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kraken
(encz) | kraken,kraken n: Zdeněk Brož |
kraken
(encz) | kraken,mytologická mořská obluda n: Zdeněk Brož |
kraken
(czen) | kraken,krakenn: Zdeněk Brož |
Kraken
(gcide) | Kraken \Kra"ken\, n. [Prob. from OSw. krake, or ODan. krage the
trunk of a tree, the branches of which are not entirely cut
off, to which it was likened by the Norwegian mariners.]
A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented as
resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense
octopus.
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To believe all that has been said of the sea serpent or
kraken, would be credulity; to reject the possibility
of their existence, would be presumption. --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]
Like a kraken huge and black. --Longfellow.
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Kraken
(gcide) | Kraken \Kra"ken\, n. [Prob. from OSw. krake, or ODan. krage the
trunk of a tree, the branches of which are not entirely cut
off, to which it was likened by the Norwegian mariners.]
A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented as
resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense
octopus.
[1913 Webster]
To believe all that has been said of the sea serpent or
kraken, would be credulity; to reject the possibility
of their existence, would be presumption. --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]
Like a kraken huge and black. --Longfellow.
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