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charged
(encz) | charged,nabitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
charged
(encz) | charged,napjatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Charged
(gcide) | Charge \Charge\ (ch[aum]rj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charged
(ch[aum]rjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Charging.] [OF. chargier, F.
charger, fr. LL. carricare, fr. L. carrus wagon. Cf. Cargo,
Caricature, Cark, and see Car.]
1. To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load;
to fill.
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A carte that charged was with hay. --Chaucer.
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The charging of children's memories with rules.
--Locke.
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2. To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to
command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to
urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy
of a diocese; to charge an agent.
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Moses . . . charged you to love the Lord your God.
--Josh. xxii.
5.
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Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
--Shak.
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3. To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for.
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When land shall be charged by any lien. --Kent.
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4. To fix or demand as a price; as, he charges two dollars a
barrel for apples.
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5. To place something to the account of as a debt; to debit,
as, to charge one with goods. Also, to enter upon the
debit side of an account; as, to charge a sum to one.
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6. To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge.
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No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime
On native sloth and negligence of time. --Dryden.
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7. To accuse; to make a charge or assertion against (a person
or thing); to lay the responsibility (for something said
or done) at the door of.
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If he did that wrong you charge him with.
--Tennyson.
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8. To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or
machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold
or bear; to load; to fill; as, to charge a gun; to charge
an electrical machine, etc.
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Their battering cannon charged to the mouths.
--Shak.
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9. To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an
architectural member with a molding.
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10. (Her.) To assume as a bearing; as, he charges three roses
or; to add to or represent on; as, he charges his shield
with three roses or.
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11. To call to account; to challenge. [Obs.]
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To charge me to an answer. --Shak.
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12. To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack.
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Charged our main battle's front. --Shak.
Syn: To intrust; command; exhort; instruct; accuse; impeach;
arraign. See Accuse.
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charged
(wn) | charged
adj 1: of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of
positive or negative electric charge; "charged
particles"; "a charged battery" [ant: uncharged]
2: fraught with great emotion; "an atmosphere charged with
excitement"; "an emotionally charged speech" [syn: charged,
supercharged]
3: supplied with carbon dioxide [syn: aerated, charged]
4: capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy;
"the highly charged issue of abortion" |
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discharged
(encz) | discharged,složený adj: Zdeněk Broždischarged,vyložený adj: Zdeněk Broždischarged,zproštěný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
discharged pollution
(encz) | discharged pollution,vypouštěné znečištění (vodní
hospodářství) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
negatively charged
(encz) | negatively charged, adj: |
overcharged
(encz) | overcharged, |
positively charged
(encz) | positively charged, adj: |
recharged
(encz) | recharged,dobil v: Zdeněk Brožrecharged,znovu nabil Zdeněk Brož |
supercharged
(encz) | supercharged,přeplňoval v: Zdeněk Brožsupercharged,přeplňovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
surcharged
(encz) | surcharged, |
turbocharged
(encz) | turbocharged,motor s turbem Zdeněk Brožturbocharged,přeplňovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
uncharged
(encz) | uncharged,nenabitý adj: Zdeněk Brožuncharged,nezatížený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
undischarged
(encz) | undischarged,nevyrovnaný adj: Zdeněk Brožundischarged,nevyřízený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
undischarged profit
(encz) | undischarged profit,nerozdělený zisk [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
charged couple device
(czen) | Charged Couple Device,CCD[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
Charged
(gcide) | Charge \Charge\ (ch[aum]rj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charged
(ch[aum]rjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Charging.] [OF. chargier, F.
charger, fr. LL. carricare, fr. L. carrus wagon. Cf. Cargo,
Caricature, Cark, and see Car.]
1. To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load;
to fill.
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A carte that charged was with hay. --Chaucer.
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The charging of children's memories with rules.
--Locke.
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2. To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to
command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to
urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy
of a diocese; to charge an agent.
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Moses . . . charged you to love the Lord your God.
--Josh. xxii.
5.
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Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
--Shak.
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3. To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for.
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When land shall be charged by any lien. --Kent.
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4. To fix or demand as a price; as, he charges two dollars a
barrel for apples.
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5. To place something to the account of as a debt; to debit,
as, to charge one with goods. Also, to enter upon the
debit side of an account; as, to charge a sum to one.
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6. To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge.
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No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime
On native sloth and negligence of time. --Dryden.
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7. To accuse; to make a charge or assertion against (a person
or thing); to lay the responsibility (for something said
or done) at the door of.
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If he did that wrong you charge him with.
--Tennyson.
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8. To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or
machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold
or bear; to load; to fill; as, to charge a gun; to charge
an electrical machine, etc.
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Their battering cannon charged to the mouths.
--Shak.
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9. To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an
architectural member with a molding.
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10. (Her.) To assume as a bearing; as, he charges three roses
or; to add to or represent on; as, he charges his shield
with three roses or.
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11. To call to account; to challenge. [Obs.]
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To charge me to an answer. --Shak.
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12. To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack.
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Charged our main battle's front. --Shak.
Syn: To intrust; command; exhort; instruct; accuse; impeach;
arraign. See Accuse.
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Discharged
(gcide) | Discharge \Dis*charge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discharged; p.
pr. & vb. n. Discharging.] [OE. deschargen, dischargen, OF.
deschargier, F. d['e]charger; pref. des- (L. dis) + chargier,
F. charger. See Charge.]
1. To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a
load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a
vessel.
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2. To free of the missile with which anything is charged or
loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow,
catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire
off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of
tension, as a Leyden jar.
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The galleys also did oftentimes, out of their prows,
discharge their great pieces against the city.
--Knolles.
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Feeling in other cases discharges itself in indirect
muscular actions. --H. Spencer.
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3. To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a
debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.;
to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
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Discharged of business, void of strife. --Dryden.
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In one man's fault discharge another man of his
duty. --L'Estrange.
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4. To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from
service; to dismiss.
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Discharge the common sort
With pay and thanks. --Shak.
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Grindal . . . was discharged the government of his
see. --Milton.
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5. To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty;
as, to discharge a prisoner.
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6. To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take
out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as,
to discharge a cargo.
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7. To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
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They do discharge their shot of courtesy. --Shak.
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8. To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
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We say such an order was "discharged on appeal."
--Mozley & W.
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The order for Daly's attendance was discharged.
--Macaulay.
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9. To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to
relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions,
performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or
execute, as an office, or part.
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Had I a hundred tongues, a wit so large
As could their hundred offices discharge. --Dryden.
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10. To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay
one's debt or obligation to. [Obs.]
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If he had
The present money to discharge the Jew. --Shak.
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11. To give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges
water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as,
to discharge a horrible oath.
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12. To prohibit; to forbid. [Scot. Obs.] --Sir W. Scott.
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13. (Textile Dyeing & Printing) To bleach out or to remove or
efface, as by a chemical process; as, to discharge the
color from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures
on a dark ground.
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Discharging arch (Arch.), an arch over a door, window, or
other opening, to distribute the pressure of the wall
above. See Illust. of Lintel.
Discharging piece, Discharging strut (Arch.), a piece set
to carry thrust or weight to a solid point of support.
Discharging rod (Elec.), a bent wire, with knobs at both
ends, and insulated by a glass handle. It is employed for
discharging a Leyden jar or an electrical battery. See
Discharger.
Syn: See Deliver.
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Encharged
(gcide) | Encharge \En*charge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encharged; p. pr. &
vb. n. Encharging.] [OF. enchargier, F. encharger; pref.
en- (L. in) + F. charger. See Charge.]
To charge (with); to impose (a charge) upon.
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His countenance would express the spirit and the
passion of the part he was encharged with. --Jeffrey.
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Negatively charged
(gcide) | Negatively \Neg"a*tive*ly\, adv.
1. In a negative manner; with or by denial. "He answered
negatively." --Boyle.
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2. In the form of speech implying the absence of something;
-- opposed to positively.
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I shall show what this image of God in man is,
negatively, by showing wherein it does not consist,
and positively, by showing wherein it does consist.
--South.
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Negatively charged or Negatively electrified (Elec.),
having a charge of the kind of electricity called
negative, as does the electron.
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overcharged mine
(gcide) | Globe \Globe\ (gl[=o]b), n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus
a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.]
1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose
surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a
ball; a sphere.
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2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape;
as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
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3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by
the definite article. --Locke.
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4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of
the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial
globe; -- called also artificial globe.
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5. A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a
circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans,
answering to the modern infantry square.
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Him round
A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. --Milton.
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Globe amaranth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gomphrena
(G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored
flowers, which long retain color when gathered.
Globe animalcule, a small, globular, locomotive organism
(Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal,
afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic alg[ae].
Globe of compression (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a
wide crater; -- called also overcharged mine.
Globe daisy (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus
Globularing, common in Europe. The flowers are minute
and form globular heads.
Globe sight, a form of front sight placed on target rifles.
Globe slater (Zool.), an isopod crustacean of the genus
Spheroma.
Globe thistle (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers
in large globular heads (Cynara Scolymus); also, certain
species of the related genus Echinops.
Globe valve.
(a) A ball valve.
(b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. --Knight.
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Syn: Globe, Sphere, Orb, Ball.
Usage: Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body;
sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a
body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old
astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for
globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a
heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies
concieved of as impelled through space.
[1913 Webster]Overcharge \O`ver*charge"\, v. t. [Cf. Supercharge,
Surcharge.]
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1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to
cloy. --Sir W. Raleigh.
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2. To fill too full; to crowd.
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Our language is overcharged with consonants.
--Addison.
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3. To charge (a buyer) an excessive price; to charge beyond a
fair rate or price.
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4. To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description.
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5. (Electricity) To charge (a battery) too much, so as to
cause damage.
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Overcharged mine. (Mil.) See Globe of compression, under
Globe.
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Overcharged mine
(gcide) | Globe \Globe\ (gl[=o]b), n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus
a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.]
1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose
surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a
ball; a sphere.
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2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape;
as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
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3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by
the definite article. --Locke.
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4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of
the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial
globe; -- called also artificial globe.
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5. A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a
circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans,
answering to the modern infantry square.
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Him round
A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. --Milton.
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Globe amaranth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gomphrena
(G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored
flowers, which long retain color when gathered.
Globe animalcule, a small, globular, locomotive organism
(Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal,
afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic alg[ae].
Globe of compression (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a
wide crater; -- called also overcharged mine.
Globe daisy (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus
Globularing, common in Europe. The flowers are minute
and form globular heads.
Globe sight, a form of front sight placed on target rifles.
Globe slater (Zool.), an isopod crustacean of the genus
Spheroma.
Globe thistle (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers
in large globular heads (Cynara Scolymus); also, certain
species of the related genus Echinops.
Globe valve.
(a) A ball valve.
(b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. --Knight.
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Syn: Globe, Sphere, Orb, Ball.
Usage: Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body;
sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a
body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old
astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for
globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a
heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies
concieved of as impelled through space.
[1913 Webster]Overcharge \O`ver*charge"\, v. t. [Cf. Supercharge,
Surcharge.]
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1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to
cloy. --Sir W. Raleigh.
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2. To fill too full; to crowd.
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Our language is overcharged with consonants.
--Addison.
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3. To charge (a buyer) an excessive price; to charge beyond a
fair rate or price.
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4. To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description.
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5. (Electricity) To charge (a battery) too much, so as to
cause damage.
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Overcharged mine. (Mil.) See Globe of compression, under
Globe.
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Positively charged
(gcide) | Positively \Pos"i*tive*ly\, adv.
In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with
certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; --
opposed to negatively.
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Good and evil which is removed may be esteemed good or
evil comparatively, and positively simply. --Bacon.
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Give me some breath, some little pause, my lord,
Before I positively speak herein. --Shak.
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I would ask . . . whether . . . the divine law does not
positively require humility and meekness. --Sprat.
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Positively charged or Positively electrified (Elec.),
having a charge of positive electricity; -- opposed to
negatively charged.
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Sleep-charged
(gcide) | Sleep-charged \Sleep"-charged`\, a.
Heavy with sleep.
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Supercharged
(gcide) | Supercharge \Su`per*charge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Supercharged; p. pr. & vb. n. Supercharging.] [Pref.
super- + charge. Cf. Surcharge.] (Her.)
To charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to
supercharge a rose upon a fess.
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Surcharged
(gcide) | Surcharge \Sur*charge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surcharged; p.
pr. & vb. n. Surcharging.] [F. surcharger. See Sur-, and
Charge, and cf. Overcharge, Supercharge, Supercargo.]
1. To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge;
as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.
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Four charged two, and two surcharged one. --Spenser.
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Your head reclined, as hiding grief from view,
Droops like a rose surcharged with morning dew.
--Dryden.
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2. (Law)
(a) To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into, as
a common, than the person has a right to do, or more
than the herbage will sustain. Blackstone.
(b) (Equity) To show an omission in (an account) for which
credit ought to have been given. --Story. Daniel.
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3. To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp).
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surcharged steam
(gcide) | Steam \Steam\ (st[=e]m), n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS.
ste['a]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps
originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf.
Gr. sty`ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand.]
1. The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted
when heated to the boiling point; water in the state of
vapor; gaseous water.
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2. The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so
called in popular usage.
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3. Any exhalation. "A steam of rich, distilled perfumes."
--Milton.
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Dry steam, steam which does not contain water held in
suspension mechanically; -- sometimes applied to
superheated steam.
Exhaust steam. See under Exhaust.
High steam, or High-pressure steam, steam of which the
pressure greatly exceeds that of the atmosphere.
Low steam, or Low-pressure steam, steam of which the
pressure is less than, equal to, or not greatly above,
that of the atmosphere.
Saturated steam, steam at the temperature of the boiling
point which corresponds to its pressure; -- sometimes also
applied to wet steam.
Superheated steam, steam heated to a temperature higher
than the boiling point corresponding to its pressure. It
can not exist in contact with water, nor contain water,
and resembles a perfect gas; -- called also {surcharged
steam}, anhydrous steam, and steam gas.
Wet steam, steam which contains water held in suspension
mechanically; -- called also misty steam.
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Note: Steam is often used adjectively, and in combination, to
denote, produced by heat, or operated by power, derived
from steam, in distinction from other sources of power;
as in steam boiler or steam-boiler, steam dredger or
steam-dredger, steam engine or steam-engine, steam
heat, steam plow or steam-plow, etc.
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Steam blower.
(a) A blower for producing a draught consisting of a jet
or jets of steam in a chimney or under a fire.
(b) A fan blower driven directly by a steam engine.
Steam boiler, a boiler for producing steam. See Boiler,
3, and Note. In the illustration, the shell a of the
boiler is partly in section, showing the tubes, or flues,
which the hot gases, from the fire beneath the boiler,
enter, after traversing the outside of the shell, and
through which the gases are led to the smoke pipe d, which
delivers them to the chimney; b is the manhole; c the
dome; e the steam pipe; f the feed and blow-off pipe; g
the safety valve; hthe water gauge.
Steam car, a car driven by steam power, or drawn by a
locomotive.
Steam carriage, a carriage upon wheels moved on common
roads by steam.
Steam casing. See Steam jacket, under Jacket.
Steam chest, the box or chamber from which steam is
distributed to the cylinder of a steam engine, steam pump,
etc., and which usually contains one or more valves; --
called also valve chest, and valve box. See Illust. of
Slide valve, under Slide.
Steam chimney, an annular chamber around the chimney of a
boiler furnace, for drying steam.
Steam coil, a coil of pipe, or a collection of connected
pipes, for containing steam; -- used for heating, drying,
etc.
Steam colors (Calico Printing), colors in which the
chemical reaction fixing the coloring matter in the fiber
is produced by steam.
Steam cylinder, the cylinder of a steam engine, which
contains the piston. See Illust. of Slide valve, under
Slide.
Steam dome (Steam Boilers), a chamber upon the top of the
boiler, from which steam is conducted to the engine. See
Illust. of Steam boiler, above.
Steam fire engine, a fire engine consisting of a steam
boiler and engine, and pump which is driven by the engine,
combined and mounted on wheels. It is usually drawn by
horses, but is sometimes made self-propelling.
Steam fitter, a fitter of steam pipes.
Steam fitting, the act or the occupation of a steam fitter;
also, a pipe fitting for steam pipes.
Steam gas. See Superheated steam, above.
Steam gauge, an instrument for indicating the pressure of
the steam in a boiler. The mercurial steam gauge is a
bent tube partially filled with mercury, one end of which
is connected with the boiler while the other is open to
the air, so that the steam by its pressure raises the
mercury in the long limb of the tube to a height
proportioned to that pressure. A more common form,
especially for high pressures, consists of a spring
pressed upon by the steam, and connected with the pointer
of a dial. The spring may be a flattened, bent tube,
closed at one end, which the entering steam tends to
straighten, or it may be a diaphragm of elastic metal, or
a mass of confined air, etc.
Steam gun, a machine or contrivance from which projectiles
may be thrown by the elastic force of steam.
Steam hammer, a hammer for forging, which is worked
directly by steam; especially, a hammer which is guided
vertically and operated by a vertical steam cylinder
located directly over an anvil. In the variety known as
Nasmyth's, the cylinder is fixed, and the hammer is
attached to the piston rod. In that known as Condie's, the
piston is fixed, and the hammer attached to the lower end
of the cylinder.
Steam heater.
(a) A radiator heated by steam.
(b) An apparatus consisting of a steam boiler, radiator,
piping, and fixures for warming a house by steam.
Steam jacket. See under Jacket.
Steam packet, a packet or vessel propelled by steam, and
running periodically between certain ports.
Steam pipe, any pipe for conveying steam; specifically, a
pipe through which steam is supplied to an engine.
Steam plow or Steam plough, a plow, or gang of plows,
moved by a steam engine.
Steam port, an opening for steam to pass through, as from
the steam chest into the cylinder.
Steam power, the force or energy of steam applied to
produce results; power derived from a steam engine.
Steam propeller. See Propeller.
Steam pump, a small pumping engine operated by steam. It is
usually direct-acting.
Steam room (Steam Boilers), the space in the boiler above
the water level, and in the dome, which contains steam.
Steam table, a table on which are dishes heated by steam
for keeping food warm in the carving room of a hotel,
restaurant, etc.
Steam trap, a self-acting device by means of which water
that accumulates in a pipe or vessel containing steam will
be discharged without permitting steam to escape.
Steam tug, a steam vessel used in towing or propelling
ships.
Steam vessel, a vessel propelled by steam; a steamboat or
steamship; a steamer.
Steam whistle, an apparatus attached to a steam boiler, as
of a locomotive, through which steam is rapidly
discharged, producing a loud whistle which serves as a
warning or a signal. The steam issues from a narrow
annular orifice around the upper edge of the lower cup or
hemisphere, striking the thin edge of the bell above it,
and producing sound in the manner of an organ pipe or a
common whistle.
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Uncharged
(gcide) | Uncharged \Uncharged\
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Undercharged mine
(gcide) | Undercharge \Un`der*charge"\, v. t.
1. To charge below or under; to charge less than is usual or
suitable for; as, to undercharge goods or services.
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2. To put too small a charge into; as, to undercharge a gun.
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Undercharged mine (Mil.), a mine whose crater is not as
wide at top as it is deep. --W. P. Craighill.
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Undischarged
(gcide) | Undischarged \Undischarged\
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discharged
(wn) | discharged
adj 1: having lost your job [syn: discharged, dismissed,
fired, laid-off, pink-slipped] |
negatively charged
(wn) | negatively charged
adj 1: having a negative charge; "electrons are negative" [syn:
negative, electronegative, negatively charged] |
positively charged
(wn) | positively charged
adj 1: having a positive charge; "protons are positive" [syn:
positive, electropositive, positively charged] |
supercharged
(wn) | supercharged
adj 1: (of e.g. an engine) having the power increased by fitting
with a supercharger
2: fraught with great emotion; "an atmosphere charged with
excitement"; "an emotionally charged speech" [syn: charged,
supercharged] |
uncharged
(wn) | uncharged
adj 1: of a particle or body or system; having no charge; "an
uncharged particle"; "an uncharged battery" [ant:
charged] |
undischarged
(wn) | undischarged
adj 1: owed as a debt; "outstanding bills"; "the amount still
owed"; "undischarged debts" [syn: outstanding,
owing(p), undischarged]
2: still capable of exploding or being fired; "undischarged
ammunition"; "an unexploded bomb" [syn: undischarged,
unexploded] |
DISCHARGED
(bouvier) | DISCHARGED. Released, or liberated from custody. It is not equivalent to
acquitted in a declaration for a malicious prosecution. 2 Yeates, 475 2 Term
Rep. 231; 1 Strange, 114; Doug. 205 3 Leon. 100.
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