| slovo | definícia |
marti
(encz) | Marti, |
marti
(wn) | Marti
n 1: Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban
independence from Spain (1853-1895) [syn: Marti, {Jose
Julian Marti}] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
martinique
(mass) | Martinique
- Martinik |
martinik
(msas) | Martinik
- MQ, MTQ, Martinique |
martinik
(msasasci) | Martinik
- MQ, MTQ, Martinique |
court-martial
(encz) | court-martial,vojenský válečný soud Zdeněk Brož |
courts-martial
(encz) | courts-martial, |
drumhead court-martial
(encz) | drumhead court-martial, n: |
hamartia
(encz) | hamartia, n: |
house martin
(encz) | house martin, n: |
martial
(encz) | martial,bojovný adj: Zdeněk Brožmartial,válečný adj: Zdeněk Brožmartial,vojenský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
martial art
(encz) | martial art,bojové umění n: Zdeněk Brož |
martial arts
(encz) | martial arts,bojová umění n: Zdeněk Brožmartial arts,válečná umění web |
martial law
(encz) | martial law,stanné právo Zdeněk Brož |
martial music
(encz) | martial music, n: |
martially
(encz) | martially,bojovně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
martian
(encz) | martian,marťanský adj: Zdeněk BrožMartian,Marťan Zdeněk BrožMartian,Martian n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
martians
(encz) | Martians, |
martin
(encz) | martin,jiřička Martin PospíšilMartin,Martin Pavel Cvrček |
martina
(encz) | Martina,Martina Zdeněk Brož |
martinet
(encz) | martinet,puntičkář n: Zdeněk Brož |
martinez
(encz) | Martinez,Martinez n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
martingale
(encz) | martingale,martingal n: Zdeněk Brožmartingale,otěž koně Zdeněk Brož |
martini
(encz) | martini,martini Zdeněk Brož |
martinique
(encz) | Martinique,Martinik n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
martinmas
(encz) | Martinmas, |
martinson
(encz) | Martinson,Martinson n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
mcmartin
(encz) | McMartin, |
purple martin
(encz) | purple martin, n: |
sand martin
(encz) | sand martin, n: |
smarting
(encz) | smarting,štípání kouřem Zdeněk Brož |
special court-martial
(encz) | special court-martial, n: |
st martin
(encz) | St Martin, |
tree martin
(encz) | tree martin, n: |
vodka martini
(encz) | vodka martini, n: |
martian
(czen) | Martian,Martiann: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
martin
(czen) | Martin,Martin Pavel Cvrček |
martin luther
(czen) | Martin Luther,Luther církevní reformátor luke |
martina
(czen) | Martina,Martina Zdeněk Brož |
martinez
(czen) | Martinez,Martinezn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
martingal
(czen) | martingal,martingalen: Zdeněk Brož |
martini
(czen) | martini,martini Zdeněk Brož |
martinik
(czen) | Martinik,Martiniquen: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
martinson
(czen) | Martinson,Martinsonn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Bank martin
(gcide) | Martin \Mar"tin\, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin.
Cf. Martlet.] (Zool.)
One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail
less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.
[Written also marten.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: The American purple martin, or bee martin ({Progne
subis} or Progne purpurea), and the European {house
martin}, or window martin (Hirundo urbica or
Chelidon urbica), are the best known species.
[1913 Webster]
Bank martin.
(a) The bank swallow. See under Bank.
(b) The fairy martin. See under Fairy.
Bee martin.
(a) The purple martin.
(b) The kingbird.
Sand martin, the bank swallow.
[1913 Webster] |
bee martin
(gcide) | King Martin Luther jr \King, Martin Luther, jr.\ Martin Luther
King, Jr. (1929-1968): Martin Luther King stands alongside
John F. Kennedy as one of the strikingly iconic images of
1960s America, one of the figures who inspired a revolution
of political will and social perception.
Born on 15 January 1929, to Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr.
and Alberta Christine King in Atlanta, Georgia, King was a
gifted student. It was while studying towards his Divinity
degree in 1951, that King first discovered the teachings of
Mahatma Ghandi, whose inspiration would be seen in many of
King's future ideas. In 1953, King married Coretta Scott. The
world that Martin Luther King and his new family found
themselves in during the late 1950s was one where racial
segregation was an accepted norm, whether in schools,
churches, or on public transport.
When Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on a
bus for a white man - in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 - the
black civil rights movement found an unexpected opportunity
to begin a push that would eventually remove all officially
sanctioned segregation throughout the United States . And Dr.
King was at the forefront of that push.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20081229032957/http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/parks01.html)
Four days after Rosa Parks was arrested, on the first day of
a boycott of the buses by black passengers, King was
appointed as president of the Montgomery Improvement
Association. Placing himself so publicly at the forefront of
the movement, he soon found himself and his family to be
targets for white hate. In January of the next year, a bomb
was thrown at his house. The King family would face similar
threats and acts of violence all through Martin's lifetime.
On 21 February 1956, King was one of those arrested as a
consequence of the boycott. By 4 June, however, a US District
Court ruled that such segregation on city bus lines was
unconstitutional, a decision confirmed in November by the
Supreme Court. Before the end of the year, Federal
injunctions had been served, and the Montgomery bus system
was officially unsegregated.
This was the first of King's victories. Although the success
was by no means solely his, the methods of non-violent
opposition utilised for this protest were to become a
trademark of Dr. King. This ideology contrasted sharply with
that represented by the other prominent black civil rights
leader of the time, Malcolm X,
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X) but many people
responded strongly to King's gifts as an orator, to his
message of optimism and compassion, and to his sheer presence
as a human being.
Throughout his lifetime, King's activities were closely
monitored by the FBI, under the control of the controversial
J. Edgar Hoover. Evidence collected by Hoover's agents,
combined with rumour and innuendo, has cast a shadow over the
official view of Martin Luther King. Hoover was looking for
dirt, and compiled a dossier that accused King of infidelity,
beating women and of being a Communist.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20041019083224/http://archive.aclu.org/features/f011702a.html).
From 1957 onwards, King's reputation as a civil rights leader
and powerful orator grew. He appeared on the cover of Time in
February and met then-Vice President Richard Nixon in June.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20090316061938/http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/king.html).
1958 saw the publication of his first book, Stride Toward
Freedom: The Montgomery Story, his version of the incidents
surrounding the bus boycott
. By 1960, Dr. King was a major voice in US political life.
He met with Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy to discuss
racial policy. In keeping with his belief in non-violent
protest, King's continued civil rights demonstrations would
take the form of sit-ins and obstructions, often leading to
his arrest. The sight of Martin Luther King being bundled off
to jail brought the causes he was helping much public
sympathy and support.
August 28 1963 saw the 'March on Washington', regarded as the
first major, integrated protest march in American history.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20040608193544/http://www.life.com/Life/mlk/mlk06.html).
At the end of the march, Dr. King delivers the I Have A Dream
speech at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20060831163009/http://www.mecca.org/~crights/dream.html)
Racial tension, however, was increasing; 1964 saw riots all
across the country, notably in New York, New Jersey, Illinois
and Pennsylvania.
King was growing as an international figure. In 1964, he
visited West Berlin, invited by the then-mayor, Willy Brandt,
had an audience with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican, then, most
significantly, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo,
Norway.
(https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel-prize-lessons-theme-martin-luther-king-jr-and-the-civil-rights-movement/)
The following year, Malcolm X was assassinated in New York.
Violence was escalating in areas of racial tension, including
Montgomery, Alabama. Protesters were regularly beaten by
police officers, often resulting in serious injuries or even
fatalities. In Watts, Los Angeles, riots left 35 people dead.
In March a protest rally reached Montgomery, under the
protection of federal troops. Starting at an estimated 3,000
marchers, by the time they reach their destination, it's
believed they numbered nearly 30,000 people. On reaching the
capitol, the marchers were addressed by Dr. King.
1966 saw King talk openly about more than racial issues. He
began to discuss his opposition to the Vietnam war and issues
such as housing - arguing for protection for poor people,
regardless of their race.
In 1967, the rioting was worsening growing to be some of the
worst in American history. Fuelled by the uncertainty and
anger created by the shootings of figures such as Malcolm X
and John F. Kennedy, the sense of helpless rage directed at
the nation's social structure and America's involvement in
Vietnam, already strained civil relations were heading
towards what seemed to be an inevitably violent conclusion.
In Mississippi, one black student was killed in a riot at
Jackson State College; 23 people died in riots in New Jersey;
and 43 died, with another 324 injured in riots in Detroit
riots, labelled as the worst of the century.
The last year of Martin Luther King's life saw him cast his
net even wider, including taking part in a march in support
of sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. This part of
King's career is often glossed over or undervalued by
historians and commentators of the time.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20081011070216/http://www.fair.org/media-beat/950104.html/).
On April 3, he delivered his last speech, entitled "I See the
Promised Land". The contents of the speech seem eerily
prescient in retrospect.
(http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/speeches/mlk_promised_land.html).
The next day, April 4 1968, Martin Luther King was shot dead
as he stood talking on the balcony of his room at the
Lorraine Motel, Memphis. James Earl Ray was charged and found
guilty of his murder.
King was buried on April 9, aged 39. After his death, Dr.
King's widow, Coretta Scott King, established The King Center
as 'the official, living memorial dedicated to the
advancement of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'
(https://thekingcenter.org/).
King's legacy is represented by Martin Luther King Day,
celebrated in the United States on the third Monday in
January every year. http://www.holidays.net/mlk/ --Carl
Gillingham
[CG] 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. The king tody. See under King.
[1913 Webster]Martin \Mar"tin\, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin.
Cf. Martlet.] (Zool.)
One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail
less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.
[Written also marten.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: The American purple martin, or bee martin ({Progne
subis} or Progne purpurea), and the European {house
martin}, or window martin (Hirundo urbica or
Chelidon urbica), are the best known species.
[1913 Webster]
Bank martin.
(a) The bank swallow. See under Bank.
(b) The fairy martin. See under Fairy.
Bee martin.
(a) The purple martin.
(b) The kingbird.
Sand martin, the bank swallow.
[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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.]
[1913 Webster]
The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.
--S. G.
Goodrich.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] beebalm |
Bee martin
(gcide) | King Martin Luther jr \King, Martin Luther, jr.\ Martin Luther
King, Jr. (1929-1968): Martin Luther King stands alongside
John F. Kennedy as one of the strikingly iconic images of
1960s America, one of the figures who inspired a revolution
of political will and social perception.
Born on 15 January 1929, to Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr.
and Alberta Christine King in Atlanta, Georgia, King was a
gifted student. It was while studying towards his Divinity
degree in 1951, that King first discovered the teachings of
Mahatma Ghandi, whose inspiration would be seen in many of
King's future ideas. In 1953, King married Coretta Scott. The
world that Martin Luther King and his new family found
themselves in during the late 1950s was one where racial
segregation was an accepted norm, whether in schools,
churches, or on public transport.
When Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on a
bus for a white man - in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 - the
black civil rights movement found an unexpected opportunity
to begin a push that would eventually remove all officially
sanctioned segregation throughout the United States . And Dr.
King was at the forefront of that push.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20081229032957/http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/parks01.html)
Four days after Rosa Parks was arrested, on the first day of
a boycott of the buses by black passengers, King was
appointed as president of the Montgomery Improvement
Association. Placing himself so publicly at the forefront of
the movement, he soon found himself and his family to be
targets for white hate. In January of the next year, a bomb
was thrown at his house. The King family would face similar
threats and acts of violence all through Martin's lifetime.
On 21 February 1956, King was one of those arrested as a
consequence of the boycott. By 4 June, however, a US District
Court ruled that such segregation on city bus lines was
unconstitutional, a decision confirmed in November by the
Supreme Court. Before the end of the year, Federal
injunctions had been served, and the Montgomery bus system
was officially unsegregated.
This was the first of King's victories. Although the success
was by no means solely his, the methods of non-violent
opposition utilised for this protest were to become a
trademark of Dr. King. This ideology contrasted sharply with
that represented by the other prominent black civil rights
leader of the time, Malcolm X,
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X) but many people
responded strongly to King's gifts as an orator, to his
message of optimism and compassion, and to his sheer presence
as a human being.
Throughout his lifetime, King's activities were closely
monitored by the FBI, under the control of the controversial
J. Edgar Hoover. Evidence collected by Hoover's agents,
combined with rumour and innuendo, has cast a shadow over the
official view of Martin Luther King. Hoover was looking for
dirt, and compiled a dossier that accused King of infidelity,
beating women and of being a Communist.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20041019083224/http://archive.aclu.org/features/f011702a.html).
From 1957 onwards, King's reputation as a civil rights leader
and powerful orator grew. He appeared on the cover of Time in
February and met then-Vice President Richard Nixon in June.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20090316061938/http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/king.html).
1958 saw the publication of his first book, Stride Toward
Freedom: The Montgomery Story, his version of the incidents
surrounding the bus boycott
. By 1960, Dr. King was a major voice in US political life.
He met with Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy to discuss
racial policy. In keeping with his belief in non-violent
protest, King's continued civil rights demonstrations would
take the form of sit-ins and obstructions, often leading to
his arrest. The sight of Martin Luther King being bundled off
to jail brought the causes he was helping much public
sympathy and support.
August 28 1963 saw the 'March on Washington', regarded as the
first major, integrated protest march in American history.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20040608193544/http://www.life.com/Life/mlk/mlk06.html).
At the end of the march, Dr. King delivers the I Have A Dream
speech at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20060831163009/http://www.mecca.org/~crights/dream.html)
Racial tension, however, was increasing; 1964 saw riots all
across the country, notably in New York, New Jersey, Illinois
and Pennsylvania.
King was growing as an international figure. In 1964, he
visited West Berlin, invited by the then-mayor, Willy Brandt,
had an audience with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican, then, most
significantly, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo,
Norway.
(https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel-prize-lessons-theme-martin-luther-king-jr-and-the-civil-rights-movement/)
The following year, Malcolm X was assassinated in New York.
Violence was escalating in areas of racial tension, including
Montgomery, Alabama. Protesters were regularly beaten by
police officers, often resulting in serious injuries or even
fatalities. In Watts, Los Angeles, riots left 35 people dead.
In March a protest rally reached Montgomery, under the
protection of federal troops. Starting at an estimated 3,000
marchers, by the time they reach their destination, it's
believed they numbered nearly 30,000 people. On reaching the
capitol, the marchers were addressed by Dr. King.
1966 saw King talk openly about more than racial issues. He
began to discuss his opposition to the Vietnam war and issues
such as housing - arguing for protection for poor people,
regardless of their race.
In 1967, the rioting was worsening growing to be some of the
worst in American history. Fuelled by the uncertainty and
anger created by the shootings of figures such as Malcolm X
and John F. Kennedy, the sense of helpless rage directed at
the nation's social structure and America's involvement in
Vietnam, already strained civil relations were heading
towards what seemed to be an inevitably violent conclusion.
In Mississippi, one black student was killed in a riot at
Jackson State College; 23 people died in riots in New Jersey;
and 43 died, with another 324 injured in riots in Detroit
riots, labelled as the worst of the century.
The last year of Martin Luther King's life saw him cast his
net even wider, including taking part in a march in support
of sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. This part of
King's career is often glossed over or undervalued by
historians and commentators of the time.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20081011070216/http://www.fair.org/media-beat/950104.html/).
On April 3, he delivered his last speech, entitled "I See the
Promised Land". The contents of the speech seem eerily
prescient in retrospect.
(http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/speeches/mlk_promised_land.html).
The next day, April 4 1968, Martin Luther King was shot dead
as he stood talking on the balcony of his room at the
Lorraine Motel, Memphis. James Earl Ray was charged and found
guilty of his murder.
King was buried on April 9, aged 39. After his death, Dr.
King's widow, Coretta Scott King, established The King Center
as 'the official, living memorial dedicated to the
advancement of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'
(https://thekingcenter.org/).
King's legacy is represented by Martin Luther King Day,
celebrated in the United States on the third Monday in
January every year. http://www.holidays.net/mlk/ --Carl
Gillingham
[CG] 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. The king tody. See under King.
[1913 Webster]Martin \Mar"tin\, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin.
Cf. Martlet.] (Zool.)
One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail
less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.
[Written also marten.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: The American purple martin, or bee martin ({Progne
subis} or Progne purpurea), and the European {house
martin}, or window martin (Hirundo urbica or
Chelidon urbica), are the best known species.
[1913 Webster]
Bank martin.
(a) The bank swallow. See under Bank.
(b) The fairy martin. See under Fairy.
Bee martin.
(a) The purple martin.
(b) The kingbird.
Sand martin, the bank swallow.
[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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.]
[1913 Webster]
The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.
--S. G.
Goodrich.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] beebalm |
bee martin
(gcide) | King Martin Luther jr \King, Martin Luther, jr.\ Martin Luther
King, Jr. (1929-1968): Martin Luther King stands alongside
John F. Kennedy as one of the strikingly iconic images of
1960s America, one of the figures who inspired a revolution
of political will and social perception.
Born on 15 January 1929, to Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr.
and Alberta Christine King in Atlanta, Georgia, King was a
gifted student. It was while studying towards his Divinity
degree in 1951, that King first discovered the teachings of
Mahatma Ghandi, whose inspiration would be seen in many of
King's future ideas. In 1953, King married Coretta Scott. The
world that Martin Luther King and his new family found
themselves in during the late 1950s was one where racial
segregation was an accepted norm, whether in schools,
churches, or on public transport.
When Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on a
bus for a white man - in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 - the
black civil rights movement found an unexpected opportunity
to begin a push that would eventually remove all officially
sanctioned segregation throughout the United States . And Dr.
King was at the forefront of that push.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20081229032957/http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/parks01.html)
Four days after Rosa Parks was arrested, on the first day of
a boycott of the buses by black passengers, King was
appointed as president of the Montgomery Improvement
Association. Placing himself so publicly at the forefront of
the movement, he soon found himself and his family to be
targets for white hate. In January of the next year, a bomb
was thrown at his house. The King family would face similar
threats and acts of violence all through Martin's lifetime.
On 21 February 1956, King was one of those arrested as a
consequence of the boycott. By 4 June, however, a US District
Court ruled that such segregation on city bus lines was
unconstitutional, a decision confirmed in November by the
Supreme Court. Before the end of the year, Federal
injunctions had been served, and the Montgomery bus system
was officially unsegregated.
This was the first of King's victories. Although the success
was by no means solely his, the methods of non-violent
opposition utilised for this protest were to become a
trademark of Dr. King. This ideology contrasted sharply with
that represented by the other prominent black civil rights
leader of the time, Malcolm X,
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X) but many people
responded strongly to King's gifts as an orator, to his
message of optimism and compassion, and to his sheer presence
as a human being.
Throughout his lifetime, King's activities were closely
monitored by the FBI, under the control of the controversial
J. Edgar Hoover. Evidence collected by Hoover's agents,
combined with rumour and innuendo, has cast a shadow over the
official view of Martin Luther King. Hoover was looking for
dirt, and compiled a dossier that accused King of infidelity,
beating women and of being a Communist.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20041019083224/http://archive.aclu.org/features/f011702a.html).
From 1957 onwards, King's reputation as a civil rights leader
and powerful orator grew. He appeared on the cover of Time in
February and met then-Vice President Richard Nixon in June.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20090316061938/http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/king.html).
1958 saw the publication of his first book, Stride Toward
Freedom: The Montgomery Story, his version of the incidents
surrounding the bus boycott
. By 1960, Dr. King was a major voice in US political life.
He met with Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy to discuss
racial policy. In keeping with his belief in non-violent
protest, King's continued civil rights demonstrations would
take the form of sit-ins and obstructions, often leading to
his arrest. The sight of Martin Luther King being bundled off
to jail brought the causes he was helping much public
sympathy and support.
August 28 1963 saw the 'March on Washington', regarded as the
first major, integrated protest march in American history.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20040608193544/http://www.life.com/Life/mlk/mlk06.html).
At the end of the march, Dr. King delivers the I Have A Dream
speech at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20060831163009/http://www.mecca.org/~crights/dream.html)
Racial tension, however, was increasing; 1964 saw riots all
across the country, notably in New York, New Jersey, Illinois
and Pennsylvania.
King was growing as an international figure. In 1964, he
visited West Berlin, invited by the then-mayor, Willy Brandt,
had an audience with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican, then, most
significantly, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo,
Norway.
(https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel-prize-lessons-theme-martin-luther-king-jr-and-the-civil-rights-movement/)
The following year, Malcolm X was assassinated in New York.
Violence was escalating in areas of racial tension, including
Montgomery, Alabama. Protesters were regularly beaten by
police officers, often resulting in serious injuries or even
fatalities. In Watts, Los Angeles, riots left 35 people dead.
In March a protest rally reached Montgomery, under the
protection of federal troops. Starting at an estimated 3,000
marchers, by the time they reach their destination, it's
believed they numbered nearly 30,000 people. On reaching the
capitol, the marchers were addressed by Dr. King.
1966 saw King talk openly about more than racial issues. He
began to discuss his opposition to the Vietnam war and issues
such as housing - arguing for protection for poor people,
regardless of their race.
In 1967, the rioting was worsening growing to be some of the
worst in American history. Fuelled by the uncertainty and
anger created by the shootings of figures such as Malcolm X
and John F. Kennedy, the sense of helpless rage directed at
the nation's social structure and America's involvement in
Vietnam, already strained civil relations were heading
towards what seemed to be an inevitably violent conclusion.
In Mississippi, one black student was killed in a riot at
Jackson State College; 23 people died in riots in New Jersey;
and 43 died, with another 324 injured in riots in Detroit
riots, labelled as the worst of the century.
The last year of Martin Luther King's life saw him cast his
net even wider, including taking part in a march in support
of sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. This part of
King's career is often glossed over or undervalued by
historians and commentators of the time.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20081011070216/http://www.fair.org/media-beat/950104.html/).
On April 3, he delivered his last speech, entitled "I See the
Promised Land". The contents of the speech seem eerily
prescient in retrospect.
(http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/speeches/mlk_promised_land.html).
The next day, April 4 1968, Martin Luther King was shot dead
as he stood talking on the balcony of his room at the
Lorraine Motel, Memphis. James Earl Ray was charged and found
guilty of his murder.
King was buried on April 9, aged 39. After his death, Dr.
King's widow, Coretta Scott King, established The King Center
as 'the official, living memorial dedicated to the
advancement of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'
(https://thekingcenter.org/).
King's legacy is represented by Martin Luther King Day,
celebrated in the United States on the third Monday in
January every year. http://www.holidays.net/mlk/ --Carl
Gillingham
[CG] 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. The king tody. See under King.
[1913 Webster]Martin \Mar"tin\, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin.
Cf. Martlet.] (Zool.)
One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail
less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.
[Written also marten.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: The American purple martin, or bee martin ({Progne
subis} or Progne purpurea), and the European {house
martin}, or window martin (Hirundo urbica or
Chelidon urbica), are the best known species.
[1913 Webster]
Bank martin.
(a) The bank swallow. See under Bank.
(b) The fairy martin. See under Fairy.
Bee martin.
(a) The purple martin.
(b) The kingbird.
Sand martin, the bank swallow.
[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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.]
[1913 Webster]
The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.
--S. G.
Goodrich.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] beebalm |
Bee martin
(gcide) | King Martin Luther jr \King, Martin Luther, jr.\ Martin Luther
King, Jr. (1929-1968): Martin Luther King stands alongside
John F. Kennedy as one of the strikingly iconic images of
1960s America, one of the figures who inspired a revolution
of political will and social perception.
Born on 15 January 1929, to Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr.
and Alberta Christine King in Atlanta, Georgia, King was a
gifted student. It was while studying towards his Divinity
degree in 1951, that King first discovered the teachings of
Mahatma Ghandi, whose inspiration would be seen in many of
King's future ideas. In 1953, King married Coretta Scott. The
world that Martin Luther King and his new family found
themselves in during the late 1950s was one where racial
segregation was an accepted norm, whether in schools,
churches, or on public transport.
When Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on a
bus for a white man - in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 - the
black civil rights movement found an unexpected opportunity
to begin a push that would eventually remove all officially
sanctioned segregation throughout the United States . And Dr.
King was at the forefront of that push.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20081229032957/http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/parks01.html)
Four days after Rosa Parks was arrested, on the first day of
a boycott of the buses by black passengers, King was
appointed as president of the Montgomery Improvement
Association. Placing himself so publicly at the forefront of
the movement, he soon found himself and his family to be
targets for white hate. In January of the next year, a bomb
was thrown at his house. The King family would face similar
threats and acts of violence all through Martin's lifetime.
On 21 February 1956, King was one of those arrested as a
consequence of the boycott. By 4 June, however, a US District
Court ruled that such segregation on city bus lines was
unconstitutional, a decision confirmed in November by the
Supreme Court. Before the end of the year, Federal
injunctions had been served, and the Montgomery bus system
was officially unsegregated.
This was the first of King's victories. Although the success
was by no means solely his, the methods of non-violent
opposition utilised for this protest were to become a
trademark of Dr. King. This ideology contrasted sharply with
that represented by the other prominent black civil rights
leader of the time, Malcolm X,
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X) but many people
responded strongly to King's gifts as an orator, to his
message of optimism and compassion, and to his sheer presence
as a human being.
Throughout his lifetime, King's activities were closely
monitored by the FBI, under the control of the controversial
J. Edgar Hoover. Evidence collected by Hoover's agents,
combined with rumour and innuendo, has cast a shadow over the
official view of Martin Luther King. Hoover was looking for
dirt, and compiled a dossier that accused King of infidelity,
beating women and of being a Communist.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20041019083224/http://archive.aclu.org/features/f011702a.html).
From 1957 onwards, King's reputation as a civil rights leader
and powerful orator grew. He appeared on the cover of Time in
February and met then-Vice President Richard Nixon in June.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20090316061938/http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/king.html).
1958 saw the publication of his first book, Stride Toward
Freedom: The Montgomery Story, his version of the incidents
surrounding the bus boycott
. By 1960, Dr. King was a major voice in US political life.
He met with Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy to discuss
racial policy. In keeping with his belief in non-violent
protest, King's continued civil rights demonstrations would
take the form of sit-ins and obstructions, often leading to
his arrest. The sight of Martin Luther King being bundled off
to jail brought the causes he was helping much public
sympathy and support.
August 28 1963 saw the 'March on Washington', regarded as the
first major, integrated protest march in American history.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20040608193544/http://www.life.com/Life/mlk/mlk06.html).
At the end of the march, Dr. King delivers the I Have A Dream
speech at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20060831163009/http://www.mecca.org/~crights/dream.html)
Racial tension, however, was increasing; 1964 saw riots all
across the country, notably in New York, New Jersey, Illinois
and Pennsylvania.
King was growing as an international figure. In 1964, he
visited West Berlin, invited by the then-mayor, Willy Brandt,
had an audience with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican, then, most
significantly, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo,
Norway.
(https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel-prize-lessons-theme-martin-luther-king-jr-and-the-civil-rights-movement/)
The following year, Malcolm X was assassinated in New York.
Violence was escalating in areas of racial tension, including
Montgomery, Alabama. Protesters were regularly beaten by
police officers, often resulting in serious injuries or even
fatalities. In Watts, Los Angeles, riots left 35 people dead.
In March a protest rally reached Montgomery, under the
protection of federal troops. Starting at an estimated 3,000
marchers, by the time they reach their destination, it's
believed they numbered nearly 30,000 people. On reaching the
capitol, the marchers were addressed by Dr. King.
1966 saw King talk openly about more than racial issues. He
began to discuss his opposition to the Vietnam war and issues
such as housing - arguing for protection for poor people,
regardless of their race.
In 1967, the rioting was worsening growing to be some of the
worst in American history. Fuelled by the uncertainty and
anger created by the shootings of figures such as Malcolm X
and John F. Kennedy, the sense of helpless rage directed at
the nation's social structure and America's involvement in
Vietnam, already strained civil relations were heading
towards what seemed to be an inevitably violent conclusion.
In Mississippi, one black student was killed in a riot at
Jackson State College; 23 people died in riots in New Jersey;
and 43 died, with another 324 injured in riots in Detroit
riots, labelled as the worst of the century.
The last year of Martin Luther King's life saw him cast his
net even wider, including taking part in a march in support
of sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. This part of
King's career is often glossed over or undervalued by
historians and commentators of the time.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20081011070216/http://www.fair.org/media-beat/950104.html/).
On April 3, he delivered his last speech, entitled "I See the
Promised Land". The contents of the speech seem eerily
prescient in retrospect.
(http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/speeches/mlk_promised_land.html).
The next day, April 4 1968, Martin Luther King was shot dead
as he stood talking on the balcony of his room at the
Lorraine Motel, Memphis. James Earl Ray was charged and found
guilty of his murder.
King was buried on April 9, aged 39. After his death, Dr.
King's widow, Coretta Scott King, established The King Center
as 'the official, living memorial dedicated to the
advancement of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'
(https://thekingcenter.org/).
King's legacy is represented by Martin Luther King Day,
celebrated in the United States on the third Monday in
January every year. http://www.holidays.net/mlk/ --Carl
Gillingham
[CG] 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. The king tody. See under King.
[1913 Webster]Martin \Mar"tin\, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin.
Cf. Martlet.] (Zool.)
One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail
less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.
[Written also marten.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: The American purple martin, or bee martin ({Progne
subis} or Progne purpurea), and the European {house
martin}, or window martin (Hirundo urbica or
Chelidon urbica), are the best known species.
[1913 Webster]
Bank martin.
(a) The bank swallow. See under Bank.
(b) The fairy martin. See under Fairy.
Bee martin.
(a) The purple martin.
(b) The kingbird.
Sand martin, the bank swallow.
[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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.]
[1913 Webster]
The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.
--S. G.
Goodrich.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] beebalm |
black martin
(gcide) | Swift \Swift\, n.
1. The current of a stream. [R.] --Walton.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged,
insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form
and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are
destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing
birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to
the humming birds.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common European swift (Cypselus apus syn.
Micropus apus) nests in church steeples and under the
tiles of roofs, and is noted for its rapid flight and
shrill screams. It is called also black martin,
black swift, hawk swallow, devil bird,
swingdevil, screech martin, and shriek owl. The
common American, or chimney, swift ({Chaetura
pelagica}) has sharp rigid tips to the tail feathers.
It attaches its nest to the inner walls of chimneys,
and is called also chimney swallow. The Australian
swift (Chaetura caudacuta) also has sharp naked tips
to the tail quills. The European Alpine swift
(Cypselus melba) is whitish beneath, with a white
band across the breast. The common Indian swift is
Cypselus affinis. See also Palm swift, under
Palm, and Tree swift, under Tree.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Zool.) Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine
lizard.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.) The ghost moth. See under Ghost.
[1913 Webster]
5. [Cf. Swivel.] A reel, or turning instrument, for winding
yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.
[1913 Webster]
6. The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.
[1913 Webster]Black \Black\ (bl[a^]k), a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to
Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[aum]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k,
OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not
akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak pallid. [root]98.]
1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the
color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark
color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a
color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
[1913 Webster]
O night, with hue so black! --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in
darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the
heavens black with clouds.
[1913 Webster]
I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.
--Shak.
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3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;
destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;
cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. "This day's black
fate." "Black villainy." "Arise, black vengeance." "Black
day." "Black despair." --Shak.
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4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;
foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
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Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;
as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,
black-visaged.
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Black act, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a
felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to
hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or
disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for
malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been
called black acts.
Black angel (Zool.), a fish of the West Indies and Florida
(Holacanthus tricolor), with the head and tail yellow,
and the middle of the body black.
Black antimony (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,
Sb2S3, used in pyrotechnics, etc.
Black bear (Zool.), the common American bear ({Ursus
Americanus}).
Black beast. See {B[^e]te noire}.
Black beetle (Zool.), the common large cockroach ({Blatta
orientalis}).
Black bonnet (Zool.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza
Sch[oe]niclus}) of Europe.
Black canker, a disease in turnips and other crops,
produced by a species of caterpillar.
Black cat (Zool.), the fisher, a quadruped of North America
allied to the sable, but larger. See Fisher.
Black cattle, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in
distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]
Black cherry. See under Cherry.
Black cockatoo (Zool.), the palm cockatoo. See Cockatoo.
Black copper. Same as Melaconite.
Black currant. (Bot.) See Currant.
Black diamond. (Min.) See Carbonado.
Black draught (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of
senna and magnesia.
Black drop (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation
consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.
Black earth, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.
Black flag, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a
skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.
Black flea (Zool.), a flea beetle (Haltica nemorum)
injurious to turnips.
Black flux, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,
obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of
niter. --Brande & C.
Black Forest [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in
Baden and W["u]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient
Hercynian forest.
Black game, or Black grouse. (Zool.) See Blackcock,
Grouse, and Heath grouse.
Black grass (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus
Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.
Black gum (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or
pepperidge. See Tupelo.
Black Hamburg (grape) (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of
dark purple or "black" grape.
Black horse (Zool.), a fish of the Mississippi valley
(Cycleptus elongatus), of the sucker family; the
Missouri sucker.
Black lemur (Zool.), the Lemurniger of Madagascar; the
acoumbo of the natives.
Black list, a list of persons who are for some reason
thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list
of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made
for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See
Blacklist, v. t.
Black manganese (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,
MnO2.
Black Maria, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried
to or from jail.
Black martin (Zool.), the chimney swift. See Swift.
Black moss (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the
southern United States. See Tillandsia.
Black oak. See under Oak.
Black ocher. See Wad.
Black pigment, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,
or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of
printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.
Black plate, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.
Black quarter, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a
shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.
Black rat (Zool.), one of the species of rats ({Mus
rattus}), commonly infesting houses.
Black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
Black rust, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist
matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.
Black sheep, one in a family or company who is unlike the
rest, and makes trouble.
Black silver. (Min.) See under Silver.
Black and tan, black mixed or spotted with tan color or
reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of
dogs.
Black tea. See under Tea.
Black tin (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,
stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form
of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.
Black walnut. See under Walnut.
Black warrior (Zool.), an American hawk (Buteo Harlani).
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Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;
Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
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Black martin
(gcide) | Swift \Swift\, n.
1. The current of a stream. [R.] --Walton.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged,
insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form
and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are
destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing
birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to
the humming birds.
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Note: The common European swift (Cypselus apus syn.
Micropus apus) nests in church steeples and under the
tiles of roofs, and is noted for its rapid flight and
shrill screams. It is called also black martin,
black swift, hawk swallow, devil bird,
swingdevil, screech martin, and shriek owl. The
common American, or chimney, swift ({Chaetura
pelagica}) has sharp rigid tips to the tail feathers.
It attaches its nest to the inner walls of chimneys,
and is called also chimney swallow. The Australian
swift (Chaetura caudacuta) also has sharp naked tips
to the tail quills. The European Alpine swift
(Cypselus melba) is whitish beneath, with a white
band across the breast. The common Indian swift is
Cypselus affinis. See also Palm swift, under
Palm, and Tree swift, under Tree.
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3. (Zool.) Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine
lizard.
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4. (Zool.) The ghost moth. See under Ghost.
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5. [Cf. Swivel.] A reel, or turning instrument, for winding
yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.
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6. The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.
[1913 Webster]Black \Black\ (bl[a^]k), a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to
Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[aum]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k,
OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not
akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak pallid. [root]98.]
1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the
color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark
color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a
color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
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O night, with hue so black! --Shak.
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2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in
darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the
heavens black with clouds.
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I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.
--Shak.
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3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;
destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;
cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. "This day's black
fate." "Black villainy." "Arise, black vengeance." "Black
day." "Black despair." --Shak.
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4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;
foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
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Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;
as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,
black-visaged.
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Black act, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a
felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to
hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or
disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for
malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been
called black acts.
Black angel (Zool.), a fish of the West Indies and Florida
(Holacanthus tricolor), with the head and tail yellow,
and the middle of the body black.
Black antimony (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,
Sb2S3, used in pyrotechnics, etc.
Black bear (Zool.), the common American bear ({Ursus
Americanus}).
Black beast. See {B[^e]te noire}.
Black beetle (Zool.), the common large cockroach ({Blatta
orientalis}).
Black bonnet (Zool.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza
Sch[oe]niclus}) of Europe.
Black canker, a disease in turnips and other crops,
produced by a species of caterpillar.
Black cat (Zool.), the fisher, a quadruped of North America
allied to the sable, but larger. See Fisher.
Black cattle, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in
distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]
Black cherry. See under Cherry.
Black cockatoo (Zool.), the palm cockatoo. See Cockatoo.
Black copper. Same as Melaconite.
Black currant. (Bot.) See Currant.
Black diamond. (Min.) See Carbonado.
Black draught (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of
senna and magnesia.
Black drop (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation
consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.
Black earth, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.
Black flag, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a
skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.
Black flea (Zool.), a flea beetle (Haltica nemorum)
injurious to turnips.
Black flux, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,
obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of
niter. --Brande & C.
Black Forest [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in
Baden and W["u]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient
Hercynian forest.
Black game, or Black grouse. (Zool.) See Blackcock,
Grouse, and Heath grouse.
Black grass (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus
Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.
Black gum (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or
pepperidge. See Tupelo.
Black Hamburg (grape) (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of
dark purple or "black" grape.
Black horse (Zool.), a fish of the Mississippi valley
(Cycleptus elongatus), of the sucker family; the
Missouri sucker.
Black lemur (Zool.), the Lemurniger of Madagascar; the
acoumbo of the natives.
Black list, a list of persons who are for some reason
thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list
of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made
for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See
Blacklist, v. t.
Black manganese (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,
MnO2.
Black Maria, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried
to or from jail.
Black martin (Zool.), the chimney swift. See Swift.
Black moss (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the
southern United States. See Tillandsia.
Black oak. See under Oak.
Black ocher. See Wad.
Black pigment, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,
or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of
printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.
Black plate, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.
Black quarter, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a
shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.
Black rat (Zool.), one of the species of rats ({Mus
rattus}), commonly infesting houses.
Black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
Black rust, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist
matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.
Black sheep, one in a family or company who is unlike the
rest, and makes trouble.
Black silver. (Min.) See under Silver.
Black and tan, black mixed or spotted with tan color or
reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of
dogs.
Black tea. See under Tea.
Black tin (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,
stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form
of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.
Black walnut. See under Walnut.
Black warrior (Zool.), an American hawk (Buteo Harlani).
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Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;
Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
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Court-martial
(gcide) | Court-martial \Court`-mar"tial\ (k?rt`m?r"shal), n.; pl.
Courts-martial (k?rts`-).
A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the
trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses
against military or naval law.
[1913 Webster]Court-martial \Court`-mar"tial\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Court-martialed (-shald); p. pr. & vb. n.
Court-martialing.]
To subject to trial by a court-martial.
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Court-martialed
(gcide) | Court-martial \Court`-mar"tial\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Court-martialed (-shald); p. pr. & vb. n.
Court-martialing.]
To subject to trial by a court-martial.
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Court-martialing
(gcide) | Court-martial \Court`-mar"tial\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Court-martialed (-shald); p. pr. & vb. n.
Court-martialing.]
To subject to trial by a court-martial.
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Courts-martial
(gcide) | Court-martial \Court`-mar"tial\ (k?rt`m?r"shal), n.; pl.
Courts-martial (k?rts`-).
A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the
trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses
against military or naval law.
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crocus Martis
(gcide) | Colcothar \Col"co*thar\ (k[o^]l"k[-o]*th[~e]r), n. [NL.
colcothar vitrioli, fr. Ar. qolqo[.t]ar.] (Chem.)
Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in
polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also
crocus Martis.
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Drumhead court-martial
(gcide) | Drumhead \Drum"head`\, n.
1. The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum.
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2. The top of a capstan which is pierced with sockets for
levers used in turning it. See Illust. of Capstan.
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Drumhead court-martial (Mil.), a summary court-martial
called to try offenses on the battlefield or the line of
march, when, sometimes, a drumhead has to do service as a
writing table.
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Ethiops martial
(gcide) | Ethiops \E"thi*ops\n. [NL. See Ethiop.] (Old Chem.)
A black substance; -- formerly applied to various
preparations of a black or very dark color. [Written also
[ae]thiops.] [Obs.]
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Ethiops martial (Old Chem.), black oxide of iron.
Ethiops mineral (Old Chem.), black sulphide of mercury,
obtained by triturating mercury with sulphur.
Ethiops per se (Old Chem.), mercury in finely divided
state, having the appearance of a dark powder, obtained by
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Fairy martin
(gcide) | Fairy \Fair"y\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to fairies.
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2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden.
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Fairy bird (Zool.), the Euoropean little tern ({Sterna
minuta}); -- called also sea swallow, and hooded tern.
Fairy bluebird. (Zool.) See under Bluebird.
Fairy martin (Zool.), a European swallow (Hirrundo ariel)
that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging
cliffs.
Fairy rings or Fairy circles, the circles formed in
grassy lawns by certain fungi (as Marasmius Oreades),
formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their
midnight dances; also, the mushrooms themselves. Such
circles may have diameters larger than three meters.
Fairy shrimp (Zool.), a European fresh-water phyllopod
crustacean (Chirocephalus diaphanus); -- so called from
its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions.
The name is sometimes applied to similar American species.
Fairy stone (Paleon.), an echinite.
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Flamen Martialis
(gcide) | Flamen \Fla"men\, n.; pl. E. Flammens, L. Flamines. [L.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from
whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored
were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called
respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and {Flamen
Quirinalis}.
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Affrights the flamens at their service quaint.
--Milton.
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Free-martin
(gcide) | Free-martin \Free"-mar`tin\, n. (Zool.)
An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a male, which is
sterile as a result of exposure to masculinizing hormones.
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General court-martial
(gcide) | General \Gen"er*al\, a. [F. g['e]n['e]ral, fr. L. generalis. See
Genus.]
1. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class
or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable
economy.
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2. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or
particular; including all particulars; as, a general
inference or conclusion.
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3. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not
specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a
loose and general expression.
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4. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread;
prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general
opinion; a general custom.
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This general applause and cheerful shout
Argue your wisdom and your love to Richard. --Shak.
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5. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam,
our general sire. --Milton.
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6. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.
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His general behavior vain, ridiculous. --Shak.
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7. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or
method.
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Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually
denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general;
adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster
general; vicar-general, etc.
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General agent (Law), an agent whom a principal employs to
transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act
in his affairs generally.
General assembly. See the Note under Assembly.
General average, General Court. See under Average,
Court.
General court-martial (Mil.), the highest military and
naval judicial tribunal.
General dealer (Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all
articles in common use.
General demurrer (Law), a demurrer which objects to a
pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without
specifying the defects. --Abbott.
General epistle, a canonical epistle.
General guides (Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and
the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and
left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy
in marching. --Farrow.
General hospitals (Mil.), hospitals established to receive
sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. --Farrow.
General issue (Law), an issue made by a general plea, which
traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once,
without offering any special matter to evade it.
--Bouvier. --Burrill.
General lien (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc.,
until payment is made of any balance due on a general
account.
General officer (Mil.), any officer having a rank above
that of colonel.
General orders (Mil.), orders from headquarters published
to the whole command.
General practitioner, in the United States, one who
practices medicine in all its branches without confining
himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices
both as physician and as surgeon.
General ship, a ship not chartered or let to particular
parties.
General term (Logic), a term which is the sign of a general
conception or notion.
General verdict (Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict
in civil actions, "for the plaintiff" or "for the
defendant". --Burrill.
General warrant (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend
suspected persons, without naming individuals.
Syn: Syn. General, Common, Universal.
Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and
hence, that which is often met with. General is
stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority
of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.
Universal, that which pertains to all without
exception. To be able to read and write is so common
an attainment in the United States, that we may
pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
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house martin
(gcide) | Martin \Mar"tin\, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin.
Cf. Martlet.] (Zool.)
One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail
less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.
[Written also marten.]
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Note: The American purple martin, or bee martin ({Progne
subis} or Progne purpurea), and the European {house
martin}, or window martin (Hirundo urbica or
Chelidon urbica), are the best known species.
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Bank martin.
(a) The bank swallow. See under Bank.
(b) The fairy martin. See under Fairy.
Bee martin.
(a) The purple martin.
(b) The kingbird.
Sand martin, the bank swallow.
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Immartial
(gcide) | Immartial \Im*mar"tial\, a.
Not martial; unwarlike. [Obs.]
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Ionornis Martinica
(gcide) | Gallinule \Gal"li*nule\, n. [L. gallinula chicken, dim. of
gallina hen: cf. F. gallinule.] (Zool.)
One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a
frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are
remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating
plants. The purple gallinule of America is {Ionornis
Martinica}, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio.
The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also
called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot,
night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to
it is the Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata).
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Note: The purple gallinule of Southern Europe and Asia was
formerly believed to be able to detect and report
adultery, and for that reason, chiefly, it was commonly
domesticated by the ancients.
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