fine
bits, shoddy.
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Tapestry carpet
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Tapestry \Tap"es*try\, n.; pl. Tapestries. [F. tapissere, fr.
tapisser to carpet, to hang, or cover with tapestry, fr.
tapis a carpet, carpeting, LL. tapecius, fr. L. tapete
carpet, tapestry, Gr. ?, ?. Cf. Tapis, Tippet.]
A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or
other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less
pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the
like. The term is also applied to different kinds of
embroidery.
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Tapestry carpet, a kind of carpet, somewhat resembling
Brussels, in which the warp is printed before weaving, so
as to produce the figure in the cloth.

Tapestry moth. (Zool.) Same as Carpet moth, under
Carpet.
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To be on the carpet
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Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
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Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
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2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
"The grassy carpet of this plain." --Shak.
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Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zool.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.

Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.

Carpet moth (Zool.), the larva of an insect which feeds on
carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds.
Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as {Tinea
tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.

Carpet snake (Zool.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond
snake}, under Diamond.

Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.

To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.

Brussels carpet. See under Brussels.
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Triple ingrain carpet
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Ingrain \In"grain`\ (?; 277), a. [Pref. in- in + grain kermes.
See Engrain, Grain.]
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1. Dyed with grain, or kermes. [Obs.]
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2. Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a
textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought;
forming an essential part of the substance.
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Ingrain carpet, a double or two-ply carpet.

Triple ingrain carpet, a three-ply carpet.
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Turcoman carpet
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Turcoman \Tur"co*man\, pr. n.; pl. Turcomans.
1. A member of a tribe of Turanians inhabiting a region east
of the Caspian Sea.
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2. A Turcoman carpet.
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Turcoman carpet or Turcoman rug, a kind of carpet or rug
supposed to be made by the Turcomans.
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Turkey carpet
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Turkey \Tur"key\, pr. n. [Cf. 2d Turkey.]
A country in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
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Turkey carpet, a superior kind of carpet made in Asia Minor
and adjoining countries, having a deep pile and composed
of pure wool with a weft of different material. It is
distinguishable by its coloring and patterns from similar
carpets made in India and elsewhere.

Turkey oak. (Bot.) See Cerris.

Turkey red.
(a) A brilliant red imparted by madder to cottons, calicoes,
etc., the fiber of which has been prepared previously
with oil or other fatty matter.
(b) Cloth dyed with this red.

Turkey sponge. (Zool.) See Toilet sponge, under Sponge.


Turkey stone, a kind of oilstone from Turkey; novaculite;
-- called also Turkey oilstone.
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Uncarpeted
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Uncarpeted \Uncarpeted\
See carpeted.
Venetian carpet
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Venetian \Ve*ne"tian\, a. [Cf. It. Veneziano, L. Venetianus.]
Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy.
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Venetian blind, a blind for windows, doors, etc., made of
thin slats, either fixed at a certain angle in the
shutter, or movable, and in the latter case so disposed as
to overlap each other when closed, and to show a series of
open spaces for the admission of air and light when in
other positions.

Venetian carpet, an inexpensive carpet, used for passages
and stairs, having a woolen warp which conceals the weft;
the pattern is therefore commonly made up of simple
stripes.

Venetian chalk, a white compact talc or steatite, used for
marking on cloth, etc.

Venetian door (Arch.), a door having long, narrow windows
or panes of glass on the sides.

Venetian glass, a kind of glass made by the Venetians, for
decorative purposes, by the combination of pieces of glass
of different colors fused together and wrought into
various ornamental patterns.

Venetian red, a brownish red color, prepared from sulphate
of iron; -- called also scarlet ocher.

Venetian soap. See Castile soap, under Soap.

Venetian sumac (Bot.), a South European tree ({Rhus
Cotinus}) which yields the yellow dyewood called fustet;
-- also called smoke tree.

Venetian window (Arch.), a window consisting of a main
window with an arched head, having on each side a long and
narrow window with a square head.
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Wilton carpet
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Wilton carpet \Wil"ton car`pet\
A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels, but
differing from it in having the loops cut so as to form an
elastic velvet pile; -- so called because made originally at
Wilton, England.
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Wood carpet
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Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.
witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. &
Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]
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1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;
-- frequently used in the plural.
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Light thickens, and the crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak.
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2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous
substance which composes the body of a tree and its
branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. "To
worship their own work in wood and stone for gods."
--Milton.
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3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater
part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby
plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.
It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of
various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands
called silver grain.
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Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose
and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.
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4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
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Wood acid, Wood vinegar (Chem.), a complex acid liquid
obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing
large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,
acetic acid. Formerly called pyroligneous acid.

Wood anemone (Bot.), a delicate flower (Anemone nemorosa)
of early spring; -- also called windflower. See Illust.
of Anemone.

Wood ant (Zool.), a large ant (Formica rufa) which lives
in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.

Wood apple (Bot.). See Elephant apple, under Elephant.


Wood baboon (Zool.), the drill.

Wood betony. (Bot.)
(a) Same as Betony.
(b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis
Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or
purplish flowers.

Wood borer. (Zool.)
(a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring
beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,
buprestidans, and certain weevils. See Apple borer,
under Apple, and Pine weevil, under Pine.
(b) The larva of any one of various species of
lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing
moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under Peach),
and of the goat moths.
(c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the
tribe Urocerata. See Tremex.
(d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,
as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.
(e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the
Limnoria, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura
terebrans}).

Wood carpet, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces
of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.
--Knight.

Wood cell (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell
usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the
principal constituent of woody fiber.

Wood choir, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.
[Poetic] --Coleridge.

Wood coal, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.

Wood cricket (Zool.), a small European cricket ({Nemobius
sylvestris}).

Wood culver (Zool.), the wood pigeon.

Wood cut, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an
engraving.

Wood dove (Zool.), the stockdove.

Wood drink, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.

Wood duck (Zool.)
(a) A very beautiful American duck (Aix sponsa). The
male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with
green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its
nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal
duck}, summer duck, and wood widgeon.
(b) The hooded merganser.
(c) The Australian maned goose (Chlamydochen jubata).

Wood echo, an echo from the wood.

Wood engraver.
(a) An engraver on wood.
(b) (Zool.) Any of several species of small beetles whose
larvae bore beneath the bark of trees, and excavate
furrows in the wood often more or less resembling
coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus
xylographus}.

Wood engraving.
(a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.
(b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from
such an engraving.

Wood fern. (Bot.) See Shield fern, under Shield.

Wood fiber.
(a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.
(b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty
mass.

Wood fretter (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
beetles whose larvae bore in the wood, or beneath the
bark, of trees.

Wood frog (Zool.), a common North American frog ({Rana
sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except
during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,
with a black stripe on each side of the head.

Wood germander. (Bot.) See under Germander.

Wood god, a fabled sylvan deity.

Wood grass. (Bot.) See under Grass.

Wood grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The capercailzie.
(b) The spruce partridge. See under Spruce.

Wood guest (Zool.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]

Wood hen. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged
rails of the genus Ocydromus, including the weka and
allied species.
(b) The American woodcock.

Wood hoopoe (Zool.), any one of several species of Old
World arboreal birds belonging to Irrisor and allied
genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but
have a curved beak, and a longer tail.

Wood ibis (Zool.), any one of several species of large,
long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus
Tantalus. The head and neck are naked or scantily
covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus
loculator}) is common in Florida.

Wood lark (Zool.), a small European lark ({Alauda
arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes
while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on
trees.

Wood laurel (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne
Laureola}).

Wood leopard (Zool.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera
aesculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy larva
bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other fruit
trees.

Wood lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley.

Wood lock (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and
sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the
pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.

Wood louse (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod
Crustacea belonging to Oniscus, Armadillo, and
related genera. See Sow bug, under Sow, and {Pill
bug}, under Pill.
(b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,
pseudoneuropterous insects of the family Psocidae,
which live in the crevices of walls and among old
books and papers. Some of the species are called also
book lice, and deathticks, or deathwatches.

Wood mite (Zool.), any one of numerous small mites of the
family Oribatidae. They are found chiefly in woods, on
tree trunks and stones.

Wood mote. (Eng. Law)
(a) Formerly, the forest court.
(b) The court of attachment.

Wood nettle. (Bot.) See under Nettle.

Wood nightshade (Bot.), woody nightshade.

Wood nut (Bot.), the filbert.

Wood nymph. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled
goddess of the woods; a dryad. "The wood nymphs, decked
with daisies trim." --Milton.
(b) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored moths belonging to the genus Eudryas. The
larvae are bright-colored, and some of the species, as
Eudryas grata, and Eudryas unio, feed on the
leaves of the grapevine.
(c) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored South American humming birds belonging to the
genus Thalurania. The males are bright blue, or
green and blue.

Wood offering, wood burnt on the altar.
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We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.
x. 34.
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Wood oil (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East
Indian trees of the genus Dipterocarpus, having
properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes
substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See
Gurjun.

Wood opal (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having
some resemblance to wood.

Wood paper, paper made of wood pulp. See Wood pulp,
below.

Wood pewee (Zool.), a North American tyrant flycatcher
(Contopus virens). It closely resembles the pewee, but
is smaller.

Wood pie (Zool.), any black and white woodpecker,
especially the European great spotted woodpecker.

Wood pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons
belonging to Palumbus and allied genera of the
family Columbidae.
(b) The ringdove.

Wood puceron (Zool.), a plant louse.

Wood pulp (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the
poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion
with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into
sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.


Wood quail (Zool.), any one of several species of East
Indian crested quails belonging to Rollulus and allied
genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({Rollulus
roulroul}), the male of which is bright green, with a long
crest of red hairlike feathers.

Wood rabbit (Zool.), the cottontail.

Wood rat (Zool.), any one of several species of American
wild rats of the genus Neotoma found in the Southern
United States; -- called also bush rat. The Florida wood
rat (Neotoma Floridana) is the best-known species.

Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall grass (Cinna arundinacea)
growing in moist woods.

Wood reeve, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]

Wood rush (Bot.), any plant of the genus Luzula,
differing from the true rushes of the genus Juncus
chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.

Wood sage (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of
the genus Teucrium. See Germander.

Wood screw, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and
usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.

Wood sheldrake (Zool.), the hooded merganser.

Wood shock (Zool.), the fisher. See Fisher, 2.

Wood shrike (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World singing birds belonging to Grallina,
Collyricincla, Prionops, and allied genera, common in
India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,
but feed upon both insects and berries.

Wood snipe. (Zool.)
(a) The American woodcock.
(b) An Asiatic snipe (Gallinago nemoricola).

Wood soot, soot from burnt wood.

Wood sore. (Zool.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.

Wood sorrel (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis
Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of
Shamrock.

Wood spirit. (Chem.) See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl.


Wood stamp, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,
for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.

Wood star (Zool.), any one of several species of small
South American humming birds belonging to the genus
Calothorax. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,
purple, and other colors.

Wood sucker (Zool.), the yaffle.

Wood swallow (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World passerine birds belonging to the genus Artamus and
allied genera of the family Artamidae. They are common
in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and
habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they
resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white
beneath.

Wood tapper (Zool.), any woodpecker.

Wood tar. See under Tar.

Wood thrush, (Zool.)
(a) An American thrush (Turdus mustelinus) noted for the
sweetness of its song. See under Thrush.
(b) The missel thrush.

Wood tick. See in Vocabulary.

Wood tin. (Min.). See Cassiterite.

Wood titmouse (Zool.), the goldcgest.

Wood tortoise (Zool.), the sculptured tortoise. See under
Sculptured.

Wood vine (Bot.), the white bryony.

Wood vinegar. See Wood acid, above.

Wood warbler. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of
the genus Dendroica. See Warbler.
(b) A European warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix); --
called also green wren, wood wren, and {yellow
wren}.

Wood worm (Zool.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood
borer.

Wood wren. (Zool.)
(a) The wood warbler.
(b) The willow warbler.
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black carpet beetle
(wn)
black carpet beetle
n 1: a carpet beetle that is solid black in color
brussels carpet
(wn)
Brussels carpet
n 1: a carpet with a strong linen warp and a heavy pile of
colored woolen yarns drawn up in uncut loops to form a
pattern
buffalo carpet beetle
(wn)
buffalo carpet beetle
n 1: a small black and red and white carpet beetle [syn:
buffalo carpet beetle, Anthrenus scrophulariae]
call on the carpet
(wn)
call on the carpet
v 1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for
bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, {take to
task}, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture,
reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold,
chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out,
chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]
carpet beater
(wn)
carpet beater
n 1: implement for beating dust out of carpets [syn: {carpet
beater}, rug beater]
carpet beetle
(wn)
carpet beetle
n 1: small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on
woolen fabrics [syn: carpet beetle, carpet bug]
carpet bomb
(wn)
carpet bomb
v 1: bomb a large area systematically and extensively; "The U.S.
decided to carpet bomb Vietnam"
carpet bombing
(wn)
carpet bombing
n 1: an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a
large target [syn: carpet bombing, area bombing,
saturation bombing]
carpet bug
(wn)
carpet bug
n 1: small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on
woolen fabrics [syn: carpet beetle, carpet bug]
carpet grass
(wn)
carpet grass
n 1: grass native to West Indies but common in southern United
States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark
fungus [syn: smut grass, blackseed, carpet grass,
Sporobolus poiretii]

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