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peck
(encz) | peck,dutá míra n: [mat.] 9,09 litrů Martin Král |
peck
(encz) | peck,klovat v: fjey |
peck
(encz) | peck,zobat v: fjey |
Peck
(gcide) | Peck \Peck\, n. [Perh. akin to pack; or, orig., an indefinite
quantity, and fr. peck, v. (below): cf. also F. picotin a
peak.]
1. The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight
quarts; as, a peck of wheat. "A peck of provender."
--Shak.
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2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. "A peck of
uncertainties and doubts." --Milton.
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Peck
(gcide) | Peck \Peck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pecked (p[e^]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Pecking.] [See Pick, v.]
1. To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a
bird pecks a tree.
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2. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with
a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc.,
with repeated quick movements.
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3. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak;
to bite; to eat; -- often with up. --Addison.
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This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas. --Shak.
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4. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed
instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
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Peck
(gcide) | Peck \Peck\, v. i.
1. To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed
instrument. --Carew.
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2. To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.
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[The hen] went pecking by his side. --Dryden.
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To peck at,
(a) to attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at;
to nag; to tease.
(a) to eat slowly and in small portions, with litle
interest; as, to peck at one's food.
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Peck
(gcide) | Peck \Peck\ (p[e^]k), n.
A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a
pointed instrument.
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peck
(wn) | peck
n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or
extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot
of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the
rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must
have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of
money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, {great
deal}, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle,
mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile,
plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew,
spate, stack, tidy sum, wad]
2: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to
2 gallons
3: a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605
cubic inches
v 1: hit lightly with a picking motion [syn: peck, pick,
beak]
2: eat by pecking at, like a bird [syn: peck, pick up]
3: kiss lightly [syn: smack, peck]
4: eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
[syn: pick at, peck at, peck]
5: bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her
husband all day long" [syn: nag, peck, hen-peck] |
PECK
(bouvier) | PECK. A measure of capacity, equal to two gallons. Vide Measure.
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copeck
(encz) | copeck,kopejka n: Zdeněk Brož |
downy woodpecker
(encz) | downy woodpecker, n: |
flyspeck
(encz) | flyspeck,mušinec n: Zdeněk Brož |
green woodpecker
(encz) | green woodpecker, n: |
hen-peck
(encz) | hen-peck, v: |
hen-pecked
(encz) | hen-pecked,pod pantoflem [hovor.] web |
henpeck
(encz) | henpeck, |
henpecked
(encz) | henpecked,pod pantoflem [hovor.] slady |
ivory-billed woodpecker
(encz) | ivory-billed woodpecker, n: |
kopeck
(encz) | kopeck,kopejka n: Zdeněk Brožkopeck,kopějka n: Zdeněk Brožkopeck,setina rublu Zdeněk Brož |
peck at
(encz) | peck at, v: |
peck order
(encz) | peck order, |
pecker
(encz) | pecker,čurák n: [vulg.] [slang.] část těla, zobák MPEGpecker,penis n: [vulg.] [slang.] část těla, zobák MPEG |
peckerwood
(encz) | peckerwood, n: |
pecking
(encz) | pecking,klování v: Martin Králpecking,zobání v: Martin Král |
pecking order
(encz) | pecking order, |
peckish
(encz) | peckish,hladový adj: Zdeněk Brožpeckish,vyhládlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pecks
(encz) | pecks,zobáky n: pl. Martin Král |
redheaded woodpecker
(encz) | redheaded woodpecker, n: |
speck
(encz) | speck,skvrnka n: Zdeněk Brožspeck,smítko n: Zdeněk Brož |
specked
(encz) | specked, adj: |
speckle
(encz) | speckle,flíček n: Toldaspeckle,potečkovat v: Zdeněk Brožspeckle,skvrnka n: Tolda |
speckled
(encz) | speckled,kropenatý adj: Zdeněk Brožspeckled,skvrnitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
speckled alder
(encz) | speckled alder, n: |
speckled rattlesnake
(encz) | speckled rattlesnake, n: |
speckled trout
(encz) | speckled trout, n: |
speckless
(encz) | speckless, adj: |
woodpecker
(encz) | woodpecker,datel n: web |
woodpeckers
(encz) | woodpeckers,datle n: pl. [bio.] Martin Ligač |
chlapeckost
(czen) | chlapeckost,boyishnessn: Zdeněk Brož |
chlapecky
(czen) | chlapecky,boyishlyadv: Zdeněk Brož |
chlapecký
(czen) | chlapecký,boyadj: Zdeněk Brožchlapecký,boyishadj: Zdeněk Brož |
chlapecký studentský klub
(czen) | chlapecký studentský klub,fraternityn: Zdeněk Brož |
kupecký
(czen) | kupecký,mercantileadj: Zdeněk Brož |
na plné pecky
(czen) | na plné pecky,full blast[fráz.] např. "He turned the radio up full
blast." Pino |
odpeckovač
(czen) | odpeckovač,seedern: Zdeněk Brož |
odpeckování
(czen) | odpeckování,stoningn: Zdeněk Brož |
pecka
(czen) | pecka,pitn: Jirka Daněkpecka,putamenn: Zdeněk Brožpecka,stonen: pecka,stone in fruit pecka,studn: náušnice Pinopecka,whackn: Pino |
pecka ovoce
(czen) | pecka ovoce,stonen: Zdeněk Brož |
pecka třešně
(czen) | pecka třešně,cherrystone Zdeněk Brož |
peckovice
(czen) | peckovice,drupen: Zdeněk Brož |
peckovité ovoce
(czen) | peckovité ovoce,drupe Zdeněk Brož |
slepecká hůl
(czen) | slepecká hůl,canen: web |
slepecké písmo
(czen) | slepecké písmo,braille Zdeněk Brož |
slepecký
(czen) | slepecký,brailleadj: Zdeněk Brož |
slepecký pes
(czen) | slepecký pes,seeing eye dog Zdeněk Brož |
vyloupat pecky
(czen) | vyloupat pecky,stonev: Zdeněk Brož |
vypeckovaný
(czen) | vypeckovaný,stonelessadj: Zdeněk Brož |
vypeckovat
(czen) | vypeckovat,stonev: Zdeněk Brož |
barred woodpecker
(gcide) | Tapper \Tap"per\, n. (Zool.)
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); --
called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie,
barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and {pump
borer}. [Prov. Eng.]
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Bespeckle
(gcide) | Bespeckle \Be*spec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bespeckled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Bespeckling.]
To mark with speckles or spots. --Milton.
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Bespeckled
(gcide) | Bespeckle \Be*spec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bespeckled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Bespeckling.]
To mark with speckles or spots. --Milton.
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Bespeckling
(gcide) | Bespeckle \Be*spec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bespeckled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Bespeckling.]
To mark with speckles or spots. --Milton.
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copeck
(gcide) | kopeck \ko"peck\, n.; pl. Eng. kopecks, Russ. kopeek. [Russ.
kopeika.]
A small Russian coin, continued as a unit of currency within
the Soviet Union. One hundred kopecks make a ruble. The ruble
was worth about sixty cents (U. S.) in 1910; in 1991 a
two-kopeck coin could be used for a local telephone call at a
pay telephone. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1993,
the exchange value of the ruble declined rapidly and by the
end of 1994 the ruble was worth three hundredths of a cent,
and by 1997 two hundredths of a cent. By 1993, the kopek had
become of such small value that it was obsolete and no longer
minted. [Written also kopek, copec, and copeck.]
[1913 Webster] kopjeCopeck \Co"peck\, n. [Russ. kopeika]
A Russian copper coin. See Kopeck.
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Copeck
(gcide) | kopeck \ko"peck\, n.; pl. Eng. kopecks, Russ. kopeek. [Russ.
kopeika.]
A small Russian coin, continued as a unit of currency within
the Soviet Union. One hundred kopecks make a ruble. The ruble
was worth about sixty cents (U. S.) in 1910; in 1991 a
two-kopeck coin could be used for a local telephone call at a
pay telephone. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1993,
the exchange value of the ruble declined rapidly and by the
end of 1994 the ruble was worth three hundredths of a cent,
and by 1997 two hundredths of a cent. By 1993, the kopek had
become of such small value that it was obsolete and no longer
minted. [Written also kopek, copec, and copeck.]
[1913 Webster] kopjeCopeck \Co"peck\, n. [Russ. kopeika]
A Russian copper coin. See Kopeck.
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cranky fractious irritable peevish peckish pettish petulant testy tetchy techy
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
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2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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dotted flecked specked speckled stippled
(gcide) | patterned \patterned\ adj.
Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
[Narrower terms: banded, blotched, blotchy, splotched,
brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby, burled, {checked,
checkered}, dappled, mottled, {dotted, flecked, specked,
speckled, stippled}, figured, floral, flowered, laced,
marbled, marbleized, moire, watered, {pinstriped,
pinstripe(prenominal)}, slashed, streaked, spotted,
sprigged, streaked, streaky, striped, stripy,
tessellated, veined, venose] plain, solid
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Downy woodpecker
(gcide) | Downy woodpecker \Down"y wood"peck*er\ (-[y^]), n. (Zool.)
A small black and white ladder-backed woodpecker ({Picoides
pubescens}) of Central and Eastern U. S. and Canada. It
strongly resembles the hairy woodpecker, but is smaller (6
1/2"), compared with about 9-1/2" for the hairy. It is common
in suburban backyards.
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Figpecker
(gcide) | Figpecker \Fig"peck`er\ (f[i^]g"p[e^]k`[~e]r), n. (Zool.)
The European garden warbler (Sylvia hortensis or {Currica,
hortensis}); -- called also beccafico and {greater
pettychaps}.
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Flower pecker
(gcide) | Flower \Flow"er\ (flou"[~e]r), n. [OE. flour, OF. flour, flur,
flor, F. fleur, fr. L. flos, floris. Cf. Blossom,
Effloresce, Floret, Florid, Florin, Flour,
Flourish.]
1. In the popular sense, the bloom or blossom of a plant; the
showy portion, usually of a different color, shape, and
texture from the foliage.
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2. (Bot.) That part of a plant destined to produce seed, and
hence including one or both of the sexual organs; an organ
or combination of the organs of reproduction, whether
inclosed by a circle of foliar parts or not. A complete
flower consists of two essential parts, the stamens and
the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla and
callyx. In mosses the flowers consist of a few special
leaves surrounding or subtending organs called archegonia.
See Blossom, and Corolla.
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Note: If we examine a common flower, such for instance as a
geranium, we shall find that it consists of: First, an
outer envelope or calyx, sometimes tubular, sometimes
consisting of separate leaves called sepals; secondly,
an inner envelope or corolla, which is generally more
or less colored, and which, like the calyx, is
sometimes tubular, sometimes composed of separate
leaves called petals; thirdly, one or more stamens,
consisting of a stalk or filament and a head or anther,
in which the pollen is produced; and fourthly, a
pistil, which is situated in the center of the flower,
and consists generally of three principal parts; one or
more compartments at the base, each containing one or
more seeds; the stalk or style; and the stigma, which
in many familiar instances forms a small head, at the
top of the style or ovary, and to which the pollen must
find its way in order to fertilize the flower. --Sir J.
Lubbock.
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3. The fairest, freshest, and choicest part of anything; as,
the flower of an army, or of a family; the state or time
of freshness and bloom; as, the flower of life, that is,
youth.
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The choice and flower of all things profitable the
Psalms do more briefly contain. --Hooker.
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The flower of the chivalry of all Spain. --Southey.
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A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms. --Tennyson.
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4. Grain pulverized; meal; flour. [Obs.]
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The flowers of grains, mixed with water, will make a
sort of glue. --Arbuthnot.
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5. pl. (Old Chem.) A substance in the form of a powder,
especially when condensed from sublimation; as, the
flowers of sulphur.
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6. A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
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7. pl. (Print.) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders
around pages, cards, etc. --W. Savage.
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8. pl. Menstrual discharges. --Lev. xv. 24.
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Animal flower (Zool.) See under Animal.
Cut flowers, flowers cut from the stalk, as for making a
bouquet.
Flower bed, a plat in a garden for the cultivation of
flowers.
Flower beetle (Zool.), any beetle which feeds upon flowers,
esp. any one of numerous small species of the genus
Meligethes, family Nitidulid[ae], some of which are
injurious to crops.
Flower bird (Zool.), an Australian bird of the genus
Anthornis, allied to the honey eaters.
Flower bud, an unopened flower.
Flower clock, an assemblage of flowers which open and close
at different hours of the day, thus indicating the time.
Flower head (Bot.), a compound flower in which all the
florets are sessile on their receptacle, as in the case of
the daisy.
Flower pecker (Zool.), one of a family (Dic[ae]id[ae]) of
small Indian and Australian birds. They resemble humming
birds in habits.
Flower piece.
(a) A table ornament made of cut flowers.
(b) (Fine Arts) A picture of flowers.
Flower stalk (Bot.), the peduncle of a plant, or the stem
that supports the flower or fructification.
[1913 Webster]Pecker \Peck"er\ (p[e^]k"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks
holes in trees; a woodpecker.
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2. An instrument for pecking; a pick. --Garth.
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3. The penis; -- an obscene term for the male sexual organ.
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Syn: penis, cock, prick, tool, peter, dick, shaft [all but
the first considered obscene].
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Flower pecker. (Zool.) See under Flower.
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Flyspeck
(gcide) | Flyspeck \Fly"speck\ (fl[imac]"sp[e^]k), n.
A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any
insignificant dot.
[1913 Webster]Flyspeck \Fly"speck\ (fl[imac]"sp[e^]k), v. t.
To soil with flyspecks.
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Green woodpecker
(gcide) | Green \Green\ (gr[=e]n), a. [Compar. Greener (gr[=e]n"[~e]r);
superl. Greenest.] [OE. grene, AS. gr[=e]ne; akin to D.
groen, OS. gr[=o]ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr["u]n, Dan. & Sw.
gr["o]n, Icel. gr[ae]nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See
Grow.]
1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
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2. Having a sickly color; wan.
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To look so green and pale. --Shak.
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3. Full of life and vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
as, a green manhood; a green wound.
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As valid against such an old and beneficent
government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
--Burke.
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4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
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5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
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We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
Watts.
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6. Immature in age, judgment, or experience; inexperienced;
young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or
judgment.
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I might be angry with the officious zeal which
supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
gray hairs. --Sir W.
Scott.
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7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
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8. (Politics) Concerned especially with protection of the
enviroment; -- of political parties and political
philosophies; as, the European green parties.
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Green brier (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
United States; -- called also cat brier.
Green con (Zool.), the pollock.
Green crab (Zool.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
named joe-rocker.
Green crop, a crop used for food while in a growing or
unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
crop, etc.
Green diallage. (Min.)
(a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
(b) Smaragdite.
Green dragon (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
(Aris[ae]ma Dracontium), resembling the Indian turnip;
-- called also dragon root.
Green earth (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
as a pigment by artists; -- called also mountain green.
Green ebony.
(a) A south American tree (Jacaranda ovalifolia), having
a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
work, and in dyeing.
(b) The West Indian green ebony. See Ebony.
Green fire (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
to which the color of the flame is due.
Green fly (Zool.), any green species of plant lice or
aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
Green gage, (Bot.) See Greengage, in the Vocabulary.
Green gland (Zool.), one of a pair of large green glands in
Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their
outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[ae].
Green hand, a novice. [Colloq.]
Green heart (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
the West Indies and in South America, used for
shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
Guiana is the Nectandra Rodi[oe]i, that of Martinique is
the Colubrina ferruginosa.
Green iron ore (Min.) dufrenite.
Green laver (Bot.), an edible seaweed (Ulva latissima);
-- called also green sloke.
Green lead ore (Min.), pyromorphite.
Green linnet (Zool.), the greenfinch.
Green looper (Zool.), the cankerworm.
Green marble (Min.), serpentine.
Green mineral, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
See Greengill.
Green monkey (Zool.) a West African long-tailed monkey
(Cercopithecus callitrichus), very commonly tamed, and
trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
Indies early in the last century, and has become very
abundant there.
Green salt of Magnus (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
of platinum.
Green sand (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
Green sea (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
vessel's deck.
Green sickness (Med.), chlorosis.
Green snake (Zool.), one of two harmless American snakes
(Cyclophis vernalis, and C. [ae]stivus). They are
bright green in color.
Green turtle (Zool.), an edible marine turtle. See
Turtle.
Green vitriol.
(a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
(b) (Min.) Same as copperas, melanterite and {sulphate
of iron}.
Green ware, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
yet baked.
Green woodpecker (Zool.), a common European woodpecker
(Picus viridis); -- called also yaffle.
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