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orgy
(encz) | orgy,obřady |
orgy
(encz) | orgy,orgie |
Orgy
(gcide) | Orgy \Or"gy\, n.; pl. Orgies.
A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies
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Orgy
(gcide) | Orgy \Or"gy\, n.; sing. Orgies. [F. orgie, orgies, L. orgia,
pl., Gr. ?; akin to ? work. See Organ, and Work.]
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1. A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of
some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by
the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or
Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute
revelry. Usually in the plural form.
Note: [The singular is rarely used in this sense.]
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As when, with crowned cups, unto the Elian god,
Those priests high orgies held. --Drayton.
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2. Wild, drunken, or licentious revelry; an uninhibited
carouse. --B. Jonson. --Tennyson.
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3. A series of sexual activities involving more than two
couples in a group.
[PJC]
4. Hence: An event characterized by unrestrained indulgence
in passion; as, an orgy of buying of internet stocks.
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orgy
(wn) | orgy
n 1: any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping";
"an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending" [syn: orgy,
binge, splurge]
2: secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities
involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual
activity
3: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
[syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot,
bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry] |
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northern porgy
(encz) | northern porgy, n: |
porgy
(encz) | porgy, |
red porgy
(encz) | red porgy, n: |
sheepshead porgy
(encz) | sheepshead porgy, n: |
southern porgy
(encz) | southern porgy, n: |
Orgy
(gcide) | Orgy \Or"gy\, n.; pl. Orgies.
A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies
[1913 Webster]Orgy \Or"gy\, n.; sing. Orgies. [F. orgie, orgies, L. orgia,
pl., Gr. ?; akin to ? work. See Organ, and Work.]
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1. A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of
some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by
the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or
Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute
revelry. Usually in the plural form.
Note: [The singular is rarely used in this sense.]
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As when, with crowned cups, unto the Elian god,
Those priests high orgies held. --Drayton.
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2. Wild, drunken, or licentious revelry; an uninhibited
carouse. --B. Jonson. --Tennyson.
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3. A series of sexual activities involving more than two
couples in a group.
[PJC]
4. Hence: An event characterized by unrestrained indulgence
in passion; as, an orgy of buying of internet stocks.
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Orgyia
(gcide) | Orgyia \Or*gy"i*a\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the length of the
outstretched arms. So named because, when at rest, it
stretches forward its fore legs like arms.] (Zool.).
A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of
Orgyia leucostigma) are often very injurious to fruit trees
and shade trees. The female is wingless. Called also {vaporer
moth}.
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Orgyia leucostigma
(gcide) | Orgyia \Or*gy"i*a\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the length of the
outstretched arms. So named because, when at rest, it
stretches forward its fore legs like arms.] (Zool.).
A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of
Orgyia leucostigma) are often very injurious to fruit trees
and shade trees. The female is wingless. Called also {vaporer
moth}.
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Philostorgy
(gcide) | Philostorgy \Phil`o*stor"gy\, n. [Gr. filostorgi`a; fi`los
loving + storgh` affection.]
Natural affection, as of parents for their children. [R.]
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porgy
(gcide) | Sailor \Sail"or\, n.
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other
vessels; one who understands the practical management of
ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common
seaman.
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Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
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Sailor's choice. (Zool.)
(a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus rhomboides,
syn. Lagodon rhomboides) of the Southern United States;
-- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail,
and salt-water bream.
(b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis chrysopterus syn.
Pomadasys chrysopterus), an excellent food fish common
on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called
also hogfish, and pigfish.
[1913 Webster]Scup \Scup\, n. [Contr. fr. American Indian mishc[`u]p, fr.
mishe-kuppi large, thick-scaled.] (Zool.)
A marine sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or
Stenotomus argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the
United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the
daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night
and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy,
scuppaug.
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Note: The same names are also applied to a closely allied
Southern species (Stenotomus Gardeni).
[1913 Webster]Spadefish \Spade"fish`\ (sp[=a]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on
the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish,
and porgy.
[1913 Webster]Porgy \Por"gy\, n.; pl. Porgies. [See Paugie.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) The scup.
(b) The sailor's choice, or pinfish.
(c) The margate fish.
(d) The spadefish.
(e) Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf
fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given
locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish.
[Written also porgee, porgie, and paugy.]
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2. (Zool.) Any one of numerous sparoid food fishes, as the
jolthead porgy, the sheepshead porgy (Calamus penna) of
the West Indies, the grass porgy (Calamus arctifrons) of
Florida, and the red porgy (Pagrus pagrus) of Europe.
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Porgy
(gcide) | Sailor \Sail"or\, n.
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other
vessels; one who understands the practical management of
ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common
seaman.
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Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
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Sailor's choice. (Zool.)
(a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus rhomboides,
syn. Lagodon rhomboides) of the Southern United States;
-- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail,
and salt-water bream.
(b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis chrysopterus syn.
Pomadasys chrysopterus), an excellent food fish common
on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called
also hogfish, and pigfish.
[1913 Webster]Scup \Scup\, n. [Contr. fr. American Indian mishc[`u]p, fr.
mishe-kuppi large, thick-scaled.] (Zool.)
A marine sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or
Stenotomus argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the
United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the
daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night
and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy,
scuppaug.
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Note: The same names are also applied to a closely allied
Southern species (Stenotomus Gardeni).
[1913 Webster]Spadefish \Spade"fish`\ (sp[=a]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on
the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish,
and porgy.
[1913 Webster]Porgy \Por"gy\, n.; pl. Porgies. [See Paugie.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) The scup.
(b) The sailor's choice, or pinfish.
(c) The margate fish.
(d) The spadefish.
(e) Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf
fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given
locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish.
[Written also porgee, porgie, and paugy.]
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2. (Zool.) Any one of numerous sparoid food fishes, as the
jolthead porgy, the sheepshead porgy (Calamus penna) of
the West Indies, the grass porgy (Calamus arctifrons) of
Florida, and the red porgy (Pagrus pagrus) of Europe.
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albert szent-gyorgyi
(wn) | Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
n 1: United States biochemist (born in Hungary) who was the
first to isolate vitamin C (1893-1986) [syn: {Szent-
Gyorgyi}, Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, {Albert von Szent-
Gyorgyi}] |
albert von szent-gyorgyi
(wn) | Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi
n 1: United States biochemist (born in Hungary) who was the
first to isolate vitamin C (1893-1986) [syn: {Szent-
Gyorgyi}, Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, {Albert von Szent-
Gyorgyi}] |
northern porgy
(wn) | northern porgy
n 1: found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from
South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish [syn:
scup, northern porgy, northern scup, {Stenotomus
chrysops}] |
porgy
(wn) | porgy
n 1: lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern
Atlantic coast of the United States [syn: porgy, scup]
2: important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and
tropical coastal waters; found worldwide |
red porgy
(wn) | red porgy
n 1: food fish of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of
Europe and America [syn: red porgy, Pagrus pagrus] |
sheepshead porgy
(wn) | sheepshead porgy
n 1: from Florida and Bahamas to Brazil [syn: {sheepshead
porgy}, Calamus penna] |
southern porgy
(wn) | southern porgy
n 1: porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America
[syn: scup, southern porgy, southern scup,
Stenotomus aculeatus] |
szent-gyorgyi
(wn) | Szent-Gyorgyi
n 1: United States biochemist (born in Hungary) who was the
first to isolate vitamin C (1893-1986) [syn: {Szent-
Gyorgyi}, Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, {Albert von Szent-
Gyorgyi}] |
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