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linen
(encz) | linen,lněná tkanina Zdeněk Brož |
linen
(encz) | linen,lněné plátno n: [text.] mamm |
linen
(encz) | linen,lněné prádlo n: [text.] mamm |
linen
(encz) | linen,lněný |
linen
(encz) | linen,plátěný Pavel Machek; Giza |
Linen
(gcide) | Linen \Lin"en\ (l[i^]n"[e^]n), a. [OE., fr. lin linen. See
Linen, n.]
1. Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
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2. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
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Linen
(gcide) | Linen \Lin"en\, n. [Prop. an adj. from OE. lin flax, AS.
l[imac]n flax, whence l[imac]nen made of flax; akin to OS.,
Icel., & MHG. l[imac]n flax and linen, G. lein, leinen,
linen, Sw. lin flax, Goth. lein linen, L. linum flax, linen,
Gr. li`non. Cf. Line, Linseed.]
1. Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used
in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting,
towels, tablecloths, etc.; as, bed linens "In linen white
as milk." --Robert of Brunne.
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2. Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times,
chiefly made of linen.
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Linen draper, a dealer in linen.
Linen prover, a small microscope for counting the threads
in a given space in linen fabrics.
Linen scroll, Linen pattern (Arch.), an ornament for
filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece of stuff
symmetrically disposed.
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linen
(wn) | linen
n 1: a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant
2: a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen
finish [syn: linen, linen paper]
3: white goods or clothing made with linen cloth |
linen
(devil) | LINEN, n. "A kind of cloth the making of which, when made of hemp,
entails a great waste of hemp." -- Calcraft the Hangman.
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bedlinen
(encz) | bedlinen,prádlo |
dirty linen
(encz) | dirty linen, n: |
household linen
(encz) | household linen, n: |
linen paper
(encz) | linen paper, n: |
linendraper
(encz) | linendraper, n: |
table linen
(encz) | table linen, n: |
Anas Carolinensis
(gcide) | Teal \Teal\ (t[=e]l), n. [OE. tele; akin to D. teling a
generation, production, teal, telen to breed, produce, and E.
till to cultivate. The English word probably once meant, a
brood or flock. See Till to cultivate.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the
genus Anas and the subgenera Querquedula and Nettion.
The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or
blue speculum on the wings.
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Note: The common European teal (Anas crecca) and the
European blue-winged teal, or garganey ({Anas
querquedula} or Anas circia), are well-known species.
In America the blue-winged teal (Anas discors), the
green-winged teal (Anas Carolinensis), and the
cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera) are common species,
valued as game birds. See Garganey.
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Goose teal, a goslet. See Goslet.
Teal duck, the common European teal.
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Anolis carolinensis
(gcide) | anole \anole\ n.
1. A small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizard
(Anolis carolinensis) with the ability to change skin
color.
Syn: American chameleon, Anolis carolinensis
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Antrostomus Carolinensis
(gcide) | Chuck-Will's-widow \Chuck`-Will's-wid"ow\, n. (Zool.)
A large whippoorwill-like bird (a species of goatsucker)
(Caprimulgus carolinensis, formerly {Antrostomus
Carolinensis}), of the southern United States; -- so called
from its note.
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Balistes Carolinensis
(gcide) | Leather \Leath"er\ (l[e^][th]"[~e]r), n. [OE. lether, AS.
le[eth]er; akin to D. leder, le[^e]r, G. leder, OHG. ledar,
Icel. le[eth]r, Sw. l[aum]der, Dan. l[ae]der.]
1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, with the
hair removed, and tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for
use; also, dressed hides, collectively.
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2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive]
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Note: Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made
of, relating to, or like, leather.
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Leather board, an imitation of sole leather, made of
leather scraps, rags, paper, etc.
Leather carp (Zool.), a variety of carp in which the scales
are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under Carp.
Leather jacket. (Zool.)
(a) A California carangoid fish (Oligoplites saurus).
(b) A trigger fish (Balistes Carolinensis).
Leather flower (Bot.), a climbing plant (Clematis Viorna)
of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery
sepals of a purplish color.
Leather leaf (Bot.), a low shrub (Cassandra calyculata),
growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen,
coriaceous, scurfy leaves.
Leather plant (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the
composite genus Celmisia, which have white or buff
tomentose leaves.
Leather turtle. (Zool.) See Leatherback.
Vegetable leather.
(a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste.
(b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. --Ure.
[1913 Webster]Trigger \Trig"ger\, n. [For older tricker, from D. trekker, fr.
trekken to draw, pull. See Trick, n.]
1. A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
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2. (Mech.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a
catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially
(Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the
finger to release the cock and discharge the piece.
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Trigger fish (Zool.), a large plectognath fish ({Balistes
Carolinensis} or Balistes capriscus) common on the
southern coast of the United States, and valued as a food
fish in some localities. Its rough skin is used for
scouring and polishing in the place of sandpaper. Called
also leather jacket, and turbot.
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Caprimulgus carolinensis
(gcide) | Caprimulgus \Caprimulgus\ n.
the type genus of the Caprimulgidae, including the
whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) and the
chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis).
Syn: genus Caprimulgus.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Caprimulgidae \Caprimulgidae\ n. [L. capris goat + mulgere to
milk.]
a widely distributed natural family of nocturnally active
birds including the whip-poor-will ({Caprimulgus
vociferus}), the chuck-will's-widow ({Caprimulgus
carolinensis}), and the common nighthawk ({Chordeiles
minor}); -- called popularly the goatsuckers or
nightjars. The nighthawks are sometimes active during the
day.
Syn: goatsuckers, nightjars, family Caprimulgidae.
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The family . . . is alternately known as the
nightjars (derived from the "churring" sounds of
several species -- "jarring" the night air), or
goatsuckers, a nonsense name that should be
discontinued as it has its origin in the
preposterous myth that the birds sucked the milk
of nanny goats until they were dry. --Terence
Michael Short
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the Americas)Chuck-Will's-widow \Chuck`-Will's-wid"ow\, n. (Zool.)
A large whippoorwill-like bird (a species of goatsucker)
(Caprimulgus carolinensis, formerly {Antrostomus
Carolinensis}), of the southern United States; -- so called
from its note.
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Conurus Carolinensis
(gcide) | Parrakeet \Par"ra*keet`\ (p[a^]r"r[.a]*k[=e]t`), Parakeet
\Par"a*keet`\, n. [See Paroquet.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a
graduated tail, which is frequently very long; -- called also
paroquet and paraquet.
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Note: Many of the Asiatic and Australian species belong to
the genus Paleornis; others belong to Polytelis,
Platycercus, Psephotus, Euphema, and allied
genera. The American parrakeets mostly belong to the
genus Conurus, as the Carolina parrakeet ({Conurus
Carolinensis}).
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Frasera Carolinensis
(gcide) | Calumba \Ca*lum"ba\, n. [from kalumb, its native name in
Mozambique.] (Med.)
The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably
Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an
unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and
antiseptic. [Written also colombo, columbo, and
calombo.]
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American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis, also called
American gentian. Its root has been used in medicine as
bitter tonic in place of calumba.
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Galeoscoptes Carolinensis
(gcide) | Catbird \Cat"bird\, n. (Zool.)
An American bird (Galeoscoptes Carolinensis), allied to the
mocking bird, and like it capable of imitating the notes of
other birds, but less perfectly. Its note resembles at times
the mewing of a cat.
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Linen
(gcide) | Linen \Lin"en\ (l[i^]n"[e^]n), a. [OE., fr. lin linen. See
Linen, n.]
1. Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
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2. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
[1913 Webster]Linen \Lin"en\, n. [Prop. an adj. from OE. lin flax, AS.
l[imac]n flax, whence l[imac]nen made of flax; akin to OS.,
Icel., & MHG. l[imac]n flax and linen, G. lein, leinen,
linen, Sw. lin flax, Goth. lein linen, L. linum flax, linen,
Gr. li`non. Cf. Line, Linseed.]
1. Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used
in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting,
towels, tablecloths, etc.; as, bed linens "In linen white
as milk." --Robert of Brunne.
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2. Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times,
chiefly made of linen.
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Linen draper, a dealer in linen.
Linen prover, a small microscope for counting the threads
in a given space in linen fabrics.
Linen scroll, Linen pattern (Arch.), an ornament for
filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece of stuff
symmetrically disposed.
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Linen draper
(gcide) | Linen \Lin"en\, n. [Prop. an adj. from OE. lin flax, AS.
l[imac]n flax, whence l[imac]nen made of flax; akin to OS.,
Icel., & MHG. l[imac]n flax and linen, G. lein, leinen,
linen, Sw. lin flax, Goth. lein linen, L. linum flax, linen,
Gr. li`non. Cf. Line, Linseed.]
1. Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used
in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting,
towels, tablecloths, etc.; as, bed linens "In linen white
as milk." --Robert of Brunne.
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2. Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times,
chiefly made of linen.
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Linen draper, a dealer in linen.
Linen prover, a small microscope for counting the threads
in a given space in linen fabrics.
Linen scroll, Linen pattern (Arch.), an ornament for
filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece of stuff
symmetrically disposed.
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linen floss
(gcide) | Floss \Floss\ (?; 195), n. [It. floscio flabby, soft, fr. L.
fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See Flux, n.]
1. (Bot.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of
maize; also called silk.
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2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering.
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3. A body feather of an ostrich. Flosses are soft, and gray
from the female and black from the male.
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Floss silk, silk that has been twisted, and which retains
its loose and downy character. It is much used in
embroidery. Called also floxed silk.
Floss thread, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used
for embroidery; -- called also linen floss, and {floss
yarn}. --McElrath.
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Linen pattern
(gcide) | Linen \Lin"en\, n. [Prop. an adj. from OE. lin flax, AS.
l[imac]n flax, whence l[imac]nen made of flax; akin to OS.,
Icel., & MHG. l[imac]n flax and linen, G. lein, leinen,
linen, Sw. lin flax, Goth. lein linen, L. linum flax, linen,
Gr. li`non. Cf. Line, Linseed.]
1. Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used
in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting,
towels, tablecloths, etc.; as, bed linens "In linen white
as milk." --Robert of Brunne.
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2. Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times,
chiefly made of linen.
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Linen draper, a dealer in linen.
Linen prover, a small microscope for counting the threads
in a given space in linen fabrics.
Linen scroll, Linen pattern (Arch.), an ornament for
filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece of stuff
symmetrically disposed.
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Linen prover
(gcide) | Linen \Lin"en\, n. [Prop. an adj. from OE. lin flax, AS.
l[imac]n flax, whence l[imac]nen made of flax; akin to OS.,
Icel., & MHG. l[imac]n flax and linen, G. lein, leinen,
linen, Sw. lin flax, Goth. lein linen, L. linum flax, linen,
Gr. li`non. Cf. Line, Linseed.]
1. Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used
in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting,
towels, tablecloths, etc.; as, bed linens "In linen white
as milk." --Robert of Brunne.
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2. Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times,
chiefly made of linen.
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Linen draper, a dealer in linen.
Linen prover, a small microscope for counting the threads
in a given space in linen fabrics.
Linen scroll, Linen pattern (Arch.), an ornament for
filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece of stuff
symmetrically disposed.
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Linen scroll
(gcide) | Scroll \Scroll\, n. [A dim. of OE. scroue, scrowe (whence E.
escrow), OF. escroe, escroue, F. ['e]crou entry in the jail
book, LL. scroa scroll, probably of Teutonic origin; cf. OD.
schroode a strip, shred, slip of paper, akin to E. shred. Cf.
Shred, Escrow.]
1. A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a
roll; a schedule; a list.
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The heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll.
--Isa. xxxiv.
4.
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Here is the scroll of every man's name. --Shak.
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2. (Arch.) An ornament formed of undulations giving off
spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman
architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
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3. A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended
to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a
substitute for a seal. [U.S.] --Burrill.
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4. (Geom.) Same as Skew surface. See under Skew.
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Linen scroll (Arch.) See under Linen.
Scroll chuck (Mach.), an adjustable chuck, applicable to a
lathe spindle, for centering and holding work, in which
the jaws are adjusted and tightened simultaneously by
turning a disk having in its face a spiral groove which is
entered by teeth on the backs of the jaws.
Scroll saw. See under Saw.
[1913 Webster]Linen \Lin"en\, n. [Prop. an adj. from OE. lin flax, AS.
l[imac]n flax, whence l[imac]nen made of flax; akin to OS.,
Icel., & MHG. l[imac]n flax and linen, G. lein, leinen,
linen, Sw. lin flax, Goth. lein linen, L. linum flax, linen,
Gr. li`non. Cf. Line, Linseed.]
1. Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used
in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting,
towels, tablecloths, etc.; as, bed linens "In linen white
as milk." --Robert of Brunne.
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2. Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times,
chiefly made of linen.
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Linen draper, a dealer in linen.
Linen prover, a small microscope for counting the threads
in a given space in linen fabrics.
Linen scroll, Linen pattern (Arch.), an ornament for
filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece of stuff
symmetrically disposed.
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Linener
(gcide) | Linener \Lin"en*er\ (l[i^]n"[e^]n*[~e]r), n.
A dealer in linen; a linen draper. [Obs.]
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Masculineness
(gcide) | masculine \mas"cu*line\ (m[a^]s"k[-u]*l[i^]n), a. [L.
masculinus, fr. masculus male, manly, dim. of mas a male: cf.
F. masculin. See Male masculine.]
1. Of the male sex; not female.
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Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.
--Chaucer.
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2. Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or
characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or
effeminate; strong; robust.
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That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins
with a masculine energy. --Hallam.
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3. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.
[R.] "A masculine church." --Fuller.
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4. (Gram.) Having the inflections of, or construed with,
words pertaining especially to male beings, as
distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender.
-- Mas"cu*line*ly, adv. -- Mas"cu*line*ness, n.
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Salineness
(gcide) | Salineness \Sa*line"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being salt; saltness.
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Sciurus Carolinensis
(gcide) | Squirrel \Squir"rel\ (skw[~e]r"r[e^]l or skw[i^]r"-; 277), n.
[OE. squirel, OF. esquirel, escurel, F. ['e]cureuil, LL.
squirelus, squirolus, scuriolus, dim. of L. sciurus, Gr.
si`oyros; skia` shade + o'yra` tail. Cf. Shine, v. i.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents
belonging to the genus Sciurus and several allied genera
of the family Sciuridae. Squirrels generally have a
bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They
are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species
live in burrows.
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Note: Among the common North American squirrels are the gray
squirrel (Sciurus Carolinensis) and its black
variety; the fox, or cat, squirrel (Sciurus cinereus,
or Sciurus niger) which is a large species, and
variable in color, the southern variety being
frequently black, while the northern and western
varieties are usually gray or rusty brown; the red
squirrel (see Chickaree); the striped, or chipping,
squirrel (see Chipmunk); and the California gray
squirrel (Sciurus fossor). Several other species
inhabit Mexico and Central America. The common European
species (Sciurus vulgaris) has a long tuft of hair on
each ear. The so-called Australian squirrels are
marsupials. See Petaurist, and Phalanger.
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2. One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work
with the large cylinder.
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Barking squirrel (Zool.), the prairie dog.
Federation squirrel (Zool.), the striped gopher. See
Gopher, 2.
Flying squirrel (Zool.). See Flying squirrel, in the
Vocabulary.
Java squirrel. (Zool.). See Jelerang.
Squirrel corn (Bot.), a North American herb ({Dicentra
Canadensis}) bearing little yellow tubers.
Squirrel cup (Bot.), the blossom of the Hepatica triloba,
a low perennial herb with cup-shaped flowers varying from
purplish blue to pink or even white. It is one of the
earliest flowers of spring.
Squirrel fish. (Zool.)
(a) A sea bass (Serranus fascicularis) of the Southern
United States.
(b) The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides).
(c) The redmouth, or grunt.
(d) A market fish of Bermuda (Holocentrum Ascensione).
Squirrel grass (Bot.), a pestiferous grass ({Hordeum
murinum}) related to barley. In California the stiffly
awned spikelets work into the wool of sheep, and into the
throat, flesh, and eyes of animals, sometimes even
producing death.
Squirrel hake (Zool.), a common American hake ({Phycis
tenuis}); -- called also white hake.
Squirrel hawk (Zool.), any rough-legged hawk; especially,
the California species Archibuteo ferrugineus.
Squirrel monkey. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of small, soft-haired South
American monkeys of the genus Callithrix. They are
noted for their graceful form and agility. See
Teetee.
(b) A marmoset.
Squirrel petaurus (Zool.), a flying phalanger of Australia.
See Phalanger, Petaurist, and Flying phalanger under
Flying.
Squirrel shrew (Zool.), any one of several species of East
Indian and Asiatic insectivores of the genus Tupaia.
They are allied to the shrews, but have a bushy tail, like
that of a squirrel.
Squirrel-tail grass (Bot.), a grass (Hordeum jubatum)
found in salt marshes and along the Great Lakes, having a
dense spike beset with long awns.
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Seriola Carolinensis
(gcide) | amberfish \am"ber*fish`\, Amber fish \Am"ber
fish`\([a^]m"b[~e]r*f[i^]sh`). (Zool.)
Any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water
carangid fishes of the genus Seriola, especially a large
vigorous sport fish of the southern Atlantic coast ({Seriola
Dumerili}). It is also called the amberjack.
Note: Seriola Carolinensis was the species name given in
the 1890 Webster: same fish or different?
Syn: amberjack
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Sitta Carolinensis
(gcide) | Nuthatch \Nut"hatch`\, n. [OE. nuthake. See 2d Hack.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as
the European species (Sitta Europaea). The {white-breasted
nuthatch} (Sitta Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch
(Sitta Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea),
and others, are American.
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Solanum Carolinense
(gcide) | Horse \Horse\ (h[^o]rs), n. [AS. hors; akin to OS. hros, D. &
OHG. ros, G. ross, Icel. hross; and perh. to L. currere to
run, E. course, current Cf. Walrus.]
1. (Zool.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus;
especially, the domestic horse (Equus caballus), which
was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period.
It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with
six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below.
The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or
wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having
a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base.
Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all
its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility,
courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for
drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.
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Note: Many varieties, differing in form, size, color, gait,
speed, etc., are known, but all are believed to have
been derived from the same original species. It is
supposed to have been a native of the plains of Central
Asia, but the wild species from which it was derived is
not certainly known. The feral horses of America are
domestic horses that have run wild; and it is probably
true that most of those of Asia have a similar origin.
Some of the true wild Asiatic horses do, however,
approach the domestic horse in several characteristics.
Several species of fossil (Equus) are known from the
later Tertiary formations of Europe and America. The
fossil species of other genera of the family
Equid[ae] are also often called horses, in general
sense.
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2. The male of the genus Equus, in distinction from the
female or male; usually, a castrated male.
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3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural
termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished
from foot.
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The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five
thousand horse and foot. --Bacon.
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4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a
clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
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5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers
were made to ride for punishment.
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6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a
horse; a hobby.
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7. (Mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same
character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a
vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a
vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.
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8. (Naut.)
(a) See Footrope, a.
(b) A breastband for a leadsman.
(c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
(d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.
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9. (Student Slang)
(a) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or
examination; -- called also trot, pony, Dobbin.
(b) Horseplay; tomfoolery.
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10. heroin. [slang]
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11. horsepower. [Colloq. contraction]
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Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to
signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses,
like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or
horse?dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence, often
in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as,
horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,
horse ant, etc.
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Black horse, Blood horse, etc. See under Black, etc.
Horse aloes, caballine aloes.
Horse ant (Zool.), a large ant (Formica rufa); -- called
also horse emmet.
Horse artillery, that portion of the artillery in which the
cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the
cavalry; flying artillery.
Horse balm (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant
(Collinsonia Canadensis), having large leaves and
yellowish flowers.
Horse bean (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean
(Faba vulgaris), grown for feeding horses.
Horse boat, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a
boat propelled by horses.
Horse bot. (Zool.) See Botfly, and Bots.
Horse box, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses,
as hunters. [Eng.]
Horse breaker or Horse trainer, one employed in subduing
or training horses for use.
Horse car.
(a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under Car.
(b) A car fitted for transporting horses.
Horse cassia (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia
Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black,
catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse
medicine.
Horse cloth, a cloth to cover a horse.
Horse conch (Zool.), a large, spiral, marine shell of the
genus Triton. See Triton.
Horse courser.
(a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing.
--Johnson.
(b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
Horse crab (Zool.), the Limulus; -- called also
horsefoot, horsehoe crab, and king crab.
Horse crevall['e] (Zool.), the cavally.
Horse emmet (Zool.), the horse ant.
Horse finch (Zool.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
Horse gentian (Bot.), fever root.
Horse iron (Naut.), a large calking iron.
Horse latitudes, a space in the North Atlantic famous for
calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds
of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.
Horse mackrel. (Zool.)
(a) The common tunny (Orcynus thunnus), found on the
Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the
Mediterranean.
(b) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
(c) The scad.
(d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes,
as the California hake, the black candlefish, the
jurel, the bluefish, etc.
Horse marine (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a
mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang]
Horse mussel (Zool.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola
modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and
America.
Horse nettle (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the
Solanum Carolinense.
Horse parsley. (Bot.) See Alexanders.
Horse purslain (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical
America (Trianthema monogymnum).
Horse race, a race by horses; a match of horses in running
or trotting.
Horse racing, the practice of racing with horses.
Horse railroad, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by
horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States,
called a tramway.
Horse run (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded
wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power.
Horse sense, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.]
Horse soldier, a cavalryman.
Horse sponge (Zool.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge
(Spongia equina).
Horse stinger (Zool.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.]
Horse sugar (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the
United States (Symplocos tinctoria), whose leaves are
sweet, and good for fodder.
Horse tick (Zool.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca
equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and
sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, {horse
louse}, and forest fly.
Horse vetch (Bot.), a plant of the genus Hippocrepis
(Hippocrepis comosa), cultivated for the beauty of its
flowers; -- called also horsehoe vetch, from the
peculiar shape of its pods.
Iron horse, a locomotive. [Colloq.]
Salt horse, the sailor's name for salt beef.
To look a gift horse in the mouth, to examine the mouth of
a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to
ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a
critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell.
To take horse.
(a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay.
(b) To be covered, as a mare.
(c) See definition 7 (above).
[1913 Webster]Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel,
OHG. nezz["i]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n[aum]lde, Sw.
n[aum]ssla; cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp
hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation.
Urtica gracilis is common in the Northern, and {Urtica
chamaedryoides} in the Southern, United States. The common
European species, Urtica urens and Urtica dioica, are
also found in the Eastern united States. Urtica pilulifera
is the Roman nettle of England.
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Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related
to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as:
Australian nettle, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus
Laportea (as Laportea gigas and Laportea moroides);
-- also called nettle tree.
Bee nettle, Hemp nettle, a species of Galeopsis. See
under Hemp.
Blind nettle, Dead nettle, a harmless species of
Lamium.
False nettle (Baehmeria cylindrica), a plant common in
the United States, and related to the true nettles.
Hedge nettle, a species of Stachys. See under Hedge.
Horse nettle (Solanum Carolinense). See under Horse.
nettle tree.
(a) Same as Hackberry.
(b) See Australian nettle (above).
Spurge nettle, a stinging American herb of the Spurge
family (Jatropha urens).
Wood nettle, a plant (Laportea Canadensis) which stings
severely, and is related to the true nettles.
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Nettle cloth, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and
used as a substitute for leather for various purposes.
Nettle rash (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the
effects of whipping with nettles.
Sea nettle (Zool.), a medusa.
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Table linen
(gcide) | Table \Ta"ble\ (t[=a]"'l), n. [F., fr. L. tabula a board,
tablet, a painting. Cf. Tabular, Taffrail, Tavern.]
1. A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin,
flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.
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A bagnio paved with fair tables of marble. --Sandys.
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2. A thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or other
material, on which anything is cut, traced, written, or
painted; a tablet; pl. a memorandum book. "The names . . .
written on his tables." --Chaucer.
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And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of
stone like unto the first, and I will write upon
these tables the words that were in the first
tables, which thou brakest. --Ex. xxxiv.
1.
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And stand there with your tables to glean
The golden sentences. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. Any smooth, flat surface upon which an inscription, a
drawing, or the like, may be produced. "Painted in a table
plain." --Spenser.
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The opposite walls are painted by Rubens, which,
with that other of the Infanta taking leave of Don
Philip, is a most incomparable table. --Evelyn.
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St. Antony has a table that hangs up to him from a
poor peasant. --Addison.
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4. Hence, in a great variety of applications: A condensed
statement which may be comprehended by the eye in a single
view; a methodical or systematic synopsis; the
presentation of many items or particulars in one group; a
scheme; a schedule. Specifically:
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(a) (Bibliog.) A view of the contents of a work; a
statement of the principal topics discussed; an index;
a syllabus; a synopsis; as, a table of contents.
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(b) (Chem.) A list of substances and their properties;
especially, the a list of the elementary substances
with their atomic weights, densities, symbols, etc.;
the periodic table of the elements.
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(c) (Mathematics, Science and Technology) Any collection
and arrangement in a condensed form of many
particulars or values, for ready reference, as of
weights, measures, currency, specific gravities, etc.;
also, a series of numbers following some law, and
expressing particular values corresponding to certain
other numbers on which they depend, and by means of
which they are taken out for use in computations; as,
tables of logarithms, sines, tangents, squares, cubes,
etc.; annuity tables; interest tables; astronomical
tables; a table of logarithms, etc.
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(d) (Palmistry) The arrangement or disposition of the
lines which appear on the inside of the hand.
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Mistress of a fairer table
Hath not history for fable. --B. Jonson.
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5. An article of furniture, consisting of a flat slab, board,
or the like, having a smooth surface, fixed horizontally
on legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as in
eating, writing, or working.
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We may again
Give to our tables meat. --Shak.
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The nymph the table spread. --Pope.
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6. Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare;
entertainment; as, to set a good table.
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7. The company assembled round a table.
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I drink the general joy of the whole table. --Shak.
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8. (Anat.) One of the two, external and internal, layers of
compact bone, separated by diploe, in the walls of the
cranium.
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9. (Arch.) A stringcourse which includes an offset; esp., a
band of stone, or the like, set where an offset is
required, so as to make it decorative. See Water table.
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10. (Games)
(a) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon
and draughts are played.
(b) One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to
play into the right-hand table.
(c) pl. The games of backgammon and of draughts. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice,
That, when he plays at tables, chides the dice.
--Shak.
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11. (Glass Manuf.) A circular plate of crown glass.
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A circular plate or table of about five feet
diameter weighs on an average nine pounds. --Ure.
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12. (Jewelry) The upper flat surface of a diamond or other
precious stone, the sides of which are cut in angles.
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13. (Persp.) A plane surface, supposed to be transparent and
perpendicular to the horizon; -- called also {perspective
plane}.
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14. (Mach.) The part of a machine tool on which the work
rests and is fastened.
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Bench table, Card table, Communion table, {Lord's
table}, etc. See under Bench, Card, etc.
Raised table (Arch. & Sculp.), a raised or projecting
member of a flat surface, large in proportion to the
projection, and usually rectangular, -- especially
intended to receive an inscription or the like.
Roller table (Horology), a flat disk on the arbor of the
balance of a watch, holding the jewel which rolls in and
out of the fork at the end of the lever of the escapement.
Round table. See Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Table anvil, a small anvil to be fastened to a table for
use in making slight repairs.
Table base. (Arch.) Same as Water table.
Table bed, a bed in the form of a table.
Table beer, beer for table, or for common use; small beer.
Table bell, a small bell to be used at table for calling
servants.
Table cover, a cloth for covering a table, especially at
other than mealtimes.
Table diamond, a thin diamond cut with a flat upper
surface.
Table linen, linen tablecloth, napkins, and the like.
Table money (Mil. or Naut.), an allowance sometimes made to
officers over and above their pay, for table expenses.
Table rent (O. Eng. Law), rent paid to a bishop or
religious, reserved or appropriated to his table or
housekeeping. --Burrill.
Table shore (Naut.), a low, level shore.
Table talk, conversation at table, or at meals.
Table talker, one who talks at table.
Table tipping, Table turning, certain movements of
tables, etc., attributed by some to the agency of departed
spirits, and by others to the development of latent vital
or spriritual forces, but more commonly ascribed to the
muscular force of persons in connection with the objects
moved, or to physical force applied otherwise.
Tables of a girder or Tables of a chord (Engin.), the
upper and lower horizontal members.
To lay on the table, in parliamentary usage, to lay, as a
report, motion, etc., on the table of the presiding
officer, -- that is, to postpone the consideration of, by
a vote; -- also called to table . It is a tactic often
used with the intention of postponing consideration of a
motion indefinitely, that is, to kill the motion.
To serve tables (Script.), to provide for the poor, or to
distribute provisions for their wants. --Acts vi. 2.
To turn the tables, to change the condition or fortune of
contending parties; -- a metaphorical expression taken
from the vicissitudes of fortune in gaming.
Twelve tables (Rom. Antiq.), a celebrated body of Roman
laws, framed by decemvirs appointed 450 years before
Christ, on the return of deputies or commissioners who had
been sent to Greece to examine into foreign laws and
institutions. They consisted partly of laws transcribed
from the institutions of other nations, partly of such as
were altered and accommodated to the manners of the
Romans, partly of new provisions, and mainly, perhaps, of
laws and usages under their ancient kings. --Burrill.
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Tyrannus Carolinensis
(gcide) | Kingbird \King"bird\, n. (Zool.)
1. A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or {Tyrannus
Carolinensis}), noted for its courage in attacking larger
birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they
approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical
tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing.
It is dark ash above, and blackish on the bead and tail.
The quills and wing coverts are whitish at the edges. It
is white beneath, with a white terminal band on the tail.
The feathers on the head of the adults show a bright
orange basal spot when erected. Called also bee bird,
and bee martin. Several Southern and Western species of
Tyrannus are also called king birds.
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2. The king tody. See under King.
[1913 Webster]Bee \Bee\ (b[=e]), n. [AS. be['o]; akin to D. bij and bije,
Icel. b[=y], Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh.
Ir. beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. [root]97.]
1. (Zool.) An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family
Apid[ae] (the honeybees), or family Andrenid[ae] (the
solitary bees.) See Honeybee.
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Note: There are many genera and species. The common honeybee
(Apis mellifica) lives in swarms, each of which has
its own queen, its males or drones, and its very
numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the
Apis mellifica there are other species and varieties
of honeybees, as the Apis ligustica of Spain and
Italy; the Apis Indica of India; the Apis fasciata
of Egypt. The bumblebee is a species of Bombus. The
tropical honeybees belong mostly to Melipoma and
Trigona.
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2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united
labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a
quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.]
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The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.
--S. G.
Goodrich.
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3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be['a]h ring, fr. b?gan to bend. See
1st Bow.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the
sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays
through; -- called also bee blocks.
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Bee beetle (Zool.), a beetle (Trichodes apiarius)
parasitic in beehives.
Bee bird (Zool.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the
European flycatcher, and the American kingbird.
Bee flower (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus
Ophrys (Ophrys apifera), whose flowers have some
resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects.
Bee fly (Zool.), a two winged fly of the family
Bombyliid[ae]. Some species, in the larval state, are
parasitic upon bees.
Bee garden, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an
apiary. --Mortimer.
Bee glue, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement
the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called
also propolis.
Bee hawk (Zool.), the honey buzzard.
Bee killer (Zool.), a large two-winged fly of the family
Asilid[ae] (esp. Trupanea apivora) which feeds upon
the honeybee. See Robber fly.
Bee louse (Zool.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect
(Braula c[ae]ca) parasitic on hive bees.
Bee martin (Zool.), the kingbird (Tyrannus Carolinensis)
which occasionally feeds on bees.
Bee moth (Zool.), a moth (Galleria cereana) whose
larv[ae] feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in
beehives.
Bee wolf (Zool.), the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust.
of Bee beetle.
To have a bee in the head or To have a bee in the bonnet.
(a) To be choleric. [Obs.]
(b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson.
(c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. "She's
whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head."
--Sir W. Scott.
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anolis carolinensis
(wn) | Anolis carolinensis
n 1: small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with
the ability to change skin color [syn: {American
chameleon}, anole, Anolis carolinensis] |
bath linen
(wn) | bath linen
n 1: linens for use in the bathroom |
bed linen
(wn) | bed linen
n 1: linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and
pillowcases) |
caprimulgus carolinensis
(wn) | Caprimulgus carolinensis
n 1: large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States
[syn: chuck-will's-widow, Caprimulgus carolinensis] |
conuropsis carolinensis
(wn) | Conuropsis carolinensis
n 1: extinct parakeet whose range extended far into the United
States [syn: Carolina parakeet, {Conuropsis
carolinensis}] |
dirty linen
(wn) | dirty linen
n 1: personal matters that could be embarrassing if made public
[syn: dirty linen, dirty laundry] |
dumetella carolinensis
(wn) | Dumetella carolinensis
n 1: North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing
[syn: catbird, grey catbird, gray catbird, {Dumetella
carolinensis}] |
gastrophryne carolinensis
(wn) | Gastrophryne carolinensis
n 1: small toad of southeastern United States [syn: {eastern
narrow-mouthed toad}, Gastrophryne carolinensis] |
household linen
(wn) | household linen
n 1: drygoods for household use that are typically made of white
cloth [syn: white goods, household linen] |
linen paper
(wn) | linen paper
n 1: a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen
finish [syn: linen, linen paper] |
linendraper
(wn) | linendraper
n 1: a retail dealer in yard goods |
parus carolinensis
(wn) | Parus carolinensis
n 1: southern United States chickadee similar to the blackcap
but smaller [syn: Carolina chickadee, {Parus
carolinensis}] |
sciurus carolinensis
(wn) | Sciurus carolinensis
n 1: common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America; now
introduced into England [syn: eastern grey squirrel,
eastern gray squirrel, cat squirrel, {Sciurus
carolinensis}] |
sitta carolinensis
(wn) | Sitta carolinensis
n 1: bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast; of
eastern North America [syn: white-breasted nuthatch,
Sitta carolinensis] |
solanum carolinense
(wn) | Solanum carolinense
n 1: coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow
berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern
United States [syn: horse nettle, ball nettle, {bull
nettle}, ball nightshade, Solanum carolinense] |
table linen
(wn) | table linen
n 1: linens for the dining table [syn: table linen, napery] |
trautvetteria carolinensis
(wn) | Trautvetteria carolinensis
n 1: tall perennial of the eastern United States having large
basal leaves and white summer flowers [syn: {false
bugbane}, Trautvetteria carolinensis] |
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