| slovo | definícia |
porc
(encz) | porc, n: |
porc
(wn) | porc
n 1: meat from a domestic hog or pig [syn: pork, porc] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
proporcionálny
(msas) | proporcionálny
- proportional |
proporcionalny
(msasasci) | proporcionalny
- proportional |
front porch
(encz) | front porch, n: |
front-porch campaign
(encz) | front-porch campaign, n: |
front-porch campaigning
(encz) | front-porch campaigning, n: |
long-tailed porcupine
(encz) | long-tailed porcupine, n: |
porcelain
(encz) | porcelain,porcelán n: Zdeněk Brož |
porcelain clay
(encz) | porcelain clay, n: |
porch
(encz) | porch,krytý vchod n: Zdeněk Brožporch,louče n: Ritchieporch,pavlač n: Zdeněk Brožporch,přístřešek n: Zdeněk Brožporch,svítilna n: Ritchieporch,veranda n: Zdeněk Brož |
porches
(encz) | porches, |
porcine
(encz) | porcine,prasečí adj: Zdeněk Brož |
porcupine
(encz) | porcupine,dikobraz n: Zdeněk Brož |
porcupine ball
(encz) | porcupine ball, n: |
porcupine fish
(encz) | porcupine fish, n: |
porcupine provision
(encz) | porcupine provision, n: |
porcupinefish
(encz) | porcupinefish, n: |
porcupines
(encz) | porcupines,dikobrazi n: pl. Jirka Daněk |
sun porch
(encz) | sun porch, n: |
disproporce
(czen) | disproporce,disproportionn: Zdeněk Brož |
panák (porce alkoholu)
(czen) | panák (porce alkoholu),sniftern: [slang.] Jiří Dadák |
porce
(czen) | porce,dosen: Zdeněk Brožporce,portionn: Zdeněk Brožporce,portionsn: pl. Zdeněk Brožporce,servingn: Zdeněk Brožporce,whackn: [slang.] Pino |
porcelán
(czen) | porcelán,chinan: Zdeněk Brožporcelán,porcelainn: Zdeněk Brožporcelán,potteryn: PetrV |
porcelánová zubní korunka
(czen) | porcelánová zubní korunka,jacket crown[med.] tata |
porcelánové nádobí
(czen) | porcelánové nádobí,chinawaren: Zdeněk Brož |
porcovaný
(czen) | porcovaný,choppedadj: Zdeněk Brožporcovaný,jointedadj: Zdeněk Brož |
proporce
(czen) | proporce,proportionn: Zdeněk Brožproporce,proportionsn: Zdeněk Brož |
proporcionalita
(czen) | proporcionalita,proportionalityn: Zdeněk Brož |
proporcionální
(czen) | proporcionální,proportionaladj: Zdeněk Brožproporcionální,proportional tax Mgr. Dita Gálováproporcionální,proportioningn: cartime.eu |
proporcionální daň
(czen) | proporcionální daň,proportional tax[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
proporcionálně
(czen) | proporcionálně,proportionallyadv: Zdeněk Brož |
slon v porcelánu
(czen) | slon v porcelánu,a bull in a china shop tata |
velká porce jídla
(czen) | velká porce jídla,square meal Pavel Cvrček |
čínský porcelán
(czen) | čínský porcelán,china Zdeněk Brož |
Canada porcupine
(gcide) | Canada \Can"a*da\, n.
A country in North America, bordering the United States on
the north. It is a federation which includes English-speaking
provinces and the French-speaking Province of Quebec.
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Canada balsam. See under Balsam.
Canada goose. (Zool.) See Wild goose.
Canada jay. See Whisky Jack.
Canada lynx. (Zool.) See Lynx.
Canada lily. (Bot.) a plant of eastern North America
(Lilium canadense) having yellow or orange flowers with
dark spots; called also meadow lily. --RHUD
Canada porcupine (Zool.) See Porcupine, and Urson.
Canada rice (Bot.) See under Rick.
Canada robin (Zool.), the cedar bird.
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Carriage porch
(gcide) | Carriage \Car"riage\, n. [OF. cariage luggage, carriage,
chariage carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage,
wagoning, fr. OF. carier, charier, F. charrier, to cart. See
Carry.]
1. That which is carried; burden; baggage. [Obs.]
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David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of
the carriage. --1. Sam.
xvii. 22.
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And after those days we took up our carriages and
went up to Jerusalem. --Acts. xxi.
15.
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2. The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.
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Nine days employed in carriage. --Chapman.
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3. The price or expense of carrying.
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4. That which carries of conveys, as:
(a) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for
elegance and comfort.
(b) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun
carriage.
(c) A part of a machine which moves and carries of
supports some other moving object or part.
(d) A frame or cage in which something is carried or
supported; as, a bell carriage.
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5. The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing;
deportment; personal manners.
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His gallant carriage all the rest did grace.
--Stirling.
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6. The act or manner of conducting measures or projects;
management.
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The passage and whole carriage of this action.
--Shak.
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Carriage horse, a horse kept for drawing a carriage.
Carriage porch (Arch.), a canopy or roofed pavilion
covering the driveway at the entrance to any building. It
is intended as a shelter for those who alight from
vehicles at the door; -- sometimes erroneously called in
the United States porte-coch[`e]re.
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Carya porcina
(gcide) | Pignut \Pig"nut\ (p[i^]g"n[u^]t), n. (Bot.)
(a) See Groundnut
(d) .
(b) The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory ({Carya
glabra} syn. Carya porcina); also, the tree itself.
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Cavia porcellus
(gcide) | Guinea pig \Guin"ea pig`\ [Prob. a mistake for Guiana pig.]
1. (Zool.) A small Brazilian rodent (Cavia porcellus or
Cavia cobaya), about seven inches in length and usually
of a white color, with spots of orange and black. Called
also cavy. It is the domesticated form of the wild cavy,
often kept as a pet and used commonly as an experimental
animal in laboratory research.
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2. Hence, [figuratively]: Any animal or person used in an
experiment; -- also applied to people who are unwillingly
or unknowingly subjected by authorities to policies or
procedures which might cause bodily or mental harm.
[PJC]
3. A contemptuous sobriquet. [Obs.] --Smollett
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Cynocephalus porcarius
(gcide) | Chacma \Chac"ma\, n. [Native name.]
A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius);
-- called also ursine baboon.
Note: [See Illust. of Baboon.]
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Ivory porcelain
(gcide) | Porcelain \Por"ce*lain\ (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It.
porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell
(Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig,
probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a
pig's back. Porcelain was called after this shell, either on
account of its smoothness and whiteness, or because it was
believed to be made from it. See Pork.]
A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware,
made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and
America; -- called also China, or China ware.
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Porcelain, by being pure, is apt to break. --Dryden.
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Ivory porcelain, porcelain with a surface like ivory,
produced by depolishing. See Depolishing.
Porcelain clay. See under Clay.
Porcelain crab (Zool.), any crab of the genus Porcellana
and allied genera (family Porcellanid[ae]). They have a
smooth, polished carapace.
Porcelain jasper. (Min.) See Porcelanite.
Porcelain printing, the transferring of an impression of an
engraving to porcelain.
Porcelain shell (Zool.), a cowry.
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Philosophy of the Porch
(gcide) | Philosophy \Phi*los"o*phy\ (f[i^]*l[o^]s"[-o]*f[y^]), n.; pl.
Philosophies (f[i^]*l[o^]s"[-o]*f[i^]z). [OE. philosophie,
F. philosophie, L. philosophia, from Gr. filosofi`a. See
Philosopher.]
1. Literally, the love of, inducing the search after, wisdom;
in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained
by, and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and
laws.
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Note: When applied to any particular department of knowledge,
philosophy denotes the general laws or principles under
which all the subordinate phenomena or facts relating
to that subject are comprehended. Thus philosophy, when
applied to God and the divine government, is called
theology; when applied to material objects, it is
called physics; when it treats of man, it is called
anthropology and psychology, with which are connected
logic and ethics; when it treats of the necessary
conceptions and relations by which philosophy is
possible, it is called metaphysics.
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Note: "Philosophy has been defined: -- the science of things
divine and human, and the causes in which they are
contained; -- the science of effects by their causes;
-- the science of sufficient reasons; -- the science of
things possible, inasmuch as they are possible; -- the
science of things evidently deduced from first
principles; -- the science of truths sensible and
abstract; -- the application of reason to its
legitimate objects; -- the science of the relations of
all knowledge to the necessary ends of human reason; --
the science of the original form of the ego, or mental
self; -- the science of science; -- the science of the
absolute; -- the science of the absolute indifference
of the ideal and real." --Sir W. Hamilton.
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2. A particular philosophical system or theory; the
hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.
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[Books] of Aristotle and his philosophie. --Chaucer.
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We shall in vain interpret their words by the
notions of our philosophy and the doctrines in our
school. --Locke.
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3. Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment;
equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune
with philosophy.
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Then had he spent all his philosophy. --Chaucer.
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4. Reasoning; argumentation.
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Of good and evil much they argued then, . . .
Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy. --Milton.
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5. The course of sciences read in the schools. --Johnson.
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6. A treatise on philosophy.
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Philosophy of the Academy, that of Plato, who taught his
disciples in a grove in Athens called the Academy.
Philosophy of the Garden, that of Epicurus, who taught in a
garden in Athens.
Philosophy of the Lyceum, that of Aristotle, the founder of
the Peripatetic school, who delivered his lectures in the
Lyceum at Athens.
Philosophy of the Porch, that of Zeno and the Stoics; -- so
called because Zeno of Citium and his successors taught in
the porch of the Poicile, a great hall in Athens.
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Porcate
(gcide) | Porcate \Por"cate\, a. [L. porca a ridge between two furrows.]
(Zool.)
Having grooves or furrows broader than the intervening
ridges; furrowed.
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Porcelain
(gcide) | Porcelain \Por"ce*lain\, n. (Bot.)
Purslain. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Porcelain \Por"ce*lain\ (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It.
porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell
(Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig,
probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a
pig's back. Porcelain was called after this shell, either on
account of its smoothness and whiteness, or because it was
believed to be made from it. See Pork.]
A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware,
made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and
America; -- called also China, or China ware.
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Porcelain, by being pure, is apt to break. --Dryden.
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Ivory porcelain, porcelain with a surface like ivory,
produced by depolishing. See Depolishing.
Porcelain clay. See under Clay.
Porcelain crab (Zool.), any crab of the genus Porcellana
and allied genera (family Porcellanid[ae]). They have a
smooth, polished carapace.
Porcelain jasper. (Min.) See Porcelanite.
Porcelain printing, the transferring of an impression of an
engraving to porcelain.
Porcelain shell (Zool.), a cowry.
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Porcelain clay
(gcide) | Porcelain \Por"ce*lain\ (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It.
porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell
(Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig,
probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a
pig's back. Porcelain was called after this shell, either on
account of its smoothness and whiteness, or because it was
believed to be made from it. See Pork.]
A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware,
made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and
America; -- called also China, or China ware.
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Porcelain, by being pure, is apt to break. --Dryden.
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Ivory porcelain, porcelain with a surface like ivory,
produced by depolishing. See Depolishing.
Porcelain clay. See under Clay.
Porcelain crab (Zool.), any crab of the genus Porcellana
and allied genera (family Porcellanid[ae]). They have a
smooth, polished carapace.
Porcelain jasper. (Min.) See Porcelanite.
Porcelain printing, the transferring of an impression of an
engraving to porcelain.
Porcelain shell (Zool.), a cowry.
[1913 Webster]Clay \Clay\ (kl[=a]), n. [AS. cl[=ae]g; akin to LG. klei, D.
klei, and perh. to AS. cl[=a]m clay, L. glus, gluten glue,
Gr. gloio`s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. Clog.]
1. A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the
hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is
the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part,
of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime,
magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often
present as impurities.
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2. (Poetry & Script.) Earth in general, as representing the
elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human
body as formed from such particles.
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I also am formed out of the clay. --Job xxxiii.
6.
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The earth is covered thick with other clay,
Which her own clay shall cover. --Byron.
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Bowlder clay. See under Bowlder.
Brick clay, the common clay, containing some iron, and
therefore turning red when burned.
Clay cold, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate.
Clay ironstone, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or
carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand.
Clay marl, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay.
Clay mill, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug
mill.
Clay pit, a pit where clay is dug.
Clay slate (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite.
Fatty clays, clays having a greasy feel; they are chemical
compounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as halloysite,
bole, etc.
Fire clay, a variety of clay, entirely free from lime,
iron, or an alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for
fire brick.
Porcelain clay, a very pure variety, formed directly from
the decomposition of feldspar, and often called kaolin.
Potter's clay, a tolerably pure kind, free from iron.
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Porcelain crab
(gcide) | Porcelain \Por"ce*lain\ (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It.
porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell
(Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig,
probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a
pig's back. Porcelain was called after this shell, either on
account of its smoothness and whiteness, or because it was
believed to be made from it. See Pork.]
A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware,
made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and
America; -- called also China, or China ware.
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Porcelain, by being pure, is apt to break. --Dryden.
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Ivory porcelain, porcelain with a surface like ivory,
produced by depolishing. See Depolishing.
Porcelain clay. See under Clay.
Porcelain crab (Zool.), any crab of the genus Porcellana
and allied genera (family Porcellanid[ae]). They have a
smooth, polished carapace.
Porcelain jasper. (Min.) See Porcelanite.
Porcelain printing, the transferring of an impression of an
engraving to porcelain.
Porcelain shell (Zool.), a cowry.
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Porcelain jasper
(gcide) | Porcelain \Por"ce*lain\ (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It.
porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell
(Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig,
probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a
pig's back. Porcelain was called after this shell, either on
account of its smoothness and whiteness, or because it was
believed to be made from it. See Pork.]
A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware,
made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and
America; -- called also China, or China ware.
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Porcelain, by being pure, is apt to break. --Dryden.
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Ivory porcelain, porcelain with a surface like ivory,
produced by depolishing. See Depolishing.
Porcelain clay. See under Clay.
Porcelain crab (Zool.), any crab of the genus Porcellana
and allied genera (family Porcellanid[ae]). They have a
smooth, polished carapace.
Porcelain jasper. (Min.) See Porcelanite.
Porcelain printing, the transferring of an impression of an
engraving to porcelain.
Porcelain shell (Zool.), a cowry.
[1913 Webster]Porcelanite \Por"ce*la*nite\, n. [Cf. F. porcelanite.] (Min.)
A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; --
called also porcelain jasper.
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porcelain jasper
(gcide) | Porcelain \Por"ce*lain\ (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It.
porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell
(Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig,
probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a
pig's back. Porcelain was called after this shell, either on
account of its smoothness and whiteness, or because it was
believed to be made from it. See Pork.]
A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware,
made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and
America; -- called also China, or China ware.
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Porcelain, by being pure, is apt to break. --Dryden.
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Ivory porcelain, porcelain with a surface like ivory,
produced by depolishing. See Depolishing.
Porcelain clay. See under Clay.
Porcelain crab (Zool.), any crab of the genus Porcellana
and allied genera (family Porcellanid[ae]). They have a
smooth, polished carapace.
Porcelain jasper. (Min.) See Porcelanite.
Porcelain printing, the transferring of an impression of an
engraving to porcelain.
Porcelain shell (Zool.), a cowry.
[1913 Webster]Porcelanite \Por"ce*la*nite\, n. [Cf. F. porcelanite.] (Min.)
A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; --
called also porcelain jasper.
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Porcelain printing
(gcide) | Porcelain \Por"ce*lain\ (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It.
porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell
(Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig,
probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a
pig's back. Porcelain was called after this shell, either on
account of its smoothness and whiteness, or because it was
believed to be made from it. See Pork.]
A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware,
made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and
America; -- called also China, or China ware.
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Porcelain, by being pure, is apt to break. --Dryden.
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Ivory porcelain, porcelain with a surface like ivory,
produced by depolishing. See Depolishing.
Porcelain clay. See under Clay.
Porcelain crab (Zool.), any crab of the genus Porcellana
and allied genera (family Porcellanid[ae]). They have a
smooth, polished carapace.
Porcelain jasper. (Min.) See Porcelanite.
Porcelain printing, the transferring of an impression of an
engraving to porcelain.
Porcelain shell (Zool.), a cowry.
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Porcelain shell
(gcide) | Porcelain \Por"ce*lain\ (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It.
porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell
(Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig,
probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a
pig's back. Porcelain was called after this shell, either on
account of its smoothness and whiteness, or because it was
believed to be made from it. See Pork.]
A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware,
made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and
America; -- called also China, or China ware.
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Porcelain, by being pure, is apt to break. --Dryden.
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Ivory porcelain, porcelain with a surface like ivory,
produced by depolishing. See Depolishing.
Porcelain clay. See under Clay.
Porcelain crab (Zool.), any crab of the genus Porcellana
and allied genera (family Porcellanid[ae]). They have a
smooth, polished carapace.
Porcelain jasper. (Min.) See Porcelanite.
Porcelain printing, the transferring of an impression of an
engraving to porcelain.
Porcelain shell (Zool.), a cowry.
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Porcelainized
(gcide) | Porcelainized \Por"ce*lain*ized\, a. (Geol.)
Baked like potter's lay; -- applied to clay shales that have
been converted by heat into a substance resembling porcelain.
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Porcelaneous
(gcide) | Porcelaneous \Por`ce*la"ne*ous\, Porcellaneous
\Por`cel*la"ne*ous\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to porcelain; resembling porcelain; as,
porcelaneous shells.
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2. (Zool.) Having a smooth, compact shell without pores; --
said of certain Foraminifera.
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Porcelanite
(gcide) | Porcelanite \Por"ce*la*nite\, n. [Cf. F. porcelanite.] (Min.)
A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; --
called also porcelain jasper.
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Porcelanous
(gcide) | Porcelanous \Por"ce*la`nous\, Porcellanous \Por"cel*la`nous\, a.
Porcelaneous. --Ure.
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Porcellaneous
(gcide) | Porcelaneous \Por`ce*la"ne*ous\, Porcellaneous
\Por`cel*la"ne*ous\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to porcelain; resembling porcelain; as,
porcelaneous shells.
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2. (Zool.) Having a smooth, compact shell without pores; --
said of certain Foraminifera.
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Porcellanous
(gcide) | Porcelanous \Por"ce*la`nous\, Porcellanous \Por"cel*la`nous\, a.
Porcelaneous. --Ure.
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Porch
(gcide) | Porch \Porch\, n. [F. porche, L. porticus, fr. porta a gate,
entrance, or passage. See Port a gate, and cf. Portico.]
1. (Arch.) A covered and inclosed entrance to a building,
whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of
vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and
with a separate roof. Sometimes the porch is large enough
to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch,
under Carriage, and Loggia.
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The graceless Helen in the porch I spied
Of Vesta's temple. --Dryden.
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2. A portico; a covered walk. [Obs.]
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Repair to Pompey's porch, where you shall find find
us. --Shak.
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The Porch, a public portico, or great hall, in Athens,
where Zeno, the philosopher, taught his disciples; hence,
sometimes used as equivalent to the school of the Stoics.
It was called "h poiki`lh stoa`. [See Poicile.]
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Porcine
(gcide) | Porcine \Por"cine\, a. [L. porcinus, from porcus a swine. See
Pork.]
Of or pertaining to swine; characteristic of the hog.
"Porcine cheeks." --G. Eliot.
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Porcula papuensis
(gcide) | Bene \Bene\, Ben \Ben\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
A hoglike mammal of New Guinea (Porcula papuensis).
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Porcupine
(gcide) | Porcupine \Por"cu*pine\, n. [OE. porkepyn, porpentine, OF.
porc-espi, F. porc-['e]pic (cf. It. porco spino, porco
spinoso, Sp. puerco espino, puerco espin, fr. L. porcus swine
+ spina thorn, spine). The last part of the French word is
perhaps a corruption from the It. or Sp.; cf. F. ['e]pi ear,
a spike of grain, L. spica. See Pork, Spike a large nail,
Spine.]
1. (Zool.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having
the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or
quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of
Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of Erethizon and related genera,
native of America. They are related to the true
porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in
their habits. The Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus)
is a well known species.
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Porcupine ant-eater (Zool.), the echidna.
Porcupine crab (Zool.), a large spiny Japanese crab
(Acantholithodes hystrix).
Porcupine disease (Med.). See Ichthyosis.
Porcupine fish (Zool.), any plectognath fish having the
body covered with spines which become erect when the body
is inflated. See Diodon, and Globefish.
Porcupine grass (Bot.), a grass (Stipa spartea) with
grains bearing a stout twisted awn, which, by coiling and
uncoiling through changes in moisture, propels the
sharp-pointed and barbellate grain into the wool and flesh
of sheep. It is found from Illinois westward. See
Illustration in Appendix.
Porcupine wood (Bot.), the hard outer wood of the cocoa
palm; -- so called because, when cut horizontally, the
markings of the wood resemble the quills of a porcupine.
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Porcupine ant-eater
(gcide) | Porcupine \Por"cu*pine\, n. [OE. porkepyn, porpentine, OF.
porc-espi, F. porc-['e]pic (cf. It. porco spino, porco
spinoso, Sp. puerco espino, puerco espin, fr. L. porcus swine
+ spina thorn, spine). The last part of the French word is
perhaps a corruption from the It. or Sp.; cf. F. ['e]pi ear,
a spike of grain, L. spica. See Pork, Spike a large nail,
Spine.]
1. (Zool.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having
the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or
quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of
Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) Any species of Erethizon and related genera,
native of America. They are related to the true
porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in
their habits. The Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus)
is a well known species.
[1913 Webster]
Porcupine ant-eater (Zool.), the echidna.
Porcupine crab (Zool.), a large spiny Japanese crab
(Acantholithodes hystrix).
Porcupine disease (Med.). See Ichthyosis.
Porcupine fish (Zool.), any plectognath fish having the
body covered with spines which become erect when the body
is inflated. See Diodon, and Globefish.
Porcupine grass (Bot.), a grass (Stipa spartea) with
grains bearing a stout twisted awn, which, by coiling and
uncoiling through changes in moisture, propels the
sharp-pointed and barbellate grain into the wool and flesh
of sheep. It is found from Illinois westward. See
Illustration in Appendix.
Porcupine wood (Bot.), the hard outer wood of the cocoa
palm; -- so called because, when cut horizontally, the
markings of the wood resemble the quills of a porcupine.
[1913 Webster]Echidna \E*chid"na\ ([-e]*k[i^]d"n[.a]), n. [L., a viper, adder,
Gr. 'e`chidna.]
1. (Gr. Myth.) A monster, half maid and half serpent.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia,
Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered
with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and
Australian ant-eater.
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porcupine ant-eater
(gcide) | Porcupine \Por"cu*pine\, n. [OE. porkepyn, porpentine, OF.
porc-espi, F. porc-['e]pic (cf. It. porco spino, porco
spinoso, Sp. puerco espino, puerco espin, fr. L. porcus swine
+ spina thorn, spine). The last part of the French word is
perhaps a corruption from the It. or Sp.; cf. F. ['e]pi ear,
a spike of grain, L. spica. See Pork, Spike a large nail,
Spine.]
1. (Zool.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having
the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or
quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of
Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) Any species of Erethizon and related genera,
native of America. They are related to the true
porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in
their habits. The Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus)
is a well known species.
[1913 Webster]
Porcupine ant-eater (Zool.), the echidna.
Porcupine crab (Zool.), a large spiny Japanese crab
(Acantholithodes hystrix).
Porcupine disease (Med.). See Ichthyosis.
Porcupine fish (Zool.), any plectognath fish having the
body covered with spines which become erect when the body
is inflated. See Diodon, and Globefish.
Porcupine grass (Bot.), a grass (Stipa spartea) with
grains bearing a stout twisted awn, which, by coiling and
uncoiling through changes in moisture, propels the
sharp-pointed and barbellate grain into the wool and flesh
of sheep. It is found from Illinois westward. See
Illustration in Appendix.
Porcupine wood (Bot.), the hard outer wood of the cocoa
palm; -- so called because, when cut horizontally, the
markings of the wood resemble the quills of a porcupine.
[1913 Webster]Echidna \E*chid"na\ ([-e]*k[i^]d"n[.a]), n. [L., a viper, adder,
Gr. 'e`chidna.]
1. (Gr. Myth.) A monster, half maid and half serpent.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia,
Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered
with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and
Australian ant-eater.
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