slovo | definícia |
loop (mass) | loop
- kruh, slučka, krúžiť |
loop (encz) | loop,cyklus pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
loop (encz) | loop,dělat kruhy pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
loop (encz) | loop,dělat loopingy pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
loop (encz) | loop,dělat smyčku pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
loop (encz) | loop,kruh pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
loop (encz) | loop,looping pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
loop (encz) | loop,obroučka n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
loop (encz) | loop,očko pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
loop (encz) | loop,okruh pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
loop (encz) | loop,přemet n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
loop (encz) | loop,smyčka pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
loop (encz) | loop,smyčkovat v: (dělat smyčky) pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
loop (encz) | loop,točit (točit se) pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
loop (encz) | loop,vinout (vinout se) pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
Loop (gcide) | Loop \Loop\ (l[=oo]p), n. [G. luppe an iron lump. Cf.
Looping.] (Iron Works)
A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for
the tilt hammer or rolls. [Written also loup.]
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Loop (gcide) | Loop \Loop\, n. [Cf. Ir. & Gael. lub loop, noose, fold, thong,
bend, lub to bend, incline.]
1. A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through
which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which
a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple;
a noose; a bight.
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That the probation bear no hinge, nor loop
To hang a doubt on. --Shak.
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2. A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
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And stop all sight-holes, every loop from whence
The eye of Reason may pry in upon us. --Shak.
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3. A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.
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4. (Telegraphy) A wire forming part of a main circuit and
returning to the point from which it starts.
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5. (Acoustics) The portion of a vibrating string, air column,
etc., between two nodes; -- called also ventral segment.
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Loop knot, a single knot tied in a doubled cord, etc. so as
to leave a loop beyond the knot. See Illust. of Knot.
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Loop (gcide) | Loop \Loop\ (l[=oo]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Looped (l[=oo]pt);
p. pr. & vb. n. Looping.]
To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; --
often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain.
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loop (wn) | loop
n 1: fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole
to permit the attachment of cords or lines [syn: cringle,
eyelet, loop, grommet, grummet]
2: anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that
is closed and does not intersect itself)
3: (computer science) a single execution of a set of
instructions that are to be repeated; "the solution took
hundreds of iterations" [syn: iteration, loop]
4: an inner circle of advisors (especially under President
Reagan); "he's no longer in the loop"
5: the basic pattern of the human fingerprint
6: a computer program that performs a series of instructions
repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
7: the topology of a network whose components are serially
connected in such a way that the last component is connected
to the first component [syn: loop topology, loop]
8: an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
9: a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a
signal circulates [syn: closed circuit, loop] [ant: {open
circuit}]
10: a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the
vertical plane [syn: loop, loop-the-loop]
v 1: move in loops; "The bicycle looped around the tree"
2: make a loop in; "loop a rope" [syn: loop, intertwine]
3: fly loops, perform a loop; "the stunt pilot looped his plane"
4: wind around something in coils or loops [syn: coil, loop,
curl] [ant: uncoil]
5: fasten or join with a loop; "He looped the watch through his
belt" |
loop (foldoc) | loop
loop through
A sequence of instructions in a program that
the processor repeats. The loop will usually terminate when
some condition is met or it may run indefinitely - an
infinite loop.
Structured languages like C and its descendents provide
loop statements and keywords for some or all of {for
loop}, while loop and repeat loop. See also
loop-and-a-half.
In other languages these constructs may be synthesised with a
jump (assembly language) or a GOTO (early Fortran or
BASIC).
To "loop through" a list means to process each element in turn.
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| podobné slovo | definícia |
blooper (encz) | blooper,pitomost n: Zdeněk Brož |
closed loop (encz) | closed loop, n: |
closed loop recycling (encz) | closed loop recycling,uzavřená (interní) recyklace [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
closed-loop recycling (encz) | closed-loop recycling,uzavřená (interní) recyklace [eko.] Využití,
opakované použití nebo přepracování odpadního produktu na podobný
výrobek. RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
closed-loop system (encz) | Closed-loop system,uzavřený systém Uzavřený zpětnovazební
systém v.martin |
control loop (encz) | control loop,řídící smyčka n: [tech.] Milan Svobodacontrol loop,zpětnovazební smyčka n: [tech.] Milan Svoboda |
drip loop (encz) | drip loop, n: |
feedback loop (encz) | feedback loop, n: |
feedback loops (encz) | feedback loops,smyčka zpětné vazby [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačfeedback loops, positive and negative,smyčka zpětné vazby, pozitivní a
negativní [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
ground loop (encz) | ground loop, n: |
hook-and-loop fastener (encz) | hook-and-loop fastener,suchý zip n: zapínání Pino |
in the loop (encz) | in the loop, |
inside loop (encz) | inside loop, n: |
loop gain (encz) | loop gain,zesílení v otevřené smyčce [tech.] v.martin |
loop knot (encz) | loop knot, n: |
loop of henle (encz) | loop of Henle,Henleova klička n: [med.] Jirka Daněk |
loop shaping (encz) | loop shaping,tvarování frekvenční charakteristiky [tech.] v.martin |
loop topology (encz) | loop topology, n: |
loop-line (encz) | loop-line, n: |
loop-the-loop (encz) | loop-the-loop, n: |
looped (encz) | looped,opilý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
looper (encz) | looper, n: |
loophole (encz) | loophole,mezera n: joseloophole,možnost úniku Martin M.loophole,otvor n: Martin M.loophole,pozorovatelna n: Martin M.loophole,skulina n: Martin M.loophole,střílna n: Martin M.loophole,zadní vrátka n: přeneseně Rostislav Svoboda |
loopholes (encz) | loopholes,mezery n: pl. Zdeněk Brožloopholes,skuliny n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
looping (encz) | looping,cyklování n: Zdeněk Brožlooping,smyčkování n: Zdeněk Brož |
loops (encz) | loops,cykly n: pl. Zdeněk Brožloops,smyčky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
loopy (encz) | loopy,praštěný adj: Zdeněk Brožloopy,ujetý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
open loop recycling (encz) | open loop recycling,otevřená externí recyklace [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
open-loop recycling (encz) | open-loop recycling,otevřená externí recyklace [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
out of the loop (encz) | out of the loop, |
outside loop (encz) | outside loop, n: |
sloop (encz) | sloop,druh lodi Zdeněk Brož |
sloop of war (encz) | sloop of war, n: |
tax loophole (encz) | tax loophole,daňová mezera [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
throw me for a loop (encz) | throw me for a loop, |
dělat loopingy (czen) | dělat loopingy,loop pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
looping (czen) | looping,loop pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
poloopice (czen) | poloopice,prosimiann: Zdeněk Brož |
Cloop (gcide) | Cloop \Cloop\, n. [An onomatop[oe]ia.]
The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle.
"The cloop of a cork wrenched from a bottle." --Thackeray.
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Green looper (gcide) | Green \Green\ (gr[=e]n), a. [Compar. Greener (gr[=e]n"[~e]r);
superl. Greenest.] [OE. grene, AS. gr[=e]ne; akin to D.
groen, OS. gr[=o]ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr["u]n, Dan. & Sw.
gr["o]n, Icel. gr[ae]nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See
Grow.]
1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
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2. Having a sickly color; wan.
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To look so green and pale. --Shak.
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3. Full of life and vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
as, a green manhood; a green wound.
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As valid against such an old and beneficent
government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
--Burke.
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4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
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5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
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We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
Watts.
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6. Immature in age, judgment, or experience; inexperienced;
young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or
judgment.
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I might be angry with the officious zeal which
supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
gray hairs. --Sir W.
Scott.
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7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
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8. (Politics) Concerned especially with protection of the
enviroment; -- of political parties and political
philosophies; as, the European green parties.
[PJC]
Green brier (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
United States; -- called also cat brier.
Green con (Zool.), the pollock.
Green crab (Zool.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
named joe-rocker.
Green crop, a crop used for food while in a growing or
unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
crop, etc.
Green diallage. (Min.)
(a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
(b) Smaragdite.
Green dragon (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
(Aris[ae]ma Dracontium), resembling the Indian turnip;
-- called also dragon root.
Green earth (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
as a pigment by artists; -- called also mountain green.
Green ebony.
(a) A south American tree (Jacaranda ovalifolia), having
a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
work, and in dyeing.
(b) The West Indian green ebony. See Ebony.
Green fire (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
to which the color of the flame is due.
Green fly (Zool.), any green species of plant lice or
aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
Green gage, (Bot.) See Greengage, in the Vocabulary.
Green gland (Zool.), one of a pair of large green glands in
Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their
outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[ae].
Green hand, a novice. [Colloq.]
Green heart (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
the West Indies and in South America, used for
shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
Guiana is the Nectandra Rodi[oe]i, that of Martinique is
the Colubrina ferruginosa.
Green iron ore (Min.) dufrenite.
Green laver (Bot.), an edible seaweed (Ulva latissima);
-- called also green sloke.
Green lead ore (Min.), pyromorphite.
Green linnet (Zool.), the greenfinch.
Green looper (Zool.), the cankerworm.
Green marble (Min.), serpentine.
Green mineral, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
See Greengill.
Green monkey (Zool.) a West African long-tailed monkey
(Cercopithecus callitrichus), very commonly tamed, and
trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
Indies early in the last century, and has become very
abundant there.
Green salt of Magnus (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
of platinum.
Green sand (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
Green sea (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
vessel's deck.
Green sickness (Med.), chlorosis.
Green snake (Zool.), one of two harmless American snakes
(Cyclophis vernalis, and C. [ae]stivus). They are
bright green in color.
Green turtle (Zool.), an edible marine turtle. See
Turtle.
Green vitriol.
(a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
(b) (Min.) Same as copperas, melanterite and {sulphate
of iron}.
Green ware, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
yet baked.
Green woodpecker (Zool.), a common European woodpecker
(Picus viridis); -- called also yaffle.
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infinite loop (gcide) | infinite loop \infinite loop\ n.
1. (Computers) a series of instructions in a computer program
which, when executed, cause a cyclic repetition of the
same instructions, with no other action by the program,
for as long as the program continues to be executed, or
the loop is interrupted by some external action.
[PJC]
Note: An infinite loop is rarely written intentionally except
in cases where the loop is intended merely as a waiting
sequence, to be interrupted by some action of the user.
It is more commonly the result of a serious logical
error on the part of the programmer, resulting in a
failure of the program. Its execution can be halted
only by halting execution of the program, e.g. by
intervention of the operating system or by halting or
resetting the computer. In single-user systems, when
executing an infinite loop, the computer will appear to
halt operation of the program, and the program will be
unresponsive to normal keyboard input, though it may be
interrupted by an unmasked interrupt.
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Loop (gcide) | Loop \Loop\ (l[=oo]p), n. [G. luppe an iron lump. Cf.
Looping.] (Iron Works)
A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for
the tilt hammer or rolls. [Written also loup.]
[1913 Webster]Loop \Loop\, n. [Cf. Ir. & Gael. lub loop, noose, fold, thong,
bend, lub to bend, incline.]
1. A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through
which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which
a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple;
a noose; a bight.
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That the probation bear no hinge, nor loop
To hang a doubt on. --Shak.
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2. A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
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And stop all sight-holes, every loop from whence
The eye of Reason may pry in upon us. --Shak.
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3. A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.
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4. (Telegraphy) A wire forming part of a main circuit and
returning to the point from which it starts.
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5. (Acoustics) The portion of a vibrating string, air column,
etc., between two nodes; -- called also ventral segment.
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Loop knot, a single knot tied in a doubled cord, etc. so as
to leave a loop beyond the knot. See Illust. of Knot.
[1913 Webster]Loop \Loop\ (l[=oo]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Looped (l[=oo]pt);
p. pr. & vb. n. Looping.]
To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; --
often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain.
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Loop knot (gcide) | Loop \Loop\, n. [Cf. Ir. & Gael. lub loop, noose, fold, thong,
bend, lub to bend, incline.]
1. A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through
which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which
a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple;
a noose; a bight.
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That the probation bear no hinge, nor loop
To hang a doubt on. --Shak.
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2. A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
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And stop all sight-holes, every loop from whence
The eye of Reason may pry in upon us. --Shak.
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3. A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.
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4. (Telegraphy) A wire forming part of a main circuit and
returning to the point from which it starts.
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5. (Acoustics) The portion of a vibrating string, air column,
etc., between two nodes; -- called also ventral segment.
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Loop knot, a single knot tied in a doubled cord, etc. so as
to leave a loop beyond the knot. See Illust. of Knot.
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Looped (gcide) | Loop \Loop\ (l[=oo]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Looped (l[=oo]pt);
p. pr. & vb. n. Looping.]
To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; --
often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain.
[1913 Webster]Looped \Looped\ (l[=oo]pt), a.
1. Bent, folded, or tied, so as to make a loop; as, a looped
wire or string.
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2. Full of holes. [Obs.] --Shak.
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looped whorled (gcide) | coiled \coiled\ (koild), adj.
curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals;
as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on
the deck. Opposite of uncoiled.
Note: [Narrower terms: {coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling,
volute, voluted, whorled}; {convolute rolled
longitudinally upon itself};curled, curled up;
{involute closely coiled so that the axis is
obscured)}; looped, whorled; twined, twisted;
convoluted; {involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves
in bud: having margins rolled inward)}; wound]
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looper (gcide) | Inchworm \Inch"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
The larva of any geometrid moth. It progresses forward by
first bringing the rear end of the body forward, forming a
loop, then moving the front part of the body; called also
measuring worm, measuringworm, spanner, and looper.
See Geometrid.
[1913 Webster]Looper \Loop"er\ (l[=oo]p"[~e]r), n.
1. An instrument, as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn, a
cord, etc.
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2. (Zool.) The larva of any species of geometrid moths. See
Geometrid.
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Looper (gcide) | Inchworm \Inch"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
The larva of any geometrid moth. It progresses forward by
first bringing the rear end of the body forward, forming a
loop, then moving the front part of the body; called also
measuring worm, measuringworm, spanner, and looper.
See Geometrid.
[1913 Webster]Looper \Loop"er\ (l[=oo]p"[~e]r), n.
1. An instrument, as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn, a
cord, etc.
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2. (Zool.) The larva of any species of geometrid moths. See
Geometrid.
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Loophole (gcide) | Loophole \Loop"hole`\, n.
1. (Mil.) A small opening, as in the walls of fortification,
or in the bulkhead of a ship, through which small arms or
other weapons may be discharged at an enemy.
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2. A hole or aperture that gives a passage, or the means of
escape or evasion.
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3. An amibiguity or unintended omission in a law, rule,
regulation, or contract which allows a party to circumvent
the intent of the text and avoid its obligations under
certain circumstances. -- used usually in a negative
sense; -- distinguished from escape clause in that the
latter usually is included to deliberately allow evasion
of obligation under certain specified and foreseen
circumstances; as, a loophole in the law big enough to
drive a truck through.
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Loopholed (gcide) | Loopholed \Loop"holed`\, a.
Provided with loopholes.
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Loopie (gcide) | Loopie \Loop"ie\, a.
Deceitful; cunning; sly. [Scot.]
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Looping (gcide) | Looping \Loop"ing\, n. [Cf. D. loopen to run. Cf. Loop a mass
of iron, Leap.] (Metal.)
The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass,
when the ore is only heated for calcination.
[1913 Webster]Loop \Loop\ (l[=oo]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Looped (l[=oo]pt);
p. pr. & vb. n. Looping.]
To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; --
often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain.
[1913 Webster]Looping \Loop"ing\, p. pr. & vb. n.
of Loop.
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Looping snail (Zool.), any species of land snail of the
genus Truncatella; -- so called because it creeps like
the measuring worms.
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Looping snail (gcide) | Looping \Loop"ing\, p. pr. & vb. n.
of Loop.
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Looping snail (Zool.), any species of land snail of the
genus Truncatella; -- so called because it creeps like
the measuring worms.
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Looplight (gcide) | Looplight \Loop"light`\, n.
A small narrow opening or window in a tower or fortified
wall; a loophole.
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loop-line (gcide) | loop-line \loop-line\ n.
a railway line that branches from the trunk line and then
rejoins it at another point.
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Overloop (gcide) | Overloop \O"ver*loop`\, n.
See Orlop. [Obs.]
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Saloop (gcide) | Saloop \Sa*loop"\ (s[.a]*l[=oo]p"), n.
An aromatic drink prepared from sassafras bark and other
ingredients, at one time much used in London. --J. Smith
(Dict. Econ. Plants).
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Saloop bush (Bot.), an Australian shrub ({Rhagodia
hastata}) of the Goosefoot family, used for fodder.
[1913 Webster]Salep \Sal"ep\ (s[a^]l"[e^]p), n. [Ar. sahleb, perhaps a
corruption of an Arabic word for fox, one Ar. name of the
orchis signifying literally, fox's testicles: cf. F. salep.]
[Written also saleb, salop, and saloop.]
The dried tubers of various species of Orchis, and
Eulophia. It is used to make a nutritious beverage by
treating the powdered preparation with hot water. --U. S.
Disp.
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saloop (gcide) | Saloop \Sa*loop"\ (s[.a]*l[=oo]p"), n.
An aromatic drink prepared from sassafras bark and other
ingredients, at one time much used in London. --J. Smith
(Dict. Econ. Plants).
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Saloop bush (Bot.), an Australian shrub ({Rhagodia
hastata}) of the Goosefoot family, used for fodder.
[1913 Webster]Salep \Sal"ep\ (s[a^]l"[e^]p), n. [Ar. sahleb, perhaps a
corruption of an Arabic word for fox, one Ar. name of the
orchis signifying literally, fox's testicles: cf. F. salep.]
[Written also saleb, salop, and saloop.]
The dried tubers of various species of Orchis, and
Eulophia. It is used to make a nutritious beverage by
treating the powdered preparation with hot water. --U. S.
Disp.
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Saloop bush (gcide) | Saloop \Sa*loop"\ (s[.a]*l[=oo]p"), n.
An aromatic drink prepared from sassafras bark and other
ingredients, at one time much used in London. --J. Smith
(Dict. Econ. Plants).
[1913 Webster]
Saloop bush (Bot.), an Australian shrub ({Rhagodia
hastata}) of the Goosefoot family, used for fodder.
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Sloop (gcide) | Sloop \Sloop\, n.[D. sloep, of uncertain origin. Cf. Shallop.]
1. (Naut.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig,
consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail,
and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit,
topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are
capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually
carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon
breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types
have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical
distinction is that a sloop may carry a centerboard. See
Cutter, and Illustration in Appendix.
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2. (Naut.) In modern usage, a sailing vessel having one mast,
commonly with a Bermuda rig, with either a center-board or
a keel. In the United States, a sloop may have one or two
headsails, while in Western Europe and Great Britain a
sloop has only one headsail.
[RDH]
Sloop of war, formerly, a vessel of war rigged either as a
ship, brig, or schooner, and mounting from ten to
thirty-two guns; now, any war vessel larger than a
gunboat, and carrying guns on one deck only.
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Sloop of war (gcide) | Sloop \Sloop\, n.[D. sloep, of uncertain origin. Cf. Shallop.]
1. (Naut.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig,
consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail,
and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit,
topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are
capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually
carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon
breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types
have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical
distinction is that a sloop may carry a centerboard. See
Cutter, and Illustration in Appendix.
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2. (Naut.) In modern usage, a sailing vessel having one mast,
commonly with a Bermuda rig, with either a center-board or
a keel. In the United States, a sloop may have one or two
headsails, while in Western Europe and Great Britain a
sloop has only one headsail.
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Sloop of war, formerly, a vessel of war rigged either as a
ship, brig, or schooner, and mounting from ten to
thirty-two guns; now, any war vessel larger than a
gunboat, and carrying guns on one deck only.
[1913 Webster]Corvet \Cor"vet\ (k?r"v?t), Corvette \Cor*vette"\ (k?r-v?r"), n.
[F. corvette, fr. Pg. corveta or Sp. corbeta, fr. L. corbita
a slow-sailing ship of burden, fr, corbis basket. Cf.
Corbeil.] (Naut.)
A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having
usually only one tier of guns; -- called in the United States
navy a sloop of war.
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