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fittin
(gcide) | Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From White.]
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1. (Zool.)
(a) A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of
the Codfish family; -- called also fittin.
(b) A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to
the preceding; -- called also silver hake.
(c) Any one of several species of North American marine
sciaenoid food fishes belonging to genus
Menticirrhus, especially Menticirrhus Americanus,
found from Maryland to Brazil, and {Menticirrhus
littoralis}, common from Virginia to Texas; -- called
also silver whiting, and surf whiting.
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Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the
kingfish
(a), the sailor's choice
(b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake
whitefishes.
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2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and
repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in
putty, for cleaning silver, etc.
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Whiting pollack. (Zool.) Same as Pollack.
Whiting pout (Zool.), the bib, 2.
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closefitting
(mass) | close-fitting
- dokonale vhodný, priliehavý |
fitting
(mass) | fitting
- inštalácia, doplnky |
befitting
(encz) | befitting,náležitý adj: Zdeněk Brožbefitting,přiměřený adj: Zdeněk Brožbefitting,vhodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
close-fitting
(encz) | close-fitting,dokonale padnoucí adj: Zdeněk Brožclose-fitting,přiléhavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
drain fitting
(encz) | drain fitting,drenážní tvarovka [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
fitting
(encz) | fitting,armatura Zdeněk Brožfitting,doplňky Zdeněk Brožfitting,instalace n: Zdeněk Brožfitting,kování Zdeněk Brožfitting,montáž Zdeněk Brožfitting,montování n: Zdeněk Brožfitting,pasující adj: Zdeněk Brožfitting,smontování Zdeněk Brožfitting,tvarovka n: Zdeněk Brožfitting,zařizovací předmět n: Oldřich Švec |
fitting room
(encz) | fitting room,kabinka n: na zkoušení oblečení v obchodě Stanislav Horáček |
fittingly
(encz) | fittingly,příhodně adv: Zdeněk Brožfittingly,vhodně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
fittingness
(encz) | fittingness, n: |
fittings
(encz) | fittings,armatura n: Zdeněk Brožfittings,doplňky n: pl. Zdeněk Brožfittings,tvarovky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
formfitting
(encz) | formfitting,přiléhavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
gas fitting
(encz) | gas fitting,instalace plynovodu n: PetrV |
ill-fitting
(encz) | ill-fitting,špatně padnoucí adj: PetrV |
loose-fitting
(encz) | loose-fitting, adj: |
outfitting
(encz) | outfitting, n: |
overfitting
(encz) | overfitting,přeučení web |
pipe fitting
(encz) | pipe fitting, n: |
pipefitting
(encz) | pipefitting, n: |
refitting
(encz) | refitting, |
retrofitting
(encz) | retrofitting,vybavující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
steam fitting
(encz) | steam fitting, n: |
steamfitting
(encz) | steamfitting, |
tight-fitting
(encz) | tight-fitting, adj: |
tightly fitting
(encz) | tightly fitting, adj: |
unbefitting
(encz) | unbefitting, adj: |
unfitting
(encz) | unfitting,nevhodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Befitting
(gcide) | Befit \Be*fit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Befitting.]
To be suitable to; to suit; to become.
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That name best befits thee. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Befitting \Be*fit"ting\, a.
Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.
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Befittingly
(gcide) | Befittingly \Be*fit"ting*ly\, adv.
In a befitting manner; suitably.
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Benefitting
(gcide) | Benefit \Ben"e*fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benefited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Benefitting.]
To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance
in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit.
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I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would
benefit them. --Jer. xviii.
10.
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Fitting
(gcide) | Fit \Fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fitting.]
1. To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended;
to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or
preparation.
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The time is fitted for the duty. --Burke.
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The very situation for which he was peculiarly
fitted by nature. --Macaulay.
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2. To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to
adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the
work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc.
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The carpenter . . . marketh it out with a line; he
fitteth it with planes. --Is. xliv.
13.
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3. To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that
is shaped and adjusted to the use required.
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No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves.
--Shak.
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4. To be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be
correctly shaped and adjusted to; as, if the coat fits
you, put it on.
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That's a bountiful answer that fits all questions.
--Shak.
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That time best fits the work. --Shak.
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To fit out, to supply with necessaries or means; to
furnish; to equip; as, to fit out a privateer.
To fit up, to furnish with things suitable; to make proper
for the reception or use of any person; to prepare; as, to
fit up a room for a guest.
[1913 Webster]Fitting \Fit"ting\, n.
Anything used in fitting up; especially (pl.), necessary
fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study;
gas fittings.
[1913 Webster]Fitting \Fit"ting\, a.
Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper. -- Fit"ting*ly, adv. --
Fit"ting*ness, n. --Jer. Taylor.
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Fittingly
(gcide) | Fitting \Fit"ting\, a.
Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper. -- Fit"ting*ly, adv. --
Fit"ting*ness, n. --Jer. Taylor.
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Fittingness
(gcide) | Fitting \Fit"ting\, a.
Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper. -- Fit"ting*ly, adv. --
Fit"ting*ness, n. --Jer. Taylor.
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ill-fitting
(gcide) | ill-fitting \ill-fitting\ adj.
Fitting poorly; not the proper size and cut; -- of clothing.
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loose-fitting
(gcide) | loose-fitting \loose-fitting\ adj.
large enough to leave space for movement over the skin; not
tight-fitting; -- of clothing. Opposite of close-fitting,
tight, and tight-fitting.
Syn: loose.
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Misbefitting
(gcide) | Misbefitting \Mis`be*fit"ting\, a.
Not befitting.
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outfitting
(gcide) | outfitting \outfitting\ n.
the act of renovating and fitting out a ship.
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Pipe fitting
(gcide) | Pipe \Pipe\, n. [AS. p[imac]pe, probably fr. L. pipare, pipire,
to chirp; of imitative origin. Cf. Peep, Pibroch,
Fife.]
1. A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes
of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces
musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pipe; the pipe of an
organ. "Tunable as sylvan pipe." --Milton.
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Now had he rather hear the tabor and the pipe.
--Shak.
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2. Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware,
or the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water,
steam, gas, etc.
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3. A small bowl with a hollow stem, -- used in smoking
tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances.
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4. A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the
windpipe, or one of its divisions.
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5. The key or sound of the voice. [R.] --Shak.
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6. The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird.
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The earliest pipe of half-awakened birds.
--Tennyson.
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7. pl. The bagpipe; as, the pipes of Lucknow.
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8. (Mining) An elongated body or vein of ore.
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9. A roll formerly used in the English exchequer, otherwise
called the Great Roll, on which were taken down the
accounts of debts to the king; -- so called because put
together like a pipe. --Mozley & W.
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10. (Naut.) A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to
their duties; also, the sound of it.
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11. [Cf. F. pipe, fr. pipe a wind instrument, a tube, fr. L.
pipare to chirp. See Etymol. above.] A cask usually
containing two hogsheads, or 126 wine gallons; also, the
quantity which it contains.
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Pipe fitter, one who fits pipes together, or applies pipes,
as to an engine or a building.
Pipe fitting, a piece, as a coupling, an elbow, a valve,
etc., used for connecting lengths of pipe or as accessory
to a pipe.
Pipe office, an ancient office in the Court of Exchequer,
in which the clerk of the pipe made out leases of crown
lands, accounts of cheriffs, etc. [Eng.]
Pipe tree (Bot.), the lilac and the mock orange; -- so
called because their were formerly used to make pipe
stems; -- called also pipe privet.
Pipe wrench, or Pipe tongs, a jawed tool for gripping a
pipe, in turning or holding it.
To smoke the pipe of peace, to smoke from the same pipe in
token of amity or preparatory to making a treaty of peace,
-- a custom of the American Indians.
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Reducing pipe fitting
(gcide) | Reducing \Re*du"cing\ (r?*d?"s?ng),
a & n. from Reduce.
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Reducing furnace (Metal.), a furnace for reducing ores.
Reducing pipe fitting, a pipe fitting, as a coupling, an
elbow, a tee, etc., for connecting a large pipe with a
smaller one.
Reducing valve, a device for automatically maintaining a
diminished pressure of steam, air, gas, etc., in a pipe,
or other receiver, which is fed from a boiler or pipe in
which the pressure is higher than is desired in the
receiver.
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Steam fitting
(gcide) | Steam \Steam\ (st[=e]m), n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS.
ste['a]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps
originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf.
Gr. sty`ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand.]
1. The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted
when heated to the boiling point; water in the state of
vapor; gaseous water.
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2. The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so
called in popular usage.
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3. Any exhalation. "A steam of rich, distilled perfumes."
--Milton.
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Dry steam, steam which does not contain water held in
suspension mechanically; -- sometimes applied to
superheated steam.
Exhaust steam. See under Exhaust.
High steam, or High-pressure steam, steam of which the
pressure greatly exceeds that of the atmosphere.
Low steam, or Low-pressure steam, steam of which the
pressure is less than, equal to, or not greatly above,
that of the atmosphere.
Saturated steam, steam at the temperature of the boiling
point which corresponds to its pressure; -- sometimes also
applied to wet steam.
Superheated steam, steam heated to a temperature higher
than the boiling point corresponding to its pressure. It
can not exist in contact with water, nor contain water,
and resembles a perfect gas; -- called also {surcharged
steam}, anhydrous steam, and steam gas.
Wet steam, steam which contains water held in suspension
mechanically; -- called also misty steam.
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Note: Steam is often used adjectively, and in combination, to
denote, produced by heat, or operated by power, derived
from steam, in distinction from other sources of power;
as in steam boiler or steam-boiler, steam dredger or
steam-dredger, steam engine or steam-engine, steam
heat, steam plow or steam-plow, etc.
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Steam blower.
(a) A blower for producing a draught consisting of a jet
or jets of steam in a chimney or under a fire.
(b) A fan blower driven directly by a steam engine.
Steam boiler, a boiler for producing steam. See Boiler,
3, and Note. In the illustration, the shell a of the
boiler is partly in section, showing the tubes, or flues,
which the hot gases, from the fire beneath the boiler,
enter, after traversing the outside of the shell, and
through which the gases are led to the smoke pipe d, which
delivers them to the chimney; b is the manhole; c the
dome; e the steam pipe; f the feed and blow-off pipe; g
the safety valve; hthe water gauge.
Steam car, a car driven by steam power, or drawn by a
locomotive.
Steam carriage, a carriage upon wheels moved on common
roads by steam.
Steam casing. See Steam jacket, under Jacket.
Steam chest, the box or chamber from which steam is
distributed to the cylinder of a steam engine, steam pump,
etc., and which usually contains one or more valves; --
called also valve chest, and valve box. See Illust. of
Slide valve, under Slide.
Steam chimney, an annular chamber around the chimney of a
boiler furnace, for drying steam.
Steam coil, a coil of pipe, or a collection of connected
pipes, for containing steam; -- used for heating, drying,
etc.
Steam colors (Calico Printing), colors in which the
chemical reaction fixing the coloring matter in the fiber
is produced by steam.
Steam cylinder, the cylinder of a steam engine, which
contains the piston. See Illust. of Slide valve, under
Slide.
Steam dome (Steam Boilers), a chamber upon the top of the
boiler, from which steam is conducted to the engine. See
Illust. of Steam boiler, above.
Steam fire engine, a fire engine consisting of a steam
boiler and engine, and pump which is driven by the engine,
combined and mounted on wheels. It is usually drawn by
horses, but is sometimes made self-propelling.
Steam fitter, a fitter of steam pipes.
Steam fitting, the act or the occupation of a steam fitter;
also, a pipe fitting for steam pipes.
Steam gas. See Superheated steam, above.
Steam gauge, an instrument for indicating the pressure of
the steam in a boiler. The mercurial steam gauge is a
bent tube partially filled with mercury, one end of which
is connected with the boiler while the other is open to
the air, so that the steam by its pressure raises the
mercury in the long limb of the tube to a height
proportioned to that pressure. A more common form,
especially for high pressures, consists of a spring
pressed upon by the steam, and connected with the pointer
of a dial. The spring may be a flattened, bent tube,
closed at one end, which the entering steam tends to
straighten, or it may be a diaphragm of elastic metal, or
a mass of confined air, etc.
Steam gun, a machine or contrivance from which projectiles
may be thrown by the elastic force of steam.
Steam hammer, a hammer for forging, which is worked
directly by steam; especially, a hammer which is guided
vertically and operated by a vertical steam cylinder
located directly over an anvil. In the variety known as
Nasmyth's, the cylinder is fixed, and the hammer is
attached to the piston rod. In that known as Condie's, the
piston is fixed, and the hammer attached to the lower end
of the cylinder.
Steam heater.
(a) A radiator heated by steam.
(b) An apparatus consisting of a steam boiler, radiator,
piping, and fixures for warming a house by steam.
Steam jacket. See under Jacket.
Steam packet, a packet or vessel propelled by steam, and
running periodically between certain ports.
Steam pipe, any pipe for conveying steam; specifically, a
pipe through which steam is supplied to an engine.
Steam plow or Steam plough, a plow, or gang of plows,
moved by a steam engine.
Steam port, an opening for steam to pass through, as from
the steam chest into the cylinder.
Steam power, the force or energy of steam applied to
produce results; power derived from a steam engine.
Steam propeller. See Propeller.
Steam pump, a small pumping engine operated by steam. It is
usually direct-acting.
Steam room (Steam Boilers), the space in the boiler above
the water level, and in the dome, which contains steam.
Steam table, a table on which are dishes heated by steam
for keeping food warm in the carving room of a hotel,
restaurant, etc.
Steam trap, a self-acting device by means of which water
that accumulates in a pipe or vessel containing steam will
be discharged without permitting steam to escape.
Steam tug, a steam vessel used in towing or propelling
ships.
Steam vessel, a vessel propelled by steam; a steamboat or
steamship; a steamer.
Steam whistle, an apparatus attached to a steam boiler, as
of a locomotive, through which steam is rapidly
discharged, producing a loud whistle which serves as a
warning or a signal. The steam issues from a narrow
annular orifice around the upper edge of the lower cup or
hemisphere, striking the thin edge of the bell above it,
and producing sound in the manner of an organ pipe or a
common whistle.
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Unbefitting
(gcide) | Unbefitting \Unbefitting\
See befitting. |
Unfitting
(gcide) | Unfitting \Unfitting\
See fitting. |
befitting
(wn) | befitting
adj 1: appropriate to; "behavior befitting a father" |
befittingly
(wn) | befittingly
adv 1: in an appropriate manner; "he was appropriately dressed"
[syn: appropriately, suitably, fittingly,
befittingly, fitly] [ant: inappropriately,
unsuitably] |
close-fitting
(wn) | close-fitting
adj 1: fitting closely but comfortably; "a close fit" [syn:
close, snug, close-fitting] |
fitting
(wn) | fitting
adj 1: in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or
occasion; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that
field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we
should do this"
2: being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she
should be seated first" [syn: fitting, meet]
n 1: making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
[syn: adjustment, accommodation, fitting]
2: a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
3: (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a
ship or hotel) [syn: appointment, fitting]
4: putting clothes on to see whether they fit [syn: fitting,
try-on, trying on] |
fittingly
(wn) | fittingly
adv 1: in an appropriate manner; "he was appropriately dressed"
[syn: appropriately, suitably, fittingly,
befittingly, fitly] [ant: inappropriately,
unsuitably] |
fittingness
(wn) | fittingness
n 1: the quality of being suitable; "they had to prove their
fitness for the position" [syn: fitness, fittingness]
[ant: unfitness] |
gas fitting
(wn) | gas fitting
n 1: the fitting (pipes or valves or meters) that convey gas
from the gas main to the gas fixtures of a building |
ill-fitting
(wn) | ill-fitting
adj 1: not the right size or shape |
loose-fitting
(wn) | loose-fitting
adj 1: not fitting closely; hanging loosely; "baggy trousers";
"a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather"
[syn: baggy, loose-fitting, sloppy] |
outfitting
(wn) | outfitting
n 1: the act of renovating and fitting out a ship |
pipe fitting
(wn) | pipe fitting
n 1: fitting consisting of threaded pieces of pipe for joining
pipes together [syn: pipefitting, pipe fitting] |
pipefitting
(wn) | pipefitting
n 1: fitting consisting of threaded pieces of pipe for joining
pipes together [syn: pipefitting, pipe fitting] |
steam fitting
(wn) | steam fitting
n 1: care (installation and maintenance) of equipment for
ventilating or heating or refrigerating |
tight fitting
(wn) | tight fitting
adj 1: fitting snugly; "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting
clothes" [syn: tight-fitting, tightfitting, {tight
fitting}, tightly fitting, skinny] |
tight-fitting
(wn) | tight-fitting
adj 1: fitting snugly; "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting
clothes" [syn: tight-fitting, tightfitting, {tight
fitting}, tightly fitting, skinny] |
tightfitting
(wn) | tightfitting
adj 1: fitting snugly; "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting
clothes" [syn: tight-fitting, tightfitting, {tight
fitting}, tightly fitting, skinny] |
tightly fitting
(wn) | tightly fitting
adj 1: fitting snugly; "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting
clothes" [syn: tight-fitting, tightfitting, {tight
fitting}, tightly fitting, skinny] |
unbefitting
(wn) | unbefitting
adj 1: not befitting; "behavior unbefitting a father" |
unfitting
(wn) | unfitting
adj 1: not in keeping with what is correct or proper;
"completely inappropriate behavior" [syn:
inappropriate, incompatible, out or keeping(p),
unfitting] |
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