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kite
(mass) | kite
- šarkan |
kite
(encz) | kite,drak (pouštěný dětmi) |
kite
(encz) | kite,luňák n: Zdeněk Brož |
Kite
(gcide) | Kite \Kite\, v. i.
To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See
Kite, 6. [Cant]
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Kite
(gcide) | Kite \Kite\ (k[imac]t), n. [OE. kyte, AS. c[=y]ta; cf. W. cud,
cut.]
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1. (Zool.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvin[ae],
of which many species are known. They have long wings,
adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
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Note: The European species are Milvus ictinus and {Milvus
migrans}; the pariah kite of India is Milvus govinda;
the sacred or Brahmany kite of India is {Haliastur
Indus}; the American fork-tailed kite is the {Nauclerus
furcatus}.
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2. Fig.: One who is rapacious.
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Detested kite, thou liest. --Shak.
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3. A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper
or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
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4. (Naut.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
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5. (Geom.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis
of symmetry. --Henrici.
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6. Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to
sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in
bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of
goods; an accommodation check or bill. [Cant]
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7. (Zool.) The brill. [Prov. Eng.]
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8. (Naut.) A form of drag to be towed under water at any
depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom
is upset and rises to the surface; -- called also
sentry.
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Flying kites. (Naut.) See under Flying.
Kite falcon (Zool.), an African falcon of the genus
Avicida, having some resemblance to a kite.
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Kite
(gcide) | Kite \Kite\, n.
The belly. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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kite
(wn) | kite
n 1: a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase
its face value
2: a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in
order to take advantage of the float
3: plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue
paper; flown in wind at end of a string
4: any of several small graceful hawks of the family
Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects
and small animals
v 1: increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently; "He kited
many checks"
2: get credit or money by using a bad check; "The businessman
kited millions of dollars"
3: soar or fly like a kite; "The pilot kited for a long time
over the mountains"
4: fly a kite; "Kids were kiting in the park"; "They kited the
Red Dragon model" |
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greenockite
(encz) | greenockite, n: |
hell-kite
(encz) | hell-kite, n: |
higher than a kite
(encz) | higher than a kite, |
kite balloon
(encz) | kite balloon, n: |
kite tail
(encz) | kite tail, n: |
kite-flying
(encz) | kite-flying, |
kited
(encz) | kited,vybavený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
kitembilla
(encz) | kitembilla, n: |
kites
(encz) | kites,vybavuje v: Zdeněk Brož |
markitecture
(encz) | markitecture,technologický návrh od marketingového oddělení n: [it.]
[hanl.] Ivan Masár |
red kite
(encz) | red kite,luňák červený [zoo.] Pino |
samarskite
(encz) | samarskite, n: |
skite
(encz) | skite,vytahovat se v: Rostislav Svoboda |
sport kite
(encz) | sport kite, n: |
stunt kite
(encz) | stunt kite, n: |
swallow-tailed kite
(encz) | swallow-tailed kite, n: |
white-tailed kite
(encz) | white-tailed kite, n: |
Arkite
(gcide) | Arkite \Ark"ite\, a.
Belonging to the ark. [R.] --Faber.
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bee kite
(gcide) | Honey \Hon"ey\ (h[u^]n"[y^]), n. [OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig;
akin to OS. honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel.
hunang, Sw. h[*a]ning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. ko`nis dust,
Skr. ka[.n]a grain.]
1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from
flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the
honeycomb.
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2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
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The honey of his language. --Shak.
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3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. --Chaucer.
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Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. --Shak.
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Note: Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of
compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or
honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust.
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Honey ant (Zool.), a small ant (Myrmecocystus melliger),
found in the Southwestern United States, and in Mexico,
living in subterranean formicares. There are larger and
smaller ordinary workers, and others, which serve as
receptacles or cells for the storage of honey, their
abdomens becoming distended to the size of a currant.
These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the honey and
feed the rest.
Honey badger (Zool.), the ratel.
Honey bear. (Zool.) See Kinkajou.
Honey buzzard (Zool.), a bird related to the kites, of the
genus Pernis. The European species is Pernis apivorus;
the Indian or crested honey buzzard is {Pernis
ptilorhyncha}. They feed upon honey and the larv[ae] of
bees. Called also bee hawk, bee kite.
Honey guide (Zool.), one of several species of small birds
of the family Indicatorid[ae], inhabiting Africa and the
East Indies. They have the habit of leading persons to the
nests to wild bees. Called also honeybird, and
indicator.
Honey harvest, the gathering of honey from hives, or the
honey which is gathered. --Dryden.
Honey kite. (Zool.) See Honey buzzard (above).
Honey locust (Bot.), a North American tree ({Gleditschia
triacanthos}), armed with thorns, and having long pods
with a sweet pulp between the seeds.
Honey month. Same as Honeymoon.
Honey weasel (Zool.), the ratel.
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Blatherskite
(gcide) | Blatherskite \Blath"er*skite\, n.
A blustering, talkative fellow. [Local slang, U. S.]
--Barllett.
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Box kite
(gcide) | Box kite \Box kite\
A kite, invented by Lawrence Hargrave, of Sydney, Australia,
which consist of two light rectangular boxes, or cells open
on two sides, and fastened together horizontally. Called also
Hargrave kite, or cellular kite.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] boxlike |
Brookite
(gcide) | Brookite \Brook"ite\, n. [Named from the English mineralogist,
H. J. Brooke.] (Min.)
A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical
with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing
in the orthorhombic system.
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cellular kite
(gcide) | Box kite \Box kite\
A kite, invented by Lawrence Hargrave, of Sydney, Australia,
which consist of two light rectangular boxes, or cells open
on two sides, and fastened together horizontally. Called also
Hargrave kite, or cellular kite.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] boxlike |
Domeykite
(gcide) | Domeykite \Do"mey*kite\, n. [Named after Domeyko, a mineralogist
of Chili.] (Min.)
A massive mineral of tin-white or steel-gray color, an
arsenide of copper.
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Eddy kite
(gcide) | Eddy kite \Ed"dy kite\ Called also Malay kite. [After William
A. Eddy, American kite expert.]
A quadrilateral, tailless kite, with convex surfaces exposed
to the wind. This kite was extensively used by Eddy in his
famous meteorological experiments. It is now generally
superseded by the box kite.
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Finbat kite
(gcide) | Finbat kite \Fin"bat kite\
same as Eddy kite. [Eng.]
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Flying kites
(gcide) | Flying \Fly"ing\, a. [From Fly, v. i.]
Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or
rapidly; intended for rapid movement.
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Flying army (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in
motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy
in continual alarm. --Farrow.
Flying artillery (Mil.), artillery trained to rapid
evolutions, -- the men being either mounted or trained to
spring upon the guns and caissons when they change
position.
Flying bridge, Flying camp. See under Bridge, and
Camp.
Flying buttress (Arch.), a contrivance for taking up the
thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by
ordinary buttresses. It consists of a straight bar of
masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid
pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. The
word is generally applied only to the straight bar with
supporting arch.
Flying colors, flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence:
To come off with flying colors, to be victorious; to
succeed thoroughly in an undertaking.
Flying doe (Zool.), a young female kangaroo.
Flying dragon.
(a) (Zool.) See Dragon, 6.
(b) A meteor. See under Dragon.
Flying Dutchman.
(a) A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail
the seas till the day of judgment.
(b) A spectral ship.
Flying fish. (Zool.) See Flying fish, in the Vocabulary.
Flying fox (Zool.), see Flying fox in the vocabulary.
Flying frog (Zool.), either of two East Indian tree frogs
of the genus Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus nigrapalmatus
and Rhacophorus pardalis), having very large and broadly
webbed feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to
make very long leaps.
Flying gurnard (Zool.), a species of gurnard of the genus
Cephalacanthus or Dactylopterus, with very large
pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying
fish, but not for so great a distance.
Note: Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is
Cephalacanthus volitans.
Flying jib (Naut.), a sail extended outside of the standing
jib, on the flying-jib boom.
Flying-jib boom (Naut.), an extension of the jib boom.
Flying kites (Naut.), light sails carried only in fine
weather.
Flying lemur. (Zool.) See Colugo.
Flying level (Civil Engin.), a reconnoissance level over
the course of a projected road, canal, etc.
Flying lizard. (Zool.) See Dragon, n. 6.
Flying machine, any apparatus for navigating through the
air, especially a heavier-than-air machine. -- {Flying
mouse} (Zool.), the opossum mouse (Acrobates pygm[ae]us), a
marsupial of Australia. Called also feathertail glider.
Note: It has lateral folds of skin, like the flying
squirrels, and a featherlike tail. -- Flying party
(Mil.), a body of soldiers detailed to hover about an
enemy. -- Flying phalanger (Zool.), one of several
species of small marsuupials of the genera Petaurus and
Belideus, of Australia and New Guinea, having lateral
folds like those of the flying squirrels. The sugar
squirrel (Belideus sciureus), and the ariel ({Belideus
ariel}), are the best known; -- called also {squirrel
petaurus} and flying squirrel. See Sugar squirrel. --
Flying pinion, the fly of a clock. -- Flying sap (Mil.),
the rapid construction of trenches (when the enemy's fire
of case shot precludes the method of simple trenching), by
means of gabions placed in juxtaposition and filled with
earth. -- Flying shot, a shot fired at a moving object,
as a bird on the wing. -- Flying spider. (Zool.) See
Ballooning spider. -- Flying squid (Zool.), an oceanic
squid (Ommastrephes Bartramii syn. {Sthenoteuthis
Bartramii}), abundant in the Gulf Stream, which is able to
leap out of the water with such force that it often falls
on the deck of a vessel. -- Flying squirrel (Zool.) See
Flying squirrel, in the Vocabulary. -- Flying start, a
start in a sailing race in which the signal is given while
the vessels are under way. -- Flying torch (Mil.), a
torch attached to a long staff and used for signaling at
night.
[1913 Webster]Kite \Kite\ (k[imac]t), n. [OE. kyte, AS. c[=y]ta; cf. W. cud,
cut.]
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1. (Zool.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvin[ae],
of which many species are known. They have long wings,
adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
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Note: The European species are Milvus ictinus and {Milvus
migrans}; the pariah kite of India is Milvus govinda;
the sacred or Brahmany kite of India is {Haliastur
Indus}; the American fork-tailed kite is the {Nauclerus
furcatus}.
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2. Fig.: One who is rapacious.
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Detested kite, thou liest. --Shak.
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3. A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper
or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
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4. (Naut.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
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5. (Geom.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis
of symmetry. --Henrici.
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6. Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to
sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in
bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of
goods; an accommodation check or bill. [Cant]
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7. (Zool.) The brill. [Prov. Eng.]
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8. (Naut.) A form of drag to be towed under water at any
depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom
is upset and rises to the surface; -- called also
sentry.
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Flying kites. (Naut.) See under Flying.
Kite falcon (Zool.), an African falcon of the genus
Avicida, having some resemblance to a kite.
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Fork-tailed kite
(gcide) | Fork-tailed \Fork"-tailed`\, a. (Zool.)
Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones;
swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.
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Fork-tailed flycatcher (Zool.), a tropical American
flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus).
Fork-tailed gull (Zool.), a gull of the genus Xema, of
two species, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean.
Fork-tailed kite (Zool.), a graceful American kite
(Elanoides forficatus); -- called also {swallow-tailed
kite}.
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Gieseckite
(gcide) | Gieseckite \Gie"seck*ite\, n. [Named after Karl Giesecke.]
(Min.)
A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having
a greasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after
el[ae]olite.
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Greenockite
(gcide) | Greenockite \Green"ock*ite\, n. [Named after Lord Greenock.]
(Min.)
Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow
hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.
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Hargrave kite
(gcide) | Box kite \Box kite\
A kite, invented by Lawrence Hargrave, of Sydney, Australia,
which consist of two light rectangular boxes, or cells open
on two sides, and fastened together horizontally. Called also
Hargrave kite, or cellular kite.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] boxlike |
Hellkite
(gcide) | Hellkite \Hell"kite`\, n.
A kite of infernal breed. --Shak.
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Honey kite
(gcide) | Honey \Hon"ey\ (h[u^]n"[y^]), n. [OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig;
akin to OS. honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel.
hunang, Sw. h[*a]ning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. ko`nis dust,
Skr. ka[.n]a grain.]
1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from
flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the
honeycomb.
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2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
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The honey of his language. --Shak.
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3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. --Chaucer.
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Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. --Shak.
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Note: Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of
compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or
honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust.
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Honey ant (Zool.), a small ant (Myrmecocystus melliger),
found in the Southwestern United States, and in Mexico,
living in subterranean formicares. There are larger and
smaller ordinary workers, and others, which serve as
receptacles or cells for the storage of honey, their
abdomens becoming distended to the size of a currant.
These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the honey and
feed the rest.
Honey badger (Zool.), the ratel.
Honey bear. (Zool.) See Kinkajou.
Honey buzzard (Zool.), a bird related to the kites, of the
genus Pernis. The European species is Pernis apivorus;
the Indian or crested honey buzzard is {Pernis
ptilorhyncha}. They feed upon honey and the larv[ae] of
bees. Called also bee hawk, bee kite.
Honey guide (Zool.), one of several species of small birds
of the family Indicatorid[ae], inhabiting Africa and the
East Indies. They have the habit of leading persons to the
nests to wild bees. Called also honeybird, and
indicator.
Honey harvest, the gathering of honey from hives, or the
honey which is gathered. --Dryden.
Honey kite. (Zool.) See Honey buzzard (above).
Honey locust (Bot.), a North American tree ({Gleditschia
triacanthos}), armed with thorns, and having long pods
with a sweet pulp between the seeds.
Honey month. Same as Honeymoon.
Honey weasel (Zool.), the ratel.
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Kite
(gcide) | Kite \Kite\, v. i.
To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See
Kite, 6. [Cant]
[1913 Webster]Kite \Kite\ (k[imac]t), n. [OE. kyte, AS. c[=y]ta; cf. W. cud,
cut.]
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1. (Zool.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvin[ae],
of which many species are known. They have long wings,
adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
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Note: The European species are Milvus ictinus and {Milvus
migrans}; the pariah kite of India is Milvus govinda;
the sacred or Brahmany kite of India is {Haliastur
Indus}; the American fork-tailed kite is the {Nauclerus
furcatus}.
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2. Fig.: One who is rapacious.
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Detested kite, thou liest. --Shak.
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3. A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper
or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
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4. (Naut.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
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5. (Geom.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis
of symmetry. --Henrici.
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6. Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to
sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in
bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of
goods; an accommodation check or bill. [Cant]
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7. (Zool.) The brill. [Prov. Eng.]
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8. (Naut.) A form of drag to be towed under water at any
depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom
is upset and rises to the surface; -- called also
sentry.
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Flying kites. (Naut.) See under Flying.
Kite falcon (Zool.), an African falcon of the genus
Avicida, having some resemblance to a kite.
[1913 Webster]Kite \Kite\, n.
The belly. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Kite falcon
(gcide) | Kite \Kite\ (k[imac]t), n. [OE. kyte, AS. c[=y]ta; cf. W. cud,
cut.]
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1. (Zool.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvin[ae],
of which many species are known. They have long wings,
adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
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Note: The European species are Milvus ictinus and {Milvus
migrans}; the pariah kite of India is Milvus govinda;
the sacred or Brahmany kite of India is {Haliastur
Indus}; the American fork-tailed kite is the {Nauclerus
furcatus}.
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2. Fig.: One who is rapacious.
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Detested kite, thou liest. --Shak.
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3. A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper
or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
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4. (Naut.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
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5. (Geom.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis
of symmetry. --Henrici.
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6. Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to
sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in
bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of
goods; an accommodation check or bill. [Cant]
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7. (Zool.) The brill. [Prov. Eng.]
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8. (Naut.) A form of drag to be towed under water at any
depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom
is upset and rises to the surface; -- called also
sentry.
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Flying kites. (Naut.) See under Flying.
Kite falcon (Zool.), an African falcon of the genus
Avicida, having some resemblance to a kite.
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Kiteflier
(gcide) | Kiteflier \Kite"fli`er\, n.
See Kite, n., 6. [Cant] --McElrath. --Thackeray.
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Kiteflying
(gcide) | Kiteflying \Kite"fly`ing\, n.
A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the
use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also
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Lanarkite
(gcide) | Lanarkite \Lan"ark*ite\, n. [From Lanarkshire, a county in
Scotland.] (Min.)
A mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either
massive or in long slender prisms, of a greenish white or
gray color.
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Malay kite
(gcide) | Eddy kite \Ed"dy kite\ Called also Malay kite. [After William
A. Eddy, American kite expert.]
A quadrilateral, tailless kite, with convex surfaces exposed
to the wind. This kite was extensively used by Eddy in his
famous meteorological experiments. It is now generally
superseded by the box kite.
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muckiter
(gcide) | Muckender \Muck"en*der\ (m[u^]k"[e^]n*d[~e]r), n. [Sp. mocador.
Cf. Mokadour.]
A handkerchief. [Obs.] [Written also muckinder, muckiter,
mockadour.]
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Parakite
(gcide) | Parakite \Par"a*kite`\, n. [Para- + kite.]
A train or series of kites on one string and flying tandem,
used for attaining great heights and for sending up
instruments for meteorological observations or a man for
military reconnaissance; also, a kite of such a train.
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Pariah kite
(gcide) | Pariah \Pa"ri*ah\, n. [From Tamil paraiyan, pl. paraiyar, one of
the low caste, fr. parai a large drum, because they beat the
drums at certain festivals.]
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1. One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by
the four castes of the Hindus as of very low grade. They
are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See
Caste. --Balfour (Cyc. of India).
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2. An outcast; one despised by society.
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Pariah dog (Zool.), a mongrel race of half-wild dogs which
act as scavengers in Oriental cities.
Pariah kite (Zool.), a species of kite (Milvus govinda)
which acts as a scavenger in India.
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Perofskite
(gcide) | Perovskite \Per*ov"skite\, n. [From von Perovski, of St.
Petersburg.] (Min.)
A titanate of lime occurring in octahedral or cubic crystals.
[Written also Perofskite.]
[1913 Webster]Perofskite \Per*of"skite\, n. [From von Perovski, of
St.Petersburg.] (Min.)
Same as Perovskite.
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Perovskite
(gcide) | Perovskite \Per*ov"skite\, n. [From von Perovski, of St.
Petersburg.] (Min.)
A titanate of lime occurring in octahedral or cubic crystals.
[Written also Perofskite.]
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Samarskite
(gcide) | Samarskite \Sa*mar"skite\, a. [After Samarski, a Russian.]
(Min.)
A rare mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallic
luster. It is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and
cerium metals.
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swallow-tailed kite
(gcide) | Fork-tailed \Fork"-tailed`\, a. (Zool.)
Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones;
swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.
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Fork-tailed flycatcher (Zool.), a tropical American
flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus).
Fork-tailed gull (Zool.), a gull of the genus Xema, of
two species, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean.
Fork-tailed kite (Zool.), a graceful American kite
(Elanoides forficatus); -- called also {swallow-tailed
kite}.
[1913 Webster]Swallow-tailed \Swal"low-tailed`\, a.
1. Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a
swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or
pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat.
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2. (Carp.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
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Swallow-tailed duck (Zool.), the old squaw.
Swallow-tailed gull (Zool.), an Arctic gull ({Xema
furcata}), which has a deeply forked tail.
Swallow-tailed hawk or Swallow-tailed kite (Zool.), the
fork-tailed kite.
Swallow-tailed moth (Zool.), a European moth ({Urapteryx
sambucaria}) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings.
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Swallow-tailed kite
(gcide) | Fork-tailed \Fork"-tailed`\, a. (Zool.)
Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones;
swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.
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Fork-tailed flycatcher (Zool.), a tropical American
flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus).
Fork-tailed gull (Zool.), a gull of the genus Xema, of
two species, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean.
Fork-tailed kite (Zool.), a graceful American kite
(Elanoides forficatus); -- called also {swallow-tailed
kite}.
[1913 Webster]Swallow-tailed \Swal"low-tailed`\, a.
1. Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a
swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or
pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat.
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2. (Carp.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
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Swallow-tailed duck (Zool.), the old squaw.
Swallow-tailed gull (Zool.), an Arctic gull ({Xema
furcata}), which has a deeply forked tail.
Swallow-tailed hawk or Swallow-tailed kite (Zool.), the
fork-tailed kite.
Swallow-tailed moth (Zool.), a European moth ({Urapteryx
sambucaria}) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings.
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To fly a kite
(gcide) | Fly \Fly\, v. t.
1. To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite,
a flag, etc.
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The brave black flag I fly. --W. S.
Gilbert.
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2. To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.
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Sleep flies the wretch. --Dryden.
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To fly the favors of so good a king. --Shak.
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3. To hunt with a hawk. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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4. To manage (an aircraft) in flight; as, to fly an
a["e]roplane.
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To fly a kite (Com.), to raise money on commercial notes.
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Warwickite
(gcide) | Warwickite \War"wick*ite\, n. (Min.)
A dark brown or black mineral, occurring in prismatic
crystals imbedded in limestone near Warwick, New York. It
consists of the borate and titanate of magnesia and iron.
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White kite
(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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Zietrisikite
(gcide) | Zietrisikite \Zie`tri*si"kite\, n. (Min.)
A mineral wax, vert similar to ozocerite. It is found at
Zietrisika, Moldavia, whence its name.
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avalokiteshvara
(wn) | Avalokiteshvara
n 1: a male Bodhisattva; widely associated with various gods and
people [syn: Avalokitesvara, Avalokiteshvara] |
avalokitesvara
(wn) | Avalokitesvara
n 1: a male Bodhisattva; widely associated with various gods and
people [syn: Avalokitesvara, Avalokiteshvara] |
black kite
(wn) | black kite
n 1: dark Old World kite feeding chiefly on carrion [syn: {black
kite}, Milvus migrans] |
blatherskite
(wn) | blatherskite
n 1: foolish gibberish [syn: blather, blatherskite] |
box kite
(wn) | box kite
n 1: a kite shaped like a box open at both ends |
greenockite
(wn) | greenockite
n 1: ore of cadmium; a rare yellowish mineral consisting of
cadmium sulphide in crystalline form [syn: greenockite,
cadmium sulphide] |
hell-kite
(wn) | hell-kite
n 1: someone who is a very fierce fighter [syn: hell-kite,
hell-rooster, gamecock] |
kite balloon
(wn) | kite balloon
n 1: a barrage balloon with lobes at one end that keep it headed
into the wind |
kite tail
(wn) | kite tail
n 1: a bob on a kite to provide balance |
kitembilla
(wn) | kitembilla
n 1: a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple
fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri
Lanka and India [syn: ketembilla, kitembilla,
kitambilla, ketembilla tree, Ceylon gooseberry,
Dovyalis hebecarpa]
2: maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-
sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves [syn:
ketembilla, kitembilla, kitambilla] |
melkite
(wn) | Melkite
n 1: an eastern Christian in Egypt or Syria who adheres to the
Orthodox faith as defined by the council of Chalcedon in
451 and as accepted by the Byzantine emperor [syn:
Melkite, Melchite]
2: an Orthodox Christian or Uniate Christian belonging to the
patriarchate of Alexandria or Antioch or Jerusalem [syn:
Melkite, Melchite] |
samarskite
(wn) | samarskite
n 1: a complex black mineral occurring in pegmatites |
sport kite
(wn) | sport kite
n 1: a maneuverable kite controlled by two lines and flown with
both hands [syn: sport kite, stunt kite] |
stunt kite
(wn) | stunt kite
n 1: a maneuverable kite controlled by two lines and flown with
both hands [syn: sport kite, stunt kite] |
swallow-tailed kite
(wn) | swallow-tailed kite
n 1: graceful North American black-and-white kite [syn:
swallow-tailed kite, swallow-tailed hawk, {Elanoides
forficatus}] |
white-tailed kite
(wn) | white-tailed kite
n 1: grey-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regions
[syn: white-tailed kite, Elanus leucurus] |
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