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lasher
(encz) | lasher, n: |
Lasher
(gcide) | Lasher \Lash"er\, n.
One who whips or lashes.
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Lasher
(gcide) | Lasher \Lash"er\, n.
1. A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to
another; -- called also lashing.
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2. A weir in a river. [Eng.] --Halliwell.
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lasher
(wn) | lasher
n 1: a driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip |
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flasher
(encz) | flasher,exhibicionista n: Zdeněk Brož |
slasher
(encz) | slasher,bojovník sekající něčím Zdeněk Brož |
splasher
(encz) | splasher, n: |
superslasher
(encz) | superslasher, n: |
Father-lasher
(gcide) | Father-lasher \Fa"ther-lash`er\, n. (Zool.)
A European marine fish (Cottus bubalis), allied to the
sculpin; -- called also lucky proach.
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Flasher
(gcide) | Flasher \Flash"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, flashes.
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2. A man of more appearance of wit than reality.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) A large sparoid fish of the Atlantic coast and all
tropical seas (Lobotes Surinamensis).
(b) The European red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); --
called also flusher.
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4. An exhibitionist[1], especially a male, who briefly
exposes his private parts in a public place.
[PJC]Triple-tail \Tri"ple-tail`\, n. (Zool.)
An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer
parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and
middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery
gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and
anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail.
It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture
of fancy work. Called also, locally, black perch,
grouper, and flasher.
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flasher
(gcide) | Flasher \Flash"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, flashes.
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2. A man of more appearance of wit than reality.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) A large sparoid fish of the Atlantic coast and all
tropical seas (Lobotes Surinamensis).
(b) The European red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); --
called also flusher.
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4. An exhibitionist[1], especially a male, who briefly
exposes his private parts in a public place.
[PJC]Triple-tail \Tri"ple-tail`\, n. (Zool.)
An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer
parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and
middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery
gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and
anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail.
It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture
of fancy work. Called also, locally, black perch,
grouper, and flasher.
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Lasher
(gcide) | Lasher \Lash"er\, n.
One who whips or lashes.
[1913 Webster]Lasher \Lash"er\, n.
1. A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to
another; -- called also lashing.
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2. A weir in a river. [Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Slasher
(gcide) | Slasher \Slash"er\, n. (Textile Manuf.)
A machine for applying size to warp yarns.
[1913 Webster]Thrasher \Thrash"er\, Thresher \Thresh"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing
machine.
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2. (Zool.) A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes),
remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its
tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is
found both upon the American and the European coasts.
Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher,
swingle-tail, and thrasher shark.
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3. (Zool.) A name given to the brown thrush and other allied
species. See Brown thrush.
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Sage thrasher. (Zool.) See under Sage.
Thrasher whale (Zool.), the common killer of the Atlantic.
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slasher
(gcide) | Slasher \Slash"er\, n. (Textile Manuf.)
A machine for applying size to warp yarns.
[1913 Webster]Thrasher \Thrash"er\, Thresher \Thresh"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing
machine.
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2. (Zool.) A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes),
remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its
tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is
found both upon the American and the European coasts.
Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher,
swingle-tail, and thrasher shark.
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3. (Zool.) A name given to the brown thrush and other allied
species. See Brown thrush.
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Sage thrasher. (Zool.) See under Sage.
Thrasher whale (Zool.), the common killer of the Atlantic.
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Splasher
(gcide) | Splasher \Splash"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, splashes.
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2. One of the guarde over the wheels, as of a carriage,
locomotive, etc. --Weale.
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3. A guard to keep off splashes from anything.
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flasher
(wn) | flasher
n 1: someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals
[syn: exhibitionist, flasher]
2: an electrical device that automatically turns a lamp on and
off (as for an advertising display)
3: a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send
messages [syn: blinker, flasher] |
slasher
(wn) | slasher
n 1: someone who slashes another person
2: a weapon (a sword or dagger) used for slashing |
splasher
(wn) | splasher
n 1: a protective covering over or beside a wheel to protect the
upper part of a vehicle from splashes of mud
2: protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people
from the splashing water or mud etc. [syn: splashboard,
splasher, dashboard] |
superslasher
(wn) | superslasher
n 1: large (20-ft) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an
upright slashing claw 15 inches long on each hind foot;
early Cretaceous [syn: utahraptor, superslasher] |
lasherism
(foldoc) | Lasherism
(Harvard) A program that solves a standard
problem (such as the Eight Queens Puzzle or implementing the
life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way.
Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the
programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such
constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the
Obfuscated C contest, and occasionally in retrocomputing.
Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became
notorious for such behaviour.
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