| slovo | definícia |
roller
(encz) | roller,vál n: Zdeněk Brož |
roller
(encz) | roller,válec n: Nijel |
roller
(encz) | roller,váleček n: joe@hw.cz |
Roller
(gcide) | Roller \Roll"er\ (r[=o]l"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder,
sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in
husbandry and the arts.
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2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage
used in surgery.
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3. (Naut.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in
upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.
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4. A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling
cylinder; -- called also roller towel.
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5. (Print.) A cylinder coated with a composition made
principally of glue and molassess, with which forms of
type are inked previously to taking an impression from
them. --W. Savage.
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6. A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the
roller of a map.
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7. A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
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8. (Zool.) Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf
roller. see Tortrix.
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9. [CF. F. rollier.] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of
Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciadae. The
name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or
"tumbling" in flight.
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Note: Many of the species are brilliantly colored. The common
European species (Coracias garrula) has the head,
neck, and under parts light blue varied with green, the
scapulars chestnut brown, and the tail blue, green, and
black. The broad-billed rollers of India and Africa
belong to the genus Eurystomus, as the oriental
roller (Eurystomus orientalis), and the Australian
roller, or dollar bird (Eurystomus Pacificus). The
latter is dark brown on the head and neck, sea green on
the back, and bright blue on the throat, base of the
tail, and parts of the wings. It has a silvery-white
spot on the middle of each wing. The {lilac-breasted
roller} of Africa is Corcia caudata caudata, a
brightly colored bird of the family Corciidae having
malachite green, blue, purple-lilac, brown and
sea-green feathers from head to tail; it is a popular
sight with tourists in Africa.
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roller
(wn) | roller
n 1: a grounder that rolls along the infield
2: a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore [syn:
roller, roll, rolling wave]
3: a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)
4: a cylinder that revolves
5: a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around
which the hair is wound to curl it; "a woman with her head
full of curlers is not a pretty sight" [syn: curler, {hair
curler}, roller, crimper]
6: Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to
kingfishers
7: pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the
ground [syn: roller, tumbler, tumbler pigeon] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
controller
(mass) | controller
- kontrolór |
controllership
(mass) | controllership
- dohľad |
drollery
(mass) | drollery
- žart |
air traffic controller
(encz) | air traffic controller,kontrolor leteckého provozu |
caroller
(encz) | caroller,koledník n: Zdeněk Brožcaroller,zpěvák koled n: Pavel Machek |
comptroller
(encz) | comptroller,kontrolor n: Zdeněk Brož |
comptrollership
(encz) | comptrollership, n: |
controller
(encz) | controller,dozorce Zdeněk Brožcontroller,kontrolér n: Zdeněk Brožcontroller,kontrolor n: Zdeněk Brožcontroller,ovládač n: Zdeněk Brožcontroller,regulátor n: [tech.] controller,revizor n: Zdeněk Brožcontroller,řadič Zdeněk Brožcontroller,vedoucí adj: Zdeněk Brož |
controllers
(encz) | controllers,kontrolor n: Zdeněk Brožcontrollers,řadiče Zdeněk Brož |
controllership
(encz) | controllership,dohled n: Zdeněk Brožcontrollership,úřad dozorce Zdeněk Brožcontrollership,úřad kontrolora Zdeněk Brož |
disk controller
(encz) | disk controller, n: |
droller
(encz) | droller,komičtější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
drollery
(encz) | drollery,šprým n: Zdeněk Broždrollery,žertování n: Zdeněk Brož |
flow controller
(encz) | flow controller,regulátor průtoku (závlahová síť) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
garden roller
(encz) | garden roller, n: |
ground roller
(encz) | ground roller, n: |
high roller
(encz) | high roller,hazardní hráč Zdeněk Brož |
leaf roller
(encz) | leaf roller, n: |
leaf-roller
(encz) | leaf-roller, n: |
paint roller
(encz) | paint roller, n: |
patroller
(encz) | patroller, n: |
pill roller
(encz) | pill roller, n: |
road roller
(encz) | road roller, n: |
roller bandage
(encz) | roller bandage, n: |
roller bearing
(encz) | roller bearing,válečkové ložisko [tech.] Zdeněk Brož |
roller bit
(encz) | roller bit, n: |
roller blade
(encz) | roller blade, n: |
roller blind
(encz) | roller blind, n: |
roller coaster
(encz) | roller coaster,horská dráha Zdeněk Brož |
roller skate
(encz) | roller skate,kolečkové brusle PetrV |
roller skater
(encz) | roller skater, |
roller skating
(encz) | roller skating, n: |
roller towel
(encz) | roller towel, n: |
roller-coaster
(encz) | roller-coaster,horská dráha n: Zdeněk Brož |
roller-skate
(encz) | roller-skate,jezdit na kolečkových bruslích v: PetrV |
roller-skater
(encz) | roller-skater, n: |
roller-skates
(encz) | roller-skates,kolečkové brusle Zdeněk Brož |
rollerblade
(encz) | Rollerblade, |
rollerblading
(encz) | rollerblading,bruslení na kolečkových bruslích n: Pino |
rollercoaster
(encz) | rollercoaster,horská dráha n: Zdeněk Brož |
rollers
(encz) | rollers,válečky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
rollerskating
(encz) | rollerskating,jízda na kolečkových bruslích v: PetrV |
steam-roller
(encz) | steam-roller,parní válec n: Zdeněk Brož |
steamroller
(encz) | steamroller,parní válec n: Zdeněk Brož |
stroller
(encz) | stroller,kočárek n: Jiří Dadákstroller,osoba na procházce Zdeněk Brožstroller,tulák n: Zdeněk Brož |
troller
(encz) | troller, n: |
water feeding controller
(encz) | water feeding controller,regulátor plnění (vodní
hospodářství) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
water level controller
(encz) | water level controller,regulátor hladiny vody [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
forward air controller
(czen) | Forward Air Controller,FAC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
office of the secretary of defense (comptroller)
(czen) | Office of the Secretary of Defense (Comptroller),OSD(C)[zkr.]
[voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Controller
(gcide) | Controller \Con*trol"ler\, n. [From control, v. t.: cf. F.
contr[^o]leur.]
1. One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who
has power or authority to regulate or control; one who
governs.
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The great controller of our fate
Deigned to be man, and lived in low estate.
--Dryden.
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2. An officer appointed to keep a counter register of
accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts.
[More commonly written controller.]
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3. (Naut.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck,
for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The
links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block,
and thus hold fast until disengaged.
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4. (Elec.) Any electric device for controlling a circuit or
system; specif.:
(a) An electromagnet, excited by the main current, for
throwing a regulator magnet into or out of circuit in
an automatic device for constant current regulation.
(b) A kind of multiple switch for gradually admitting the
current to, or shutting it off from, an electric
motor; as, a car controller for an electric railway
car.
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5. (Mach.) A lever controlling the speed of an engine; --
applied esp. to the lever governing a throttle valve, as
of a steam or gasoline engine, esp. on an automobile.
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controller
(gcide) | Controller \Con*trol"ler\, n. [From control, v. t.: cf. F.
contr[^o]leur.]
1. One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who
has power or authority to regulate or control; one who
governs.
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The great controller of our fate
Deigned to be man, and lived in low estate.
--Dryden.
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2. An officer appointed to keep a counter register of
accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts.
[More commonly written controller.]
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3. (Naut.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck,
for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The
links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block,
and thus hold fast until disengaged.
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4. (Elec.) Any electric device for controlling a circuit or
system; specif.:
(a) An electromagnet, excited by the main current, for
throwing a regulator magnet into or out of circuit in
an automatic device for constant current regulation.
(b) A kind of multiple switch for gradually admitting the
current to, or shutting it off from, an electric
motor; as, a car controller for an electric railway
car.
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5. (Mach.) A lever controlling the speed of an engine; --
applied esp. to the lever governing a throttle valve, as
of a steam or gasoline engine, esp. on an automobile.
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Controllership
(gcide) | Controllership \Con*trol"ler*ship\, n.
The office of a controller.
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Dandy roller
(gcide) | Dandy \Dan"dy\ (d[a^]n"d[y^]), n.; pl. Dandies
(d[a^]n"d[i^]z). [Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly fellow,
dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E.
dandle. Senses 2 & 3 are of uncertain etymology.]
1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to
dress; a fop; a coxcomb.
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2. (Naut.)
(a) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is
set.
(b) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small
boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen.
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3. A dandy roller. See below.
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Dandy brush, a yard whalebone brush.
Dandy fever. See Dengue.
Dandy line, a kind of fishing line to which are attached
several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at
each end.
Dandy roller, a roller sieve used in machines for making
paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the
paper. Dandy-cock |
Droller
(gcide) | Droll \Droll\ (dr[=o]l), a. [Compar. Droller; superl.
Drollest.] [F. dr[^o]le; cf. G. & D. drollig, LG. drullig,
D. drol a thick and short person, a droll, Sw. troll a
magical appearance, demon, trolla to use magic arts, enchant,
Dan. trold elf, imp, Icel. tr["o]ll giant, magician, evil
spirit, monster. If this is the origin, cf. Trull.]
Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity;
amusing and strange.
Syn: Comic; comical; farcical; diverting; humorous;
ridiculous; queer; odd; waggish; facetious; merry;
laughable; ludicrous. -- Droll, Laughable,
Comical. Laughable is the generic term, denoting
anything exciting laughter or worthy of laughter;
comical denotes something of the kind exhibited in
comedies, something humorous of the kind exhibited in
comedies, something, as it were, dramatically humorous;
droll stands lower on the scale, having reference to
persons or things which excite laughter by their
buffoonery or oddity. A laughable incident; a comical
adventure; a droll story.
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A jester; a droll. [Obs.] --Glanvill.
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Drolleries
(gcide) | Drollery \Droll"er*y\, n.; pl. Drolleries. [F. dr[^o]lerie.
See Droll.]
1. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery;
droll stories; comical gestures or manners.
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The rich drollery of "She Stoops to Conquer." --
Macaulay.
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2. Something which serves to raise mirth; as:
(a) A puppet show; also, a puppet. [Obs.] --Shak.
(b) A lively or comic picture. [Obs.]
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I bought an excellent drollery, which I
afterward parted with to my brother George of
Wotton. -- Evelyn.
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Drollery
(gcide) | Drollery \Droll"er*y\, n.; pl. Drolleries. [F. dr[^o]lerie.
See Droll.]
1. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery;
droll stories; comical gestures or manners.
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The rich drollery of "She Stoops to Conquer." --
Macaulay.
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2. Something which serves to raise mirth; as:
(a) A puppet show; also, a puppet. [Obs.] --Shak.
(b) A lively or comic picture. [Obs.]
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I bought an excellent drollery, which I
afterward parted with to my brother George of
Wotton. -- Evelyn.
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Ductor roller
(gcide) | Ductor \Duc"tor\, n. [L., fr. ducere to lead.]
1. One who leads. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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2. (Mach.) A contrivance for removing superfluous ink or
coloring matter from a roller. See Doctor, 4. --Knight.
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Ductor roller (Printing), the roller which conveys or
supplies ink to another roller. --Knight.
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Enroller
(gcide) | Enroller \En*roll"er\, n.
One who enrolls or registers.
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Fancy roller
(gcide) | Fancy \Fan"cy\, a.
1. Adapted to please the fancy or taste, especially when of
high quality or unusually appealing; ornamental; as, fancy
goods; fancy clothes.
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2. Extravagant; above real value.
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This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania,
like that which led his [Frederick the Great's]
father to pay fancy prices for giants. --Macaulay.
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Fancy ball, a ball in which porsons appear in fanciful
dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons
and nations.
Fancy fair, a fair at which articles of fancy and ornament
are sold, generally for some charitable purpose.
Fancy goods, fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as
ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of
a simple or plain color or make.
Fancy line (Naut.), a line rove through a block at the jaws
of a gaff; -- used to haul it down.
Fancy roller (Carding Machine), a clothed cylinder (usually
having straight teeth) in front of the doffer.
Fancy stocks, a species of stocks which afford great
opportunity for stock gambling, since they have no
intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their prices are
artificial.
Fancy store, one where articles of fancy and ornament are
sold.
Fancy woods, the more rare and expensive furniture woods,
as mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc.
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Friction rollers
(gcide) | Friction \Fric"tion\, n. [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to
rub: cf. F. friction. See Fray to rub, arid cf.
Dentifrice.]
1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of
another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the
body with the hand, with flannel, or with a brush etc., to
excite the skin to healthy action.
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2. (Mech.) The resistance which a body meets with from the
surface on which it moves. It may be resistance to sliding
motion, or to rolling motion.
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3. A clashing between two persons or parties in opinions or
work; a disagreement tending to prevent or retard
progress.
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Angle of friction (Mech.), the angle which a plane onwhich
a body is lying makes with a horizontal plane,when the
hody is just ready to slide dewn the plane.
Note: This angle varies for different bodies, and for planes
of different materials.
Anti-friction wheels (Mach.), wheels turning freely on
small pivots, and sustaining, at the angle formed by their
circumferences, the pivot or journal of a revolving shaft,
to relieve it of friction; -- called also {friction
wheels}.
Friction balls, or
Friction rollers, balls or rollers placed so as to receive
the pressure or weight of bodies in motion, and relieve
friction, as in the hub of a bicycle wheel.
Friction brake (Mach.), a form of dynamometer for measuring
the power a motor exerts. A clamp around the revolving
shaft or fly wheel of the motor resists the motion by its
friction, the work thus absorbed being ascertained by
observing the force required to keep the clamp from
revolving with the shaft; a Prony brake.
Friction chocks, brakes attached to the common standing
garrison carriages of guns, so as to raise the trucks or
wheels off the platform when the gun begins to recoil, and
prevent its running back. --Earrow.
Friction clutch, Friction coupling, an engaging and
disengaging gear for revolving shafts, pulleys, etc.,
acting by friction; esp.:
(a) A device in which a piece on one shaft or pulley is so
forcibly pressed against a piece on another shaft that
the two will revolve together; as, in the
illustration, the cone a on one shaft, when thrust
forcibly into the corresponding hollow cone b on the
other shaft, compels the shafts to rotate together, by
the hold the friction of the conical surfaces gives.
(b) A toothed clutch, one member of which, instead of
being made fast on its shaft, is held by friction and
can turn, by slipping, under excessive strain or in
starting.
Friction drop hammer, one in which the hammer is raised for
striking by the friction of revolving rollers which nip
the hammer rod.
Friction gear. See Frictional gearing, under
Frictional.
Friction machine, an electrical machine, generating
electricity by friction.
Friction meter, an instrument for measuring friction, as in
testing lubricants.
Friction powder, Friction composition, a composition of
chlorate of potassium, antimony, sulphide, etc, which
readily ignites by friction.
Friction primer, Friction tube, a tube used for firing
cannon by means of the friction of a roughened wire in the
friction powder or composition with which the tube is
filled.
Friction wheel (Mach.), one of the wheels in frictional
gearing. See under Frictional.
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Ground roller
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10. (Zool.) Any species of small ground snakes of the family
Tortricidae.
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Ground roller (Zool.), any one of several species of
Madagascar rollers belonging to Atelornis and allied
genera. They are nocturnal birds, and feed on the ground.
Roller bolt, the bar in a carriage to which the traces are
attached; a whiffletree. [Eng.]
Roller gin, a cotton gin inn which rolls are used for
separating the seeds from the fiber.
Roller mill. See under Mill.
Roller skate, a skate which has small wheels in the place
of the metallic runner; -- designed for use in skating
upon a smooth, hard surface, other than ice.
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Inking roller
(gcide) | Inking \Ink"ing\, a.
Supplying or covering with ink.
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Inking roller, a somewhat elastic roller, used to spread
ink over forms of type, copperplates, etc.
Inking trough or Inking table, a trough or table from
which the inking roller receives its ink.
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leaf roller
(gcide) | leafroller \leafroller\, leaf roller \leaf roller\n. (Zool.)
The larva of any tortricid moth which makes a nest by rolling
up the leaves of plants and tying the leaves with spun silk;
aalso, the moth itself. See Tortrix.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]Leaf \Leaf\ (l[=e]f), n.; pl. Leaves (l[=e]vz). [OE. leef,
lef, leaf, AS. le['a]f; akin to S. l[=o]f, OFries. laf, D.
loof foliage, G. laub, OHG. loub leaf, foliage, Icel. lauf,
Sw. l["o]f, Dan. l["o]v, Goth. laufs; cf. Lith. lapas. Cf.
Lodge.]
1. (Bot.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from
the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the
use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of
light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively
constitute its foliage.
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Note: Such leaves usually consist of a blade, or lamina,
supported upon a leafstalk or petiole, which, continued
through the blade as the midrib, gives off woody ribs
and veins that support the cellular texture. The
petiole has usually some sort of an appendage on each
side of its base, which is called the stipule. The
green parenchyma of the leaf is covered with a thin
epiderm pierced with closable microscopic openings,
known as stomata.
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2. (Bot.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a
lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a
part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract,
a spine, or a tendril.
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Note: In this view every part of a plant, except the root and
the stem, is either a leaf, or is composed of leaves
more or less modified and transformed.
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3. Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and
having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger
body by one edge or end; as:
(a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages
upon its opposite sides.
(b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged,
as of window shutters, folding doors, etc.
(c) The movable side of a table.
(d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf.
(e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer.
(f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
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Leaf beetle (Zool.), any beetle which feeds upon leaves;
esp., any species of the family Chrysomelid[ae], as the
potato beetle and helmet beetle.
Leaf bridge, a draw-bridge having a platform or leaf which
swings vertically on hinges.
Leaf bud (Bot.), a bud which develops into leaves or a
leafy branch.
Leaf butterfly (Zool.), any butterfly which, in the form
and colors of its wings, resembles the leaves of plants
upon which it rests; esp., butterflies of the genus
Kallima, found in Southern Asia and the East Indies.
Leaf crumpler (Zool.), a small moth (Phycis indigenella),
the larva of which feeds upon leaves of the apple tree,
and forms its nest by crumpling and fastening leaves
together in clusters.
Leaf fat, the fat which lies in leaves or layers within the
body of an animal.
Leaf flea (Zool.), a jumping plant louse of the family
Psyllid[ae].
Leaf frog (Zool.), any tree frog of the genus
Phyllomedusa.
Leaf green.(Bot.) See Chlorophyll.
Leaf hopper (Zool.), any small jumping hemipterous insect
of the genus Tettigonia, and allied genera. They live
upon the leaves and twigs of plants. See Live hopper.
Leaf insect (Zool.), any one of several genera and species
of orthopterous insects, esp. of the genus Phyllium, in
which the wings, and sometimes the legs, resemble leaves
in color and form. They are common in Southern Asia and
the East Indies.
Leaf lard, lard from leaf fat. See under Lard.
Leaf louse (Zool.), an aphid.
Leaf metal, metal in thin leaves, as gold, silver, or tin.
Leaf miner (Zool.), any one of various small lepidopterous
and dipterous insects, which, in the larval stages, burrow
in and eat the parenchyma of leaves; as, the pear-tree
leaf miner (Lithocolletis geminatella).
Leaf notcher (Zool.), a pale bluish green beetle ({Artipus
Floridanus}), which, in Florida, eats the edges of the
leaves of orange trees.
Leaf roller (Zool.), See leaf roller in the vocabulary.
Leaf scar (Bot.), the cicatrix on a stem whence a leaf has
fallen.
Leaf sewer (Zool.), a tortricid moth, whose caterpillar
makes a nest by rolling up a leaf and fastening the edges
together with silk, as if sewn; esp., {Phoxopteris
nubeculana}, which feeds upon the apple tree.
Leaf sight, a hinged sight on a firearm, which can be
raised or folded down.
Leaf trace (Bot.), one or more fibrovascular bundles, which
may be traced down an endogenous stem from the base of a
leaf.
Leaf tier (Zool.), a tortricid moth whose larva makes a
nest by fastening the edges of a leaf together with silk;
esp., Teras cinderella, found on the apple tree.
Leaf valve, a valve which moves on a hinge.
Leaf wasp (Zool.), a sawfly.
To turn over a new leaf, to make a radical change for the
better in one's way of living or doing. [Colloq.]
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They were both determined to turn over a new leaf.
--Richardson.
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1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small moths of the
family Tortricidae, the larvae of which usually roll up
the leaves of plants on which they live; -- also called
leaf roller.
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2. (Zool.) A genus of tropical short-tailed snakes, which are
not venomous. One species (Tortrix scytalae) is
handsomely banded with black, and is sometimes worn alive
by the natives of Brazil for a necklace.
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