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Lacker
(gcide) | Lacker \Lack"er\, n.
One who lacks or is in want.
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Lacker
(gcide) | Lacker \Lack"er\, n. & v.
See Lacquer.
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lacker
(gcide) | Lacquer \Lac"quer\, n. [F. lacre a sort of sealing wax, Pg.
lacte, fr. laca lac. See Lac the resin.] [Written also
lacker.]
A varnish, consisting of a solution of shellac in alcohol,
often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for
varnishing metals, papier-mach['e], and wood. The name is
also given to varnishes made of other ingredients, esp. the
tough, solid varnish of the Japanese, with which ornamental
objects are made.
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slacker
(mass) | slacker
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blacker
(encz) | blacker,černější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
slacker
(encz) | slacker,flákač Martin Pospíšilslacker,lenoch Martin Pospíšil |
Clacker
(gcide) | Clacker \Clack"er\, n.
1. One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper
of a mill.
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2. A claqueur. See Claqueur.
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Flacker
(gcide) | Flacker \Flack"er\, v. i. [OE. flakeren, fr. flacken to move
quickly to and fro; cf. icel. flakka to rove about, AS.
flacor fluttering, flying, G. flackern to flare, flicker.]
To flutter, as a bird. [Prov. Eng.] --Grose.
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Lacker
(gcide) | Lacker \Lack"er\, n.
One who lacks or is in want.
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See Lacquer.
[1913 Webster]Lacquer \Lac"quer\, n. [F. lacre a sort of sealing wax, Pg.
lacte, fr. laca lac. See Lac the resin.] [Written also
lacker.]
A varnish, consisting of a solution of shellac in alcohol,
often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for
varnishing metals, papier-mach['e], and wood. The name is
also given to varnishes made of other ingredients, esp. the
tough, solid varnish of the Japanese, with which ornamental
objects are made.
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lackery caterpillar
(gcide) | Tent \Tent\, n. [OE. tente, F. tente, LL. tenta, fr. L. tendere,
tentum, to stretch. See Tend to move, and cf. Tent a roll
of lint.]
1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas,
or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, --
used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially
soldiers in camp.
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Within his tent, large as is a barn. --Chaucer.
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2. (Her.) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
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Tent bed, a high-post bedstead curtained with a tentlike
canopy.
Tent caterpillar (Zool.), any one of several species of
gregarious caterpillars which construct on trees large
silken webs into which they retreat when at rest. Some of
the species are very destructive to fruit trees. The most
common American species is the larva of a bombycid moth
(Clisiocampa Americana). Called also {lackery
caterpillar}, and webworm.
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Slacker
(gcide) | Slack \Slack\, a. [Compar. Slacker; superl. Slackest.] [OE.
slak, AS. sleac; akin to OS. slak, OHG. slah, Prov. G.
schlack, Icel. slakr, Sw. slak; cf. Skr. s[.r]j to let loose,
to throw. Cf. Slake.]
Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a
slack rope.
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2. Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand. --Milton.
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3. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not
earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.
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The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as
some men count slackness. --2 Pet. iii.
9.
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4. Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as,
business is slack. "With slack pace." --Chaucer.
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C?sar . . . about sunset, hoisting sail with a slack
southwest, at midnight was becalmed. --Milton.
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Slack in stays (Naut.), slow in going about, as a ship.
Slack water, the time when the tide runs slowly, or the
water is at rest; or the interval between the flux and
reflux of the tide.
Slack-water navigation, navigation in a stream the depth of
which has been increased, and the current diminished, by a
dam or dams.
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Syn: Loose; relaxed; weak; remiss; backward; abated;
diminished; inactive; slow; tardy; dull.
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slacker
(wn) | slacker
n 1: a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who
tries to evade military service in wartime) [syn:
slacker, shirker] |
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