| slovo | definícia |
island
(mass) | island
- ostrovný, ostrov |
island
(msas) | Island
- IS, ISL, Iceland |
island
(msasasci) | Island
- IS, ISL, Iceland |
island
(encz) | island,ostrov n: |
island
(encz) | island,ostrovní Zdeněk Brož |
island
(encz) | island,ostrůvek n: Zdeněk Brož |
island
(czen) | Island,Iceland[zem.] n: |
Island
(gcide) | Island \Is"land\, n. [OE. iland, yland, AS. [imac]gland, ?gland,
?glond; [imac]g, ?g, island + land, lond, land. AS. [imac]g,
?g, is akin to AS. e['a] water, river, OHG. ?uwa, G. au
meadow, Icel. ey island, Dan. & Sw. ["o], Goth. ahwa a
stream, water, L. aqua water. The s is due to confusion with
isle. Cf. Ait, Eyot, Ewer, Aquatic.]
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1. A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a
continent. Cf. Continent.
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2. Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island
of ice.
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3. (Zool.) See Isle, n., 2.
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Islands of the blessed (Myth.), islands supposed to lie in
the Western Ocean, where the favorites of the gods are
conveyed at death, and dwell in everlasting joy.
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Island
(gcide) | Island \Is"land\, v. t.
1. To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an
island or islands of; to isle. --Shelley.
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2. To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island
the deep. --Southey.
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island
(wn) | island
n 1: a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded
by water
2: a zone or area resembling an island |
ISLAND
(bouvier) | ISLAND. A piece of land surrounded by water.
2. Islands are in the sea or in rivers. Those in the sea are either in
the open sea, or within the boundary of some country.
3. When new islands arise in the open sea, they belong to the first
occupant: but when they are newly formed so near the shore as to be within
the boundary of some state, they belong to that state.
4. Islands which arise in rivets when in the middle of the stream,
belong in equal parts to the riparian proprietors when they arise. mostly on
one side, they will belong to the riparian owners up to the middle of the
stream. Bract. lib. 2, c. 2; Fleta, lib. 3, c. 2, s. 6; 2 Bl. 261; 1 Swift's
Dig. 111; Schult. Aq. R. 117; Woolr. on Waters: 38; 4 Pick. R. 268; Dougl.
R. 441; 10 Wend. 260; 14 S. & R. 1. For the law of Louisiana, see Civil
Code, art. 505, 507.
5. The doctrine of the common law on this subject, founded on reason,
seems to have been borrowed from the civil law. Vide Inst. 2, 1, 22; Dig.
41, 1, 7; Code, 7; 41, 1.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
british virgin islands
(mass) | British Virgin Islands
- Britské Panenské ostrovy |
cayman islands
(mass) | Cayman Islands
- Kajmanie ostrovy |
christmas island
(mass) | Christmas Island
- Vianočný ostrov |
cocos keeling islands
(mass) | Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Kokosové ostrovy |
cook islands
(mass) | Cook Islands
- Cookove ostrovy |
faroe islands
(mass) | Faroe Islands
- Faerské ostrovy |
heard island and mcdonald islands
(mass) | Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Teritórium Heardovho ostrova a Macdonaldových ostrovov |
marshall islands
(mass) | Marshall Islands
- Marshallove ostrovy |
norfolk island
(mass) | Norfolk Island
- Norfolk |
northern mariana islands
(mass) | Northern Mariana Islands
- Severné Mariány |
solomon islands
(mass) | Solomon Islands
- Šalamúnove ostrovy |
south georgia and the south sandwich islands
(mass) | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Južná Georgia a Južné Sandwichove ostrovy |
turks and caicos islands
(mass) | Turks and Caicos Islands
- Turks a Caicos |
united states minor outlying islands
(mass) | United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Menšie odľahlé ostrovy USA |
virgin islands of the united states
(mass) | Virgin Islands of the United States
- Americké panenské ostrovy |
islandský
(msas) | islandský
- Icelandic |
islandský jazyk
(msas) | islandský jazyk
- Icelandic |
islandsky
(msasasci) | islandsky
- Icelandic |
islandsky jazyk
(msasasci) | islandsky jazyk
- Icelandic |
aleutian islands
(encz) | Aleutian Islands,Aleutské ostrovy n: [zem.] pás ostrůvků v Beringově
moři PetrV |
british virgin islands
(encz) | British Virgin Islands,Britské Panenské ostrovy n: [jmén.]
[zem.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
canary islands
(encz) | Canary Islands,Kanárské ostrovy Jiří Šmoldas |
cayman islands
(encz) | Cayman Islands,Kajmanské ostrovy n: [jmén.] [zem.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
channel islands
(encz) | Channel Islands,Normanské ostrovy [zem.] n: |
cook islands
(encz) | Cook Islands,Cookovy ostrovy n: [jmén.] [zem.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
faroe islands
(encz) | Faroe Islands,Faerské ostrovy n: [jmén.] [zem.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
island dispenser
(encz) | island dispenser, n: |
island hop
(encz) | island hop, v: |
island-dweller
(encz) | island-dweller, n: |
islander
(encz) | islander,ostrovan n: |
islanders
(encz) | islanders,ostrované Zdeněk Brož |
islandia
(encz) | Islandia, |
islands
(encz) | islands,ostrovy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
islands of langerhans
(encz) | islands of Langerhans, n: |
king shit on turd island
(encz) | King Shit on Turd Island, |
leeward islands
(encz) | Leeward Islands, |
long island
(encz) | Long Island, |
long island sound
(encz) | Long Island Sound, |
marshall islands
(encz) | Marshall Islands,Marshallovy ostrovy n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
norfolk island pine
(encz) | norfolk island pine, n: |
north island edelweiss
(encz) | north island edelweiss, n: |
northern mariana islands
(encz) | Northern Mariana Islands,Severní Mariánské ostrovy n: [jmén.]
[zem.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
orkney islands
(encz) | Orkney Islands, |
prince edward island
(encz) | Prince Edward Island, |
rhode island
(encz) | Rhode Island,stát v USA n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
rhode islander
(encz) | Rhode Islander, |
safety island
(encz) | safety island, n: |
sea island cotton
(encz) | sea island cotton, n: |
small island economy
(encz) | small island economy, |
solomon islands
(encz) | Solomon Islands,Šalamounovy ostrovy n: [jmén.] [zem.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
south sea islands
(encz) | South Sea Islands, |
staten island
(encz) | Staten Island, |
traffic island
(encz) | traffic island,dopravní ostrůvek Zdeněk Brož |
trobriand islands
(encz) | Trobriand islands,Trobriandovy ostrovy n: [zem.] |
virgin islands
(encz) | Virgin Islands,Panenské ostrovy Zdeněk Brož |
virgin islands of the united states
(encz) | Virgin Islands of the United States,Americké Panenské ostrovy n: [jmén.]
[zem.] Stanislav Horáček |
windward islands
(encz) | Windward Islands, |
hl.m. - rhode island v usa
(czen) | hl.m. - Rhode Island v USA,Providencen: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
islandský
(czen) | islandský,Icelandicadj: Martin Ligač |
islandština
(czen) | islandština,Icelandicn: Zdeněk Brož |
peněžní jednotka na islandu
(czen) | peněžní jednotka na Islandu,krona Zdeněk Brožpeněžní jednotka na Islandu,kronur Zdeněk Brož |
Canary Island til tree
(gcide) | Til tree \Til tree\ (t[i^]l; t[=e]l). (Bot.)
(a) Var. of Teil tree.
(b) An ill-smelling lauraceous tree (Ocotea foetens) of the
Canary Islands; -- sometimes distinguished as {Canary
Island til tree}.
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Cetaria Islandica
(gcide) | Cetraric \Ce*trar"ic\, a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, the lichen, Iceland moss
(Cetaria Islandica).
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Cetraric acid. See Cetrarin.
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Cetraria Islandica
(gcide) | Cetrarin \Cet"ra*rin\, n. [From Cetraria Islandica, the
scientific name of Iceland moss.] (Chem.)
A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss
(Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients,
among which is cetraric acid, a white, crystalline, bitter
substance.
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Demi-island
(gcide) | Demi-island \Dem"i-is`land\, n.
Peninsula. [Obs.] --Knolles.
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Falco Islandicus
(gcide) | Gyrfalcon \Gyr"fal`con\ (j[~e]r"f[add]`k'n), n. [OE. gerfaucon,
OF. gerfaucon, LL. gyrofalco, perh. fr. L. gyrus circle +
falco falcon, and named from its circling flight; or cf. E.
gier-eagle. See Gyre, n., Falcon.] (Zool.)
One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons,
esp. Falco rusticolus and the white species {Falco
Islandicus}, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the
gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of Accipiter.
[Written also gerfalcon, gierfalcon, and jerfalcon.]
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Floating island
(gcide) | Floating \Float"ing\, a.
1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a
wreck; floating motes in the air.
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2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating
ribs in man and some other animals.
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3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,
floating capital; a floating debt.
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Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been
withdrawn in great masses from the island.
--Macaulay.
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Floating anchor (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.
Floating battery (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the
hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the
bombardment of a place.
Floating bridge.
(a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor
of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau
bridge. See Bateau.
(b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one
projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being
moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops
over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.
(c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by
means of chains which are anchored on each side of a
stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels
being driven by stream power.
(d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.
Floating cartilage (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely
in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the
functions of the latter.
Floating dam.
(a) An anchored dam.
(b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.
Floating derrick, a derrick on a float for river and harbor
use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor
improvements, etc.
Floating dock. (Naut.) See under Dock.
Floating harbor, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored
and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships
riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.
Floating heart (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum
lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water
of American ponds.
Floating island, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard
with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.
Floating kidney. (Med.) See Wandering kidney, under
Wandering.
Floating light, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel
moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners
of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy
or floating stage.
Floating liver. (Med.) See Wandering liver, under
Wandering.
Floating pier, a landing stage or pier which rises and
falls with the tide.
Floating ribs (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which
are not connected with the others in front; in man they
are the last two pairs.
Floating screed (Plastering), a strip of plastering first
laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the
coat.
Floating threads (Weaving), threads which span several
other threads without being interwoven with them, in a
woven fabric.
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Glaucionetta Islandica
(gcide) | Golden-eye \Gold"en-eye`\ (g[=o]ld"'n*[imac]), n. (Zool.)
A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe,
Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is
larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon,
whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of
America (Glaucionetta Islandica) is less common.
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Island
(gcide) | Island \Is"land\, n. [OE. iland, yland, AS. [imac]gland, ?gland,
?glond; [imac]g, ?g, island + land, lond, land. AS. [imac]g,
?g, is akin to AS. e['a] water, river, OHG. ?uwa, G. au
meadow, Icel. ey island, Dan. & Sw. ["o], Goth. ahwa a
stream, water, L. aqua water. The s is due to confusion with
isle. Cf. Ait, Eyot, Ewer, Aquatic.]
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1. A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a
continent. Cf. Continent.
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2. Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island
of ice.
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3. (Zool.) See Isle, n., 2.
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Islands of the blessed (Myth.), islands supposed to lie in
the Western Ocean, where the favorites of the gods are
conveyed at death, and dwell in everlasting joy.
[1913 Webster]Island \Is"land\, v. t.
1. To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an
island or islands of; to isle. --Shelley.
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2. To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island
the deep. --Southey.
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Islander
(gcide) | Islander \Is"land*er\, n.
An inhabitant of an island.
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Islands of the blessed
(gcide) | Island \Is"land\, n. [OE. iland, yland, AS. [imac]gland, ?gland,
?glond; [imac]g, ?g, island + land, lond, land. AS. [imac]g,
?g, is akin to AS. e['a] water, river, OHG. ?uwa, G. au
meadow, Icel. ey island, Dan. & Sw. ["o], Goth. ahwa a
stream, water, L. aqua water. The s is due to confusion with
isle. Cf. Ait, Eyot, Ewer, Aquatic.]
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1. A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a
continent. Cf. Continent.
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2. Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island
of ice.
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3. (Zool.) See Isle, n., 2.
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Islands of the blessed (Myth.), islands supposed to lie in
the Western Ocean, where the favorites of the gods are
conveyed at death, and dwell in everlasting joy.
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Islandy
(gcide) | Islandy \Is"land*y\, a.
Of or pertaining to islands; full of islands. --Cotgrave.
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Lagoon island
(gcide) | lagoon \la*goon"\ (l[.a]*g[=oo]n"), n. [It. or Sp. laguna, L.
lacuna ditch, pool, pond, lacus lake. See Lake, and cf.
Lacuna.] [Written also lagune.]
1. A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one
into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice.
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2. A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion
of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See
Atoll.
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Lagoon island, a coral island consisting of a narrow reef
encircling a lagoon.
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Maldive Islands
(gcide) | Maldive Islands \Maldive Islands\ prop. n.
A group of about 2000 islands in the Indian ocean; also known
as the Maldives.
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native of some of the Pacific islands It is used by the natives as a candle the nut kernels being strung together The oil from the nut
(gcide) | Candlenut \Can"dle*nut`\, n.
1. The fruit of a euphorbiaceous tree or shrub ({Aleurites
moluccana}), native of some of the Pacific islands. It is
used by the natives as a candle, the nut kernels being
strung together. The oil from the nut (
{), native of some of the Pacific islands. It is used by
the natives as a candle, the nut kernels being strung
together. The oil from the nut (} or { or ) has many uses,
including as a varnish.
Syn: varnish tree.
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2. The tree itself (Aleurites moluccana).
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Norfolk Island pine
(gcide) | Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[imac]n, L. pinus.]
1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See
Pinus.
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Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
States, of which the white pine (Pinus Strobus),
the Georgia pine (Pinus australis), the red pine
(Pinus resinosa), and the great West Coast {sugar
pine} (Pinus Lambertiana) are among the most
valuable. The Scotch pine or fir, also called
Norway or Riga pine (Pinus sylvestris), is the
only British species. The nut pine is any pine tree,
or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See
Pinon.
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cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now
commonly assigned to other genera.
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2. The wood of the pine tree.
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3. A pineapple.
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Ground pine. (Bot.) See under Ground.
Norfolk Island pine (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
the Araucaria excelsa.
Pine barren, a tract of infertile land which is covered
with pines. [Southern U.S.]
Pine borer (Zool.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into
pine trees.
Pine finch. (Zool.) See Pinefinch, in the Vocabulary.
Pine grosbeak (Zool.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
red.
Pine lizard (Zool.), a small, very active, mottled gray
lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle
States; -- called also swift, brown scorpion, and
alligator.
Pine marten. (Zool.)
(a) A European weasel (Mustela martes), called also
sweet marten, and yellow-breasted marten.
(b) The American sable. See Sable.
Pine moth (Zool.), any one of several species of small
tortricid moths of the genus Retinia, whose larv[ae]
burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
doing great damage.
Pine mouse (Zool.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
forests.
Pine needle (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
of a pine tree. See Pinus.
Pine-needle wool. See Pine wool (below).
Pine oil, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
Pine snake (Zool.), a large harmless North American snake
(Pituophis melanoleucus). It is whitish, covered with
brown blotches having black margins. Called also {bull
snake}. The Western pine snake (Pituophis Sayi) is
chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
Pine tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Pinus; pine.
Pine-tree money, money coined in Massachusetts in the
seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
figure of a pine tree. The most noted variety is the {pine
tree shilling}.
Pine weevil (Zool.), any one of numerous species of weevils
whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several
species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to
the genera Pissodes, Hylobius, etc.
Pine wool, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
arts; -- called also pine-needle wool, and {pine-wood
wool}.
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Sea-island
(gcide) | Sea-island \Sea"-is`land\, a.
Of or pertaining to certain islands along the coast of South
Carolina and Georgia; as, sea-island cotton, a superior
cotton of long fiber produced on those islands.
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aaland islands
(wn) | Aaland islands
n 1: an archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia
under Finnish control [syn: Aland islands, {Aaland
islands}, Ahvenanmaa] |
admiralty island
(wn) | Admiralty Island
n 1: an Alaskan island in the Alexander Archipelago near Juneau |
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