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moe
(encz) | Moe,Moe n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
moe
(czen) | moe,margin of exposure[eko.] Hraniční expozice vyjádřená rovnicí MOE =
NOAEL / EED RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
moe
(czen) | Moe,Moen: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Moe
(gcide) | Moe \Moe\, n.
A wry face or mouth; a mow. [Obs.]
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Moe
(gcide) | Moe \Moe\, v. i.
To make faces; to mow. [Obs.]
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Moe
(gcide) | Moe \Moe\, a., adv., & n. [AS. m[=a] See More.]
More. See Mo. [Obs.] "Sing no more ditties, sing no moe."
--Shak.
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moe
(gcide) | Mo \Mo\ (m[=o]), a., adv., & n. [Written also moe.] [AS.
m[=a]. See More.]
More; -- usually, more in number. [Obs.]
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An hundred thousand mo. --Chaucer.
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Likely to find mo to commend than to imitate it.
--Fuller.
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moe
(gcide) | Mow \Mow\, n. [Written also moe and mowe.] [F. moue pouting,
a wry face; cf. OD. mouwe the protruded lip.]
A wry face. "Make mows at him." --Shak.
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moe
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amoeba
(encz) | amoeba,améba Josef Kosek |
amoebae
(encz) | amoebae,améba n: Zdeněk Brožamoebae,měňavka n: Zdeněk Brož |
amoebas
(encz) | amoebas,améby n: Zdeněk Brož |
amoebiasis
(encz) | amoebiasis,amébiáza Zdeněk Brož |
amoebic
(encz) | amoebic,amébovitý adj: Zdeněk Brožamoebic,amébový Josef Kosek |
amoeboid
(encz) | amoeboid,améboidní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
homoecious
(encz) | homoecious, adj: |
homoeopath
(encz) | homoeopath,homeopat n: Zdeněk Brož |
homoeopathic
(encz) | homoeopathic,homeopatický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
homoeopathy
(encz) | homoeopathy,homeopatie n: Zdeněk Brož |
homoeostasis
(encz) | homoeostasis,homeostáze [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
homoerotic
(encz) | homoerotic,homosexuální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
homoeroticism
(encz) | homoeroticism,homosexualita n: Zdeněk Brožhomoeroticism,homosexuálnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
moen
(encz) | Moen,Moen n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
order amoebida
(encz) | order Amoebida, n: |
order amoebina
(encz) | order Amoebina, n: |
pneumoencephalogram
(encz) | pneumoencephalogram, n: |
schmoe
(encz) | schmoe, |
star ipomoea
(encz) | star ipomoea, n: |
thermoelectric
(encz) | thermoelectric,termoelektrický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
thermoelectric thermometer
(encz) | thermoelectric thermometer, n: |
thermoelectrical
(encz) | thermoelectrical, adj: |
thermoelectricity
(encz) | thermoelectricity, n: |
tribromoethanol
(encz) | tribromoethanol, n: |
tribromoethyl alcohol
(encz) | tribromoethyl alcohol, n: |
moen
(czen) | Moen,Moenn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
termoelektrický
(czen) | termoelektrický,thermoelectricadj: Zdeněk Brož |
Amoeba
(gcide) | Amoeba \A*moe"ba\, Amoeba \A*m[oe]"ba\, n.; pl. L.
Am[oe]b[ae]; E. Am[oe]bas. [NL., fr. Gr. ? change.]
(Zool.)
A rhizopod common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many
changes of form at will. Same as ameba. See Rhizopoda.
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Amoebae
(gcide) | Amoeba \A*moe"ba\, Amoeba \A*m[oe]"ba\, n.; pl. L.
Am[oe]b[ae]; E. Am[oe]bas. [NL., fr. Gr. ? change.]
(Zool.)
A rhizopod common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many
changes of form at will. Same as ameba. See Rhizopoda.
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Amoebaeum
(gcide) | Amoebaeum \Am`[oe]*b[ae]"um\, n. [L. am[oe]baeus, Gr. ?,
alternate; L. amoebaeum carmen, Gr. ? ?, a responsive song,
fr. ? change.]
A poem in which persons are represented at speaking
alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.
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amoeban
(gcide) | ameban \ameban\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to amoebae. Same as amoeban. [Also
spelled amoeban.]
Syn: amoebic, amebic, amoeban, amoebous, amebous
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2. Caused by amoebae; -- of diseases; the more common word is
amoebic. Amoebic dysentry is caused by the amoeba
Entamoeba histolytica.
Syn: amoebic, amebic
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Amoebas
(gcide) | Amoeba \A*moe"ba\, Amoeba \A*m[oe]"ba\, n.; pl. L.
Am[oe]b[ae]; E. Am[oe]bas. [NL., fr. Gr. ? change.]
(Zool.)
A rhizopod common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many
changes of form at will. Same as ameba. See Rhizopoda.
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Amoebea
(gcide) | Amoebea \Am`[oe]*be"a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba and
similar forms.
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Amoebean
(gcide) | Amoebean \Am`[oe]*be"an\, a.
Alternately answering.
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Amoebian
(gcide) | Amoebian \A*m[oe]"bi*an\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Am[oe]bea.
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amoebic
(gcide) | ameban \ameban\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to amoebae. Same as amoeban. [Also
spelled amoeban.]
Syn: amoebic, amebic, amoeban, amoebous, amebous
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2. Caused by amoebae; -- of diseases; the more common word is
amoebic. Amoebic dysentry is caused by the amoeba
Entamoeba histolytica.
Syn: amoebic, amebic
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Amoebiform
(gcide) | Amoebiform \A*m[oe]"bi*form\, Amoeboid \A*m[oe]"boid\, a.
[Am[oe]ba + -form or -oid.] (Biol.)
Resembling an am[oe]ba; am[oe]ba-shaped; changing in shape
like an am[oe]ba.
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Am[oe]boid movement, movement produced, as in the am[oe]ba,
by successive processes of prolongation and retraction.
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Amoeboid
(gcide) | Amoebiform \A*m[oe]"bi*form\, Amoeboid \A*m[oe]"boid\, a.
[Am[oe]ba + -form or -oid.] (Biol.)
Resembling an am[oe]ba; am[oe]ba-shaped; changing in shape
like an am[oe]ba.
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Am[oe]boid movement, movement produced, as in the am[oe]ba,
by successive processes of prolongation and retraction.
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Amoeboid movement
(gcide) | Amoebiform \A*m[oe]"bi*form\, Amoeboid \A*m[oe]"boid\, a.
[Am[oe]ba + -form or -oid.] (Biol.)
Resembling an am[oe]ba; am[oe]ba-shaped; changing in shape
like an am[oe]ba.
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Am[oe]boid movement, movement produced, as in the am[oe]ba,
by successive processes of prolongation and retraction.
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Amoebous
(gcide) | Amoebous \A*m[oe]"bous\, a.
Like an am[oe]ba in structure.
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Asemum moestum
(gcide) | Pruner \Prun"er\, n.
1. One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of beetles whose
larv[ae] gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to
fall, especially the American oak pruner ({Asemum
m[oe]stum}), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches,
and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside
nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a
pupa.
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Carphophis amoena
(gcide) | Thunder \Thun"der\, n. [OE. [thorn]under, [thorn]onder,
[thorn]oner, AS. [thorn]unor; akin to [thorn]unian to
stretch, to thunder, D. donder thunder, G. donner, OHG.
donar, Icel. [thorn][=o]rr Thor, L. tonare to thunder,
tonitrus thunder, Gr. to`nos a stretching, straining, Skr.
tan to stretch. [root]52. See Thin, and cf. Astonish,
Detonate, Intone, Thursday, Tone.]
1. The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report
of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
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2. The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt. [Obs.]
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The revenging gods
'Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend.
--Shak.
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3. Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.
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4. An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
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The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike
into the heart of princes. --Prescott.
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Thunder pumper. (Zool.)
(a) The croaker (Haploidontus grunniens).
(b) The American bittern or stake-driver.
Thunder rod, a lightning rod. [R.]
Thunder snake. (Zool.)
(a) The chicken, or milk, snake.
(b) A small reddish ground snake (Carphophis amoena syn.
Celuta amoena) native to the Eastern United States;
-- called also worm snake.
Thunder tube, a fulgurite. See Fulgurite.
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Celuta amoena
(gcide) | ground \ground\ (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin
to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom,
Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust,
gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.]
1. The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or
some indefinite portion of it.
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There was not a man to till the ground. --Gen. ii.
5.
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The fire ran along upon the ground. --Ex. ix. 23.
Hence: A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the
earth.
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2. Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region;
territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or
resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place
of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground.
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From . . . old Euphrates, to the brook that parts
Egypt from Syrian ground. --Milton.
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3. Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens,
lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the
grounds of the estate are well kept.
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Thy next design is on thy neighbor's grounds.
--Dryden. 4.
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4. The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The
foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise,
reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of
existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as,
the ground of my hope.
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5. (Paint. & Decorative Art)
(a) That surface upon which the figures of a composition
are set, and which relieves them by its plainness,
being either of one tint or of tints but slightly
contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a
white ground. See Background, Foreground, and
Middle-ground.
(b) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are
raised in relief.
(c) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the
embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground.
See Brussels lace, under Brussels.
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6. (Etching) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a
metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except
where an opening is made by the needle.
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7. (Arch.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the
plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; --
usually in the plural.
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Note: Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering
floated flush with them.
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8. (Mus.)
(a) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few
bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to
a varying melody.
(b) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
--Moore (Encyc.).
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On that ground I'll build a holy descant.
--Shak.
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9. (Elec.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby
the earth is made part of an electrical circuit.
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10. pl. Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs;
lees; feces; as, coffee grounds.
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11. The pit of a theater. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Ground angling, angling with a weighted line without a
float.
Ground annual (Scots Law), an estate created in land by a
vassal who instead of selling his land outright reserves
an annual ground rent, which becomes a perpetual charge
upon the land.
Ground ash. (Bot.) See Groutweed.
Ground bailiff (Mining), a superintendent of mines.
--Simmonds.
Ground bait, bits of bread, boiled barley or worms, etc.,
thrown into the water to collect the fish, --Wallon.
Ground bass or Ground base (Mus.), fundamental base; a
fundamental base continually repeated to a varied melody.
Ground beetle (Zool.), one of numerous species of
carnivorous beetles of the family Carabid[ae], living
mostly in burrows or under stones, etc.
Ground chamber, a room on the ground floor.
Ground cherry. (Bot.)
(a) A genus (Physalis) of herbaceous plants having an
inflated calyx for a seed pod: esp., the strawberry
tomato (Physalis Alkekengi). See Alkekengl.
(b) A European shrub (Prunus Cham[ae]cerasus), with
small, very acid fruit.
Ground cuckoo. (Zool.) See Chaparral cock.
Ground cypress. (Bot.) See Lavender cotton.
Ground dove (Zool.), one of several small American pigeons
of the genus Columbigallina, esp. C. passerina of the
Southern United States, Mexico, etc. They live chiefly on
the ground.
Ground fish (Zool.), any fish which constantly lives on the
botton of the sea, as the sole, turbot, halibut.
Ground floor, the floor of a house most nearly on a level
with the ground; -- called also in America, but not in
England, the first floor.
Ground form (Gram.), the stem or basis of a word, to which
the other parts are added in declension or conjugation. It
is sometimes, but not always, the same as the root.
Ground furze (Bot.), a low slightly thorny, leguminous
shrub (Ononis arvensis) of Europe and Central Asia,; --
called also rest-harrow.
Ground game, hares, rabbits, etc., as distinguished from
winged game.
Ground hele (Bot.), a perennial herb ({Veronica
officinalis}) with small blue flowers, common in Europe
and America, formerly thought to have curative properties.
Ground of the heavens (Astron.), the surface of any part of
the celestial sphere upon which the stars may be regarded
as projected.
Ground hemlock (Bot.), the yew (Taxus baccata var.
Canadensisi) of eastern North America, distinguished from
that of Europe by its low, straggling stems.
Ground hog. (Zool.)
(a) The woodchuck or American marmot (Arctomys monax).
See Woodchuck.
(b) The aardvark.
Ground hold (Naut.), ground tackle. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Ground ice, ice formed at the bottom of a body of water
before it forms on the surface.
Ground ivy. (Bot.) A trailing plant; alehoof. See Gill.
Ground joist, a joist for a basement or ground floor; a.
sleeper.
Ground lark (Zool.), the European pipit. See Pipit.
Ground laurel (Bot.). See Trailing arbutus, under
Arbutus.
Ground line (Descriptive Geom.), the line of intersection
of the horizontal and vertical planes of projection.
Ground liverwort (Bot.), a flowerless plant with a broad
flat forking thallus and the fruit raised on peduncled and
radiated receptacles (Marchantia polymorpha).
Ground mail, in Scotland, the fee paid for interment in a
churchyard.
Ground mass (Geol.), the fine-grained or glassy base of a
rock, in which distinct crystals of its constituents are
embedded.
Ground parrakeet (Zool.), one of several Australian
parrakeets, of the genera Callipsittacus and
Geopsittacus, which live mainly upon the ground.
Ground pearl (Zool.), an insect of the family Coccid[ae]
(Margarodes formicarum), found in ants' nests in the
Bahamas, and having a shelly covering. They are strung
like beads, and made into necklaces by the natives.
Ground pig (Zool.), a large, burrowing, African rodent
(Aulacodus Swinderianus) about two feet long, allied to
the porcupines but with harsh, bristly hair, and no
spines; -- called also ground rat.
Ground pigeon (Zool.), one of numerous species of pigeons
which live largely upon the ground, as the tooth-billed
pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), of the Samoan
Islands, and the crowned pigeon, or goura. See Goura,
and Ground dove (above).
Ground pine. (Bot.)
(a) A blue-flowered herb of the genus Ajuga ({A.
Cham[ae]pitys}), formerly included in the genus
Teucrium or germander, and named from its resinous
smell. --Sir J. Hill.
(b) A long, creeping, evergreen plant of the genus
Lycopodium (L. clavatum); -- called also {club
moss}.
(c) A tree-shaped evergreen plant about eight inches in
height, of the same genus (L. dendroideum) found in
moist, dark woods in the northern part of the United
States. --Gray.
Ground plan (Arch.), a plan of the ground floor of any
building, or of any floor, as distinguished from an
elevation or perpendicular section.
Ground plane, the horizontal plane of projection in
perspective drawing.
Ground plate.
(a) (Arch.) One of the chief pieces of framing of a
building; a timber laid horizontally on or near the
ground to support the uprights; a ground sill or
groundsel.
(b) (Railroads) A bed plate for sleepers or ties; a
mudsill.
(c) (Teleg.) A metallic plate buried in the earth to
conduct the electric current thereto. Connection to
the pipes of a gas or water main is usual in cities.
--Knight.
Ground plot, the ground upon which any structure is
erected; hence, any basis or foundation; also, a ground
plan.
Ground plum (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Astragalus
caryocarpus}) occurring from the Saskatchewan to Texas,
and having a succulent plum-shaped pod.
Ground rat. (Zool.) See Ground pig (above).
Ground rent, rent paid for the privilege of building on
another man's land.
Ground robin. (Zool.) See Chewink.
Ground room, a room on the ground floor; a lower room.
--Tatler.
Ground sea, the West Indian name for a swell of the ocean,
which occurs in calm weather and without obvious cause,
breaking on the shore in heavy roaring billows; -- called
also rollers, and in Jamaica, the North sea.
Ground sill. See Ground plate (a) (above).
Ground snake (Zool.), a small burrowing American snake
(Celuta am[oe]na). It is salmon colored, and has a blunt
tail.
Ground squirrel. (Zool.)
(a) One of numerous species of burrowing rodents of the
genera Tamias and Spermophilus, having cheek
pouches. The former genus includes the Eastern
striped squirrel or chipmunk and some allied Western
species; the latter includes the prairie squirrel or
striped gopher, the gray gopher, and many allied
Western species. See Chipmunk, and Gopher.
(b) Any species of the African genus Xerus, allied to
Tamias.
Ground story. Same as Ground floor (above).
Ground substance (Anat.), the intercellular substance, or
matrix, of tissues.
Ground swell.
(a) (Bot.) The plant groundsel. [Obs.] --Holland.
(b) A broad, deep swell or undulation of the ocean,
caused by a long continued gale, and felt even at a
remote distance after the gale has ceased.
Ground table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Ground tackle (Naut.), the tackle necessary to secure a
vessel at anchor. --Totten.
Ground thrush (Zool.), one of numerous species of
bright-colored Oriental birds of the family Pittid[ae].
See Pitta.
Ground tier.
(a) The lowest tier of water casks in a vessel's hold.
--Totten.
(b) The lowest line of articles of any kind stowed in a
vessel's hold.
(c) The lowest range of boxes in a theater.
Ground timbers (Shipbuilding) the timbers which lie on the
keel and are bolted to the keelson; floor timbers.
--Knight.
Ground tit. (Zool.) See Ground wren (below).
Ground wheel, that wheel of a harvester, mowing machine,
etc., which, rolling on the ground, drives the mechanism.
Ground wren (Zool.), a small California bird ({Cham[ae]a
fasciata}) allied to the wrens and titmice. It inhabits
the arid plains. Called also ground tit, and wren tit.
To bite the ground, To break ground. See under Bite,
Break.
To come to the ground, To fall to the ground, to come to
nothing; to fail; to miscarry.
To gain ground.
(a) To advance; to proceed forward in conflict; as, an
army in battle gains ground.
(b) To obtain an advantage; to have some success; as, the
army gains ground on the enemy.
(c) To gain credit; to become more prosperous or
influential.
To get ground, or To gather ground, to gain ground. [R.]
"Evening mist . . . gathers ground fast." --Milton.
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There is no way for duty to prevail, and get ground
of them, but by bidding higher. --South.
To give ground, to recede; to yield advantage.
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These nine . . . began to give me ground. --Shak.
To lose ground, to retire; to retreat; to withdraw from the
position taken; hence, to lose advantage; to lose credit
or reputation; to decline.
To stand one's ground, to stand firm; to resist attack or
encroachment. --Atterbury.
To take the ground to touch bottom or become stranded; --
said of a ship.
[1913 Webster]Thunder \Thun"der\, n. [OE. [thorn]under, [thorn]onder,
[thorn]oner, AS. [thorn]unor; akin to [thorn]unian to
stretch, to thunder, D. donder thunder, G. donner, OHG.
donar, Icel. [thorn][=o]rr Thor, L. tonare to thunder,
tonitrus thunder, Gr. to`nos a stretching, straining, Skr.
tan to stretch. [root]52. See Thin, and cf. Astonish,
Detonate, Intone, Thursday, Tone.]
1. The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report
of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
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2. The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt. [Obs.]
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The revenging gods
'Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend.
--Shak.
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3. Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.
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4. An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
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The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike
into the heart of princes. --Prescott.
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Thunder pumper. (Zool.)
(a) The croaker (Haploidontus grunniens).
(b) The American bittern or stake-driver.
Thunder rod, a lightning rod. [R.]
Thunder snake. (Zool.)
(a) The chicken, or milk, snake.
(b) A small reddish ground snake (Carphophis amoena syn.
Celuta amoena) native to the Eastern United States;
-- called also worm snake.
Thunder tube, a fulgurite. See Fulgurite.
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Chamoecyparis sphaeroidea
(gcide) | cedar \ce"dar\ (s[=e]"d[~e]r), n. [AS. ceder, fr. L. cedrus, Gr.
ke`dros.] (Bot.)
The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable
for its durability and fragrant odor.
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Note: The cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani; the white
cedar (Cupressus thyoides) is now called
Cham[oe]cyparis sph[ae]roidea; American red cedar is
the Juniperus Virginiana; Spanish cedar, the West
Indian Cedrela odorata. Many other trees with
odoriferous wood are locally called cedar.
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Dynamo-electric
(gcide) | Dynamo-electric \Dy`na*mo-e*lec"tric\, a. [Gr. ? power + E.
electric. See Dynamic.]
Pertaining to the development of electricity, especially
electrical currents, by power; producing electricity or
electrical currents by mechanical power.
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Entamoeba histolytica
(gcide) | ameban \ameban\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to amoebae. Same as amoeban. [Also
spelled amoeban.]
Syn: amoebic, amebic, amoeban, amoebous, amebous
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Caused by amoebae; -- of diseases; the more common word is
amoebic. Amoebic dysentry is caused by the amoeba
Entamoeba histolytica.
Syn: amoebic, amebic
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Homoeomeria
(gcide) | Homoeomeria \Ho`m[oe]*o*me"ri*a\, n. [L., from Gr. ?; ? like + ?
part.]
The state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or
first principles; likeness or identity of parts. Homoeomeric |
Homoeomeric
(gcide) | Homoeomeric \Ho`m[oe]*o*mer"ic\, Homoeomerical
\Ho`m[oe]*o*mer"ic*al\, a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, sameness of parts;
receiving or advocating the doctrine of homogeneity of
elements or first principles.
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Homoeomerical
(gcide) | Homoeomeric \Ho`m[oe]*o*mer"ic\, Homoeomerical
\Ho`m[oe]*o*mer"ic*al\, a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, sameness of parts;
receiving or advocating the doctrine of homogeneity of
elements or first principles.
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Homoeomerous
(gcide) | Homoeomerous \Ho`m[oe]*om"er*ous\, a. (Anat.)
Having the main artery of the leg parallel with the sciatic
nerve; -- said of certain birds.
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Homoeomery
(gcide) | Homoeomery \Ho`m[oe]*om"e*ry\, n. [Gr. ? like + -metry.]
Same as Hom[oe]omeria. [Obs.] --Cudworth.
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Homoeomorphism
(gcide) | Homoeomorphism \Ho`m[oe]*o*mor"phism\, n. [See
Hom[oe]omorphous.]
A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike
chemical compounds. See Isomorphism.
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Homoeomorphous
(gcide) | Homoeomorphous \Ho`m[oe]*o*mor"phous\, a. [Gr. ? of like form; ?
like + morfh` form.]
Manifesting hom[oe]omorphism. Homoeopathist
Homoeopathic |
homoeopath
(gcide) | Homeopath \Ho"me*o*path\, n. [Cf. F. hom['e]opathe.]
A practitioner of homeopathy. [Written also hom[oe]opath.]
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Homoeopathic
(gcide) | Homoeopathic \Ho`m[oe]*o*path"ic\, a., Homoeopathist
\Ho`m[oe]*op"a*thist\, n., Homoeopathy \Ho`m[oe]*op"a*thy\, n.
Same as Homeopathic, Homeopathist, Homeopathy.
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homoeopathically
(gcide) | Homeopathically \Ho`me*o*path"ic*al*ly\, adv.
According to the practice of homeopathy. [Also
hom[oe]opathically.]
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Homoeopathist
(gcide) | Homoeopathic \Ho`m[oe]*o*path"ic\, a., Homoeopathist
\Ho`m[oe]*op"a*thist\, n., Homoeopathy \Ho`m[oe]*op"a*thy\, n.
Same as Homeopathic, Homeopathist, Homeopathy.
[1913 Webster]Homeopathist \Ho`me*op"a*thist\, n.
A believer in, or practitioner of, homeopathy. [Written also
hom[oe]opathist.]
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homoeopathist
(gcide) | Homoeopathic \Ho`m[oe]*o*path"ic\, a., Homoeopathist
\Ho`m[oe]*op"a*thist\, n., Homoeopathy \Ho`m[oe]*op"a*thy\, n.
Same as Homeopathic, Homeopathist, Homeopathy.
[1913 Webster]Homeopathist \Ho`me*op"a*thist\, n.
A believer in, or practitioner of, homeopathy. [Written also
hom[oe]opathist.]
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Homoeopathy
(gcide) | Homoeopathic \Ho`m[oe]*o*path"ic\, a., Homoeopathist
\Ho`m[oe]*op"a*thist\, n., Homoeopathy \Ho`m[oe]*op"a*thy\, n.
Same as Homeopathic, Homeopathist, Homeopathy.
[1913 Webster]Homeopathy \Ho*me*op"a*thy\, n. [Gr. ? likeness of condition or
feeling; ? like (fr. ? same; cf. Same) + ? to suffer: cf.
F. hom['e]opathie. See Pathos.] (Med.)
The art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory and
its practice that disease is cured (tuto, cito, et jucunde)
by remedies which produce on a healthy person effects similar
to the symptoms of the complaint under which the patient
suffers, the remedies being usually administered in minute
doses. This system was founded by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, and
is opposed to allopathy, or heteropathy. [Written also
hom[oe]opathy.]
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homoeopathy
(gcide) | Homoeopathic \Ho`m[oe]*o*path"ic\, a., Homoeopathist
\Ho`m[oe]*op"a*thist\, n., Homoeopathy \Ho`m[oe]*op"a*thy\, n.
Same as Homeopathic, Homeopathist, Homeopathy.
[1913 Webster]Homeopathy \Ho*me*op"a*thy\, n. [Gr. ? likeness of condition or
feeling; ? like (fr. ? same; cf. Same) + ? to suffer: cf.
F. hom['e]opathie. See Pathos.] (Med.)
The art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory and
its practice that disease is cured (tuto, cito, et jucunde)
by remedies which produce on a healthy person effects similar
to the symptoms of the complaint under which the patient
suffers, the remedies being usually administered in minute
doses. This system was founded by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, and
is opposed to allopathy, or heteropathy. [Written also
hom[oe]opathy.]
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Homoeothermal
(gcide) | Homoeothermal \Ho`m[oe]*o*ther"mal\, a.
See Homoiothermal.
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Homoeozoic
(gcide) | Homoeozoic \Ho`m[oe]*o*zo"ic\, a. [Gr. ? like + ? life.] (Zool.)
Pertaining to, or including, similar forms or kinds of life;
as, hom[oe]ozoic belts on the earth's surface. --E. Forbes.
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homoepathic
(gcide) | Homeopathic \Ho`me*o*path"ic\, a. [Cf. F. hom['e]opathique.]
Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles
of homeopathy. [Also hom[oe]pathic.]
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Ipomoea
(gcide) | Ipomoea \Ip`o*m[oe]"a\ ([i^]p`[-o]*m[=e]"[.a]), prop. n. [NL.
"Named, according to Linn[ae]us, from Gr. 'i`ps, 'ipo`s, a
bindweed [which it is not], and "o`moios like." --Gray.]
(Bot.)
A genus of twining plants with showy monopetalous flowers,
including the morning-glory, the sweet potato, and the
cypress vine.
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Ipomoea Balatas
(gcide) | Potato \Po*ta"to\, n.; pl. Potatoes. [Sp. patata potato,
batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably
batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.)
(a) A plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the Nightshade
family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which
there are numerous varieties used for food. It is
native of South America, but a form of the species is
found native as far north as New Mexico.
(b) The sweet potato (see below).
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Potato beetle, Potato bug. (Zool.)
(a) A beetle (Doryphora decemlineata) which feeds, both
in the larval and adult stages, upon the leaves of the
potato, often doing great damage. Called also
Colorado potato beetle, and Doryphora. See
Colorado beetle.
(b) The Lema trilineata, a smaller and more slender
striped beetle which feeds upon the potato plant, bur
does less injury than the preceding species.
Potato fly (Zool.), any one of several species of blister
beetles infesting the potato vine. The black species
(Lytta atrata), the striped (Lytta vittata), and the
gray (Lytta Fabricii syn. Lytta cinerea) are the most
common. See Blister beetle, under Blister.
Potato rot, a disease of the tubers of the potato, supposed
to be caused by a kind of mold (Peronospora infestans),
which is first seen upon the leaves and stems.
Potato weevil (Zool.), an American weevil ({Baridius
trinotatus}) whose larva lives in and kills the stalks of
potato vines, often causing serious damage to the crop.
Potato whisky, a strong, fiery liquor, having a hot, smoky
taste, and rich in amyl alcohol (fusel oil); it is made
from potatoes or potato starch.
Potato worm (Zool.), the large green larva of a sphinx, or
hawk moth (Macrosila quinquemaculata); -- called also
tomato worm. See Illust. under Tomato.
Seaside potato (Bot.), Ipom[oe]a Pes-Capr[ae], a kind of
morning-glory with rounded and emarginate or bilobed
leaves. [West Indies]
Sweet potato (Bot.), a climbing plant (Ipom[oe]a Balatas)
allied to the morning-glory. Its farinaceous tubers have a
sweetish taste, and are used, when cooked, for food. It is
probably a native of Brazil, but is cultivated extensively
in the warmer parts of every continent, and even as far
north as New Jersey. The name potato was applied to this
plant before it was to the Solanum tuberosum, and this
is the "potato" of the Southern United States.
Wild potato. (Bot.)
(a) A vine (Ipom[oe]a pandurata) having a pale purplish
flower and an enormous root. It is common in sandy
places in the United States.
(b) A similar tropical American plant ({Ipom[oe]a
fastigiata}) which it is thought may have been the
original stock of the sweet potato.
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Ipomoea Bona-nox
(gcide) | Moonflower \Moon"flow`er\, n. (Bot.)
(a) The oxeye daisy; -- called also moon daisy.
(b) A kind of morning glory (Ipomoea Bona-nox) with large
white flowers opening at night.
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Ipomoea fastigiata
(gcide) | Potato \Po*ta"to\, n.; pl. Potatoes. [Sp. patata potato,
batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably
batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.)
(a) A plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the Nightshade
family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which
there are numerous varieties used for food. It is
native of South America, but a form of the species is
found native as far north as New Mexico.
(b) The sweet potato (see below).
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Potato beetle, Potato bug. (Zool.)
(a) A beetle (Doryphora decemlineata) which feeds, both
in the larval and adult stages, upon the leaves of the
potato, often doing great damage. Called also
Colorado potato beetle, and Doryphora. See
Colorado beetle.
(b) The Lema trilineata, a smaller and more slender
striped beetle which feeds upon the potato plant, bur
does less injury than the preceding species.
Potato fly (Zool.), any one of several species of blister
beetles infesting the potato vine. The black species
(Lytta atrata), the striped (Lytta vittata), and the
gray (Lytta Fabricii syn. Lytta cinerea) are the most
common. See Blister beetle, under Blister.
Potato rot, a disease of the tubers of the potato, supposed
to be caused by a kind of mold (Peronospora infestans),
which is first seen upon the leaves and stems.
Potato weevil (Zool.), an American weevil ({Baridius
trinotatus}) whose larva lives in and kills the stalks of
potato vines, often causing serious damage to the crop.
Potato whisky, a strong, fiery liquor, having a hot, smoky
taste, and rich in amyl alcohol (fusel oil); it is made
from potatoes or potato starch.
Potato worm (Zool.), the large green larva of a sphinx, or
hawk moth (Macrosila quinquemaculata); -- called also
tomato worm. See Illust. under Tomato.
Seaside potato (Bot.), Ipom[oe]a Pes-Capr[ae], a kind of
morning-glory with rounded and emarginate or bilobed
leaves. [West Indies]
Sweet potato (Bot.), a climbing plant (Ipom[oe]a Balatas)
allied to the morning-glory. Its farinaceous tubers have a
sweetish taste, and are used, when cooked, for food. It is
probably a native of Brazil, but is cultivated extensively
in the warmer parts of every continent, and even as far
north as New Jersey. The name potato was applied to this
plant before it was to the Solanum tuberosum, and this
is the "potato" of the Southern United States.
Wild potato. (Bot.)
(a) A vine (Ipom[oe]a pandurata) having a pale purplish
flower and an enormous root. It is common in sandy
places in the United States.
(b) A similar tropical American plant ({Ipom[oe]a
fastigiata}) which it is thought may have been the
original stock of the sweet potato.
[1913 Webster]man-of-the-earth \man-of-the-earth\ n.
1. (Bot.) A long-rooted morning glory (Ipomoea leptophylla)
of Western U. S.
Syn: man of the earth, Ipomoea leptophylla.
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2. A tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous
perennial (Ipomoea panurata or Ipomoea fastigiata)
having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be
source of the sweet potato.
Syn: wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine, man of the
earth, manroot, scammonyroot, Ipomoea panurata,
Ipomoea fastigiata.
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Ipomoea leptophylla
(gcide) | man-of-the-earth \man-of-the-earth\ n.
1. (Bot.) A long-rooted morning glory (Ipomoea leptophylla)
of Western U. S.
Syn: man of the earth, Ipomoea leptophylla.
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2. A tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous
perennial (Ipomoea panurata or Ipomoea fastigiata)
having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be
source of the sweet potato.
Syn: wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine, man of the
earth, manroot, scammonyroot, Ipomoea panurata,
Ipomoea fastigiata.
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Ipomoea Orizabensis
(gcide) | Jalap \Jal"ap\, n. [F., fr. Sp. jalapa; -- so called from
Jalapa, a town in Mexico, whence it was first obtained.]
(Med.)
The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipom[oe]a purga (or
Exogonium purga) of the family Convolvulaceae, a climber
much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and
powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative
(cathartic) medicines, and are also called jalap. Other
species of Ipom[oe]a yield several inferior kinds of jalap,
as the Ipom[oe]a Orizabensis, and Ipom[oe]a tuberosa.
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False jalap, the root of Mirabilis Jalapa, four-o'clock,
or marvel of Peru.
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Ipomoea pandurata
(gcide) | Potato \Po*ta"to\, n.; pl. Potatoes. [Sp. patata potato,
batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably
batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.)
(a) A plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the Nightshade
family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which
there are numerous varieties used for food. It is
native of South America, but a form of the species is
found native as far north as New Mexico.
(b) The sweet potato (see below).
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Potato beetle, Potato bug. (Zool.)
(a) A beetle (Doryphora decemlineata) which feeds, both
in the larval and adult stages, upon the leaves of the
potato, often doing great damage. Called also
Colorado potato beetle, and Doryphora. See
Colorado beetle.
(b) The Lema trilineata, a smaller and more slender
striped beetle which feeds upon the potato plant, bur
does less injury than the preceding species.
Potato fly (Zool.), any one of several species of blister
beetles infesting the potato vine. The black species
(Lytta atrata), the striped (Lytta vittata), and the
gray (Lytta Fabricii syn. Lytta cinerea) are the most
common. See Blister beetle, under Blister.
Potato rot, a disease of the tubers of the potato, supposed
to be caused by a kind of mold (Peronospora infestans),
which is first seen upon the leaves and stems.
Potato weevil (Zool.), an American weevil ({Baridius
trinotatus}) whose larva lives in and kills the stalks of
potato vines, often causing serious damage to the crop.
Potato whisky, a strong, fiery liquor, having a hot, smoky
taste, and rich in amyl alcohol (fusel oil); it is made
from potatoes or potato starch.
Potato worm (Zool.), the large green larva of a sphinx, or
hawk moth (Macrosila quinquemaculata); -- called also
tomato worm. See Illust. under Tomato.
Seaside potato (Bot.), Ipom[oe]a Pes-Capr[ae], a kind of
morning-glory with rounded and emarginate or bilobed
leaves. [West Indies]
Sweet potato (Bot.), a climbing plant (Ipom[oe]a Balatas)
allied to the morning-glory. Its farinaceous tubers have a
sweetish taste, and are used, when cooked, for food. It is
probably a native of Brazil, but is cultivated extensively
in the warmer parts of every continent, and even as far
north as New Jersey. The name potato was applied to this
plant before it was to the Solanum tuberosum, and this
is the "potato" of the Southern United States.
Wild potato. (Bot.)
(a) A vine (Ipom[oe]a pandurata) having a pale purplish
flower and an enormous root. It is common in sandy
places in the United States.
(b) A similar tropical American plant ({Ipom[oe]a
fastigiata}) which it is thought may have been the
original stock of the sweet potato.
[1913 Webster]Man \Man\ (m[a^]n), n.; pl. Men (m[e^]n). [AS. mann, man,
monn, mon; akin to OS., D., & OHG. man, G. mann, Icel.
ma[eth]r, for mannr, Dan. Mand, Sw. man, Goth. manna, Skr.
manu, manus, and perh. to Skr. man to think, and E. mind.
[root]104. Cf. Minx a pert girl.]
1. A human being; -- opposed to beast.
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These men went about wide, and man found they none,
But fair country, and wild beast many [a] one. --R.
of Glouc.
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The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to
him as it doth to me. --Shak.
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'Tain't a fit night out for man nor beast! --W. C.
Fields
[PJC]
2. Especially: An adult male person; a grown-up male person,
as distinguished from a woman or a child.
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When I became a man, I put away childish things. --I
Cor. xiii. 11.
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Ceneus, a woman once, and once a man. --Dryden.
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3. The human race; mankind.
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And God said, Let us make man in our image, after
our likeness, and let them have dominion. --Gen. i.
26.
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The proper study of mankind is man. --Pope.
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4. The male portion of the human race.
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Woman has, in general, much stronger propensity than
man to the discharge of parental duties. --Cowper.
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5. One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities
of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind.
--Shak.
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This was the noblest Roman of them all . . . the
elements
So mixed in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world "This was a man!" --Shak.
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6. An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject.
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Like master, like man. --Old Proverb.
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The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered,
and holding up his hands between those of his lord,
professed that he did become his man from that day
forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor.
--Blackstone.
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7. A term of familiar address at one time implying on the
part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience,
or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose! In the
latter half of the 20th century it became used in a
broader sense as simply a familiar and informal form of
address, but is not used in business or formal situations;
as, hey, man! You want to go to a movie tonight?.
[Informal]
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8. A married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife.
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I pronounce that they are man and wife. --Book of
Com. Prayer.
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every wife ought to answer for her man. --Addison.
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9. One, or any one, indefinitely; -- a modified survival of
the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun.
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A man can not make him laugh. --Shak.
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A man would expect to find some antiquities; but all
they have to show of this nature is an old rostrum
of a Roman ship. --Addison.
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10. One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or
draughts, are played.
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Note: Man is often used as a prefix in composition, or as a
separate adjective, its sense being usually
self-explaining; as, man child, man eater or maneater,
man-eating, man hater or manhater, man-hating,
manhunter, man-hunting, mankiller, man-killing, man
midwife, man pleaser, man servant, man-shaped,
manslayer, manstealer, man-stealing, manthief, man
worship, etc.
Man is also used as a suffix to denote a person of the
male sex having a business which pertains to the thing
spoken of in the qualifying part of the compound;
ashman, butterman, laundryman, lumberman, milkman,
fireman, repairman, showman, waterman, woodman. Where
the combination is not familiar, or where some specific
meaning of the compound is to be avoided, man is used
as a separate substantive in the foregoing sense; as,
apple man, cloth man, coal man, hardware man, wood man
(as distinguished from woodman).
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Man ape (Zool.), a anthropoid ape, as the gorilla.
Man at arms, a designation of the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries for a soldier fully armed.
Man engine, a mechanical lift for raising or lowering
people through considerable distances; specifically
(Mining), a contrivance by which miners ascend or descend
in a shaft. It consists of a series of landings in the
shaft and an equal number of shelves on a vertical rod
which has an up and down motion equal to the distance
between the successive landings. A man steps from a
landing to a shelf and is lifted or lowered to the next
landing, upon which he them steps, and so on, traveling by
successive stages.
Man Friday, a person wholly subservient to the will of
another, like Robinson Crusoe's servant Friday.
Man of straw, a puppet; one who is controlled by others;
also, one who is not responsible pecuniarily.
Man-of-the earth (Bot.), a twining plant ({Ipomoea
pandurata}) with leaves and flowers much like those of the
morning-glory, but having an immense tuberous farinaceous
root.
Man of sin (Script.), one who is the embodiment of evil,
whose coming is represented (--2 Thess. ii. 3) as
preceding the second coming of Christ. [A Hebraistic
expression]
Man of war.
(a) A warrior; a soldier. --Shak.
(b) (Naut.) See in the Vocabulary.
(c) See Portuguese man-of-war under man-of-war and
also see Physalia.
Man-stopping bullet (Mil.), a bullet which will produce a
sufficient shock to stop a soldier advancing in a charge;
specif., a small-caliber bullet so modified as to expand
when striking the human body, producing a severe wound
which is also difficult to treat medically. Types of
bullets called hollow-nosed bullets, {soft-nosed
bullets} and hollow-point bullets are classed as
man-stopping. The dumdum bullet or dumdum is another
well-known variety. Such bullets were originally designed
for wars with savage tribes.
great man, a man[2] who has become prominent due to
substantial and widely admired contributions to social or
intellectual endeavors; as, Einstein was one of the great
men of the twentieth century.
To be one's own man, to have command of one's self; not to
be subject to another.
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Ipomoea panurata
(gcide) | man-of-the-earth \man-of-the-earth\ n.
1. (Bot.) A long-rooted morning glory (Ipomoea leptophylla)
of Western U. S.
Syn: man of the earth, Ipomoea leptophylla.
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2. A tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous
perennial (Ipomoea panurata or Ipomoea fastigiata)
having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be
source of the sweet potato.
Syn: wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine, man of the
earth, manroot, scammonyroot, Ipomoea panurata,
Ipomoea fastigiata.
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