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rarebit
(encz) | rarebit,roztavený sýr na krajíci Zdeněk Brož |
Rarebit
(gcide) | Rarebit \Rare"bit\ (r[^a]r"b[i^]t), n.
A dainty morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See Welsh rabbit, under
Rabbit.
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rarebit
(wn) | rarebit
n 1: cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast [syn:
Welsh rarebit, Welsh rabbit, rarebit] |
rarebit
(devil) | RAREBIT, n. A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point
out that it is not a rabbit. To whom it may be solemnly explained
that the comestible known as toad-in-a-hole is really not a toad, and
that _riz-de-veau a la financiere_ is not the smile of a calf prepared
after the recipe of a she banker.
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welsh rarebit
(encz) | Welsh rarebit, |
Rarebit
(gcide) | Rarebit \Rare"bit\ (r[^a]r"b[i^]t), n.
A dainty morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See Welsh rabbit, under
Rabbit.
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Welsh rarebit
(gcide) | Rabbit \Rab"bit\ (r[a^]b"b[i^]t), n. [OE. rabet, akin to OD.
robbe, robbeken.] (Zool.)
Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the
common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often
kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries.
It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest in some
parts of Australia and New Zealand.
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Note: The common American rabbit (Lepus sylvatica) is
similar but smaller. See Cottontail, and {Jack
rabbit}, under 2d Jack. The larger species of Lepus
are commonly called hares. See Hare.
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Angora rabbit (Zool.), a variety of the domestic rabbit
having long, soft fur.
Rabbit burrow, a hole in the earth made by rabbits for
shelter and habitation.
Rabbit fish. (Zool.)
(a) The northern chimaera (Chimaera monstrosa).
(b) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, as the
bur fish, and puffer. The term is also locally applied to
other fishes.
Rabbits' ears. (Bot.) See Cyclamen.
Rabbit warren, a piece of ground appropriated to the
breeding and preservation of rabbits. --Wright.
Rock rabbit.
(a) (Zool.) See Daman, and Klipdas.
(b) the pika.
Welsh rabbit, a dish of which the chief constituents are
melted cheese over toasted bread, flavored in various
ways, as with ale, beer, milk, or spices. The name is
popularly said to be a corruption of Welsh rare bit, but
it is probably merely a humorous designation; -- also
called Welsh rarebit.
[1913 Webster]Welsh rarebit \Welsh rarebit\, n.
same as Welsh rabbit.
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welsh rarebit
(wn) | Welsh rarebit
n 1: cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast [syn:
Welsh rarebit, Welsh rabbit, rarebit] |
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