| slovo | definícia |
gill
(encz) | gill,jednotka duté míry Zdeněk Brož |
gill
(encz) | gill,oblast kolem krku a brady n: Jiří Dadák |
gill
(encz) | gill,žábry Zdeněk Brož |
Gill
(gcide) | Gill \Gill\ (g[i^]l), n. [Dan. gi[ae]lle, gelle; akin to Sw.
g[aum]l, Icel. gj["o]lnar gills; cf. AS. geagl, geahl, jaw.]
1. (Anat.) An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.
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Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills.
--Ray.
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Note: Gills are usually lamellar or filamentous appendages,
through which the blood circulates, and in which it is
exposed to the action of the air contained in the
water. In vertebrates they are appendages of the
visceral arches on either side of the neck. In
invertebrates they occupy various situations.
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2. pl. (Bot.) The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the
under surface of a mushroom.
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3. (Zool.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a
fowl; a wattle.
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4. The flesh under or about the chin. --Swift.
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5. (Spinning) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins
which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer
parallel filaments. [Prob. so called from F. aiguilles,
needles. --Ure.]
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Gill arches, Gill bars. (Anat.) Same as {Branchial
arches}.
Gill clefts. (Anat.) Same as Branchial clefts. See under
Branchial.
Gill cover, Gill lid. See Operculum.
Gill frame, or Gill head (Flax Manuf.), a spreader; a
machine for subjecting flax to the action of gills.
--Knight.
Gill net, a flat net so suspended in the water that its
meshes allow the heads of fish to pass, but catch in the
gills when they seek to extricate themselves.
Gill opening, or Gill slit (Anat.), an opening behind and
below the head of most fishes, and some amphibians, by
which the water from the gills is discharged. In most
fishes there is a single opening on each side, but in the
sharks and rays there are five, or more, on each side.
Gill rakes, or Gill rakers (Anat.), horny filaments, or
progresses, on the inside of the branchial arches of
fishes, which help to prevent solid substances from being
carried into gill cavities.
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Gill
(gcide) | Gill \Gill\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber. [Prov. Eng.]
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Gill
(gcide) | Gill \Gill\, n.
A leech. [Also gell.] [Scot.] --Jameison.
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Gill
(gcide) | Gill \Gill\, n. [Icel. gil.]
A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.]
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Gill
(gcide) | Gill \Gill\, n. [OF. gille, gelle, a sort of measure for wine,
LL. gillo, gello., Cf. Gallon.]
A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint.
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Gill
(gcide) | Gill \Gill\, n. [Abbrev. from Gillian.]
1. A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl.
"Each Jack with his Gill." --B. Jonson.
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2. (Bot.) The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also
gill over the ground, and other like names.
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3. Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.
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Gill ale.
(a) Ale flavored with ground ivy.
(b) (Bot.) Alehoof.
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gill
(wn) | gill
n 1: a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5
fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
2: a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces
3: any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on
the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus
[syn: gill, lamella]
4: respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen
dissolved in water [syn: gill, branchia] |
GILL
(bouvier) | GILL. A measure of capacity, equal to one-fourth of a pint. Vide Measure.
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gillovertheground
(mass) | gill-over-the-ground
- Glechoma hederacea, zádušník brečtanovitý |
argillaceous
(encz) | argillaceous,jílovitý adj: Zdeněk Brožargillaceous,jílový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
aspergilloma
(encz) | aspergilloma,aspergilom n: Jakub Sivek |
aspergillosis
(encz) | aspergillosis,aspergilóza Zdeněk Brož |
cargill
(encz) | Cargill,Cargill n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
external gill
(encz) | external gill, n: |
fothergilla
(encz) | fothergilla, n: |
gill arch
(encz) | gill arch, n: |
gill bar
(encz) | gill bar, n: |
gill cleft
(encz) | gill cleft, n: |
gill fungus
(encz) | gill fungus, n: |
gill net
(encz) | gill net, n: |
gill slit
(encz) | gill slit, n: |
gill-less
(encz) | gill-less, adj: |
gill-over-the-ground
(encz) | gill-over-the-ground, n: |
gilled
(encz) | gilled, adj: |
gillespie
(encz) | Gillespie,Gillespie n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
gillette
(encz) | Gillette,Gillette n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
gillian
(encz) | Gillian,Gillian Zdeněk Brož |
gillie
(encz) | gillie,bota bez jazyku Zdeněk Brož |
gilliflower
(encz) | gilliflower,fiala v: Zdeněk Brož |
gilligan
(encz) | Gilligan,Gilligan n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
gilling
(encz) | gilling,vykuchat nebo očistit (rybu) v: Jiří Dadák |
gills
(encz) | gills,jednotky duté míry Zdeněk Brožgills,žábry pl. Zdeněk Brož |
gillyflower
(encz) | gillyflower,fiala v: Zdeněk Brožgillyflower,karafiát n: Zdeněk Brož |
magill
(encz) | Magill,Magill n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
mcgill
(encz) | McGill, |
megillah
(encz) | megillah, n: |
order aspergillales
(encz) | order Aspergillales, n: |
six-gilled shark
(encz) | six-gilled shark, n: |
sloshed to the gills
(encz) | sloshed to the gills, |
spongillafly
(encz) | spongillafly, n: |
sugillate
(encz) | sugillate, |
terra sigillata
(encz) | terra sigillata, n: |
water gillyflower
(encz) | water gillyflower, n: |
cargill
(czen) | Cargill,Cargilln: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
gillespie
(czen) | Gillespie,Gillespien: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
gillette
(czen) | Gillette,Gilletten: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
gillian
(czen) | Gillian,Gillian Zdeněk Brož |
gilligan
(czen) | Gilligan,Gilligann: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
magill
(czen) | Magill,Magilln: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Aletia argillacea
(gcide) | Cotton \Cot"ton\ (k[o^]t"t'n), n. [F. coton, Sp. algodon the
cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr.
Ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. Cf. Acton, Hacqueton.]
1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting
of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds
of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber
sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two
thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.
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2. The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
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3. Cloth made of cotton.
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Note: Cotton is used as an adjective before many nouns in a
sense which commonly needs no explanation; as, cotton
bagging; cotton cloth; cotton goods; cotton industry;
cotton mill; cotton spinning; cotton tick.
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Cotton cambric. See Cambric, n., 2.
Cotton flannel, the manufactures' name for a heavy cotton
fabric, twilled, and with a long plush nap. In England it
is called swan's-down cotton, or Canton flannel.
Cotton gin, a machine to separate the seeds from cotton,
invented by Eli Whitney.
Cotton grass (Bot.), a genus of plants (Eriphorum) of the
Sedge family, having delicate capillary bristles
surrounding the fruit (seedlike achenia), which elongate
at maturity and resemble tufts of cotton.
Cotton mouse (Zool.), a field mouse ({Hesperomys
gossypinus}), injurious to cotton crops.
Cotton plant (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gossypium, of
several species, all growing in warm climates, and bearing
the cotton of commerce. The common species, originally
Asiatic, is Gossypium herbaceum.
Cotton press, a building and machinery in which cotton
bales are compressed into smaller bulk for shipment; a
press for baling cotton.
Cotton rose (Bot.), a genus of composite herbs (Filago),
covered with a white substance resembling cotton.
Cotton scale (Zool.), a species of bark louse ({Pulvinaria
innumerabilis}), which does great damage to the cotton
plant.
Cotton shrub. Same as Cotton plant.
Cotton stainer (Zool.), a species of hemipterous insect
(Dysdercus suturellus), which seriously damages growing
cotton by staining it; -- called also redbug.
Cotton thistle (Bot.), the Scotch thistle. See under
Thistle.
Cotton velvet, velvet in which the warp and woof are both
of cotton, and the pile is of silk; also, velvet made
wholly of cotton.
Cotton waste, the refuse of cotton mills.
Cotton wool, cotton in its raw or woolly state.
Cotton worm (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect ({Aletia
argillacea}), which in the larval state does great damage
to the cotton plant by eating the leaves. It also feeds on
corn, etc., and hence is often called corn worm, and
Southern army worm.
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Argillaceous
(gcide) | Argillaceous \Ar`gil*la"ceous\, a. [L. argillaceus, fr.
argilla.]
Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or
clay; clayey.
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Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much
clay.
Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone.
Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.
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Argillaceous iron ore
(gcide) | Argillaceous \Ar`gil*la"ceous\, a. [L. argillaceus, fr.
argilla.]
Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or
clay; clayey.
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Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much
clay.
Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone.
Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.
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Argillaceous sandstone
(gcide) | Argillaceous \Ar`gil*la"ceous\, a. [L. argillaceus, fr.
argilla.]
Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or
clay; clayey.
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Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much
clay.
Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone.
Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.
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Argillaceous schist
(gcide) | Argillaceous \Ar`gil*la"ceous\, a. [L. argillaceus, fr.
argilla.]
Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or
clay; clayey.
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Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much
clay.
Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone.
Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.
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Argilliferous
(gcide) | Argilliferous \Ar`gil*lif"er*ous\, a. [L. argilla white clay +
-ferous.]
Producing clay; -- applied to such earths as abound with
argil. --Kirwan.
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Argillite
(gcide) | Argillite \Ar"gil*lite\, n. [Gr. ? clay + -lite.] (Min.)
Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is
bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish
red, etc. -- Ar`gil*lit"ic, a.
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Argillitic
(gcide) | Argillite \Ar"gil*lite\, n. [Gr. ? clay + -lite.] (Min.)
Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is
bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish
red, etc. -- Ar`gil*lit"ic, a.
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Argillo-areenaceous
(gcide) | Argillo-areenaceous \Ar*gil`lo-are`e*na"ceous\, a.
Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil.
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Argillo-calcareous
(gcide) | Argillo-calcareous \Ar*gil`lo-cal*ca"re*ous\, a.
Consisting of, or containing, clay and calcareous earth.
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Argillo-ferruginous
(gcide) | Argillo-ferruginous \Ar*gil`lo-fer*ru"gi*nous\, a.
Containing clay and iron.
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Argillous
(gcide) | Argillous \Ar*gil"lous\, a. [L. argillosus, fr. argilla. See
Argil.]
Argillaceous; clayey. --Sir T. Browne.
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Aspergill
(gcide) | Aspergill \As"per*gill\, Aspergillum \As`per*gil"lum\, n. [LL.
aspergillum, fr. L. aspergere. See Asperse, v. t.]
1. The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling
holy water on the people. [Also written aspergillus.]
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2. (Zool.) See Wateringpot shell.
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Aspergilliform
(gcide) | Aspergilliform \As`per*gil"li*form\, a. [Aspergillum + -form.]
(Bot.)
Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform
stigma. --Gray.
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Aspergillum
(gcide) | Aspergill \As"per*gill\, Aspergillum \As`per*gil"lum\, n. [LL.
aspergillum, fr. L. aspergere. See Asperse, v. t.]
1. The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling
holy water on the people. [Also written aspergillus.]
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2. (Zool.) See Wateringpot shell.
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Aspergillus glaucus
(gcide) | Blue \Blue\ (bl[=u]), a. [Compar. Bluer (bl[=u]"[~e]r);
superl. Bluest.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, livid, black,
fr. Icel.bl[=a]r livid; akin to Dan. blaa blue, Sw. bl[*a],
D. blauw, OHG. bl[=a]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F.
bleu, from OHG. bl[=a]o.]
1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it,
whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue
as a sapphire; blue violets. "The blue firmament."
--Milton.
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2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence,
of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence
of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air
was blue with oaths.
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3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
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4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as,
thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]
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5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour
religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals;
inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality;
as, blue laws.
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6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of
bluestocking. [Colloq.]
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The ladies were very blue and well informed.
--Thackeray.
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Blue asbestus. See Crocidolite.
Blue black, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost
black.
Blue blood. See under Blood.
Blue buck (Zool.), a small South African antelope
(Cephalophus pygm[ae]us); also applied to a larger
species ([AE]goceras leucoph[ae]us); the blaubok.
Blue cod (Zool.), the buffalo cod.
Blue crab (Zool.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic
coast of the United States (Callinectes hastatus).
Blue curls (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema
dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also
bastard pennyroyal.
Blue devils, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons
suffering with delirium tremens; hence, very low
spirits. "Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils,
or lay them all in a red sea of claret?" --Thackeray.
Blue gage. See under Gage, a plum.
Blue gum, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus
globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in
tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as
a protection against malaria. The essential oil is
beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very
useful. See Eucalyptus.
Blue jack, Blue stone, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
Blue jacket, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval
uniform.
Blue jaundice. See under Jaundice.
Blue laws, a name first used in the eighteenth century to
describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor
reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any
puritanical laws. [U. S.]
Blue light, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue
flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at
sea, and in military operations.
Blue mantle (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the
English college of arms; -- so called from the color of
his official robes.
Blue mass, a preparation of mercury from which is formed
the blue pill. --McElrath.
Blue mold or Blue mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus
glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.
Blue Monday,
(a) a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself
given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).
(b) a Monday considered as depressing because it is a
workday in contrast to the relaxation of the weekend.
Blue ointment (Med.), mercurial ointment.
Blue Peter (British Marine), a blue flag with a white
square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to
recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater,
one of the British signal flags.
Blue pill. (Med.)
(a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.
(b) Blue mass.
Blue ribbon.
(a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter;
-- hence, a member of that order.
(b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great
ambition; a distinction; a prize. "These
[scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the college."
--Farrar.
(c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total
abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon
Army.
Blue ruin, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle.
Blue spar (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See Lazulite.
Blue thrush (Zool.), a European and Asiatic thrush
(Petrocossyphus cyaneas).
Blue verditer. See Verditer.
Blue vitriol (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue
crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico
printing, etc.
Blue water, the open ocean.
Big Blue, the International Business Machines corporation.
[Wall Street slang.] PJC
To look blue, to look disheartened or dejected.
True blue, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed;
not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising
Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the
Covenanters.
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For his religion . . .
'T was Presbyterian, true blue. --Hudibras.
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Calcareo-argillaceous
(gcide) | Calcareo-argillaceous \Cal*ca"re*o-ar`gil*la"ceous\, a.
consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous
earths.
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Cargillia arborea
(gcide) | Plum \Plum\, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?.
Cf. Prune a dried plum.]
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1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the {Prunus
domestica}, and of several other species of Prunus;
also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
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The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties
of plum, of our gardens, although growing into
thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the
blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. --G.
Bentham.
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
the Prunus domestica are described; among them the
greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or
Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are
some of the best known.
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Note: Among the true plums are;
Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or
purple globular drupes,
Bullace plum. See Bullace.
Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its
round red drupes.
Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
much grown in England for sale in the markets.
Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or
yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several
other varieties.
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genera than Prunus, are;
Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and {Cargillia
australis}, of the same family with the persimmon.
Blood plum, the West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri.
Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine.
Date plum. See under Date.
Gingerbread plum, the West African {Parinarium
macrophyllum}.
Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime.
Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea.
Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia.
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2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
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3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the
person possessing it.
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4. Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or
choice thing of its kind, as among appointments,
positions, parts of a book, etc.; as, the mayor rewarded
his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for
handsome pay
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5. A color resembling that of a plum; a slightly grayish deep
purple, varying somewhat in its red or blue tint.
[PJC]
Plum bird, Plum budder (Zool.), the European bullfinch.
Plum gouger (Zool.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
Plum weevil (Zool.), an American weevil which is very
destructive to plums, nectarines, cherries, and many other
stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and {plum
curculio}. See Illust. under Curculio.
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Cargillia australis
(gcide) | Plum \Plum\, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?.
Cf. Prune a dried plum.]
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1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the {Prunus
domestica}, and of several other species of Prunus;
also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
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The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties
of plum, of our gardens, although growing into
thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the
blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. --G.
Bentham.
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
the Prunus domestica are described; among them the
greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or
Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are
some of the best known.
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Note: Among the true plums are;
Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or
purple globular drupes,
Bullace plum. See Bullace.
Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its
round red drupes.
Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
much grown in England for sale in the markets.
Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or
yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several
other varieties.
[1913 Webster] Among plants called plum, but of other
genera than Prunus, are;
Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and {Cargillia
australis}, of the same family with the persimmon.
Blood plum, the West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri.
Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine.
Date plum. See under Date.
Gingerbread plum, the West African {Parinarium
macrophyllum}.
Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime.
Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea.
Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia.
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2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
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3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the
person possessing it.
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4. Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or
choice thing of its kind, as among appointments,
positions, parts of a book, etc.; as, the mayor rewarded
his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for
handsome pay
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5. A color resembling that of a plum; a slightly grayish deep
purple, varying somewhat in its red or blue tint.
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Plum bird, Plum budder (Zool.), the European bullfinch.
Plum gouger (Zool.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
Plum weevil (Zool.), an American weevil which is very
destructive to plums, nectarines, cherries, and many other
stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and {plum
curculio}. See Illust. under Curculio.
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Clove gillyflower
(gcide) | Gillyflower \Gil"ly*flow`er\, n. [OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove,
OF. girofre, girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. girofl['e]e
gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. ? clove tree; ? nut + ? leaf,
akin to E. foliage. Cf. Caryophyllus, July-flower.]
[Written also gilliflower.] (Bot.)
1. A name given by old writers to the clove pink ({Dianthus
Caryophyllus}) but now to the common stock ({Matthiola
incana}), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant
blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white.
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2. A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red
color, and having a large core.
Clove gillyflower, the clove pink.
Marsh gillyflower, the ragged robin ({Lychnis
Flos-cuculi}).
Queen's gillyflower, or Winter gillyflower, damewort.
Sea gillyflower, the thrift (Armeria vulgaris).
Wall gillyflower, the wallflower (Cheiranthus Cheiri).
Water gillyflower, the water violet.
[1913 Webster]Clove \Clove\, n. [OE. clow, fr. F. clou nail, clou de girofle a
clove, lit. nail of clove, fr. L. clavus nail, perh. akin to
clavis key, E. clavicle. The clove was so called from its
resemblance to a nail. So in D. kruidnagel clove, lit.
herb-nail or spice-nail. Cf. Cloy.]
A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of
the clove tree (Eugenia aromatica syn. {Caryophullus
aromatica}), a native of the Molucca Isles.
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Clove camphor. (Chem.) See Eugenin.
Clove gillyflower, Clove pink (Bot.), any fragrant
self-colored carnation.
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Flirt-gill
(gcide) | Flirt-gill \Flirt"-gill`\, n.
A woman of light behavior; a gill-flirt. [Obs.] --Shak.
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You heard him take me up like a flirt-gill. --Beau. &
Fl.
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Fringilla
(gcide) | Fringilla \Frin*gil"la\, a. [NL., fr. L. fringilla a chaffinch.]
(Zool.)
A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It
formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now
restricted to certain European finches, like the chaffinch
and brambling.
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Fringilla coelebs
(gcide) | Chaffinch \Chaf"finch\, n. [Cf. Chiff-chaff.] (Zool.)
A bird of Europe (Fringilla c[oe]lebs), having a variety of
very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called
also copper finch.
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Fringilla montifringilla
(gcide) | Brambling \Bram"bling\, n. [OE. bramline. See Bramble, n.]
(Zool.)
The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); --
called also bramble finch and bramble.
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Fringillaceous
(gcide) | Fringillaceous \Frin`gil*la"ceous\, a. (Zool.)
Fringilline.
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Fringillidae
(gcide) | Fringillidae \Fringillidae\ n.
A natural family of birds of the finch group having short
conical bills adapted for eating seeds, including finches,
goldfinches, bullfinches, chaffinches, siskins, canaries,
cardinals, grosbeaks, crossbills, linnets, and buntings. This
family at one time included the sparrows of the family
Emberizinae, but has more recently been restricted in
usage.
Syn: family Fringillidae.
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Fringilline
(gcide) | Fringilline \Frin*gil"line\, a. (Zool.)
Pertaining to the family Fringillid[ae]; characteristic of
finches; sparrowlike.
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Fungilliform
(gcide) | Fungilliform \Fun*gil"li*form\, a.
Shaped like a small fungus.
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Gill
(gcide) | Gill \Gill\ (g[i^]l), n. [Dan. gi[ae]lle, gelle; akin to Sw.
g[aum]l, Icel. gj["o]lnar gills; cf. AS. geagl, geahl, jaw.]
1. (Anat.) An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.
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Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills.
--Ray.
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Note: Gills are usually lamellar or filamentous appendages,
through which the blood circulates, and in which it is
exposed to the action of the air contained in the
water. In vertebrates they are appendages of the
visceral arches on either side of the neck. In
invertebrates they occupy various situations.
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2. pl. (Bot.) The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the
under surface of a mushroom.
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3. (Zool.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a
fowl; a wattle.
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4. The flesh under or about the chin. --Swift.
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5. (Spinning) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins
which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer
parallel filaments. [Prob. so called from F. aiguilles,
needles. --Ure.]
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Gill arches, Gill bars. (Anat.) Same as {Branchial
arches}.
Gill clefts. (Anat.) Same as Branchial clefts. See under
Branchial.
Gill cover, Gill lid. See Operculum.
Gill frame, or Gill head (Flax Manuf.), a spreader; a
machine for subjecting flax to the action of gills.
--Knight.
Gill net, a flat net so suspended in the water that its
meshes allow the heads of fish to pass, but catch in the
gills when they seek to extricate themselves.
Gill opening, or Gill slit (Anat.), an opening behind and
below the head of most fishes, and some amphibians, by
which the water from the gills is discharged. In most
fishes there is a single opening on each side, but in the
sharks and rays there are five, or more, on each side.
Gill rakes, or Gill rakers (Anat.), horny filaments, or
progresses, on the inside of the branchial arches of
fishes, which help to prevent solid substances from being
carried into gill cavities.
[1913 Webster]Gill \Gill\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Gill \Gill\, n.
A leech. [Also gell.] [Scot.] --Jameison.
[1913 Webster]Gill \Gill\, n. [Icel. gil.]
A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.]
[1913 Webster]Gill \Gill\, n. [OF. gille, gelle, a sort of measure for wine,
LL. gillo, gello., Cf. Gallon.]
A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint.
[1913 Webster]Gill \Gill\, n. [Abbrev. from Gillian.]
1. A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl.
"Each Jack with his Gill." --B. Jonson.
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2. (Bot.) The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also
gill over the ground, and other like names.
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3. Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.
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Gill ale.
(a) Ale flavored with ground ivy.
(b) (Bot.) Alehoof.
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Gill ale
(gcide) | Gill \Gill\, n. [Abbrev. from Gillian.]
1. A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl.
"Each Jack with his Gill." --B. Jonson.
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2. (Bot.) The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also
gill over the ground, and other like names.
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3. Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.
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Gill ale.
(a) Ale flavored with ground ivy.
(b) (Bot.) Alehoof.
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Gill arches
(gcide) | Gill \Gill\ (g[i^]l), n. [Dan. gi[ae]lle, gelle; akin to Sw.
g[aum]l, Icel. gj["o]lnar gills; cf. AS. geagl, geahl, jaw.]
1. (Anat.) An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.
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Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills.
--Ray.
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Note: Gills are usually lamellar or filamentous appendages,
through which the blood circulates, and in which it is
exposed to the action of the air contained in the
water. In vertebrates they are appendages of the
visceral arches on either side of the neck. In
invertebrates they occupy various situations.
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2. pl. (Bot.) The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the
under surface of a mushroom.
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3. (Zool.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a
fowl; a wattle.
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4. The flesh under or about the chin. --Swift.
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5. (Spinning) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins
which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer
parallel filaments. [Prob. so called from F. aiguilles,
needles. --Ure.]
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Gill arches, Gill bars. (Anat.) Same as {Branchial
arches}.
Gill clefts. (Anat.) Same as Branchial clefts. See under
Branchial.
Gill cover, Gill lid. See Operculum.
Gill frame, or Gill head (Flax Manuf.), a spreader; a
machine for subjecting flax to the action of gills.
--Knight.
Gill net, a flat net so suspended in the water that its
meshes allow the heads of fish to pass, but catch in the
gills when they seek to extricate themselves.
Gill opening, or Gill slit (Anat.), an opening behind and
below the head of most fishes, and some amphibians, by
which the water from the gills is discharged. In most
fishes there is a single opening on each side, but in the
sharks and rays there are five, or more, on each side.
Gill rakes, or Gill rakers (Anat.), horny filaments, or
progresses, on the inside of the branchial arches of
fishes, which help to prevent solid substances from being
carried into gill cavities.
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