| slovo | definícia |
folk
(mass) | folk
- ľudový |
folk
(encz) | folk,lid Zdeněk Brož |
folk
(encz) | folk,lidé Zdeněk Brož |
folk
(encz) | folk,lidi Zdeněk Brož |
folk
(encz) | folk,lidový adj: |
folk
(encz) | folk,národní Zdeněk Brož |
Folk
(gcide) | Folk \Folk\ (f[=o]k), Folks \Folks\ (f[=o]ks), n. collect. & pl.
[AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel.
f[=o]lk, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E.
follow.]
1. (Eng. Hist.) In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group
of townships or villages; a community; a tribe. [Obs.]
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The organization of each folk, as such, sprang
mainly from war. --J. R. Green.
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2. People in general, or a separate class of people; --
generally used in the plural form, and often with a
qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks.
[Colloq.]
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In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire
With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales.
--Shak.
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3. The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all
well. [Colloq. New Eng.] --Bartlett.
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Folk song, one of a class of songs long popular with the
common people.
Folk speech, the speech of the common people, as
distinguished from that of the educated class.
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folk
(wn) | folk
n 1: people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just
country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the
common people determine the group character and preserve
its customs from one generation to the next" [syn: folk,
folks, common people]
2: a social division of (usually preliterate) people [syn:
tribe, folk]
3: people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has
lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: family,
family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept,
phratry]
4: the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an
expression of the life of people in a community [syn: {folk
music}, ethnic music, folk] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
folks
(mass) | folks
- ľudkovia |
norfolk island
(mass) | Norfolk Island
- Norfolk |
norfolk
(msas) | Norfolk
- NF, NFK, Norfolk Island |
norfolk
(msasasci) | Norfolk
- NF, NFK, Norfolk Island |
different strokes for different folks
(encz) | different strokes for different folks, |
folk art
(encz) | folk art,lidové umění Pavel Cvrček |
folk ballad
(encz) | folk ballad, n: |
folk costume
(encz) | folk costume,kroj |
folk dance
(encz) | folk dance,lidový tanec n: |
folk dancer
(encz) | folk dancer, n: |
folk dancing
(encz) | folk dancing, n: |
folk etymology
(encz) | folk etymology, n: |
folk museum
(encz) | folk museum,muzeum lidového umění Pavel Cvrček |
folk music
(encz) | folk music, |
folk poet
(encz) | folk poet, n: |
folk singer
(encz) | folk singer, |
folk song
(encz) | folk song,lidová píseň n: |
folk tale
(encz) | folk tale,lidové vyprávění n: Zdeněk Brož |
folk writer
(encz) | folk writer, n: |
folk-song
(encz) | folk-song,národní píseň Zdeněk Brož |
folklore
(encz) | folklore,folklor n: Zdeněk Brožfolklore,folkloristika n: Zdeněk Brož |
folkloric
(encz) | folkloric,folkloristický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
folklorist
(encz) | folklorist,folklórista n: Zdeněk Brož |
folks
(encz) | folks,lidé Zdeněk Brožfolks,lidičky n: pl. Zdeněk Brožfolks,přátelé n: Zdeněk Brož |
folksiness
(encz) | folksiness,lidovost n: Zdeněk Brož |
folksinger
(encz) | folksinger,lidový zpěvák n: paskyfolksinger,písničkář n: pasky |
folksinging
(encz) | folksinging, |
folksong
(encz) | folksong,lidová píseň n: folksong,národní píseň Zdeněk Brož |
folksy
(encz) | folksy,lidový adj: Zdeněk Brožfolksy,přátelský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
folktale
(encz) | folktale, |
folkway
(encz) | folkway, |
gentlefolk
(encz) | gentlefolk,šlechetní lidé Zdeněk Brož |
home folks
(encz) | home folks, n: |
homefolk
(encz) | homefolk, n: |
kinfolk
(encz) | kinfolk,příbuzní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
kinfolks
(encz) | kinfolks,příbuzní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
kinsfolk
(encz) | kinsfolk,příbuzenstvo n: Zdeněk Brož |
menfolk
(encz) | menfolk,mužští členové Zdeněk Brož |
menfolks
(encz) | menfolks,mužští členové Zdeněk Brož |
norfolk
(encz) | Norfolk,Norfolk n: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Spojené státy americké,
okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
norfolk island pine
(encz) | norfolk island pine, n: |
norfolk jacket
(encz) | Norfolk jacket, |
suffolk
(encz) | Suffolk,okres v USA n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
townsfolk
(encz) | townsfolk,měšťané Zdeněk Brož |
womanfolk
(encz) | womanfolk,ženské n: Zdeněk Brož |
womenfolk
(encz) | womenfolk,ženské n: Zdeněk Brožwomenfolk,ženy n: všechny PetrV |
folklor
(czen) | folklor,folkloren: Zdeněk Brož |
folkloristický
(czen) | folkloristický,folkloricadj: Zdeněk Brož |
folkloristika
(czen) | folkloristika,folkloren: Zdeněk Brož |
folklórista
(czen) | folklórista,folkloristn: Zdeněk Brož |
norfolk
(czen) | Norfolk,Norfolkn: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Spojené státy americké,
okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Almsfolk
(gcide) | Almsfolk \Alms"folk`\ ([add]mz"f[=o]k`), n.
Persons supported by alms; almsmen. [Archaic] --Holinshed.
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Folk
(gcide) | Folk \Folk\ (f[=o]k), Folks \Folks\ (f[=o]ks), n. collect. & pl.
[AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel.
f[=o]lk, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E.
follow.]
1. (Eng. Hist.) In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group
of townships or villages; a community; a tribe. [Obs.]
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The organization of each folk, as such, sprang
mainly from war. --J. R. Green.
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2. People in general, or a separate class of people; --
generally used in the plural form, and often with a
qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks.
[Colloq.]
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In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire
With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales.
--Shak.
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3. The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all
well. [Colloq. New Eng.] --Bartlett.
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Folk song, one of a class of songs long popular with the
common people.
Folk speech, the speech of the common people, as
distinguished from that of the educated class.
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Folk lore
(gcide) | Folklore \Folk"lore`\, n., or Folk lore \Folk" lore`\ .
Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the
people; the unwritten literature of a culture, such as
stories, proverbs, riddles and songs. --Trench.
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Folk song
(gcide) | Folk \Folk\ (f[=o]k), Folks \Folks\ (f[=o]ks), n. collect. & pl.
[AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel.
f[=o]lk, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E.
follow.]
1. (Eng. Hist.) In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group
of townships or villages; a community; a tribe. [Obs.]
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The organization of each folk, as such, sprang
mainly from war. --J. R. Green.
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2. People in general, or a separate class of people; --
generally used in the plural form, and often with a
qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks.
[Colloq.]
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In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire
With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales.
--Shak.
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3. The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all
well. [Colloq. New Eng.] --Bartlett.
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Folk song, one of a class of songs long popular with the
common people.
Folk speech, the speech of the common people, as
distinguished from that of the educated class.
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Folk speech
(gcide) | Folk \Folk\ (f[=o]k), Folks \Folks\ (f[=o]ks), n. collect. & pl.
[AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel.
f[=o]lk, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E.
follow.]
1. (Eng. Hist.) In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group
of townships or villages; a community; a tribe. [Obs.]
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The organization of each folk, as such, sprang
mainly from war. --J. R. Green.
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2. People in general, or a separate class of people; --
generally used in the plural form, and often with a
qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks.
[Colloq.]
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In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire
With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales.
--Shak.
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3. The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all
well. [Colloq. New Eng.] --Bartlett.
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Folk song, one of a class of songs long popular with the
common people.
Folk speech, the speech of the common people, as
distinguished from that of the educated class.
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folk tale
(gcide) | folktale \folktale\, folk tale \folk tale\n.
a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk,
especially one forming part of the tradition of a culture.
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Folkething
(gcide) | Folkething \Fol"ke*thing`\, n. [Dan. See Folk, and Thing.]
The lower house of the Danish Rigsdag, or Parliament. See
Legislature, below.
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Folkland
(gcide) | Folkland \Folk"land`\, n. [AS. folcland.] (O.Eng. Law)
Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, or
people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and resumed
at his discretion. Not being held by any assurance in
writing, it was opposed to bookland or charter land, which
was held by deed. --Mozley & W. Folklore |
Folklore
(gcide) | Folklore \Folk"lore`\, n., or Folk lore \Folk" lore`\ .
Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the
people; the unwritten literature of a culture, such as
stories, proverbs, riddles and songs. --Trench.
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Folkmote
(gcide) | Folkmote \Folk"mote`\, n. [AS. folcm[=o]t folk meeting.]
An assembly of the people; esp. (Sax. Law), a general
assembly of the people to consider and order matters of the
commonwealth; also, a local court. [Hist.]
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To which folkmote they all with one consent
Agreed to travel. --Spenser.
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Folkmoter
(gcide) | Folkmoter \Folk"mot`er\, n.
One who takes part in a folkmote, or local court. [Obs.]
--Milton.
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Folks
(gcide) | Folk \Folk\ (f[=o]k), Folks \Folks\ (f[=o]ks), n. collect. & pl.
[AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel.
f[=o]lk, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E.
follow.]
1. (Eng. Hist.) In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group
of townships or villages; a community; a tribe. [Obs.]
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The organization of each folk, as such, sprang
mainly from war. --J. R. Green.
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2. People in general, or a separate class of people; --
generally used in the plural form, and often with a
qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks.
[Colloq.]
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In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire
With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales.
--Shak.
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3. The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all
well. [Colloq. New Eng.] --Bartlett.
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Folk song, one of a class of songs long popular with the
common people.
Folk speech, the speech of the common people, as
distinguished from that of the educated class.
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folksy
(gcide) | folksy \folksy\ adj.
1. same as cracker-barrel.
Syn: cracker-barrel, homespun.
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2. very informal and familiar; as, a folksy radio
commentator; a folksy style.
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folktale
(gcide) | folktale \folktale\, folk tale \folk tale\n.
a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk,
especially one forming part of the tradition of a culture.
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Gentlefolk
(gcide) | Gentlefolk \Gen"tle*folk`\, Gentlefolks \Gen"tle*folks`\, n. pl.
Persons of gentle or good family and breeding. [Generally in
the United States in the plural form.] --Shak.
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Gentlefolks
(gcide) | Gentlefolk \Gen"tle*folk`\, Gentlefolks \Gen"tle*folks`\, n. pl.
Persons of gentle or good family and breeding. [Generally in
the United States in the plural form.] --Shak.
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Good folk
(gcide) | Good \Good\, a. [Compar. Better; superl. Best. These words,
though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are
from a different root.] [AS. G[=o]d, akin to D. goed, OS.
g[=o]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. god,
Goth. g[=o]ds; prob. orig., fitting, belonging together, and
akin to E. gather. [root]29 Cf. Gather.]
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1. Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end
designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness;
serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; admirable;
commendable; not bad, corrupt, evil, noxious, offensive,
or troublesome, etc.
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And God saw everything that he had made, and behold,
it was very good. --Gen. i. 31.
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Good company, good wine, good welcome. --Shak.
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2. Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious;
religious; -- said of persons or actions.
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In all things showing thyself a pattern of good
works. --Tit. ii. 7.
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3. Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite;
propitious; friendly; well-disposed; -- often followed by
to or toward, also formerly by unto.
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The men were very good unto us. --1 Sam. xxv.
15.
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4. Serviceable; suited; adapted; suitable; of use; to be
relied upon; -- followed especially by for.
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All quality that is good for anything is founded
originally in merit. --Collier.
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5. Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; -- followed
especially by at.
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He . . . is a good workman; a very good tailor.
--Shak.
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Those are generally good at flattering who are good
for nothing else. --South.
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6. Adequate; sufficient; competent; sound; not fallacious;
valid; in a commercial sense, to be depended on for the
discharge of obligations incurred; having pecuniary
ability; of unimpaired credit.
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My reasons are both good and weighty. --Shak.
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My meaning in saying he is a good man is . . . that
he is sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond.
--Shak.
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7. Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest;
in good sooth.
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Love no man in good earnest. --Shak.
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8. Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable;
esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good
degree, a good share or part, etc.
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9. Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.
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Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and
running over. --Luke vi. 38.
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10. Not blemished or impeached; fair; honorable; unsullied;
as in the phrases a good name, a good report, good
repute, etc.
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A good name is better than precious ointment.
--Eccl. vii.
1.
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As good as. See under As.
For good, or For good and all, completely and finally;
fully; truly.
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The good woman never died after this, till she came
to die for good and all. --L'Estrange.
Good breeding, polite or polished manners, formed by
education; a polite education.
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Distinguished by good humor and good breeding.
--Macaulay.
Good cheap, literally, good bargain; reasonably cheap.
Good consideration (Law).
(a) A consideration of blood or of natural love and
affection. --Blackstone.
(b) A valuable consideration, or one which will sustain a
contract.
Good fellow, a person of companionable qualities.
[Familiar]
Good folk, or Good people, fairies; brownies; pixies,
etc. [Colloq. Eng. & Scot.]
Good for nothing.
(a) Of no value; useless; worthless.
(b) Used substantively, an idle, worthless person.
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My father always said I was born to be a good
for nothing. --Ld. Lytton.
Good Friday, the Friday of Holy Week, kept in some churches
as a fast, in memoory of our Savior's passion or
suffering; the anniversary of the crucifixion.
Good humor, or Good-humor, a cheerful or pleasant temper
or state of mind.
Good humor man, a travelling vendor who sells Good Humor
ice-cream (or some similar ice-cream) from a small
refrigerated truck; he usually drives slowly through
residential neighborhoods in summertime, loudly playing
some distinctive recorded music to announce his presence.
[U. S.]
Good nature, or Good-nature, habitual kindness or
mildness of temper or disposition; amiability; state of
being in good humor.
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The good nature and generosity which belonged to his
character. --Macaulay.
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The young count's good nature and easy
persuadability were among his best characteristics.
--Hawthorne.
Good people. See Good folk (above).
Good speed, good luck; good success; godspeed; -- an old
form of wishing success. See Speed.
Good turn, an act of kidness; a favor.
Good will.
(a) Benevolence; well wishing; kindly feeling.
(b) (Law) The custom of any trade or business; the
tendency or inclination of persons, old customers and
others, to resort to an established place of
business; the advantage accruing from tendency or
inclination.
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The good will of a trade is nothing more than
the probability that the old customers will
resort to the old place. --Lord Eldon.
In good time.
(a) Promptly; punctually; opportunely; not too soon nor
too late.
(b) (Mus.) Correctly; in proper time.
To hold good, to remain true or valid; to be operative; to
remain in force or effect; as, his promise holds good; the
condition still holds good.
To make good, to fulfill; to establish; to maintain; to
supply (a defect or deficiency); to indemmify; to prove or
verify (an accusation); to prove to be blameless; to
clear; to vindicate.
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Each word made good and true. --Shak.
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Of no power to make his wishes good. --Shak.
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I . . . would by combat make her good. --Shak.
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Convenient numbers to make good the city. --Shak.
To think good, to approve; to be pleased or satisfied with;
to consider expedient or proper.
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If ye think good, give me my price; and if not,
forbear. --Zech. xi.
12.
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Note: Good, in the sense of wishing well, is much used in
greeting and leave-taking; as, good day, good night,
good evening, good morning, etc.
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kinfolk
(gcide) | kinfolk \kin"folk`\, n.
Relatives; kindred; kin; kinsfolk; persons of the same family
or closely related families.
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Kinsfolk
(gcide) | Kinsfolk \Kins"folk`\, n.
Relatives; kindred; kin; kinfolk; persons of the same family
or closely related families.
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They sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
--Luke ii. 44.
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Norfolk
(gcide) | Norfolk \Nor"folk\, n.
Short for Norfolk Jacket.
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Norfolk dumpling
(gcide) | Norfolk dumpling \Norfolk dumpling\ (Eng.)
(a) A kind of boiled dumpling made in Norfolk.
(b) A native or inhabitant of Norfolk.
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Norfolk Island pine
(gcide) | Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[imac]n, L. pinus.]
1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See
Pinus.
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Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
States, of which the white pine (Pinus Strobus),
the Georgia pine (Pinus australis), the red pine
(Pinus resinosa), and the great West Coast {sugar
pine} (Pinus Lambertiana) are among the most
valuable. The Scotch pine or fir, also called
Norway or Riga pine (Pinus sylvestris), is the
only British species. The nut pine is any pine tree,
or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See
Pinon.
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cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now
commonly assigned to other genera.
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2. The wood of the pine tree.
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3. A pineapple.
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Ground pine. (Bot.) See under Ground.
Norfolk Island pine (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
the Araucaria excelsa.
Pine barren, a tract of infertile land which is covered
with pines. [Southern U.S.]
Pine borer (Zool.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into
pine trees.
Pine finch. (Zool.) See Pinefinch, in the Vocabulary.
Pine grosbeak (Zool.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
red.
Pine lizard (Zool.), a small, very active, mottled gray
lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle
States; -- called also swift, brown scorpion, and
alligator.
Pine marten. (Zool.)
(a) A European weasel (Mustela martes), called also
sweet marten, and yellow-breasted marten.
(b) The American sable. See Sable.
Pine moth (Zool.), any one of several species of small
tortricid moths of the genus Retinia, whose larv[ae]
burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
doing great damage.
Pine mouse (Zool.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
forests.
Pine needle (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
of a pine tree. See Pinus.
Pine-needle wool. See Pine wool (below).
Pine oil, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
Pine snake (Zool.), a large harmless North American snake
(Pituophis melanoleucus). It is whitish, covered with
brown blotches having black margins. Called also {bull
snake}. The Western pine snake (Pituophis Sayi) is
chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
Pine tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Pinus; pine.
Pine-tree money, money coined in Massachusetts in the
seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
figure of a pine tree. The most noted variety is the {pine
tree shilling}.
Pine weevil (Zool.), any one of numerous species of weevils
whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several
species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to
the genera Pissodes, Hylobius, etc.
Pine wool, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
arts; -- called also pine-needle wool, and {pine-wood
wool}.
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Norfolk jacket
(gcide) | Norfolk jacket \Norfolk jacket\
A kind of loose-fitting plaited jacket, having a loose belt.
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