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scans
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franciscans
(encz) | Franciscans, |
scansion
(encz) | scansion,rytmický rozbor Zdeněk Brož |
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 artifical 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. See Illust. under Aves.
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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. See Illust. under
Aves.
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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. See Illust. under
Aves.
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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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