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newcastle
(encz) | Newcastle,Newcastle n: [jmén.] [zem.] město v Austrálii Stanislav
Horáček |
newcastle
(encz) | Newcastle,Newcastle n: [jmén.] [zem.] město v Jihoafrické
republice Stanislav Horáček |
newcastle
(czen) | Newcastle,Newcastlen: [jmén.] [zem.] město v Austrálii Stanislav Horáček |
newcastle
(czen) | Newcastle,Newcastlen: [jmén.] [zem.] město v Jihoafrické
republice Stanislav Horáček |
Newcastle
(gcide) | Newcastle \New"cast`le\, prop. n.
A town in England.
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Carry coals to Newcastle to do something utterly
superfluous; to do something useless or wasteful; -- from
the nearness of Newcastle to the coal-mining district.
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newcastle
(wn) | Newcastle
n 1: a port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a
center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression
`carry coals to Newcastle' meaning to do something
unnecessary) [syn: Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne] |
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newcastle disease
(encz) | Newcastle disease, |
newcastle upon tyne
(encz) | Newcastle upon Tyne,město - Velká Británie n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Carry coals to Newcastle
(gcide) | Newcastle \New"cast`le\, prop. n.
A town in England.
[PJC]
Carry coals to Newcastle to do something utterly
superfluous; to do something useless or wasteful; -- from
the nearness of Newcastle to the coal-mining district.
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Newcastle
(gcide) | Newcastle \New"cast`le\, prop. n.
A town in England.
[PJC]
Carry coals to Newcastle to do something utterly
superfluous; to do something useless or wasteful; -- from
the nearness of Newcastle to the coal-mining district.
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Newcastle burr
(gcide) | Burr \Burr\ (b[^u]r), n. [See Bur.] (Bot.)
1. A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.
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2. The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or
shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.;
also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting.
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The graver, in plowing furrows in the surface of the
copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs.
--Tomlinson.
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3. A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by
punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before
it is swaged down.
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4. A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe,
to prevent the hand from slipping.
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5. The lobe or lap of the ear.
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6. [Probably of imitative origin.] A guttural pronounciation
of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the
soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism;
-- often called the Newcastle burr, {Northumberland
burr}, or Tweedside burr.
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7. The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8.
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To carry coals to Newcastle
(gcide) | Carry \Car"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Carrying.] [OF. carier, charier, F. carrier, to cart, from
OF. car, char, F. car, car. See Car.]
1. To convey or transport in any manner from one place to
another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
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When he dieth he shall carry nothing away. --Ps.
xiix. 17.
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Devout men carried Stephen to his burial. --Acts
viii, 2.
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Another carried the intelligence to Russell.
--Macaulay.
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The sound will be carried, at the least, twenty
miles. --Bacon.
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2. To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to
place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to
carry a wound; to carry an unborn child.
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If the ideas . . . were carried along with us in our
minds. --Locke.
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3. To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead
or guide.
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Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet. --Shak.
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He carried away all his cattle. --Gen. xxxi.
18.
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Passion and revenge will carry them too far.
--Locke.
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4. To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column)
to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to
carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in
adding figures.
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5. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to
carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten
miles farther.
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6. To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a
leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a
contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to
carry an election. "The greater part carries it." --Shak.
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The carrying of our main point. --Addison.
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7. To get possession of by force; to capture.
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The town would have been carried in the end.
--Bacon.
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8. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of; to show or
exhibit; to imply.
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He thought it carried something of argument in it.
--Watts.
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It carries too great an imputation of ignorance.
--Lacke.
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9. To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; --
with the reflexive pronouns.
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He carried himself so insolently in the house, and
out of the house, to all persons, that he became
odious. --Clarendon.
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10. To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as
stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as,
a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a
mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry
a life insurance.
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Carry arms (Mil. Drill), a command of the Manual of Arms
directing the soldier to hold his piece in the right hand,
the barrel resting against the hollow of the shoulder in a
nearly perpendicular position. In this position the
soldier is said to stand, and the musket to be held, at
carry.
To carry all before one, to overcome all obstacles; to have
uninterrupted success.
To carry arms
(a) To bear weapons.
(b) To serve as a soldier.
To carry away.
(a) (Naut.) to break off; to lose; as, to carry away a
fore-topmast.
(b) To take possession of the mind; to charm; to delude;
as, to be carried by music, or by temptation.
To carry coals, to bear indignities tamely, a phrase used
by early dramatists, perhaps from the mean nature of the
occupation. --Halliwell.
To carry coals to Newcastle, to take things to a place
where they already abound; to lose one's labor.
To carry off
(a) To remove to a distance.
(b) To bear away as from the power or grasp of others.
(c) To remove from life; as, the plague carried off
thousands.
To carry on
(a) To carry farther; to advance, or help forward; to
continue; as, to carry on a design.
(b) To manage, conduct, or prosecute; as, to carry on
husbandry or trade.
To carry out.
(a) To bear from within.
(b) To put into execution; to bring to a successful
issue.
(c) To sustain to the end; to continue to the end.
To carry through.
(a) To convey through the midst of.
(b) To support to the end; to sustain, or keep from
falling, or being subdued. "Grace will carry us . . .
through all difficulties." --Hammond.
(c) To complete; to bring to a successful issue; to
succeed.
To carry up, to convey or extend in an upward course or
direction; to build.
To carry weight.
(a) To be handicapped; to have an extra burden, as when
one rides or runs. "He carries weight, he rides a
race" --Cowper.
(b) To have influence.
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newcastle disease
(wn) | Newcastle disease
n 1: disease of domestic fowl and other birds |
newcastle-upon-tyne
(wn) | Newcastle-upon-Tyne
n 1: a port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a
center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression
`carry coals to Newcastle' meaning to do something
unnecessary) [syn: Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne] |
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