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lethe
(encz) | Lethe, |
Lethe
(gcide) | Lethe \Le"the\ (l[=e]"th[-e] or l[=e]th), n. [See Lethal.]
Death. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Lethe
(gcide) | Lethe \Le"the\ (l[=e]"th[-e]), n. [L., fr. Gr. lh`qh, prop.,
forgetfulness; akin to lanqa`nesqai to forget, lanqa`nein to
escape notice.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A river of Hades whose waters when drunk
caused forgetfulness of the past.
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2. Oblivion; a draught of oblivion; forgetfulness.
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lethe
(wn) | Lethe
n 1: (Greek mythology) a river in Hades; the souls of the dead
had to drink from it, which made them forget all they had
done and suffered when they were alive [syn: Lethe,
River Lethe] |
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blether
(mass) | blether
- kecať |
blether
(encz) | blether,blábolení n: Zdeněk Brožblether,žvanění n: Zdeněk Brožblether,žvanit v: Zdeněk Brož |
letherbacks
(encz) | letherbacks,želvy kožatky n: pl. [zoo.] Jirka Daněk |
telethermometer
(encz) | telethermometer, n: |
Billethead
(gcide) | Billethead \Bil"let*head`\ (b[i^]l"l[e^]t*h[e^]d), n. (Naut.)
A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat,
around which the harpoon line is run out when the whale darts
off.
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blether
(gcide) | Blather \Blath"er\ (bl[a^][th]"[~e]r), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p.
Blathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blathering.] [Written also
blether.] [Icel. bla[eth]ra. Cf. Blatherskite.]
To talk foolishly, or nonsensically, or concerning matters of
no consequence. --G. Eliot.
Syn: babble, smatter, blether, blither.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]Blather \Blath"er\, n. [Written also blether.]
Voluble, foolish, or nonsensical talk; -- often in the pl.
--Hall Caine.
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bullethead
(gcide) | bullethead \bullethead\ n.
a head shaped like a bullet.
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Lethe
(gcide) | Lethe \Le"the\ (l[=e]"th[-e] or l[=e]th), n. [See Lethal.]
Death. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Lethe \Le"the\ (l[=e]"th[-e]), n. [L., fr. Gr. lh`qh, prop.,
forgetfulness; akin to lanqa`nesqai to forget, lanqa`nein to
escape notice.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A river of Hades whose waters when drunk
caused forgetfulness of the past.
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2. Oblivion; a draught of oblivion; forgetfulness.
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Lethean
(gcide) | Lethean \Le*the"an\ (l[-e]*th[=e]"an), a. [L. Lethaeus, Gr.
lh`qaios or lhqai^os.]
Of or pertaining to Lethe; resembling in effect the water of
Lethe. --Milton. Barrow.
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Letheed
(gcide) | Letheed \Le"theed\ (l[=e]"th[=e]d), a.
Caused by Lethe. " Letheed dullness." [Obs.] --Shak.
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Letheon
(gcide) | Letheon \Le"the*on\ (l[=e]"th[-e]*[o^]n), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
lh`qh.] (Med.)
Sulphuric ether used as an an[ae]sthetic agent. [R.]
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Letheonize
(gcide) | Letheonize \Le"the*on*ize\ (-[imac]z), v. t.
To subject to the influence of letheon. [R. or Obs.]
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mumble-the-peg
(gcide) | Mumbledy peg \Mum"ble*dy peg`\, Mumblety peg \Mum"ble*ty peg`\,
n.
A game played with a pocketknife, the object of which is to
throw the knife in any of a vairety of ways (such as over the
back), or from various positions, and have it stick in the
ground or another surface. Also called mumble-the-peg and
mumble peg.
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Telethermograph
(gcide) | Telethermograph \Tel`e*ther"mo*graph\, n. [Gr. th^le far +
thermo- + -graph.] (Physics)
(a) A record of fluctuations of temperature made
automatically at a distant station.
(b) An instrument, usually electrical, making such records.
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Telethermometer
(gcide) | Telethermometer \Tel`e*ther*mom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? far off + E.
thermometer.] (Physics)
An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant
point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.
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blether
(wn) | blether
n 1: idle or foolish and irrelevant talk [syn: prate,
prattle, idle talk, blether, chin music]
v 1: to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at
the baby" [syn: babble, blather, smatter, blether,
blither] |
bullethead
(wn) | bullethead
n 1: a head shaped like a bullet |
river lethe
(wn) | River Lethe
n 1: (Greek mythology) a river in Hades; the souls of the dead
had to drink from it, which made them forget all they had
done and suffered when they were alive [syn: Lethe,
River Lethe] |
telethermometer
(wn) | telethermometer
n 1: a thermometer that registers the temperature at some
distant point |
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