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etc
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- atď |
etc
(mass) | etc.
- atď |
etc.
(encz) | etc.,a tak dále [zkr.] et cetera (latinsky) luke |
etc.
(encz) | etc.,apod. [zkr.] web |
etc.
(encz) | etc.,atd. [zkr.] Zdeněk Brož |
etc.
(wn) | etc.
adv 1: continuing in the same way [syn: and so forth, {and so
on}, etcetera, etc.] |
etc
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- atď |
fetch
(mass) | fetch
- priniesť |
letch
(mass) | letch
- túžba, chtíč |
sketch
(mass) | sketch
- náčrt, načrtnúť |
stretch
(mass) | stretch
- predĺžiť, tiahnuť |
stretch out
(mass) | stretch out
- predĺžiť |
stretched
(mass) | stretched
- roztiahnutý |
wretched
(mass) | wretched
- biedny |
wretchedly
(mass) | wretchedly
- strašne |
mad etc.
(encz) | mad etc., |
off the kitchen etc.
(encz) | off the kitchen etc., |
salesman etc.
(encz) | salesman etc., |
story etc.
(encz) | story etc., |
kus chleba/topinky se sýrem/kaviárem etc.
(czen) | kus chleba/topinky se sýrem/kaviárem etc.,canape z francouzského slova
pro pohovku Pavel Machek |
pardon me etc.
(czen) | Pardon Me ETC.,PMETC[zkr.] |
Baronetcy
(gcide) | Baronetcy \Bar"on*et*cy\, n.
The rank or patent of a baronet.
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Bitter vetch
(gcide) | Bitter \Bit"ter\, a. [AS. biter; akin to Goth. baitrs, Icel.
bitr, Dan., Sw., D., & G. bitter, OS. bittar, fr. root of E.
bite. See Bite, v. t.]
1. Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of
wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine;
bitter as aloes.
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2. Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe;
as, a bitter cold day.
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3. Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind;
calamitous; poignant.
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It is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast
forsaken the Lord thy God. --Jer. ii. 19.
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4. Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh;
stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.
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Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against
them. --Col. iii.
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5. Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.
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The Egyptians . . . made their lives bitter with
hard bondage. --Ex. i. 14.
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Bitter apple, Bitter cucumber, Bitter gourd. (Bot.) See
Colocynth.
Bitter cress (Bot.), a plant of the genus Cardamine, esp.
Cardamine amara.
Bitter earth (Min.), tale earth; calcined magnesia.
Bitter principles (Chem.), a class of substances, extracted
from vegetable products, having strong bitter taste but
with no sharply defined chemical characteristics.
Bitter salt, Epsom salts; magnesium sulphate.
Bitter vetch (Bot.), a name given to two European
leguminous herbs, Vicia Orobus and Ervum Ervilia.
To the bitter end, to the last extremity, however
calamitous.
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Syn: Acrid; sharp; harsh; pungent; stinging; cutting; severe;
acrimonious.
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Bomb ketch
(gcide) | Ketch \Ketch\ (k[e^]ch), n. [Prob. corrupted fr. Turk.
q[=a][imac]q : cf. F. caiche. Cf. Ca["i]que.] (Naut.)
1. An almost obsolete form of sailing vessel, with a mainmast
and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two
hundred and fifty tons burden.
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2. (Naut.) In modern usage, a sailing vessel having two
masts, with the main mast taller than the aftermost, or
mizzen, mast.
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Bomb ketch. See under Bomb.
[1913 Webster]Bomb \Bomb\, n. [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or
buzzing noise, Gr. ?.]
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1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.]
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A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck,
would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber
beneath. --Bacon.
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2. (Mil.) A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired
from mortars. See Shell.
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3. A bomb ketch.
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Bomb chest (Mil.), a chest filled with bombs, or only with
gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by
its explosion.
Bomb ketch, Bomb vessel (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel,
very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be
used in naval bombardments; -- called also {mortar
vessel}.
Bomb lance, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used
in whale fishing.
Volcanic bomb, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape.
"I noticed volcanic bombs." --Darwin.
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Brevetcies
(gcide) | Brevetcy \Bre*vet"cy\ (br[-e]*v[e^]t"s[y^]), n.; pl.
Brevetcies (-s[i^]z). (Mil.)
The rank or condition of a brevet officer.
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Brevetcy
(gcide) | Brevetcy \Bre*vet"cy\ (br[-e]*v[e^]t"s[y^]), n.; pl.
Brevetcies (-s[i^]z). (Mil.)
The rank or condition of a brevet officer.
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Chichling vetch
(gcide) | Chichling \Chich"ling\, Chichling vetch \Chich"ling vetch`\, n.
[Chich + -ling.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant (Lathyrus sativus), with broad flattened
seeds which are sometimes used for food.
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Conscript fathers etc
(gcide) | Father \Fa"ther\ (f[aum]"[th][~e]r), n. [OE. fader, AS.
f[ae]der; akin to OS. fadar, D. vader, OHG. fatar, G. vater,
Icel. fa[eth]ir Sw. & Dan. fader, OIr. athir, L. pater, Gr.
path`r, Skr. pitr, perh. fr. Skr. p[=a] protect. [root]75,
247. Cf. Papa, Paternal, Patriot, Potential,
Pablum.]
1. One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a
generator; a male parent.
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A wise son maketh a glad father. --Prov. x. 1.
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2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor;
especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or
family; -- in the plural, fathers, ancestors.
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David slept with his fathers. --1 Kings ii.
10.
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Abraham, who is the father of us all. --Rom. iv. 16.
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3. One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance,
affetionate care, counsel, or protection.
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I was a father to the poor. --Job xxix.
16.
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He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all
his house. --Gen. xiv. 8.
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4. A respectful mode of address to an old man.
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And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him
[Elisha], . . . and said, O my father, my father!
--2 Kings
xiii. 14.
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5. A senator of ancient Rome.
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6. A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a
confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest;
also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a
legislative assembly, etc.
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Bless you, good father friar ! --Shak.
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7. One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first
centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as
the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers.
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8. One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a
producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any
art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or
teacher.
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The father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
--Gen. iv. 21.
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Might be the father, Harry, to that thought. --Shak.
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The father of good news. --Shak.
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9. The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first
person in the Trinity.
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Our Father, which art in heaven. --Matt. vi. 9.
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Now had the almighty Father from above . . .
Bent down his eye. --Milton.
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Adoptive father, one who adopts the child of another,
treating it as his own.
Apostolic father, Conscript fathers, etc. See under
Apostolic, Conscript, etc.
Father in God, a title given to bishops.
Father of lies, the Devil.
Father of the bar, the oldest practitioner at the bar.
Fathers of the city, the aldermen.
Father of the Faithful.
(a) Abraham. --Rom. iv. --Gal. iii. 6-9.
(b) Mohammed, or one of the sultans, his successors.
Father of the house, the member of a legislative body who
has had the longest continuous service.
Most Reverend Father in God, a title given to archbishops
and metropolitans, as to the archbishops of Canterbury and
York.
Natural father, the father of an illegitimate child.
Putative father, one who is presumed to be the father of an
illegitimate child; the supposed father.
Spiritual father.
(a) A religious teacher or guide, esp. one instrumental in
leading a soul to God.
(b) (R. C. Ch.) A priest who hears confession in the
sacrament of penance.
The Holy Father (R. C. Ch.), the pope.
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Cornetcy
(gcide) | Cornetcy \Cor"net*cy\ (k?r"n?t-s?), n.
The commission or rank of a cornet.
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cranky fractious irritable peevish peckish pettish petulant testy tetchy techy
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
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2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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Dragon fly etc
(gcide) | Fly \Fly\, n.; pl. Flies (fl[imac]z). [OE. flie, flege, AS.
fl[=y]ge, fle['o]ge, fr. fle['o]gan to fly; akin to D. vlieg,
OHG. flioga, G. fliege, Icel. & Sw. fluga, Dan. flue. [root]
84. See Fly, v. i.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings;
as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly.
(b) Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly;
black fly. See Diptera, and Illust. in Append.
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2. A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing.
"The fur-wrought fly." --Gay.
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3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.]
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A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B.
Jonson.
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4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger.
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5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for
hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.]
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6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes,
the length from the "union" to the extreme end.
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7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the
wind blows.
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8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are
marked; the compass card. --Totten.
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9. (Mech.)
(a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a
fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of
machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the
striking part of a clock.
(b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends
on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the
motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the
power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome,
is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining
press. See Fly wheel (below).
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10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which
holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is
penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight.
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11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a
spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
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12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or
jerk. --Knight.
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13.
(a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from
the press.
(b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power
to a power printing press for doing the same work.
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14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn
over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof
of the tent at no other place.
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15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.
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16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers,
overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.
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17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable
distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a
ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly. Also called
fly ball. "a fly deep into right field"
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18. (Cotton Manuf.) Waste cotton.
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Black fly, Cheese fly, Dragon fly, etc. See under
Black, Cheese, etc. -- Fly agaric (Bot.), a mushroom
(Agaricus muscarius), having a narcotic juice which, in
sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- Fly block
(Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the
working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used
in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- Fly board (Printing
Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by
the fly. -- Fly book, a case in the form of a book for
anglers' flies. --Kingsley.Fly cap, a cap with wings,
formerly worn by women. -- Fly drill, a drill having a
reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the
driving power being applied by the hand through a cord
winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it
rotates backward and forward. --Knight.Fly fishing, the
act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial
flies; fishing using a fly[2] as bait. --Walton. -- --
Fly fisherman, one who fishes using natural or artificial
flies[2] as bait, especially one who fishes exclusively in
that manner. -- Fly flap, an implement for killing
flies. -- Fly governor, a governor for regulating the
speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes
revolving in the air. -- Fly honeysuckle (Bot.), a plant
of the honeysuckle genus (Lonicera), having a bushy stem
and the flowers in pairs, as L. ciliata and {L.
Xylosteum}. -- Fly hook, a fishhook supplied with an
artificial fly. -- Fly leaf, an unprinted leaf at the
beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. --
Fly maggot, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray.
Fly net, a screen to exclude insects.
Fly nut (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger
nut.
Fly orchis (Bot.), a plant (Ophrys muscifera), whose
flowers resemble flies.
Fly paper, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that
feed upon or are entangled by it.
Fly powder, an arsenical powder used to poison flies.
Fly press, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc.,
operated by hand and having a heavy fly.
Fly rail, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged
leaf of a table.
Fly rod, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly.
Fly sheet, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill.
Fly snapper (Zool.), an American bird ({Phainopepla
nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male
is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray.
Fly wheel (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to
equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by
its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to
accumulate or give out energy for a variable or
intermitting resistance. See Fly, n., 9.
On the fly (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a
batted ball caught before touching the ground..
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Dretch
(gcide) | Dretch \Dretch\, v. t. & i.
See Drecche. [Obs.]
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Electro-etching
(gcide) | Electro-etching \E*lec`tro-etch"ing\, n.
A mode of etching upon metals by electrolytic action.
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Etch
(gcide) | Etch \Etch\, v. i.
To practice etching; to make etchings.
[1913 Webster]Etch \Etch\, n.
A variant of Eddish. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
[1913 Webster]Etch \Etch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Etched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Etching.] [D. etsen, G. [aum]tzen to feed, corrode, etch.
MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen ??. See
Eat.]
1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or
the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or
corroded by means of some strong acid.
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Note: The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other
ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then
scored or scratched with a needle, or similar
instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is
then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the
lines thus laid bare.
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2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as
a plate of metal.
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I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875.
--Hamerton.
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3. To sketch; to delineate. [R.]
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There are many empty terms to be found in some
learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch
out their system. --Locke.
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etched
(gcide) | etched \etched\ adj.
Cut or impressed into a surface.
Syn: engraved, graven, incised.
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2. Corroded so that the surface is matte and not fully
transparent; -- of glass.
[PJC]Etch \Etch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Etched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Etching.] [D. etsen, G. [aum]tzen to feed, corrode, etch.
MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen ??. See
Eat.]
1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or
the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or
corroded by means of some strong acid.
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Note: The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other
ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then
scored or scratched with a needle, or similar
instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is
then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the
lines thus laid bare.
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2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as
a plate of metal.
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I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875.
--Hamerton.
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3. To sketch; to delineate. [R.]
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There are many empty terms to be found in some
learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch
out their system. --Locke.
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Etched
(gcide) | etched \etched\ adj.
Cut or impressed into a surface.
Syn: engraved, graven, incised.
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2. Corroded so that the surface is matte and not fully
transparent; -- of glass.
[PJC]Etch \Etch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Etched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Etching.] [D. etsen, G. [aum]tzen to feed, corrode, etch.
MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen ??. See
Eat.]
1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or
the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or
corroded by means of some strong acid.
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Note: The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other
ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then
scored or scratched with a needle, or similar
instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is
then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the
lines thus laid bare.
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2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as
a plate of metal.
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I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875.
--Hamerton.
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3. To sketch; to delineate. [R.]
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There are many empty terms to be found in some
learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch
out their system. --Locke.
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Etcher
(gcide) | Etcher \Etch"er\, n.
One who etches.
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Etching
(gcide) | Etch \Etch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Etched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Etching.] [D. etsen, G. [aum]tzen to feed, corrode, etch.
MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen ??. See
Eat.]
1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or
the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or
corroded by means of some strong acid.
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Note: The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other
ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then
scored or scratched with a needle, or similar
instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is
then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the
lines thus laid bare.
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2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as
a plate of metal.
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I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875.
--Hamerton.
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3. To sketch; to delineate. [R.]
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There are many empty terms to be found in some
learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch
out their system. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]Etching \Etch"ing\, n.
1. The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid
which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in
metal, glass, or the like. See Etch, v. t.
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2. A design carried out by means of the above process; a
pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching.
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3. An impression on paper, parchment, or other material,
taken in ink from an etched plate.
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Etching figures (Min.), markings produced on the face of a
crystal by the action of an appropriate solvent. They have
usually a definite form, and are important as revealing
the molecular structure.
Etching needle, a sharp-pointed steel instrument with which
lines are drawn in the ground or varnish in etching.
Etching stitch (Needlework), a stitch used outline
embroidery.
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Etching figures
(gcide) | Etching \Etch"ing\, n.
1. The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid
which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in
metal, glass, or the like. See Etch, v. t.
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2. A design carried out by means of the above process; a
pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching.
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3. An impression on paper, parchment, or other material,
taken in ink from an etched plate.
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Etching figures (Min.), markings produced on the face of a
crystal by the action of an appropriate solvent. They have
usually a definite form, and are important as revealing
the molecular structure.
Etching needle, a sharp-pointed steel instrument with which
lines are drawn in the ground or varnish in etching.
Etching stitch (Needlework), a stitch used outline
embroidery.
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Etching needle
(gcide) | Etching \Etch"ing\, n.
1. The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid
which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in
metal, glass, or the like. See Etch, v. t.
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2. A design carried out by means of the above process; a
pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching.
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3. An impression on paper, parchment, or other material,
taken in ink from an etched plate.
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Etching figures (Min.), markings produced on the face of a
crystal by the action of an appropriate solvent. They have
usually a definite form, and are important as revealing
the molecular structure.
Etching needle, a sharp-pointed steel instrument with which
lines are drawn in the ground or varnish in etching.
Etching stitch (Needlework), a stitch used outline
embroidery.
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Etching stitch
(gcide) | Etching \Etch"ing\, n.
1. The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid
which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in
metal, glass, or the like. See Etch, v. t.
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2. A design carried out by means of the above process; a
pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching.
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3. An impression on paper, parchment, or other material,
taken in ink from an etched plate.
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Etching figures (Min.), markings produced on the face of a
crystal by the action of an appropriate solvent. They have
usually a definite form, and are important as revealing
the molecular structure.
Etching needle, a sharp-pointed steel instrument with which
lines are drawn in the ground or varnish in etching.
Etching stitch (Needlework), a stitch used outline
embroidery.
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Farfetch
(gcide) | Farfetch \Far"fetch`\, v. t. [Far + fetch.]
To bring from far; to seek out studiously. [Obs.]
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To farfetch the name of Tartar from a Hebrew word.
--Fuller.
[1913 Webster]Farfetch \Far"fetch`\, n.
Anything brought from far, or brought about with studious
care; a deep strategem. [Obs.] "Politic farfetches."
--Hudibras.
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Farfetched
(gcide) | Farfetched \Far"fetched`\, a.
1. Brought from far, or from a remote place.
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Every remedy contained a multitude of farfetched and
heterogeneous ingredients. --Hawthorne.
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2. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or
introduced; forced; strained; hence, implausible or
improbable.
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Far-stretched
(gcide) | Far-stretched \Far"-stretched`\, a.
Stretched beyond ordinary limits.
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fetch
(gcide) | fetch \fetch\, v. i.
To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch
about; to fetch to windward. --Totten.
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To fetch away (Naut.), to break loose; to roll or slide to
leeward.
To fetch and carry, to serve obsequiously, like a trained
spaniel.
[1913 Webster]Fetch \Fetch\ (f[e^]ch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fetched 2;
p. pr. & vb. n.. Fetching.] [OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh.
the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get,
OFries. faka to prepare. [root]77. Cf. Fet, v. t.]
1. To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing
from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go
and bring; to get.
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Time will run back and fetch the age of gold.
--Milton.
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He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a
little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as
she was going to fetch it he called to her, and
said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in
thine hand. --1 Kings
xvii. 11, 12.
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2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
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Our native horses were held in small esteem, and
fetched low prices. --Macaulay.
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3. To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to;
as, to fetch a man to.
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Fetching men again when they swoon. --Bacon.
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4. To reduce; to throw.
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The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to
the ground. --South.
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5. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to
perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to
fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh.
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I'll fetch a turn about the garden. --Shak.
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He fetches his blow quick and sure. --South.
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6. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive
at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
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Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched
The siren's isle. --Chapman.
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7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
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They could n't fetch the butter in the churn. --W.
Barnes.
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To fetch a compass (Naut.), to make a circuit; to take a
circuitous route going to a place.
To fetch a pump, to make it draw water by pouring water
into the top and working the handle.
To fetch headway or To fetch sternway (Naut.), to move
ahead or astern.
To fetch out, to develop. "The skill of the polisher
fetches out the colors [of marble]" --Addison.
To fetch up.
(a) To overtake. [Obs.] "Says [the hare], I can fetch up
the tortoise when I please." --L'Estrange.
(b) To stop suddenly.
[1913 Webster]Fetch \Fetch\, n.
1. A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to
pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is
done; a trick; an artifice.
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Every little fetch of wit and criticism. --South.
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2. The apparation of a living person; a wraith.
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The very fetch and ghost of Mrs. Gamp. --Dickens.
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3. The unobstructed region of the ocean over which the wind
blows to generate waves.
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4. Hence: The length of such a region.
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Fetch candle, a light seen at night, superstitiously
believed to portend a person's death.
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Fetch
(gcide) | fetch \fetch\, v. i.
To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch
about; to fetch to windward. --Totten.
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To fetch away (Naut.), to break loose; to roll or slide to
leeward.
To fetch and carry, to serve obsequiously, like a trained
spaniel.
[1913 Webster]Fetch \Fetch\ (f[e^]ch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fetched 2;
p. pr. & vb. n.. Fetching.] [OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh.
the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get,
OFries. faka to prepare. [root]77. Cf. Fet, v. t.]
1. To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing
from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go
and bring; to get.
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Time will run back and fetch the age of gold.
--Milton.
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He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a
little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as
she was going to fetch it he called to her, and
said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in
thine hand. --1 Kings
xvii. 11, 12.
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2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
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Our native horses were held in small esteem, and
fetched low prices. --Macaulay.
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3. To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to;
as, to fetch a man to.
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Fetching men again when they swoon. --Bacon.
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4. To reduce; to throw.
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The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to
the ground. --South.
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5. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to
perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to
fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh.
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I'll fetch a turn about the garden. --Shak.
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He fetches his blow quick and sure. --South.
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6. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive
at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
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Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched
The siren's isle. --Chapman.
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7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
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They could n't fetch the butter in the churn. --W.
Barnes.
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To fetch a compass (Naut.), to make a circuit; to take a
circuitous route going to a place.
To fetch a pump, to make it draw water by pouring water
into the top and working the handle.
To fetch headway or To fetch sternway (Naut.), to move
ahead or astern.
To fetch out, to develop. "The skill of the polisher
fetches out the colors [of marble]" --Addison.
To fetch up.
(a) To overtake. [Obs.] "Says [the hare], I can fetch up
the tortoise when I please." --L'Estrange.
(b) To stop suddenly.
[1913 Webster]Fetch \Fetch\, n.
1. A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to
pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is
done; a trick; an artifice.
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Every little fetch of wit and criticism. --South.
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2. The apparation of a living person; a wraith.
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The very fetch and ghost of Mrs. Gamp. --Dickens.
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3. The unobstructed region of the ocean over which the wind
blows to generate waves.
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4. Hence: The length of such a region.
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Fetch candle, a light seen at night, superstitiously
believed to portend a person's death.
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Fetch candle
(gcide) | Fetch \Fetch\, n.
1. A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to
pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is
done; a trick; an artifice.
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Every little fetch of wit and criticism. --South.
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2. The apparation of a living person; a wraith.
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The very fetch and ghost of Mrs. Gamp. --Dickens.
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3. The unobstructed region of the ocean over which the wind
blows to generate waves.
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4. Hence: The length of such a region.
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Fetch candle, a light seen at night, superstitiously
believed to portend a person's death.
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Fetched
(gcide) | Fetch \Fetch\ (f[e^]ch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fetched 2;
p. pr. & vb. n.. Fetching.] [OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh.
the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get,
OFries. faka to prepare. [root]77. Cf. Fet, v. t.]
1. To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing
from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go
and bring; to get.
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Time will run back and fetch the age of gold.
--Milton.
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He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a
little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as
she was going to fetch it he called to her, and
said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in
thine hand. --1 Kings
xvii. 11, 12.
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2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
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Our native horses were held in small esteem, and
fetched low prices. --Macaulay.
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3. To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to;
as, to fetch a man to.
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Fetching men again when they swoon. --Bacon.
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4. To reduce; to throw.
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The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to
the ground. --South.
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5. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to
perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to
fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh.
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I'll fetch a turn about the garden. --Shak.
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He fetches his blow quick and sure. --South.
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6. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive
at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
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Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched
The siren's isle. --Chapman.
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7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
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They could n't fetch the butter in the churn. --W.
Barnes.
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To fetch a compass (Naut.), to make a circuit; to take a
circuitous route going to a place.
To fetch a pump, to make it draw water by pouring water
into the top and working the handle.
To fetch headway or To fetch sternway (Naut.), to move
ahead or astern.
To fetch out, to develop. "The skill of the polisher
fetches out the colors [of marble]" --Addison.
To fetch up.
(a) To overtake. [Obs.] "Says [the hare], I can fetch up
the tortoise when I please." --L'Estrange.
(b) To stop suddenly.
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Fetcher
(gcide) | Fetcher \Fetch"er\ (f[e^]ch"[~e]r), n.
One who fetches or brings.
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fetching
(gcide) | fetching \fetching\ adj.
drawing favorable attention; as, a fetching new hat.
Syn: appealing, taking, winning.
[WordNet 1.5]Fetch \Fetch\ (f[e^]ch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fetched 2;
p. pr. & vb. n.. Fetching.] [OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh.
the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get,
OFries. faka to prepare. [root]77. Cf. Fet, v. t.]
1. To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing
from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go
and bring; to get.
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Time will run back and fetch the age of gold.
--Milton.
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He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a
little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as
she was going to fetch it he called to her, and
said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in
thine hand. --1 Kings
xvii. 11, 12.
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2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
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Our native horses were held in small esteem, and
fetched low prices. --Macaulay.
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3. To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to;
as, to fetch a man to.
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Fetching men again when they swoon. --Bacon.
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4. To reduce; to throw.
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The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to
the ground. --South.
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5. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to
perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to
fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh.
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I'll fetch a turn about the garden. --Shak.
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He fetches his blow quick and sure. --South.
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6. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive
at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
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Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched
The siren's isle. --Chapman.
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7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
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They could n't fetch the butter in the churn. --W.
Barnes.
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To fetch a compass (Naut.), to make a circuit; to take a
circuitous route going to a place.
To fetch a pump, to make it draw water by pouring water
into the top and working the handle.
To fetch headway or To fetch sternway (Naut.), to move
ahead or astern.
To fetch out, to develop. "The skill of the polisher
fetches out the colors [of marble]" --Addison.
To fetch up.
(a) To overtake. [Obs.] "Says [the hare], I can fetch up
the tortoise when I please." --L'Estrange.
(b) To stop suddenly.
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Fetching
(gcide) | fetching \fetching\ adj.
drawing favorable attention; as, a fetching new hat.
Syn: appealing, taking, winning.
[WordNet 1.5]Fetch \Fetch\ (f[e^]ch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fetched 2;
p. pr. & vb. n.. Fetching.] [OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh.
the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get,
OFries. faka to prepare. [root]77. Cf. Fet, v. t.]
1. To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing
from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go
and bring; to get.
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Time will run back and fetch the age of gold.
--Milton.
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He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a
little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as
she was going to fetch it he called to her, and
said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in
thine hand. --1 Kings
xvii. 11, 12.
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2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
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Our native horses were held in small esteem, and
fetched low prices. --Macaulay.
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3. To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to;
as, to fetch a man to.
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Fetching men again when they swoon. --Bacon.
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4. To reduce; to throw.
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The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to
the ground. --South.
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5. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to
perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to
fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh.
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I'll fetch a turn about the garden. --Shak.
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He fetches his blow quick and sure. --South.
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6. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive
at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
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Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched
The siren's isle. --Chapman.
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7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
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They could n't fetch the butter in the churn. --W.
Barnes.
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To fetch a compass (Naut.), to make a circuit; to take a
circuitous route going to a place.
To fetch a pump, to make it draw water by pouring water
into the top and working the handle.
To fetch headway or To fetch sternway (Naut.), to move
ahead or astern.
To fetch out, to develop. "The skill of the polisher
fetches out the colors [of marble]" --Addison.
To fetch up.
(a) To overtake. [Obs.] "Says [the hare], I can fetch up
the tortoise when I please." --L'Estrange.
(b) To stop suddenly.
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Fletch
(gcide) | Fletch \Fletch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fletched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fletching.] [F. fl[`e]che arrow.]
To feather, as an arrow. --Bp. Warburton.
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[Congress] fletched their complaint, by adding:
"America loved his brother." --Bancroft.
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Fletched
(gcide) | Fletch \Fletch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fletched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fletching.] [F. fl[`e]che arrow.]
To feather, as an arrow. --Bp. Warburton.
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[Congress] fletched their complaint, by adding:
"America loved his brother." --Bancroft.
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Fletcher
(gcide) | Fletcher \Fletch"er\, n. [OF. flechier.]
One who fletches or feathers arrows; a manufacturer of bows
and arrows. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
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Fletching
(gcide) | Fletch \Fletch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fletched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fletching.] [F. fl[`e]che arrow.]
To feather, as an arrow. --Bp. Warburton.
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[Congress] fletched their complaint, by adding:
"America loved his brother." --Bancroft.
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Grass vetch
(gcide) | Barnyard grass, for hay. South. Panicum Grus-galli. Bent,
pasture and hay. Agrostis, several species. Bermuda grass,
pasture. South. Cynodon Dactylon. Black bent. Same as {Switch
grass} (below). Blue bent, hay. North and West. {Andropogon
provincialis}. Blue grass, pasture. Poa compressa. Blue joint,
hay. Northwest. Aqropyrum glaucum. Buffalo grass, grazing.
Rocky Mts., etc.
(a) Buchlo["e] dectyloides.
(b) Same as Grama grass (below). Bunch grass, grazing.
Far West. Eriocoma, Festuca, Stips, etc. Chess,
or Cheat, a weed. Bromus secalinus, etc. Couch
grass. Same as Quick grass (below). Crab grass,
(a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. Panicum sanguinale.
(b) Pasture and hay. South. Eleusine Indica. Darnel
(a) Bearded, a noxious weed. Lolium temulentum.
(b) Common. Same as Rye grass (below). Drop seed, fair
for forage and hay. Muhlenbergia, several species.
English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow
grass.
(a) Pasture and hay. Poa serotina.
(b) Hay, on moist land. Gryceria nervata. Gama grass,
cut fodder. South. Tripsacum dactyloides. Grama
grass, grazing. West and Pacific slope. {Bouteloua
oligostachya}, etc. Great bunch grass, pasture and
hay. Far West. Festuca scabrella. Guinea grass, hay.
South. Panicum jumentorum. Herd's grass, in New
England Timothy, in Pennsylvania and South Redtop.
Indian grass. Same as Wood grass (below). Italian
rye grass, forage and hay. Lolium Italicum. Johnson
grass, grazing and hay. South and Southwest. {Sorghum
Halepense}. Kentucky blue grass, pasture. {Poa
pratensis}. Lyme grass, coarse hay. South. Elymus,
several species. Manna grass, pasture and hay.
Glyceria, several species. Meadow fescue, pasture
and hay. Festuca elatior. Meadow foxtail, pasture,
hay, lawn. North. Alopecurus pratensis. Meadow
grass, pasture, hay, lawn. Poa, several species.
Mesquite grass, or Muskit grass. Same as Grama grass
(above). Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed.
Muhlenbergia diffsa. Orchard grass, pasture and hay.
Dactylis glomerata. Porcupine grass, troublesome to
sheep. Northwest. Stipa spartea. Quaking grass,
ornamental. Briza media and maxima. Quitch, or
Quick, grass, etc., a weed. Agropyrum repens. Ray
grass. Same as Rye grass (below). Redtop, pasture
and hay. Agrostis vulgaris. Red-topped buffalo
grass, forage. Northwest. Poa tenuifolia. Reed
canary grass, of slight value. Phalaris arundinacea.
Reed meadow grass, hay. North. Glyceria aquatica.
Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary
grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. Lolium perenne,
var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North.
Hierochloa borealis. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native
in Northern Europe and Asia. Festuca ovina. Small
reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia
Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as Meadow grass
(above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals.
Seacoast and Northwest. Hordeum jubatum. Switch
grass, hay, cut young. Panicum virgatum. Timothy,
cut young, the best of hay. North. Phleum pratense.
Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus
lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn.
Anthoxanthum odoratum. Wire grass, valuable in
pastures. Poa compressa. Wood grass, Indian grass,
hay. Chrysopogon nutans.
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Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
true grasses botanically considered, such as black
grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
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Black grass, a kind of small rush (Juncus Gerardi),
growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
Grass of the Andes, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
avenaceum} of Europe.
Grass of Parnassus, a plant of the genus Parnassia
growing in wet ground. The European species is {Parnassia
palustris}; in the United States there are several
species.
Grass bass (Zool.), the calico bass.
Grass bird, the dunlin.
Grass cloth, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
grass-cloth plant.
Grass-cloth plant, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
(B[oe]hmeria nivea syn. Urtica nivea), which grows in
Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
Grass finch. (Zool.)
(a) A common American sparrow ({Po["o]c[ae]tes
gramineus}); -- called also vesper sparrow and
bay-winged bunting.
(b) Any Australian finch, of the genus Po["e]phila, of
which several species are known.
Grass lamb, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
and giving rich milk.
Grass land, land kept in grass and not tilled.
Grass moth (Zool.), one of many small moths of the genus
Crambus, found in grass.
Grass oil, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
India from grasses of the genus Andropogon, etc.; --
used in perfumery under the name of citronella, {ginger
grass oil}, lemon grass oil, essence of verbena etc.
Grass owl (Zool.), a South African owl (Strix Capensis).
Grass parrakeet (Zool.), any of several species of
Australian parrots, of the genus Euphemia; -- also
applied to the zebra parrakeet.
Grass plover (Zool.), the upland or field plover.
Grass poly (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
Crass quit (Zool.), one of several tropical American
finches of the genus Euetheia. The males have most of
the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
Grass snake. (Zool.)
(a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
natrix}).
(b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
See Green snake, under Green.
Grass snipe (Zool.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
maculata}); -- called also jacksnipe in America.
Grass spider (Zool.), a common spider (Agelena n[ae]via),
which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered
with dew.
Grass sponge (Zool.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge
from Florida and the Bahamas.
Grass table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Grass vetch (Bot.), a vetch (Lathyrus Nissolia), with
narrow grasslike leaves.
Grass widow. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[aum]senka a grass widow.]
(a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
(b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
husband. [Slang.]
Grass wrack (Bot.) eelgrass.
To bring to grass (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
surface of the ground.
To put to grass, To put out to grass, to put out to graze
a season, as cattle.
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gravel etc
(gcide) | Erratic \Er*rat"ic\, a. [L. erraticus, fr. errare to wander: cf.
F. erratique. See Err.]
1. Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed
destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the
planets as distinguished from the fixed stars.
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The earth and each erratic world. --Blackmore.
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2. Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or
conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct.
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3. Irregular; changeable. "Erratic fever." --Harvey.
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Erratic blocks, gravel, etc. (Geol.), masses of stone
which have been transported from their original resting
places by the agency of water, ice, or other causes.
Erratic phenomena, the phenomena which relate to
transported materials on the earth's surface.
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Hetchel
(gcide) | Hetchel \Hetch"el\, v. t.
Same as Hatchel.
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Home stretch
(gcide) | Home \Home\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic;
not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
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2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
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3. (Games) In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a
progress; goal; as:
(a) (Baseball) The plate at which the batter stands; same
as home base and home plate.
(b) (Lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an
opponent's goal; also, the player.
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Home base or Home plate (Baseball), the base at which the
batter stands when batting, and which is the last base to
be reached in scoring a run.
Home farm, grounds, etc., the farm, grounds, etc.,
adjacent to the residence of the owner.
Home lot, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home
stands. [U. S.]
Home rule, rule or government of an appendent or dependent
country, as to all local and internal legislation, by
means of a governing power vested in the people within the
country itself, in contradistinction to a government
established by the dominant country; as, home rule in
Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of
Parliament.
Home ruler, one who favors or advocates home rule.
Home stretch (Sport.), that part of a race course between
the last curve and the winning post.
Home thrust, a well directed or effective thrust; one that
wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal
attack.
[1913 Webster]Stretch \Stretch\, n.
1. Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach;
effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a
stretch of the imagination.
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By stretch of arms the distant shore to gain.
--Dryden.
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Those put a lawful authority upon the stretch, to
the abuse of yower, under the color of prerogative.
--L'Estrange.
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2. A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time;
as, grassy stretches of land.
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A great stretch of cultivated country. --W. Black.
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But all of them left me a week at a stretch. --E.
Eggleston.
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3. The extent to which anything may be stretched.
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Quotations, in their utmost stretch, can signify no
more than that Luther lay under severe agonies of
mind. --Atterbury.
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This is the utmost stretch that nature can.
--Granville.
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4. (Naut.) The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one
tack; a tack or board.
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5. Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
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To be on the stretch, to be obliged to use one's utmost
powers.
Home stretch. See under Home, a.
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homestretch
(gcide) | homestretch \homestretch\ n.
1. the straight segment of a racetrack leading to the finish
line. [WordNet sense 1]
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Hence: [fig.] The last or concluding part of any extended
activity that has a definite conclusion; the final phase
of any activity; as, the election was neck-and-neck in the
homestretch.
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Horse vetch
(gcide) | Horse \Horse\ (h[^o]rs), n. [AS. hors; akin to OS. hros, D. &
OHG. ros, G. ross, Icel. hross; and perh. to L. currere to
run, E. course, current Cf. Walrus.]
1. (Zool.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus;
especially, the domestic horse (Equus caballus), which
was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period.
It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with
six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below.
The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or
wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having
a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base.
Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all
its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility,
courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for
drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.
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Note: Many varieties, differing in form, size, color, gait,
speed, etc., are known, but all are believed to have
been derived from the same original species. It is
supposed to have been a native of the plains of Central
Asia, but the wild species from which it was derived is
not certainly known. The feral horses of America are
domestic horses that have run wild; and it is probably
true that most of those of Asia have a similar origin.
Some of the true wild Asiatic horses do, however,
approach the domestic horse in several characteristics.
Several species of fossil (Equus) are known from the
later Tertiary formations of Europe and America. The
fossil species of other genera of the family
Equid[ae] are also often called horses, in general
sense.
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2. The male of the genus Equus, in distinction from the
female or male; usually, a castrated male.
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3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural
termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished
from foot.
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The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five
thousand horse and foot. --Bacon.
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4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a
clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
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5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers
were made to ride for punishment.
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6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a
horse; a hobby.
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7. (Mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same
character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a
vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a
vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.
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8. (Naut.)
(a) See Footrope, a.
(b) A breastband for a leadsman.
(c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
(d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.
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9. (Student Slang)
(a) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or
examination; -- called also trot, pony, Dobbin.
(b) Horseplay; tomfoolery.
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10. heroin. [slang]
[PJC]
11. horsepower. [Colloq. contraction]
[PJC]
Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to
signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses,
like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or
horse?dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence, often
in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as,
horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,
horse ant, etc.
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Black horse, Blood horse, etc. See under Black, etc.
Horse aloes, caballine aloes.
Horse ant (Zool.), a large ant (Formica rufa); -- called
also horse emmet.
Horse artillery, that portion of the artillery in which the
cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the
cavalry; flying artillery.
Horse balm (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant
(Collinsonia Canadensis), having large leaves and
yellowish flowers.
Horse bean (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean
(Faba vulgaris), grown for feeding horses.
Horse boat, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a
boat propelled by horses.
Horse bot. (Zool.) See Botfly, and Bots.
Horse box, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses,
as hunters. [Eng.]
Horse breaker or Horse trainer, one employed in subduing
or training horses for use.
Horse car.
(a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under Car.
(b) A car fitted for transporting horses.
Horse cassia (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia
Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black,
catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse
medicine.
Horse cloth, a cloth to cover a horse.
Horse conch (Zool.), a large, spiral, marine shell of the
genus Triton. See Triton.
Horse courser.
(a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing.
--Johnson.
(b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
Horse crab (Zool.), the Limulus; -- called also
horsefoot, horsehoe crab, and king crab.
Horse crevall['e] (Zool.), the cavally.
Horse emmet (Zool.), the horse ant.
Horse finch (Zool.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
Horse gentian (Bot.), fever root.
Horse iron (Naut.), a large calking iron.
Horse latitudes, a space in the North Atlantic famous for
calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds
of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.
Horse mackrel. (Zool.)
(a) The common tunny (Orcynus thunnus), found on the
Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the
Mediterranean.
(b) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
(c) The scad.
(d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes,
as the California hake, the black candlefish, the
jurel, the bluefish, etc.
Horse marine (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a
mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang]
Horse mussel (Zool.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola
modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and
America.
Horse nettle (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the
Solanum Carolinense.
Horse parsley. (Bot.) See Alexanders.
Horse purslain (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical
America (Trianthema monogymnum).
Horse race, a race by horses; a match of horses in running
or trotting.
Horse racing, the practice of racing with horses.
Horse railroad, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by
horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States,
called a tramway.
Horse run (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded
wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power.
Horse sense, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.]
Horse soldier, a cavalryman.
Horse sponge (Zool.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge
(Spongia equina).
Horse stinger (Zool.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.]
Horse sugar (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the
United States (Symplocos tinctoria), whose leaves are
sweet, and good for fodder.
Horse tick (Zool.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca
equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and
sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, {horse
louse}, and forest fly.
Horse vetch (Bot.), a plant of the genus Hippocrepis
(Hippocrepis comosa), cultivated for the beauty of its
flowers; -- called also horsehoe vetch, from the
peculiar shape of its pods.
Iron horse, a locomotive. [Colloq.]
Salt horse, the sailor's name for salt beef.
To look a gift horse in the mouth, to examine the mouth of
a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to
ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a
critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell.
To take horse.
(a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay.
(b) To be covered, as a mare.
(c) See definition 7 (above).
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horsehoe vetch
(gcide) | Horse \Horse\ (h[^o]rs), n. [AS. hors; akin to OS. hros, D. &
OHG. ros, G. ross, Icel. hross; and perh. to L. currere to
run, E. course, current Cf. Walrus.]
1. (Zool.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus;
especially, the domestic horse (Equus caballus), which
was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period.
It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with
six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below.
The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or
wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having
a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base.
Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all
its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility,
courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for
drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.
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Note: Many varieties, differing in form, size, color, gait,
speed, etc., are known, but all are believed to have
been derived from the same original species. It is
supposed to have been a native of the plains of Central
Asia, but the wild species from which it was derived is
not certainly known. The feral horses of America are
domestic horses that have run wild; and it is probably
true that most of those of Asia have a similar origin.
Some of the true wild Asiatic horses do, however,
approach the domestic horse in several characteristics.
Several species of fossil (Equus) are known from the
later Tertiary formations of Europe and America. The
fossil species of other genera of the family
Equid[ae] are also often called horses, in general
sense.
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2. The male of the genus Equus, in distinction from the
female or male; usually, a castrated male.
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3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural
termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished
from foot.
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The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five
thousand horse and foot. --Bacon.
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4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a
clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
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5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers
were made to ride for punishment.
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6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a
horse; a hobby.
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7. (Mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same
character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a
vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a
vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.
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8. (Naut.)
(a) See Footrope, a.
(b) A breastband for a leadsman.
(c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
(d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.
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9. (Student Slang)
(a) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or
examination; -- called also trot, pony, Dobbin.
(b) Horseplay; tomfoolery.
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10. heroin. [slang]
[PJC]
11. horsepower. [Colloq. contraction]
[PJC]
Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to
signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses,
like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or
horse?dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence, often
in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as,
horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,
horse ant, etc.
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Black horse, Blood horse, etc. See under Black, etc.
Horse aloes, caballine aloes.
Horse ant (Zool.), a large ant (Formica rufa); -- called
also horse emmet.
Horse artillery, that portion of the artillery in which the
cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the
cavalry; flying artillery.
Horse balm (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant
(Collinsonia Canadensis), having large leaves and
yellowish flowers.
Horse bean (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean
(Faba vulgaris), grown for feeding horses.
Horse boat, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a
boat propelled by horses.
Horse bot. (Zool.) See Botfly, and Bots.
Horse box, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses,
as hunters. [Eng.]
Horse breaker or Horse trainer, one employed in subduing
or training horses for use.
Horse car.
(a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under Car.
(b) A car fitted for transporting horses.
Horse cassia (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia
Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black,
catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse
medicine.
Horse cloth, a cloth to cover a horse.
Horse conch (Zool.), a large, spiral, marine shell of the
genus Triton. See Triton.
Horse courser.
(a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing.
--Johnson.
(b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
Horse crab (Zool.), the Limulus; -- called also
horsefoot, horsehoe crab, and king crab.
Horse crevall['e] (Zool.), the cavally.
Horse emmet (Zool.), the horse ant.
Horse finch (Zool.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
Horse gentian (Bot.), fever root.
Horse iron (Naut.), a large calking iron.
Horse latitudes, a space in the North Atlantic famous for
calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds
of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.
Horse mackrel. (Zool.)
(a) The common tunny (Orcynus thunnus), found on the
Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the
Mediterranean.
(b) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
(c) The scad.
(d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes,
as the California hake, the black candlefish, the
jurel, the bluefish, etc.
Horse marine (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a
mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang]
Horse mussel (Zool.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola
modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and
America.
Horse nettle (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the
Solanum Carolinense.
Horse parsley. (Bot.) See Alexanders.
Horse purslain (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical
America (Trianthema monogymnum).
Horse race, a race by horses; a match of horses in running
or trotting.
Horse racing, the practice of racing with horses.
Horse railroad, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by
horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States,
called a tramway.
Horse run (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded
wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power.
Horse sense, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.]
Horse soldier, a cavalryman.
Horse sponge (Zool.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge
(Spongia equina).
Horse stinger (Zool.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.]
Horse sugar (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the
United States (Symplocos tinctoria), whose leaves are
sweet, and good for fodder.
Horse tick (Zool.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca
equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and
sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, {horse
louse}, and forest fly.
Horse vetch (Bot.), a plant of the genus Hippocrepis
(Hippocrepis comosa), cultivated for the beauty of its
flowers; -- called also horsehoe vetch, from the
peculiar shape of its pods.
Iron horse, a locomotive. [Colloq.]
Salt horse, the sailor's name for salt beef.
To look a gift horse in the mouth, to examine the mouth of
a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to
ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a
critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell.
To take horse.
(a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay.
(b) To be covered, as a mare.
(c) See definition 7 (above).
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Jack Ketch
(gcide) | Jack Ketch \Jack" Ketch"\ [Perh. fr. Jack, the proper name +
Prov. E. ketch a hangman, fr. ketch, for catch to seize; but
see the citations below.]
A public executioner, or hangman. [Eng.]
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The manor of Tyburn was formerly held by Richard
Jaquett, where felons for a long time were executed;
from whence we have Jack Ketch. --Lloyd's MS.,
British
Museum.
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[Monmouth] then accosted John Ketch, the executioner, a
wretch who had butchered many brave and noble victims,
and whose name has, during a century and a half, been
vulgarly given to all who have succeeded him in his
odious office. --Macaulay.
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Ketch
(gcide) | Ketch \Ketch\ (k[e^]ch), n. [Prob. corrupted fr. Turk.
q[=a][imac]q : cf. F. caiche. Cf. Ca["i]que.] (Naut.)
1. An almost obsolete form of sailing vessel, with a mainmast
and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two
hundred and fifty tons burden.
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2. (Naut.) In modern usage, a sailing vessel having two
masts, with the main mast taller than the aftermost, or
mizzen, mast.
[RDH]
Bomb ketch. See under Bomb.
[1913 Webster]Ketch \Ketch\, n.
A hangman. See Jack Ketch.
[1913 Webster]Ketch \Ketch\, v. t. [See Catch.]
To catch. [Now obs. in spelling, and colloq. in
pronunciation.]
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To ketch him at a vantage in his snares. --Spenser.
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ketchup
(gcide) | ketchup \ketch"up\, n. [Probably of East Indian origin, because
it was originally a kind of East Indian pickles. Cf. also
Malay k[e^]chap fish sauce. --MW10.]
A pureed table sauce made predominantly from tomatoes,
flavored with onions, sugar, salt and spices; called also
tomato ketchup. The term is also applied to pureed sauces
containing mushrooms, walnuts, etc., being called in such
cases mushroom ketchup, walnut ketchup, etc. [Written
also catsup and catchup.]
[PJC]Catchup \Catch"up\, Catsup \Cat"sup\, n. [Probably of East
Indian origin, because it was originally a kind of East
Indian pickles. Cf. also Malay k[e^]chap fish sauce. --MW10.]
A pureed table sauce made predominantly from tomatoes,
flavored with onions, sugar, salt and spices; called also
tomato ketchup. The term is also applied to pureed sauces
containing mushrooms, walnuts, etc., being called in such
cases mushroom ketchup, walnut ketchup, etc. [Written
also ketchup.]
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Kidney vetch
(gcide) | Kidney \Kid"ney\ (k[i^]d"n[y^]), n.; pl. Kidneys
(k[i^]d"n[i^]z). [OE. kidnei, kidnere, from Icel. koi[eth]r
belly, womb (akin to Goth. gipus, AS. cwi[thorn] womb) + OE.
nere kidney; akin to D. nier, G. niere, OHG. nioro, Icel.
n[=y]ra, Dan. nyre, Sw. njure, and probably to Gr. nefro`s
Cf. Kite belly.]
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1. (Anat.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other
waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.
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Note: In man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one
on each side of vertebral column in the back part of
the abdomen, each kidney being connected with the
bladder by a long tube, the ureter, through which the
urine is constantly excreted into the bladder to be
periodically discharged.
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2. Habit; disposition; sort; kind; as, a man of a different
kidney. --Shak.
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There are in later times other decrees, made by
popes of another kidney. --Barrow.
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Millions in the world of this man's kidney.
--L'Estrange.
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Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that
kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on
prudence. --Burns.
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Note: This use of the word perhaps arose from the fact that
the kidneys and the fat about them are an easy test of
the condition of an animal as to fatness. "Think of
that, -- a man of my kidney; -- . . . as subject to
heat as butter." --Shak.
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3. A waiter. [Old Cant] --Tatler.
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Floating kidney. See Wandering kidney, under Wandering.
Kidney bean (Bot.), a sort of bean; -- so named from its
shape. It is of the genus Phaseolus ({Phaseolus
vulgaris}). See under Bean.
Kidney ore (Min.), a variety of hematite or iron
sesquioxide, occurring in compact kidney-shaped masses.
Kidney stone. (Min.) See Nephrite, and Jade.
Kidney vetch (Bot.), a leguminous herb of Europe and Asia
(Anthyllis vulneraria), with cloverlike heads of red or
yellow flowers, once used as a remedy for renal disorders,
and also to stop the flow of blood from wounds;
lady's-fingers. Kidney-form |
letch
(gcide) | Leach \Leach\, n. [Written also letch.] [Cf. As. le['a]h lye,
G. lauge. See Lye.]
1. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and
thus imbibes the alkali.
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2. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
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Leach tub, a wooden tub in which ashes are leached.
[1913 Webster]Lecher \Lech"er\, n. [OE. lechur, lechour, OF. lecheor, lecheur,
gormand, glutton, libertine, parasite, fr. lechier to lick,
F. l['e]cher; of Teutonic origin. See Lick.]
A man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive
degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit
sexual relations with women; also called letch and lech.
[1913 Webster]Letch \Letch\ (l[e^]ch), v. & n.
See Leach.
[1913 Webster]Letch \Letch\, n. [See Lech, Lecher.]
1. Strong desire; passion; especially, lust. [Archaic]
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Some people have a letch for unmasking impostors, or
for avenging the wrongs of others. --De Quincey.
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2. A lecher. [slang]
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