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ramble
(encz) | ramble,blouznit v: Pavel Machek |
ramble
(encz) | ramble,procházka n: jose |
ramble
(encz) | ramble,promenáda n: jose |
Ramble
(gcide) | Ramble \Ram"ble\, n.
1. A going or moving from place to place without any
determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll
merely for recreation.
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Coming home, after a short Christmas ramble.
--Swift.
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2. [Cf. Rammel.] (Coal Mining) A bed of shale over the
seam. --Raymond.
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3. A section of woods suitable for leisurely walking.
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4. a type of dance; as, the Muskrat ramble.
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Ramble
(gcide) | Ramble \Ram"ble\ (r[a^]m"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rambled
(r[a^]m"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rambling (r[a^]m"bl[i^]ng).]
[For rammle, fr. Prov. E. rame to roam. Cf. Roam.]
1. To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any
determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or
irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the
city; to ramble over the world.
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He that is at liberty to ramble in perfect darkness,
what is his liberty better than if driven up and
down as a bubble by the wind? --Locke.
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2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
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3. To extend or grow at random. --Thomson.
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Syn: To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.
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ramble
(wn) | ramble
n 1: an aimless amble on a winding course [syn: ramble,
meander]
v 1: continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This
novel rambles on and jogs" [syn: ramble on, ramble,
jog]
2: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods";
"roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam
across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the
next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll,
wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble,
rove, range, drift, vagabond] |
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scrambler
(mass) | scrambler
- šifrovacie zariadenie, terénna motorka |
bramble
(encz) | bramble,ostružina n: Zdeněk Brožbramble,ostružiník n: Zdeněk Brož |
ramble on
(encz) | ramble on, v: |
rambled
(encz) | rambled,blouznil v: Zdeněk Brožrambled,toulal se Zdeněk Brož |
rambler
(encz) | rambler,tramp n: Zdeněk Brož |
scramble
(encz) | scramble,drápat se v: webscramble,míchat v: Zdeněk Brožscramble,pomíchat v: Zdeněk Brožscramble,šplhat v: na skálu ap. Pino |
scrambled
(encz) | scrambled,zakódovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožscrambled,zamíchaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
scrambled egg
(encz) | scrambled egg, n: |
scrambler
(encz) | scrambler,šifrovací zařízení n: Zdeněk Brož |
stone bramble
(encz) | stone bramble, n: |
unscramble
(encz) | unscramble,dešifrovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
unscrambled
(encz) | unscrambled, |
bramble
(gcide) | Brambling \Bram"bling\, n. [OE. bramline. See Bramble, n.]
(Zool.)
The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); --
called also bramble finch and bramble.
[1913 Webster]Bramble \Bram"ble\ (br[a^]m"b'l), n. [OE. brembil, AS.
br[=e]mel, br[=e]mbel, br[=ae]mbel (akin to OHG. br[=a]mal),
fr. the same root as E. broom, As. br[=o]m. See Broom.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the
raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub.
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The thorny brambles, and embracing bushes. --Shak.
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2. (Zool.) The brambling or bramble finch.
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Bramble
(gcide) | Brambling \Bram"bling\, n. [OE. bramline. See Bramble, n.]
(Zool.)
The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); --
called also bramble finch and bramble.
[1913 Webster]Bramble \Bram"ble\ (br[a^]m"b'l), n. [OE. brembil, AS.
br[=e]mel, br[=e]mbel, br[=ae]mbel (akin to OHG. br[=a]mal),
fr. the same root as E. broom, As. br[=o]m. See Broom.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the
raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub.
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The thorny brambles, and embracing bushes. --Shak.
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2. (Zool.) The brambling or bramble finch.
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Bramble bush
(gcide) | Bramble bush \Bram"ble bush`\ (b[.u]sh`). (Bot.)
The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together.
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He jumped into a bramble bush
And scratched out both his eyes. --Mother
Goose.
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bramble finch
(gcide) | Brambling \Bram"bling\, n. [OE. bramline. See Bramble, n.]
(Zool.)
The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); --
called also bramble finch and bramble.
[1913 Webster]Finch \Finch\ (f[i^]nch), n.; pl. Finches (f[i^]nch"[e^]z).
[AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc
a finch; also E. spink.] (Zool.)
A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to
the family Fringillid[ae].
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Note: The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch,
goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc.
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Bramble finch. See Brambling.
Canary finch, the canary bird.
Copper finch. See Chaffinch.
Diamond finch. See under Diamond.
Finch falcon (Zool.), one of several very small East Indian
falcons of the genus Hierax.
To pull a finch, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting
person. [Obs.] "Privily a finch eke could he pull."
--Chaucer.
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Bramble finch
(gcide) | Brambling \Bram"bling\, n. [OE. bramline. See Bramble, n.]
(Zool.)
The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); --
called also bramble finch and bramble.
[1913 Webster]Finch \Finch\ (f[i^]nch), n.; pl. Finches (f[i^]nch"[e^]z).
[AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc
a finch; also E. spink.] (Zool.)
A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to
the family Fringillid[ae].
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Note: The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch,
goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc.
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Bramble finch. See Brambling.
Canary finch, the canary bird.
Copper finch. See Chaffinch.
Diamond finch. See under Diamond.
Finch falcon (Zool.), one of several very small East Indian
falcons of the genus Hierax.
To pull a finch, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting
person. [Obs.] "Privily a finch eke could he pull."
--Chaucer.
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Bramble net
(gcide) | Bramble net \Bram"ble net`\
A net to catch birds.
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Brambled
(gcide) | Brambled \Bram"bled\, a.
Overgrown with brambles.
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Forlorn she sits upon the brambled floor. --T. Warton.
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Ramble
(gcide) | Ramble \Ram"ble\, n.
1. A going or moving from place to place without any
determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll
merely for recreation.
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Coming home, after a short Christmas ramble.
--Swift.
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2. [Cf. Rammel.] (Coal Mining) A bed of shale over the
seam. --Raymond.
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3. A section of woods suitable for leisurely walking.
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4. a type of dance; as, the Muskrat ramble.
[PJC]Ramble \Ram"ble\ (r[a^]m"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rambled
(r[a^]m"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rambling (r[a^]m"bl[i^]ng).]
[For rammle, fr. Prov. E. rame to roam. Cf. Roam.]
1. To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any
determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or
irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the
city; to ramble over the world.
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He that is at liberty to ramble in perfect darkness,
what is his liberty better than if driven up and
down as a bubble by the wind? --Locke.
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2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
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3. To extend or grow at random. --Thomson.
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Syn: To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.
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Rambled
(gcide) | Ramble \Ram"ble\ (r[a^]m"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rambled
(r[a^]m"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rambling (r[a^]m"bl[i^]ng).]
[For rammle, fr. Prov. E. rame to roam. Cf. Roam.]
1. To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any
determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or
irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the
city; to ramble over the world.
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He that is at liberty to ramble in perfect darkness,
what is his liberty better than if driven up and
down as a bubble by the wind? --Locke.
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2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
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3. To extend or grow at random. --Thomson.
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Syn: To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.
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Rambler
(gcide) | Rambler \Ram"bler\ (r[a^]m"bl[~e]r), n.
One who rambles; a rover; a wanderer.
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Scramble
(gcide) | Scramble \Scram"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scrambled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Scrambling.] [Freq. of Prov. E. scramb to rake
together with the hands, or of scramp to snatch at. cf.
Scrabble.]
1. To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to
scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.
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2. To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon
the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something;
to catch rudely at what is desired.
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Of other care they little reckoning make,
Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]Scramble \Scram"ble\, v. t.
1. To collect by scrambling; as, to scramble up wealth.
--Marlowe.
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2. To prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring the
yolks and whites together while cooking.
[1913 Webster]Scramble \Scram"ble\, n.
1. The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or
clambering.
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2. The act of jostling and pushing for something desired;
eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or
held out; as, a scramble for office.
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Scarcity [of money] enhances its price, and
increases the scramble. --Locke.
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Scrambled
(gcide) | Scramble \Scram"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scrambled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Scrambling.] [Freq. of Prov. E. scramb to rake
together with the hands, or of scramp to snatch at. cf.
Scrabble.]
1. To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to
scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.
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2. To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon
the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something;
to catch rudely at what is desired.
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Of other care they little reckoning make,
Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast.
--Milton.
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Scrambled eggs
(gcide) | Scrambled eggs \Scram"bled eggs\
Eggs of which the whites and yolks are stirred together while
cooking, or eggs beaten slightly, often with a little milk,
and stirred while cooking.
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Scrambler
(gcide) | Scrambler \Scram"bler\, n.
1. One who scrambles; one who climbs on all fours.
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2. A greedy and unceremonious contestant.
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Stone bramble
(gcide) | Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. &
OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,
Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a
pebble. [root]167. Cf. Steen.]
1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular
mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy
threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. "Dumb as a
stone." --Chaucer.
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They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for
mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.
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Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are
called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the
finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone
is much and widely used in the construction of
buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,
abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.
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2. A precious stone; a gem. "Many a rich stone." --Chaucer.
"Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." --Shak.
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3. Something made of stone. Specifically:
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(a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]
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Lend me a looking-glass;
If that her breath will mist or stain the stone,
Why, then she lives. --Shak.
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(b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.
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Should some relenting eye
Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope.
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4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the
kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
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5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.
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6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a
cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
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7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]
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Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8
lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5
lbs.
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8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
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I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.
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9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of
stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a
book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also
imposing stone.
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Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other
words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or
stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or
pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or
stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone
falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some
adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed
by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;
as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,
etc.
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Atlantic stone, ivory. [Obs.] "Citron tables, or Atlantic
stone." --Milton.
Bowing stone. Same as Cromlech. --Encyc. Brit.
Meteoric stones, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as
after the explosion of a meteor.
Philosopher's stone. See under Philosopher.
Rocking stone. See Rocking-stone.
Stone age, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when
stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for
weapons and tools; -- called also flint age. The {bronze
age} succeeded to this.
Stone bass (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Serranus and allied genera, as
Serranus Couchii, and Polyprion cernium of Europe; --
called also sea perch.
Stone biter (Zool.), the wolf fish.
Stone boiling, a method of boiling water or milk by
dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.
--Tylor.
Stone borer (Zool.), any animal that bores stones;
especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow
in limestone. See Lithodomus, and Saxicava.
Stone bramble (Bot.), a European trailing species of
bramble (Rubus saxatilis).
Stone-break. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the
genus Saxifraga; saxifrage.
Stone bruise, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a
bruise by a stone.
Stone canal. (Zool.) Same as Sand canal, under Sand.
Stone cat (Zool.), any one of several species of small
fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus
Noturus. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they
inflict painful wounds.
Stone coal, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.
Stone coral (Zool.), any hard calcareous coral.
Stone crab. (Zool.)
(a) A large crab (Menippe mercenaria) found on the
southern coast of the United States and much used as
food.
(b) A European spider crab (Lithodes maia).
Stone crawfish (Zool.), a European crawfish ({Astacus
torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of
the common species (Astacus fluviatilis).
Stone curlew. (Zool.)
(a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus
crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also
thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee.
(b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
(c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]
Stone crush. Same as Stone bruise, above.
Stone eater. (Zool.) Same as Stone borer, above.
Stone falcon (Zool.), the merlin.
Stone fern (Bot.), a European fern (Asplenium Ceterach)
which grows on rocks and walls.
Stone fly (Zool.), any one of many species of
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Perla and allied
genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.
The larvae are aquatic.
Stone fruit (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a
drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.
Stone grig (Zool.), the mud lamprey, or pride.
Stone hammer, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a
thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,
-- used for breaking stone.
Stone hawk (Zool.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit
of sitting on bare stones.
Stone jar, a jar made of stoneware.
Stone lily (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.
Stone lugger. (Zool.) See Stone roller, below.
Stone marten (Zool.), a European marten (Mustela foina)
allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; --
called also beech marten.
Stone mason, a mason who works or builds in stone.
Stone-mortar (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used
in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short
distances.
Stone oil, rock oil, petroleum.
Stone parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli
Labanotis}). See under Parsley.
Stone pine. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under Pine,
and Pi[~n]on.
Stone pit, a quarry where stones are dug.
Stone pitch, hard, inspissated pitch.
Stone plover. (Zool.)
(a) The European stone curlew.
(b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the
genus Esacus; as, the large stone plover ({Esacus
recurvirostris}).
(c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]
(d) The ringed plover.
(e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to
other species of limicoline birds.
Stone roller. (Zool.)
(a) An American fresh-water fish (Catostomus nigricans)
of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,
often with dark blotches. Called also stone lugger,
stone toter, hog sucker, hog mullet.
(b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma
anomalum}); -- called also stone lugger.
Stone's cast, or Stone's throw, the distance to which a
stone may be thrown by the hand; as, they live a stone's
throw from each other.
Stone snipe (Zool.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.
[Local, U.S.]
Stone toter. (Zool.)
(a) See Stone roller
(a), above.
(b) A cyprinoid fish (Exoglossum maxillingua) found in
the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a
three-lobed lower lip; -- called also cutlips.
To leave no stone unturned, to do everything that can be
done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
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Tramble
(gcide) | Tramble \Tram"ble\, v. t. (Mining)
To wash, as tin ore, with a shovel in a frame fitted for the
purpose. --Smart.
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bramble
(wn) | bramble
n 1: any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines |
bramble bush
(wn) | bramble bush
n 1: any prickly shrub of the genus Rubus bearing edible
aggregate fruits |
ramble on
(wn) | ramble on
v 1: continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This
novel rambles on and jogs" [syn: ramble on, ramble,
jog] |
rambler
(wn) | rambler
n 1: a person who takes long walks in the country
2: a person whose speech or writing is not well organized |
scramble
(wn) | scramble
n 1: an unceremonious and disorganized struggle [syn:
scramble, scuffle]
2: rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn: scamper,
scramble, scurry]
v 1: to move hurriedly; "The friend scrambled after them"
2: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber,
scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter]
3: bring into random order [syn: scramble, jumble, {throw
together}]
4: stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"
[syn: beat, scramble]
5: make unintelligible; "scramble the message so that nobody can
understand it" [ant: unscramble] |
scrambled
(wn) | scrambled
adj 1: thrown together in a disorderly fashion; "a scrambled
plan of action" |
scrambled eggs
(wn) | scrambled eggs
n 1: eggs beaten and cooked to a soft firm consistency while
stirring |
scrambler
(wn) | scrambler
n 1: a rapid mover; someone who scrambles; "their quarterback
was a good scrambler"; "scramblers can often unnerve a
better tennis player"
2: a lightweight motorcycle equipped with rugged tires and
suspension; an off-road motorcycle designed for riding cross
country or over unpaved ground [syn: trail bike, {dirt
bike}, scrambler]
3: electronic equipment that makes speech unintelligible during
transmission and restores it at reception |
stone bramble
(wn) | stone bramble
n 1: European trailing bramble with red berrylike fruits [syn:
stone bramble, Rubus saxatilis] |
unscramble
(wn) | unscramble
v 1: make intelligible; "Can you unscramble the message?" [ant:
scramble]
2: become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or
threads of; "unravel the thread" [syn: unravel, unknot,
unscramble, untangle, unpick] [ant: knot, ravel,
tangle] |
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