| slovo | definícia |
fret
(encz) | fret,dřít v: Zdeněk Brož |
fret
(encz) | fret,odřenina n: Zdeněk Brož |
fret
(encz) | fret,podráždění n: Zdeněk Brož |
fret
(encz) | fret,pražec n: [hud.] Michal Božoň |
fret
(encz) | fret,rozdírat v: Zdeněk Brož |
fret
(encz) | fret,sužovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
fret
(encz) | fret,trápit se v: Rostislav Svoboda |
Fret
(gcide) | Fret \Fret\, v. t. [OE. fretten to adorn, AS. fr[ae]twan,
fr[ae]twian; akin to OS. fratah[=o]n, cf. Goth. us-fratwjan
to make wise, also AS. fr[ae]twe ornaments, OS. fratah[imac]
adornment.]
To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.
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Whose skirt with gold was fretted all about. --Spenser.
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Yon gray lines,
That fret the clouds, are messengers of day. --Shak.
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Fret
(gcide) | Fret \Fret\, v. i.
1. To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets
on the edges.
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2. To eat in; to make way by corrosion.
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Many wheals arose, and fretted one into another with
great excoriation. --Wiseman.
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3. To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as,
rancor frets in the malignant breast.
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4. To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to
utter peevish expressions.
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He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
--Dryden.
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Fret
(gcide) | Fret \Fret\, n.
1. Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See
Fretwork.
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2. (Arch.) An ornament consisting of small fillets or slats
intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in
classical designs, or at oblique angles, as often in
Oriental art.
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His lady's cabinet is a adorned on the fret,
ceiling, and chimney-piece with . . . carving.
--Evelyn.
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3. The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver
wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their
hair.
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A fret of gold she had next her hair. --Chaucer.
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Fret saw, a saw with a long, narrow blade, used in cutting
frets, scrolls, etc.; a scroll saw; a keyhole saw; a
compass saw.
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Fret
(gcide) | Fret \Fret\ (fr[e^]t), n. [Obs.]
See 1st Frith.
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Fret
(gcide) | Fret \Fret\ (fr[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fretted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Fretting.] [OE. freten to eat, consume; AS. fretan,
for foretan; pref. for- + etan to eat; akin to D. vreten,
OHG. frezzan, G. fressen, Sw. fr[aum]ta, Goth. fra-itan. See
For, and Eat, v. t.]
1. To devour. [Obs.]
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The sow frete the child right in the cradle.
--Chaucer.
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2. To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall;
hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a
piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a
ship.
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With many a curve my banks I fret. --Tennyson.
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3. To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
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By starts
His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear. --Shak.
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4. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple;
as, to fret the surface of water.
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5. To tease; to irritate; to vex.
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Fret not thyself because of evil doers. --Ps.
xxxvii. 1.
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Fret
(gcide) | Fret \Fret\, n.
1. The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or
other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
--Addison.
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2. Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience;
disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind
in a continual fret.
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Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret. --Pope.
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3. Herpes; tetter. --Dunglison.
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4. pl. (Mining) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or
stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down
from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the
locality of the veins.
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Fret
(gcide) | Fret \Fret\, n. [F. frette a saltire, also a hoop, ferrule,
prob. a dim. of L. ferrum iron. For sense 2, cf. also E. fret
to rub.]
1. (Her.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
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2. (Mus.) A short piece of wire, or other material fixed
across the finger board of a guitar or a similar
instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed.
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Fret
(gcide) | Fret \Fret\, v. t.
To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.
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fret
(wn) | fret
n 1: agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a
stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" [syn: fret, stew,
sweat, lather, swither]
2: a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion [syn:
worn spot, fret]
3: an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and
horizontal lines (often in relief); "there was a simple fret
at the top of the walls" [syn: fret, Greek fret, {Greek
key}, key pattern]
4: a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical
instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the
metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch
v 1: worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much
over the grandchildren--they are quite big now" [syn:
fuss, niggle, fret]
2: be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small
details"
3: provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar"
4: become or make sore by or as if by rubbing [syn: chafe,
gall, fret]
5: cause annoyance in
6: gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled
her"; "his resentment festered" [syn: eat into, fret,
rankle, grate]
7: carve a pattern into
8: decorate with an interlaced design
9: be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the
cat" [syn: choke, gag, fret]
10: cause friction; "my sweater scratches" [syn: rub, fray,
fret, chafe, scratch]
11: remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces" [syn:
erode, eat away, fret]
12: wear away or erode [syn: fret, eat away] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
fretboard
(encz) | fretboard,hmatník n: [hud.] Michal Božoň |
fretful
(encz) | fretful,zlobivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fretfully
(encz) | fretfully,podrážděně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
fretfulness
(encz) | fretfulness,podrážděnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
fretless
(encz) | fretless,nepodrážditelný Jaroslav Šedivý |
fretsaw
(encz) | fretsaw, |
fretted
(encz) | fretted, |
fretting
(encz) | fretting, |
fretwork
(encz) | fretwork,vyřezávaná ozdoba n: Zdeněk Brož |
pomfret
(encz) | pomfret, n: |
unfretted
(encz) | unfretted, adj: |
fretka
(czen) | fretka,ferretn: Zdeněk Brož |
fretky
(czen) | fretky,ferretsn: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Affret
(gcide) | Affret \Af*fret"\, n. [Cf. It. affrettare to hasten, fretta
haste.]
A furious onset or attack. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Belly fretting
(gcide) | Belly \Bel"ly\ (b[e^]l"l[y^]), n.; pl. Bellies (-l[i^]z). [OE.
bali, bely, AS. belg, b[ae]lg, b[ae]lig, bag, bellows, belly;
akin to Icel. belgr bag, bellows, Sw. b[aum]lg, Dan. b[ae]lg,
D. & G. balg, cf. W. bol the paunch or belly, dim. boly, Ir.
bolg. Cf. Bellows, Follicle, Fool, Bilge.]
1. That part of the human body which extends downward from
the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or
intestines; the abdomen.
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Note: Formerly all the splanchnic or visceral cavities were
called bellies; -- the lower belly being the abdomen;
the middle belly, the thorax; and the upper belly, the
head. --Dunglison.
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2. The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to
the human belly.
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Underneath the belly of their steeds. --Shak.
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3. The womb. [Obs.]
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Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee.
--Jer. i. 5.
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4. The part of anything which resembles the human belly in
protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the
belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship.
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Out of the belly of hell cried I. --Jonah ii. 2.
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5. (Arch.) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the
convex part of which is the back.
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Belly doublet, a doublet of the 16th century, hanging down
so as to cover the belly. --Shak.
Belly fretting, the chafing of a horse's belly with a
girth. --Johnson.
Belly timber, food. [Ludicrous] --Prior.
Belly worm, a worm that breeds or lives in the belly
(stomach or intestines). --Johnson.
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Chamfret
(gcide) | Chamfret \Cham"fret\, n. [See Chamfron.]
1. (Carp.) A small gutter; a furrow; a groove.
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2. A chamfer.
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Fret
(gcide) | Fret \Fret\, v. t. [OE. fretten to adorn, AS. fr[ae]twan,
fr[ae]twian; akin to OS. fratah[=o]n, cf. Goth. us-fratwjan
to make wise, also AS. fr[ae]twe ornaments, OS. fratah[imac]
adornment.]
To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.
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Whose skirt with gold was fretted all about. --Spenser.
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Yon gray lines,
That fret the clouds, are messengers of day. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Fret \Fret\, v. i.
1. To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets
on the edges.
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2. To eat in; to make way by corrosion.
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Many wheals arose, and fretted one into another with
great excoriation. --Wiseman.
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3. To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as,
rancor frets in the malignant breast.
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4. To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to
utter peevish expressions.
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He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Fret \Fret\, n.
1. Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See
Fretwork.
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2. (Arch.) An ornament consisting of small fillets or slats
intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in
classical designs, or at oblique angles, as often in
Oriental art.
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His lady's cabinet is a adorned on the fret,
ceiling, and chimney-piece with . . . carving.
--Evelyn.
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3. The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver
wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their
hair.
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A fret of gold she had next her hair. --Chaucer.
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Fret saw, a saw with a long, narrow blade, used in cutting
frets, scrolls, etc.; a scroll saw; a keyhole saw; a
compass saw.
[1913 Webster]Fret \Fret\ (fr[e^]t), n. [Obs.]
See 1st Frith.
[1913 Webster]Fret \Fret\ (fr[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fretted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Fretting.] [OE. freten to eat, consume; AS. fretan,
for foretan; pref. for- + etan to eat; akin to D. vreten,
OHG. frezzan, G. fressen, Sw. fr[aum]ta, Goth. fra-itan. See
For, and Eat, v. t.]
1. To devour. [Obs.]
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The sow frete the child right in the cradle.
--Chaucer.
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2. To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall;
hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a
piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a
ship.
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With many a curve my banks I fret. --Tennyson.
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3. To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
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By starts
His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear. --Shak.
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4. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple;
as, to fret the surface of water.
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5. To tease; to irritate; to vex.
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Fret not thyself because of evil doers. --Ps.
xxxvii. 1.
[1913 Webster]Fret \Fret\, n.
1. The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or
other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
--Addison.
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2. Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience;
disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind
in a continual fret.
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Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret. --Pope.
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3. Herpes; tetter. --Dunglison.
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4. pl. (Mining) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or
stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down
from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the
locality of the veins.
[1913 Webster]Fret \Fret\, n. [F. frette a saltire, also a hoop, ferrule,
prob. a dim. of L. ferrum iron. For sense 2, cf. also E. fret
to rub.]
1. (Her.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
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2. (Mus.) A short piece of wire, or other material fixed
across the finger board of a guitar or a similar
instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed.
[1913 Webster]Fret \Fret\, v. t.
To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.
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Fret saw
(gcide) | Fret \Fret\, n.
1. Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See
Fretwork.
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2. (Arch.) An ornament consisting of small fillets or slats
intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in
classical designs, or at oblique angles, as often in
Oriental art.
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His lady's cabinet is a adorned on the fret,
ceiling, and chimney-piece with . . . carving.
--Evelyn.
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3. The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver
wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their
hair.
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A fret of gold she had next her hair. --Chaucer.
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Fret saw, a saw with a long, narrow blade, used in cutting
frets, scrolls, etc.; a scroll saw; a keyhole saw; a
compass saw.
[1913 Webster]Compass \Com"pass\ (k[u^]m"pas), n. [F. compas, fr. LL.
compassus circle, prop., a stepping together; com- + passus
pace, step. See Pace, Pass.]
1. A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
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They fetched a compass of seven day's journey. --2
Kings iii. 9.
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This day I breathed first; time is come round,
And where I did begin, there shall I end;
My life is run his compass. --Shak.
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2. An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within
the compass of an encircling wall.
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3. An inclosed space; an area; extent.
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Their wisdom . . . lies in a very narrow compass.
--Addison.
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4. Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of
his eye; the compass of imagination.
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The compass of his argument. --Wordsworth.
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5. Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits;
-- used with within.
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In two hundred years before (I speak within
compass), no such commission had been executed.
--Sir J.
Davies.
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6. (Mus.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity
of a voice or instrument.
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You would sound me from my lowest note to the top of
my compass. --Shak.
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7. An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's
surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning
freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and
southerly direction.
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He that first discovered the use of the compass did
more for the supplying and increase of useful
commodities than those who built workhouses.
--Locke.
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8. A pair of compasses. [R.] See Compasses.
To fix one foot of their compass wherever they
please. --Swift.
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9. A circle; a continent. [Obs.]
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The tryne compas [the threefold world containing
earth, sea, and heaven. --Skeat.] --Chaucer.
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Azimuth compass. See under Azimuth.
Beam compass. See under Beam.
Compass card, the circular card attached to the needles of
a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two
points or rhumbs.
Compass dial, a small pocket compass fitted with a sundial
to tell the hour of the day.
Compass plane (Carp.), a plane, convex in the direction of
its length on the under side, for smoothing the concave
faces of curved woodwork.
Compass plant, Compass flower (Bot.), a plant of the
American prairies (Silphium laciniatum), not unlike a
small sunflower; rosinweed. Its lower and root leaves are
vertical, and on the prairies are disposed to present
their edges north and south.
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Its leaves are turned to the north as true as the
magnet:
This is the compass flower. --Longefellow.
Compass saw, a saw with a narrow blade, which will cut in a
curve; -- called also fret saw and keyhole saw.
Compass timber (Shipbuilding), curved or crooked timber.
Compass window (Arch.), a circular bay window or oriel
window.
Mariner's compass, a kind of compass used in navigation. It
has two or more magnetic needles permanently attached to a
card, which moves freely upon a pivot, and is read with
reference to a mark on the box representing the ship's
head. The card is divided into thirty-two points, called
also rhumbs, and the glass-covered box or bowl containing
it is suspended in gimbals within the binnacle, in order
to preserve its horizontal position.
Surveyor's compass, an instrument used in surveying for
measuring horizontal angles. See Circumferentor.
Variation compass, a compass of delicate construction, used
in observations on the variations of the needle.
To fetch a compass, to make a circuit.
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fret saw
(gcide) | Fret \Fret\, n.
1. Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See
Fretwork.
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2. (Arch.) An ornament consisting of small fillets or slats
intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in
classical designs, or at oblique angles, as often in
Oriental art.
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His lady's cabinet is a adorned on the fret,
ceiling, and chimney-piece with . . . carving.
--Evelyn.
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3. The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver
wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their
hair.
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A fret of gold she had next her hair. --Chaucer.
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Fret saw, a saw with a long, narrow blade, used in cutting
frets, scrolls, etc.; a scroll saw; a keyhole saw; a
compass saw.
[1913 Webster]Compass \Com"pass\ (k[u^]m"pas), n. [F. compas, fr. LL.
compassus circle, prop., a stepping together; com- + passus
pace, step. See Pace, Pass.]
1. A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
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They fetched a compass of seven day's journey. --2
Kings iii. 9.
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This day I breathed first; time is come round,
And where I did begin, there shall I end;
My life is run his compass. --Shak.
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2. An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within
the compass of an encircling wall.
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3. An inclosed space; an area; extent.
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Their wisdom . . . lies in a very narrow compass.
--Addison.
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4. Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of
his eye; the compass of imagination.
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The compass of his argument. --Wordsworth.
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5. Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits;
-- used with within.
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In two hundred years before (I speak within
compass), no such commission had been executed.
--Sir J.
Davies.
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6. (Mus.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity
of a voice or instrument.
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You would sound me from my lowest note to the top of
my compass. --Shak.
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7. An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's
surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning
freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and
southerly direction.
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He that first discovered the use of the compass did
more for the supplying and increase of useful
commodities than those who built workhouses.
--Locke.
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8. A pair of compasses. [R.] See Compasses.
To fix one foot of their compass wherever they
please. --Swift.
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9. A circle; a continent. [Obs.]
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The tryne compas [the threefold world containing
earth, sea, and heaven. --Skeat.] --Chaucer.
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Azimuth compass. See under Azimuth.
Beam compass. See under Beam.
Compass card, the circular card attached to the needles of
a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two
points or rhumbs.
Compass dial, a small pocket compass fitted with a sundial
to tell the hour of the day.
Compass plane (Carp.), a plane, convex in the direction of
its length on the under side, for smoothing the concave
faces of curved woodwork.
Compass plant, Compass flower (Bot.), a plant of the
American prairies (Silphium laciniatum), not unlike a
small sunflower; rosinweed. Its lower and root leaves are
vertical, and on the prairies are disposed to present
their edges north and south.
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Its leaves are turned to the north as true as the
magnet:
This is the compass flower. --Longefellow.
Compass saw, a saw with a narrow blade, which will cut in a
curve; -- called also fret saw and keyhole saw.
Compass timber (Shipbuilding), curved or crooked timber.
Compass window (Arch.), a circular bay window or oriel
window.
Mariner's compass, a kind of compass used in navigation. It
has two or more magnetic needles permanently attached to a
card, which moves freely upon a pivot, and is read with
reference to a mark on the box representing the ship's
head. The card is divided into thirty-two points, called
also rhumbs, and the glass-covered box or bowl containing
it is suspended in gimbals within the binnacle, in order
to preserve its horizontal position.
Surveyor's compass, an instrument used in surveying for
measuring horizontal angles. See Circumferentor.
Variation compass, a compass of delicate construction, used
in observations on the variations of the needle.
To fetch a compass, to make a circuit.
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Freta
(gcide) | Fretum \Fre"tum\, n.; pl. Freta. [L.]
A strait, or arm of the sea.
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Fretful
(gcide) | Fretful \Fret"ful\, a. [See 2d Fret.]
Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of
vexation; as, a fretful temper. -- Fret"ful*ly, adv. --
Fret"ful*ness, n.
Syn: Peevish; ill-humored; ill-natured; irritable; waspish;
captious; petulant; splenetic; spleeny; passionate;
angry.
Usage: Fretful, Peevish, Cross. These words all
indicate an unamiable working and expression of
temper. Peevish marks more especially the inward
spirit: a peevish man is always ready to find fault.
Fretful points rather to the outward act, and marks a
complaining impatience: sickly children are apt to be
fretful. Crossness is peevishness mingled with
vexation or anger.
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fretful querulous whiney whiningprenominal whiny
(gcide) | complaining \complaining\ (k[o^]m*pl[=a]n"[i^]mg) adj.
uttering complaints. Opposite of uncomplaining.
[prenominal]
Note: [Narrower terms: faultfinding, grumbling(prenominal):
{fretful, querulous, whiney, whining(prenominal),
whiny}; protesting(prenominal), protestant]
Syn: complaintive.
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Fretfully
(gcide) | Fretful \Fret"ful\, a. [See 2d Fret.]
Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of
vexation; as, a fretful temper. -- Fret"ful*ly, adv. --
Fret"ful*ness, n.
Syn: Peevish; ill-humored; ill-natured; irritable; waspish;
captious; petulant; splenetic; spleeny; passionate;
angry.
Usage: Fretful, Peevish, Cross. These words all
indicate an unamiable working and expression of
temper. Peevish marks more especially the inward
spirit: a peevish man is always ready to find fault.
Fretful points rather to the outward act, and marks a
complaining impatience: sickly children are apt to be
fretful. Crossness is peevishness mingled with
vexation or anger.
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Fretfulness
(gcide) | Fretful \Fret"ful\, a. [See 2d Fret.]
Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of
vexation; as, a fretful temper. -- Fret"ful*ly, adv. --
Fret"ful*ness, n.
Syn: Peevish; ill-humored; ill-natured; irritable; waspish;
captious; petulant; splenetic; spleeny; passionate;
angry.
Usage: Fretful, Peevish, Cross. These words all
indicate an unamiable working and expression of
temper. Peevish marks more especially the inward
spirit: a peevish man is always ready to find fault.
Fretful points rather to the outward act, and marks a
complaining impatience: sickly children are apt to be
fretful. Crossness is peevishness mingled with
vexation or anger.
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fretsaw
(gcide) | fretsaw \fretsaw\ n.
A narrow-bladed fine-toothed saw for cutting curved outlines.
Syn: jigsaw, scroll saw.
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Frett
(gcide) | Frett \Frett\, n. [See 2d Fret.] (Mining)
The worn side of the bank of a river. See 4th Fret, n., 4.
[1913 Webster]Frett \Frett\, n. [See Frit.]
A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting
of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda.
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Fretted
(gcide) | Fret \Fret\ (fr[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fretted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Fretting.] [OE. freten to eat, consume; AS. fretan,
for foretan; pref. for- + etan to eat; akin to D. vreten,
OHG. frezzan, G. fressen, Sw. fr[aum]ta, Goth. fra-itan. See
For, and Eat, v. t.]
1. To devour. [Obs.]
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The sow frete the child right in the cradle.
--Chaucer.
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2. To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall;
hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a
piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a
ship.
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With many a curve my banks I fret. --Tennyson.
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3. To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
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By starts
His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear. --Shak.
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4. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple;
as, to fret the surface of water.
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5. To tease; to irritate; to vex.
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Fret not thyself because of evil doers. --Ps.
xxxvii. 1.
[1913 Webster]Fretted \Fret"ted\, p. p. & a. [From 2d Fret.]
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1. Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
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2. Agitated; vexed; worried.
[1913 Webster]Fretted \Fret"ted\, p. p. & a. [See 5th Fret.]
1. Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets;
variegated; made rough on the surface.
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2. (Her.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and
ordinaries.
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Fretten
(gcide) | Fretten \Fret"ten\, a. [The old p. p. of fret to rub.]
Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox.
[Obs.] --Wright.
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Fretter
(gcide) | Fretter \Fret"ter\, n.
One who, or that which, frets.
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Fretting
(gcide) | Fret \Fret\ (fr[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fretted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Fretting.] [OE. freten to eat, consume; AS. fretan,
for foretan; pref. for- + etan to eat; akin to D. vreten,
OHG. frezzan, G. fressen, Sw. fr[aum]ta, Goth. fra-itan. See
For, and Eat, v. t.]
1. To devour. [Obs.]
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The sow frete the child right in the cradle.
--Chaucer.
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2. To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall;
hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a
piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a
ship.
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With many a curve my banks I fret. --Tennyson.
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3. To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
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By starts
His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear. --Shak.
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4. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple;
as, to fret the surface of water.
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5. To tease; to irritate; to vex.
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Fret not thyself because of evil doers. --Ps.
xxxvii. 1.
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Fretty
(gcide) | Fretty \Fret"ty\, a. [See 5th Fret.]
Adorned with fretwork.
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Fretum
(gcide) | Fretum \Fre"tum\, n.; pl. Freta. [L.]
A strait, or arm of the sea.
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Fretwork
(gcide) | Fretwork \Fret"work\, n. [6th fret + work.]
Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in
relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence,
any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the
like.
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Banqueting on the turf in the fretwork of shade and
sunshine. --Macaulay.
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Interfretted
(gcide) | Interfretted \In`ter*fret"ted\, a. (Her.)
Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings.
See Fretted.
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Pock-fretten
(gcide) | Pock-fretten \Pock"-fret`ten\, a.
See Pockmarked.
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Pomfret
(gcide) | Pomfret \Pom"fret\, n. [Perhaps corrupt. fr. Pg. pampano a kind
of fish.] (Zool.)
(a) One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the
genus Stromateus (Stromateus niger, {Stromateus
argenteus}) native of Southern Europe and Asia.
(b) A marine food fish of Bermuda (Brama Raji).
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Refret
(gcide) | Refret \Re*fret"\ (r?*fr?t"), n. [OF. refret, L. refractus, p.
p. See Refrain, n., Refract.]
Refrain. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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To fret the gizzard
(gcide) | Gizzard \Giz"zard\, n. [F. g['e]sier, L. gigeria, pl., the
cooked entrails of poultry. Cf. Gigerium.]
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1. (Anat.) The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in
which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened
in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the
esophagus; the gigerium.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate
animals.
(b) A stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or
teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks.
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Gizzard shad (Zool.), an American herring ({Dorosoma
cepedianum}) resembling the shad, but of little value.
To fret the gizzard, to harass; to vex one's self; to
worry. [Low] --Hudibras.
To stick in one's gizzard, to be difficult of digestion; to
be offensive. [Low]
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Transfretation
(gcide) | Transfretation \Trans`fre*ta"tion\, n. [L. transfretatio. See
Transfrete.]
The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea. [Obs.] --Sir
J. Davies.
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Transfrete
(gcide) | Transfrete \Trans*frete"\, v. i. [L. transfretare; trans across,
over + fretum a strait: cf. OF. transfreter.]
To pass over a strait or narrow sea. [Written also
transfreight.] [Obs.] --E. Hall.
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Unfret
(gcide) | Unfret \Un*fret"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + fret.]
To smooth after being fretted. [Obs.]
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Vine fretter
(gcide) | Vine \Vine\, n. [F. vigne, L. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus
of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See Wine, and
cf. Vignette.] (Bot.)
(a) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.
(b) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender
stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs
by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing
anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper;
as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons,
squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
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There shall be no grapes on the vine. --Jer.
viii. 13.
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And one went out into the field to gather herbs,
and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild
gourds. --2 Kings iv.
89.
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Vine apple (Bot.), a small kind of squash. --Roger
Williams.
Vine beetle (Zool.), any one of several species of beetles
which are injurious to the leaves or branches of the
grapevine. Among the more important species are the
grapevine fidia (see Fidia), the spotted Pelidnota
(Pelidnota punctata) (see Rutilian), the vine
fleabeetle (Graptodera chalybea), the rose beetle (see
under Rose), the vine weevil, and several species of
Colaspis and Anomala.
Vine borer. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae
bore in the wood or pith of the grapevine, especially
Sinoxylon basilare, a small species the larva of
which bores in the stems, and {Ampeloglypter
sesostris}, a small reddish brown weevil (called also
vine weevil), which produces knotlike galls on the
branches.
(b) A clearwing moth (Aegeria polistiformis), whose
larva bores in the roots of the grapevine and is often
destructive.
Vine dragon, an old and fruitless branch of a vine. [Obs.]
--Holland.
Vine forester (Zool.), any one of several species of moths
belonging to Alypia and allied genera, whose larvae feed
on the leaves of the grapevine.
Vine fretter (Zool.), a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera
that injuries the grapevine.
Vine grub (Zool.), any one of numerous species of insect
larvae that are injurious to the grapevine.
Vine hopper (Zool.), any one of several species of leaf
hoppers which suck the sap of the grapevine, especially
Erythroneura vitis. See Illust. of Grape hopper, under
Grape.
Vine inchworm (Zool.), the larva of any species of
geometrid moths which feed on the leaves of the grapevine,
especially Cidaria diversilineata.
Vine-leaf rooer (Zool.), a small moth (Desmia maculalis)
whose larva makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of the
grapevine. The moth is brownish black, spotted with white.
Vine louse (Zool.), the phylloxera.
Vine mildew (Bot.), a fungous growth which forms a white,
delicate, cottony layer upon the leaves, young shoots, and
fruit of the vine, causing brown spots upon the green
parts, and finally a hardening and destruction of the
vitality of the surface. The plant has been called {Oidium
Tuckeri}, but is now thought to be the conidia-producing
stage of an Erysiphe.
Vine of Sodom (Bot.), a plant named in the Bible (--Deut.
xxxii. 32), now thought to be identical with the apple of
Sodom. See Apple of Sodom, under Apple.
Vine sawfly (Zool.), a small black sawfiy ({Selandria
vitis}) whose larva feeds upon the leaves of the
grapevine. The larvae stand side by side in clusters while
feeding.
Vine slug (Zool.), the larva of the vine sawfly.
Vine sorrel (Bot.), a climbing plant (Cissus acida)
related to the grapevine, and having acid leaves. It is
found in Florida and the West Indies.
Vine sphinx (Zool.), any one of several species of hawk
moths. The larvae feed on grapevine leaves.
Vine weevil. (Zool.) See Vine borer
(a) above, and Wound gall, under Wound.
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Wood fretter
(gcide) | Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.
witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. &
Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]
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1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;
-- frequently used in the plural.
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Light thickens, and the crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak.
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2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous
substance which composes the body of a tree and its
branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. "To
worship their own work in wood and stone for gods."
--Milton.
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3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater
part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby
plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.
It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of
various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands
called silver grain.
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Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose
and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.
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4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
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Wood acid, Wood vinegar (Chem.), a complex acid liquid
obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing
large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,
acetic acid. Formerly called pyroligneous acid.
Wood anemone (Bot.), a delicate flower (Anemone nemorosa)
of early spring; -- also called windflower. See Illust.
of Anemone.
Wood ant (Zool.), a large ant (Formica rufa) which lives
in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.
Wood apple (Bot.). See Elephant apple, under Elephant.
Wood baboon (Zool.), the drill.
Wood betony. (Bot.)
(a) Same as Betony.
(b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis
Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or
purplish flowers.
Wood borer. (Zool.)
(a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring
beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,
buprestidans, and certain weevils. See Apple borer,
under Apple, and Pine weevil, under Pine.
(b) The larva of any one of various species of
lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing
moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under Peach),
and of the goat moths.
(c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the
tribe Urocerata. See Tremex.
(d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,
as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.
(e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the
Limnoria, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura
terebrans}).
Wood carpet, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces
of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.
--Knight.
Wood cell (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell
usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the
principal constituent of woody fiber.
Wood choir, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.
[Poetic] --Coleridge.
Wood coal, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.
Wood cricket (Zool.), a small European cricket ({Nemobius
sylvestris}).
Wood culver (Zool.), the wood pigeon.
Wood cut, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an
engraving.
Wood dove (Zool.), the stockdove.
Wood drink, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.
Wood duck (Zool.)
(a) A very beautiful American duck (Aix sponsa). The
male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with
green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its
nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal
duck}, summer duck, and wood widgeon.
(b) The hooded merganser.
(c) The Australian maned goose (Chlamydochen jubata).
Wood echo, an echo from the wood.
Wood engraver.
(a) An engraver on wood.
(b) (Zool.) Any of several species of small beetles whose
larvae bore beneath the bark of trees, and excavate
furrows in the wood often more or less resembling
coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus
xylographus}.
Wood engraving.
(a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.
(b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from
such an engraving.
Wood fern. (Bot.) See Shield fern, under Shield.
Wood fiber.
(a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.
(b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty
mass.
Wood fretter (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
beetles whose larvae bore in the wood, or beneath the
bark, of trees.
Wood frog (Zool.), a common North American frog ({Rana
sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except
during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,
with a black stripe on each side of the head.
Wood germander. (Bot.) See under Germander.
Wood god, a fabled sylvan deity.
Wood grass. (Bot.) See under Grass.
Wood grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The capercailzie.
(b) The spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
Wood guest (Zool.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]
Wood hen. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged
rails of the genus Ocydromus, including the weka and
allied species.
(b) The American woodcock.
Wood hoopoe (Zool.), any one of several species of Old
World arboreal birds belonging to Irrisor and allied
genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but
have a curved beak, and a longer tail.
Wood ibis (Zool.), any one of several species of large,
long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus
Tantalus. The head and neck are naked or scantily
covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus
loculator}) is common in Florida.
Wood lark (Zool.), a small European lark ({Alauda
arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes
while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on
trees.
Wood laurel (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne
Laureola}).
Wood leopard (Zool.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera
aesculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy larva
bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other fruit
trees.
Wood lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley.
Wood lock (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and
sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the
pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.
Wood louse (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod
Crustacea belonging to Oniscus, Armadillo, and
related genera. See Sow bug, under Sow, and {Pill
bug}, under Pill.
(b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,
pseudoneuropterous insects of the family Psocidae,
which live in the crevices of walls and among old
books and papers. Some of the species are called also
book lice, and deathticks, or deathwatches.
Wood mite (Zool.), any one of numerous small mites of the
family Oribatidae. They are found chiefly in woods, on
tree trunks and stones.
Wood mote. (Eng. Law)
(a) Formerly, the forest court.
(b) The court of attachment.
Wood nettle. (Bot.) See under Nettle.
Wood nightshade (Bot.), woody nightshade.
Wood nut (Bot.), the filbert.
Wood nymph. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled
goddess of the woods; a dryad. "The wood nymphs, decked
with daisies trim." --Milton.
(b) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored moths belonging to the genus Eudryas. The
larvae are bright-colored, and some of the species, as
Eudryas grata, and Eudryas unio, feed on the
leaves of the grapevine.
(c) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored South American humming birds belonging to the
genus Thalurania. The males are bright blue, or
green and blue.
Wood offering, wood burnt on the altar.
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We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.
x. 34.
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Wood oil (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East
Indian trees of the genus Dipterocarpus, having
properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes
substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See
Gurjun.
Wood opal (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having
some resemblance to wood.
Wood paper, paper made of wood pulp. See Wood pulp,
below.
Wood pewee (Zool.), a North American tyrant flycatcher
(Contopus virens). It closely resembles the pewee, but
is smaller.
Wood pie (Zool.), any black and white woodpecker,
especially the European great spotted woodpecker.
Wood pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons
belonging to Palumbus and allied genera of the
family Columbidae.
(b) The ringdove.
Wood puceron (Zool.), a plant louse.
Wood pulp (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the
poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion
with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into
sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.
Wood quail (Zool.), any one of several species of East
Indian crested quails belonging to Rollulus and allied
genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({Rollulus
roulroul}), the male of which is bright green, with a long
crest of red hairlike feathers.
Wood rabbit (Zool.), the cottontail.
Wood rat (Zool.), any one of several species of American
wild rats of the genus Neotoma found in the Southern
United States; -- called also bush rat. The Florida wood
rat (Neotoma Floridana) is the best-known species.
Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall grass (Cinna arundinacea)
growing in moist woods.
Wood reeve, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]
Wood rush (Bot.), any plant of the genus Luzula,
differing from the true rushes of the genus Juncus
chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.
Wood sage (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of
the genus Teucrium. See Germander.
Wood screw, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and
usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.
Wood sheldrake (Zool.), the hooded merganser.
Wood shock (Zool.), the fisher. See Fisher, 2.
Wood shrike (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World singing birds belonging to Grallina,
Collyricincla, Prionops, and allied genera, common in
India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,
but feed upon both insects and berries.
Wood snipe. (Zool.)
(a) The American woodcock.
(b) An Asiatic snipe (Gallinago nemoricola).
Wood soot, soot from burnt wood.
Wood sore. (Zool.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
Wood sorrel (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis
Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of
Shamrock.
Wood spirit. (Chem.) See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl.
Wood stamp, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,
for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.
Wood star (Zool.), any one of several species of small
South American humming birds belonging to the genus
Calothorax. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,
purple, and other colors.
Wood sucker (Zool.), the yaffle.
Wood swallow (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World passerine birds belonging to the genus Artamus and
allied genera of the family Artamidae. They are common
in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and
habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they
resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white
beneath.
Wood tapper (Zool.), any woodpecker.
Wood tar. See under Tar.
Wood thrush, (Zool.)
(a) An American thrush (Turdus mustelinus) noted for the
sweetness of its song. See under Thrush.
(b) The missel thrush.
Wood tick. See in Vocabulary.
Wood tin. (Min.). See Cassiterite.
Wood titmouse (Zool.), the goldcgest.
Wood tortoise (Zool.), the sculptured tortoise. See under
Sculptured.
Wood vine (Bot.), the white bryony.
Wood vinegar. See Wood acid, above.
Wood warbler. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of
the genus Dendroica. See Warbler.
(b) A European warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix); --
called also green wren, wood wren, and {yellow
wren}.
Wood worm (Zool.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood
borer.
Wood wren. (Zool.)
(a) The wood warbler.
(b) The willow warbler.
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fretful
(wn) | fretful
adj 1: nervous and unable to relax; "a constant fretful stamping
of hooves"; "a restless child" [syn: antsy, fidgety,
fretful, itchy]
2: habitually complaining; "a whiny child" [syn: fretful,
querulous, whiney, whiny] |
fretfully
(wn) | fretfully
adv 1: in a fretful manner; "fretfully, the baby tossed in his
crib" |
fretfulness
(wn) | fretfulness
n 1: an irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability,
crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness,
petulance, choler] |
fretsaw
(wn) | fretsaw
n 1: fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut
curved outlines [syn: jigsaw, scroll saw, fretsaw] |
fretted
(wn) | fretted
adj 1: having frets [ant: unfretted]
2: having a pattern of fretwork or latticework [syn: fretted,
interlaced, latticed, latticelike] |
fretwork
(wn) | fretwork
n 1: framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips
of wood or metal [syn: lattice, latticework,
fretwork] |
greek fret
(wn) | Greek fret
n 1: an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and
horizontal lines (often in relief); "there was a simple
fret at the top of the walls" [syn: fret, Greek fret,
Greek key, key pattern] |
pomfret
(wn) | pomfret
n 1: deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the
northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food
[syn: pomfret, Brama raii] |
unfretted
(wn) | unfretted
adj 1: without frets [ant: fretted] |
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