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offering
(mass) | offering
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offering
(encz) | offering,emise akcií Pavel Cvrček |
offering
(encz) | offering,nabídka Pavel Machek; Giza |
offering
(encz) | offering,oběť Zdeněk Brož |
Offering
(gcide) | Offer \Of"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Offered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Offering.] [OE. offren, AS. offrian to sacrifice, fr. L.
offerre; ob (see OB-) + ferre to bear, bring. The English
word was influenced by F. offrir to offer, of the same
origin. See 1st Bear.]
1. To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to
sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with
up.
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Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin
offering for atonement. --Ex. xxix.
36.
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A holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices.
--1 Pet. ii.
5.
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2. To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for
acceptance or rejection; as, to offer a present, or a
bribe; to offer one's self in marriage.
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I offer thee three things. --2 Sam. xxiv.
12.
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3. To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to
suggest; as, to offer an opinion. With the infinitive as
an objective: To make an offer; to declare one's
willingness; as, he offered to help me.
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4. To attempt; to undertake.
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All that offer to defend him. --Shak.
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5. To bid, as a price, reward, or wages; as, to offer a
guinea for a ring; to offer a salary or reward.
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6. To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way;
to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc.
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Syn: To propose; propound; move; proffer; tender; sacrifice;
immolate.
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Offering
(gcide) | Offering \Of"fer*ing\, n.
1. The act of an offerer; a proffering.
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2. That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which
is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a
free gift; a sacrifice; an oblation; as, sin offering.
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They are polluted offerings more abhorred
Than spotted livers in the sacrifice. --Shak.
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3. A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a
missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal
tithes payable according to custom, either at certain
seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as
marriages or christenings.
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[None] to the offering before her should go.
--Chaucer.
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Burnt offering, Drink offering, etc. See under Burnt.
etc.
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offering
(wn) | offering
n 1: something offered (as a proposal or bid); "noteworthy new
offerings for investors included several index funds" [syn:
offer, offering]
2: money contributed to a religious organization
3: the verbal act of offering; "a generous offer of assistance"
[syn: offer, offering]
4: the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity;
"oblations for aid to the poor" [syn: oblation, offering] |
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burnt offering
(encz) | burnt offering,zápalná oběť |
initial offering
(encz) | initial offering, n: |
initial public offering
(encz) | initial public offering, n: |
offering protection
(encz) | offering protection, adv: |
offerings
(encz) | offerings,nabídky n: pl. Zdeněk Brožofferings,obětované oběti Zdeněk Brož |
peace offering
(encz) | peace offering,smírčí oběť Martin Král |
private offering
(encz) | private offering, |
public offering
(encz) | public offering, |
religious offering
(encz) | religious offering, n: |
rights offering
(encz) | rights offering, n: |
thank offering
(encz) | thank offering, n: |
Burnt offering
(gcide) | Offering \Of"fer*ing\, n.
1. The act of an offerer; a proffering.
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2. That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which
is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a
free gift; a sacrifice; an oblation; as, sin offering.
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They are polluted offerings more abhorred
Than spotted livers in the sacrifice. --Shak.
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3. A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a
missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal
tithes payable according to custom, either at certain
seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as
marriages or christenings.
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[None] to the offering before her should go.
--Chaucer.
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Burnt offering, Drink offering, etc. See under Burnt.
etc.
[1913 Webster]Burnt \Burnt\, p. p. & a.
Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with
fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.
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Burnt ear, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain.
See Smut.
Burnt offering, something offered and burnt on an altar, as
an atonement for sin; a sacrifice. The offerings of the
Jews were a clean animal, as an ox, a calf, a goat, or a
sheep; or some vegetable substance, as bread, or ears of
wheat or barley. Called also burnt sacrifice. --[2 Sam.
xxiv. 22.]
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Drink offering
(gcide) | Offering \Of"fer*ing\, n.
1. The act of an offerer; a proffering.
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2. That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which
is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a
free gift; a sacrifice; an oblation; as, sin offering.
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They are polluted offerings more abhorred
Than spotted livers in the sacrifice. --Shak.
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3. A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a
missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal
tithes payable according to custom, either at certain
seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as
marriages or christenings.
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[None] to the offering before her should go.
--Chaucer.
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Burnt offering, Drink offering, etc. See under Burnt.
etc.
[1913 Webster]Drink \Drink\, n.
1. Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the
stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as
water, coffee, or decoctions.
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Give me some drink, Titinius. --Shak.
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2. Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on,
wit is out.
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Drink money, or Drink penny, an allowance, or perquisite,
given to buy drink; a gratuity.
Drink offering (Script.), an offering of wine, etc., in the
Jewish religious service.
In drink, drunk. "The poor monster's in drink." --Shak.
Strong drink, intoxicating liquor; esp., liquor containing
a large proportion of alcohol. " Wine is a mocker, strong
drink is raging." --Prov. xx. 1.
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Goffering
(gcide) | Goffer \Gof"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Goffered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Goffering.] [See Gauffer.]
To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer. --Clarke.
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Heave offering
(gcide) | Heave offering \Heave" of`fer*ing\ (Jewish Antiq.)
An offering or oblation heaved up or elevated before the
altar, as the shoulder of the peace offering. See {Wave
offering}. --Ex. xxix. 27.
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Meat offering
(gcide) | Meat \Meat\ (m[=e]t), n. [OE. mete, AS. mete; akin to OS. mat,
meti, D. met hashed meat, G. mettwurst sausage, OHG. maz
food, Icel. matr, Sw. mat, Dan. mad, Goth. mats. Cf. Mast
fruit, Mush.]
1. Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either
by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as,
the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg. --Chaucer.
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And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb
bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat.
--Gen. i. 29.
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Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for
you. --Gen. ix. 3.
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2. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle;
as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.
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3. Specifically: Dinner; the chief meal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Meat biscuit. See under Biscuit.
Meat earth (Mining), vegetable mold. --Raymond.
Meat fly. (Zool.) See Flesh fly, under Flesh.
Meat offering (Script.), an offering of food, esp. of a
cake made of flour with salt and oil.
To go to meat, to go to a meal. [Obs.]
To sit at meat, to sit at the table in taking food.
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Offering
(gcide) | Offer \Of"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Offered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Offering.] [OE. offren, AS. offrian to sacrifice, fr. L.
offerre; ob (see OB-) + ferre to bear, bring. The English
word was influenced by F. offrir to offer, of the same
origin. See 1st Bear.]
1. To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to
sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with
up.
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Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin
offering for atonement. --Ex. xxix.
36.
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A holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices.
--1 Pet. ii.
5.
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2. To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for
acceptance or rejection; as, to offer a present, or a
bribe; to offer one's self in marriage.
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I offer thee three things. --2 Sam. xxiv.
12.
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3. To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to
suggest; as, to offer an opinion. With the infinitive as
an objective: To make an offer; to declare one's
willingness; as, he offered to help me.
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4. To attempt; to undertake.
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All that offer to defend him. --Shak.
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5. To bid, as a price, reward, or wages; as, to offer a
guinea for a ring; to offer a salary or reward.
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6. To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way;
to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc.
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Syn: To propose; propound; move; proffer; tender; sacrifice;
immolate.
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1. The act of an offerer; a proffering.
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2. That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which
is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a
free gift; a sacrifice; an oblation; as, sin offering.
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They are polluted offerings more abhorred
Than spotted livers in the sacrifice. --Shak.
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3. A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a
missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal
tithes payable according to custom, either at certain
seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as
marriages or christenings.
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[None] to the offering before her should go.
--Chaucer.
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Burnt offering, Drink offering, etc. See under Burnt.
etc.
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Peace offering
(gcide) | Peace \Peace\, n. [OE. pees, pais, OF. pais, paiz, pes, F. paix,
L. pax, pacis, akin to pacere, paciscere, pacisci, to make an
agreement, and prob. also pangere to fasten. Cf. Appease,
Fair, a., Fay, v., Fang, Pacify, Pact, Pay to
requite.]
A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or
agitation; calm; repose; specifically:
(a) Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies.
(b) Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law.
(c) Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions;
tranquillity of mind or conscience.
(d) Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony;
concord. "The eternal love and pees." --Chaucer.
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Note: Peace is sometimes used as an exclamation in commanding
silence, quiet, or order. "Peace! foolish woman."
--Shak.
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At peace, in a state of peace.
Breach of the peace. See under Breach.
Justice of the peace. See under Justice.
Peace of God. (Law)
(a) A term used in wills, indictments, etc., as denoting a
state of peace and good conduct.
(b) (Theol.) The peace of heart which is the gift of God.
Peace offering.
(a) (Jewish Antiq.) A voluntary offering to God in token of
devout homage and of a sense of friendly communion with
Him.
(b) A gift or service offered as satisfaction to an offended
person.
Peace officer, a civil officer whose duty it is to preserve
the public peace, to prevent riots, etc., as a polliceman,
sheriff or constable.
To hold one's peace, to be silent; to refrain from
speaking.
To make one's peace with, to reconcile one with, to plead
one's cause with, or to become reconciled with, another.
"I will make your peace with him." --Shak.
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Proffering
(gcide) | Proffer \Prof"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proffered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Proffering.] [OE. profren, proferen, F. prof['e]rer,
fr. L. proferre to bring forth or forward, to offer; pro
forward + ferre to bring. See Bear to produce.]
1. To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a
tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to
proffer friendship. --Shak.
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I reck not what wrong that thou me profre.
--Chaucer.
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2. To essay or attempt of one's own accord; to undertake, or
propose to undertake. [R.] --Milton.
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Sin offering
(gcide) | Sin \Sin\, n. [OE. sinne, AS. synn, syn; akin to D. zonde, OS.
sundia, OHG. sunta, G. s["u]nde, Icel., Dan. & Sw. synd, L.
sons, sontis, guilty, perhaps originally from the p. pr. of
the verb signifying, to be, and meaning, the one who it is.
Cf. Authentic, Sooth.]
1. Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the
divine command; any violation of God's will, either in
purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character;
iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission.
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Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
--John viii.
34.
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Sin is the transgression of the law. --1 John iii.
4.
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I think 't no sin.
To cozen him that would unjustly win. --Shak.
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Enthralled
By sin to foul, exorbitant desires. --Milton.
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2. An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a
misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners.
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I grant that poetry's a crying sin. --Pope.
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3. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
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He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
--2 Cor. v.
21.
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4. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. [R.]
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Thy ambition,
Thou scarlet sin, robbed this bewailing land
Of noble Buckingham. --Shak.
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Note: Sin is used in the formation of some compound words of
obvious signification; as, sin-born; sin-bred,
sin-oppressed, sin-polluted, and the like.
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Actual sin, Canonical sins, Original sin, Venial sin.
See under Actual, Canonical, etc.
Deadly sins, or Mortal sins (R. C. Ch.), willful and
deliberate transgressions, which take away divine grace;
-- in distinction from vental sins. The seven deadly sins
are pride, covetousness, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and
sloth.
Sin eater, a man who (according to a former practice in
England) for a small gratuity ate a piece of bread laid on
the chest of a dead person, whereby he was supposed to
have taken the sins of the dead person upon himself.
Sin offering, a sacrifice for sin; something offered as an
expiation for sin.
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Syn: Iniquity; wickedness; wrong. See Crime.
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Thank offering
(gcide) | thank \thank\ (th[a^][ng]k), n.; pl. thanks (th[a^][ng]ks).
[AS. [thorn]anc, [thorn]onc, thanks, favor, thought; akin to
OS. thank favor, pleasure, thanks, D. & G. dank thanks, Icel.
[thorn]["o]kk, Dan. tak, Sw. tack, Goth. [thorn]agks thanks;
-- originally, a thought, a thinking. See Think.]
A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a
sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or
desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural.
"This ceremonial thanks." --Massinger.
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If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank
have ye? for sinners also do even the same. --Luke vi.
33.
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What great thank, then, if any man, reputed wise and
constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his
charge to do, that which he approves not, especially in
matter of sin? --Milton.
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Thanks, thanks to thee, most worthy friend,
For the lesson thou hast taught. --Longfellow.
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His thanks, Her thanks, etc., of his or her own accord;
with his or her good will; voluntary. [Obs.]
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Full sooth is said that love ne lordship,
Will not, his thanks, have no fellowship. --Chaucer.
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In thank, with thanks or thankfulness. [Obs.]
Thank offering, an offering made as an expression of
thanks.
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Trespass offering
(gcide) | Trespass \Tres"pass\, n. [OF. trespas, F. tr['e]pas death. See
Trespass, v.]
1. Any injury or offence done to another.
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I you forgive all wholly this trespass. --Chaucer.
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If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will
your Father forgive your trespasses. --Matt. vi.
15.
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2. Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any
violation of a known rule of duty; sin.
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The fatal trespass done by Eve. --Milton.
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You . . . who were dead in trespasses and sins.
--Eph. if. 1.
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3. (Law)
(a) An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi
et armis) on the person, property, or relative rights
of another.
(b) An action for injuries accompanied with force.
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Trespass offering (Jewish Antiq.), an offering in expiation
of a trespass.
Trespass on the case. (Law) See Action on the case, under
Case.
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Syn: Offense; breach; infringement; transgression;
misdemeanor; misdeed.
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Votive offering
(gcide) | Votive \Vo"tive\, a. [L. votivus, fr. votum a vow: cf. F. votif.
See Vow.]
Given by vow, or in fulfillment of a vow; consecrated by a
vow; devoted; as, votive offerings; a votive tablet. "Votive
incense." --Keble.
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We reached a votive stone, that bears the name
Of Aloys Reding. --Wordsworth.
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Embellishments of flowers and votive garlands.
--Motley.
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Votive medal, a medal struck in grateful commemoration of
some auspicious event.
Votive offering, an offering in fulfillment of a religious
vow, as of one's person or property.
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Wave offering
(gcide) | Wave \Wave\, n. [From Wave, v.; not the same word as OE. wawe,
waghe, a wave, which is akin to E. wag to move. [root]138.
See Wave, v. i.]
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1. An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as
of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the
particles composing it when disturbed by any force their
position of rest; an undulation.
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The wave behind impels the wave before. --Pope.
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2. (Physics) A vibration propagated from particle to particle
through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission
of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all
phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of
vibration; an undulation. See Undulation.
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3. Water; a body of water. [Poetic] "Deep drank Lord Marmion
of the wave." --Sir W. Scott.
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Build a ship to save thee from the flood,
I 'll furnish thee with fresh wave, bread, and wine.
--Chapman.
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4. Unevenness; inequality of surface. --Sir I. Newton.
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5. A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the
hand, a flag, etc.
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6. The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered,
or calendered, or on damask steel.
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7. Something resembling or likened to a water wave, as in
rising unusually high, in being of unusual extent, or in
progressive motion; a swelling or excitement, as of
feeling or energy; a tide; flood; period of intensity,
usual activity, or the like; as, a wave of enthusiasm;
waves of applause.
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Wave front (Physics), the surface of initial displacement
of the particles in a medium, as a wave of vibration
advances.
Wave length (Physics), the space, reckoned in the direction
of propagation, occupied by a complete wave or undulation,
as of light, sound, etc.; the distance from a point or
phase in a wave to the nearest point at which the same
phase occurs.
Wave line (Shipbuilding), a line of a vessel's hull, shaped
in accordance with the wave-line system.
Wave-line system, Wave-line theory (Shipbuilding), a
system or theory of designing the lines of a vessel, which
takes into consideration the length and shape of a wave
which travels at a certain speed.
Wave loaf, a loaf for a wave offering. --Lev. viii. 27.
Wave moth (Zool.), any one of numerous species of small
geometrid moths belonging to Acidalia and allied genera;
-- so called from the wavelike color markings on the
wings.
Wave offering, an offering made in the Jewish services by
waving the object, as a loaf of bread, toward the four
cardinal points. --Num. xviii. 11.
Wave of vibration (Physics), a wave which consists in, or
is occasioned by, the production and transmission of a
vibratory state from particle to particle through a body.
Wave surface.
(a) (Physics) A surface of simultaneous and equal
displacement of the particles composing a wave of
vibration.
(b) (Geom.) A mathematical surface of the fourth order
which, upon certain hypotheses, is the locus of a wave
surface of light in the interior of crystals. It is
used in explaining the phenomena of double refraction.
See under Refraction.
Wave theory. (Physics) See Undulatory theory, under
Undulatory.
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Wood offering
(gcide) | Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.
witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. &
Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]
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1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;
-- frequently used in the plural.
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Light thickens, and the crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak.
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2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous
substance which composes the body of a tree and its
branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. "To
worship their own work in wood and stone for gods."
--Milton.
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3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater
part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby
plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.
It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of
various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands
called silver grain.
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Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose
and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.
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4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
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Wood acid, Wood vinegar (Chem.), a complex acid liquid
obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing
large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,
acetic acid. Formerly called pyroligneous acid.
Wood anemone (Bot.), a delicate flower (Anemone nemorosa)
of early spring; -- also called windflower. See Illust.
of Anemone.
Wood ant (Zool.), a large ant (Formica rufa) which lives
in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.
Wood apple (Bot.). See Elephant apple, under Elephant.
Wood baboon (Zool.), the drill.
Wood betony. (Bot.)
(a) Same as Betony.
(b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis
Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or
purplish flowers.
Wood borer. (Zool.)
(a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring
beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,
buprestidans, and certain weevils. See Apple borer,
under Apple, and Pine weevil, under Pine.
(b) The larva of any one of various species of
lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing
moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under Peach),
and of the goat moths.
(c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the
tribe Urocerata. See Tremex.
(d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,
as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.
(e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the
Limnoria, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura
terebrans}).
Wood carpet, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces
of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.
--Knight.
Wood cell (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell
usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the
principal constituent of woody fiber.
Wood choir, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.
[Poetic] --Coleridge.
Wood coal, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.
Wood cricket (Zool.), a small European cricket ({Nemobius
sylvestris}).
Wood culver (Zool.), the wood pigeon.
Wood cut, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an
engraving.
Wood dove (Zool.), the stockdove.
Wood drink, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.
Wood duck (Zool.)
(a) A very beautiful American duck (Aix sponsa). The
male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with
green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its
nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal
duck}, summer duck, and wood widgeon.
(b) The hooded merganser.
(c) The Australian maned goose (Chlamydochen jubata).
Wood echo, an echo from the wood.
Wood engraver.
(a) An engraver on wood.
(b) (Zool.) Any of several species of small beetles whose
larvae bore beneath the bark of trees, and excavate
furrows in the wood often more or less resembling
coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus
xylographus}.
Wood engraving.
(a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.
(b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from
such an engraving.
Wood fern. (Bot.) See Shield fern, under Shield.
Wood fiber.
(a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.
(b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty
mass.
Wood fretter (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
beetles whose larvae bore in the wood, or beneath the
bark, of trees.
Wood frog (Zool.), a common North American frog ({Rana
sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except
during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,
with a black stripe on each side of the head.
Wood germander. (Bot.) See under Germander.
Wood god, a fabled sylvan deity.
Wood grass. (Bot.) See under Grass.
Wood grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The capercailzie.
(b) The spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
Wood guest (Zool.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]
Wood hen. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged
rails of the genus Ocydromus, including the weka and
allied species.
(b) The American woodcock.
Wood hoopoe (Zool.), any one of several species of Old
World arboreal birds belonging to Irrisor and allied
genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but
have a curved beak, and a longer tail.
Wood ibis (Zool.), any one of several species of large,
long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus
Tantalus. The head and neck are naked or scantily
covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus
loculator}) is common in Florida.
Wood lark (Zool.), a small European lark ({Alauda
arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes
while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on
trees.
Wood laurel (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne
Laureola}).
Wood leopard (Zool.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera
aesculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy larva
bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other fruit
trees.
Wood lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley.
Wood lock (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and
sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the
pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.
Wood louse (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod
Crustacea belonging to Oniscus, Armadillo, and
related genera. See Sow bug, under Sow, and {Pill
bug}, under Pill.
(b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,
pseudoneuropterous insects of the family Psocidae,
which live in the crevices of walls and among old
books and papers. Some of the species are called also
book lice, and deathticks, or deathwatches.
Wood mite (Zool.), any one of numerous small mites of the
family Oribatidae. They are found chiefly in woods, on
tree trunks and stones.
Wood mote. (Eng. Law)
(a) Formerly, the forest court.
(b) The court of attachment.
Wood nettle. (Bot.) See under Nettle.
Wood nightshade (Bot.), woody nightshade.
Wood nut (Bot.), the filbert.
Wood nymph. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled
goddess of the woods; a dryad. "The wood nymphs, decked
with daisies trim." --Milton.
(b) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored moths belonging to the genus Eudryas. The
larvae are bright-colored, and some of the species, as
Eudryas grata, and Eudryas unio, feed on the
leaves of the grapevine.
(c) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored South American humming birds belonging to the
genus Thalurania. The males are bright blue, or
green and blue.
Wood offering, wood burnt on the altar.
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We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.
x. 34.
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Wood oil (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East
Indian trees of the genus Dipterocarpus, having
properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes
substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See
Gurjun.
Wood opal (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having
some resemblance to wood.
Wood paper, paper made of wood pulp. See Wood pulp,
below.
Wood pewee (Zool.), a North American tyrant flycatcher
(Contopus virens). It closely resembles the pewee, but
is smaller.
Wood pie (Zool.), any black and white woodpecker,
especially the European great spotted woodpecker.
Wood pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons
belonging to Palumbus and allied genera of the
family Columbidae.
(b) The ringdove.
Wood puceron (Zool.), a plant louse.
Wood pulp (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the
poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion
with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into
sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.
Wood quail (Zool.), any one of several species of East
Indian crested quails belonging to Rollulus and allied
genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({Rollulus
roulroul}), the male of which is bright green, with a long
crest of red hairlike feathers.
Wood rabbit (Zool.), the cottontail.
Wood rat (Zool.), any one of several species of American
wild rats of the genus Neotoma found in the Southern
United States; -- called also bush rat. The Florida wood
rat (Neotoma Floridana) is the best-known species.
Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall grass (Cinna arundinacea)
growing in moist woods.
Wood reeve, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]
Wood rush (Bot.), any plant of the genus Luzula,
differing from the true rushes of the genus Juncus
chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.
Wood sage (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of
the genus Teucrium. See Germander.
Wood screw, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and
usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.
Wood sheldrake (Zool.), the hooded merganser.
Wood shock (Zool.), the fisher. See Fisher, 2.
Wood shrike (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World singing birds belonging to Grallina,
Collyricincla, Prionops, and allied genera, common in
India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,
but feed upon both insects and berries.
Wood snipe. (Zool.)
(a) The American woodcock.
(b) An Asiatic snipe (Gallinago nemoricola).
Wood soot, soot from burnt wood.
Wood sore. (Zool.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
Wood sorrel (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis
Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of
Shamrock.
Wood spirit. (Chem.) See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl.
Wood stamp, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,
for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.
Wood star (Zool.), any one of several species of small
South American humming birds belonging to the genus
Calothorax. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,
purple, and other colors.
Wood sucker (Zool.), the yaffle.
Wood swallow (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World passerine birds belonging to the genus Artamus and
allied genera of the family Artamidae. They are common
in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and
habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they
resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white
beneath.
Wood tapper (Zool.), any woodpecker.
Wood tar. See under Tar.
Wood thrush, (Zool.)
(a) An American thrush (Turdus mustelinus) noted for the
sweetness of its song. See under Thrush.
(b) The missel thrush.
Wood tick. See in Vocabulary.
Wood tin. (Min.). See Cassiterite.
Wood titmouse (Zool.), the goldcgest.
Wood tortoise (Zool.), the sculptured tortoise. See under
Sculptured.
Wood vine (Bot.), the white bryony.
Wood vinegar. See Wood acid, above.
Wood warbler. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of
the genus Dendroica. See Warbler.
(b) A European warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix); --
called also green wren, wood wren, and {yellow
wren}.
Wood worm (Zool.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood
borer.
Wood wren. (Zool.)
(a) The wood warbler.
(b) The willow warbler.
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goffering iron
(wn) | goffering iron
n 1: an iron used to press pleats and ridges [syn: goffer,
gauffer, goffering iron, gauffering iron] |
initial offering
(wn) | initial offering
n 1: a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
[syn: initial public offering, IPO, initial offering] |
initial public offering
(wn) | initial public offering
n 1: a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
[syn: initial public offering, IPO, initial offering] |
peace offering
(wn) | peace offering
n 1: something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining
peace [syn: peace offering, olive branch] |
religious offering
(wn) | religious offering
n 1: the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist
[syn: Oblation, religious offering] |
rights offering
(wn) | rights offering
n 1: an offering of common stock to existing shareholders who
hold subscription rights or pre-emptive rights that entitle
them to buy newly issued shares at a discount from the
price at which they will be offered to the public later;
"the investment banker who handles a rights offering
usually agrees to buy any shares not bought by
shareholders" [syn: rights offering, rights issue] |
thank offering
(wn) | thank offering
n 1: an offering made as an expression of thanks |
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