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bancroft (encz) | Bancroft,Bancroft n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
cockcroft (encz) | Cockcroft, |
crofter (encz) | crofter,skotský farmář Zdeněk Brož |
crofts (encz) | crofts,záhumenky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
undercroft (encz) | undercroft,krypta n: Zdeněk Brož |
bancroft (czen) | Bancroft,Bancroftn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Croft (gcide) | Croft \Croft\ (kr[o^]ft; 115), n. [AS. croft; akin to D. kroft
hillock; cf. Gael. croit hump, croft.]
A small, inclosed field, adjoining a house; a small farm.
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A few small crofts of stone-encumbered ground.
--Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster]Carafe \Ca*rafe"\, n. [F.]
A glass water bottle for the table or toilet; -- called also
croft.
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Crofter (gcide) | Crofter \Croft"er\ (-?r), n.
One who rents and tills a small farm or holding; as, the
crofters of Scotland.
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Crofting (gcide) | Crofting \Croft"ing\, n.
1. Croftland. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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2. (Textile Manuf.) Exposing linen to the sun, on the grass,
in the process of bleaching.
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Croftland (gcide) | Croftland \Croft"land\ (-l?nd), n.
Land of superior quality, on which successive crops are
raised. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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Crofton system (gcide) | Crofton system \Crof"ton sys"tem\ [After Sir Walter Crofton,
Irish penologist.] (Penology)
A system of prison discipline employing for consecutive
periods cellular confinement, associated imprisonment under
the mark system, restraint intermediate between imprisonment
and freedom, and liberation on ticket of leave.
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Undercroft (gcide) | Undercroft \Un"der*croft\, n. [Under + Prov. E. croft a vault;
cf. OD. krochte crypt, and E. crypt.] (Arch.)
A subterranean room of any kind; esp., one under a church
(see Crypt), or one used as a chapel or for any sacred
purpose.
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cockcroft (wn) | Cockcroft
n 1: British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first
split an atom (1897-1967) [syn: Cockcroft, {Sir John
Cockcroft}, Sir John Douglas Cockcroft] |
cockcroft and walton accelerator (wn) | Cockcroft and Walton accelerator
n 1: a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge
capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles
through an accelerating tube [syn: {Cockcroft and Walton
accelerator}, Cockcroft-Walton accelerator, {Cockcroft
and Walton voltage multiplier}, {Cockcroft-Walton voltage
multiplier}] |
cockcroft and walton voltage multiplier (wn) | Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier
n 1: a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge
capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles
through an accelerating tube [syn: {Cockcroft and Walton
accelerator}, Cockcroft-Walton accelerator, {Cockcroft
and Walton voltage multiplier}, {Cockcroft-Walton voltage
multiplier}] |
cockcroft-walton accelerator (wn) | Cockcroft-Walton accelerator
n 1: a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge
capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles
through an accelerating tube [syn: {Cockcroft and Walton
accelerator}, Cockcroft-Walton accelerator, {Cockcroft
and Walton voltage multiplier}, {Cockcroft-Walton voltage
multiplier}] |
cockcroft-walton voltage multiplier (wn) | Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier
n 1: a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge
capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles
through an accelerating tube [syn: {Cockcroft and Walton
accelerator}, Cockcroft-Walton accelerator, {Cockcroft
and Walton voltage multiplier}, {Cockcroft-Walton voltage
multiplier}] |
crofter (wn) | crofter
n 1: an owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain |
kenneth bancroft clark (wn) | Kenneth Bancroft Clark
n 1: United States psychologist (born in Panama) whose research
persuaded the Supreme Court that segregated schools were
discriminatory (1914-2005) [syn: Clark, Kenneth Clark,
Kenneth Bancroft Clark] |
sir john cockcroft (wn) | Sir John Cockcroft
n 1: British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first
split an atom (1897-1967) [syn: Cockcroft, {Sir John
Cockcroft}, Sir John Douglas Cockcroft] |
sir john douglas cockcroft (wn) | Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
n 1: British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first
split an atom (1897-1967) [syn: Cockcroft, {Sir John
Cockcroft}, Sir John Douglas Cockcroft] |
norcroft (foldoc) | NorCroft
(Contraction of Norman + Mycroft) A company producing C
compilers, set up by Arthur Norman and Alan Mycroft. Now
"sort of" called Codemist. The original Norcroft compiler was
written by Alan and Arthur to provide a platform for
teaching languages and compilers on the Cambridge University
mainframe. They then went on to develop versions for the
transputer, ARM and others.
[What is the relationship between NorCroft and Codemist?]
(1994-10-25)
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CROFT (bouvier) | CROFT, obsolete. A little close adjoining to a dwelling-house, and enclosed
for pasture or arable, or any particular use. Jacob's Law Dict.
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