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dropper
(encz) | dropper,kapátko n: Zdeněk Brož |
dropper
(gcide) | dropper \drop"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly
that drops from the leader above the bob or end fly.
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2. A dropping tube, usually of glass or plastic with a narrow
opening at the tip and a rubber bulb at the top which can
be squeezed to control intake or outflow of the fluid. The
word is used in combinations with obvious significance, as
eye dropper, medicine dropper, etc.
Syn: eye dropper. [1913 Webster +PJC]
3. (Mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves,
the main lode.
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4. (Zool.) A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it
sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an
occasional, habit of the setter.
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dropper
(wn) | dropper
n 1: pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one
end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a
time; "she used an eye dropper to administer medication to
the eyes" [syn: dropper, eye dropper] |
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namedropper
(mass) | name-dropper
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eavesdropper
(encz) | eavesdropper,slídil lukeeavesdropper,ten kdo odposlouchává luke |
eye dropper
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name dropper
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name-dropper
(encz) | name-dropper,ctižádostivý člověk |
Eavesdropper
(gcide) | Eavesdropper \Eaves"drop`per\, n.
One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of
a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener.
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Evesdropper
(gcide) | Evesdropper \Eves"drop`per\, n.
See Eavesdropper.
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eye dropper
(gcide) | dropper \drop"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly
that drops from the leader above the bob or end fly.
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2. A dropping tube, usually of glass or plastic with a narrow
opening at the tip and a rubber bulb at the top which can
be squeezed to control intake or outflow of the fluid. The
word is used in combinations with obvious significance, as
eye dropper, medicine dropper, etc.
Syn: eye dropper. [1913 Webster +PJC]
3. (Mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves,
the main lode.
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4. (Zool.) A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it
sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an
occasional, habit of the setter.
[1913 Webster]eye dropper \eye" drop`per\, n.
a small dropping tube for delivering drops of a liquid; same
as dropper[2].
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Guinea dropper
(gcide) | Guinea \Guin"ea\ (g[i^]n"[-e]), n.
1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for
its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea
fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named.
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2. A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings
sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the
issue of sovereigns in 1817.
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The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of
which it
was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go
for twenty shillings; but it never went for less
than twenty-one shillings. --Pinkerton.
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Guinea corn. (Bot.) See Durra.
Guinea Current (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean
setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of
Guinea.
Guinea dropper one who cheats by dropping counterfeit
guineas. [Obs.] --Gay.
Guinea fowl, Guinea hen (Zool.), an African gallinaceous
bird, of the genus Numida, allied to the pheasants. The
common domesticated species (Numida meleagris), has a
colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a
dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The
crested Guinea fowl (Numida cristata) is a finer
species.
Guinea grains (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See
Amomum.
Guinea grass (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass ({Panicum
jumentorum}) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies
and Southern United States.
Guinea-hen flower (Bot.), a liliaceous flower ({Fritillaria
Meleagris}) with petals spotted like the feathers of the
Guinea hen.
Guinea peach. See under Peach.
Guinea pepper (Bot.), the pods of the Xylopia aromatica,
a tree of the order Anonace[ae], found in tropical West
Africa. They are also sold under the name of {Piper
aethiopicum}.
Guinea plum (Bot.), the fruit of Parinarium excelsum, a
large West African tree of the order Chrysobalane[ae],
having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum,
which is also called gray plum and rough-skin plum.
Guinea worm (Zool.), a long and slender African nematoid
worm (Filaria Medinensis) of a white color. It lives in
the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces
painful sores.
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medicine dropper
(gcide) | dropper \drop"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly
that drops from the leader above the bob or end fly.
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2. A dropping tube, usually of glass or plastic with a narrow
opening at the tip and a rubber bulb at the top which can
be squeezed to control intake or outflow of the fluid. The
word is used in combinations with obvious significance, as
eye dropper, medicine dropper, etc.
Syn: eye dropper. [1913 Webster +PJC]
3. (Mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves,
the main lode.
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4. (Zool.) A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it
sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an
occasional, habit of the setter.
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namedropper
(gcide) | namedropper \namedropper\ n.
Someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends.
Someone who namedrops.
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Ring dropper
(gcide) | Ring \Ring\, n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G.
ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf.
Russ. krug'. Cf. Harangue, Rank a row,Rink.]
A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a
circular line or hoop.
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2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other
precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the
ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a
wedding ring.
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Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.
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The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak.
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3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports
are performed; an arena.
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Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring,
Where youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E.
Smith.
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4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence,
figuratively, prize fighting. "The road was an
institution, the ring was an institution." --Thackeray.
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5. A circular group of persons.
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And hears the Muses in a ring
Aye round about Jove's alter sing. --Milton.
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6. (Geom.)
(a) The plane figure included between the circumferences
of two concentric circles.
(b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or
other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an
axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other
figure.
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7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for
taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring
suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through
which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the
graduated inner surface opposite.
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8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the
spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium.
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9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a
selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute
offices, obtain contracts, etc.
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The ruling ring at Constantinople. --E. A.
Freeman.
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Ring armor, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring
mail}, below, and Chain mail, under Chain.
Ring blackbird (Zool.), the ring ousel.
Ring canal (Zool.), the circular water tube which surrounds
the esophagus of echinoderms.
Ring dotterel, or Ringed dotterel. (Zool.) See
Dotterel, and Illust. of Pressiroster.
Ring dropper, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring
(dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy
it as valuable, it being worthless.
Ring fence. See under Fence.
Ring finger, the third finger of the left hand, or the next
the little finger, on which the ring is placed in
marriage.
Ring formula (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a
closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See
Illust. under Benzene.
Ring mail, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed
upon a garment of leather or of cloth.
Ring micrometer. (Astron.) See Circular micrometer, under
Micrometer.
Saturn's rings. See Saturn.
Ring ousel. (Zool.) See Ousel.
Ring parrot (Zool.), any one of several species of Old
World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck,
especially Palaeornis torquatus, common in India, and
Palaeornis Alexandri of Java.
Ring plover. (Zool.)
(a) The ringed dotterel.
(b) Any one of several small American plovers having a
dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata).
Ring snake (Zool.), a small harmless American snake
(Diadophis punctatus) having a white ring around the
neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of
an orange red.
Ring stopper. (Naut.) See under Stopper.
Ring thrush (Zool.), the ring ousel.
The prize ring, the ring in which prize fighters contend;
prize fighters, collectively.
The ring.
(a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races.
[Eng.]
(b) The prize ring.
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eavesdropper
(wn) | eavesdropper
n 1: a secret listener to private conversations |
eye dropper
(wn) | eye dropper
n 1: pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one
end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a
time; "she used an eye dropper to administer medication to
the eyes" [syn: dropper, eye dropper] |
name dropper
(wn) | name dropper
n 1: someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends |
EAVES-DROPPERS
(bouvier) | EAVES-DROPPERS, crim. law. Persons as wait under walls or windows or the
eaves of a house, to listen to discourses, and thereupon to frame
mischievous tales.
2. The common law punishment for this offence is fine, and finding
sureties for good behaviour. 4 Bl. Com. 167; Burn's Just. h.t.; Dane's Ab.
Index, h.t.; 1 Russ. Cr. 302.
3. In Tennessee, an indictment will not lie for eaves-dropping. 2 Tenn.
R. 108.
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