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provincial
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provincial
(encz) | provincial,venkovský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Provincial
(gcide) | Provincial \Pro*vin"cial\, a. [L. provincialis: cf. F.
provincial. See Province, and cf. Provencal.]
1. Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as,
a provincial government; a provincial dialect.
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2. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province;
characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not
cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence,
narrow; illiberal. "Provincial airs and graces."
--Macaulay.
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3. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the
jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a
provincial synod. --Ayliffe.
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4. Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal. [Obs.]
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With two Provincial roses on my razed shoes. --Shak.
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Provincial
(gcide) | Provincial \Pro*vin"cial\, n.
1. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
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2. (R. C. Ch.) A monastic superior, who, under the general of
his order, has the direction of all the religious houses
of the same fraternity in a given district, called a
province of the order.
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provincial
(wn) | provincial
adj 1: of or associated with a province; "provincial government"
2: characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply
provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I
felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes"
[ant: cosmopolitan]
n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an
ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general
of a religious order; "the general of the Jesuits receives
monthly reports from the provincials"
2: a country person [syn: peasant, provincial, bucolic] |
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provincialism
(mass) | provincialism
- provincializmus, lokálnosť |
provincializmus
(msas) | provincializmus
- provincialism |
provincializmus
(msasasci) | provincializmus
- provincialism |
provincial capital
(encz) | provincial capital, n: |
provincial government
(encz) | provincial government,provinční (místní) vláda [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
provincialism
(encz) | provincialism,provincialismus n: Zdeněk Brožprovincialism,provincializmus n: Zdeněk Brož |
provincially
(encz) | provincially, |
provincialismus
(czen) | provincialismus,provincialismn: Zdeněk Brož |
provincializmus
(czen) | provincializmus,provincialismn: Zdeněk Brož |
Andropogon provincialis
(gcide) | Barnyard grass, for hay. South. Panicum Grus-galli. Bent,
pasture and hay. Agrostis, several species. Bermuda grass,
pasture. South. Cynodon Dactylon. Black bent. Same as {Switch
grass} (below). Blue bent, hay. North and West. {Andropogon
provincialis}. Blue grass, pasture. Poa compressa. Blue joint,
hay. Northwest. Aqropyrum glaucum. Buffalo grass, grazing.
Rocky Mts., etc.
(a) Buchlo["e] dectyloides.
(b) Same as Grama grass (below). Bunch grass, grazing.
Far West. Eriocoma, Festuca, Stips, etc. Chess,
or Cheat, a weed. Bromus secalinus, etc. Couch
grass. Same as Quick grass (below). Crab grass,
(a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. Panicum sanguinale.
(b) Pasture and hay. South. Eleusine Indica. Darnel
(a) Bearded, a noxious weed. Lolium temulentum.
(b) Common. Same as Rye grass (below). Drop seed, fair
for forage and hay. Muhlenbergia, several species.
English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow
grass.
(a) Pasture and hay. Poa serotina.
(b) Hay, on moist land. Gryceria nervata. Gama grass,
cut fodder. South. Tripsacum dactyloides. Grama
grass, grazing. West and Pacific slope. {Bouteloua
oligostachya}, etc. Great bunch grass, pasture and
hay. Far West. Festuca scabrella. Guinea grass, hay.
South. Panicum jumentorum. Herd's grass, in New
England Timothy, in Pennsylvania and South Redtop.
Indian grass. Same as Wood grass (below). Italian
rye grass, forage and hay. Lolium Italicum. Johnson
grass, grazing and hay. South and Southwest. {Sorghum
Halepense}. Kentucky blue grass, pasture. {Poa
pratensis}. Lyme grass, coarse hay. South. Elymus,
several species. Manna grass, pasture and hay.
Glyceria, several species. Meadow fescue, pasture
and hay. Festuca elatior. Meadow foxtail, pasture,
hay, lawn. North. Alopecurus pratensis. Meadow
grass, pasture, hay, lawn. Poa, several species.
Mesquite grass, or Muskit grass. Same as Grama grass
(above). Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed.
Muhlenbergia diffsa. Orchard grass, pasture and hay.
Dactylis glomerata. Porcupine grass, troublesome to
sheep. Northwest. Stipa spartea. Quaking grass,
ornamental. Briza media and maxima. Quitch, or
Quick, grass, etc., a weed. Agropyrum repens. Ray
grass. Same as Rye grass (below). Redtop, pasture
and hay. Agrostis vulgaris. Red-topped buffalo
grass, forage. Northwest. Poa tenuifolia. Reed
canary grass, of slight value. Phalaris arundinacea.
Reed meadow grass, hay. North. Glyceria aquatica.
Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary
grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. Lolium perenne,
var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North.
Hierochloa borealis. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native
in Northern Europe and Asia. Festuca ovina. Small
reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia
Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as Meadow grass
(above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals.
Seacoast and Northwest. Hordeum jubatum. Switch
grass, hay, cut young. Panicum virgatum. Timothy,
cut young, the best of hay. North. Phleum pratense.
Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus
lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn.
Anthoxanthum odoratum. Wire grass, valuable in
pastures. Poa compressa. Wood grass, Indian grass,
hay. Chrysopogon nutans.
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Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
true grasses botanically considered, such as black
grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
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Black grass, a kind of small rush (Juncus Gerardi),
growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
Grass of the Andes, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
avenaceum} of Europe.
Grass of Parnassus, a plant of the genus Parnassia
growing in wet ground. The European species is {Parnassia
palustris}; in the United States there are several
species.
Grass bass (Zool.), the calico bass.
Grass bird, the dunlin.
Grass cloth, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
grass-cloth plant.
Grass-cloth plant, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
(B[oe]hmeria nivea syn. Urtica nivea), which grows in
Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
Grass finch. (Zool.)
(a) A common American sparrow ({Po["o]c[ae]tes
gramineus}); -- called also vesper sparrow and
bay-winged bunting.
(b) Any Australian finch, of the genus Po["e]phila, of
which several species are known.
Grass lamb, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
and giving rich milk.
Grass land, land kept in grass and not tilled.
Grass moth (Zool.), one of many small moths of the genus
Crambus, found in grass.
Grass oil, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
India from grasses of the genus Andropogon, etc.; --
used in perfumery under the name of citronella, {ginger
grass oil}, lemon grass oil, essence of verbena etc.
Grass owl (Zool.), a South African owl (Strix Capensis).
Grass parrakeet (Zool.), any of several species of
Australian parrots, of the genus Euphemia; -- also
applied to the zebra parrakeet.
Grass plover (Zool.), the upland or field plover.
Grass poly (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
Crass quit (Zool.), one of several tropical American
finches of the genus Euetheia. The males have most of
the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
Grass snake. (Zool.)
(a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
natrix}).
(b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
See Green snake, under Green.
Grass snipe (Zool.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
maculata}); -- called also jacksnipe in America.
Grass spider (Zool.), a common spider (Agelena n[ae]via),
which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered
with dew.
Grass sponge (Zool.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge
from Florida and the Bahamas.
Grass table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Grass vetch (Bot.), a vetch (Lathyrus Nissolia), with
narrow grasslike leaves.
Grass widow. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[aum]senka a grass widow.]
(a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
(b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
husband. [Slang.]
Grass wrack (Bot.) eelgrass.
To bring to grass (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
surface of the ground.
To put to grass, To put out to grass, to put out to graze
a season, as cattle.
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Comprovincial
(gcide) | Comprovincial \Com`pro*vin"cial\, a.
Belonging to, or associated in, the same province. [Obs.] --
n. One who belongs to the same province. [Obs.]
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The six islands, comprovincial
In ancient times unto Great Britain. --Spenser.
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Deprovincialize
(gcide) | Deprovincialize \De`pro*vin"cial*ize\, v. t.
To divest of provincial quality or characteristics.
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Extraprovincial
(gcide) | Extraprovincial \Ex`tra*pro*vin"cial\, a.
Not within of pertaining to the same province or
jurisdiction. --Ayliffe.
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Melizophilus provincialis
(gcide) | Furzeling \Furze"ling\, n. (Zool.)
An English warbler (Melizophilus provincialis); -- called
also furze wren, and Dartford warbler.
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Provincial
(gcide) | Provincial \Pro*vin"cial\, a. [L. provincialis: cf. F.
provincial. See Province, and cf. Provencal.]
1. Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as,
a provincial government; a provincial dialect.
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2. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province;
characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not
cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence,
narrow; illiberal. "Provincial airs and graces."
--Macaulay.
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3. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the
jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a
provincial synod. --Ayliffe.
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4. Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal. [Obs.]
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With two Provincial roses on my razed shoes. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Provincial \Pro*vin"cial\, n.
1. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
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2. (R. C. Ch.) A monastic superior, who, under the general of
his order, has the direction of all the religious houses
of the same fraternity in a given district, called a
province of the order.
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Provincialism
(gcide) | Provincialism \Pro*vin"cial*ism\, n. [Cf. F. provincialisme.]
A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a
district remote from the mother country or from the
metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness;
illiberality. --M. Arnold.
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Provincialist
(gcide) | Provincialist \Pro*vin"cial*ist\, n.
One who lives in a province; a provincial.
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Provinciality
(gcide) | Provinciality \Pro*vin`ci*al"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being provincial; peculiarity of
language characteristic of a province. --T. Warton.
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Provincialize
(gcide) | Provincialize \Pro*vin"cial*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Provincialized; p. pr. & vb. n. Provincializing.]
To render provincial. --M. Arnold.
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Provincialized
(gcide) | Provincialize \Pro*vin"cial*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Provincialized; p. pr. & vb. n. Provincializing.]
To render provincial. --M. Arnold.
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Provincializing
(gcide) | Provincialize \Pro*vin"cial*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Provincialized; p. pr. & vb. n. Provincializing.]
To render provincial. --M. Arnold.
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Provincially
(gcide) | Provincially \Pro*vin"cial*ly\, adv.
In a provincial manner.
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provincial capital
(wn) | provincial capital
n 1: the capital city of a province |
provincialism
(wn) | provincialism
n 1: a lack of sophistication
2: a partiality for some particular place [syn: sectionalism,
provincialism, localism] |
provincially
(wn) | provincially
adv 1: by the province; through the province; "provincially
controlled" |
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