| slovo | definícia |
oriental
(encz) | oriental,orientální Pavel Machek; Giza |
Oriental
(gcide) | Oriental \O`ri*en"tal\ ([=o]`r[i^]*[e^]n"tal), a. [L.
orientalis: cf. F. oriental.]
Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned
with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as,
Oriental countries.
[1913 Webster]
The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations. --Sir T.
Browne.
[1913 Webster] |
Oriental
(gcide) | Oriental \O`ri*en"tal\, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part
of the world; an Asiatic.
[1913 Webster]
2. pl. (Eccl.) Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.
[1913 Webster] |
oriental
(wn) | oriental
adj 1: denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia;
"oriental civilization"
n 1: a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as
offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans) [syn:
Oriental, oriental person] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
oriental alabaster
(encz) | oriental alabaster, n: |
oriental bittersweet
(encz) | oriental bittersweet, n: |
oriental bush cherry
(encz) | oriental bush cherry, n: |
oriental cherry
(encz) | oriental cherry, n: |
oriental cockroach
(encz) | oriental cockroach, n: |
oriental person
(encz) | oriental person, n: |
oriental plane
(encz) | oriental plane, n: |
oriental poppy
(encz) | oriental poppy, n: |
oriental roach
(encz) | oriental roach, n: |
oriental sore
(encz) | oriental sore, n: |
oriental spruce
(encz) | oriental spruce, n: |
orientalise
(encz) | orientalise, v: |
orientalism
(encz) | orientalism,orientální Jaroslav Šedivý |
orientalist
(encz) | orientalist,orientalista Zdeněk Brož |
orientalization
(encz) | Orientalization, |
orientalizations
(encz) | Orientalizations, |
orientalize
(encz) | Orientalize,orientalizovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
orientalized
(encz) | Orientalized, |
orientalizes
(encz) | Orientalizes, |
orientalizing
(encz) | Orientalizing, |
orientalista
(czen) | orientalista,orientalist Zdeněk Brož |
orientalizovat
(czen) | orientalizovat,Orientalizev: Zdeněk Brož |
Agathis orientalis
(gcide) | Dammar \Dam"mar\, Dammara \Dam"ma*ra\, n. [Jav. & Malay. damar.]
An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara
resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to
the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine.
[1913 Webster]
Dammar pine, (Bot.), a tree of the Moluccas ({Agathis
orientalis} syn. Dammara orientalis), yielding dammar.
[1913 Webster] |
Blatta orientalis
(gcide) | Beetle \Bee"tle\, n. [OE. bityl, bittle, AS. b[imac]tel, fr.
b[imac]tan to bite. See Bite, v. t.]
Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the
outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when
they are folded up. See Coleoptera.
[1913 Webster]
Beetle mite (Zool.), one of many species of mites, of the
family Oribatid[ae], parasitic on beetles.
Black beetle, the common large black cockroach ({Blatta
orientalis}).
[1913 Webster]Black \Black\ (bl[a^]k), a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to
Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[aum]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k,
OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not
akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak pallid. [root]98.]
1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the
color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark
color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a
color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
[1913 Webster]
O night, with hue so black! --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in
darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the
heavens black with clouds.
[1913 Webster]
I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;
destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;
cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. "This day's black
fate." "Black villainy." "Arise, black vengeance." "Black
day." "Black despair." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;
foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;
as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,
black-visaged.
[1913 Webster]
Black act, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a
felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to
hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or
disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for
malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been
called black acts.
Black angel (Zool.), a fish of the West Indies and Florida
(Holacanthus tricolor), with the head and tail yellow,
and the middle of the body black.
Black antimony (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,
Sb2S3, used in pyrotechnics, etc.
Black bear (Zool.), the common American bear ({Ursus
Americanus}).
Black beast. See {B[^e]te noire}.
Black beetle (Zool.), the common large cockroach ({Blatta
orientalis}).
Black bonnet (Zool.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza
Sch[oe]niclus}) of Europe.
Black canker, a disease in turnips and other crops,
produced by a species of caterpillar.
Black cat (Zool.), the fisher, a quadruped of North America
allied to the sable, but larger. See Fisher.
Black cattle, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in
distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]
Black cherry. See under Cherry.
Black cockatoo (Zool.), the palm cockatoo. See Cockatoo.
Black copper. Same as Melaconite.
Black currant. (Bot.) See Currant.
Black diamond. (Min.) See Carbonado.
Black draught (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of
senna and magnesia.
Black drop (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation
consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.
Black earth, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.
Black flag, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a
skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.
Black flea (Zool.), a flea beetle (Haltica nemorum)
injurious to turnips.
Black flux, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,
obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of
niter. --Brande & C.
Black Forest [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in
Baden and W["u]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient
Hercynian forest.
Black game, or Black grouse. (Zool.) See Blackcock,
Grouse, and Heath grouse.
Black grass (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus
Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.
Black gum (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or
pepperidge. See Tupelo.
Black Hamburg (grape) (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of
dark purple or "black" grape.
Black horse (Zool.), a fish of the Mississippi valley
(Cycleptus elongatus), of the sucker family; the
Missouri sucker.
Black lemur (Zool.), the Lemurniger of Madagascar; the
acoumbo of the natives.
Black list, a list of persons who are for some reason
thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list
of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made
for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See
Blacklist, v. t.
Black manganese (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,
MnO2.
Black Maria, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried
to or from jail.
Black martin (Zool.), the chimney swift. See Swift.
Black moss (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the
southern United States. See Tillandsia.
Black oak. See under Oak.
Black ocher. See Wad.
Black pigment, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,
or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of
printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.
Black plate, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.
Black quarter, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a
shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.
Black rat (Zool.), one of the species of rats ({Mus
rattus}), commonly infesting houses.
Black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
Black rust, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist
matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.
Black sheep, one in a family or company who is unlike the
rest, and makes trouble.
Black silver. (Min.) See under Silver.
Black and tan, black mixed or spotted with tan color or
reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of
dogs.
Black tea. See under Tea.
Black tin (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,
stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form
of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.
Black walnut. See under Walnut.
Black warrior (Zool.), an American hawk (Buteo Harlani).
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;
Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
[1913 Webster]Cockroach \Cock"roach\, n. [Sp. cucaracha.] (Zool.)
An orthopterous insect of the genus Blatta, and allied
genera.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The species are numerous, especially in hot countries.
Those most commonly infesting houses in Europe and
North America are Blatta orientalis, a large species
often called black beetle, and the Croton bug
(Blatta Germanica, formerly Ectobia Germanica),
also called the German cockroach.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Dammara orientalis
(gcide) | Dammar \Dam"mar\, Dammara \Dam"ma*ra\, n. [Jav. & Malay. damar.]
An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara
resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to
the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine.
[1913 Webster]
Dammar pine, (Bot.), a tree of the Moluccas ({Agathis
orientalis} syn. Dammara orientalis), yielding dammar.
[1913 Webster] |
Doronicum orientale
(gcide) | leopardbane \leop"ard*bane\ (l[e^]p"[~e]rd*b[=a]n`), n.
Any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum (as {Doronicum
acaule} syn. Arnica acaulis) having alternate often
clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of
yellow flower heads. See leopard's bane.
Syn: leopard's-bane, leopard's bane.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
false" leop`ard*bane (f[add]ls" l[e^]p`[~e]rd*b[=a]n`), n.
Any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum, such as the
great false leopardbane (Doronicum pardalianches) of
North America and the oriental false leopardbane
(Doronicum orientale syn. Doronicum caucasicum).
[PJC] |
Eurystomus orientalis
(gcide) | Roller \Roll"er\ (r[=o]l"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder,
sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in
husbandry and the arts.
[1913 Webster]
2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage
used in surgery.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Naut.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in
upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.
[1913 Webster]
4. A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling
cylinder; -- called also roller towel.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Print.) A cylinder coated with a composition made
principally of glue and molassess, with which forms of
type are inked previously to taking an impression from
them. --W. Savage.
[1913 Webster]
6. A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the
roller of a map.
[1913 Webster]
7. A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
[1913 Webster]
8. (Zool.) Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf
roller. see Tortrix.
[1913 Webster]
9. [CF. F. rollier.] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of
Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciadae. The
name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or
"tumbling" in flight.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Many of the species are brilliantly colored. The common
European species (Coracias garrula) has the head,
neck, and under parts light blue varied with green, the
scapulars chestnut brown, and the tail blue, green, and
black. The broad-billed rollers of India and Africa
belong to the genus Eurystomus, as the oriental
roller (Eurystomus orientalis), and the Australian
roller, or dollar bird (Eurystomus Pacificus). The
latter is dark brown on the head and neck, sea green on
the back, and bright blue on the throat, base of the
tail, and parts of the wings. It has a silvery-white
spot on the middle of each wing. The {lilac-breasted
roller} of Africa is Corcia caudata caudata, a
brightly colored bird of the family Corciidae having
malachite green, blue, purple-lilac, brown and
sea-green feathers from head to tail; it is a popular
sight with tourists in Africa.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Ferula orientalis
(gcide) | Ferula \Fer"u*la\, n. [L. ferula giant fennel (its stalks were
used in punishing schoolboys), rod, whip, fr. ferire to
strike; akin to OHG. berjan, Icel. berja. Cf. Ferule.]
1. A ferule. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
[1913 Webster]
2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.
[1913 Webster]
3. [capitalized] A genus of plants of the parsley family
Apiaceae (of the order Umbelliferae), including some
yielding asafetida. Members include Ferula asafoetida
(Ferula foetida), the giant fennel (Ferula communis),
and Ferula orientalis.
[PJC] |
Glareola orientalis
(gcide) | Swallow \Swal"low\, n. [OE. swalowe, AS. swalewe, swealwe; akin
to D. zwaluw, OHG. swalawa, G. schwalbe, Icel. & Sw. svala,
Dan. svale.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of
the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species
in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long,
pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and
gracefulness of their flight.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The most common North American species are the barn
swallow (see under Barn), the cliff, or eaves,
swallow (see under Cliff), the white-bellied, or
tree, swallow (Tachycineta bicolor), and the bank
swallow (see under Bank). The common European swallow
(Chelidon rustica), and the window swallow, or martin
(Chelidon urbica), are familiar species.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of swifts which
resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the
common American chimney swallow, or swift.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Naut.) The aperture in a block through which the rope
reeves. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
[1913 Webster]
Swallow plover (Zool.), any one of several species of
fork-tailed ploverlike birds of the genus Glareola, as
Glareola orientalis of India; a pratincole.
Swallow shrike (Zool.), any one of several species of East
Indian and Asiatic birds of the family Artamiidae,
allied to the shrikes but similar to swallows in
appearance and habits. The ashy swallow shrike ({Artamus
fuscus}) is common in India.
Swallow warbler (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
East Indian and Australian singing birds of the genus
Dicaeum. They are allied to the honeysuckers.
[1913 Webster] |
Helictis orientalis
(gcide) | Nyentek \Ny*en"tek\, n. (Zool.)
A carnivorous mammal (Helictis moscatus, or {Helictis
orientalis}), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a
dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It
has a strong musky odor.
[1913 Webster] |
Hyacinthus orientalis
(gcide) | Hyacinth \Hy"a*cinth\, n. [L. hyacinthus a kind of flower, prob.
the iris, gladiolus, or larkspur, also a kind of gem, perh.
the sapphire; as, a proper name, Hyacinthus, a beautiful
Laconian youth, beloved by Apollo, fr. Gr. ?, ?: cf. F.
hyacinthe. Cf. Jacinth. The hyacinth was fabled to have
sprung from the blood of Hyacinthus, who was accidentally
slain by Apollo.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, bearing
beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. {Hyacinthus
orientalis} is a common variety.
(b) A plant of the genus Camassia (Camassia Farseri),
called also Eastern camass; wild hyacinth.
(c) The name also given to Scilla Peruviana, a
Mediterranean plant, one variety of which produces
white, and another blue, flowers; -- called also, from
a mistake as to its origin, Hyacinth of Peru.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Min.) A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem.
See Zircon.
[1913 Webster]
Hyacinth bean (Bot.), a climbing leguminous plant
(Dolichos Lablab), related to the true bean. It has dark
purple flowers and fruit.
[1913 Webster] |
Liquidambar Orientalis
(gcide) | Liquidambar \Liq"uid*am`bar\ (l[i^]k"w[i^]d*[a^]m`b[~e]r), n.
[Liquid + amber.]
1. (Bot.) A genus consisting of two species of tall trees
having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit.
Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American {sweet
qum}, and Liquidambar Orientalis is found in Asia Minor.
[1913 Webster]
2. The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by
incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid
storax.
[1913 Webster]Rosemaloes \Rose`mal"oes\, n. [From the native name; cf. Malay
rasam[=a]la the name of the tree.]
The liquid storax of the East Indian {Liquidambar
orientalis}.
[1913 Webster] |
Liquidambar orientalis
(gcide) | Liquidambar \Liq"uid*am`bar\ (l[i^]k"w[i^]d*[a^]m`b[~e]r), n.
[Liquid + amber.]
1. (Bot.) A genus consisting of two species of tall trees
having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit.
Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American {sweet
qum}, and Liquidambar Orientalis is found in Asia Minor.
[1913 Webster]
2. The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by
incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid
storax.
[1913 Webster]Rosemaloes \Rose`mal"oes\, n. [From the native name; cf. Malay
rasam[=a]la the name of the tree.]
The liquid storax of the East Indian {Liquidambar
orientalis}.
[1913 Webster] |
Oriental
(gcide) | Oriental \O`ri*en"tal\ ([=o]`r[i^]*[e^]n"tal), a. [L.
orientalis: cf. F. oriental.]
Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned
with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as,
Oriental countries.
[1913 Webster]
The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations. --Sir T.
Browne.
[1913 Webster]Oriental \O`ri*en"tal\, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part
of the world; an Asiatic.
[1913 Webster]
2. pl. (Eccl.) Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.
[1913 Webster] |
Oriental amethyst
(gcide) | Amethyst \Am"e*thyst\, [F. ametiste, amatiste, F. am['e]thyste,
L. amethystus, fr. Gr. ? without drunkenness; as a noun, a
remedy for drunkenness, the amethyst, supposed to have this
power; 'a priv. + ? to be drunken, ? strong drink, wine. See
Mead.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Min.) A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or
bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used
as a jeweler's stone.
[1913 Webster]
Oriental amethyst, the violet-blue variety of transparent
crystallized corundum or sapphire.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Her.) A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat
of arms.
[1913 Webster]Corundum \Co*run"dum\ (k[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]m), n.; pl. Corundums
(k[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]mz). [Also corindon.] [From Hind. kurand
corundum stone.] (Min.)
The mineral alumina (Al2O3), as found native in a
crystalline state. Transparent varieties are used as
gemstones, including sapphire, which is the fine blue
variety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the {oriental
amethyst}, or purple sapphire; and adamantine spar, the
hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native,
next to the diamond.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Note: The name corundum is sometimes restricted to the
non-transparent or coarser kinds. Emery is a
dark-colored granular variety, usually admixed with
magnetic iron ore.
[1913 Webster] |
oriental amethyst
(gcide) | Amethyst \Am"e*thyst\, [F. ametiste, amatiste, F. am['e]thyste,
L. amethystus, fr. Gr. ? without drunkenness; as a noun, a
remedy for drunkenness, the amethyst, supposed to have this
power; 'a priv. + ? to be drunken, ? strong drink, wine. See
Mead.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Min.) A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or
bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used
as a jeweler's stone.
[1913 Webster]
Oriental amethyst, the violet-blue variety of transparent
crystallized corundum or sapphire.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Her.) A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat
of arms.
[1913 Webster]Corundum \Co*run"dum\ (k[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]m), n.; pl. Corundums
(k[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]mz). [Also corindon.] [From Hind. kurand
corundum stone.] (Min.)
The mineral alumina (Al2O3), as found native in a
crystalline state. Transparent varieties are used as
gemstones, including sapphire, which is the fine blue
variety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the {oriental
amethyst}, or purple sapphire; and adamantine spar, the
hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native,
next to the diamond.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Note: The name corundum is sometimes restricted to the
non-transparent or coarser kinds. Emery is a
dark-colored granular variety, usually admixed with
magnetic iron ore.
[1913 Webster] |
Oriental boil
(gcide) | Aden ulcer \A"den ul"cer\ ([aum]"den [u^]l"s[~e]r or [=a]"den
[u^]l"s[~e]r). [So named after Aden, a seaport in Southern
Arabia, where it occurs.] (Med.)
One of the numerous names of the lesion of Old World
cutaneous leishmaniasis. Called also Aleppo boil, {Aleppo
button}, Aleppo evil, Bagdad boil, Biskra boil, {Cochin
China ulcer}, Delhi boil, Jerico boil, Oriental boil,
Oriental sore, Persian ulcer, tropical ulcer, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS] |
Oriental crape
(gcide) | Crape \Crape\ (kr[=a]p), n. [F. cr[^e]pe, fr. L. crispus curled,
crisped. See Crisp.]
A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on
the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments,
also for the dress of some clergymen.
[1913 Webster]
A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Crape myrtle (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub
(Lagerstroemia Indica) from the East Indies, often
planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like
that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped
petals.
Oriental crape. See Canton crape.
[1913 Webster]Canton crape \Can"ton crape"\ (kr[=a]p").
A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and
wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet
trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape. --De
Colange.
[1913 Webster] |
oriental false leopardbane
(gcide) | leopardbane \leop"ard*bane\ (l[e^]p"[~e]rd*b[=a]n`), n.
Any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum (as {Doronicum
acaule} syn. Arnica acaulis) having alternate often
clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of
yellow flower heads. See leopard's bane.
Syn: leopard's-bane, leopard's bane.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
false" leop`ard*bane (f[add]ls" l[e^]p`[~e]rd*b[=a]n`), n.
Any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum, such as the
great false leopardbane (Doronicum pardalianches) of
North America and the oriental false leopardbane
(Doronicum orientale syn. Doronicum caucasicum).
[PJC] |
oriental ruby
(gcide) | Corundum \Co*run"dum\ (k[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]m), n.; pl. Corundums
(k[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]mz). [Also corindon.] [From Hind. kurand
corundum stone.] (Min.)
The mineral alumina (Al2O3), as found native in a
crystalline state. Transparent varieties are used as
gemstones, including sapphire, which is the fine blue
variety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the {oriental
amethyst}, or purple sapphire; and adamantine spar, the
hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native,
next to the diamond.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Note: The name corundum is sometimes restricted to the
non-transparent or coarser kinds. Emery is a
dark-colored granular variety, usually admixed with
magnetic iron ore.
[1913 Webster] |
Oriental sore
(gcide) | Aden ulcer \A"den ul"cer\ ([aum]"den [u^]l"s[~e]r or [=a]"den
[u^]l"s[~e]r). [So named after Aden, a seaport in Southern
Arabia, where it occurs.] (Med.)
One of the numerous names of the lesion of Old World
cutaneous leishmaniasis. Called also Aleppo boil, {Aleppo
button}, Aleppo evil, Bagdad boil, Biskra boil, {Cochin
China ulcer}, Delhi boil, Jerico boil, Oriental boil,
Oriental sore, Persian ulcer, tropical ulcer, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS] |
oriental verd antique
(gcide) | Verd antique \Verd` an*tique"\ [F. vert antique a kind of
marble; verd, vert, green + antique ancient: cf. It. verde
antico.] (Min.)
(a) A mottled-green serpentine marble.
(b) A green porphyry called oriental verd antique.
[1913 Webster] |
Orientalism
(gcide) | Orientalism \O`ri*en"tal*ism\, n. [Cf. F. orientalisme.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Any system, doctrine, custom, expression, etc., peculiar
to Oriental people.
[1913 Webster]
2. Knowledge or use of Oriental languages, history,
literature, etc. --London Quart. Rev.
[1913 Webster] |
Orientalist
(gcide) | Orientalist \O`ri*en"tal*ist\, n. [Cf. F. orientaliste.]
[1913 Webster]
1. An inhabitant of the Eastern parts of the world; an
Oriental.
[1913 Webster]
2. One versed in Eastern languages, literature, etc.; as, the
Paris Congress of Orientalists. --Sir J. Shore.
[1913 Webster] |
Orientality
(gcide) | Orientality \O`ri*en*tal"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being oriental or eastern. --Sir T.
Browne.
[1913 Webster] |
Orientalize
(gcide) | Orientalize \O`ri*en"tal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Orientalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Orientalizing.]
to render Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners
or conditions.
[1913 Webster] |
Orientalized
(gcide) | Orientalize \O`ri*en"tal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Orientalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Orientalizing.]
to render Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners
or conditions.
[1913 Webster] |
Orientalizing
(gcide) | Orientalize \O`ri*en"tal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Orientalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Orientalizing.]
to render Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners
or conditions.
[1913 Webster] |
Platanus orientalis
(gcide) | Plane \Plane\, n. [F., fr. L. platanus, Gr. ?, fr. ? broad; --
so called on account of its broad leaves and spreading form.
See Place, and cf. Platane, Plantain the tree.] (Bot.)
Any tree of the genus Platanus.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The Oriental plane (Platanus orientalis) is a native
of Asia. It rises with a straight, smooth, branching
stem to a great height, with palmated leaves, and long
pendulous peduncles, sustaining several heads of small
close-sitting flowers. The seeds are downy, and
collected into round, rough, hard balls. The Occidental
plane (Platanus occidentalis), which grows to a great
height, is a native of North America, where it is
popularly called sycamore, buttonwood, and
buttonball, names also applied to the California
species (Platanus racemosa).
[1913 Webster] |
Polygonum orientale
(gcide) | kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate \kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate\ n.
An annual (Polygonum orientale) with broadly ovate leaves
and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; it is native
to Southeastern Asia and Australia, and naturalized in North
America.
Syn: prince's-feather, prince's feather, princess feather,
prince's-plume, Polygonum orientale.
[WordNet 1.5]Prince \Prince\, n. [F., from L. princeps, -cipis, the first,
chief; primus first + capere to take. See Prime, a., and
Capacious.]
1. The one of highest rank; one holding the highest place and
authority; a sovereign; a monarch; -- originally applied
to either sex, but now rarely applied to a female.
--Wyclif (Rev. i. 5).
[1913 Webster]
Go, Michael, of celestial armies prince. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex.
--Camden.
[1913 Webster]
2. The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal
family; as, princes of the blood. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in
different countries. In England it belongs to dukes,
marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal
family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a
member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is
always one of the royal family.
[1913 Webster]
4. The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class
or profession; one who is pre["e]minent; as, a merchant
prince; a prince of players. "The prince of learning."
--Peacham.
[1913 Webster]
Prince-Albert coat, a long double-breasted frock coat for
men.
Prince of the blood, Prince consort, {Prince of
darkness}. See under Blood, Consort, and Darkness.
Prince of Wales, the oldest son of the English sovereign.
Prince's feather (Bot.), a name given to two annual herbs
(Amarantus caudatus and Polygonum orientale), with
apetalous reddish flowers arranged in long recurved
panicled spikes.
Prince's metal, Prince Rupert's metal. See under Metal.
Prince's pine. (Bot.) See Pipsissewa.
[1913 Webster]Ragged \Rag"ged\ (r[a^]g"g[e^]d), a. [From Rag, n.]
1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken;
as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.
[1913 Webster]
2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough;
jagged; as, ragged rocks.
[1913 Webster]
3. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. [R.]
"A ragged noise of mirth." --Herbert.
[1913 Webster]
4. Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.
[1913 Webster]
5. Rough; shaggy; rugged.
[1913 Webster]
What shepherd owns those ragged sheep? --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Ragged lady (Bot.), the fennel flower ({Nigella
Damascena}).
Ragged robin (Bot.), a plant of the genus Lychnis
(Lychnis Flos-cuculi), cultivated for its handsome
flowers, which have the petals cut into narrow lobes.
Ragged sailor (Bot.), prince's feather ({Polygonum
orientale}).
Ragged school, a free school for poor children, where they
are taught and in part fed; -- a name given at first
because they came in their common clothing. [Eng.]
[1913 Webster] -- Rag"ged*ly, adv. -- Rag"ged*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] Raggie |
Sesamum orientale
(gcide) | Sesame \Ses"a*me\, n. [L. sesamum, sesama, Gr. ????, ???: cf. F.
s['e]same.] (Bot.)
Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum
(Sesamum Indicum, and Sesamum orientale), from the seeds
of which an oil is expressed; also, the small obovate,
flattish seeds of these plants, sometimes used as food. See
Benne.
[1913 Webster]
Open Sesame, the magical command which opened the door of
the robber's den in the Arabian Nights' tale of "The Forty
Thieves;" hence, a magical password.
Sesame grass. (Bot.) Same as Gama grass.
[1913 Webster]Vanglo \Van"glo\, n. (Bot.)
Benne (Sesamum orientale); also, its seeds; -- so called in
the West Indies.
[1913 Webster]Benne \Ben"ne\, n. [Malay bijen.] (Bot.)
The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and {Sesamum
indicum}), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant.
From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil or
sesame oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern
United States the seeds are used in candy. [Also spelled
benni.]
[1913 Webster] |
Tamarix orientalis
(gcide) | Tamarisk \Tam"a*risk\, n. [L. tamariscus, also tamarix,
tamarice, Skr. tam[=a]la, tam[=a]laka, a tree with a very
dark bark; cf. tamas darkness: cf. F. tamarisc, tamarix,
tamaris.] (Bot.)
Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of
which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike
leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species
(Tamarix mannifera) is the source of one kind of manna.
[1913 Webster]
Tamarisk salt tree, an East Indian tree ({Tamarix
orientalis}) which produces an incrustation of salt.
[1913 Webster] |
anomala orientalis
(wn) | Anomala orientalis
n 1: introduced into United States from the Orient; larvae feed
on roots of sugarcane and other grasses [syn: {Oriental
beetle}, Asiatic beetle, Anomala orientalis] |
blatta orientalis
(wn) | Blatta orientalis
n 1: dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly
cosmopolitan in distribution [syn: oriental cockroach,
oriental roach, Asiatic cockroach, blackbeetle,
Blatta orientalis] |
helleborus orientalis
(wn) | Helleborus orientalis
n 1: slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves
and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green [syn:
lenten rose, black hellebore, Helleborus orientalis] |
hyacinthus orientalis
(wn) | Hyacinthus orientalis
n 1: widely grown for its fragrance and its white, pink, blue,
or purplish flowers [syn: common hyacinth, {Hyacinthus
orientalis}] |
hyacinthus orientalis albulus
(wn) | Hyacinthus orientalis albulus
n 1: hyacinth with loosely flowered spikes, several growing from
one bulb [syn: Roman hyacinth, {Hyacinthus orientalis
albulus}] |
oriental alabaster
(wn) | oriental alabaster
n 1: a hard compact kind of calcite [syn: alabaster, {oriental
alabaster}, onyx marble, Mexican onyx] |
oriental arborvitae
(wn) | Oriental arborvitae
n 1: Asiatic shrub or small tree widely planted in United States
and Europe; in some classifications assigned to its own
genus [syn: Oriental arborvitae, Thuja orientalis,
Platycladus orientalis] |
oriental beetle
(wn) | Oriental beetle
n 1: introduced into United States from the Orient; larvae feed
on roots of sugarcane and other grasses [syn: {Oriental
beetle}, Asiatic beetle, Anomala orientalis] |
oriental bittersweet
(wn) | oriental bittersweet
n 1: ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with
a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America [syn:
Japanese bittersweet, Japan bittersweet, {oriental
bittersweet}, Celastrus orbiculatus, {Celastric
articulatus}] |
oriental black mushroom
(wn) | Oriental black mushroom
n 1: edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to
blackish cap and an inedible stipe [syn: shiitake,
shiitake mushroom, Chinese black mushroom, {golden oak
mushroom}, Oriental black mushroom, Lentinus edodes] |
oriental bush cherry
(wn) | oriental bush cherry
n 1: woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown
especially for its white or pale pink blossoms [syn:
flowering almond, oriental bush cherry, {Prunus
japonica}] |
oriental cherry
(wn) | oriental cherry
n 1: ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in
many varieties for its white blossoms [syn: {oriental
cherry}, Japanese cherry, Japanese flowering cherry,
Prunus serrulata] |
oriental cockroach
(wn) | oriental cockroach
n 1: dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly
cosmopolitan in distribution [syn: oriental cockroach,
oriental roach, Asiatic cockroach, blackbeetle,
Blatta orientalis] |
oriental garlic
(wn) | Oriental garlic
n 1: a plant of eastern Asia; larger than Allium schoenoprasum
[syn: garlic chive, Chinese chive, Oriental garlic,
Allium tuberosum] |
oriental person
(wn) | oriental person
n 1: a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as
offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans) [syn:
Oriental, oriental person] |
oriental plane
(wn) | oriental plane
n 1: large tree of southeastern Europe to Asia Minor [syn:
oriental plane, Platanus orientalis] |
oriental poppy
(wn) | oriental poppy
n 1: commonly cultivated Asiatic perennial poppy having stiff
heavily haired leaves and bright scarlet or pink to orange
flowers [syn: oriental poppy, Papaver orientale] |
|