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chatterer
(encz) | chatterer,mluvka n: Zdeněk Brož |
chatterer
(encz) | chatterer,tlachal v: Zdeněk Brož |
Chatterer
(gcide) | Chatterer \Chat"ter*er\, n.
1. A prater; an idle talker.
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2. (Zool.) A bird of the family Ampelid[ae] -- so called
from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer
(Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both
continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common
species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird.
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chatterer
(wn) | chatterer
n 1: an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker [syn:
chatterer, babbler, prater, chatterbox, magpie,
spouter]
2: passerine bird of New World tropics [syn: cotinga,
chatterer] |
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Bohemian chatterer
(gcide) | Bohemian \Bo*he"mi*an\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its
ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See Bohemian,
n., 2.
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2. Of or pertaining to a social gypsy or "Bohemian" (see
Bohemian, n., 3); vagabond; unconventional; free and
easy. [Modern]
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Hers was a pleasant Bohemian life till she was five
and thirty. --Blackw. Mag.
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Artists have abandoned their Bohemian manners and
customs nowadays. --W. Black.
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Bohemian chatterer, or Bohemian waxwing (Zool.), a small
bird of Europe and America (Ampelis garrulus); the
waxwing.
Bohemian glass, a variety of hard glass of fine quality,
made in Bohemia. It is of variable composition, containing
usually silica, lime, and potash, rarely soda, but no
lead. It is often remarkable for beauty of color.
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Bohemion chatterer
(gcide) | Chatterer \Chat"ter*er\, n.
1. A prater; an idle talker.
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2. (Zool.) A bird of the family Ampelid[ae] -- so called
from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer
(Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both
continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common
species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird.
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Chatterer
(gcide) | Chatterer \Chat"ter*er\, n.
1. A prater; an idle talker.
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2. (Zool.) A bird of the family Ampelid[ae] -- so called
from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer
(Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both
continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common
species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird.
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chatterers
(gcide) | Cotinga \Co*tin"ga\ (k[-o]*t[-e][ng]"g[.a]), n. [Native South
American name.] (Zool.)
A bird of the family Cotingid[ae], including numerous
bright-colored South American species; -- called also
chatterers.
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Waxen chatterer
(gcide) | Waxen \Wax"en\, a.
1. Made of wax. "The female bee, that . . . builds her waxen
cells." --Milton.
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2. Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet.
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3. Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding.
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Men have marble, women waxen, minds. --Shak.
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Waxen chatterer (Zool.), the Bohemian chatterer.
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