| slovo | definícia |
latch
(mass) | latch
- závora (na dverách), upevniť dvere závorou |
latch
(encz) | latch,petlice n: Zdeněk Brož |
latch
(encz) | latch,zablokovat v: Roman K. Lukáš |
latch
(encz) | latch,západka n: Zdeněk Brož |
latch
(encz) | latch,zástrčka n: Zdeněk Brož |
latch
(encz) | latch,závora n: Zdeněk Brož |
latch
(encz) | latch,zavřít na západku v: Roman K. Lukáš |
latch
(gcide) | Latching \Latch"ing\, n. (Naut.)
A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which
it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also latch
and lasket. [Usually in pl.]
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Latch
(gcide) | Latch \Latch\ (l[a^]ch), v. t. [Cf. F. l['e]cher to lick (of
German origin). Cf. Lick.]
To smear; to anoint. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Latch
(gcide) | Latch \Latch\, n. [OE. lacche, fr. lacchen to seize, As.
l[ae]ccan.]
1. That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare. [Obs.]
--Rom. of R.
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2. A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering
a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a
door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted.
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3. (Naut.) A latching.
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4. A crossbow. [Obs.] --Wright.
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Latch
(gcide) | Latch \Latch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Latched (l[a^]cht); p. pr.
& vb. n. Latching.] [OE. lacchen. See Latch. n.]
1. To catch so as to hold. [Obs.]
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Those that remained threw darts at our men, and
latching our darts, sent them again at us.
--Golding.
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2. To catch or fasten by means of a latch.
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The door was only latched. --Locke.
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latch
(wn) | latch
n 1: spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the
outside with a key [syn: latch, door latch]
2: catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered
or slid into a groove
v 1: fasten with a latch; "latch the door" |
latch
(foldoc) | latch
A digital logic circuit used to store one or more bits. A
latch has a data input, a clock input and an output. When the
clock input is active, data on the input is "latched" or
stored and transfered to the output either immediately or when
the clock input goes inactive. The output will then retain
its value until the clock goes active again.
See also flip-flop.
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coffee klatch
(encz) | coffee klatch, |
door latch
(encz) | door latch, n: |
hood latch
(encz) | hood latch, n: |
kaffeeklatch
(encz) | kaffeeklatch,kávový dýchánek n: Jan Wagner |
latch on
(encz) | latch on, v: |
latched
(encz) | latched,nakloněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
latches
(encz) | latches, |
latchkey
(encz) | latchkey,patentní klíč n: Zdeněk Brož |
latchkey child
(encz) | latchkey child, |
latchstring
(encz) | latchstring, n: |
night latch
(encz) | night latch, n: |
potlatch
(encz) | potlatch, |
unlatch
(encz) | unlatch, |
unlatched
(encz) | unlatched, adj: |
Clatch
(gcide) | Clatch \Clatch\, n. [Cf. Scot. clatch a slap, the noise caused
by the collision of soft bodies; prob. of imitative origin.]
(Scot. & Dial. Eng.)
1. A soft or sloppy lump or mass; as, to throw a clatch of
mud.
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2. Anything put together or made in a careless or slipshod
way; hence, a sluttish or slipshod woman.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Clatch \Clatch\, v. t. & i.
To daub or smear, as with lime; to make or finish in a
slipshod way. [Scot.]
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Deadlatch
(gcide) | Deadlatch \Dead"latch`\, n.
A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that
it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from
the outside by the latch key. --Knight.
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Drawlatch
(gcide) | Drawlatch \Draw"latch`\, n.
A housebreaker or thief. [Obs.] --Old Play (1631).
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fastened latched
(gcide) | closed \closed\ adj.
1. having an opening obstructed. [Narrower terms: blind]
Also See: obstructed, sealed, shut, unopen,
closed. Antonym: open.
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2. (Math.) of a curve or surface: having no end points or
boundary curves; of a set: having members that can be
produced by a specific operation on other members of the
same set; of an interval: containing both its endpoints.
open
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3. Being in a position to obstruct an opening; -- especially
of doors. [Narrower terms: fastened, latched] Also See:
closed. Antonym: open.
Syn: shut, unopen.
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4. having skin drawn so as to obstruct the opening; -- used
of mouth or eyes. Opposite of open. he sat quietly with
closed eyes [Narrower terms: blinking, winking;
compressed, tight; squinched, squinting]
Syn: shut.
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5. requiring union membership; -- of a workplace; as, a
closed shop. [prenominal]
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6. closed with shutters.
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7. hidden from the public; as, a closed ballot.
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8. not open to the general public; as, a closed meeting.
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9. unsympathetic; -- of a person's attitude. a closed mind
unreceptive to new ideas
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10. surrounded by walls. a closed porch
Syn: closed in(predicate).
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11. made compact by bending or doubling over; as, a closed
map.
Syn: folded.
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12. closed or fastened with or as if with buttons. [Narrower
terms: buttoned (vs. unbuttoned)]
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13. not engaged in activity; -- of an organization or
business establishment. the airport is closed because of
the weather; the many closed shops and factories made the
town look deserted
Syn: shut down.
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klatch
(gcide) | klatch \klatch\, klatsch \klatsch\n.
An informal group that gathers more or less frequently,
especially for conversation; as, a coffee klatsch; a sewing
klatsch.
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Knob latch
(gcide) | Knob \Knob\, n. [A modification of knop. Cf. Nob.]
1. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a
lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.
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2. A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock,
door, or drawer. --Chaucer.
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3. A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. [U. S.]
--Bartlett.
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4. (Arch.) See Knop.
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Knob latch, a latch which can be operated by turning a
knob, without using a key.
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Latch
(gcide) | Latching \Latch"ing\, n. (Naut.)
A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which
it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also latch
and lasket. [Usually in pl.]
[1913 Webster]Latch \Latch\ (l[a^]ch), v. t. [Cf. F. l['e]cher to lick (of
German origin). Cf. Lick.]
To smear; to anoint. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Latch \Latch\, n. [OE. lacche, fr. lacchen to seize, As.
l[ae]ccan.]
1. That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare. [Obs.]
--Rom. of R.
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2. A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering
a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a
door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted.
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3. (Naut.) A latching.
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4. A crossbow. [Obs.] --Wright.
[1913 Webster]Latch \Latch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Latched (l[a^]cht); p. pr.
& vb. n. Latching.] [OE. lacchen. See Latch. n.]
1. To catch so as to hold. [Obs.]
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Those that remained threw darts at our men, and
latching our darts, sent them again at us.
--Golding.
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2. To catch or fasten by means of a latch.
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The door was only latched. --Locke.
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latched
(gcide) | latched \latched\ adj.
secured by means of a latch against opening.
Syn: fastened.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Latch \Latch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Latched (l[a^]cht); p. pr.
& vb. n. Latching.] [OE. lacchen. See Latch. n.]
1. To catch so as to hold. [Obs.]
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Those that remained threw darts at our men, and
latching our darts, sent them again at us.
--Golding.
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2. To catch or fasten by means of a latch.
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The door was only latched. --Locke.
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Latched
(gcide) | latched \latched\ adj.
secured by means of a latch against opening.
Syn: fastened.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Latch \Latch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Latched (l[a^]cht); p. pr.
& vb. n. Latching.] [OE. lacchen. See Latch. n.]
1. To catch so as to hold. [Obs.]
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Those that remained threw darts at our men, and
latching our darts, sent them again at us.
--Golding.
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2. To catch or fasten by means of a latch.
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The door was only latched. --Locke.
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Latchet
(gcide) | Latchet \Latch"et\, n. [OE. lachet, from an OF. dialect form of
F. lacet plaited string, lace dim. of lacs. See Lace.]
The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.
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Latching
(gcide) | Latching \Latch"ing\, n. (Naut.)
A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which
it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also latch
and lasket. [Usually in pl.]
[1913 Webster]Latch \Latch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Latched (l[a^]cht); p. pr.
& vb. n. Latching.] [OE. lacchen. See Latch. n.]
1. To catch so as to hold. [Obs.]
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Those that remained threw darts at our men, and
latching our darts, sent them again at us.
--Golding.
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2. To catch or fasten by means of a latch.
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The door was only latched. --Locke.
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Latchkey
(gcide) | Latchkey \Latch"key`\, n.
A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp.
a night latch.
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latchkey child
(gcide) | latchkey child \latch"key` child\, n.
A child who frequently spends part of the day at home without
adult supervision, especially a school child who returns home
before the parent(s) return from work. Called also {door-key
child}.
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Latchstring
(gcide) | Latchstring \Latch"string`\, n.
A string for raising the latch of a door by a person outside.
It is fastened to the latch and passed through a hole above
it in the door.
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To find the latchstring out, to meet with hospitality; to
be welcome. (Intrusion is prevented by drawing in the
latchstring.) [Colloq. U.S.]
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Night latch
(gcide) | Night \Night\ (n[imac]t), n. [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht;
akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n[=o]tt,
Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche,
W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny`x, nykto`s, Skr.
nakta, nakti. [root]265. Cf. Equinox, Nocturnal.]
1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the
horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the
time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the
sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.
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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he
called Night. --Gen. i. 5.
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2. Hence:
(a) Darkness; obscurity; concealment.
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Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night.
--Pope.
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(b) Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.
(c) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night
of sorrow.
(d) The period after the close of life; death.
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She closed her eyes in everlasting night.
--Dryden.
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Do not go gentle into that good night
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
--Dylan
Thomas.
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(e) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems
to sleep. "Sad winter's night". --Spenser.
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Note: Night is sometimes used, esp. with participles, in the
formation of self-explaining compounds; as,
night-blooming, night-born, night-warbling, etc.
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Night by night, Night after night, nightly; many nights.
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So help me God, as I have watched the night,
Ay, night by night, in studying good for England.
--Shak.
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Night bird. (Zool.)
(a) The moor hen (Gallinula chloropus).
(b) The Manx shearwater (Puffinus Anglorum).
Night blindness. (Med.) See Hemeralopia.
Night cart, a cart used to remove the contents of privies
by night.
Night churr, (Zool.), the nightjar.
Night crow, a bird that cries in the night.
Night dog, a dog that hunts in the night, -- used by
poachers.
Night fire.
(a) Fire burning in the night.
(b) Ignis fatuus; Will-o'-the-wisp; Jask-with-a-lantern.
Night flyer (Zool.), any creature that flies in the night,
as some birds and insects.
night glass, a spyglass constructed to concentrate a large
amount of light, so as see objects distinctly at night.
--Totten.
Night green, iodine green.
Night hag, a witch supposed to wander in the night.
Night hawk (Zool.), an American bird ({Chordeiles
Virginianus}), allied to the goatsucker. It hunts the
insects on which it feeds toward evening, on the wing, and
often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a loud
whirring sound, like that of a spinning wheel. Also
sometimes applied to the European goatsuckers. It is
called also bull bat.
Night heron (Zool.), any one of several species of herons
of the genus Nycticorax, found in various parts of the
world. The best known species is Nycticorax griseus, or
Nycticorax nycticorax, of Europe, and the American
variety (var. naevius). The yellow-crowned night heron
(Nyctanassa violacea syn. Nycticorax violaceus)
inhabits the Southern States. Called also qua-bird, and
squawk.
Night house, a public house, or inn, which is open at
night.
Night key, a key for unfastening a night latch.
Night latch, a kind of latch for a door, which is operated
from the outside by a key.
Night monkey (Zool.), an owl monkey.
night moth (Zool.), any one of the noctuids.
Night parrot (Zool.), the kakapo.
Night piece, a painting representing some night scene, as a
moonlight effect, or the like.
Night rail, a loose robe, or garment, worn either as a
nightgown, or over the dress at night, or in sickness.
[Obs.]
Night raven (Zool.), a bird of ill omen that cries in the
night; esp., the bittern.
Night rule.
(a) A tumult, or frolic, in the night; -- as if a
corruption, of night revel. [Obs.]
(b) Such conduct as generally rules, or prevails, at
night.
What night rule now about this haunted grove?
--Shak.
Night sight. (Med.) See Nyctolopia.
Night snap, a night thief. [Cant] --Beau. & Fl.
Night soil, human excrement; -- so called because in cities
it is collected by night and carried away for manure.
Night spell, a charm against accidents at night.
Night swallow (Zool.), the nightjar.
Night walk, a walk in the evening or night.
Night walker.
(a) One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist; a
noctambulist.
(b) One who roves about in the night for evil purposes;
specifically, a prostitute who walks the streets.
Night walking.
(a) Walking in one's sleep; sleep walking; somnambulism;
noctambulism.
(b) Walking the streets at night with evil designs.
Night warbler (Zool.), the sedge warbler ({Acrocephalus
phragmitis}); -- called also night singer. [Prov. Eng.]
Night watch.
(a) A period in the night, as distinguished by the change
of watch.
(b) A watch, or guard, to aford protection in the night.
Night watcher, one who watches in the night; especially,
one who watches with evil designs.
Night witch. Same as Night hag, above.
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Potlatch
(gcide) | Potlatch \Pot"latch`\, n. [Chinook potlatch, pahtlatch, fr.
Nootka pahchilt, pachalt, a gift.]
1. Among the Kwakiutl, Chimmesyan, and other Indians of the
northwestern coast of North America, a ceremonial
distribution by a man of gifts to his own and neighboring
tribesmen, often, formerly, to his own impoverishment.
Feasting, dancing, and public ceremonies accompany it.
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2. Hence, a feast given to a large number of persons, often
accompanied by gifts. [Colloq., Northwestern America]
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Slatch
(gcide) | Slatch \Slatch\ (sl[a^]ch), n. [See Slack.] (Naut.)
(a) The period of a transitory breeze.
(b) An interval of fair weather.
(c) The loose or slack part of a rope; slack.
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Spring latch
(gcide) | Spring \Spring\, n. [AS. spring a fountain, a leap. See
Spring, v. i.]
1. A leap; a bound; a jump.
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The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke.
--Dryden.
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2. A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its
former state by its elasticity; as, the spring of a bow.
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3. Elastic power or force.
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Heavens! what a spring was in his arm! --Dryden.
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4. An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough
wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical
purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing
concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other
force.
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Note: The principal varieties of springs used in mechanisms
are the spiral spring (Fig. a), the coil spring
(Fig. b), the elliptic spring (Fig. c), the
half-elliptic spring (Fig. d), the volute spring,
the India-rubber spring, the atmospheric spring,
etc.
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5. Any source of supply; especially, the source from which a
stream proceeds; an issue of water from the earth; a
natural fountain. "All my springs are in thee." --Ps.
lxxxvii. 7. "A secret spring of spiritual joy." --Bentley.
"The sacred spring whence right and honor streams." --Sir
J. Davies.
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6. Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is
produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive.
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Our author shuns by vulgar springs to move
The hero's glory, or the virgin's love. --Pope.
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7. That which springs, or is originated, from a source; as:
(a) A race; lineage. [Obs.] --Chapman.
(b) A youth; a springal. [Obs.] --Spenser.
(c) A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of
trees; woodland. [Obs.] --Spenser. Milton.
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8. That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively
tune. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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9. The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and
grow; the vernal season, usually comprehending the months
of March, April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of
the equator. "The green lap of the new-come spring."
--Shak.
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Note: Spring of the astronomical year begins with the vernal
equinox, about March 21st, and ends with the summer
solstice, about June 21st.
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10. The time of growth and progress; early portion; first
stage; as, the spring of life. "The spring of the day."
--1 Sam. ix. 26.
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O how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day. --Shak.
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11. (Naut.)
(a) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running
obliquely or transversely.
(b) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so
that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to
lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally
from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon
the wharf to which she is moored.
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Air spring, Boiling spring, etc. See under Air,
Boiling, etc.
Spring back (Bookbinding), a back with a curved piece of
thin sheet iron or of stiff pasteboard fastened to the
inside, the effect of which is to make the leaves of a
book thus bound (as a ledger or other account or blank
book) spring up and lie flat.
Spring balance, a contrivance for measuring weight or force
by the elasticity of a spiral spring of steel.
Spring beam, a beam that supports the side of a paddle box.
See Paddle beam, under Paddle, n.
Spring beauty.
(a) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Claytonia, delicate
herbs with somewhat fleshy leaves and pretty
blossoms, appearing in springtime.
(b) (Zool.) A small, elegant American butterfly ({Erora
laeta}) which appears in spring. The hind wings of
the male are brown, bordered with deep blue; those of
the female are mostly blue.
Spring bed, a mattress, under bed, or bed bottom, in which
springs, as of metal, are employed to give the required
elasticity.
Spring beetle (Zool.), a snapping beetle; an elater.
Spring box, the box or barrel in a watch, or other piece of
mechanism, in which the spring is contained.
Spring fly (Zool.), a caddice fly; -- so called because it
appears in the spring.
Spring grass (Bot.), vernal grass. See under Vernal.
Spring gun, a firearm discharged by a spring, when this is
trodden upon or is otherwise moved.
Spring hook (Locomotive Engines), one of the hooks which
fix the driving-wheel spring to the frame.
Spring latch, a latch that fastens with a spring.
Spring lock, a lock that fastens with a spring.
Spring mattress, a spring bed.
Spring of an arch (Arch.) See Springing line of an arch,
under Springing.
Spring of pork, the lower part of a fore quarter, which is
divided from the neck, and has the leg and foot without
the shoulder. [Obs.] --Nares.
Sir, pray hand the spring of pork to me. --Gayton.
Spring pin (Locomotive Engines), an iron rod fitted between
the springs and the axle boxes, to sustain and regulate
the pressure on the axles.
Spring rye, a kind of rye sown in the spring; -- in
distinction from winter rye, sown in autumn.
Spring stay (Naut.), a preventer stay, to assist the
regular one. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
Spring tide, the tide which happens at, or soon after, the
new and the full moon, and which rises higher than common
tides. See Tide.
Spring wagon, a wagon in which springs are interposed
between the body and the axles to form elastic supports.
Spring wheat, any kind of wheat sown in the spring; -- in
distinction from winter wheat, which is sown in autumn.
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Throatlatch
(gcide) | Throatlatch \Throat"latch`\, n.
A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a
horse's throat.
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Thumb latch
(gcide) | Thumb \Thumb\, n. [OE. thombe, thoumbe, [thorn]ume, AS.
[thorn][=u]ma; akin to OFries. th[=u]ma, D. duim, G. daumen,
OHG. d[=u]mo, Icel. [thorn]umall, Dan. tommelfinger, Sw.
tumme, and perhaps to L. tumere to swell. [root]56. Cf.
Thimble, Tumid.]
The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing
from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the
pollex. See Pollex.
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Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.
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Thumb band, a twist of anything as thick as the thumb.
--Mortimer.
Thumb blue, indigo in the form of small balls or lumps,
used by washerwomen to blue linen, and the like.
Thumb latch, a door latch having a lever formed to be
pressed by the thumb.
Thumb mark.
(a) The mark left by the impression of a thumb, as on the
leaves of a book. --Longfellow.
(b) The dark spot over each foot in finely bred black and tan
terriers.
Thumb nut, a nut for a screw, having wings to grasp between
the thumb and fingers in turning it; also, a nut with a
knurled rim for the same perpose.
Thumb ring, a ring worn on the thumb. --Shak.
Thumb stall.
(a) A kind of thimble or ferrule of iron, or leather, for
protecting the thumb in making sails, and in other work.
(b) (Mil.) A buckskin cushion worn on the thumb, and used to
close the vent of a cannon while it is sponged, or
loaded.
Under one's thumb, completely under one's power or
influence; in a condition of subservience. [Colloq.]
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To find the latchstring out
(gcide) | Latchstring \Latch"string`\, n.
A string for raising the latch of a door by a person outside.
It is fastened to the latch and passed through a hole above
it in the door.
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To find the latchstring out, to meet with hospitality; to
be welcome. (Intrusion is prevented by drawing in the
latchstring.) [Colloq. U.S.]
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Unlatch
(gcide) | Unlatch \Un*latch"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Unlatched; p. pr. &
vb. n. Unlatching.] [1st un- + latch.]
To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door.
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Unlatched
(gcide) | Unlatch \Un*latch"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Unlatched; p. pr. &
vb. n. Unlatching.] [1st un- + latch.]
To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door.
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Unlatching
(gcide) | Unlatch \Un*latch"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Unlatched; p. pr. &
vb. n. Unlatching.] [1st un- + latch.]
To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door.
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door latch
(wn) | door latch
n 1: spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the
outside with a key [syn: latch, door latch] |
hood latch
(wn) | hood latch
n 1: a catch that holds the hood of a car shut |
latch on
(wn) | latch on
v 1: take hold of or attach to; "The biochip latches onto the
genes"
2: adopt; "take up new ideas" [syn: take up, latch on,
fasten on, hook on, seize on]
3: understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She
didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally
caught on" [syn: catch on, get wise, get onto,
tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it] |
latchet
(wn) | latchet
n 1: a leather strap or thong used to attach a sandal or shoe to
the foot |
latchkey
(wn) | latchkey
n 1: key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an
outside door |
latchkey child
(wn) | latchkey child
n 1: a school-age child who is home without adult supervision
for part of the day (especially after school until a parent
returns home from work) |
latchstring
(wn) | latchstring
n 1: opener consisting of a string that can be passed through a
hole in a door for raising the latch from outside |
night latch
(wn) | night latch
n 1: doorlock operated by a knob on the inside and a key on the
outside |
potlatch
(wn) | potlatch
n 1: a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern
coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a
new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen
and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes,
formerly, to his own impoverishment) |
unlatched
(wn) | unlatched
adj 1: not firmly fastened or secured; "an unbarred door"; "went
through the unlatched gate into the street"; "an unlocked
room" [syn: unbarred, unbolted, unlatched,
unlocked, unsecured] |
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