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pumper
(encz) | pumper,čerpací vrt n: [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
pumper
(encz) | pumper,čerpač n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pumper
(gcide) | Pumper \Pump"er\, n.
One who pumps; the instrument or machine used in pumping.
--Boyle.
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pumpernickel
(encz) | pumpernickel,perník n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pumper
(gcide) | Pumper \Pump"er\, n.
One who pumps; the instrument or machine used in pumping.
--Boyle.
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Pumpernickel
(gcide) | Pumpernickel \Pump"er*nick`el\, n. [G.]
A sort of bread, made of unbolted rye, which forms the chief
food of the Westphalian peasants. It is acid but nourishing.
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Thunder pumper
(gcide) | Thunder \Thun"der\, n. [OE. [thorn]under, [thorn]onder,
[thorn]oner, AS. [thorn]unor; akin to [thorn]unian to
stretch, to thunder, D. donder thunder, G. donner, OHG.
donar, Icel. [thorn][=o]rr Thor, L. tonare to thunder,
tonitrus thunder, Gr. to`nos a stretching, straining, Skr.
tan to stretch. [root]52. See Thin, and cf. Astonish,
Detonate, Intone, Thursday, Tone.]
1. The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report
of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
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2. The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt. [Obs.]
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The revenging gods
'Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend.
--Shak.
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3. Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.
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4. An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
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The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike
into the heart of princes. --Prescott.
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Thunder pumper. (Zool.)
(a) The croaker (Haploidontus grunniens).
(b) The American bittern or stake-driver.
Thunder rod, a lightning rod. [R.]
Thunder snake. (Zool.)
(a) The chicken, or milk, snake.
(b) A small reddish ground snake (Carphophis amoena syn.
Celuta amoena) native to the Eastern United States;
-- called also worm snake.
Thunder tube, a fulgurite. See Fulgurite.
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pumpernickel
(wn) | pumpernickel
n 1: bread made of coarse rye flour [syn: black bread,
pumpernickel] |
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