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maw
(encz) | maw,chřtán n: Zdeněk Brož |
maw
(encz) | maw,jícen n: Zdeněk Brož |
maw
(encz) | maw,tlama n: Zdeněk Brož |
Maw
(gcide) | Maw \Maw\ (m[add]), n. [See Mew a gull.] (Zool.)
A gull.
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Maw
(gcide) | Maw \Maw\, n. [OE. mawe, AS. maga stomach; akin to D. maag, OHG.
mago, G. magen, Icel. magi, Sw. mage, Dan. mave. [root]103.]
1. A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by
swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the
lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt. --Chaucer.
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Bellies and maws of living creatures. --Bacon.
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2. Appetite; inclination. [Obs.]
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Unless you had more maw to do me good. --Beau. & Fl.
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Fish maw. (Zool.) See under Fish.
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Maw
(gcide) | Maw \Maw\, n.
An old game at cards. --Sir A. Weldon.
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maw
(wn) | maw
n 1: informal terms for the mouth [syn: trap, cakehole,
hole, maw, yap, gob] |
maw
(vera) | MAW
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cmaws
(encz) | CMAWS,Common Missile Approach Warning System [zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož
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mawkish
(encz) | mawkish,falešně sentimentální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
mawkishly
(encz) | mawkishly, |
mawkishness
(encz) | mawkishness,falešná sentimentálnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
mawr
(encz) | Mawr, |
maws
(encz) | MAWS,Missile Approach Warning System [zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
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mollymawk
(encz) | mollymawk, n: |
Dismaw
(gcide) | Dismaw \Dis*maw"\, v. t.
To eject from the maw; to disgorge. [R.] --Shelton.
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Fish maw
(gcide) | Maw \Maw\, n. [OE. mawe, AS. maga stomach; akin to D. maag, OHG.
mago, G. magen, Icel. magi, Sw. mage, Dan. mave. [root]103.]
1. A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by
swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the
lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt. --Chaucer.
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Bellies and maws of living creatures. --Bacon.
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2. Appetite; inclination. [Obs.]
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Unless you had more maw to do me good. --Beau. & Fl.
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Fish maw. (Zool.) See under Fish.
[1913 Webster]Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. Fishes (f[i^]sh"[e^]z), or collectively,
Fish. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch,
OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk,
Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. Piscatorial. In some
cases, such as fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob.
been confused with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]
1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of
diverse characteristics, living in the water.
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2. (Zool.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having
fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means
of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See
Pisces.
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Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),
Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians
(sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and
Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now
generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the
fishes.
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3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
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4. The flesh of fish, used as food.
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5. (Naut.)
(a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
(b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,
used to strengthen a mast or yard.
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Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;
as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.
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Age of Fishes. See under Age, n., 8.
Fish ball, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed
with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,
round cake. [U.S.]
Fish bar. Same as Fish plate (below).
Fish beam (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the
under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.
Fish crow (Zool.), a species of crow (Corvus ossifragus),
found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It feeds
largely on fish.
Fish culture, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;
pisciculture.
Fish davit. See Davit.
Fish day, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.
Fish duck (Zool.), any species of merganser.
Fish fall, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used
in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.
Fish garth, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or
taking them easily.
Fish glue. See Isinglass.
Fish joint, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates
fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their
junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of
railroads.
Fish kettle, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.
Fish ladder, a dam with a series of steps which fish can
leap in order to ascend falls in a river.
Fish line, or Fishing line, a line made of twisted hair,
silk, etc., used in angling.
Fish louse (Zool.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,
esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to Caligus,
Argulus, and other related genera. See Branchiura.
Fish maw (Zool.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air
bladder, or sound.
Fish meal, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in
soups, etc.
Fish oil, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine
animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.
Fish owl (Zool.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World genera
Scotopelia and Ketupa, esp. a large East Indian
species (K. Ceylonensis).
Fish plate, one of the plates of a fish joint.
Fish pot, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for
catching crabs, lobsters, etc.
Fish pound, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and
catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
Fish slice, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a
fish trowel.
Fish slide, an inclined box set in a stream at a small
fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.
--Knight.
Fish sound, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those
that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for
the preparation of isinglass.
Fish story, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant
or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
Fish strainer.
(a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a
boiler.
(b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,
to drain the water from a boiled fish.
Fish trowel, a fish slice.
Fish weir or Fish wear, a weir set in a stream, for
catching fish.
Neither fish nor flesh, Neither fish nor fowl (Fig.),
neither one thing nor the other.
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Maw
(gcide) | Maw \Maw\ (m[add]), n. [See Mew a gull.] (Zool.)
A gull.
[1913 Webster]Maw \Maw\, n. [OE. mawe, AS. maga stomach; akin to D. maag, OHG.
mago, G. magen, Icel. magi, Sw. mage, Dan. mave. [root]103.]
1. A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by
swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the
lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt. --Chaucer.
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Bellies and maws of living creatures. --Bacon.
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2. Appetite; inclination. [Obs.]
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Unless you had more maw to do me good. --Beau. & Fl.
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Fish maw. (Zool.) See under Fish.
[1913 Webster]Maw \Maw\, n.
An old game at cards. --Sir A. Weldon.
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Mawk
(gcide) | Mawk \Mawk\ (m[add]k), n. [OE. mauk, ma[eth]ek, Icel. ma[eth]kr;
akin to Dan. maddik, and E. mad an earthworm. See Mad, n.]
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1. A maggot. [Scot.]
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2. A slattern; a mawks. [Prov. Eng.]
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Mawkin
(gcide) | Mawkin \Maw"kin\, n.
See Malkin, and Maukin.
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Mawkingly
(gcide) | Mawkingly \Mawk"ing*ly\, adv.
Slatternly. [Obs.]
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Mawkish
(gcide) | Mawkish \Mawk"ish\, a. [Orig., maggoty. See Mawk.]
1. Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; slightly
nauseating; disgusting.
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So sweetly mawkish', and so smoothly dull. --Pope.
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2. Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious.
--J. H. Newman.
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3. Weakly sentimental; maudlin.
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Mawkishly
(gcide) | Mawkishly \Mawk"ish*ly\, adv.
In a mawkish way.
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Mawkishness
(gcide) | Mawkishness \Mawk"ish*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being mawkish. --J. H. Newman.
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Mawks
(gcide) | Mawks \Mawks\, n.
A slattern; a mawk. [Prov. Eng.]
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Mawky
(gcide) | Mawky \Mawk"y\, a.
Maggoty. [Prov. Eng.]
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Mawmet
(gcide) | Mawmet \Maw"met\, n. [Contr. fr. Mahomet.]
A puppet; a doll; originally, an idol, because in the Middle
Ages it was generally believed that the Mohammedans worshiped
images representing Mohammed. [Obs.] --Wyclif. Beau. & Fl.
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Mawmetry
(gcide) | Mawmetry \Maw"met*ry\, n.
The religion of Mohammed; also, idolatry. See Mawmet.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Mawmish
(gcide) | Mawmish \Maw"mish\, a. [Prov. E. maum soft, mellow, rotten; cf.
OD. molm rotten wood, G. mulm.]
Nauseous. [Obs.] --L' Estrange.
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Mawseed
(gcide) | Mawseed \Maw"seed`\, n. [Cf. G. magsamen.] (Bot.)
The seed of the opium poppy.
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mawther
(gcide) | Mauther \Mau"ther\ (m[add]"[th][~e]r), n. [Cf. AS. maeg[thorn] a
maid.] [Also spelled mawther, mother.]
A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench. [Prov. Eng.]
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Mawworm
(gcide) | Mawworm \Maw"worm`\, n. [Maw the belly + worm.] (Zool.)
(a) Any intestinal worm found in the stomach, esp. the common
round worm (Ascaris lumbricoides), and allied species.
(b) One of the larvae of botflies of horses; a bot.
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mollymawk
(gcide) | Glutton \Glut"ton\, n. [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L.
gluto, glutto. See Glut.]
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1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
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2. Fig.: One who gluts himself.
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Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. --Granville.
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3. (Zool.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly {Gulo
luscus}), of the weasel family Mustelid[ae], about the
size of a large badger; called also wolverine,
wolverene and carcajou. It was formerly believed to be
inordinately voracious, whence the name. It is a native of
the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
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Glutton bird (Zool.), the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga
gigantea}); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and
mollymawk.
[1913 Webster]Mollemoke \Mol"le*moke`\, n. [Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and
fulmars, as Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and
several species of Aestrelata, of the Southern Ocean. See
Fulmar. [Written also mollymawk, malmock, mollemock,
mallemocke, etc.]
[1913 Webster]Molly-mawk \Mol"ly-mawk`\, n. (Zool.)
See Mollemoke.
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Molly-mawk
(gcide) | Glutton \Glut"ton\, n. [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L.
gluto, glutto. See Glut.]
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1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
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2. Fig.: One who gluts himself.
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Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. --Granville.
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3. (Zool.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly {Gulo
luscus}), of the weasel family Mustelid[ae], about the
size of a large badger; called also wolverine,
wolverene and carcajou. It was formerly believed to be
inordinately voracious, whence the name. It is a native of
the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
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Glutton bird (Zool.), the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga
gigantea}); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and
mollymawk.
[1913 Webster]Mollemoke \Mol"le*moke`\, n. [Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and
fulmars, as Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and
several species of Aestrelata, of the Southern Ocean. See
Fulmar. [Written also mollymawk, malmock, mollemock,
mallemocke, etc.]
[1913 Webster]Molly-mawk \Mol"ly-mawk`\, n. (Zool.)
See Mollemoke.
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Sea maw
(gcide) | Sea maw \Sea" maw`\ (Zool.)
The sea mew.
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achomawi
(wn) | Achomawi
n 1: a member of the Achomawi community of northeastern
California
2: a community of Native Americans who speak a Hokan language
and live in northeastern California
3: the Shastan language spoken by the Achomawi |
mawkish
(wn) | mawkish
adj 1: effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel";
"maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness";
"a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy
poetry" [syn: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin,
mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy,
sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy] |
mawkishly
(wn) | mawkishly
adv 1: in a mawkish and emotional manner; "the violinist played
that piece mawkishly" [syn: mawkishly, drippily] |
mawkishness
(wn) | mawkishness
n 1: insincere pathos [syn: mawkishness, bathos]
2: falsely emotional in a maudlin way [syn: mawkishness,
sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness,
sloppiness] |
mawlamyine
(wn) | Mawlamyine
n 1: a port city of southern Myanmar on the Gulf of Martaban
[syn: Moulmein, Mawlamyine] |
mollymawk
(wn) | mollymawk
n 1: large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having
long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight [syn:
albatross, mollymawk] |
mawk
(foldoc) | mawk
An faster implementation of nawk written by
Mike Brennan at Boeing in 1991 and distributed under GPL but
distinct from GNU's gawk.
Interpreter version 1.1.3 has been ported to Sun-3,
Sun-4/SunOS 4.0.3; Vax/BSD 4.3, ULTRIX 4.1;
Stardent 3000/SYSVR3; DECStation/ULTRIX 4.1,
MS-DOS/Turbo C++.
(ftp://oxy.edu/public/mawk).
(2000-05-04)
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