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sax
(encz) | sax,saxofon n: Zdeněk Brož |
Sax
(gcide) | Sax \Sax\, n. [AS. seax a knife.]
A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of
roofing slates.
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sax
(gcide) | Zax \Zax\ (z[a^]ks), n.
A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates. [Written
also sax.]
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sax
(wn) | Sax
n 1: a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the
saxophone (1814-1894) [syn: Sax, Adolphe Sax]
2: a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore [syn: sax,
saxophone] |
sax
(vera) | SAX
Simple API for XML (API, XML)
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sax
(vera) | SAX
SUSE Advanced X [configuration tool] (SUSE, Linux)
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saxifraga granulata
(msas) | Saxifraga granulata
- fair-maids-of-France |
saxifraga granulata
(msasasci) | Saxifraga granulata
- fair-maids-of-France |
anglo-saxon
(encz) | Anglo-Saxon,Anglosas n: Zdeněk BrožAnglo-Saxon,anglosaský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
comte de saxe
(encz) | comte de Saxe, n: |
four-letter anglo-saxon word
(encz) | four-letter Anglo-Saxon word, n: |
golden saxifrage
(encz) | golden saxifrage, n: |
leatherleaf saxifrage
(encz) | leatherleaf saxifrage, n: |
lower saxony
(encz) | Lower Saxony,Dolní Sasko [zem.] n: |
meadow saxifrage
(encz) | meadow saxifrage, n: |
mossy saxifrage
(encz) | mossy saxifrage, n: |
old saxon
(encz) | Old Saxon, |
purple saxifrage
(encz) | purple saxifrage, n: |
saxatile
(encz) | saxatile,skalní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
saxe-coburg-gotha
(encz) | Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, |
saxhorn
(encz) | saxhorn,saxhorn Zdeněk Brož |
saxicoline
(encz) | saxicoline,skalní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
saxicolous
(encz) | saxicolous,skalní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
saxicolous plant
(encz) | saxicolous plant, n: |
saxifrage
(encz) | saxifrage,lomikámen n: [bot.] druh rostliny Stanislav Horáček |
saxifrage family
(encz) | saxifrage family, n: |
saxist
(encz) | saxist, n: |
saxitoxin
(encz) | saxitoxin, n: |
saxon
(encz) | Saxon,Sas Zdeněk BrožSaxon,saský adj: Zdeněk BrožSaxon,Saxon n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
saxonization
(encz) | Saxonization, |
saxonizations
(encz) | Saxonizations, |
saxonize
(encz) | Saxonize, |
saxonizes
(encz) | Saxonizes, |
saxons
(encz) | Saxons,Sasové Zdeněk Brož |
saxony
(encz) | Saxony,Sasko [zem.] n: |
saxophone
(encz) | saxophone,saxofon n: Zdeněk Brož |
saxophonist
(encz) | saxophonist,saxofonista n: Zdeněk Brož |
saxton
(encz) | Saxton,Saxton n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
star saxifrage
(encz) | star saxifrage, n: |
starry saxifrage
(encz) | starry saxifrage, n: |
strawberry saxifrage
(encz) | strawberry saxifrage, n: |
tenor saxophonist
(encz) | tenor saxophonist, n: |
west saxon
(encz) | West Saxon, |
western saxifrage
(encz) | western saxifrage, n: |
white anglo-saxon protestant
(encz) | white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, n: |
yellow mountain saxifrage
(encz) | yellow mountain saxifrage, n: |
saxhorn
(czen) | saxhorn,saxhorn Zdeněk Brož |
saxofon
(czen) | saxofon,saxn: Zdeněk Brožsaxofon,saxophonen: Zdeněk Brož |
saxofonista
(czen) | saxofonista,saxophonistn: Zdeněk Brož |
saxon
(czen) | Saxon,Saxonn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
saxton
(czen) | Saxton,Saxtonn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Anglo-Saxon
(gcide) | German \Ger"man\, n.; pl. Germans[L. Germanus, prob. of Celtis
origin.]
1. A native or one of the people of Germany.
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2. The German language.
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3.
(a) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding
in capriciosly involved figures.
(b) A social party at which the german is danced.
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High German, the Teutonic dialect of Upper or Southern
Germany, -- comprising Old High German, used from the 8th
to the 11th century; Middle H. G., from the 12th to the
15th century; and Modern or New H. G., the language of
Luther's Bible version and of modern German literature.
The dialects of Central Germany, the basis of the modern
literary language, are often called Middle German, and the
Southern German dialects Upper German; but High German is
also used to cover both groups.
Low German, the language of Northern Germany and the
Netherlands, -- including Friesic; Anglo-Saxon or
Saxon; Old Saxon; Dutch or Low Dutch, with its
dialect, Flemish; and Plattdeutsch (called also {Low
German}), spoken in many dialects.
[1913 Webster]Anglo-Saxon \An"glo-Sax"on\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language;
as, Anglo-Saxon poetry; The Anglo-Saxon population of
Scotland.
[WordNet 1.5]Anglo-Saxon \An"glo-Sax"on\, n. [L. Angli-Saxones English
Saxons.]
1. A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the
Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a
continental (or "Old") Saxon.
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2. pl. The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of
England, or the English people, collectively, before the
Norman Conquest.
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It is quite correct to call [AE]thelstan "King of
the Anglo-Saxons," but to call this or that subject
of [AE]thelstan "an Anglo-Saxon" is simply nonsense.
--E. A.
Freeman.
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3. The language of the English people before the Norman
conquest in 1066 (sometimes called Old English). See
Saxon.
Syn: Old English
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4. One of the race or people who claim descent from the
Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in
England; a person of English descent in its broadest
sense.
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5. a person of Anglo-Saxon (esp British) descent whose native
tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced
by English culture as in "WASP for `White Anglo-Saxon
Protestant'"; "this Anglo-Saxon view of things".
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Anglo-Saxondom
(gcide) | Anglo-Saxondom \An"glo-Sax"on*dom\, n.
The Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United
States, etc.); the Anglo-Saxon race.
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Anglo-Saxonism
(gcide) | Anglo-Saxonism \An"glo-Sax"on*ism\, n.
1. A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a
word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue. --M. Arnold.
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2. The quality or sentiment of being Anglo-Saxon, or English
in its ethnological sense.
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Burnet saxifrage
(gcide) | Saxifrage \Sax"i*frage\ (?; 48), n. [L. saxifraga, from
saxifragus stone-breaking; saxum rock + frangere to break:
cf. F. saxifrage. See Fracture, and cf. Sassafras,
Saxon.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs
growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions.
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Burnet saxifrage, a European umbelliferous plant
(Pimpinella Saxifraga).
Golden saxifrage, a low half-succulent herb
(Chrysosplenium oppositifolium) growing in rivulets in
Europe; also, Chrysosplenium Americanum, common in the
United States. See also under Golden.
Meadow saxifrage, or Pepper saxifrage. See under
Meadow.
[1913 Webster]Burnet \Bur"net\, n. [OE. burnet burnet; also, brownish (the
plant perh. being named from its color), fr. F. brunet, dim.
of brun brown; cf. OF. brunete a sort of flower. See
Brunette.] (Bot.)
A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially,
Poterium Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet.
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Burnet moth (Zool.), in England, a handsome moth
(Zyg[ae]na filipendula), with crimson spots on the
wings.
Burnet saxifrage. (Bot.) See Saxifrage.
Canadian burnet, a marsh plant (Poterium Canadensis).
Great burnet, Wild burnet, Poterium oficinalis (or
Sanguisorba oficinalis).
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Golden saxifrage
(gcide) | Golden \Gold"en\ (g[=o]ld"'n), a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden,
AS. gylden, from gold. See Gold, and cf. Guilder.]
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1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.
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2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
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3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently
auspicious; as, golden opinions.
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Golden age.
(a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of
manners in rural employments, followed by the {silver
age}, bronze age, and iron age. --Dryden.
(b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D.
14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when
Cicero, C[ae]sar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence:
(c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when
it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its
greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been
considered the golden age of English literature.
Golden balls, three gilt balls used as a sign of a
pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the
coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in
London having been Lombards.
Golden bull. See under Bull, an edict.
Golden chain (Bot.), the shrub Cytisus Laburnum, so named
from its long clusters of yellow blossoms.
Golden club (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Orontium
aquaticum}), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow
flowers.
Golden cup (Bot.), the buttercup.
Golden eagle (Zool.), a large and powerful eagle ({Aquila
Chrysa["e]tos}) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North
America. It is so called from the brownish yellow tips of
the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety is
called the royal eagle; the young in the second year is
the ring-tailed eagle.
Golden fleece.
(a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken
from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to
Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the
Argonautic expedition.
(b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by
Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also
Toison d'Or.
Golden grease, a bribe; a fee. [Slang]
Golden hair (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant
with golden yellow flowers, the Chrysocoma Coma-aurea.
Golden Horde (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who
overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th
century.
Golden Legend, a hagiology (the "Aurea Legenda") written by
James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th
century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and
partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus
entitled.
Golden marcasite tin. [Obs.]
Golden mean, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes;
sufficiency without excess; moderation.
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Angels guard him in the golden mean. --Pope.
Golden mole (Zool), one of several South African
Insectivora of the family Chrysochlorid[ae], resembling
moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green,
purple, and gold.
Golden number (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the
lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and
is so called from having formerly been written in the
calendar in gold.
Golden oriole. (Zool.) See Oriole.
Golden pheasant. See under Pheasant.
Golden pippin, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color.
Golden plover (Zool.), one of several species of plovers,
of the genus Charadrius, esp. the European ({Charadrius
apricarius}, syn. Charadrius pluvialis; -- called also
yellow plover, black-breasted plover, hill plover,
and whistling plover. The common American species
(Charadrius dominicus) is also called frostbird, and
bullhead.
Golden robin. (Zool.) See Baltimore oriole, in Vocab.
Golden rose (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by
the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some
church or person in recognition of special services
rendered to the Holy See.
Golden rule.
(a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us.
Cf. --Luke vi. 31.
(b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three.
Golden samphire (Bot.), a composite plant ({Inula
crithmoides}), found on the seashore of Europe.
Golden saxifrage (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers
(Chrysosplenium oppositifolium), blossoming in wet
places in early spring.
Golden seal (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb
(Hydrastis Canadensis), with a thick knotted rootstock
and large rounded leaves.
Golden sulphide of antimony, or {Golden sulphuret of
antimony} (Chem.), the pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or
orange yellow powder.
Golden warbler (Zool.), a common American wood warbler
(Dendroica [ae]stiva); -- called also {blue-eyed yellow
warbler}, garden warbler, and summer yellow bird.
Golden wasp (Zool.), a bright-colored hymenopterous insect,
of the family Chrysidid[ae]. The colors are golden,
blue, and green.
Golden wedding. See under Wedding.
[1913 Webster]Saxifrage \Sax"i*frage\ (?; 48), n. [L. saxifraga, from
saxifragus stone-breaking; saxum rock + frangere to break:
cf. F. saxifrage. See Fracture, and cf. Sassafras,
Saxon.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs
growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions.
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Burnet saxifrage, a European umbelliferous plant
(Pimpinella Saxifraga).
Golden saxifrage, a low half-succulent herb
(Chrysosplenium oppositifolium) growing in rivulets in
Europe; also, Chrysosplenium Americanum, common in the
United States. See also under Golden.
Meadow saxifrage, or Pepper saxifrage. See under
Meadow.
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Meadow saxifrage
(gcide) | Saxifrage \Sax"i*frage\ (?; 48), n. [L. saxifraga, from
saxifragus stone-breaking; saxum rock + frangere to break:
cf. F. saxifrage. See Fracture, and cf. Sassafras,
Saxon.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs
growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions.
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Burnet saxifrage, a European umbelliferous plant
(Pimpinella Saxifraga).
Golden saxifrage, a low half-succulent herb
(Chrysosplenium oppositifolium) growing in rivulets in
Europe; also, Chrysosplenium Americanum, common in the
United States. See also under Golden.
Meadow saxifrage, or Pepper saxifrage. See under
Meadow.
[1913 Webster]Meadow \Mead"ow\, a.
Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow;
produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. "Fat meadow
ground." --Milton.
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Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see
the particular word in the Vocabulary.
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Meadow beauty. (Bot.) Same as Deergrass.
Meadow foxtail (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass
(Alopecurus pratensis) resembling timothy, but with
softer spikes.
Meadow hay, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in
uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or
bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.]
Meadow hen. (Zool.)
(a) The American bittern. See Stake-driver.
(b) The American coot (Fulica).
(c) The clapper rail.
Meadow mouse (Zool.), any mouse of the genus Arvicola, as
the common American species Arvicola riparia; -- called
also field mouse, and field vole.
Meadow mussel (Zool.), an American ribbed mussel ({Modiola
plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes.
Meadow ore (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite.
Meadow parsnip. (Bot.) See under Parsnip.
Meadow pink. (Bot.) See under Pink.
Meadow pipit (Zool.), a small singing bird of the genus
Anthus, as Anthus pratensis, of Europe.
Meadow rue (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus
Thalictrum, having compound leaves and numerous white
flowers. There are many species.
Meadow saffron. (Bot.) See under Saffron.
Meadow sage. (Bot.) See under Sage.
Meadow saxifrage (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe
(Silaus pratensis), somewhat resembling fennel.
Meadow snipe (Zool.), the common or jack snipe.
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Menticirrus saxatilis
(gcide) | Kingfish \King"fish`\ (k[i^]ng"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
(a) An American marine food fish of the genus Menticirrus,
especially Menticirrus saxatilis, or {Menticirrus
nebulosos}, of the Atlantic coast; -- called also
whiting, surf whiting, and barb.
(b) The opah.
(c) The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See Cero.
(d) The queenfish.
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Monticola saxatilis
(gcide) | Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
rocc.]
1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
stone or crag. See Stone.
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Come one, come all! this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
clay, etc., when in natural beds.
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3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
support; a refuge.
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The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
2.
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4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
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5. (Zool.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
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Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
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Rock alum. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
rock.] Same as Roche alum.
Rock barnacle (Zool.), a barnacle (Balanus balanoides)
very abundant on rocks washed by tides.
Rock bass. (Zool.)
(a) The stripped bass. See under Bass.
(b) The goggle-eye.
(c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
rock bass.
Rock builder (Zool.), any species of animal whose remains
contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the
corals and Foraminifera.
Rock butter (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
slate.
Rock candy, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
sugar which are very hard, whence the name.
Rock cavy. (Zool.) See Moco.
Rock cod (Zool.)
(a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
found about rocks andledges.
(b) A California rockfish.
Rock cook. (Zool.)
(a) A European wrasse (Centrolabrus exoletus).
(b) A rockling.
Rock cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.
Rock crab (Zool.), any one of several species of large
crabs of the genus C, as the two species of the New
England coast (Cancer irroratus and Cancer borealis).
See Illust. under Cancer.
Rock cress (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
kind found on rocks, as Arabis petraea, Arabis lyrata,
etc.
Rock crystal (Min.), limpid quartz. See Quartz, and under
Crystal.
Rock dove (Zool.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock
doo}.
Rock drill, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
drilling holes for blasting, etc.
Rock duck (Zool.), the harlequin duck.
Rock eel. (Zool.) See Gunnel.
Rock goat (Zool.), a wild goat, or ibex.
Rock hopper (Zool.), a penguin of the genus Catarractes.
See under Penguin.
Rock kangaroo. (Zool.) See Kangaroo, and Petrogale.
Rock lobster (Zool.), any one of several species of large
spinose lobsters of the genera Panulirus and
Palinurus. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny
lobster}, and sea crayfish.
Rock meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
occuring as an efflorescence.
Rock milk. (Min.) See Agaric mineral, under Agaric.
Rock moss, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See Cudbear.
Rock oil. See Petroleum.
Rock parrakeet (Zool.), a small Australian parrakeet
(Euphema petrophila), which nests in holes among the
rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
green.
Rock pigeon (Zool.), the wild pigeon (Columba livia) Of
Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
derived. See Illust. under Pigeon.
Rock pipit. (Zool.) See the Note under Pipit.
Rock plover. (Zool.)
(a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
(b) The rock snipe.
Rock ptarmigan (Zool.), an arctic American ptarmigan
(Lagopus rupestris), which in winter is white, with the
tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
patches on the back.
Rock rabbit (Zool.), the hyrax. See Cony, and Daman.
Rock ruby (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.
Rock salt (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
from sea water in large basins or cavities.
Rock seal (Zool.), the harbor seal. See Seal.
Rock shell (Zool.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
allied genera.
Rock snake (Zool.), any one of several large pythons; as,
the royal rock snake (Python regia) of Africa, and the
rock snake of India (Python molurus). The Australian
rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus Morelia.
Rock snipe (Zool.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}); -- called also rock bird, rock plover,
winter snipe.
Rock soap (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
feel, and adhering to the tongue.
Rock sparrow. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
the genus Petronia, as Petronia stulla, of Europe.
(b) A North American sparrow (Pucaea ruficeps).
Rock tar, petroleum.
Rock thrush (Zool.), any Old World thrush of the genus
Monticola, or Petrocossyphus; as, the European rock
thrush (Monticola saxatilis), and the blue rock thrush
of India (Monticola cyaneus), in which the male is blue
throughout.
Rock tripe (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria
Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
of extremity.
Rock trout (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Hexagrammus, family Chiradae,
native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea
trout}, boregat, bodieron, and starling.
Rock warbler (Zool.), a small Australian singing bird
(Origma rubricata) which frequents rocky ravines and
water courses; -- called also cataract bird.
Rock wren (Zool.), any one of several species of wrens of
the genus Salpinctes, native of the arid plains of Lower
California and Mexico.
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Old Saxon
(gcide) | German \Ger"man\, n.; pl. Germans[L. Germanus, prob. of Celtis
origin.]
1. A native or one of the people of Germany.
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2. The German language.
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3.
(a) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding
in capriciosly involved figures.
(b) A social party at which the german is danced.
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High German, the Teutonic dialect of Upper or Southern
Germany, -- comprising Old High German, used from the 8th
to the 11th century; Middle H. G., from the 12th to the
15th century; and Modern or New H. G., the language of
Luther's Bible version and of modern German literature.
The dialects of Central Germany, the basis of the modern
literary language, are often called Middle German, and the
Southern German dialects Upper German; but High German is
also used to cover both groups.
Low German, the language of Northern Germany and the
Netherlands, -- including Friesic; Anglo-Saxon or
Saxon; Old Saxon; Dutch or Low Dutch, with its
dialect, Flemish; and Plattdeutsch (called also {Low
German}), spoken in many dialects.
[1913 Webster]Saxon \Sax"on\ (s[a^]ks"[u^]n or -'n), n. [L. Saxo, pl. Saxones,
from the Saxon national name; cf. AS. pl. Seaxe, Seaxan, fr.
seax a knife, a short sword, a dagger (akin to OHG. sahs, and
perhaps to L. saxum rock, stone, knives being originally made
of stone); and cf. G. Sachse, pl. Sachsen. Cf. Saxifrage.]
1.
(a) One of a nation or people who formerly dwelt in the
northern part of Germany, and who, with other Teutonic
tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and
sixth centuries.
(b) Also used in the sense of Anglo-Saxon.
(c) A native or inhabitant of modern Saxony.
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2. The language of the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon.
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Old Saxon, the Saxon of the continent of Europe in the old
form of the language, as shown particularly in the
"Heliand", a metrical narration of the gospel history
preserved in manuscripts of the 9th century.
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Pepper saxifrage
(gcide) | Saxifrage \Sax"i*frage\ (?; 48), n. [L. saxifraga, from
saxifragus stone-breaking; saxum rock + frangere to break:
cf. F. saxifrage. See Fracture, and cf. Sassafras,
Saxon.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs
growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions.
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Burnet saxifrage, a European umbelliferous plant
(Pimpinella Saxifraga).
Golden saxifrage, a low half-succulent herb
(Chrysosplenium oppositifolium) growing in rivulets in
Europe; also, Chrysosplenium Americanum, common in the
United States. See also under Golden.
Meadow saxifrage, or Pepper saxifrage. See under
Meadow.
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Pimpinella Saxifraga
(gcide) | Saxifrage \Sax"i*frage\ (?; 48), n. [L. saxifraga, from
saxifragus stone-breaking; saxum rock + frangere to break:
cf. F. saxifrage. See Fracture, and cf. Sassafras,
Saxon.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs
growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions.
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Burnet saxifrage, a European umbelliferous plant
(Pimpinella Saxifraga).
Golden saxifrage, a low half-succulent herb
(Chrysosplenium oppositifolium) growing in rivulets in
Europe; also, Chrysosplenium Americanum, common in the
United States. See also under Golden.
Meadow saxifrage, or Pepper saxifrage. See under
Meadow.
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Pomacentrus saxatilis
(gcide) | Cow-pilot \Cow"-pi`lot\ (kou"p[imac]`l[u^]t), n. (Zool.)
A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West
Indies (Pomacentrus saxatilis); -- called also mojarra.
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Rubus saxatilis
(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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Sax
(gcide) | Sax \Sax\, n. [AS. seax a knife.]
A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of
roofing slates.
[1913 Webster]Zax \Zax\ (z[a^]ks), n.
A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates. [Written
also sax.]
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Saxatile
(gcide) | Saxatile \Sax"a*tile\, a. [L. saxatilis, fr. saxum a rock: cf.
F. saxatile.]
Of or pertaining to rocks; living among rocks; as, a saxatile
plant.
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Saxhorn
(gcide) | Saxhorn \Sax"horn`\, n. (Mus.)
A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instruments
with valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Adolphe Sax (known as
Adolphe Sax), of Belgium and Paris, and much used in military
bands and in orchestras.
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Saxicava
(gcide) | Saxicava \Sax`i*ca"va\, n.; pl. E. saxicavas, L. Saxicavae.
[NL. See Saxicavous.] (Zool.)
Any species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Saxicava.
Some of the species are noted for their power of boring holes
in limestone and similar rocks.
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Saxicavae
(gcide) | Saxicava \Sax`i*ca"va\, n.; pl. E. saxicavas, L. Saxicavae.
[NL. See Saxicavous.] (Zool.)
Any species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Saxicava.
Some of the species are noted for their power of boring holes
in limestone and similar rocks.
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saxicavas
(gcide) | Saxicava \Sax`i*ca"va\, n.; pl. E. saxicavas, L. Saxicavae.
[NL. See Saxicavous.] (Zool.)
Any species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Saxicava.
Some of the species are noted for their power of boring holes
in limestone and similar rocks.
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Saxicavid
(gcide) | Saxicavid \Sax`i*ca"vid\, a. (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the saxicavas. -- n. A saxicava.
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Saxicavous
(gcide) | Saxicavous \Sax`i*ca"vous\, a. [L. saxum rock + cavare to make
hollow, fr. cavus hollow: cf. F. saxicave.] (Zool.)
Boring, or hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain mollusks
which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. See Illust.
of Lithodomus.
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Saxicola oenanthe
(gcide) | Ortolan \Or"to*lan\, n. [F., fr. It. ortolano ortolan, gardener,
fr. L. hortulanus gardener, fr. hortulus, dim. of hortus
garden. So called because it frequents the hedges of gardens.
See Yard an inclosure, and cf. Hortulan.] (Zool.)
(a) A European singing bird (Emberiza hortulana), about the
size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed
delicious food when fattened. Called also bunting.
(b) In England, the wheatear (Saxicola oenanthe).
(c) In America, the sora, or Carolina rail ({Porzana
Carolina}). See Sora.
[1913 Webster]Wheatear \Wheat"ear`\, n. (Zool.)
A small European singing bird (Saxicola [oe]nanthe). The
male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings
and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the
tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each
side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper,
fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail.
[1913 Webster]Fallow \Fal"low\, a. [AS. fealu, fealo, pale yellow or red; akin
to D. vaal fallow, faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel.
f["o]lr, and prob. to Lith. palvas, OSlav. plav[u^] white, L.
pallidus pale, pallere to be pale, Gr. polio`s gray, Skr.
palita. Cf. Pale, Favel, a., Favor.]
1. Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound.
--Shak.
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2. [Cf. Fallow, n.] Left untilled or unsowed after plowing;
uncultivated; as, fallow ground.
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Fallow chat, Fallow finch (Zool.), a small European bird,
the wheatear (Saxicola [oe]nanthe). See Wheatear.
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Saxicola picata
(gcide) | Stonechat \Stone"chat`\, n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the
similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two
pebbles.] (Zool.)
(a) A small, active, and very common European singing bird
(Pratincola rubicola); -- called also chickstone,
stonechacker, stonechatter, stoneclink,
stonesmith.
(b) The wheatear.
(c) The blue titmouse.
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Note: The name is sometimes applied to various species of
Saxicola, Pratincola, and allied genera; as, the
pied stonechat of India (Saxicola picata).
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