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cull
(mass) | cull
- zbierať |
cull
(encz) | cull,odpad n: Zdeněk Brož |
cull
(encz) | cull,odstřel např. zvěře Zdeněk Brož |
cull
(encz) | cull,sbírat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Cull
(gcide) | Cull \Cull\, n.
A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Cully.
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Cull
(gcide) | Cull \Cull\ (k?l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Culled (k?ld); p. pr. &
vb. n. Culling.] [OE.cullen, OF. cuillir, coillir,
F.cueillir, to gather, pluck, pick, fr. L. colligere. See
Coil, v. t., and cf. Collect.]
To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or
collect; as, to cull flowers.
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From his herd he culls,
For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. --Dryden.
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Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. --Tennyson.
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cull
(wn) | cull
n 1: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as
inferior in quality [syn: cull, reject]
v 1: remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick
members of the herd"
2: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn:
pick, pluck, cull] |
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cullender
(mass) | cullender
- cedník |
cull out
(encz) | cull out, v: |
cullender
(encz) | cullender,cedník n: Zdeněk Brož |
culler
(encz) | culler,osoba trhající ovoce Zdeněk Brož |
culling
(encz) | culling,redukování n: Zdeněk Brožculling,vyřazování n: Zdeněk Brož |
cullis
(encz) | cullis, n: |
lucullan
(encz) | lucullan, adj: |
mccullers
(encz) | McCullers, |
mccullough
(encz) | McCullough, |
portcullis
(encz) | portcullis,padací mříž n: Jaroslav Šedivý |
portcullises
(encz) | portcullises, |
scull
(encz) | scull,párové veslo n: [sport.] Zdeněk Brožscull,skul n: Zdeněk Brožscull,veslovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
sculler
(encz) | sculler,loďka s vesly Zdeněk Brožsculler,veslař n: Zdeněk Brož |
sculleries
(encz) | sculleries, |
scullery
(encz) | scullery,umývárna nádobí Zdeněk Brož |
sculling
(encz) | sculling,veslování n: Zdeněk Brož |
scullion
(encz) | scullion,pomocník myjící nádobí n: Zdeněk Brožscullion,umývač n: Zdeněk Brož |
Cucullate
(gcide) | Cucullate \Cu"cul*late\ (k?"k?l-l?t or k?-k?l"l?t), Cucullated
\Cu"cul*la`ted\ (-l?`t?d or -l?-t?d), a. [LL. cullatus, fr. L.
cucullus a cap, hood. See Cowl a hood.]
1. Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood. --Sir T. Browne.
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2. (Bot.) Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as
the leaf of the commonest American blue violet.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) Having the prothorax elevated so as to form a sort of
hood, receiving the head, as in certain insects.
(b) Having a hoodlike crest on the head, as certain birds,
mammals, and reptiles.
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Cucullated
(gcide) | Cucullate \Cu"cul*late\ (k?"k?l-l?t or k?-k?l"l?t), Cucullated
\Cu"cul*la`ted\ (-l?`t?d or -l?-t?d), a. [LL. cullatus, fr. L.
cucullus a cap, hood. See Cowl a hood.]
1. Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood. --Sir T. Browne.
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2. (Bot.) Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as
the leaf of the commonest American blue violet.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) Having the prothorax elevated so as to form a sort of
hood, receiving the head, as in certain insects.
(b) Having a hoodlike crest on the head, as certain birds,
mammals, and reptiles.
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Cuculli
(gcide) | Cucullus \Cu*cul"lus\, n.; pl. Cuculli. [L., a hood.]
1. (Bot.) A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's
hood, as certain concave and arched sepals or petals.
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2. (Zool.) A color marking or structure on the head somewhat
resembling a hood.
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Cucullus
(gcide) | Cucullus \Cu*cul"lus\, n.; pl. Cuculli. [L., a hood.]
1. (Bot.) A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's
hood, as certain concave and arched sepals or petals.
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2. (Zool.) A color marking or structure on the head somewhat
resembling a hood.
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Cull
(gcide) | Cull \Cull\, n.
A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Cully.
[1913 Webster]Cull \Cull\ (k?l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Culled (k?ld); p. pr. &
vb. n. Culling.] [OE.cullen, OF. cuillir, coillir,
F.cueillir, to gather, pluck, pick, fr. L. colligere. See
Coil, v. t., and cf. Collect.]
To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or
collect; as, to cull flowers.
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From his herd he culls,
For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. --Dryden.
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Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. --Tennyson.
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Culled
(gcide) | Cull \Cull\ (k?l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Culled (k?ld); p. pr. &
vb. n. Culling.] [OE.cullen, OF. cuillir, coillir,
F.cueillir, to gather, pluck, pick, fr. L. colligere. See
Coil, v. t., and cf. Collect.]
To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or
collect; as, to cull flowers.
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From his herd he culls,
For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. --Dryden.
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Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. --Tennyson.
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Cullender
(gcide) | Cullender \Cul"len*der\ (k?l"l?n-d?r), n.
A strainer. See Colander.
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Culler
(gcide) | Culler \Cull"er\ (k?l"?r), n.
One who picks or chooses; esp., an inspector who selects
wares suitable for market.
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Cullet
(gcide) | Cullet \Cul"let\ (k[u^]l"l[e^]t), n. [From Cull, v. t. ]
Broken glass for remelting.
[1913 Webster]Cullet \Cul"let\, n. [A dim. from F. cul back.]
A small central plane in the back of a cut gem. See Collet,
3
(b) .
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Cullibility
(gcide) | Cullibility \Cul`li*bil"i*ty\ (-l?-b?l"?-ty), n. [From cully to
trick, cheat.]
Gullibility. [R.] --Swift.
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Cullible
(gcide) | Cullible \Cul"li*ble\ (k?l"l?-b'l), a.
Easily deceived; gullible.
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Cullies
(gcide) | Cully \Cul"ly\ (k?l"l?), n.; pl. Cullies (-l?z). [Abbrev. fr.
cullion.]
A person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean
dupe; a gull.
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I have learned that . . . I am not the first cully whom
she has passed upon for a countess. --Addison.
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Culling
(gcide) | Culling \Cull"ing\ (k?l"?ng), n.
1. The act of one who culls.
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2. pl. Anything separated or selected from a mass.
[1913 Webster]Cull \Cull\ (k?l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Culled (k?ld); p. pr. &
vb. n. Culling.] [OE.cullen, OF. cuillir, coillir,
F.cueillir, to gather, pluck, pick, fr. L. colligere. See
Coil, v. t., and cf. Collect.]
To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or
collect; as, to cull flowers.
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From his herd he culls,
For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. --Dryden.
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Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. --Tennyson.
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Cullion
(gcide) | Cullion \Cul"lion\ (k?l"y?n), n. [OF. couillon, coillon, F.
co?on, a vile fellow, coward, dupe, from OF. couillon,
coillon, testicle, fr. il the scrotum, fr. L. coleus a
leather bag, the scrotum.]
A mean wretch; a base fellow; a poltroon; a scullion. "Away,
base cullions." --Shak.
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Cullionly
(gcide) | Cullionly \Cul"lion*ly\, a.
Mean; base. --Shak.
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Cullis
(gcide) | Cullis \Cul"lis\ (k?l"l?s), n. [OF. cole["i]s, F. coulis, fr.
OF. & F. couler to strain, to flow, fr. L. colare to filter,
strain; cf. LL. coladicium. Cf. Colander.]
A strong broth of meat, strained and made clear for invalids;
also, a savory jelly. [Obs.]
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When I am exellent at caudles
And cullises . . . you shall be welcome to me. --Beau.
& Fl.
[1913 Webster]Cullis \Cul"lis\, n.; pl. Cullises (-?z). [F.coulisse groove,
fr. the same source as E. cullis broth.] (Arch.)
A gutter in a roof; a channel or groove.
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Cullises
(gcide) | Cullis \Cul"lis\, n.; pl. Cullises (-?z). [F.coulisse groove,
fr. the same source as E. cullis broth.] (Arch.)
A gutter in a roof; a channel or groove.
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Culls
(gcide) | Culls \Culls\ (k?lz), n. pl. [From Cull,, v. t.]
1. Refuse timber, from which the best part has been culled
out.
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2. Any refuse stuff, as rolls not properly baked.
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cullum
(gcide) | Coolung \Coo"lung\, n. [From the native name.] (Zool.)
The great gray crane of India (Grus cinerea). [Also written
coolen and cullum.]
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Cully
(gcide) | Cully \Cul"ly\ (k?l"l?), n.; pl. Cullies (-l?z). [Abbrev. fr.
cullion.]
A person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean
dupe; a gull.
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I have learned that . . . I am not the first cully whom
she has passed upon for a countess. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]Cully \Cul"ly\, v. t. [See Cully,n., and cf. D. kullen to
cheat, gull.]
To trick, cheat, or impose on; to deceive. "Tricks to cully
fools." --Pomfret.
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Cullyism
(gcide) | Cullyism \Cul"ly*ism\ (-?z'm), n.
The state of being a cully.
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Less frequent instances of eminent cullyism.
--Spectator.
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Dicentra cucullaria
(gcide) | Dutchman's breeches \Dutchman's breeches\, Dutchman's-breeches
\Dutchman's-breeches\n. (Bot.),
a delicate perennial spring-flowering herb ({Dicentra
cucullaria}) of eastern U.S., having peculiar double-spurred
white flowers. See Illust. of Dicentra
Syn: Dicentra cucullaria.
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Lophodytes cucullatus
(gcide) | Merganser \Mer*gan"ser\, n. [Sp. merg['a]nsar, fr. mergo a diver
(L. mergus, fr. mergere to dip, dive) + ['a]nsar goose, L.
anser.] (Zool.)
Any bird of the genus Mergus (Merganser), and allied
genera of the subfamily Merginae. They are allied to the
ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill, eat fish, and dive
for food. Also called fish duck.
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Note: The red-breasted merganser (Merganser serrator)
inhabits both hemispheres. It is called also sawbill,
harle, and sheldrake. The American merganser
(Merganser Americanus.) and the hooded merganser
(Lophodytes cucullatus) are well-known species.
White merganser, the smew or white nun.
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Lucullite
(gcide) | Lucullite \Lu*cul"lite\, n. [From Lucullus, a Roman consul,
famous for his great wealth and luxury: cf. F. lucullite.]
(Min.)
A variety of black limestone, often polished for ornamental
purposes.
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Portcullis
(gcide) | Portcullis \Port*cul"lis\, n. [OF. porte coulisse, cole["i]ce, a
sliding door, fr. L. colare, colatum, to filter, to strain:
cf. F. couler to glide. See Port a gate, and cf. Cullis,
Colander.]
1. (Fort.) A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron,
hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to
prevent the entrance of an enemy. "Let the portcullis
fall." --Sir W. Scott.
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She . . . the huge portcullis high updrew. --Milton.
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2. An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for the
use of the East India Company; -- so called from its
bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse.
[1913 Webster]Portcullis \Port*cul"lis\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Portcullised;
p. pr. & vb. n. Portcullising.]
To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
[R.] --Shak.
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Portcullised
(gcide) | Portcullis \Port*cul"lis\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Portcullised;
p. pr. & vb. n. Portcullising.]
To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
[R.] --Shak.
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Portcullising
(gcide) | Portcullis \Port*cul"lis\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Portcullised;
p. pr. & vb. n. Portcullising.]
To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
[R.] --Shak.
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Pseudonavicullae
(gcide) | Pseudonavicella \Pseu`do*nav`i*cel"la\, n.; pl.
Pseudonavicull[ae]. [NL.] (Zool.)
Same as Pseudonavicula.
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Ruticulla fuliginosa
(gcide) | Robin \Rob"in\, n. [Properly a pet name for Robert, originally
meaning, famebright; F., fron OHG. Roudperht; ruod (in comp.;
akin to AS. hr?? glory, fame, Goth. hr?peigs victorius) +
beraht bright. See Bright, Hob a clown.] (Zool.)
(a) A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula),
having a reddish breast; -- called also {robin
redbreast}, robinet, and ruddock.
(b) An American singing bird (Merula migratoria), having
the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are
olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also
robin redbreast, and migratory thrush.
(c) Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the
genera Petroica, Melanadrays, and allied genera; as,
the scarlet-breasted robin (Petroica mullticolor).
(d) Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins.
See Indian robin, below.
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Beach robin (Zool.), the robin snipe, or knot. See Knot.
Blue-throated robin. (Zool.) See Bluethroat.
Canada robin (Zool.), the cedar bird.
Golden robin (Zool.), the Baltimore oriole.
Ground robin (Zool.), the chewink.
Indian robin (Zool.), any one of several species of Asiatic
saxoline birds of the genera Thamnobia and Pratincola.
They are mostly black, usually with some white on the
wings.
Magrie robin (Zool.), an Asiatic singing bird ({Corsycus
saularis}), having the back, head, neck, and breast black
glossed with blue, the wings black, and the belly white.
Ragged robin. (Bot.) See under Ragged.
Robin accentor (Zool.), a small Asiatic singing bird
(Accentor rubeculoides), somewhat resembling the
European robin.
Robin redbreast. (Zool.)
(a) The European robin.
(b) The American robin.
(c) The American bluebird.
Robin snipe. (Zool.)
(a) The red-breasted snipe, or dowitcher.
(b) The red-breasted sandpiper, or knot.
Robin's plantain. (Bot.) See under Plantain.
Sea robin. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of American gurnards of the
genus Prionotus. They are excellent food fishes. Called
also wingfish. The name is also applied to a European
gurnard.
(b) The red-breasted merganser, or sheldrake. [Local, U.S.]
Water robin (Zool.), a redstart (Ruticulla fuliginosa),
native of India.
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Scull
(gcide) | Scull \Scull\ (sk[u^]l), n. (Anat.)
The skull. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Scull \Scull\, n. [See 1st School.]
A shoal of fish. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Scull \Scull\, n. [Of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skola to
wash.]
1. (Naut.)
(a) A boat; a cockboat. See Sculler.
(b) One of a pair of short oars worked by one person.
(c) A single oar used at the stern in propelling a boat.
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2. (Zool.) The common skua gull. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Scull \Scull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sculled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sculling.] (Naut.)
To impel (a boat) with a pair of sculls, or with a single
scull or oar worked over the stern obliquely from side to
side.
[1913 Webster]Scull \Scull\, v. i.
To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.
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Sculled
(gcide) | Scull \Scull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sculled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sculling.] (Naut.)
To impel (a boat) with a pair of sculls, or with a single
scull or oar worked over the stern obliquely from side to
side.
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Sculler
(gcide) | Sculler \Scull"er\, n.
1. A boat rowed by one man with two sculls, or short oars.
[R.] --Dryden.
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2. One who sculls.
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Sculleries
(gcide) | Scullery \Scul"ler*y\ (sk[u^]l"l[~e]r*[y^]), n.; pl.
Sculleries (sk[u^]l"l[~e]r*[i^]z). [Probably originally, a
place for washing dishes, and for swillery, fr. OE. swilen to
wash, AS. swilian (see Swill to wash, to drink), but
influenced either by Icel. skola, skyla, Dan. skylle, or by
OF. escuelier a place for keeping dishes, fr. escuele a dish,
F. ['e]cuelle, fr. L. scutella a salver, waiter (cf.
Scuttle a basket); or perhaps the English word is
immediately from the OF. escuelier; cf. OE. squyllare a
dishwasher.]
1. A place where dishes, kettles, and culinary utensils, are
cleaned and kept; also, a room attached to the kitchen,
where the coarse work is done; a back kitchen.
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2. Hence, refuse; filth; offal. [Obs.] --Gauden.
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Scullery
(gcide) | Scullery \Scul"ler*y\ (sk[u^]l"l[~e]r*[y^]), n.; pl.
Sculleries (sk[u^]l"l[~e]r*[i^]z). [Probably originally, a
place for washing dishes, and for swillery, fr. OE. swilen to
wash, AS. swilian (see Swill to wash, to drink), but
influenced either by Icel. skola, skyla, Dan. skylle, or by
OF. escuelier a place for keeping dishes, fr. escuele a dish,
F. ['e]cuelle, fr. L. scutella a salver, waiter (cf.
Scuttle a basket); or perhaps the English word is
immediately from the OF. escuelier; cf. OE. squyllare a
dishwasher.]
1. A place where dishes, kettles, and culinary utensils, are
cleaned and kept; also, a room attached to the kitchen,
where the coarse work is done; a back kitchen.
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2. Hence, refuse; filth; offal. [Obs.] --Gauden.
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Sculling
(gcide) | Scull \Scull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sculled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sculling.] (Naut.)
To impel (a boat) with a pair of sculls, or with a single
scull or oar worked over the stern obliquely from side to
side.
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Scullion
(gcide) | Scullion \Scul"lion\ (sk[u^]l"y[u^]n), n. (Bot.)
A scallion.
[1913 Webster]Scullion \Scul"lion\, n. [OF. escouillon (Cot.) a dishclout,
apparently for escouvillon, F. ['e]couvillon a swab; cf. also
OF. souillon a servant employed for base offices. Cf.
Scovel.]
A servant who cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial
services in the kitchen.
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The meanest scullion that followed his camp. --South.
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Scullionly
(gcide) | Scullionly \Scul"lion*ly\, a.
Like a scullion; base. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Unculled
(gcide) | Unculled \Unculled\
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Viola cucullata
(gcide) | Violet \Vi"o*let\, n. [F. violette a violet (cf. violet
violet-colored), dim. of OF. viole a violet, L. viola; akin
to Gr. ?. Cf. Iodine.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many
species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants,
and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while
others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the
pansy (Viola tricolor).
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Note: The cultivated sweet violet is Viola odorata of
Europe. The common blue violet of the eastern United
States is Viola cucullata; the sand, or bird-foot,
violet is Viola pedata.
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2. The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum
farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the
spectrum.
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3. In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue
in equal proportions; a bluish purple color. --Mollett.
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4. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small
violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or
Rusticus, and allied genera.
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Corn violet. See under Corn.
Dame's violet. (Bot.) See Damewort.
Dogtooth violet. (Bot.) See under Dogtooth.
Water violet (Bot.), an aquatic European herb ({Hottonia
palustris}) with pale purplish flowers and pinnatifid
leaves.
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carduelis cucullata
(wn) | Carduelis cucullata
n 1: South American species of scarlet finch with black head and
wings and tail [syn: red siskin, Carduelis cucullata] |
carson mccullers
(wn) | Carson McCullers
n 1: United States novelist (1917-1967) [syn: McCullers,
Carson McCullers, Carson Smith McCullers] |
carson smith mccullers
(wn) | Carson Smith McCullers
n 1: United States novelist (1917-1967) [syn: McCullers,
Carson McCullers, Carson Smith McCullers] |
cull out
(wn) | cull out
v 1: select desirable parts from a group or list; "cull out the
interesting letters from the poet's correspondence";
"winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants"
[syn: cull out, winnow] |
cullender
(wn) | cullender
n 1: bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods [syn:
colander, cullender] |
cullis
(wn) | cullis
n 1: a gutter in a roof |
dicentra cucullaria
(wn) | Dicentra cucullaria
n 1: delicate spring-flowering plant of the eastern United
States having white flowers with double spurs [syn:
Dutchman's breeches, Dicentra cucullaria] |
illecebrum verticullatum
(wn) | Illecebrum verticullatum
n 1: glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white
flowers; western Europe especially western Mediterranean
and Atlantic coastal areas [syn: coral necklace,
Illecebrum verticullatum] |
licinius lucullus
(wn) | Licinius Lucullus
n 1: Roman general famous for self-indulgence and giving lavish
banquets (circa 110-57 BC) [syn: Lucullus, {Licinius
Lucullus}, Lucius Licinius Lucullus] |
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