| slovo | definícia |
fiddle
(encz) | fiddle,fidlat v: Zdeněk Brož |
fiddle
(encz) | fiddle,housle n: pl. |
fiddle
(encz) | fiddle,hrát si v: jose |
fiddle
(encz) | fiddle,podfuk Hynek Hanke |
fiddle
(encz) | fiddle,pohrávat si v: s něčím, obracet v prstech ap. Pino |
Fiddle
(gcide) | Fiddle \Fid"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fiddled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fiddling.]
1. To play on a fiddle.
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Themistocles . . . said he could not fiddle, but he
could make a small town a great city. --Bacon.
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2. To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler
does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy
idleness; to trifle.
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Talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers.
--Pepys.
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Fiddle
(gcide) | Fiddle \Fid"dle\ (f[i^]d"d'l), n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS.
fi[eth]ele; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel.
fi[eth]la, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. Viol.]
1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
violin; a kit.
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2. (Bot.) A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped
leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
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3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Fiddle beetle (Zool.), a Japanese carabid beetle ({Damaster
blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the body.
Fiddle block (Naut.), a long tackle block having two
sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.
Fiddle bow, fiddlestick.
Fiddle fish (Zool.), the angel fish.
Fiddle head, See fiddle head in the vocabulary.
Fiddle pattern, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
etc., somewhat like a violin.
Scotch fiddle, the itch. (Low)
To play first fiddle, or To play second fiddle, to take a
leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]
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Fiddle
(gcide) | Fiddle \Fid"dle\, v. t.
To play (a tune) on a fiddle.
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fiddle
(wn) | fiddle
n 1: bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the
violin family; this instrument has four strings and a
hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with
a bow [syn: violin, fiddle]
v 1: avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier
shirked his duties" [syn: fiddle, shirk, shrink from,
goldbrick]
2: commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out
that she had been fiddling for years"
3: play the violin or fiddle
4: play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"
5: manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She
played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with
the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the
Senate" [syn: toy, fiddle, diddle, play]
6: play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or
dishonestly; "Someone tampered with the documents on my
desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts" [syn: tamper,
fiddle, monkey]
7: try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's
not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the
weekend" [syn: tinker, fiddle] |
fiddle
(devil) | FIDDLE, n. An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a
horse's tail on the entrails of a cat.
To Rome said Nero: "If to smoke you turn
I shall not cease to fiddle while you burn."
To Nero Rome replied: "Pray do your worst,
'Tis my excuse that you were fiddling first."
Orm Pludge
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fiddlestick
(mass) | fiddlestick
- maličkosť |
fiddle with
(encz) | fiddle with, v: |
fiddle-faddle
(encz) | fiddle-faddle,maličkosti Zdeněk Brožfiddle-faddle,malichernost n: Zdeněk Brož |
fiddle-shaped
(encz) | fiddle-shaped, adj: |
fiddled
(encz) | fiddled,fidlal v: Zdeněk Brožfiddled,pohrával v: Zdeněk Brož |
fiddlehead
(encz) | fiddlehead, n: |
fiddlehead fern
(encz) | fiddlehead fern, n: |
fiddleneck
(encz) | fiddleneck, n: |
fiddler
(encz) | fiddler,houslista n: Zdeněk Brožfiddler,podvodník n: Zdeněk Brož |
fiddler crab
(encz) | fiddler crab, |
fiddlestick
(encz) | fiddlestick,maličkost n: Zdeněk Brožfiddlestick,smyčec n: Zdeněk Brož |
fiddlesticks
(encz) | fiddlesticks, |
fit as a fiddle
(encz) | fit as a fiddle, |
large-flowered fiddleneck
(encz) | large-flowered fiddleneck, n: |
play second fiddle
(encz) | play second fiddle,hrát druhé housle Zdeněk Brož |
second fiddle
(encz) | second fiddle, n: |
Fiddle
(gcide) | Fiddle \Fid"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fiddled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fiddling.]
1. To play on a fiddle.
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Themistocles . . . said he could not fiddle, but he
could make a small town a great city. --Bacon.
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2. To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler
does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy
idleness; to trifle.
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Talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers.
--Pepys.
[1913 Webster]Fiddle \Fid"dle\ (f[i^]d"d'l), n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS.
fi[eth]ele; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel.
fi[eth]la, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. Viol.]
1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
violin; a kit.
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2. (Bot.) A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped
leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
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3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Fiddle beetle (Zool.), a Japanese carabid beetle ({Damaster
blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the body.
Fiddle block (Naut.), a long tackle block having two
sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.
Fiddle bow, fiddlestick.
Fiddle fish (Zool.), the angel fish.
Fiddle head, See fiddle head in the vocabulary.
Fiddle pattern, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
etc., somewhat like a violin.
Scotch fiddle, the itch. (Low)
To play first fiddle, or To play second fiddle, to take a
leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Fiddle \Fid"dle\, v. t.
To play (a tune) on a fiddle.
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Fiddle beetle
(gcide) | Fiddle \Fid"dle\ (f[i^]d"d'l), n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS.
fi[eth]ele; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel.
fi[eth]la, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. Viol.]
1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
violin; a kit.
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2. (Bot.) A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped
leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
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3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Fiddle beetle (Zool.), a Japanese carabid beetle ({Damaster
blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the body.
Fiddle block (Naut.), a long tackle block having two
sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.
Fiddle bow, fiddlestick.
Fiddle fish (Zool.), the angel fish.
Fiddle head, See fiddle head in the vocabulary.
Fiddle pattern, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
etc., somewhat like a violin.
Scotch fiddle, the itch. (Low)
To play first fiddle, or To play second fiddle, to take a
leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]
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Fiddle block
(gcide) | Fiddle \Fid"dle\ (f[i^]d"d'l), n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS.
fi[eth]ele; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel.
fi[eth]la, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. Viol.]
1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
violin; a kit.
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2. (Bot.) A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped
leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
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3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Fiddle beetle (Zool.), a Japanese carabid beetle ({Damaster
blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the body.
Fiddle block (Naut.), a long tackle block having two
sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.
Fiddle bow, fiddlestick.
Fiddle fish (Zool.), the angel fish.
Fiddle head, See fiddle head in the vocabulary.
Fiddle pattern, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
etc., somewhat like a violin.
Scotch fiddle, the itch. (Low)
To play first fiddle, or To play second fiddle, to take a
leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]
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Fiddle bow
(gcide) | Fiddle \Fid"dle\ (f[i^]d"d'l), n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS.
fi[eth]ele; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel.
fi[eth]la, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. Viol.]
1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
violin; a kit.
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2. (Bot.) A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped
leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
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3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Fiddle beetle (Zool.), a Japanese carabid beetle ({Damaster
blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the body.
Fiddle block (Naut.), a long tackle block having two
sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.
Fiddle bow, fiddlestick.
Fiddle fish (Zool.), the angel fish.
Fiddle head, See fiddle head in the vocabulary.
Fiddle pattern, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
etc., somewhat like a violin.
Scotch fiddle, the itch. (Low)
To play first fiddle, or To play second fiddle, to take a
leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]
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fiddle dock
(gcide) | Fiddle \Fid"dle\ (f[i^]d"d'l), n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS.
fi[eth]ele; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel.
fi[eth]la, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. Viol.]
1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
violin; a kit.
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2. (Bot.) A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped
leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
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3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Fiddle beetle (Zool.), a Japanese carabid beetle ({Damaster
blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the body.
Fiddle block (Naut.), a long tackle block having two
sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.
Fiddle bow, fiddlestick.
Fiddle fish (Zool.), the angel fish.
Fiddle head, See fiddle head in the vocabulary.
Fiddle pattern, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
etc., somewhat like a violin.
Scotch fiddle, the itch. (Low)
To play first fiddle, or To play second fiddle, to take a
leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]
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Fiddle fish
(gcide) | Fiddle \Fid"dle\ (f[i^]d"d'l), n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS.
fi[eth]ele; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel.
fi[eth]la, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. Viol.]
1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
violin; a kit.
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2. (Bot.) A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped
leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
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3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Fiddle beetle (Zool.), a Japanese carabid beetle ({Damaster
blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the body.
Fiddle block (Naut.), a long tackle block having two
sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.
Fiddle bow, fiddlestick.
Fiddle fish (Zool.), the angel fish.
Fiddle head, See fiddle head in the vocabulary.
Fiddle pattern, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
etc., somewhat like a violin.
Scotch fiddle, the itch. (Low)
To play first fiddle, or To play second fiddle, to take a
leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]
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Fiddle head
(gcide) | Fiddle \Fid"dle\ (f[i^]d"d'l), n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS.
fi[eth]ele; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel.
fi[eth]la, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. Viol.]
1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
violin; a kit.
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2. (Bot.) A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped
leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
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3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Fiddle beetle (Zool.), a Japanese carabid beetle ({Damaster
blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the body.
Fiddle block (Naut.), a long tackle block having two
sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.
Fiddle bow, fiddlestick.
Fiddle fish (Zool.), the angel fish.
Fiddle head, See fiddle head in the vocabulary.
Fiddle pattern, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
etc., somewhat like a violin.
Scotch fiddle, the itch. (Low)
To play first fiddle, or To play second fiddle, to take a
leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]
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Fiddle pattern
(gcide) | Fiddle \Fid"dle\ (f[i^]d"d'l), n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS.
fi[eth]ele; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel.
fi[eth]la, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. Viol.]
1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
violin; a kit.
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2. (Bot.) A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped
leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
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3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Fiddle beetle (Zool.), a Japanese carabid beetle ({Damaster
blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the body.
Fiddle block (Naut.), a long tackle block having two
sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.
Fiddle bow, fiddlestick.
Fiddle fish (Zool.), the angel fish.
Fiddle head, See fiddle head in the vocabulary.
Fiddle pattern, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
etc., somewhat like a violin.
Scotch fiddle, the itch. (Low)
To play first fiddle, or To play second fiddle, to take a
leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]
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Fiddled
(gcide) | Fiddle \Fid"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fiddled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fiddling.]
1. To play on a fiddle.
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Themistocles . . . said he could not fiddle, but he
could make a small town a great city. --Bacon.
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2. To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler
does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy
idleness; to trifle.
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Talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers.
--Pepys.
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fiddledeedee
(gcide) | fiddledeedee \fid"dle*dee*dee`\, interj.
An exclamatory word or phrase, equivalent to nonsense!
[Colloq.]
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fiddle-faddle
(gcide) | fiddle-faddle \fid"dle-fad`dle\, n.
A trifle; trifling talk; nonsense. [Colloq.] --Spectator.
[1913 Webster]fiddle-faddle \fid"dle-fad`dle\, v. i.
To talk nonsense. [Colloq.] --Ford.
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fiddlehead
(gcide) | fiddlehead \fid"dle*head`\ n.
1. any of several tall ferns of northern temperate regions
having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling
ostrich plumes.
Syn: ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, {Matteuccia
struthiopteris}, Pteretis struthiopteris, {Onoclea
struthiopteris}.
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2. New World fern (Osmunda cinnamonea) having woolly
cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring
later surrounded by green fronds, called also {fiddlehead
fern}; the early uncurling fronds are edible, and
sometimes considered as a vegetable delicacy.
Syn: cinnamon fern, fiddlehead fern, Osmunda cinnamonea.
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3. (Naut.) an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the
volute or scroll at the head of a violin. Sometimes it
serves the function of a billhead.
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fiddlehead fern
(gcide) | fiddlehead \fid"dle*head`\ n.
1. any of several tall ferns of northern temperate regions
having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling
ostrich plumes.
Syn: ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, {Matteuccia
struthiopteris}, Pteretis struthiopteris, {Onoclea
struthiopteris}.
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2. New World fern (Osmunda cinnamonea) having woolly
cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring
later surrounded by green fronds, called also {fiddlehead
fern}; the early uncurling fronds are edible, and
sometimes considered as a vegetable delicacy.
Syn: cinnamon fern, fiddlehead fern, Osmunda cinnamonea.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. (Naut.) an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the
volute or scroll at the head of a violin. Sometimes it
serves the function of a billhead.
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fiddleneck
(gcide) | fiddleneck \fiddleneck\ n.
hairy annual plant (Phacelia tanacetifolia) of California
to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve
flowers.
Syn: Phacelia tanacetifolia.
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fiddler
(gcide) | Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n.
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas,
Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family
Tringidae.
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Note: The most important North American species are the
pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also
brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the
red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
(Tringa alpina); the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({Tringa
canutus}); the semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes
pusillus}); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail
(Actitis macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper
(Tryngites subruficollis), and the Bartramian
sandpiper, or upland plover. See under Upland. Among
the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the
ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper
(Actitis hypoleucus syn. Tringoides hypoleucus),
called also fiddler, peeper, pleeps, weet-weet,
and summer snipe. Some of the small plovers and
tattlers are also called sandpipers.
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2. (Zool.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
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Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew.
Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt.
[1913 Webster]Fiddler \Fid"dler\, n. [AS. fi[eth]elere.]
1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin.
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2. (Zool.) A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many
species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and
often holds it in a position similar to that in which a
musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also
fiddler crab, calling crab, soldier crab, and
fighting crab.
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3. (Zool.) The common European sandpiper ({Tringoides
hypoleucus}); -- so called because it continually
oscillates its body.
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Fiddler crab. (Zool.) See Fiddler, n., 2.
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Fiddler
(gcide) | Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n.
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas,
Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family
Tringidae.
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Note: The most important North American species are the
pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also
brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the
red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
(Tringa alpina); the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({Tringa
canutus}); the semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes
pusillus}); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail
(Actitis macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper
(Tryngites subruficollis), and the Bartramian
sandpiper, or upland plover. See under Upland. Among
the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the
ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper
(Actitis hypoleucus syn. Tringoides hypoleucus),
called also fiddler, peeper, pleeps, weet-weet,
and summer snipe. Some of the small plovers and
tattlers are also called sandpipers.
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2. (Zool.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
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Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew.
Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt.
[1913 Webster]Fiddler \Fid"dler\, n. [AS. fi[eth]elere.]
1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin.
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2. (Zool.) A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many
species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and
often holds it in a position similar to that in which a
musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also
fiddler crab, calling crab, soldier crab, and
fighting crab.
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3. (Zool.) The common European sandpiper ({Tringoides
hypoleucus}); -- so called because it continually
oscillates its body.
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Fiddler crab. (Zool.) See Fiddler, n., 2.
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Fiddler crab
(gcide) | Fiddler \Fid"dler\, n. [AS. fi[eth]elere.]
1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin.
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2. (Zool.) A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many
species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and
often holds it in a position similar to that in which a
musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also
fiddler crab, calling crab, soldier crab, and
fighting crab.
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3. (Zool.) The common European sandpiper ({Tringoides
hypoleucus}); -- so called because it continually
oscillates its body.
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Fiddler crab. (Zool.) See Fiddler, n., 2.
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fiddler crab
(gcide) | Fiddler \Fid"dler\, n. [AS. fi[eth]elere.]
1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin.
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2. (Zool.) A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many
species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and
often holds it in a position similar to that in which a
musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also
fiddler crab, calling crab, soldier crab, and
fighting crab.
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3. (Zool.) The common European sandpiper ({Tringoides
hypoleucus}); -- so called because it continually
oscillates its body.
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Fiddler crab. (Zool.) See Fiddler, n., 2.
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fiddle-shaped
(gcide) | fiddle-shaped \fiddle-shaped\ adj.
shaped like a fiddle; -- of a leaf shape.
Syn: pandurate, panduriform.
[WordNet 1.5]Fiddle-shaped \Fid"dle-shaped`\, a. (Bot.)
Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. --Gray.
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Fiddle-shaped
(gcide) | fiddle-shaped \fiddle-shaped\ adj.
shaped like a fiddle; -- of a leaf shape.
Syn: pandurate, panduriform.
[WordNet 1.5]Fiddle-shaped \Fid"dle-shaped`\, a. (Bot.)
Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. --Gray.
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Fiddlestick
(gcide) | Fiddlestick \Fid"dle*stick`\, n.
The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a
fiddle bow.
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Fiddlestring
(gcide) | Fiddlestring \Fid"dle*string`\, n.
One of the catgut strings of a fiddle.
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Fiddlewood
(gcide) | Fiddlewood \Fid"dle*wood`\, n. [Corrupted fr. F. bois-fid[`e]le,
lit., faithful wood; -- so called from its durability.]
The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus
Citharexylum.
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Scotch fiddle
(gcide) | Scotch \Scotch\, a. [Cf. Scottish.]
Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its
inhabitants; Scottish.
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Scotch broom (Bot.), the Cytisus scoparius. See Broom.
Scotch dipper, or Scotch duck (Zool.), the bufflehead; --
called also Scotch teal, and Scotchman.
Scotch fiddle, the itch. [Low] --Sir W. Scott.
Scotch mist, a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain.
Scotch nightingale (Zool.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
Scotch pebble. See under pebble.
Scotch pine (Bot.) See Riga fir.
Scotch thistle (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Onopordon
acanthium}); -- so called from its being the national
emblem of the Scotch.
[1913 Webster]Fiddle \Fid"dle\ (f[i^]d"d'l), n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS.
fi[eth]ele; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel.
fi[eth]la, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. Viol.]
1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
violin; a kit.
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2. (Bot.) A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped
leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
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3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Fiddle beetle (Zool.), a Japanese carabid beetle ({Damaster
blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the body.
Fiddle block (Naut.), a long tackle block having two
sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.
Fiddle bow, fiddlestick.
Fiddle fish (Zool.), the angel fish.
Fiddle head, See fiddle head in the vocabulary.
Fiddle pattern, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
etc., somewhat like a violin.
Scotch fiddle, the itch. (Low)
To play first fiddle, or To play second fiddle, to take a
leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]
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straw fiddle
(gcide) | Xylophone \Xy"lo*phone\, n. [Xylo- + Gr. fwnh` sound.]
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1. (Mus.) Originally, an instrument common among the
Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of
strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical
scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two
small hammers; now any similar musical instrument composed
of a series of bars of graduated length. Called in Germany
strohfiedel, or straw fiddle.
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2. An instrument to determine the vibrative properties of
different kinds of wood. --Knight.
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To play first fiddle
(gcide) | Fiddle \Fid"dle\ (f[i^]d"d'l), n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS.
fi[eth]ele; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel.
fi[eth]la, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. Viol.]
1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
violin; a kit.
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2. (Bot.) A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped
leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
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3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Fiddle beetle (Zool.), a Japanese carabid beetle ({Damaster
blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the body.
Fiddle block (Naut.), a long tackle block having two
sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.
Fiddle bow, fiddlestick.
Fiddle fish (Zool.), the angel fish.
Fiddle head, See fiddle head in the vocabulary.
Fiddle pattern, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
etc., somewhat like a violin.
Scotch fiddle, the itch. (Low)
To play first fiddle, or To play second fiddle, to take a
leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]
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To play second fiddle
(gcide) | Fiddle \Fid"dle\ (f[i^]d"d'l), n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS.
fi[eth]ele; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel.
fi[eth]la, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. Viol.]
1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
violin; a kit.
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2. (Bot.) A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped
leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
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3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Fiddle beetle (Zool.), a Japanese carabid beetle ({Damaster
blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the body.
Fiddle block (Naut.), a long tackle block having two
sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.
Fiddle bow, fiddlestick.
Fiddle fish (Zool.), the angel fish.
Fiddle head, See fiddle head in the vocabulary.
Fiddle pattern, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
etc., somewhat like a violin.
Scotch fiddle, the itch. (Low)
To play first fiddle, or To play second fiddle, to take a
leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]
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velvet fiddler
(gcide) | Velvet \Vel"vet\, n. [OE. velouette, veluet, velwet; cf. OF.
velluau, LL. velluetum, vellutum, It. velluto, Sp. velludo;
all fr. (assumed) LL. villutus shaggy, fr L. villus shaggy
hair; akin to vellus a fleece, and E. wool. See Wool, and
cf. Villous.]
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1. A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads.
Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton
or linen back, or with other soft fibers such as nylon,
acetate, or rayon.
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2. The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops
and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid
growth.
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3. Something likened to velvet[1] in being soft or luxurious;
as, a lawn of velvet.
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Cotton velvet, an imitation of velvet, made of cotton.
Velvet cork, the best kind of cork bark, supple, elastic,
and not woody or porous.
Velvet crab (Zool.), a European crab (Portunus puber).
When adult the black carapace is covered with a velvety
pile. Called also lady crab, and velvet fiddler.
Velvet dock (Bot.), the common mullein.
Velvet duck. (Zool.)
(a) A large European sea duck, or scoter ({Oidemia
fusca}). The adult male is glossy, velvety black, with
a white speculum on each wing, and a white patch
behind each eye.
(b) The American whitewinged scoter. See Scoter.
Velvet flower (Bot.), love-lies-bleeding. See under Love.
Velvet grass (Bot.), a tall grass (Holcus lanatus) with
velvety stem and leaves; -- called also soft grass.
Velvet runner (Zool.), the water rail; -- so called from
its quiet, stealthy manner of running. [Prov. Eng.]
Velvet scoter. (Zool.) Same as Velvet duck, above.
Velvet sponge. (Zool.) See under Sponge.
in velvet having a coating of velvet[2] over the antlers;
in the annual stage where the antlers are still growing;
-- of deer.
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bass fiddle
(wn) | bass fiddle
n 1: largest and lowest member of the violin family [syn: {bass
fiddle}, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass,
contrabass, string bass] |
bull fiddle
(wn) | bull fiddle
n 1: largest and lowest member of the violin family [syn: {bass
fiddle}, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass,
contrabass, string bass] |
fiddle with
(wn) | fiddle with
v 1: manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner; "He
twiddled his thumbs while waiting for the interview" [syn:
twiddle, fiddle with] |
fiddle-faddle
(wn) | fiddle-faddle
n 1: trivial nonsense [syn: balderdash, fiddle-faddle,
piffle] |
fiddle-shaped
(wn) | fiddle-shaped
adj 1: (of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted
center [syn: pandurate, panduriform, fiddle-shaped] |
fiddlehead
(wn) | fiddlehead
n 1: tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful
arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
[syn: ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, fiddlehead,
Matteuccia struthiopteris, Pteretis struthiopteris,
Onoclea struthiopteris]
2: New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing
fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the
early uncurling fronds are edible [syn: cinnamon fern,
fiddlehead, fiddlehead fern, Osmunda cinnamonea] |
fiddlehead fern
(wn) | fiddlehead fern
n 1: New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing
fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds;
the early uncurling fronds are edible [syn: {cinnamon
fern}, fiddlehead, fiddlehead fern, {Osmunda
cinnamonea}] |
fiddleneck
(wn) | fiddleneck
n 1: hairy annual of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of
small blue to lilac or mauve flowers [syn: fiddleneck,
Phacelia tanacetifolia] |
fiddler
(wn) | fiddler
n 1: a musician who plays the violin [syn: violinist,
fiddler]
2: someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner
[syn: twiddler, fiddler]
3: an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend [syn:
tinkerer, fiddler] |
fiddler crab
(wn) | fiddler crab
n 1: burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw
much enlarged in the male |
fiddlestick
(wn) | fiddlestick
n 1: a bow used in playing the violin [syn: fiddlestick,
violin bow] |
large-flowered fiddleneck
(wn) | large-flowered fiddleneck
n 1: annual of the western United States having large coiled
flower spikes; a threatened species [syn: {large-flowered
fiddleneck}, Amsinckia grandiflora] |
second fiddle
(wn) | second fiddle
n 1: someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a
secondary role [syn: second fiddle, second banana]
2: a secondary role or function; "he hated to play second fiddle
to anyone" |
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