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gudgeon
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Gudgeon
(gcide) | Gudgeon \Gud"geon\ (g[u^]j"[u^]n), n. [OE. gojon, F. goujon,
from L. gobio, or gobius, Gr. kwbio`s Cf. 1st Goby. ]
1. (Zool.) A small European freshwater fish ({Gobio
fluviatilis}), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and
often used for food and for bait. In America the
killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons.
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2. What may be got without skill or merit.
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Fish not, with this melancholy bait,
For this fool gudgeon, this opinion. --Shak.
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3. A person easily duped or cheated. --Swift.
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4. (Mach.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden
shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal,
or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge,
but esp. the end journal of a horizontal.
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6. (Naut.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to
receive the pintle of the rudder.
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Ball gudgeon. See under Ball.
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Gudgeon
(gcide) | Gudgeon \Gud"geon\, v. t.
To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon.
[R.]
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To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been
given you. --Sir IV.
Scott.
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gudgeon
(wn) | gudgeon
n 1: small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters
having a large head and elongated tapering body having the
ventral fins modified as a sucker [syn: goby, gudgeon]
2: small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by
anglers [syn: gudgeon, Gobio gobio] |
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gudgeon pin
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Ball gudgeon
(gcide) | Gudgeon \Gud"geon\ (g[u^]j"[u^]n), n. [OE. gojon, F. goujon,
from L. gobio, or gobius, Gr. kwbio`s Cf. 1st Goby. ]
1. (Zool.) A small European freshwater fish ({Gobio
fluviatilis}), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and
often used for food and for bait. In America the
killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons.
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2. What may be got without skill or merit.
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Fish not, with this melancholy bait,
For this fool gudgeon, this opinion. --Shak.
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3. A person easily duped or cheated. --Swift.
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4. (Mach.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden
shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal,
or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge,
but esp. the end journal of a horizontal.
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6. (Naut.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to
receive the pintle of the rudder.
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Ball gudgeon. See under Ball.
[1913 Webster]Ball \Ball\ (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla,
palla, G. ball, Icel. b["o]llr, ball; cf. F. balle. Cf. 1st
Bale, n., Pallmall.]
1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as,
a ball of twine; a ball of snow.
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2. A spherical body of any substance or size used to play
with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.
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3. A general name for games in which a ball is thrown,
kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.
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4. Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of
lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a
cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as,
powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms
are commonly called bullets.
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5. (Pyrotechnics & Mil.) A flaming, roundish body shot into
the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst
and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench;
as, a fire ball; a stink ball.
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6. (Print.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle
called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for
inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.
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7. A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body;
as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.
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8. (Far.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly
given to horses; a bolus. --White.
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9. The globe or earth. --Pope.
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Move round the dark terrestrial ball. --Addison.
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10. (Baseball) A pitched ball, not struck at by the batter,
which fails to pass over the home plate at a height not
greater than the batter's shoulder nor less than his knee
(i.e. it is outside the strike zone). If the pitcher
pitches four balls before three strikes are called, the
batter advances to first base, and the action of pitching
four balls is called a walk.
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10. a testicle; usually used in the plural. [vulgar]
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11. pl. courage; nerve. [vulgar]
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Ball and socket joint, a joint in which a ball moves within
a socket, so as to admit of motion in every direction
within certain limits.
Ball bearings, a mechanical device for lessening the
friction of axle bearings by means of small loose metal
balls.
Ball cartridge, a cartridge containing a ball, as
distinguished from a blank cartridge, containing only
powder.
Ball cock, a faucet or valve which is opened or closed by
the fall or rise of a ball floating in water at the end of
a lever.
Ball gudgeon, a pivot of a spherical form, which permits
lateral deflection of the arbor or shaft, while retaining
the pivot in its socket. --Knight.
Ball lever, the lever used in a ball cock.
Ball of the eye, the eye itself, as distinguished from its
lids and socket; -- formerly, the pupil of the eye.
Ball valve (Mach.), a contrivance by which a ball, placed
in a circular cup with a hole in its bottom, operates as a
valve.
Ball vein (Mining), a sort of iron ore, found in loose
masses of a globular form, containing sparkling particles.
Three balls, or Three golden balls, a pawnbroker's sign
or shop.
on the ball alert; competent and knowledgeable.
to carry the ball to carry on the task; to assume the
responsibility.
to drop the ball to fail to perform as expected; to fail to
live up to a responsibility.
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Syn: See Globe.
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Gudgeon
(gcide) | Gudgeon \Gud"geon\ (g[u^]j"[u^]n), n. [OE. gojon, F. goujon,
from L. gobio, or gobius, Gr. kwbio`s Cf. 1st Goby. ]
1. (Zool.) A small European freshwater fish ({Gobio
fluviatilis}), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and
often used for food and for bait. In America the
killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons.
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2. What may be got without skill or merit.
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Fish not, with this melancholy bait,
For this fool gudgeon, this opinion. --Shak.
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3. A person easily duped or cheated. --Swift.
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4. (Mach.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden
shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal,
or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge,
but esp. the end journal of a horizontal.
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6. (Naut.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to
receive the pintle of the rudder.
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Ball gudgeon. See under Ball.
[1913 Webster]Gudgeon \Gud"geon\, v. t.
To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon.
[R.]
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To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been
given you. --Sir IV.
Scott.
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Sea gudgeon
(gcide) | Sea gudgeon \Sea" gud"geon\ (Zool.)
The European black goby (Gobius niger).
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Wing gudgeon
(gcide) | Wing \Wing\, n. [OE. winge, wenge; probably of Scand. origin;
cf. Dan. & Sw. vinge, Icel. v[ae]ngr.]
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1. One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or
bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually
modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of
birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only
as an assistance in running or swimming.
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As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over
her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them,
beareth them on her wings. --Deut. xxxii.
11.
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Note: In the wing of a bird the long quill feathers are in
series. The primaries are those attached to the ulnar
side of the hand; the secondaries, or wing coverts,
those of the forearm: the scapulars, those that lie
over the humerus; and the bastard feathers, those of
the short outer digit. See Illust. of Bird, and
Plumage.
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2. Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of
flying. Specifically: (Zool.)
(a) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of
most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs
formed of a double membrane and strengthened by
chitinous veins or nervures.
(b) One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes.
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3. Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.
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Light thickens; and the crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak.
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4. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of
rapid motion.
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Fiery expedition be my wing. --Shak.
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5. Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which
is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a
fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a
windmill, etc.
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6. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or
shoulder knot.
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7. Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in
shape or appearance. Specifically:
(a) (Zool.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the
foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
(b) (Bot.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the
sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind
called samara.
(c) (Bot.) Either of the two side petals of a
papilionaceous flower.
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8. One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece.
Hence:
(a) (Arch.) A side building, less than the main edifice;
as, one of the wings of a palace.
(b) (Fort.) The longer side of crownworks, etc.,
connecting them with the main work.
(c) (Hort.) A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch
growing up by the side of another. [Obs.]
(d) (Mil.) The right or left division of an army,
regiment, etc.
(e) (Naut.) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel
which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the
extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or
when forming the two sides of a triangle. --Totten.
(f) One of the sides of the stags in a theater.
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9. (Aeronautics) Any surface used primarily for supporting a
flying machine in flight, especially the flat or slightly
curved planes on a heavier-than-air aircraft which provide
most of the lift. In fixed-wing aircraft there are usually
two main wings fixed on opposite sides of the fuselage.
Smaller wings are typically placed near the tail primarily
for stabilization, but may be absent in certain kinds of
aircraft. Helicopters usually have no fixed wings, the
lift being supplied by the rotating blade.
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10. One of two factions within an organization, as a
political party, which are opposed to each other; as,
right wing or left wing.
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11. An administrative division of the air force or of a naval
air group, consisting of a certain number of airplanes
and the personnel associated with them.
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On the wing.
(a) Supported by, or flying with, the wings another.
On the wings of the wind, with the utmost velocity.
Under the wing of, or Under the wings of, under the care
or protection of.
Wing and wing (Naut.), with sails hauled out on either
side; -- said of a schooner, or her sails, when going
before the wind with the foresail on one side and the
mainsail on the other; also said of a square-rigged vessel
which has her studding sails set. Cf. Goosewinged.
Wing case (Zool.), one of the anterior wings of beetles,
and of some other insects, when thickened and used to
protect the hind wings; an elytron; -- called also {wing
cover}.
Wing covert (Zool.), one of the small feathers covering the
bases of the wing quills. See Covert, n., 2.
Wing gudgeon (Mach.), an iron gudgeon for the end of a
wooden axle, having thin, broad projections to prevent it
from turning in the wood. See Illust. of Gudgeon.
Wing shell (Zool.), wing case of an insect.
Wing stroke, the stroke or sweep of a wing.
Wing transom (Naut.), the uppermost transom of the stern;
-- called also main transom. --J. Knowles.
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gudgeon pin
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n 1: pin joining a piston to a connecting rod [syn: wrist pin,
gudgeon pin] |
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