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gein
(gcide) | gein \ge"in\ (j[=e]"[i^]n), n. [Gr. gh^ earth.] (Chem.)
See Humin.
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gein
(gcide) | Humin \Hu"min\, n. [L. humus the earth, ground.] (Chem.)
A bitter, brownish yellow, amorphous substance, extracted
from vegetable mold, and also produced by the action of acids
on certain sugars and carbohydrates; -- called also {humic
acid}, ulmin, gein, ulmic or geic acid, etc.
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ageing
(encz) | ageing,stárnutí Josef Kosek |
swingeing
(encz) | swingeing,ohromný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ageing
(gcide) | ageing \ageing\ n.
same as aging.
Syn: ripening, aging, mellowing
[WordNet 1.5]ageing \ageing\ adj.
1. having lived for a relatively long (or a specified) time;
not young; -- used especially of persons. Opposite of
young.
Syn: aging, senescent, old.
[WordNet 1.5]Aging \Ag"ing\, n.
the process by which objects or materials acquire desirable
qualities by being left undisturbed for some time under
specific conditions. It is used mostly for foods snd
beverages, but also for other materials. [Also spelled
ageing.]
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Bridgeing
(gcide) | Bridgeing \Bridge"ing\, n. (Arch.)
The system of bracing used between floor or other timbers to
distribute the weight.
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Bridging joist. Same as Binding joist.
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knowledge-intensive
(gcide) | knowledge-intensive \knowledge-intensive\ a.
Requiring access to and manipulation of large quantities of
knowledge; as, knowledge-intensive labor.
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Singeing
(gcide) | Singe \Singe\ (s[i^]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Singed
(s[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Singeing (s[i^]nj"[i^]ng).]
[OE. sengen, AS. sengan in besengan (akin to D. zengen, G.
sengen), originally, to cause to sing, fr. AS. singan to
sing, in allusion to the singing or hissing sound often
produced when a substance is singed, or slightly burned. See
Sing.]
1. To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of;
to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or
the skin.
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You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, . . .
Singe my white head! --Shak.
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I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.
--L'Estrange.
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2.
(a) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly
over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to
dyeing it.
(b) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or
the like) by passing it over a flame.
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Swingeing
(gcide) | Swinge \Swinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swinged (sw[i^]njd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Swingeing (sw[i^]nj"[i^]ng).] [OE. swengen,
AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See Swing.]
1. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.
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I had swinged him soundly. --Shak.
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And swinges his own vices in his son. --C. Dryden.
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2. To move as a lash; to lash. [Obs.]
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Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]Swingeing \Swinge"ing\, a.
Huge; very large. [Colloq.] --Arbuthnot. --Byron. --
Swinge"ing*ly, adv. --Dryden.
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Swingeingly
(gcide) | Swingeing \Swinge"ing\, a.
Huge; very large. [Colloq.] --Arbuthnot. --Byron. --
Swinge"ing*ly, adv. --Dryden.
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Tingeing
(gcide) | Tinge \Tinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tingeing.] [L. tingere, tinctum, to dye, stain, wet; akin
to Gr. ?, and perhaps to G. tunken to dip, OHG. tunch[=o]n,
dunch[=o]n, thunk[=o]n. Cf. Distain, Dunker, Stain,
Taint a stain, to stain, Tincture, Tint.]
To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign;
as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in
some degree with the qualities of another substance, either
by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to
color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red;
an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron.
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His [Sir Roger's] virtues, as well as imperfections,
are tinged by a certain extravagance. --Addison.
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Syn: To color; dye; stain.
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ageing
(wn) | ageing
adj 1: growing old [syn: aging, ageing, senescent]
n 1: acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for
some time [syn: ripening, aging, ageing]
2: the organic process of growing older and showing the effects
of increasing age [syn: aging, ageing, senescence] |
swingeing
(wn) | swingeing
adj 1: severe; punishingly bad; "swingeing taxation"; "swingeing
damages awarded by the judge" |
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