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scotia
(encz) | Scotia,Skotska n: Zdeněk Brož |
Scotia
(gcide) | Scotia \Sco"ti*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. skoti`a darkness, a sunken
molding in the base of a pillar, so called from the dark
shadow it casts, from sko`tos darkness.] (Arch.)
A concave molding used especially in classical architecture.
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Scotia
(gcide) | Scotia \Sco"ti*a\, n. [L.]
Scotland [Poetic]
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O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! --Burns.
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scotia
(gcide) | Trochilus \Troch"i*lus\, n.; pl. Trochili. [L. trochilus a
kind of small bird. Gr. ?, fr. ? to run.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) A genus of humming birds. It Formerly included all the
known species.
(b) Any one of several species of wrens and kinglets.
[Obs.]
(c) The crocodile bird.
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2. (Arch.) An annular molding whose section is concave, like
the edge of a pulley; -- called also scotia.
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nova scotia
(encz) | Nova Scotia, |
nova scotian
(encz) | Nova Scotian, |
scotian
(encz) | Scotian, |
Scotia
(gcide) | Scotia \Sco"ti*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. skoti`a darkness, a sunken
molding in the base of a pillar, so called from the dark
shadow it casts, from sko`tos darkness.] (Arch.)
A concave molding used especially in classical architecture.
[1913 Webster]Scotia \Sco"ti*a\, n. [L.]
Scotland [Poetic]
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O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! --Burns.
[1913 Webster]Trochilus \Troch"i*lus\, n.; pl. Trochili. [L. trochilus a
kind of small bird. Gr. ?, fr. ? to run.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) A genus of humming birds. It Formerly included all the
known species.
(b) Any one of several species of wrens and kinglets.
[Obs.]
(c) The crocodile bird.
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2. (Arch.) An annular molding whose section is concave, like
the edge of a pulley; -- called also scotia.
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nova scotia
(wn) | Nova Scotia
n 1: a peninsula in eastern Canada between the Bay of Fundy and
the Saint Lawrence River
2: the Canadian province in the Maritimes consisting of the Nova
Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island; French settlers who
called the area Acadia were exiled to Louisiana by the
British in the 1750s and their descendants are know as Cajuns |
nova scotia lox
(wn) | Nova Scotia lox
n 1: brine-cured salmon that is less salty than most; sometimes
sugar is also used in the curing [syn: Nova Scotia lox,
Nova lox, Nova Scotia salmon, Nova salmon, {Nova
style salmon}] |
nova scotia salmon
(wn) | Nova Scotia salmon
n 1: brine-cured salmon that is less salty than most; sometimes
sugar is also used in the curing [syn: Nova Scotia lox,
Nova lox, Nova Scotia salmon, Nova salmon, {Nova
style salmon}] |
nova scotian
(wn) | Nova Scotian
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia [syn: Nova Scotian,
bluenose] |
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