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scans
(encz) | scans,skenuje v: Zdeněk Brož |
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franciscans
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scansion
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a Minors Gray Friars or Franciscans
(gcide) | Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[`e]re brother, friar, fr.
L. frater brother. See Brother.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order,
but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz:
(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. {(b)
Augustines}. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. {(d) White
Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary.
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2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
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3. (Zool.) An American fish; the silversides.
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Friar bird (Zool.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus
corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; --
called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; {poor
soldier}, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to
several other species of the same genus.
Friar's balsam (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds
and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin,
styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of
benzoin. --Brande & C.
Friar's cap (Bot.), the monkshood.
Friar's cowl (Bot.), an arumlike plant (Arisarum vulgare)
with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.
Friar's lantern, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.
--Milton.
Friar skate (Zool.), the European white or sharpnosed skate
(Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate, {border
ray}, scad, and doctor.
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Scansion
(gcide) | Scansion \Scan"sion\, n. [L. scansio, fr. scandere, scansum, to
climb. See Scan.] (Pros.)
The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a
verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.
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Scansores
(gcide) | Scansores \Scan*so"res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. scandere, scansum,
to climb.] (Zool.)
An artificial group of birds formerly regarded as an order.
They are distributed among several orders by modern
ornithologists.
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Note: The toes are in pairs, two before and two behind, by
which they are enabled to cling to, and climb upon,
trees, as the woodpeckers, parrots, cuckoos, and
trogons.
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Scansorial
(gcide) | Scansorial \Scan*so"ri*al\, a. (Zool.)
(a) Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial
bird; adapted for climbing; as, a scansorial foot.
(b) Of or pertaining to the Scansores.
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Scansorial tail (Zool.), a tail in which the feathers are
stiff and sharp at the tip, as in the woodpeckers.
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Scansorial tail
(gcide) | Scansorial \Scan*so"ri*al\, a. (Zool.)
(a) Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial
bird; adapted for climbing; as, a scansorial foot.
(b) Of or pertaining to the Scansores.
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Scansorial tail (Zool.), a tail in which the feathers are
stiff and sharp at the tip, as in the woodpeckers.
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scansion
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n 1: analysis of verse into metrical patterns |
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