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Gedd
(gcide) | Ged \Ged\, Gedd \Gedd\, n.
The European pike.
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gedd
(gcide) | Pike \Pike\, n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig
a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus
woodpecker (see Pie magpie), and E. spike. Cf. Pick, n. &
v., Peak, Pique.]
1. (Mil.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long
wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is
now superseded by the bayonet.
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2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a
shield or target. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
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4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Raymond.
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5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]
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6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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7. A turnpike; a toll bar. --Dickens.
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8. (Zool.) sing. & pl. A large fresh-water fish ({Esox
lucius}), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a
food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and
jack.
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Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and
yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the
wall-eye. See Wall-eye.
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Gar pike. See under Gar.
Pike perch (Zool.), any fresh-water fish of the genus
Stizostedion (formerly Lucioperca). See Wall-eye,
and Sauger.
Pike pole, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in
directing floating logs.
Pike whale (Zool.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic
(Bal[ae]noptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; --
called also piked whale.
Sand pike (Zool.), the lizard fish.
Sea pike (Zool.), the garfish
(a) .
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armageddon
(encz) | Armageddon,Armageddon Zdeněk BrožArmageddon,konec světa n: Petr "pasky" BaudišArmageddon,poslední bitva n: Rev. 16:16 Petr "pasky" Baudiš |
armageddon
(czen) | Armageddon,Armageddon Zdeněk Brož |
Armageddon
(gcide) | Armageddon \Ar`ma*ged"don\ ([aum]r*m[.a]"j[e^]"d'n), n.
the final, decisive battle between the forces of good and
evil, as foretold in the Apocolypse of Saint John. Also, the
site of that battle. Used metaphorically for a vast and
decisive conflict, attended by cataclysmic destruction.
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Gedd
(gcide) | Ged \Ged\, Gedd \Gedd\, n.
The European pike.
[1913 Webster]Pike \Pike\, n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig
a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus
woodpecker (see Pie magpie), and E. spike. Cf. Pick, n. &
v., Peak, Pique.]
1. (Mil.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long
wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is
now superseded by the bayonet.
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2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a
shield or target. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
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4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Raymond.
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5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]
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6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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7. A turnpike; a toll bar. --Dickens.
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8. (Zool.) sing. & pl. A large fresh-water fish ({Esox
lucius}), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a
food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and
jack.
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Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and
yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the
wall-eye. See Wall-eye.
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Gar pike. See under Gar.
Pike perch (Zool.), any fresh-water fish of the genus
Stizostedion (formerly Lucioperca). See Wall-eye,
and Sauger.
Pike pole, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in
directing floating logs.
Pike whale (Zool.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic
(Bal[ae]noptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; --
called also piked whale.
Sand pike (Zool.), the lizard fish.
Sea pike (Zool.), the garfish
(a) .
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pegged-down
(gcide) | affixed \affixed\ adj.
1. attached physically. Opposite of unaffixed.
Note: Various more specific adjectives meaning affixed are:
appendant , {basifixed, fastened, secured, {glued,
pasted, stuck to(predicate) , {pegged-down , {pinned,
stapled , taped to(predicate), {mounted .
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armageddon
(wn) | Armageddon
n 1: (New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the
kings of the Earth at the end of the world
2: any catastrophically destructive battle; "they called the
first World War an Armageddon" |
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