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pennant
(encz) | pennant,praporeček n: Zdeněk Brož |
pennant
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Pennant
(gcide) | Pennant \Pen"nant\ (p[e^]n"nant), n. [OE. penon, penoun, pynoun,
OF. penon, F. pennon, fr. L. penna feather. See Pen a
feather, and cf. Pennon, Pinion.] (Naut.)
(a) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow pennant, or {long
pennant} (called also whip or coach whip) is a long,
narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a
government vessel in commission. The board pennant is
an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of
a commodore's vessel. "With flags and pennants trimmed."
--Drayton.
(b) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.
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pennant
(wn) | pennant
n 1: the award given to the champion [syn: pennant, crown]
2: a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering)
3: a long flag; often tapering [syn: pennant, pennon,
streamer, waft] |
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board pennant
(gcide) | Pennant \Pen"nant\ (p[e^]n"nant), n. [OE. penon, penoun, pynoun,
OF. penon, F. pennon, fr. L. penna feather. See Pen a
feather, and cf. Pennon, Pinion.] (Naut.)
(a) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow pennant, or {long
pennant} (called also whip or coach whip) is a long,
narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a
government vessel in commission. The board pennant is
an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of
a commodore's vessel. "With flags and pennants trimmed."
--Drayton.
(b) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.
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Broad pennant
(gcide) | Broad \Broad\ (br[add]d), a. [Compar. Broader
(br[add]d"[~e]r); superl. Broadest.] [OE. brod, brad, AS.
br[=a]d; akin to OS. br[=e]d, D. breed, G. breit, Icel.
brei[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. bred, Goth. braids. Cf. Breadth.]
1. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed
to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch
broad.
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2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad
expanse of ocean.
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3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
"Broad and open day." --Bp. Porteus.
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4. Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not
limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and
retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the
precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.
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A broad mixture of falsehood. --Locke.
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Note: Hence:
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5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
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The words in the Constitution are broad enough to
include the case. --D. Daggett.
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In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. --E.
Everett.
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6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
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7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
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As broad and general as the casing air. --Shak.
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8. (Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
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9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad
joke; broad humor.
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10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
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Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide,
large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered,
broad-spreading, broad-winged.
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Broad acres. See under Acre.
Broad arrow, originally a pheon. See Pheon, and {Broad
arrow} under Arrow.
As broad as long, having the length equal to the breadth;
hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same
result by different ways or processes.
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It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others,
or bring others down to them. --L'Estrange.
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Broad pennant. See under Pennant.
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Syn: Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy;
extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal.
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Convoy pennant
(gcide) | Convoy pennant \Con"voy pen"nant\
A white pennant with red border, carried: (a) Forward on all
vessels on convoy duty. (b) Alone by a senior officer present
during evolutions or drills, when it commands "Silence." (c)
Over a signal number, when it refers to the signal number of
an officer in the Annual Navy Register.
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Distinguishing pennant
(gcide) | Distinguishing \Dis*tin"guish*ing\, a.
Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else;
distinctive; peculiar; characteristic.
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The distinguishing doctrines of our holy religion.
--Locke.
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Distinguishing pennant (Naut.), a special pennant by which
any particular vessel in a fleet is recognized and
signaled. --Simmonds.
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long pennant
(gcide) | Pennant \Pen"nant\ (p[e^]n"nant), n. [OE. penon, penoun, pynoun,
OF. penon, F. pennon, fr. L. penna feather. See Pen a
feather, and cf. Pennon, Pinion.] (Naut.)
(a) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow pennant, or {long
pennant} (called also whip or coach whip) is a long,
narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a
government vessel in commission. The board pennant is
an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of
a commodore's vessel. "With flags and pennants trimmed."
--Drayton.
(b) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.
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Maurolicus Pennantii
(gcide) | Argentine \Ar"gen*tine\, n. [Cf. F. argentin, fr. L. argentum
silver.]
1. (Min.) A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of
lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving
or curved lamellar structure.
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2. White metal coated with silver. --Simmonds.
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3. (Zool.) A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with
silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes
of the genus Argentina.
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4. A citizen of the Argentine Republic; an Argentinian.
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5. Argentina; in this sense, usually preceded by the.
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narrow pennant
(gcide) | Pennant \Pen"nant\ (p[e^]n"nant), n. [OE. penon, penoun, pynoun,
OF. penon, F. pennon, fr. L. penna feather. See Pen a
feather, and cf. Pennon, Pinion.] (Naut.)
(a) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow pennant, or {long
pennant} (called also whip or coach whip) is a long,
narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a
government vessel in commission. The board pennant is
an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of
a commodore's vessel. "With flags and pennants trimmed."
--Drayton.
(b) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.
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Pennant
(gcide) | Pennant \Pen"nant\ (p[e^]n"nant), n. [OE. penon, penoun, pynoun,
OF. penon, F. pennon, fr. L. penna feather. See Pen a
feather, and cf. Pennon, Pinion.] (Naut.)
(a) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow pennant, or {long
pennant} (called also whip or coach whip) is a long,
narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a
government vessel in commission. The board pennant is
an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of
a commodore's vessel. "With flags and pennants trimmed."
--Drayton.
(b) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.
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martes pennanti
(wn) | Martes pennanti
n 1: large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal
[syn: fisher, pekan, fisher cat, black cat, {Martes
pennanti}] |
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