| slovo | definícia |
grub
(mass) | grub
- červ, larva, jedlo, hrabať, prehľadávať |
grub
(encz) | grub,bašta n: Pino |
grub
(encz) | grub,červ n: luke |
grub
(encz) | grub,hrabat v: luke |
grub
(encz) | grub,hrabat se v: v čem Pino |
grub
(encz) | grub,jídlo n: [hovor.] bašta luke |
grub
(encz) | grub,larva n: Zdeněk Brož |
grub
(encz) | grub,plít v: luke |
grub
(encz) | grub,prohledávat v: Zdeněk Brož |
grub
(encz) | grub,žranice n: Pino |
Grub
(gcide) | Grub \Grub\ (gr[u^]b), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grubbed (gr[u^]bd),
p. pr. & vb. n. Grubbing.] [OE. grubbin., cf. E. grab,
grope.]
1. To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object
that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in
digging.
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2. To drudge; to do menial work. --Richardson.
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Grub
(gcide) | Grub \Grub\, v. t.
1. To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; --
followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge.
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They do not attempt to grub up the root of sin.
--Hare.
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2. To supply with food. [Slang] --Dickens.
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Grub
(gcide) | Grub \Grub\, n.
1. (Zool.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; --
called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle,
under Goldsmith.
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Yet your butterfly was a grub. --Shak.
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2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Carew.
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3. Victuals; food. [Slang] --Halliwell.
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Grub ax or Grub axe, a kind of mattock used in grubbing
up roots, etc.
Grub breaker. Same as Grub hook (below).
Grub hoe, a heavy hoe for grubbing.
Grub hook, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps,
breaking roots, etc.
Grub saw, a handsaw used for sawing marble.
Grub Street, a street in London (now called {Milton
Street}), described by Dr. Johnson as "much inhabited by
writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary
poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet."
As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production
of, Grub Street.
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I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays.
--Gap.
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grub
(gcide) | Sneak \Sneak\, n.
1. A mean, sneaking fellow.
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A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks.
--Glanvill.
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2. (Cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; --
called also grub. [Cant] --R. A. Proctor.
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grub
(wn) | grub
n 1: informal terms for a meal [syn: chow, chuck, eats,
grub]
2: a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other
insects
v 1: ask for and get free; be a parasite [syn: mooch, bum,
cadge, grub, sponge]
2: search about busily |
grub
(vera) | GRUB
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grub out
(encz) | grub out, v: |
grub screw
(encz) | grub screw,šroub stavěcí (červík) n: "bezhlavý" šroub k zajištění polohy
klouzavého dílu Suky |
grub street
(encz) | Grub Street, |
grub up
(encz) | grub up,vyhrabat v: Zdeněk Brožgrub up,vykopat [frsl.] Pino |
grubbed
(encz) | grubbed, |
grubber
(encz) | grubber,kultivátor n: Zdeněk Brož |
grubbier
(encz) | grubbier,špinavější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
grubbily
(encz) | grubbily,nemytý adj: Zdeněk Brožgrubbily,odporný adj: Zdeněk Brožgrubbily,špinavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
grubbiness
(encz) | grubbiness,ušpiněnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
grubbing
(encz) | grubbing,vykácení n: Zdeněk Brož |
grubby
(encz) | grubby,nemytý adj: Zdeněk Brožgrubby,špinavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
grubs
(encz) | grubs,housenky n: Zdeněk Brožgrubs,larvy n: Zdeněk Brož |
grubstake
(encz) | grubstake, |
money-grubber
(encz) | money-grubber,skrblík n: Zdeněk Brož |
money-grubbing
(encz) | money-grubbing,mamon n: Zdeněk Brož |
moneygrubber
(encz) | moneygrubber,skrblík n: Zdeněk Brož |
moneygrubbing
(encz) | moneygrubbing,mamon n: Zdeněk Brož |
Grub
(gcide) | Grub \Grub\ (gr[u^]b), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grubbed (gr[u^]bd),
p. pr. & vb. n. Grubbing.] [OE. grubbin., cf. E. grab,
grope.]
1. To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object
that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in
digging.
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2. To drudge; to do menial work. --Richardson.
[1913 Webster]Grub \Grub\, v. t.
1. To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; --
followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge.
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They do not attempt to grub up the root of sin.
--Hare.
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2. To supply with food. [Slang] --Dickens.
[1913 Webster]Grub \Grub\, n.
1. (Zool.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; --
called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle,
under Goldsmith.
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Yet your butterfly was a grub. --Shak.
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2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Carew.
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3. Victuals; food. [Slang] --Halliwell.
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Grub ax or Grub axe, a kind of mattock used in grubbing
up roots, etc.
Grub breaker. Same as Grub hook (below).
Grub hoe, a heavy hoe for grubbing.
Grub hook, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps,
breaking roots, etc.
Grub saw, a handsaw used for sawing marble.
Grub Street, a street in London (now called {Milton
Street}), described by Dr. Johnson as "much inhabited by
writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary
poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet."
As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production
of, Grub Street.
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I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays.
--Gap.
[1913 Webster]Sneak \Sneak\, n.
1. A mean, sneaking fellow.
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A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks.
--Glanvill.
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2. (Cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; --
called also grub. [Cant] --R. A. Proctor.
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Grub ax
(gcide) | Grub \Grub\, n.
1. (Zool.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; --
called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle,
under Goldsmith.
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Yet your butterfly was a grub. --Shak.
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2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Carew.
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3. Victuals; food. [Slang] --Halliwell.
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Grub ax or Grub axe, a kind of mattock used in grubbing
up roots, etc.
Grub breaker. Same as Grub hook (below).
Grub hoe, a heavy hoe for grubbing.
Grub hook, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps,
breaking roots, etc.
Grub saw, a handsaw used for sawing marble.
Grub Street, a street in London (now called {Milton
Street}), described by Dr. Johnson as "much inhabited by
writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary
poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet."
As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production
of, Grub Street.
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I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays.
--Gap.
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Grub axe
(gcide) | Grub \Grub\, n.
1. (Zool.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; --
called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle,
under Goldsmith.
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Yet your butterfly was a grub. --Shak.
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2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Carew.
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3. Victuals; food. [Slang] --Halliwell.
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Grub ax or Grub axe, a kind of mattock used in grubbing
up roots, etc.
Grub breaker. Same as Grub hook (below).
Grub hoe, a heavy hoe for grubbing.
Grub hook, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps,
breaking roots, etc.
Grub saw, a handsaw used for sawing marble.
Grub Street, a street in London (now called {Milton
Street}), described by Dr. Johnson as "much inhabited by
writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary
poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet."
As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production
of, Grub Street.
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I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays.
--Gap.
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Grub breaker
(gcide) | Grub \Grub\, n.
1. (Zool.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; --
called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle,
under Goldsmith.
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Yet your butterfly was a grub. --Shak.
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2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Carew.
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3. Victuals; food. [Slang] --Halliwell.
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Grub ax or Grub axe, a kind of mattock used in grubbing
up roots, etc.
Grub breaker. Same as Grub hook (below).
Grub hoe, a heavy hoe for grubbing.
Grub hook, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps,
breaking roots, etc.
Grub saw, a handsaw used for sawing marble.
Grub Street, a street in London (now called {Milton
Street}), described by Dr. Johnson as "much inhabited by
writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary
poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet."
As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production
of, Grub Street.
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I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays.
--Gap.
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Grub hoe
(gcide) | Grub \Grub\, n.
1. (Zool.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; --
called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle,
under Goldsmith.
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Yet your butterfly was a grub. --Shak.
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2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Carew.
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3. Victuals; food. [Slang] --Halliwell.
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Grub ax or Grub axe, a kind of mattock used in grubbing
up roots, etc.
Grub breaker. Same as Grub hook (below).
Grub hoe, a heavy hoe for grubbing.
Grub hook, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps,
breaking roots, etc.
Grub saw, a handsaw used for sawing marble.
Grub Street, a street in London (now called {Milton
Street}), described by Dr. Johnson as "much inhabited by
writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary
poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet."
As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production
of, Grub Street.
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I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays.
--Gap.
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Grub hook
(gcide) | Grub \Grub\, n.
1. (Zool.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; --
called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle,
under Goldsmith.
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Yet your butterfly was a grub. --Shak.
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2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Carew.
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3. Victuals; food. [Slang] --Halliwell.
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Grub ax or Grub axe, a kind of mattock used in grubbing
up roots, etc.
Grub breaker. Same as Grub hook (below).
Grub hoe, a heavy hoe for grubbing.
Grub hook, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps,
breaking roots, etc.
Grub saw, a handsaw used for sawing marble.
Grub Street, a street in London (now called {Milton
Street}), described by Dr. Johnson as "much inhabited by
writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary
poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet."
As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production
of, Grub Street.
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I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays.
--Gap.
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Grub saw
(gcide) | Grub \Grub\, n.
1. (Zool.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; --
called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle,
under Goldsmith.
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Yet your butterfly was a grub. --Shak.
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2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Carew.
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3. Victuals; food. [Slang] --Halliwell.
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Grub ax or Grub axe, a kind of mattock used in grubbing
up roots, etc.
Grub breaker. Same as Grub hook (below).
Grub hoe, a heavy hoe for grubbing.
Grub hook, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps,
breaking roots, etc.
Grub saw, a handsaw used for sawing marble.
Grub Street, a street in London (now called {Milton
Street}), described by Dr. Johnson as "much inhabited by
writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary
poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet."
As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production
of, Grub Street.
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I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays.
--Gap.
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Grub Street
(gcide) | Grub \Grub\, n.
1. (Zool.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; --
called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle,
under Goldsmith.
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Yet your butterfly was a grub. --Shak.
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2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Carew.
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3. Victuals; food. [Slang] --Halliwell.
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Grub ax or Grub axe, a kind of mattock used in grubbing
up roots, etc.
Grub breaker. Same as Grub hook (below).
Grub hoe, a heavy hoe for grubbing.
Grub hook, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps,
breaking roots, etc.
Grub saw, a handsaw used for sawing marble.
Grub Street, a street in London (now called {Milton
Street}), described by Dr. Johnson as "much inhabited by
writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary
poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet."
As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production
of, Grub Street.
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I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays.
--Gap.
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Grubbed
(gcide) | Grub \Grub\ (gr[u^]b), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grubbed (gr[u^]bd),
p. pr. & vb. n. Grubbing.] [OE. grubbin., cf. E. grab,
grope.]
1. To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object
that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in
digging.
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2. To drudge; to do menial work. --Richardson.
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Grubber
(gcide) | Grubber \Grub"ber\, n.
One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool
of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc.
[1913 Webster]Ladyfish \La"dy*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found
both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also
bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macab['e].
(b) A labroid fish (Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West
Indies.
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grubber
(gcide) | Grubber \Grub"ber\, n.
One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool
of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc.
[1913 Webster]Ladyfish \La"dy*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found
both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also
bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macab['e].
(b) A labroid fish (Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West
Indies.
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Grubbing
(gcide) | Grub \Grub\ (gr[u^]b), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grubbed (gr[u^]bd),
p. pr. & vb. n. Grubbing.] [OE. grubbin., cf. E. grab,
grope.]
1. To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object
that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in
digging.
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2. To drudge; to do menial work. --Richardson.
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Grubble
(gcide) | Grubble \Grub"ble\, v. t. & i. [Freq. of grub, but cf. grabble.]
To feel or grope in the dark. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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Grubby
(gcide) | Grubby \Grub"by\, a. [From Grub.]
Dirty; unclean. [Colloq.]
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The grubby game of marbles. --Lond. Sat.
Rev.
[1913 Webster]Grubby \Grub"by\, n. (Zool.)
Any species of Cottus; a sculpin. [Local, U. S.]
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grubs
(gcide) | Larva \Lar"va\ (l[aum]r"v[.a]), n.; pl. L. Larv[ae]
(l[aum]r"v[ae]), E. Larvas (l[aum]r"v[.a]z). [L. larva
ghost, specter, mask.]
1. (Zool.) Any young insect from the time that it hatches
from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During
this time it usually molts several times, and may change
its form or color each time. The larv[ae] of many insects
are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no
trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in
the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larv[ae]
are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits,
and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, etc.
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2. (Zool.) The early, immature form of any animal when more
or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the
assumption of the mature shape.
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grubworm
(gcide) | Grub \Grub\, n.
1. (Zool.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; --
called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle,
under Goldsmith.
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Yet your butterfly was a grub. --Shak.
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2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Carew.
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3. Victuals; food. [Slang] --Halliwell.
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Grub ax or Grub axe, a kind of mattock used in grubbing
up roots, etc.
Grub breaker. Same as Grub hook (below).
Grub hoe, a heavy hoe for grubbing.
Grub hook, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps,
breaking roots, etc.
Grub saw, a handsaw used for sawing marble.
Grub Street, a street in London (now called {Milton
Street}), described by Dr. Johnson as "much inhabited by
writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary
poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet."
As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production
of, Grub Street.
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I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays.
--Gap.
[1913 Webster]Grubworm \Grub"worm\, n. (Zool.)
See Grub, n., 1.
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And gnats and grubworms crowded on his view. --C.
Smart.
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Grubworm
(gcide) | Grub \Grub\, n.
1. (Zool.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; --
called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle,
under Goldsmith.
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Yet your butterfly was a grub. --Shak.
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2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Carew.
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3. Victuals; food. [Slang] --Halliwell.
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Grub ax or Grub axe, a kind of mattock used in grubbing
up roots, etc.
Grub breaker. Same as Grub hook (below).
Grub hoe, a heavy hoe for grubbing.
Grub hook, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps,
breaking roots, etc.
Grub saw, a handsaw used for sawing marble.
Grub Street, a street in London (now called {Milton
Street}), described by Dr. Johnson as "much inhabited by
writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary
poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet."
As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production
of, Grub Street.
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I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays.
--Gap.
[1913 Webster]Grubworm \Grub"worm\, n. (Zool.)
See Grub, n., 1.
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And gnats and grubworms crowded on his view. --C.
Smart.
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Indigrubin
(gcide) | Indigrubin \In`dig*ru"bin\, n. [Indigo + L. ruber red.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
Same as Urrhodin.
[1913 Webster]Urrhodin \Ur*rho"din\, n. [1st uro- + Gr. ? a rose.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
Indigo red, a product of the decomposition, or oxidation, of
indican. It is sometimes found in the sediment of
pathological urines. It is soluble in ether or alcohol,
giving the solution a beautiful red color. Also called
indigrubin.
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indigrubin
(gcide) | Indigrubin \In`dig*ru"bin\, n. [Indigo + L. ruber red.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
Same as Urrhodin.
[1913 Webster]Urrhodin \Ur*rho"din\, n. [1st uro- + Gr. ? a rose.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
Indigo red, a product of the decomposition, or oxidation, of
indican. It is sometimes found in the sediment of
pathological urines. It is soluble in ether or alcohol,
giving the solution a beautiful red color. Also called
indigrubin.
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Mulligrubs
(gcide) | Mulligrubs \Mul"li*grubs\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. mull to squeeze,
pull about, mulling numb or dull.]
1. A griping of the intestines; colic. [Slang]
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Whose dog lies sick of the mulligrubs? --Beau. & Fl.
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2. Hence, sullenness; the sulks. [Slang]
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Surface grub
(gcide) | Surface \Sur"face`\, n. [F. See Sur-, and Face, and cf.
Superficial.]
1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth;
one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face;
superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth;
the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body.
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The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton.
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2. Hence, outward or external appearance.
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Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no
deeper than the surface. --V. Knox.
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3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without
thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical
surface.
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4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the
flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
--Stocqueler.
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Caustic surface, Heating surface, etc. See under
Caustic, Heating, etc.
Surface condensation, Surface condenser. See under
Condensation, and Condenser.
Surface gauge (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a
standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable
pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its
height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface.
Surface grub (Zool.), the larva of the great yellow
underwing moth (Triphoena pronuba). It is often
destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants.
Surface plate (Mach.), a plate having an accurately dressed
flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to
test other surfaces.
Surface printing, printing from a surface in relief, as
from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which
the ink is contained in engraved lines.
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Undergrub
(gcide) | Undergrub \Un`der*grub"\, v. t.
To undermine. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Vine grub
(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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White grub
(gcide) | White \White\ (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. Whiter
(hw[imac]t"[~e]r); superl. Whitest.] [OE. whit, AS.
hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[imac]t, D. wit, G.
weiss, OHG. w[imac]z, hw[imac]z, Icel. hv[imac]tr, Sw. hvit,
Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith. szveisti, to make bright,
Russ. sviet' light, Skr. [,c]v[=e]ta white, [,c]vit to be
bright. [root]42. Cf. Wheat, Whitsunday.]
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1. Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum
combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or
their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; --
the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a
white skin. "Pearls white." --Chaucer.
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White as the whitest lily on a stream. --Longfellow.
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2. Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of
blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
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Or whispering with white lips, "The foe!
They come! they come!" --Byron.
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3. Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or
from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
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White as thy fame, and as thy honor clear. --Dryden.
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No whiter page than Addison's remains. --Pope.
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4. Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
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Your high engendered battles 'gainst a head
So old and white as this. --Shak.
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5. Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the
like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
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On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as
one of the white days of his life. --Sir W.
Scott.
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6. Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
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Come forth, my white spouse. --Chaucer.
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I am his white boy, and will not be gullet. --Ford.
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Note: White is used in many self-explaining compounds, as
white-backed, white-bearded, white-footed.
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White alder. (Bot.) See Sweet pepper bush, under
Pepper.
White ant (Zool.), any one of numerous species of social
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Termes. These
insects are very abundant in tropical countries, and form
large and complex communities consisting of numerous
asexual workers of one or more kinds, of large-headed
asexual individuals called soldiers, of one or more queens
(or fertile females) often having the body enormously
distended by the eggs, and, at certain seasons of numerous
winged males, together with the larvae and pupae of each
kind in various stages of development. Many of the species
construct large and complicated nests, sometimes in the
form of domelike structures rising several feet above the
ground and connected with extensive subterranean galleries
and chambers. In their social habits they closely resemble
the true ants. They feed upon animal and vegetable
substances of various kinds, including timber, and are
often very destructive to buildings and furniture.
White arsenic (Chem.), arsenious oxide, As2O3, a
substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine
luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. It is a
deadly poison.
White bass (Zool.), a fresh-water North American bass
(Roccus chrysops) found in the Great Likes.
White bear (Zool.), the polar bear. See under Polar.
White blood cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White brand (Zool.), the snow goose.
White brass, a white alloy of copper; white copper.
White campion. (Bot.)
(a) A kind of catchfly (Silene stellata) with white
flowers.
(b) A white-flowered Lychnis (Lychnis vespertina).
White canon (R. C. Ch.), a Premonstratensian.
White caps, the members of a secret organization in various
of the United States, who attempt to drive away or reform
obnoxious persons by lynch-law methods. They appear masked
in white. Their actions resembled those of the Ku Klux
Klan in some ways but they were not formally affiliated
with the Klan, and their victims were often not black.
White cedar (Bot.), an evergreen tree of North America
(Thuja occidentalis), also the related {Cupressus
thyoides}, or Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea, a slender
evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar
swamps of the Northern and Atlantic States. Both are much
valued for their durable timber. In California the name is
given to the Libocedrus decurrens, the timber of which
is also useful, though often subject to dry rot.
--Goodale. The white cedar of Demerara, Guiana, etc., is a
lofty tree (Icica altissima syn. Bursera altissima)
whose fragrant wood is used for canoes and cabinetwork, as
it is not attacked by insect.
White cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White cell-blood (Med.), leucocythaemia.
White clover (Bot.), a species of small perennial clover
bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for
cattle and horses, as well as for the honeybee. See also
under Clover.
White copper, a whitish alloy of copper. See {German
silver}, under German.
White copperas (Min.), a native hydrous sulphate of iron;
coquimbite.
White coral (Zool.), an ornamental branched coral
(Amphihelia oculata) native of the Mediterranean.
White corpuscle. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White cricket (Zool.), the tree cricket.
White crop, a crop of grain which loses its green color, or
becomes white, in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley, and
oats, as distinguished from a green crop, or a root crop.
White currant (Bot.), a variety of the common red currant,
having white berries.
White daisy (Bot.), the oxeye daisy. See under Daisy.
White damp, a kind of poisonous gas encountered in coal
mines. --Raymond.
White elephant (Zool.),
(a) a whitish, or albino, variety of the Asiatic elephant.
(b) see white elephant in the vocabulary.
White elm (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
wheels, and for other purposes.
White ensign. See Saint George's ensign, under Saint.
White feather, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
the white feather}, under Feather, n.
White fir (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
of the Pacific States, as Abies grandis, and {Abies
concolor}.
White flesher (Zool.), the ruffed grouse. See under
Ruffed. [Canada]
White frost. See Hoarfrost.
White game (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.
White garnet (Min.), leucite.
White grass (Bot.), an American grass (Leersia Virginica)
with greenish-white paleae.
White grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The white ptarmigan.
(b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]
White grub (Zool.), the larva of the June bug and other
allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
other plants, and often do much damage.
White hake (Zool.), the squirrel hake. See under
Squirrel.
White hawk, or White kite (Zool.), the hen harrier.
White heat, the temperature at which bodies become
incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
they emit.
White hellebore (Bot.), a plant of the genus Veratrum
(Veratrum album) See Hellebore, 2.
White herring, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.
White hoolet (Zool.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
White horses (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.
The White House. See under House.
White ibis (Zool.), an American ibis (Guara alba) having
the plumage pure white, except the tips of the wings,
which are black. It inhabits tropical America and the
Southern United States. Called also Spanish curlew.
White iron.
(a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
(b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
proportion of combined carbon.
White iron pyrites (Min.), marcasite.
White land, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
but blackish after rain. [Eng.]
White lark (Zool.), the snow bunting.
White lead.
(a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
other purposes; ceruse.
(b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
White leather, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
salt.
White leg (Med.), milk leg. See under Milk.
White lettuce (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
Rattlesnake.
White lie. See under Lie.
White light.
(a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
same proportion as in the light coming directly from
the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
through a prism. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
(b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
illumination for signals, etc.
White lime, a solution or preparation of lime for
whitewashing; whitewash.
White line (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
on a printed page; a blank line.
White meat.
(a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
(b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
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Driving their cattle continually with them, and
feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
--Spenser.
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White merganser (Zool.), the smew.
White metal.
(a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
etc.
(b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
certain stage in copper smelting.
White miller. (Zool.)
(a) The common clothes moth.
(b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
spots; -- called also ermine moth, and {virgin
moth}. See Woolly bear, under Woolly.
White money, silver money.
White mouse (Zool.), the albino variety of the common
mouse.
White mullet (Zool.), a silvery mullet (Mugil curema)
ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
called also blue-back mullet, and liza.
White nun (Zool.), the smew; -- so called from the white
crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
head, which give the appearance of a hood.
White oak. (Bot.) See under Oak.
White owl. (Zool.)
(a) The snowy owl.
(b) The barn owl.
White partridge (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.
White perch. (Zool.)
(a) A North American fresh-water bass (Morone Americana)
valued as a food fish.
(b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
(c) Any California surf fish.
White pine. (Bot.) See the Note under Pine.
White poplar (Bot.), a European tree (Populus alba) often
cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
White poppy (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See Poppy.
White powder, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
[Obs.]
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White precipitate. (Old Chem.) See under Precipitate.
White rabbit. (Zool.)
(a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
(b) An albino rabbit.
White rent,
(a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
opposed to black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
(b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]
White rhinoceros. (Zool.)
(a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
Indicus}). See Rhinoceros.
(b) The umhofo.
White ribbon, the distinctive badge of certain
organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
White rope (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
White rot. (Bot.)
(a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
called rot in sheep.
(b) A disease of grapes. See White rot, under Rot.
White sage (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
fat}.
White salmon (Zool.), the silver salmon.
White salt, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
White scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus Nerii)
injurious to the orange tree. See Orange scale, under
Orange.
White shark (Zool.), a species of man-eating shark. See
under Shark.
White softening. (Med.) See Softening of the brain, under
Softening.
White spruce. (Bot.) See Spruce, n., 1.
White squall (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
the surface of the sea.
White staff, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
England. --Macaulay.
White stork (Zool.), the common European stork.
White sturgeon. (Zool.) See Shovelnose
(d) .
White sucker. (Zool.)
(a) The common sucker.
(b) The common red horse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum).
White swelling (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
White tombac. See Tombac.
White trout (Zool.), the white weakfish, or silver
squeteague (Cynoscion nothus), of the Southern United
States.
White vitriol (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
vitriol}, under Vitriol.
White wagtail (Zool.), the common, or pied, wagtail.
White wax, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
White whale (Zool.), the beluga.
White widgeon (Zool.), the smew.
White wine. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
Burgundy. "White wine of Lepe." --Chaucer.
White witch, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.
White wolf. (Zool.)
(a) A light-colored wolf (Canis laniger) native of
Thibet; -- called also chanco, golden wolf, and
Thibetan wolf.
(b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
White wren (Zool.), the willow warbler; -- so called from
the color of the under parts.
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Wire grub
(gcide) | Wire \Wire\ (w[imac]r), n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel.
v[imac]rr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine
gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. [root]141.]
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1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance
formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved
rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.
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Note: Wire is made of any desired form, as round, square,
triangular, etc., by giving this shape to the hole in
the drawplate, or between the rollers.
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2. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph;
as, to send a message by wire. [Colloq.]
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3. Chiefly in pl. The system of wires used to operate the
puppets in a puppet show; hence (Chiefly Political Slang),
the network of hidden influences controlling the action of
a person or organization; as, to pull the wires for
office; -- in this sense, synonymous with strings.
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4. One who picks women's pockets. [Thieves' Slang]
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5. A knitting needle. [Scot.]
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6. A wire stretching across over a race track at the judges'
stand, to mark the line at which the races end. [Racing
Cant]
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Wire bed, Wire mattress, an elastic bed bottom or
mattress made of wires interwoven or looped together in
various ways.
Wire bridge, a bridge suspended from wires, or cables made
of wire.
Wire cartridge, a shot cartridge having the shot inclosed
in a wire cage.
Wire cloth, a coarse cloth made of woven metallic wire, --
used for strainers, and for various other purposes.
Wire edge, the thin, wirelike thread of metal sometimes
formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening
it.
Wire fence, a fence consisting of posts with strained
horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework,
between.
Wire gauge or Wire gage.
(a) A gauge for measuring the diameter of wire, thickness
of sheet metal, etc., often consisting of a metal
plate with a series of notches of various widths in
its edge.
(b) A standard series of sizes arbitrarily indicated, as
by numbers, to which the diameter of wire or the
thickness of sheet metal in usually made, and which is
used in describing the size or thickness. There are
many different standards for wire gauges, as in
different countries, or for different kinds of metal,
the Birmingham wire gauges and the American wire gauge
being often used and designated by the abbreviations
B. W. G. and A. W. G. respectively.
Wire gauze, a texture of finely interwoven wire, resembling
gauze.
Wire grass (Bot.), either of the two common grasses
Eleusine Indica, valuable for hay and pasture, and {Poa
compressa}, or blue grass. See Blue grass.
Wire grub (Zool.), a wireworm.
Wire iron, wire rods of iron.
Wire lathing, wire cloth or wire netting applied in the
place of wooden lathing for holding plastering.
Wire mattress. See Wire bed, above.
Wire micrometer, a micrometer having spider lines, or fine
wires, across the field of the instrument.
Wire nail, a nail formed of a piece of wire which is headed
and pointed.
Wire netting, a texture of woven wire coarser than ordinary
wire gauze.
Wire rod, a metal rod from which wire is formed by drawing.
Wire rope, a rope formed wholly, or in great part, of
wires.
down to the wire, up to the last moment, as in a race or
competition; as, the two front runners were neck-and-neck
down to the wire. From wire[6].
under the wire, just in time; shortly before the deadline;
as, to file an application just under the wire.
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[1913 Webster]Wireworm \Wire"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles,
or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the
uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are
sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called
also wire grub.
(b) A galleyworm.
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wire grub
(gcide) | Wire \Wire\ (w[imac]r), n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel.
v[imac]rr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine
gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. [root]141.]
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1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance
formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved
rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.
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Note: Wire is made of any desired form, as round, square,
triangular, etc., by giving this shape to the hole in
the drawplate, or between the rollers.
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2. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph;
as, to send a message by wire. [Colloq.]
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3. Chiefly in pl. The system of wires used to operate the
puppets in a puppet show; hence (Chiefly Political Slang),
the network of hidden influences controlling the action of
a person or organization; as, to pull the wires for
office; -- in this sense, synonymous with strings.
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4. One who picks women's pockets. [Thieves' Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
5. A knitting needle. [Scot.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
6. A wire stretching across over a race track at the judges'
stand, to mark the line at which the races end. [Racing
Cant]
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Wire bed, Wire mattress, an elastic bed bottom or
mattress made of wires interwoven or looped together in
various ways.
Wire bridge, a bridge suspended from wires, or cables made
of wire.
Wire cartridge, a shot cartridge having the shot inclosed
in a wire cage.
Wire cloth, a coarse cloth made of woven metallic wire, --
used for strainers, and for various other purposes.
Wire edge, the thin, wirelike thread of metal sometimes
formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening
it.
Wire fence, a fence consisting of posts with strained
horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework,
between.
Wire gauge or Wire gage.
(a) A gauge for measuring the diameter of wire, thickness
of sheet metal, etc., often consisting of a metal
plate with a series of notches of various widths in
its edge.
(b) A standard series of sizes arbitrarily indicated, as
by numbers, to which the diameter of wire or the
thickness of sheet metal in usually made, and which is
used in describing the size or thickness. There are
many different standards for wire gauges, as in
different countries, or for different kinds of metal,
the Birmingham wire gauges and the American wire gauge
being often used and designated by the abbreviations
B. W. G. and A. W. G. respectively.
Wire gauze, a texture of finely interwoven wire, resembling
gauze.
Wire grass (Bot.), either of the two common grasses
Eleusine Indica, valuable for hay and pasture, and {Poa
compressa}, or blue grass. See Blue grass.
Wire grub (Zool.), a wireworm.
Wire iron, wire rods of iron.
Wire lathing, wire cloth or wire netting applied in the
place of wooden lathing for holding plastering.
Wire mattress. See Wire bed, above.
Wire micrometer, a micrometer having spider lines, or fine
wires, across the field of the instrument.
Wire nail, a nail formed of a piece of wire which is headed
and pointed.
Wire netting, a texture of woven wire coarser than ordinary
wire gauze.
Wire rod, a metal rod from which wire is formed by drawing.
Wire rope, a rope formed wholly, or in great part, of
wires.
down to the wire, up to the last moment, as in a race or
competition; as, the two front runners were neck-and-neck
down to the wire. From wire[6].
under the wire, just in time; shortly before the deadline;
as, to file an application just under the wire.
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[1913 Webster]Wireworm \Wire"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles,
or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the
uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are
sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called
also wire grub.
(b) A galleyworm.
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grub out
(wn) | grub out
v 1: dig up; "grub up roots and tree stumps" [syn: grub up,
grub out] |
grub street
(wn) | Grub Street
n 1: the world of literary hacks |
grub up
(wn) | grub up
v 1: dig up; "grub up roots and tree stumps" [syn: grub up,
grub out] |
grubbily
(wn) | grubbily
adv 1: in a dingy manner [syn: dingily, grubbily,
grungily] |
grubbiness
(wn) | grubbiness
n 1: the state of being grimy [syn: griminess, grubbiness] |
grubby
(wn) | grubby
adj 1: infested with grubs
2: thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's
begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little
fingers"; "a grungy kitchen" [syn: begrimed, dingy,
grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy]
n 1: small sculpin of the coast of New England [syn: grubby,
Myxocephalus aenaeus] |
grubstake
(wn) | grubstake
n 1: funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a
business in return for a share of the profits
v 1: supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits |
moneygrubber
(wn) | moneygrubber
n 1: someone whose main interest in life is moneymaking |
teergrube
(jargon) | teergrube
/teer'groob·@/, n.
[German for tar pit] A trap set to punish spammers who use an {address
harvester}; a mail server deliberately set up to be really, really slow. To
activate it, scatter addresses that look like users on the teergrube's host
in places where the address harvester will be trolling (one popular way is
to embed the fake address in a Usenet sig block next to a human-readable
warning not to send mail to it). The address harvester will dutifully
collect the address. When the spammer tries to mailbomb it, his mailer will
get stuck.
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