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hickory
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Hickory
(gcide) | Hickory \Hick"o*ry\, n. [North American Indian pawcohiccora
(Capt. J. Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from
pounded hickory nuts. "Pohickory" is named in a list of
Virginia trees, in 1653, and this was finally shortened to
"hickory." --J. H. Trumbull.] (Bot.)
An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are
several species. The shagbark is the Carya alba, and has a
very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets.
The pignut, or brown hickory, is the Carya glabra. The
swamp hickory is Carya amara, having a nut whose shell is
very thin and the kernel bitter.
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Hickory shad. (Zool.)
(a) The mattowacca, or fall herring.
(b) The gizzard shad.
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hickory
(wn) | hickory
n 1: valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
2: American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts [syn: hickory,
hickory tree] |
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hickory nut
(encz) | hickory nut, n: |
hickory pine
(encz) | hickory pine, n: |
hickory tree
(encz) | hickory tree, n: |
king nut hickory
(encz) | king nut hickory, n: |
mockernut hickory
(encz) | mockernut hickory, n: |
nutmeg hickory
(encz) | nutmeg hickory, n: |
pignut hickory
(encz) | pignut hickory, n: |
shagbark hickory
(encz) | shagbark hickory, n: |
shellbark hickory
(encz) | shellbark hickory, n: |
swamp hickory
(encz) | swamp hickory, n: |
water hickory
(encz) | water hickory, n: |
white-heart hickory
(encz) | white-heart hickory, n: |
Hickory
(gcide) | Hickory \Hick"o*ry\, n. [North American Indian pawcohiccora
(Capt. J. Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from
pounded hickory nuts. "Pohickory" is named in a list of
Virginia trees, in 1653, and this was finally shortened to
"hickory." --J. H. Trumbull.] (Bot.)
An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are
several species. The shagbark is the Carya alba, and has a
very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets.
The pignut, or brown hickory, is the Carya glabra. The
swamp hickory is Carya amara, having a nut whose shell is
very thin and the kernel bitter.
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Hickory shad. (Zool.)
(a) The mattowacca, or fall herring.
(b) The gizzard shad.
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Hickory shad
(gcide) | Shad \Shad\ (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of
fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a
herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a
fish.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring
family. The American species (Alosa sapidissima formerly
Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic
coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an
important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose
(Alosa alosa formerly Clupea alosa), and the twaite shad
(Alosa finta formerly Clupea finta), are less important
species. [Written also chad.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other
fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under Gizzard),
called also mud shad, white-eyed shad, and {winter
shad}.
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Hardboaded shad, or Yellow-tailed shad, the menhaden.
Hickory shad, or Tailor shad, the mattowacca.
Long-boned shad, one of several species of important food
fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus
Gerres.
Shad bush (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs
or small trees of the rosaceous genus Amelanchier
(Amelanchier Canadensis, and Amelanchier alnifolia).
Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when
the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in
June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The
plant is also called service tree, and Juneberry.
Shad frog, an American spotted frog (Rana halecina); --
so called because it usually appears at the time when the
shad begin to run in the rivers.
Trout shad, the squeteague.
White shad, the common shad.
[1913 Webster]Mattowacca \Mat`to*wac"ca\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.)
An American clupeoid fish (Clupea mediocris), similar to
the shad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less
esteemed for food; -- called also hickory shad, {tailor
shad}, fall herring, and shad herring.
[1913 Webster]Hickory \Hick"o*ry\, n. [North American Indian pawcohiccora
(Capt. J. Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from
pounded hickory nuts. "Pohickory" is named in a list of
Virginia trees, in 1653, and this was finally shortened to
"hickory." --J. H. Trumbull.] (Bot.)
An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are
several species. The shagbark is the Carya alba, and has a
very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets.
The pignut, or brown hickory, is the Carya glabra. The
swamp hickory is Carya amara, having a nut whose shell is
very thin and the kernel bitter.
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Hickory shad. (Zool.)
(a) The mattowacca, or fall herring.
(b) The gizzard shad.
[1913 Webster]Fall \Fall\, n.
1. The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force
of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the
yard of ship.
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2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as,
he was walking on ice, and had a fall.
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3. Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
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They thy fall conspire. --Denham.
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Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit
before a fall. --Prov. xvi.
18.
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4. Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office;
termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin;
overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire.
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Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall. --Pope.
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5. The surrender of a besieged fortress or town; as, the fall
of Sebastopol.
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6. Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation;
as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.
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7. A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at
the close of a sentence.
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8. Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
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9. Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water
down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural,
sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara.
[1913 Webster]
10. The discharge of a river or current of water into the
ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po
into the Gulf of Venice. --Addison.
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11. Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as,
the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.
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12. The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.
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What crowds of patients the town doctor kills,
Or how, last fall, he raised the weekly bills.
--Dryden.
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13. That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy
fall of snow.
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14. The act of felling or cutting down. "The fall of timber."
--Johnson.
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15. Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness.
Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first
parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy
of the rebellious angels.
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16. Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling
band; a faule. --B. Jonson.
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17. That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the
power is applied in hoisting.
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Fall herring (Zool.), a herring of the Atlantic ({Clupea
mediocris}); -- also called tailor herring, and {hickory
shad}.
To try a fall, to try a bout at wrestling. --Shak.
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hickory shad
(gcide) | Shad \Shad\ (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of
fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a
herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a
fish.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring
family. The American species (Alosa sapidissima formerly
Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic
coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an
important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose
(Alosa alosa formerly Clupea alosa), and the twaite shad
(Alosa finta formerly Clupea finta), are less important
species. [Written also chad.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other
fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under Gizzard),
called also mud shad, white-eyed shad, and {winter
shad}.
[1913 Webster]
Hardboaded shad, or Yellow-tailed shad, the menhaden.
Hickory shad, or Tailor shad, the mattowacca.
Long-boned shad, one of several species of important food
fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus
Gerres.
Shad bush (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs
or small trees of the rosaceous genus Amelanchier
(Amelanchier Canadensis, and Amelanchier alnifolia).
Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when
the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in
June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The
plant is also called service tree, and Juneberry.
Shad frog, an American spotted frog (Rana halecina); --
so called because it usually appears at the time when the
shad begin to run in the rivers.
Trout shad, the squeteague.
White shad, the common shad.
[1913 Webster]Mattowacca \Mat`to*wac"ca\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.)
An American clupeoid fish (Clupea mediocris), similar to
the shad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less
esteemed for food; -- called also hickory shad, {tailor
shad}, fall herring, and shad herring.
[1913 Webster]Hickory \Hick"o*ry\, n. [North American Indian pawcohiccora
(Capt. J. Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from
pounded hickory nuts. "Pohickory" is named in a list of
Virginia trees, in 1653, and this was finally shortened to
"hickory." --J. H. Trumbull.] (Bot.)
An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are
several species. The shagbark is the Carya alba, and has a
very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets.
The pignut, or brown hickory, is the Carya glabra. The
swamp hickory is Carya amara, having a nut whose shell is
very thin and the kernel bitter.
[1913 Webster]
Hickory shad. (Zool.)
(a) The mattowacca, or fall herring.
(b) The gizzard shad.
[1913 Webster]Fall \Fall\, n.
1. The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force
of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the
yard of ship.
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2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as,
he was walking on ice, and had a fall.
[1913 Webster]
3. Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
[1913 Webster]
They thy fall conspire. --Denham.
[1913 Webster]
Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit
before a fall. --Prov. xvi.
18.
[1913 Webster]
4. Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office;
termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin;
overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire.
[1913 Webster]
Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
5. The surrender of a besieged fortress or town; as, the fall
of Sebastopol.
[1913 Webster]
6. Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation;
as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.
[1913 Webster]
7. A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at
the close of a sentence.
[1913 Webster]
8. Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
[1913 Webster]
9. Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water
down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural,
sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara.
[1913 Webster]
10. The discharge of a river or current of water into the
ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po
into the Gulf of Venice. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
11. Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as,
the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.
[1913 Webster]
12. The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.
[1913 Webster]
What crowds of patients the town doctor kills,
Or how, last fall, he raised the weekly bills.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
13. That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy
fall of snow.
[1913 Webster]
14. The act of felling or cutting down. "The fall of timber."
--Johnson.
[1913 Webster]
15. Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness.
Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first
parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy
of the rebellious angels.
[1913 Webster]
16. Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling
band; a faule. --B. Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
17. That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the
power is applied in hoisting.
[1913 Webster]
Fall herring (Zool.), a herring of the Atlantic ({Clupea
mediocris}); -- also called tailor herring, and {hickory
shad}.
To try a fall, to try a bout at wrestling. --Shak.
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Hickory shad
(gcide) | Shad \Shad\ (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of
fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a
herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a
fish.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring
family. The American species (Alosa sapidissima formerly
Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic
coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an
important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose
(Alosa alosa formerly Clupea alosa), and the twaite shad
(Alosa finta formerly Clupea finta), are less important
species. [Written also chad.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other
fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under Gizzard),
called also mud shad, white-eyed shad, and {winter
shad}.
[1913 Webster]
Hardboaded shad, or Yellow-tailed shad, the menhaden.
Hickory shad, or Tailor shad, the mattowacca.
Long-boned shad, one of several species of important food
fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus
Gerres.
Shad bush (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs
or small trees of the rosaceous genus Amelanchier
(Amelanchier Canadensis, and Amelanchier alnifolia).
Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when
the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in
June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The
plant is also called service tree, and Juneberry.
Shad frog, an American spotted frog (Rana halecina); --
so called because it usually appears at the time when the
shad begin to run in the rivers.
Trout shad, the squeteague.
White shad, the common shad.
[1913 Webster]Mattowacca \Mat`to*wac"ca\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.)
An American clupeoid fish (Clupea mediocris), similar to
the shad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less
esteemed for food; -- called also hickory shad, {tailor
shad}, fall herring, and shad herring.
[1913 Webster]Hickory \Hick"o*ry\, n. [North American Indian pawcohiccora
(Capt. J. Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from
pounded hickory nuts. "Pohickory" is named in a list of
Virginia trees, in 1653, and this was finally shortened to
"hickory." --J. H. Trumbull.] (Bot.)
An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are
several species. The shagbark is the Carya alba, and has a
very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets.
The pignut, or brown hickory, is the Carya glabra. The
swamp hickory is Carya amara, having a nut whose shell is
very thin and the kernel bitter.
[1913 Webster]
Hickory shad. (Zool.)
(a) The mattowacca, or fall herring.
(b) The gizzard shad.
[1913 Webster]Fall \Fall\, n.
1. The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force
of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the
yard of ship.
[1913 Webster]
2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as,
he was walking on ice, and had a fall.
[1913 Webster]
3. Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
[1913 Webster]
They thy fall conspire. --Denham.
[1913 Webster]
Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit
before a fall. --Prov. xvi.
18.
[1913 Webster]
4. Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office;
termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin;
overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire.
[1913 Webster]
Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
5. The surrender of a besieged fortress or town; as, the fall
of Sebastopol.
[1913 Webster]
6. Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation;
as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.
[1913 Webster]
7. A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at
the close of a sentence.
[1913 Webster]
8. Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
[1913 Webster]
9. Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water
down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural,
sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara.
[1913 Webster]
10. The discharge of a river or current of water into the
ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po
into the Gulf of Venice. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
11. Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as,
the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.
[1913 Webster]
12. The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.
[1913 Webster]
What crowds of patients the town doctor kills,
Or how, last fall, he raised the weekly bills.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
13. That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy
fall of snow.
[1913 Webster]
14. The act of felling or cutting down. "The fall of timber."
--Johnson.
[1913 Webster]
15. Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness.
Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first
parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy
of the rebellious angels.
[1913 Webster]
16. Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling
band; a faule. --B. Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
17. That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the
power is applied in hoisting.
[1913 Webster]
Fall herring (Zool.), a herring of the Atlantic ({Clupea
mediocris}); -- also called tailor herring, and {hickory
shad}.
To try a fall, to try a bout at wrestling. --Shak.
[1913 Webster] |
hickory shad
(gcide) | Shad \Shad\ (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of
fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a
herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a
fish.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring
family. The American species (Alosa sapidissima formerly
Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic
coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an
important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose
(Alosa alosa formerly Clupea alosa), and the twaite shad
(Alosa finta formerly Clupea finta), are less important
species. [Written also chad.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other
fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under Gizzard),
called also mud shad, white-eyed shad, and {winter
shad}.
[1913 Webster]
Hardboaded shad, or Yellow-tailed shad, the menhaden.
Hickory shad, or Tailor shad, the mattowacca.
Long-boned shad, one of several species of important food
fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus
Gerres.
Shad bush (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs
or small trees of the rosaceous genus Amelanchier
(Amelanchier Canadensis, and Amelanchier alnifolia).
Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when
the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in
June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The
plant is also called service tree, and Juneberry.
Shad frog, an American spotted frog (Rana halecina); --
so called because it usually appears at the time when the
shad begin to run in the rivers.
Trout shad, the squeteague.
White shad, the common shad.
[1913 Webster]Mattowacca \Mat`to*wac"ca\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.)
An American clupeoid fish (Clupea mediocris), similar to
the shad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less
esteemed for food; -- called also hickory shad, {tailor
shad}, fall herring, and shad herring.
[1913 Webster]Hickory \Hick"o*ry\, n. [North American Indian pawcohiccora
(Capt. J. Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from
pounded hickory nuts. "Pohickory" is named in a list of
Virginia trees, in 1653, and this was finally shortened to
"hickory." --J. H. Trumbull.] (Bot.)
An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are
several species. The shagbark is the Carya alba, and has a
very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets.
The pignut, or brown hickory, is the Carya glabra. The
swamp hickory is Carya amara, having a nut whose shell is
very thin and the kernel bitter.
[1913 Webster]
Hickory shad. (Zool.)
(a) The mattowacca, or fall herring.
(b) The gizzard shad.
[1913 Webster]Fall \Fall\, n.
1. The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force
of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the
yard of ship.
[1913 Webster]
2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as,
he was walking on ice, and had a fall.
[1913 Webster]
3. Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
[1913 Webster]
They thy fall conspire. --Denham.
[1913 Webster]
Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit
before a fall. --Prov. xvi.
18.
[1913 Webster]
4. Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office;
termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin;
overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire.
[1913 Webster]
Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
5. The surrender of a besieged fortress or town; as, the fall
of Sebastopol.
[1913 Webster]
6. Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation;
as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.
[1913 Webster]
7. A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at
the close of a sentence.
[1913 Webster]
8. Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
[1913 Webster]
9. Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water
down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural,
sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara.
[1913 Webster]
10. The discharge of a river or current of water into the
ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po
into the Gulf of Venice. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
11. Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as,
the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.
[1913 Webster]
12. The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.
[1913 Webster]
What crowds of patients the town doctor kills,
Or how, last fall, he raised the weekly bills.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
13. That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy
fall of snow.
[1913 Webster]
14. The act of felling or cutting down. "The fall of timber."
--Johnson.
[1913 Webster]
15. Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness.
Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first
parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy
of the rebellious angels.
[1913 Webster]
16. Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling
band; a faule. --B. Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
17. That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the
power is applied in hoisting.
[1913 Webster]
Fall herring (Zool.), a herring of the Atlantic ({Clupea
mediocris}); -- also called tailor herring, and {hickory
shad}.
To try a fall, to try a bout at wrestling. --Shak.
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big shellbark hickory
(wn) | big shellbark hickory
n 1: hickory of the eastern United States resembling the
shagbark but having a much larger nut [syn: {big
shellbark}, big shellbark hickory, big shagbark, {king
nut}, king nut hickory, Carya laciniosa] |
big-bud hickory
(wn) | big-bud hickory
n 1: smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets
bearing a hard-shelled edible nut [syn: mockernut,
mockernut hickory, black hickory, {white-heart
hickory}, big-bud hickory, Carya tomentosa] |
bitter hickory
(wn) | bitter hickory
n 1: hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7
or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts [syn:
bitternut, bitternut hickory, bitter hickory, {bitter
pignut}, swamp hickory, Carya cordiformis] |
bitternut hickory
(wn) | bitternut hickory
n 1: hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7
or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts [syn:
bitternut, bitternut hickory, bitter hickory, {bitter
pignut}, swamp hickory, Carya cordiformis] |
black hickory
(wn) | black hickory
n 1: smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets
bearing a hard-shelled edible nut [syn: mockernut,
mockernut hickory, black hickory, {white-heart
hickory}, big-bud hickory, Carya tomentosa]
2: an American hickory tree having bitter nuts [syn: pignut,
pignut hickory, brown hickory, black hickory, {Carya
glabra}]
3: North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut
[syn: black walnut, black walnut tree, black hickory,
Juglans nigra] |
brown hickory
(wn) | brown hickory
n 1: an American hickory tree having bitter nuts [syn: pignut,
pignut hickory, brown hickory, black hickory, {Carya
glabra}] |
hickory nut
(wn) | hickory nut
n 1: small hard-shelled nut of North American hickory trees
especially the shagbark hickories |
hickory pine
(wn) | hickory pine
n 1: a small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United
States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and
thorn-tipped cone scales [syn: table-mountain pine,
prickly pine, hickory pine, Pinus pungens] |
hickory tree
(wn) | hickory tree
n 1: American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts [syn: hickory,
hickory tree] |
king nut hickory
(wn) | king nut hickory
n 1: hickory of the eastern United States resembling the
shagbark but having a much larger nut [syn: {big
shellbark}, big shellbark hickory, big shagbark, {king
nut}, king nut hickory, Carya laciniosa] |
mockernut hickory
(wn) | mockernut hickory
n 1: smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets
bearing a hard-shelled edible nut [syn: mockernut,
mockernut hickory, black hickory, {white-heart
hickory}, big-bud hickory, Carya tomentosa] |
nutmeg hickory
(wn) | nutmeg hickory
n 1: hickory of southern United States and Mexico having hard
nutmeg-shaped nuts [syn: nutmeg hickory, {Carya
myristicaeformis}, Carya myristiciformis] |
old hickory
(wn) | Old Hickory
n 1: 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans
from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the
presidency (1767-1845) [syn: Jackson, Andrew Jackson,
Old Hickory] |
pignut hickory
(wn) | pignut hickory
n 1: an American hickory tree having bitter nuts [syn: pignut,
pignut hickory, brown hickory, black hickory, {Carya
glabra}] |
shagbark hickory
(wn) | shagbark hickory
n 1: North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and
edible nuts [syn: shagbark, shagbark hickory,
shellbark, shellbark hickory, Carya ovata] |
shellbark hickory
(wn) | shellbark hickory
n 1: North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and
edible nuts [syn: shagbark, shagbark hickory,
shellbark, shellbark hickory, Carya ovata] |
swamp hickory
(wn) | swamp hickory
n 1: hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7
or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts [syn:
bitternut, bitternut hickory, bitter hickory, {bitter
pignut}, swamp hickory, Carya cordiformis] |
water hickory
(wn) | water hickory
n 1: hickory of southern United States having many narrow
leaflets and rather bitter nuts [syn: water hickory,
bitter pecan, water bitternut, Carya aquatica] |
white-heart hickory
(wn) | white-heart hickory
n 1: smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets
bearing a hard-shelled edible nut [syn: mockernut,
mockernut hickory, black hickory, {white-heart
hickory}, big-bud hickory, Carya tomentosa] |
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