slovodefinícia
fossil
(encz)		fossil,fosilní Pavel Machek; Giza
Fossil
(gcide)		Fossil \Fos"sil\, n.
1. A substance dug from the earth. [Obs.]
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Note: Formerly all minerals were called fossils, but the word
is now restricted to express the remains of animals and
plants found buried in the earth. --Ure.
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2. (Paleon.) The remains of an animal or plant found in
stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species,
but many of the later ones belong to species still living.
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3. A person whose views and opinions are extremely
antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time
rather than with the present. [Colloq.]
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Fossil
(gcide)		Fossil \Fos"sil\, a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F.
fossile. See Fosse.]
1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
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2. preserved from a previous geological age; as, fossil water
from deep wells; -- usually implying that the object so
described has had its substance modified by long residence
in the ground, but also used (as with fossil water) in
cases where chemical composition is not altered.
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3. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in
rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants,
shells.
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Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue
clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable
resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth.

Fossil cork, Fossil flax, Fossil paper, or {Fossil
wood}, varieties of amianthus.

Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime.

Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. --Raymond.
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fossil
(wn)		fossil
adj 1: characteristic of a fossil
n 1: someone whose style is out of fashion [syn: dodo, fogy,
fogey, fossil]
2: the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that
existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated
from the soil
fossil
(foldoc)		fossil

1. In software, a misfeature that becomes understandable only
in historical context, as a remnant of times past retained so
as not to break compatibility. Example: the retention of
octal as default base for string escapes in C, in spite of
the better match of hexadecimal to ASCII and modern
byte-addressable architectures. See dusty deck.

2. More restrictively, a feature with past but no present
utility. Example: the force-all-caps (LCASE) bits in the V7
and BSD Unix tty driver, designed for use with monocase
terminals. (In a perversion of the usual
backward-compatibility goal, this functionality has actually
been expanded and renamed in some later USG Unix releases as
the IUCLC and OLCUC bits.)

3. The FOSSIL (Fido/Opus/Seadog Standard Interface Level)
driver specification for serial-port access to replace the
brain-dead routines in the IBM PC ROMs. Fossils are used by
most MS-DOS BBS software in preference to the "supported"
ROM routines, which do not support interrupt-driven operation
or setting speeds above 9600; the use of a semistandard FOSSIL
library is preferable to the bare metal serial port
programming otherwise required. Since the FOSSIL
specification allows additional functionality to be hooked in,
drivers that use the hook but do not provide serial-port
access themselves are named with a modifier, as in "video
fossil".

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fossil
(jargon)		fossil
n.

1. In software, a misfeature that becomes understandable only in historical
context, as a remnant of times past retained so as not to break
compatibility. Example: the retention of octal as default base for string
escapes in C, in spite of the better match of hexadecimal to ASCII and
modern byte-addressable architectures. See dusty deck.

2. More restrictively, a feature with past but no present utility. Example:
the force-all-caps (LCASE) bits in the V7 and BSD Unix tty driver,
designed for use with monocase terminals. (In a perversion of the usual
backward-compatibility goal, this functionality has actually been expanded
and renamed in some later USG Unix releases as the IUCLC and OLCUC bits.)
fossil
(vera)		FOSSIL
Fido Opus Seadog Standard Interface Layer
podobné slovodefinícia
fossil copal
(encz)		fossil copal, n:
fossil fuel
(encz)		fossil fuel,fosilní palivo Hynek Hanke
fossil fuels
(encz)		fossil fuels,fosilní paliva Mgr. Dita Gálová
fossil oil
(encz)		fossil oil, n:
fossil water
(encz)		fossil water,fosilní voda [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač
fossiliferous
(encz)		fossiliferous,obsahující fosilie Zdeněk Brož
fossilisation
(encz)		fossilisation, n:
fossilise
(encz)		fossilise,zkamenět v: Zdeněk Brož
fossilised
(encz)		fossilised,
fossilising
(encz)		fossilising,
fossilist
(encz)		fossilist, n:
fossilization
(encz)		fossilization,fosilizace n: Zdeněk Brožfossilization,zkostnatění n: Zdeněk Brož
fossilize
(encz)		fossilize,zkamenět v: Zdeněk Brož
fossilized
(encz)		fossilized,zkamenělý adj: Zdeněk Brož
fossilizing
(encz)		fossilizing,
fossilology
(encz)		fossilology, n:
fossils
(encz)		fossils,fosílie pl. Zdeněk Brož
guide fossil
(encz)		guide fossil, n:
index fossil
(encz)		index fossil, n:
microfossil
(encz)		microfossil, n:
Cork fossil
(gcide)		Cork fossil \Cork" fos`sil\ (k[^o]rk" f[o^]s`s[i^]l). (Min.)
A variety of amianthus which is very light, like cork.
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Fossil
(gcide)		Fossil \Fos"sil\, n.
1. A substance dug from the earth. [Obs.]
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Note: Formerly all minerals were called fossils, but the word
is now restricted to express the remains of animals and
plants found buried in the earth. --Ure.
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2. (Paleon.) The remains of an animal or plant found in
stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species,
but many of the later ones belong to species still living.
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3. A person whose views and opinions are extremely
antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time
rather than with the present. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Fossil \Fos"sil\, a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F.
fossile. See Fosse.]
1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
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2. preserved from a previous geological age; as, fossil water
from deep wells; -- usually implying that the object so
described has had its substance modified by long residence
in the ground, but also used (as with fossil water) in
cases where chemical composition is not altered.
[PJC]

3. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in
rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants,
shells.
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Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue
clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable
resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth.

Fossil cork, Fossil flax, Fossil paper, or {Fossil
wood}, varieties of amianthus.

Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime.

Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. --Raymond.
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Fossil buttonmolds
(gcide)		Buttonmold \But"ton*mold`\, n.
A disk of bone, wood, or other material, which is made into a
button by covering it with cloth. [Written also
buttonmould.]
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Fossil buttonmolds, joints of encrinites. See Encrinite.
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Fossil copal
(gcide)		Fossil \Fos"sil\, a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F.
fossile. See Fosse.]
1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
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2. preserved from a previous geological age; as, fossil water
from deep wells; -- usually implying that the object so
described has had its substance modified by long residence
in the ground, but also used (as with fossil water) in
cases where chemical composition is not altered.
[PJC]

3. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in
rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants,
shells.
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Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue
clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable
resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth.

Fossil cork, Fossil flax, Fossil paper, or {Fossil
wood}, varieties of amianthus.

Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime.

Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. --Raymond.
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Fossil cork
(gcide)		Fossil \Fos"sil\, a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F.
fossile. See Fosse.]
1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
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2. preserved from a previous geological age; as, fossil water
from deep wells; -- usually implying that the object so
described has had its substance modified by long residence
in the ground, but also used (as with fossil water) in
cases where chemical composition is not altered.
[PJC]

3. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in
rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants,
shells.
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Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue
clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable
resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth.

Fossil cork, Fossil flax, Fossil paper, or {Fossil
wood}, varieties of amianthus.

Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime.

Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. --Raymond.
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Fossil farina
(gcide)		Fossil \Fos"sil\, a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F.
fossile. See Fosse.]
1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
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2. preserved from a previous geological age; as, fossil water
from deep wells; -- usually implying that the object so
described has had its substance modified by long residence
in the ground, but also used (as with fossil water) in
cases where chemical composition is not altered.
[PJC]

3. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in
rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants,
shells.
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Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue
clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable
resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth.

Fossil cork, Fossil flax, Fossil paper, or {Fossil
wood}, varieties of amianthus.

Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime.

Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. --Raymond.
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Fossil flax
(gcide)		Fossil \Fos"sil\, a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F.
fossile. See Fosse.]
1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
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2. preserved from a previous geological age; as, fossil water
from deep wells; -- usually implying that the object so
described has had its substance modified by long residence
in the ground, but also used (as with fossil water) in
cases where chemical composition is not altered.
[PJC]

3. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in
rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants,
shells.
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Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue
clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable
resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth.

Fossil cork, Fossil flax, Fossil paper, or {Fossil
wood}, varieties of amianthus.

Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime.

Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. --Raymond.
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Fossil ore
(gcide)		Fossil \Fos"sil\, a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F.
fossile. See Fosse.]
1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
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2. preserved from a previous geological age; as, fossil water
from deep wells; -- usually implying that the object so
described has had its substance modified by long residence
in the ground, but also used (as with fossil water) in
cases where chemical composition is not altered.
[PJC]

3. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in
rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants,
shells.
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Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue
clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable
resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth.

Fossil cork, Fossil flax, Fossil paper, or {Fossil
wood}, varieties of amianthus.

Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime.

Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. --Raymond.
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Fossil paper
(gcide)		Fossil \Fos"sil\, a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F.
fossile. See Fosse.]
1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
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2. preserved from a previous geological age; as, fossil water
from deep wells; -- usually implying that the object so
described has had its substance modified by long residence
in the ground, but also used (as with fossil water) in
cases where chemical composition is not altered.
[PJC]

3. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in
rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants,
shells.
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Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue
clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable
resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth.

Fossil cork, Fossil flax, Fossil paper, or {Fossil
wood}, varieties of amianthus.

Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime.

Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. --Raymond.
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Fossil unicorn
(gcide)		Unicorn \U"ni*corn\, n. [OE. unicorne, F. unicorne, L. unicornis
one-horned, having a single horn; unus one + cornu a horn;
cf. L. unicornuus a unicorn. See One, and Horn.]
1. A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often
represented in heraldry as a supporter.
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2. A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the
Authorized Version of the Scriptures.
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Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the
furrow? --Job xxxix.
10.
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Note: The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the
urus. See the Note under Reem.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the
head or prothorax.
(b) The larva of a unicorn moth.
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4. (Zool.) The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird.
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5. (Mil.) A howitzer. [Obs.]
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Fossil unicorn, or Fossil unicorn's horn (Med.), a
substance formerly of great repute in medicine; -- named
from having been supposed to be the bone or the horn of
the unicorn.

Unicorn fish, Unicorn whale (Zool.), the narwhal.

Unicorn moth (Zool.), a notodontian moth ({Coelodasys
unicornis}) whose caterpillar has a prominent horn on its
back; -- called also unicorn prominent.

Unicorn root (Bot.), a name of two North American plants,
the yellow-flowered colicroot (Aletris farinosa) and the
blazing star (Chamaelirium luteum). Both are used in
medicine.

Unicorn shell (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
gastropods having a prominent spine on the lip of the
shell. Most of them belong to the genera Monoceros and
Leucozonia.
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