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fraternal (encz) | fraternal,bratrský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Fraternal (gcide) | Fraternal \Fra*ter"nal\, a.[F. fraternel, LL. fraternalis, fr.
L. fraternus, fr. frater brother. See Brother.]
Of, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to
brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal
embrace. -- Fra*ter"nal*ly, adv.
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An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war. --Milton.
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Fraternal love and friendship. --Addison.
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fraternal (wn) | fraternal
adj 1: of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men;
"a fraternal order"
2: (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova;
"fraternal twins are biovular" [syn: fraternal, biovular]
[ant: identical, monovular]
3: like or characteristic of or befitting a brother; "brotherly
feelings"; "close fraternal ties" [syn: brotherly,
brotherlike, fraternal] [ant: sisterlike, sisterly,
sororal] |
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fraternal twin (encz) | fraternal twin, n: |
fraternally (encz) | fraternally, |
Eumenes fraternal (gcide) | Potter \Pot"ter\, n. [Cf. F. potier.]
1. One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels. --Ps. ii.
9.
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The potter heard, and stopped his wheel.
--Longfellow.
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2. One who hawks crockery or earthenware. [Prov. Eng.] --De
Quincey.
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3. One who pots meats or other eatables.
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4. (Zool.) The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin.
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Potter's asthma (Med.), emphysema of the lungs; -- so
called because very prevalent among potters. --Parkers.
Potter's clay. See under Clay.
Potter's field, a public burial place, especially in a
city, for paupers, unknown persons, and criminals; -- so
named from the field south of Jerusalem, mentioned in
--Matt. xxvii. 7.
Potter's ore. See Alquifou.
Potter's wheel, a horizontal revolving disk on which the
clay is molded into form with the hands or tools. "My
thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel." --Shak.
Potter wasp (Zool.), a small solitary wasp ({Eumenes
fraternal}) which constructs a globular nest of mud and
sand in which it deposits insect larv[ae], such as
cankerworms, as food for its young.
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Fraternal (gcide) | Fraternal \Fra*ter"nal\, a.[F. fraternel, LL. fraternalis, fr.
L. fraternus, fr. frater brother. See Brother.]
Of, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to
brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal
embrace. -- Fra*ter"nal*ly, adv.
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An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war. --Milton.
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Fraternal love and friendship. --Addison.
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Fraternally (gcide) | Fraternal \Fra*ter"nal\, a.[F. fraternel, LL. fraternalis, fr.
L. fraternus, fr. frater brother. See Brother.]
Of, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to
brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal
embrace. -- Fra*ter"nal*ly, adv.
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An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war. --Milton.
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Fraternal love and friendship. --Addison.
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Unfraternal (gcide) | Unfraternal \Unfraternal\
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fraternal twin (wn) | fraternal twin
n 1: either of two twins who developed from two separate
fertilized eggs [syn: fraternal twin, dizygotic twin] |
fraternally (wn) | fraternally
adv 1: in a brotherly manner |
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