| slovo | definícia |
plug
(mass) | plug
- prípojka, zásuvka, pripojiť, zastrčiť |
plug
(encz) | plug,dělat reklamu v: čemu Pino |
plug
(encz) | plug,hmoždinka n: Pino |
plug
(encz) | plug,odbouchnout v: koho Pino |
plug
(encz) | plug,odprásknout v: Pino |
plug
(encz) | plug,propagace n: Pino |
plug
(encz) | plug,propagovat v: co Pino |
plug
(encz) | plug,přípojka Zdeněk Brož |
plug
(encz) | plug,střelit v: [amer.] [slang.] něco, někoho Pino |
plug
(encz) | plug,špunt n: od vany, dřezu ap. Pino |
plug
(encz) | plug,ucpat v: otvor, díru ap. Pino |
plug
(encz) | plug,ucpávka n: Pino |
plug
(encz) | plug,vstrčit v: Pino |
plug
(encz) | plug,zacpat v: díru, otvor ap. Pino |
plug
(encz) | plug,zástrčka n: Zdeněk Brož |
plug
(encz) | plug,zásuvka n: Zdeněk Brož |
plug
(encz) | plug,zátka n: Zdeněk Brož |
plug
(encz) | plug,zazátkovat v: Pino |
Plug
(gcide) | Plug \Plug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plugged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plugging.]
To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
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2. To briefly publicize or advertise, especially during a
public event not specifically intended for advertising
purposes; as, during the interview he plugged his new
book.
Syn: put in a plug for.
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Plug
(gcide) | Plug \Plug\, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl["o]k, plug,
Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.]
1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop
or fill a hole; a stopple.
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2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.]
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3. A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]
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4. A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.]
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5. (Building) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a
hold for nails.
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6. An act of plugging[6]; a brief mention for the sake of
publicity or advertisement, especially during a public
event not specifically intended for advertising purposes;
as, he put in a plug for his favorite charity.
[PJC]
Breech plug (Gun.), in breech-loading guns, the metal plug
or cylinder which closes the aperture in the breech,
through which the gun is loaded.
Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached.
[U. S.]
Hawse plug (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole.
Plug and feather. (Stone Working) See Feather, n., 7.
Plug centerbit, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder
instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole
previously made, or to form a counterbore around it.
Plug rod (Steam Eng.), a rod attached to the beam for
working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.
Plug valve (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case
like the plug of a faucet.
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plug
(wn) | plug
n 1: blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole
tightly [syn: plug, stopper, stopple]
2: a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: chew, chaw,
cud, quid, plug, wad]
3: blatant or sensational promotion [syn: ballyhoo, hoopla,
hype, plug]
4: electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an
internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an
electric spark [syn: spark plug, sparking plug, plug]
5: an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted
in a socket to make an electrical connection [syn: plug,
male plug]
6: an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a
fire [syn: fireplug, fire hydrant, plug]
7: an old or over-worked horse [syn: hack, jade, nag,
plug]
v 1: fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the
hole"; "stop up the leak" [syn: plug, stop up,
secure]
2: persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this
problem" [syn: plug, plug away]
3: deliver a quick blow to; "he punched me in the stomach" [syn:
punch, plug]
4: make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or
promote
5: insert a plug into; "plug the wall"
6: insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
plugin
(mass) | plug-in
- zásuvný modulplugin
- zásuvný modul |
unplug
(mass) | unplug
- vypnúť |
bath plug
(encz) | bath plug,špunt k vaně n: Pino |
drainplug
(encz) | drainplug, n: |
earplug
(encz) | earplug,špunt do ucha n: jako ochrana proti hluku Martin Ligač |
earplugs
(encz) | earplugs,špunty do uší n: pl. xkomczaxearplugs,ucpávky do uší Zdeněk Brož |
fireplug
(encz) | fireplug,požární hydrant Zdeněk Brož |
jack plug
(encz) | jack plug,jack zástrčka n: [tech.] male - samec Pino |
male plug
(encz) | male plug, n: |
not worth a plugged nickel
(encz) | not worth a plugged nickel, |
phone plug
(encz) | phone plug,telefonní konektor samec Clock |
phono plug
(encz) | phono plug,cinch [el.] IvČa |
plug away
(encz) | plug away,pachtit se v: Zdeněk Brož |
plug board
(encz) | plug board,propojovací deska n: [tech.] Pino |
plug fuse
(encz) | plug fuse, n: |
plug hat
(encz) | plug hat, n: |
plug in
(encz) | plug in,zastrčit v: Zdeněk Brožplug in,zasunout v: Zdeněk Brož |
plug into
(encz) | plug into,zastrčit v: Zdeněk Brožplug into,zasunout v: Zdeněk Brož |
plug the team
(encz) | plug the team, |
plug-flow system
(encz) | plug-flow system,systém s postupným tokem (hydrosystém) [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
plug-in
(encz) | plug-in,zásuvný modul n: [it.] |
plug-ugly
(encz) | plug-ugly, n: |
plugboard
(encz) | plugboard,propojovací deska n: [tech.] Pino |
pluggable
(encz) | pluggable, |
plugged
(encz) | plugged,ucpaný adj: Zdeněk Brožplugged,zazátkovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
plugger
(encz) | plugger, n: |
plugging
(encz) | plugging,ucpání n: Zdeněk Brož |
plughole
(encz) | plughole,díra na špunt Zdeněk Brožplughole,odtok např. umyvadla n: Zdeněk Brož |
plugin
(encz) | plugin,zásuvný modul n: [it.] TomF |
plugs
(encz) | plugs,propaguje v: Zdeněk Brožplugs,ucpává v: Zdeněk Brožplugs,zapojuje v: Zdeněk Brož |
pull the plug
(encz) | pull the plug, |
put in a plug for
(encz) | put in a plug for, |
replug
(encz) | replug,opětovně zapojit Zdeněk Brož |
replugged
(encz) | replugged, |
replugging
(encz) | replugging, |
sink plug
(encz) | sink plug,špunt ke dřezu n: Pino |
spark plug
(encz) | spark plug,svíčka n: v zážehovém motoru kavolspark plug,zapalovací svíčka n: Zdeněk Brož |
sparking plug
(encz) | sparking plug, n: |
sparkplug wrench
(encz) | sparkplug wrench, n: |
telephone plug
(encz) | telephone plug, n: |
unplug
(encz) | unplug,vypnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
unplugged
(encz) | unplugged,hudební vystoupení bez elektřiny Zdeněk Brožunplugged,odpojený adj: Zdeněk Brožunplugged,vystoupení bez elektřiny Zdeněk Brož |
unplugging
(encz) | unplugging, |
wall plug
(encz) | wall plug,zásuvka n: zásuvka elektrická - na zdi sheeryjay |
Breech plug
(gcide) | Plug \Plug\, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl["o]k, plug,
Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.]
1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop
or fill a hole; a stopple.
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2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.]
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3. A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]
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4. A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.]
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5. (Building) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a
hold for nails.
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6. An act of plugging[6]; a brief mention for the sake of
publicity or advertisement, especially during a public
event not specifically intended for advertising purposes;
as, he put in a plug for his favorite charity.
[PJC]
Breech plug (Gun.), in breech-loading guns, the metal plug
or cylinder which closes the aperture in the breech,
through which the gun is loaded.
Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached.
[U. S.]
Hawse plug (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole.
Plug and feather. (Stone Working) See Feather, n., 7.
Plug centerbit, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder
instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole
previously made, or to form a counterbore around it.
Plug rod (Steam Eng.), a rod attached to the beam for
working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.
Plug valve (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case
like the plug of a faucet.
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conductor plugs
(gcide) | Coherer \Co*her"er\, n. (Elec.)
Any device in which an imperfectly conducting contact between
pieces of metal or other conductors loosely resting against
each other is materially improved in conductivity by the
influence of Hertzian waves; -- so called by Sir O. J. Lodge
in 1894 on the assumption that the impact of the electic
waves caused the loosely connected parts to cohere, or weld
together, a condition easily destroyed by tapping. A common
form of coherer as used in wireless telegraphy consists of a
tube containing filings (usually a pinch of nickel and silver
filings in equal parts) between terminal wires or plugs
(called
conductor plugs).
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Fire plug
(gcide) | Plug \Plug\, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl["o]k, plug,
Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.]
1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop
or fill a hole; a stopple.
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2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.]
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3. A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]
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4. A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.]
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5. (Building) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a
hold for nails.
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6. An act of plugging[6]; a brief mention for the sake of
publicity or advertisement, especially during a public
event not specifically intended for advertising purposes;
as, he put in a plug for his favorite charity.
[PJC]
Breech plug (Gun.), in breech-loading guns, the metal plug
or cylinder which closes the aperture in the breech,
through which the gun is loaded.
Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached.
[U. S.]
Hawse plug (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole.
Plug and feather. (Stone Working) See Feather, n., 7.
Plug centerbit, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder
instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole
previously made, or to form a counterbore around it.
Plug rod (Steam Eng.), a rod attached to the beam for
working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.
Plug valve (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case
like the plug of a faucet.
[1913 Webster]Fire \Fire\ (f[imac]r), n. [OE. fir, fyr, fur AS. f[=y]r; akin
to D. vuur, OS. & OHG. fiur, G. feuer, Icel. f[=y]ri,
f[=u]rr, Gr. py^r, and perh. to L. purus pure, E. pure Cf.
Empyrean, Pyre.]
1. The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of
bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
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Note: The form of fire exhibited in the combustion of gases
in an ascending stream or current is called flame.
Anciently, fire, air, earth, and water were regarded as
the four elements of which all things are composed.
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2. Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a
stove or a furnace.
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3. The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.
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4. Anything which destroys or affects like fire.
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5. Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth;
consuming violence of temper.
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he had fire in his temper. --Atterbury.
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6. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral
enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.
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And bless their critic with a poet's fire. --Pope.
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7. Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.
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Stars, hide your fires. --Shak.
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As in a zodiac
representing the heavenly fires. --Milton.
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8. Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
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9. The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were
exposed to a heavy fire.
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Blue fire, Red fire, Green fire (Pyrotech.),
compositions of various combustible substances, as
sulphur, niter, lampblack, etc., the flames of which are
colored by various metallic salts, as those of antimony,
strontium, barium, etc.
Fire alarm
(a) A signal given on the breaking out of a fire.
(b) An apparatus for giving such an alarm.
Fire annihilator, a machine, device, or preparation to be
kept at hand for extinguishing fire by smothering it with
some incombustible vapor or gas, as carbonic acid.
Fire balloon.
(a) A balloon raised in the air by the buoyancy of air
heated by a fire placed in the lower part.
(b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite
at a regulated height. --Simmonds.
Fire bar, a grate bar.
Fire basket, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight.
Fire beetle. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary.
Fire blast, a disease of plants which causes them to appear
as if burnt by fire.
Fire box, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for
the fire.
Fire brick, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining
intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or
of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and
used for lining fire boxes, etc.
Fire brigade, an organized body of men for extinguished
fires.
Fire bucket. See under Bucket.
Fire bug, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through
mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac.
[U.S.]
Fire clay. See under Clay.
Fire company, a company of men managing an engine in
extinguishing fires.
Fire cross. See Fiery cross. [Obs.] --Milton.
Fire damp. See under Damp.
Fire dog. See Firedog, in the Vocabulary.
Fire drill.
(a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for
practice.
(b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by
rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; --
used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by
many savage peoples.
Fire eater.
(a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire.
(b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur.
[Colloq.]
Fire engine, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels,
for throwing water to extinguish fire.
Fire escape, a contrivance for facilitating escape from
burning buildings.
Fire gilding (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam
of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off
afterward by heat.
Fire gilt (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire
gilding.
Fire insurance, the act or system of insuring against fire;
also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes,
in consideration of the payment of a premium or small
percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an
owner of property from loss by fire during a specified
period.
Fire irons, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs,
poker, and shovel.
Fire main, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out
fire.
Fire master
(Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the
composition of fireworks.
Fire office, an office at which to effect insurance against
fire.
Fire opal, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections.
Fire ordeal, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test
was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon
red-hot irons. --Abbot.
Fire pan, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially
the receptacle for the priming of a gun.
Fire plug, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the
main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing
fires.
Fire policy, the writing or instrument expressing the
contract of insurance against loss by fire.
Fire pot.
(a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles,
formerly used as a missile in war.
(b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a
furnace.
(c) A crucible.
(d) A solderer's furnace.
Fire raft, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting
fire to an enemy's ships.
Fire roll, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to
their quarters in case of fire.
Fire setting (Mining), the process of softening or cracking
the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by
exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally
superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond.
Fire ship, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting
fire to an enemy's ships.
Fire shovel, a shovel for taking up coals of fire.
Fire stink, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites,
caused by the formation of hydrogen sulfide. --Raymond.
Fire surface, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are
exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of
combustion; heating surface.
Fire swab, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun
in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc.
--Farrow.
Fire teaser, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine.
Fire water, a strong alcoholic beverage; -- so called by
the American Indians.
Fire worship, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly
in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called
Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India.
Greek fire. See under Greek.
On fire, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager;
zealous.
Running fire, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession
by a line of troops.
St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which
St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn.
St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint Elmo.
To set on fire, to inflame; to kindle.
To take fire, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion.
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fireplug
(gcide) | fireplug \fireplug\ n.
an upright hydrant that can supply large volumes of water to
use in fighting a fire. They are commonly placed at intervals
at the street edge of a sidewalk for convenience in
suppressing fires in towns.
Syn: fire hydrant, plug.
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Fuse plug
(gcide) | Fuse plug \Fuse plug\, or Fuze plug \Fuze plug\ .
1. (Ordnance) A plug fitted to the fuse hole of a shell to
hold the fuse.
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2. A fusible plug that screws into a receptacle, used as a
fuse in electric wiring.
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Fusible plug
(gcide) | Fusible \Fu"si*ble\, a. [F. fusible. See Fuse, v. t.]
CapabIe of being melted or liquefied.
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Fusible metal, any alloy of different metals capable of
being easily fused, especially an alloy of five parts of
bismuth, three of lead, and two of tin, which melts at a
temperature below that of boiling water. --Ure.
Fusible plug (Steam Boiler), a piece of easily fusible
alloy, placed in one of the sheets and intended to melt
and blow off the steam in case of low water.
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Fuze plug
(gcide) | Fuse plug \Fuse plug\, or Fuze plug \Fuze plug\ .
1. (Ordnance) A plug fitted to the fuse hole of a shell to
hold the fuse.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A fusible plug that screws into a receptacle, used as a
fuse in electric wiring.
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Hawse plug
(gcide) | Plug \Plug\, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl["o]k, plug,
Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.]
1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop
or fill a hole; a stopple.
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2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.]
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3. A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]
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4. A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.]
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5. (Building) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a
hold for nails.
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6. An act of plugging[6]; a brief mention for the sake of
publicity or advertisement, especially during a public
event not specifically intended for advertising purposes;
as, he put in a plug for his favorite charity.
[PJC]
Breech plug (Gun.), in breech-loading guns, the metal plug
or cylinder which closes the aperture in the breech,
through which the gun is loaded.
Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached.
[U. S.]
Hawse plug (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole.
Plug and feather. (Stone Working) See Feather, n., 7.
Plug centerbit, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder
instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole
previously made, or to form a counterbore around it.
Plug rod (Steam Eng.), a rod attached to the beam for
working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.
Plug valve (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case
like the plug of a faucet.
[1913 Webster]Hawse \Hawse\ (h[add]z or h[add]s; 277), n. [Orig. a hawse hole,
or hole in the bow of the ship; cf. Icel. hals, h[=a]ls,
neck, part of the bows of a ship, AS. heals neck. See
Collar, and cf. Halse to embrace.]
1. A hawse hole. --Harris.
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2. (Naut.)
(a) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored
with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on
the port bow.
(b) The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend;
as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul
hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse.
(c) That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse
holes for the cables.
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Athwart hawse. See under Athwart.
Foul hawse, a hawse in which the cables cross each other,
or are twisted together.
Hawse block, a block used to stop up a hawse hole at sea;
-- called also hawse plug.
Hawse piece, one of the foremost timbers of a ship, through
which the hawse hole is cut.
Hawse plug. Same as Hawse block (above).
To come in at the hawse holes, to enter the naval service
at the lowest grade. [Cant]
To freshen the hawse, to veer out a little more cable and
bring the chafe and strain on another part.
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hawse plug
(gcide) | Plug \Plug\, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl["o]k, plug,
Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.]
1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop
or fill a hole; a stopple.
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2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.]
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3. A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]
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4. A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.]
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5. (Building) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a
hold for nails.
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6. An act of plugging[6]; a brief mention for the sake of
publicity or advertisement, especially during a public
event not specifically intended for advertising purposes;
as, he put in a plug for his favorite charity.
[PJC]
Breech plug (Gun.), in breech-loading guns, the metal plug
or cylinder which closes the aperture in the breech,
through which the gun is loaded.
Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached.
[U. S.]
Hawse plug (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole.
Plug and feather. (Stone Working) See Feather, n., 7.
Plug centerbit, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder
instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole
previously made, or to form a counterbore around it.
Plug rod (Steam Eng.), a rod attached to the beam for
working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.
Plug valve (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case
like the plug of a faucet.
[1913 Webster]Hawse \Hawse\ (h[add]z or h[add]s; 277), n. [Orig. a hawse hole,
or hole in the bow of the ship; cf. Icel. hals, h[=a]ls,
neck, part of the bows of a ship, AS. heals neck. See
Collar, and cf. Halse to embrace.]
1. A hawse hole. --Harris.
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2. (Naut.)
(a) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored
with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on
the port bow.
(b) The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend;
as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul
hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse.
(c) That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse
holes for the cables.
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Athwart hawse. See under Athwart.
Foul hawse, a hawse in which the cables cross each other,
or are twisted together.
Hawse block, a block used to stop up a hawse hole at sea;
-- called also hawse plug.
Hawse piece, one of the foremost timbers of a ship, through
which the hawse hole is cut.
Hawse plug. Same as Hawse block (above).
To come in at the hawse holes, to enter the naval service
at the lowest grade. [Cant]
To freshen the hawse, to veer out a little more cable and
bring the chafe and strain on another part.
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male plug
(gcide) | male plug \male plug\ n. (Electricity)
The connecting end of the cord on an electrical device,
having two or three pins, that is inserted into a matching
socket to make an electrical connection.
Syn: plug.
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Mud plug
(gcide) | Mud \Mud\ (m[u^]d), n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder
mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf.
Mother a scum on liquors.]
Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.
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Mud bass (Zool.), a fresh-water fish ({Acantharchum
pomotis} or Acantharchus pomotis) of the Eastern United
States. It produces a deep grunting note.
Mud bath, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in
mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for
disease.
Mud boat, a large flatboat used in dredging.
Mud cat. See mud cat in the vocabulary.
Mud crab (Zool.), any one of several American marine crabs
of the genus Panopeus.
Mud dab (Zool.), the winter flounder. See Flounder, and
Dab.
Mud dauber (Zool.), a mud wasp; the mud-dauber.
Mud devil (Zool.), the fellbender.
Mud drum (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into
which sediment and mud in the water can settle for
removal.
Mud eel (Zool.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian ({Siren
lacertina}), found in the Southern United States. It has
persistent external gills and only the anterior pair of
legs. See Siren.
Mud frog (Zool.), a European frog (Pelobates fuscus).
Mud hen. (Zool.)
(a) The American coot (Fulica Americana).
(b) The clapper rail.
Mud lark, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud.
[Slang]
Mud minnow (Zool.), any small American fresh-water fish of
the genus Umbra, as Umbra limi. The genus is allied to
the pickerels.
Mud plug, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler.
Mud puppy (Zool.), the menobranchus.
Mud scow, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat.
[U.S.]
Mud turtle, Mud tortoise (Zool.), any one of numerous
species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States.
Mud wasp (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to Pepaeus, and allied
genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached,
side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings,
etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with
spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve
as food for the larva. Called also mud dauber.
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Plug
(gcide) | Plug \Plug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plugged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plugging.]
To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
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2. To briefly publicize or advertise, especially during a
public event not specifically intended for advertising
purposes; as, during the interview he plugged his new
book.
Syn: put in a plug for.
[PJC]Plug \Plug\, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl["o]k, plug,
Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.]
1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop
or fill a hole; a stopple.
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2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.]
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3. A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]
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4. A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.]
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5. (Building) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a
hold for nails.
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6. An act of plugging[6]; a brief mention for the sake of
publicity or advertisement, especially during a public
event not specifically intended for advertising purposes;
as, he put in a plug for his favorite charity.
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Breech plug (Gun.), in breech-loading guns, the metal plug
or cylinder which closes the aperture in the breech,
through which the gun is loaded.
Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached.
[U. S.]
Hawse plug (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole.
Plug and feather. (Stone Working) See Feather, n., 7.
Plug centerbit, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder
instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole
previously made, or to form a counterbore around it.
Plug rod (Steam Eng.), a rod attached to the beam for
working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.
Plug valve (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case
like the plug of a faucet.
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Plug and feather
(gcide) | Plug \Plug\, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl["o]k, plug,
Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.]
1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop
or fill a hole; a stopple.
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2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.]
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3. A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]
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4. A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.]
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5. (Building) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a
hold for nails.
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6. An act of plugging[6]; a brief mention for the sake of
publicity or advertisement, especially during a public
event not specifically intended for advertising purposes;
as, he put in a plug for his favorite charity.
[PJC]
Breech plug (Gun.), in breech-loading guns, the metal plug
or cylinder which closes the aperture in the breech,
through which the gun is loaded.
Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached.
[U. S.]
Hawse plug (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole.
Plug and feather. (Stone Working) See Feather, n., 7.
Plug centerbit, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder
instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole
previously made, or to form a counterbore around it.
Plug rod (Steam Eng.), a rod attached to the beam for
working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.
Plug valve (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case
like the plug of a faucet.
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Plug board
(gcide) | Plug board \Plug board\ (Elec.)
A switchboard in which connections are made by means of
plugs.
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Plug centerbit
(gcide) | Plug \Plug\, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl["o]k, plug,
Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.]
1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop
or fill a hole; a stopple.
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2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.]
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3. A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]
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4. A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.]
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5. (Building) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a
hold for nails.
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6. An act of plugging[6]; a brief mention for the sake of
publicity or advertisement, especially during a public
event not specifically intended for advertising purposes;
as, he put in a plug for his favorite charity.
[PJC]
Breech plug (Gun.), in breech-loading guns, the metal plug
or cylinder which closes the aperture in the breech,
through which the gun is loaded.
Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached.
[U. S.]
Hawse plug (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole.
Plug and feather. (Stone Working) See Feather, n., 7.
Plug centerbit, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder
instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole
previously made, or to form a counterbore around it.
Plug rod (Steam Eng.), a rod attached to the beam for
working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.
Plug valve (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case
like the plug of a faucet.
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Plug rod
(gcide) | Plug \Plug\, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl["o]k, plug,
Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.]
1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop
or fill a hole; a stopple.
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2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.]
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3. A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]
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4. A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.]
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5. (Building) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a
hold for nails.
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6. An act of plugging[6]; a brief mention for the sake of
publicity or advertisement, especially during a public
event not specifically intended for advertising purposes;
as, he put in a plug for his favorite charity.
[PJC]
Breech plug (Gun.), in breech-loading guns, the metal plug
or cylinder which closes the aperture in the breech,
through which the gun is loaded.
Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached.
[U. S.]
Hawse plug (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole.
Plug and feather. (Stone Working) See Feather, n., 7.
Plug centerbit, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder
instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole
previously made, or to form a counterbore around it.
Plug rod (Steam Eng.), a rod attached to the beam for
working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.
Plug valve (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case
like the plug of a faucet.
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Plug tap
(gcide) | Tap \Tap\, n. [AS. t[ae]ppa, akin to D. tap, G. zapfen, OHG.
zapfo, Dan. tap, Sw. tapp, Icel. tappi. Cf. Tampion,
Tip.]
1. A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
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2. A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or
the like; a faucet.
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3. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or
quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap. [Colloq.]
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4. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a
bar. [Colloq.]
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5. (Mech.) A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut,
consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved
longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.
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On tap.
(a) Ready to be drawn; as, ale on tap.
(b) Broached, or furnished with a tap; as, a barrel on
tap.
Plug tap (Mech.), a screw-cutting tap with a slightly
tapering end.
Tap bolt, a bolt with a head on one end and a thread on the
other end, to be screwed into some fixed part, instead of
passing through the part and receiving a nut. See Illust.
under Bolt.
Tap cinder (Metal.), the slag of a puddling furnace.
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Plug valve
(gcide) | Plug \Plug\, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl["o]k, plug,
Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.]
1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop
or fill a hole; a stopple.
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2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.]
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3. A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]
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4. A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.]
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5. (Building) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a
hold for nails.
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6. An act of plugging[6]; a brief mention for the sake of
publicity or advertisement, especially during a public
event not specifically intended for advertising purposes;
as, he put in a plug for his favorite charity.
[PJC]
Breech plug (Gun.), in breech-loading guns, the metal plug
or cylinder which closes the aperture in the breech,
through which the gun is loaded.
Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached.
[U. S.]
Hawse plug (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole.
Plug and feather. (Stone Working) See Feather, n., 7.
Plug centerbit, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder
instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole
previously made, or to form a counterbore around it.
Plug rod (Steam Eng.), a rod attached to the beam for
working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.
Plug valve (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case
like the plug of a faucet.
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Plugged
(gcide) | Plug \Plug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plugged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plugging.]
To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
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2. To briefly publicize or advertise, especially during a
public event not specifically intended for advertising
purposes; as, during the interview he plugged his new
book.
Syn: put in a plug for.
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Plugger
(gcide) | Plugger \Plug"ger\, n.
One who, or that which, plugs.
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Plugging
(gcide) | Plugging \Plug"ging\, n.
1. The act of stopping with a plug.
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2. The material of which a plug or stopple is made.
[1913 Webster]Plug \Plug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plugged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plugging.]
To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
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2. To briefly publicize or advertise, especially during a
public event not specifically intended for advertising
purposes; as, during the interview he plugged his new
book.
Syn: put in a plug for.
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