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slovo definícia english (mass) English - anglický english (encz) English,anglicky metan english (encz) English,anglický adj: chipmunk english (encz) English,angličtina metan English (gcide) English \Eng"lish\, a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. Anglican.] Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race. [1913 Webster] English bond (Arch.) See 1st Bond, n., 8. English breakfast tea. See Congou. English horn. (Mus.) See Corno Inglese. English walnut. (Bot.) See under Walnut. [1913 Webster] English (gcide) English \Eng"lish\, n. 1. Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons. [1913 Webster] 2. The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries. [1913 Webster] Note: The English language has been variously divided into periods by different writers. In the division most commonly recognized, the first period dates from about 450 to 1150. This is the period of full inflection, and is called Anglo-Saxon, or, by many recent writers, Old English. The second period dates from about 1150 to 1550 (or, if four periods be recognized, from about 1150 to 1350), and is called Early English, Middle English, or more commonly (as in the usage of this book), Old English. During this period most of the inflections were dropped, and there was a great addition of French words to the language. The third period extends from about 1350 to 1550, and is Middle English. During this period orthography became comparatively fixed. The last period, from about 1550, is called Modern English. [1913 Webster] 3. A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type. [1913 Webster] Note: The type called English. [1913 Webster] 4. (Billiards) A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball. [1913 Webster] The King's English or The Queen's English. See under King. [1913 Webster] English (gcide) English \Eng"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Englished; p. pr. & vb. n. Englishing.] 1. To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain. [1913 Webster] Those gracious acts . . . may be Englished more properly, acts of fear and dissimulation. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Caxton does not care to alter the French forms and words in the book which he was Englishing. --T. L. K. Oliphant. [1913 Webster] 2. (Billiards) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] english (wn) English adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people; "English history"; "the English landed aristocracy"; "English literature" 2: of or relating to the English language n 1: an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries [syn: English, English language] 2: the people of England [syn: English, English people] 3: the discipline that studies the English language and literature 4: (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist [syn: English, side] english (foldoc) English The official name of the database language used by the Pick operating system, actually a sort of crufty, brain-damaged SQL with delusions of grandeur. The name permits marketroids to say "Yes, and you can program our computers in English!" to ignorant suits without quite running afoul of the truth-in-advertising laws. ["Exploring the Pick Operating System", J.E. Sisk et al, Hayden 1986]. [Jargon File] (2014-06-27) english (jargon) English 1. n. obs. The source code for a program, which may be in any language, as opposed to the linkable or executable binary produced from it by a compiler. The idea behind the term is that to a real hacker, a program written in his favorite programming language is at least as readable as English. Usage: mostly by old-time hackers, though recognizable in context. Today the preferred shorthand is simply source. 2. The official name of the database language used by the old Pick Operating System, actually a sort of crufty, brain-damaged SQL with delusions of grandeur. The name permitted marketroids to say “Yes, and you can program our computers in English!” to ignorant suits without quite running afoul of the truth-in-advertising laws.

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(Eng. Law) A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest; or, if the owner have no issue, to the youngest brother. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] Early English (gcide) Early \Ear"ly\, a. [Compar. Earlier ([~e]r"l[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Earliest.] [OE. earlich. [root]204. See Early, adv.] 1. In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to late; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit. [1913 Webster] Early and provident fear is the mother of safety. --Burke. [1913 Webster] The doorsteps and threshold with the early grass springing up about them. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 2. Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc. [1913 Webster] Seen in life's early morning sky. --Keble. [1913 Webster] The forms of its earlier manhood. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] The earliest poem he composed was in his seventeenth summer. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster] Early English (Philol.) See the Note under English. Early English architecture, the first of the pointed or Gothic styles used in England, succeeding the Norman style in the 12th and 13th centuries. Syn: Forward; timely; not late; seasonable. [1913 Webster] Early English architecture (gcide) Early \Ear"ly\, a. [Compar. Earlier ([~e]r"l[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Earliest.] [OE. earlich. [root]204. See Early, adv.] 1. In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to late; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit. [1913 Webster] Early and provident fear is the mother of safety. --Burke. [1913 Webster] The doorsteps and threshold with the early grass springing up about them. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 2. Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc. [1913 Webster] Seen in life's early morning sky. --Keble. [1913 Webster] The forms of its earlier manhood. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] The earliest poem he composed was in his seventeenth summer. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster] Early English (Philol.) See the Note under English. Early English architecture, the first of the pointed or Gothic styles used in England, succeeding the Norman style in the 12th and 13th centuries. Syn: Forward; timely; not late; seasonable. [1913 Webster] English (gcide) English \Eng"lish\, a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. Anglican.] Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race. [1913 Webster] English bond (Arch.) See 1st Bond, n., 8. English breakfast tea. See Congou. English horn. (Mus.) See Corno Inglese. English walnut. (Bot.) See under Walnut. [1913 Webster]English \Eng"lish\, n. 1. Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons. [1913 Webster] 2. The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries. [1913 Webster] Note: The English language has been variously divided into periods by different writers. In the division most commonly recognized, the first period dates from about 450 to 1150. This is the period of full inflection, and is called Anglo-Saxon, or, by many recent writers, Old English. The second period dates from about 1150 to 1550 (or, if four periods be recognized, from about 1150 to 1350), and is called Early English, Middle English, or more commonly (as in the usage of this book), Old English. During this period most of the inflections were dropped, and there was a great addition of French words to the language. The third period extends from about 1350 to 1550, and is Middle English. During this period orthography became comparatively fixed. The last period, from about 1550, is called Modern English. [1913 Webster] 3. A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type. [1913 Webster] Note: The type called English. [1913 Webster] 4. (Billiards) A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball. [1913 Webster] The King's English or The Queen's English. See under King. [1913 Webster]English \Eng"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Englished; p. pr. & vb. n. Englishing.] 1. To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain. [1913 Webster] Those gracious acts . . . may be Englished more properly, acts of fear and dissimulation. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Caxton does not care to alter the French forms and words in the book which he was Englishing. --T. L. K. Oliphant. [1913 Webster] 2. (Billiards) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] English bond (gcide) Bond \Bond\ (b[o^]nd), n. [The same word as band. Cf. Band, Bend.] 1. That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle. [1913 Webster] Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder, I gained my freedom. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint. "This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds." --Acts xxvi. [1913 Webster] 3. A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; as, the bonds of fellowship. [1913 Webster] A people with whom I have no tie but the common bond of mankind. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 4. Moral or political duty or obligation. [1913 Webster] I love your majesty According to my bond, nor more nor less. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. (Law) A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified, the obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in full force. If the condition is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the whole sum. --Bouvier. --Wharton. [1913 Webster] 6. A financial instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for purpose of borrowing money; a written promise to pay a specific sum of money on or before a specified day, given in return for a sum of money; as, a government, city, or railway bond. [1913 Webster] 7. The state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond. [1913 Webster] 8. (Arch.) The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English bond or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break joints; Cross bond, which differs from the English by the change of the second stretcher line so that its joints come in the middle of the first, and the same position of stretchers comes back every fifth line; Combined cross and English bond, where the inner part of the wall is laid in the one method, the outer in the other. [1913 Webster] 9. (Chem.) A unit of chemical attraction between atoms; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. Also called {chemical bond}. It is often represented in graphic formul[ae] by a short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and Valence. Several types of bond are distinguished by chemists, as double bond, triple bond, {covalent bond}, hydrogen bond. [1913 Webster +PJC] 10. (Elec.) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 11. League; association; confederacy. [South Africa] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] The Africander Bond, a league or association appealing to African, but practically to Boer, patriotism. --James Bryce. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Arbitration bond. See under Arbitration. Bond creditor (Law), a creditor whose debt is secured by a bond. --Blackstone. covalent bond, an attractive force between two atoms of a molecule generated by the merging of an electron orbital of each atom into a combined orbital in the molecule. Such bonds vary in strength, but in molecules of substances typically encountered in human experience (as, water or alcohol) they are sufficiently strong to persist and maintain the identity and integrity of the molecule over appreciable periods of time. Each such bond satisfies one unit of valence for each of the atoms thus bonded. Contrasted with hydrogen bond, which is weaker and does not satisfy the valence of either atom involved. double bond, triple bond, a covalent bond which involves the merging of orbitals of two (or three) electrons on each of the two connected atoms, thus satisfying two (or three) units of valence on each of the bonded atoms. When two carbon atoms are thus bonded, the bond (and the compound) are said to be unsaturated. Bond debt (Law), a debt contracted under the obligation of a bond. --Burrows. hydrogen bond, a non-covalent bond between hydrogen and another atom, usually oxygen or nitrogen. It does not involve the sharing of electrons between the bonded atoms, and therefore does not satisfy the valence of either atom. Hydrogen bonds are weak (ca. 5 kcal/mol) and may be frequently broken and reformed in solution at room temperature. Bond of a slate or lap of a slate, the distance between the top of one slate and the bottom or drip of the second slate above, i. e., the space which is covered with three thicknesses; also, the distance between the nail of the under slate and the lower edge of the upper slate. Bond timber, timber worked into a wall to tie or strengthen it longitudinally. [1913 Webster +PJC] Syn: Chains; fetters; captivity; imprisonment. [1913 Webster]English \Eng"lish\, a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. Anglican.] Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race. [1913 Webster] English bond (Arch.) See 1st Bond, n., 8. English breakfast tea. See Congou. English horn. (Mus.) See Corno Inglese. English walnut. (Bot.) See under Walnut. [1913 Webster] English breakfast tea (gcide) Congou \Con"gou\, Congo \Con"go\, n. [Chin. kung-foo labor.] Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. Also called English breakfast tea. See Tea. [1913 Webster +PJC] Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou, or the "well worked", a name which took the place of the Bohea of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the term "English breakfast tea." --S. W. Williams. [1913 Webster]English \Eng"lish\, a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. Anglican.] Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race. [1913 Webster] English bond (Arch.) See 1st Bond, n., 8. English breakfast tea. See Congou. English horn. (Mus.) See Corno Inglese. English walnut. (Bot.) See under Walnut. [1913 Webster] English church (gcide) Church \Church\ (ch[^u]rch), n. [OE. chirche, chireche, cherche, Scot. kirk, from AS. circe, cyrice; akin to D. kerk, Icel. kirkja, Sw. kyrka, Dan. kirke, G. kirche, OHG. chirihha; all fr. Gr. kyriako`n the Lord's house, fr. kyriako`s concerning a master or lord, fr. ky`rios master, lord, fr. ky^ros power, might; akin to Skr. [,c][=u]ra hero, Zend. [,c]ura strong, OIr. caur, cur, hero. Cf. Kirk.] [1913 Webster] 1. A building set apart for Christian worship. [1913 Webster] 2. A Jewish or heathen temple. [Obs.] --Acts xix. 37. [1913 Webster] 3. A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together. "When they had ordained them elders in every church." --Acts xiv. 23. [1913 Webster] 4. A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church. [1913 Webster] 5. The collective body of Christians. [1913 Webster] 6. Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm. [1913 Webster] 7. The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil. [1913 Webster] Remember that both church and state are properly the rulers of the people, only because they are their benefactors. --Bulwer. [1913 Webster] Note: Church is often used in composition to denote something belonging or relating to the church; as, church authority; church history; church member; church music, etc. [1913 Webster] Apostolic church. See under Apostolic. Broad church. See Broad Church. Catholic church or Universal church, the whole body of believers in Christ throughout the world. Church of England, or English church, the Episcopal church established and endowed in England by law. Church living, a benefice in an established church. Church militant. See under Militant. Church owl (Zool.), the white owl. See Barn owl. Church rate, a tax levied on parishioners for the maintenance of the church and its services. Church session. See under Session. Church triumphant. See under Triumphant. Church work, work on, or in behalf of, a church; the work of a particular church for the spread of religion. Established church, the church maintained by the civil authority; a state church. [1913 Webster] English grass (gcide) Redtop \Red"top`\ (-t?p`), n. (Bot.) A kind of grass (Agrostis vulgaris) highly valued in the United States for pasturage and hay for cattle; -- called also English grass, and in some localities herd's grass. See Illustration in Appendix. The tall redtop is {Triodia seslerioides}. [1913 Webster] English horn (gcide) English \Eng"lish\, a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. Anglican.] Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race. [1913 Webster] English bond (Arch.) See 1st Bond, n., 8. English breakfast tea. See Congou. English horn. (Mus.) See Corno Inglese. English walnut. (Bot.) See under Walnut. [1913 Webster] English ivy (gcide) Ivy \I"vy\, n.; pl. Ivies. [AS. [imac]fig; akin to OHG. ebawi, ebah, G. epheu.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Hedera (Hedera helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers. [1913 Webster] Direct The clasping ivy where to climb. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere. --Milton. [1913 Webster] American ivy. (Bot.) See Virginia creeper. English ivy (Bot.), a popular name in America for the ivy proper (Hedera helix). German ivy (Bot.), a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of Senecio (Senecio scandens). Ground ivy. (Bot.) Gill (Nepeta Glechoma). Ivy bush. (Bot.) See Mountain laurel, under Mountain. Ivy owl (Zool.), the barn owl. Ivy tod (Bot.), the ivy plant. --Tennyson. Japanese ivy (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Ampelopsis tricuspidata}), closely related to the Virginia creeper. Poison ivy (Bot.), an American woody creeper ({Rhus Toxicodendron}), with trifoliate leaves, and greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the touch for most persons. To pipe in an ivy leaf, to console one's self as best one can. [Obs.] --Chaucer. West Indian ivy, a climbing plant of the genus Marcgravia. [1913 Webster] English mercury (gcide) Mercury \Mer"cu*ry\, n. [L. Mercurius; akin to merx wares.] 1. (Rom. Myth.) A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and god of eloquence. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction from cinnabar, one of its ores. It is a heavy, opaque, glistening liquid (commonly called quicksilver), and is used in barometers, thermometers, etc. Specific gravity 13.6. Symbol Hg (Hydrargyrum). Atomic weight 199.8. Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom. It was named by the alchemists after the god Mercury, and designated by his symbol, [mercury]. [1913 Webster] Note: Mercury forms alloys, called amalgams, with many metals, and is thus used in applying tin foil to the backs of mirrors, and in extracting gold and silver from their ores. It is poisonous, and is used in medicine in the free state as in blue pill, and in its compounds as calomel, corrosive sublimate, etc. It is the only metal which is liquid at ordinary temperatures, and it solidifies at about -39[deg] Centigrade to a soft, malleable, ductile metal. [1913 Webster] 3. (Astron.) One of the planets of the solar system, being the one nearest the sun, from which its mean distance is about 36,000,000 miles. Its period is 88 days, and its diameter 3,000 miles. [1913 Webster] 4. A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger; hence, also, a newspaper. --Sir J. Stephen. "The monthly Mercuries." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 5. Sprightly or mercurial quality; spirit; mutability; fickleness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He was so full of mercury that he could not fix long in any friendship, or to any design. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster] 6. (Bot.) A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for spinach, in Europe. [1913 Webster] Note: The name is also applied, in the United States, to certain climbing plants, some of which are poisonous to the skin, esp. to the Rhus Toxicodendron, or poison ivy. [1913 Webster] Dog's mercury (Bot.), Mercurialis perennis, a perennial plant differing from Mercurialis annua by having the leaves sessile. English mercury (Bot.), a kind of goosefoot formerly used as a pot herb; -- called Good King Henry. Horn mercury (Min.), a mineral chloride of mercury, having a semitranslucent, hornlike appearance. [1913 Webster] English pale (gcide) Pale \Pale\, n. [F. pal, fr. L. palus: cf. D. paal. See Pole a stake, and 1st Pallet.] 1. A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket. [1913 Webster] Deer creep through when a pale tumbles down. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster] 2. That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade. "Within one pale or hedge." --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster] 3. A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively. "To walk the studious cloister's pale." --Milton. "Out of the pale of civilization." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 4. Hence: A region within specified bounds, whether or not enclosed or demarcated. [PJC] 5. A stripe or band, as on a garment. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 6. (Her.) One of the greater ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant from the two edges, and occupying one third of it. [1913 Webster] 7. A cheese scoop. --Simmonds. [1913 Webster] 8. (Shipbuilding) A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened. [1913 Webster] English pale, Irish pale (Hist.), the limits or territory in Eastern Ireland within which alone the English conquerors of Ireland held dominion for a long period after their invasion of the country by Henry II in 1172. See note, below. beyond the pale outside the limits of what is allowed or proper; also, outside the limits within which one is protected. --Spencer. [1913 Webster +PJC] Note: The English Pale. That part of Ireland in which English law was acknowledged, and within which the dominion of the English was restricted, for some centuries after the conquests of Henry II. John distributed the part of Ireland then subject to England into 12 counties palatine, and this region became subsequently known as the Pale, but the limits varied at different times. [Century Dict., 1906] English pheasant (gcide) Pheasant \Pheas"ant\ (f[e^]z"ant), n. [OE. fesant, fesaunt, OF. faisant, faisan, F. faisan, L. phasianus, Gr. fasiano`s (sc. 'o`rnis) the Phasian bird, pheasant, fr. Fa`sis a river in Colchis or Pontus.] 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the genus Phasianus, and many other genera of the family Phasianid[ae], found chiefly in Asia. [1913 Webster] Note: The common pheasant, or English pheasant ({Phasianus Colchicus}) is now found over most of temperate Europe, but was introduced from Asia. The ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus torquatus) and the green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor) have been introduced into Oregon. The golden pheasant (Thaumalea picta) is one of the most beautiful species. The silver pheasant (Euplocamus nychthemerus) of China, and several related species from Southern Asia, are very beautiful. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) The ruffed grouse. [Southern U.S.] [1913 Webster] Note: Various other birds are locally called pheasants, as the lyre bird, the leipoa, etc. [1913 Webster] Fireback pheasant. See Fireback. Gold pheasant, or Golden pheasant (Zool.), a Chinese pheasant (Thaumalea picta), having rich, varied colors. The crest is amber-colored, the rump is golden yellow, and the under parts are scarlet. Mountain pheasant (Zool.), the ruffed grouse. [Local, U.S.] Pheasant coucal (Zool.), a large Australian cuckoo (Centropus phasianus). The general color is black, with chestnut wings and brown tail. Called also {pheasant cuckoo}. The name is also applied to other allied species. Pheasant duck. (Zool.) (a) The pintail. (b) The hooded merganser. Pheasant parrot (Zool.), a large and beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus Adelaidensis). The male has the back black, the feathers margined with yellowish blue and scarlet, the quills deep blue, the wing coverts and cheeks light blue, the crown, sides of the neck, breast, and middle of the belly scarlet. Pheasant's eye. (Bot.) (a) A red-flowered herb (Adonis autumnalis) of the Crowfoot family; -- called also {pheasant's-eye Adonis}. (b) The garden pink (Dianthus plumarius); -- called also Pheasant's-eye pink. Pheasant shell (Zool.), any marine univalve shell of the genus Phasianella, of which numerous species are found in tropical seas. The shell is smooth and usually richly colored, the colors often forming blotches like those of a pheasant. Pheasant wood. (Bot.) Same as Partridge wood (a), under Partridge. Sea pheasant (Zool.), the pintail. Water pheasant. (Zool.) (a) The sheldrake. (b) The hooded merganser. [1913 Webster] English red (gcide) Red \Red\ (r?d), n. 1. The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these. "Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A red pigment. [1913 Webster] 3. (European Politics) An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a. [Cant] [1913 Webster] 4. pl. (Med.) The menses. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] English red, a pigment prepared by the Dutch, similar to Indian red. Hypericum red, a red resinous dyestuff extracted from Hypericum. Indian red. See under Indian, and Almagra. [1913 Webster] English russet (gcide) Russet \Rus"set\, n. 1. A russet color; a pigment of a russet color. [1913 Webster] 2. Cloth or clothing of a russet color. [1913 Webster] 3. A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the {English russet}, and the Roxbury russet. [1913 Webster] English snipe (gcide) Snipe \Snipe\, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe, snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[imac]pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe, Sw. sn[aum]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See Snap, Snaffle.] 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. [1913 Webster] Note: The common, or whole, snipe (Gallinago c[oe]lestis) and the great, or double, snipe (Gallinago major), are the most important European species. The Wilson's snipe (Gallinago delicata) (sometimes erroneously called English snipe) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher (Macrohamphus griseus), are well-known American species. [1913 Webster] 2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Half snipe, the dunlin; the jacksnipe. Jack snipe. See Jacksnipe. Quail snipe. See under Quail. Robin snipe, the knot. Sea snipe. See in the Vocabulary. Shore snipe, any sandpiper. Snipe hawk, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] Stone snipe, the tattler. Summer snipe, the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers. Winter snipe. See Rock snipe, under Rock. Woodcock snipe, the great snipe. [1913 Webster] English walnut (gcide) Walnut \Wal"nut\, n. [OE. walnot, AS. wealh-hnutu a Welsh or foreign nut, a walnut; wealh foreign, strange, n., a Welshman, Celt (akin to OHG. Walh, properly, a Celt, from the name of a Celtic tribe, in L. Volcae) + hnutu a nut; akin to D. walnoot, G. walnuss, Icel. valhnot, Sw. valn["o]t, Dan valn["o]d. See Nut, and cf. Welsh.] (Bot.) The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus Juglans; also, the tree, and its timber. The seven or eight known species are all natives of the north temperate zone. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] Note: In some parts of America, especially in New England, the name walnut is given to several species of hickory (Carya), and their fruit. [1913 Webster] Ash-leaved walnut, a tree (Juglans fraxinifolia), native in Transcaucasia. Black walnut, a North American tree (Juglans nigra) valuable for its purplish brown wood, which is extensively used in cabinetwork and for gunstocks. The nuts are thick-shelled, and nearly globular. English walnut, or European walnut, a tree ({Juglans regia}), native of Asia from the Caucasus to Japan, valuable for its timber and for its excellent nuts, which are also called Madeira nuts. Walnut brown, a deep warm brown color, like that of the heartwood of the black walnut. Walnut oil, oil extracted from walnut meats. It is used in cooking, making soap, etc. White walnut, a North American tree (Juglans cinerea), bearing long, oval, thick-shelled, oily nuts, commonly called butternuts. See Butternut. [1913 Webster]English \Eng"lish\, a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. Anglican.] Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race. [1913 Webster] English bond (Arch.) See 1st Bond, n., 8. English breakfast tea. See Congou. English horn. (Mus.) See Corno Inglese. English walnut. (Bot.) See under Walnut. [1913 Webster] English white oak (gcide) Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] Note: Among the true oaks in America are: Barren oak, or Black-jack, Quercus nigra. Basket oak, Quercus Michauxii. Black oak, Quercus tinctoria; -- called also yellow oak or quercitron oak. Bur oak (see under Bur.), Quercus macrocarpa; -- called also over-cup or mossy-cup oak. Chestnut oak, Quercus Prinus and Quercus densiflora. Chinquapin oak (see under Chinquapin), {Quercus prinoides}. Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia, of California; -- also called enceno. Live oak (see under Live), Quercus virens, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, Quercus Chrysolepis, of California. Pin oak. Same as Swamp oak. Post oak, Quercus obtusifolia. Red oak, Quercus rubra. Scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea. Scrub oak, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus undulata, etc. Shingle oak, Quercus imbricaria. Spanish oak, Quercus falcata. Swamp Spanish oak, or Pin oak, Quercus palustris. Swamp white oak, Quercus bicolor. Water oak, Quercus aquatica. Water white oak, Quercus lyrata. Willow oak, Quercus Phellos. [1913 Webster] Among the true oaks in Europe are: Bitter oak, or Turkey oak, Quercus Cerris (see Cerris). Cork oak, Quercus Suber. English white oak, Quercus Robur. Evergreen oak, Holly oak, or Holm oak, Quercus Ilex. Kermes oak, Quercus coccifera. Nutgall oak, Quercus infectoria. [1913 Webster] Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus Quercus, are: African oak, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}). Australian oak or She oak, any tree of the genus Casuarina (see Casuarina). Indian oak, the teak tree (see Teak). Jerusalem oak. See under Jerusalem. New Zealand oak, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon excelsum}). Poison oak, a shrub once not distinguished from poison ivy, but now restricted to Rhus toxicodendron or {Rhus diversiloba}. Silky oak or Silk-bark oak, an Australian tree (Grevillea robusta). [1913 Webster] Green oak, oak wood colored green by the growth of the mycelium of certain fungi. Oak apple, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young. Oak beauty (Zool.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak. Oak gall, a gall found on the oak. See 2d Gall. Oak leather (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood. Oak pruner. (Zool.) See Pruner, the insect. Oak spangle, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the insect Diplolepis lenticularis. Oak wart, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak. The Oaks, one of the three great annual English horse races (the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called from his estate. To sport one's oak, to be "not at home to visitors," signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.] [1913 Webster] English wintergreen (gcide) Wintergreen \Win"ter*green`\, n. (Bot.) A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter. [1913 Webster] Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the species of Pyrola which in America are called English wintergreen, and shin leaf (see Shin leaf, under Shin.) In America, the name wintergreen is given to Gaultheria procumbens, a low evergreen aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed by red berries; -- called also checkerberry, and sometimes, though improperly, partridge berry. [1913 Webster] Chickweed wintergreen, a low perennial primulaceous herb (Trientalis Americana); -- also called star flower. Flowering wintergreen, a low plant (Polygala paucifolia) with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen (Gaultheria), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple blossoms. oil of wintergreen, An aromatic oil, consisting almost entirely of methyl salicylate (CH3CO.O.C6H4.OH), obtained by distillation of an extract of the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens); it can also be obtained from some other plants. It is used as a flavoring agent for tooth powders and pastes, sometimes combined with menthol or eucalyptus. It is called also oil of teaberry, {oil of partridgeberry}, and oil of gaultheria. Spotted wintergreen, a low evergreen plant ({Chimaphila maculata}) with ovate, white-spotted leaves. [1913 Webster + PJC] Englishable (gcide) Englishable \Eng"lish*a*ble\, a. Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English. [1913 Webster] Englished (gcide) English \Eng"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Englished; p. pr. & vb. n. Englishing.] 1. To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain. [1913 Webster] Those gracious acts . . . may be Englished more properly, acts of fear and dissimulation. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Caxton does not care to alter the French forms and words in the book which he was Englishing. --T. L. K. Oliphant. [1913 Webster] 2. (Billiards) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] Englishing (gcide) English \Eng"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Englished; p. pr. & vb. n. Englishing.] 1. To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain. [1913 Webster] Those gracious acts . . . may be Englished more properly, acts of fear and dissimulation. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Caxton does not care to alter the French forms and words in the book which he was Englishing. --T. L. K. Oliphant. [1913 Webster] 2. (Billiards) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] Englishism (gcide) Englishism \Eng"lish*ism\, n. 1. A quality or characteristic peculiar to the English. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] 2. A form of expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in England; an Anglicism. [1913 Webster] Englishman (gcide) Englishman \Eng"lish*man\ (-man), n.; pl. Englishmen (-men). A native or a naturalized inhabitant of England. [1913 Webster] Englishmen (gcide) Englishman \Eng"lish*man\ (-man), n.; pl. Englishmen (-men). A native or a naturalized inhabitant of England. [1913 Webster] Englishry (gcide) Englishry \Eng"lish*ry\, n. 1. The state or privilege of being an Englishman. [Obs.] --Cowell. [1913 Webster] 2. A body of English or people of English descent; -- commonly applied to English people in Ireland. [1913 Webster] A general massacre of the Englishry. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] English-speaking (gcide) English-speaking \English-speaking\ adj. able to communicate in English. [WordNet 1.5] English-weed (gcide) English-weed \English-weed\ n. a South African bulbous wood sorrel (Oxalis cernua) with showy yellow flowers. Syn: Bermuda buttercup, Oxalis pes-caprae, Oxalis cernua. [WordNet 1.5] Englishwoman (gcide) Englishwoman \Eng"lish*wom`an\, n.; pl. Englishwomen. Fem. of Englishman. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Englishwomen (gcide) Englishwoman \Eng"lish*wom`an\, n.; pl. Englishwomen. Fem. of Englishman. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Indo-English (gcide) Indo-English \In`do-Eng"lish\, a. [Indo- + English.] Of or relating to the English who are born or reside in India; Anglo-Indian. [1913 Webster] Middle English (gcide) Middle \Mid"dle\ (m[i^]d"d'l), a. [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. [root]271. See Mid, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age. [1913 Webster] 2. Intermediate; intervening. [1913 Webster] Will, seeking good, finds many middle ends. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] Note: Middle is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, middle-sized, middle-witted. [1913 Webster] Middle Ages, the period of time intervening between the decline of the Roman Empire and the revival of letters. Hallam regards it as beginning with the sixth and ending with the fifteenth century. Middle class, in England, people who have an intermediate position between the aristocracy and the artisan class. It includes professional men, bankers, merchants, and small landed proprietors [1913 Webster] The middle-class electorate of Great Britain. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] Middle distance. (Paint.) See Middle-ground. Middle English. See English, n., 2. Middle Kingdom, China. Middle oil (Chem.), that part of the distillate obtained from coal tar which passes over between 170[deg] and 230[deg] Centigrade; -- distinguished from the {light oil}, and the heavy oil or dead oil. Middle passage, in the slave trade, that part of the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the West Indies. Middle post. (Arch.) Same as King-post. Middle States, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware; which, at the time of the formation of the Union, occupied a middle position between the Eastern States (or New England) and the Southern States. [U.S.] Middle term (Logic), that term of a syllogism with which the two extremes are separately compared, and by means of which they are brought together in the conclusion. --Brande. Middle tint (Paint.), a subdued or neutral tint. --Fairholt. Middle voice. (Gram.) See under Voice. Middle watch, the period from midnight to four a. m.; also, the men on watch during that time. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. Middle weight, a pugilist, boxer, or wrestler classed as of medium weight, i. e., over 140 and not over 160 lbs., in distinction from those classed as light weights, {heavy weights}, etc. [1913 Webster] Modern English (gcide) Modern \Mod"ern\, a. [F. moderne, L. modernus; akin to modo just now, orig. abl. of modus measure; hence, by measure, just now. See Mode.] 1. Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. New and common; trite; commonplace. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] We have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Modern English. See the Note under English. [1913 Webster] Old English (gcide) Old \Old\, a. [Compar. Older; superl. Oldest.] [OE. old, ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald, old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up, Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish. Cf. Adult, Alderman, Aliment, Auld, Elder.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree. [1913 Webster] Let not old age disgrace my high desire. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] The melancholy news that we grow old. --Young. [1913 Webster] 2. Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship. "An old acquaintance." --Camden. [1913 Webster] 3. Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise. "The old schools of Greece." --Milton. "The character of the old Ligurians." --Addison. [1913 Webster] 4. Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old. [1913 Webster] And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? --Cen. xlvii. 8. [1913 Webster] Note: In this use old regularly follows the noun that designates the age; as, she was eight years old. [1913 Webster] 5. Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice. [1913 Webster] Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 6. Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to new land, that is, to land lately cleared. [1913 Webster] 7. Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes. [1913 Webster] 8. More than enough; abundant. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have old turning the key. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 9. Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of reproach. [1913 Webster] 10. Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly. [1913 Webster] 11. Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity. "Go thy ways, old lad." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Old age, advanced years; the latter period of life. Old bachelor. See Bachelor, 1. Old Catholics. See under Catholic. Old English. See under English. n., 2. Old Nick, Old Scratch, the devil. Old lady (Zool.), a large European noctuid moth ({Mormo maura}). Old maid. (a) A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never been married; a spinster. (b) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered periwinkle (Vinca rosea). (c) A simple game of cards, played by matching them. The person with whom the odd card is left is the old maid. Old man's beard. (Bot.) (a) The traveler's joy (Clematis Vitalba). So named from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit. (b) The Tillandsia usneoides. See Tillandsia. Old man's head (Bot.), a columnar cactus ({Pilocereus senilis}), native of Mexico, covered towards the top with long white hairs. Old red sandstone (Geol.), a series of red sandstone rocks situated below the rocks of the Carboniferous age and comprising various strata of siliceous sandstones and conglomerates. See Sandstone, and the Chart of Geology. Old school, a school or party belonging to a former time, or preserving the character, manner, or opinions of a former time; as, a gentleman of the old school; -- used also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyterians. Old sledge, an old and well-known game of cards, called also all fours, and high, low, Jack, and the game. Old squaw (Zool.), a duck (Clangula hyemalis) inhabiting the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is varied with black and white and is remarkable for the length of its tail. Called also longtailed duck, {south southerly}, callow, hareld, and old wife. Old style. (Chron.) See the Note under Style. Old Testament. See Old Testament under Testament, and see tanak. Old wife. [In the senses b and c written also oldwife.] (a) A prating old woman; a gossip. Refuse profane and old wives' fables. --1 Tim. iv. 7. (b) (Zool.) The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus), the American alewife, etc. (c) (Zool.) A duck; the old squaw. Old World, the Eastern Hemisphere. [1913 Webster] Syn: Aged; ancient; pristine; primitive; antique; antiquated; old-fashioned; obsolete. See Ancient. [1913 Webster]Anglo-Saxon \An"glo-Sax"on\, n. [L. Angli-Saxones English Saxons.] 1. A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or "Old") Saxon. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest. [1913 Webster] It is quite correct to call [AE]thelstan "King of the Anglo-Saxons," but to call this or that subject of [AE]thelstan "an Anglo-Saxon" is simply nonsense. --E. A. Freeman. [1913 Webster] 3. The language of the English people before the Norman conquest in 1066 (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon. Syn: Old English [1913 Webster] 4. One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense. [1913 Webster] 5. a person of Anglo-Saxon (esp British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in "WASP for `White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'"; "this Anglo-Saxon view of things". [WordNet 1.5] Pigeon English (gcide) Pigeon \Pi"geon\, n. [F., fr. L. pipio a young pipping or chirping bird, fr. pipire to peep, chirp. Cf. Peep to chirp.] 1. (Zool.) Any bird of the order Columb[ae], of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world. [1913 Webster] Note: The common domestic pigeon, or dove, was derived from the Old World rock pigeon or rock dove ({Columba livia}), common in cities. It has given rise to numerous very remarkable varieties, such as the carrier, fantail, nun, pouter, tumbler, etc. The common wild pigeon of the Eastern United States is the Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura, called also Carolina dove). Before the 19th century, the most common pigeon was the passenger pigeon, but that species is now extinct. See Passenger pigeon, and Carolina dove under Dove. See, also, {Fruit pigeon}, Ground pigeon, Queen pigeon, {Stock pigeon}, under Fruit, Ground, etc. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull. [Slang] [1913 Webster] Blue pigeon (Zool.), an Australian passerine bird (Graucalus melanops); -- called also black-faced crow. Green pigeon (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons belonging to the family Treronid[ae]. Imperial pigeon (Zool.), any one of the large Asiatic fruit pigeons of the genus Carpophada. Pigeon berry (Bot.), the purplish black fruit of the pokeweed; also, the plant itself. See Pokeweed. Pigeon English [perhaps a corruption of business English], an extraordinary and grotesque dialect, employed in the commercial cities of China, as the medium of communication between foreign merchants and the Chinese. Its base is English, with a mixture of Portuguese and Hindustani. --Johnson's Cyc. Pigeon grass (Bot.), a kind of foxtail grass ({Setaria glauca}), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly eaten by pigeons and other birds. Pigeon hawk. (Zool.) (a) A small American falcon (Falco columbarius). The adult male is dark slate-blue above, streaked with black on the back; beneath, whitish or buff, streaked with brown. The tail is banded. (b) The American sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter velox or Accipiter fuscus). Pigeon hole. (a) A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house. (b) See Pigeonhole. (c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled through little arches. --Halliwell. Pigeon house, a dovecote. Pigeon pea (Bot.), the seed of Cajanus Indicus; a kind of pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the plant itself. Pigeon plum (Bot.), the edible drupes of two West African species of Chrysobalanus (Chrysobalanus ellipticus and Chrysobalanus luteus). Pigeon tremex. (Zool.) See under Tremex. Pigeon wood (Bot.), a name in the West Indies for the wood of several very different kinds of trees, species of Dipholis, Diospyros, and Coccoloba. Pigeon woodpecker (Zool.), the flicker. Prairie pigeon. (Zool.) (a) The upland plover. (b) The golden plover. [Local, U.S.] [1913 Webster]