| slovo | definícia |
scrub
(encz) | scrub,drhnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
scrub
(encz) | scrub,drhnutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
scrub
(encz) | scrub,křovina [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
scrub
(encz) | scrub,křoviny n: Zdeněk Brož |
Scrub
(gcide) | Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), a.
Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
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How solitary, how scrub, does this town look!
--Walpole.
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No little scrub joint shall come on my board. --Swift.
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Scrub game, a game, as of ball, by unpracticed players.
Scrub race, a race between scrubs, or between untrained
animals or contestants.
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Scrub
(gcide) | Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrubbed
(skr[u^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scrubbing.] [OE. scrobben,
probably of Dutch or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. skrubbe, Sw.
skrubba, D. schrobben, LG. schrubben.]
To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet
brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of
cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.
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Scrub
(gcide) | Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), v. i.
To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour;
hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a
living.
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Scrub
(gcide) | Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), n.
1. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. "A
sorry scrub." --Bunyan.
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We should go there in as proper a manner as
possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us.
--Goldsmith.
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2. Something small and mean.
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3. A worn-out brush. --Ainsworth.
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4. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the
prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.
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5. (Stock Breeding) One of the common live stock of a region
of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when
inferior in size, etc. [U.S.]
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6. Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and
impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also,
brush; -- called also scrub brush. See Brush, above.
[Australia & South Africa]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
7. (Forestry) A low, straggling tree of inferior quality.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Scrub bird (Zool.), an Australian passerine bird of the
family Atrichornithidae, as Atrichia clamosa; --
called also brush bird.
Scrub oak (Bot.), the popular name of several dwarfish
species of oak. The scrub oak of New England and the
Middle States is Quercus ilicifolia, a scraggy shrub;
that of the Southern States is a small tree ({Quercus
Catesbaei}); that of the Rocky Mountain region is {Quercus
undulata}, var. Gambelii.
Scrub robin (Zool.), an Australian singing bird of the
genus Drymodes.
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scrub
(wn) | scrub
adj 1: (of domestic animals) not selectively bred
n 1: dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
[syn: scrub, chaparral, bush]
2: the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and
soap and water [syn: scrub, scrubbing, scouring]
v 1: clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back" [syn:
scrub, scour]
2: wash thoroughly; "surgeons must scrub prior to an operation"
[syn: scrub, scrub up]
3: postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled;
"Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had
to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the
chair is ill" [syn: cancel, call off, scratch, scrub] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
scrub pine
(mass) | scrub pine
- kosodrevina |
scrub beefwood
(encz) | scrub beefwood, n: |
scrub bird
(encz) | scrub bird, n: |
scrub brush
(encz) | scrub brush,rýžák n: Zdeněk Brož |
scrub forest
(encz) | scrub forest,křovinový les [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
scrub fowl
(encz) | scrub fowl, n: |
scrub nurse
(encz) | scrub nurse,sálová sestra [med.] Pino |
scrub oak
(encz) | scrub oak, n: |
scrub palmetto
(encz) | scrub palmetto, n: |
scrub pine
(encz) | scrub pine, n: scrub pine,kosodřevina n: Zdeněk Brož |
scrub plane
(encz) | scrub plane, n: |
scrub typhus
(encz) | scrub typhus, n: |
scrub up
(encz) | scrub up,pořádně si vydrhnout ruce před operací v: web |
scrub-bird
(encz) | scrub-bird, n: |
scrubbed
(encz) | scrubbed,drhnutý adj: Zdeněk Brožscrubbed,zrušený adj: [hovor.] metan |
scrubber
(encz) | scrubber,běhna n: Zdeněk Brožscrubber,děvka n: Zdeněk Brožscrubber,pračka vzduchu n: [tech.] Václav Kubíčekscrubber,prostitutka n: Zdeněk Brož |
scrubbing
(encz) | scrubbing,kartáčování n: Zdeněk Brož |
scrubbing brush
(encz) | scrubbing brush, n: |
scrubbird
(encz) | scrubbird, n: |
scrubby
(encz) | scrubby,zakrslý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
scrubland
(encz) | scrubland,buš Zdeněk Brož |
scrubs
(encz) | scrubs,chirurgický oděv n: [med.] Pinoscrubs,křoviny n: Pino |
seaside scrub oak
(encz) | seaside scrub oak, n: |
Scrub
(gcide) | Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), a.
Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
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How solitary, how scrub, does this town look!
--Walpole.
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No little scrub joint shall come on my board. --Swift.
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Scrub game, a game, as of ball, by unpracticed players.
Scrub race, a race between scrubs, or between untrained
animals or contestants.
[1913 Webster]Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrubbed
(skr[u^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scrubbing.] [OE. scrobben,
probably of Dutch or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. skrubbe, Sw.
skrubba, D. schrobben, LG. schrubben.]
To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet
brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of
cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.
[1913 Webster]Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), v. i.
To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour;
hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a
living.
[1913 Webster]Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), n.
1. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. "A
sorry scrub." --Bunyan.
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We should go there in as proper a manner as
possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us.
--Goldsmith.
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2. Something small and mean.
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3. A worn-out brush. --Ainsworth.
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4. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the
prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.
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5. (Stock Breeding) One of the common live stock of a region
of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when
inferior in size, etc. [U.S.]
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6. Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and
impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also,
brush; -- called also scrub brush. See Brush, above.
[Australia & South Africa]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
7. (Forestry) A low, straggling tree of inferior quality.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Scrub bird (Zool.), an Australian passerine bird of the
family Atrichornithidae, as Atrichia clamosa; --
called also brush bird.
Scrub oak (Bot.), the popular name of several dwarfish
species of oak. The scrub oak of New England and the
Middle States is Quercus ilicifolia, a scraggy shrub;
that of the Southern States is a small tree ({Quercus
Catesbaei}); that of the Rocky Mountain region is {Quercus
undulata}, var. Gambelii.
Scrub robin (Zool.), an Australian singing bird of the
genus Drymodes.
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Scrub bird
(gcide) | Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), n.
1. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. "A
sorry scrub." --Bunyan.
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We should go there in as proper a manner as
possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us.
--Goldsmith.
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2. Something small and mean.
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3. A worn-out brush. --Ainsworth.
[1913 Webster]
4. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the
prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Stock Breeding) One of the common live stock of a region
of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when
inferior in size, etc. [U.S.]
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6. Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and
impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also,
brush; -- called also scrub brush. See Brush, above.
[Australia & South Africa]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
7. (Forestry) A low, straggling tree of inferior quality.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Scrub bird (Zool.), an Australian passerine bird of the
family Atrichornithidae, as Atrichia clamosa; --
called also brush bird.
Scrub oak (Bot.), the popular name of several dwarfish
species of oak. The scrub oak of New England and the
Middle States is Quercus ilicifolia, a scraggy shrub;
that of the Southern States is a small tree ({Quercus
Catesbaei}); that of the Rocky Mountain region is {Quercus
undulata}, var. Gambelii.
Scrub robin (Zool.), an Australian singing bird of the
genus Drymodes.
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scrub brush
(gcide) | Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), n.
1. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. "A
sorry scrub." --Bunyan.
[1913 Webster]
We should go there in as proper a manner as
possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us.
--Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]
2. Something small and mean.
[1913 Webster]
3. A worn-out brush. --Ainsworth.
[1913 Webster]
4. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the
prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Stock Breeding) One of the common live stock of a region
of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when
inferior in size, etc. [U.S.]
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6. Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and
impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also,
brush; -- called also scrub brush. See Brush, above.
[Australia & South Africa]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
7. (Forestry) A low, straggling tree of inferior quality.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Scrub bird (Zool.), an Australian passerine bird of the
family Atrichornithidae, as Atrichia clamosa; --
called also brush bird.
Scrub oak (Bot.), the popular name of several dwarfish
species of oak. The scrub oak of New England and the
Middle States is Quercus ilicifolia, a scraggy shrub;
that of the Southern States is a small tree ({Quercus
Catesbaei}); that of the Rocky Mountain region is {Quercus
undulata}, var. Gambelii.
Scrub robin (Zool.), an Australian singing bird of the
genus Drymodes.
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scrub fowl
(gcide) | Megapode \Meg"a*pode\ (m[e^]g"[.a]*p[=o]d), n. [Mega- + Gr.
poy`s, podo`s, foot.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous
birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting
Australia and other Pacific islands. Called also {mound
builder}, scrub fowl, moundbird, and brush turkey. See
Jungle fowl
(b) under Jungle, and Leipoa.
[1913 Webster]moundbird \moundbird\, mound bird \mound bird\n. (Zool.)
Any of several large-footed short-winged birds of
Australasia, which build mounds of decaying vegetation to
incubate eggs. Called also mound builder, mound maker,
megapode, brush turkey, and scrub fowl.
Syn: megapode, mound builder, scrub fowl, brush turkey.
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Scrub game
(gcide) | Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), a.
Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
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How solitary, how scrub, does this town look!
--Walpole.
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No little scrub joint shall come on my board. --Swift.
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Scrub game, a game, as of ball, by unpracticed players.
Scrub race, a race between scrubs, or between untrained
animals or contestants.
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Scrub oak
(gcide) | Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), n.
1. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. "A
sorry scrub." --Bunyan.
[1913 Webster]
We should go there in as proper a manner as
possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us.
--Goldsmith.
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2. Something small and mean.
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3. A worn-out brush. --Ainsworth.
[1913 Webster]
4. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the
prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Stock Breeding) One of the common live stock of a region
of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when
inferior in size, etc. [U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
6. Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and
impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also,
brush; -- called also scrub brush. See Brush, above.
[Australia & South Africa]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
7. (Forestry) A low, straggling tree of inferior quality.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Scrub bird (Zool.), an Australian passerine bird of the
family Atrichornithidae, as Atrichia clamosa; --
called also brush bird.
Scrub oak (Bot.), the popular name of several dwarfish
species of oak. The scrub oak of New England and the
Middle States is Quercus ilicifolia, a scraggy shrub;
that of the Southern States is a small tree ({Quercus
Catesbaei}); that of the Rocky Mountain region is {Quercus
undulata}, var. Gambelii.
Scrub robin (Zool.), an Australian singing bird of the
genus Drymodes.
[1913 Webster]Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D.
eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
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1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks
have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a
scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
rays, forming the silver grain.
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2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
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Note: Among the true oaks in America are:
Barren oak, or
Black-jack, Quercus nigra.
Basket oak, Quercus Michauxii.
Black oak, Quercus tinctoria; -- called also yellow oak
or quercitron oak.
Bur oak (see under Bur.), Quercus macrocarpa; -- called
also over-cup or mossy-cup oak.
Chestnut oak, Quercus Prinus and Quercus densiflora.
Chinquapin oak (see under Chinquapin), {Quercus
prinoides}.
Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia, of California; -- also
called enceno.
Live oak (see under Live), Quercus virens, the best of
all for shipbuilding; also, Quercus Chrysolepis, of
California.
Pin oak. Same as Swamp oak.
Post oak, Quercus obtusifolia.
Red oak, Quercus rubra.
Scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea.
Scrub oak, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus undulata, etc.
Shingle oak, Quercus imbricaria.
Spanish oak, Quercus falcata.
Swamp Spanish oak, or
Pin oak, Quercus palustris.
Swamp white oak, Quercus bicolor.
Water oak, Quercus aquatica.
Water white oak, Quercus lyrata.
Willow oak, Quercus Phellos.
[1913 Webster] Among the true oaks in Europe are:
Bitter oak, or
Turkey oak, Quercus Cerris (see Cerris).
Cork oak, Quercus Suber.
English white oak, Quercus Robur.
Evergreen oak,
Holly oak, or
Holm oak, Quercus Ilex.
Kermes oak, Quercus coccifera.
Nutgall oak, Quercus infectoria.
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Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
Quercus, are:
African oak, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia
Africana}).
Australian oak or She oak, any tree of the genus
Casuarina (see Casuarina).
Indian oak, the teak tree (see Teak).
Jerusalem oak. See under Jerusalem.
New Zealand oak, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon
excelsum}).
Poison oak, a shrub once not distinguished from poison ivy,
but now restricted to Rhus toxicodendron or {Rhus
diversiloba}.
Silky oak or Silk-bark oak, an Australian tree
(Grevillea robusta).
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Green oak, oak wood colored green by the growth of the
mycelium of certain fungi.
Oak apple, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the
leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips
confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young.
Oak beauty (Zool.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston
prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak.
Oak gall, a gall found on the oak. See 2d Gall.
Oak leather (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms
leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.
Oak pruner. (Zool.) See Pruner, the insect.
Oak spangle, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the
insect Diplolepis lenticularis.
Oak wart, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.
The Oaks, one of the three great annual English horse races
(the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was
instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called
from his estate.
To sport one's oak, to be "not at home to visitors,"
signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's
rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]
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Scrub race
(gcide) | Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), a.
Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
[1913 Webster]
How solitary, how scrub, does this town look!
--Walpole.
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No little scrub joint shall come on my board. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
Scrub game, a game, as of ball, by unpracticed players.
Scrub race, a race between scrubs, or between untrained
animals or contestants.
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Scrub robin
(gcide) | Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), n.
1. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. "A
sorry scrub." --Bunyan.
[1913 Webster]
We should go there in as proper a manner as
possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us.
--Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]
2. Something small and mean.
[1913 Webster]
3. A worn-out brush. --Ainsworth.
[1913 Webster]
4. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the
prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Stock Breeding) One of the common live stock of a region
of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when
inferior in size, etc. [U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
6. Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and
impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also,
brush; -- called also scrub brush. See Brush, above.
[Australia & South Africa]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
7. (Forestry) A low, straggling tree of inferior quality.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Scrub bird (Zool.), an Australian passerine bird of the
family Atrichornithidae, as Atrichia clamosa; --
called also brush bird.
Scrub oak (Bot.), the popular name of several dwarfish
species of oak. The scrub oak of New England and the
Middle States is Quercus ilicifolia, a scraggy shrub;
that of the Southern States is a small tree ({Quercus
Catesbaei}); that of the Rocky Mountain region is {Quercus
undulata}, var. Gambelii.
Scrub robin (Zool.), an Australian singing bird of the
genus Drymodes.
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Scrubbed
(gcide) | Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrubbed
(skr[u^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scrubbing.] [OE. scrobben,
probably of Dutch or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. skrubbe, Sw.
skrubba, D. schrobben, LG. schrubben.]
To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet
brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of
cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.
[1913 Webster]Scrubbed \Scrub"bed\ (skr[u^]b"b[e^]d), a.
Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.
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Scrubber
(gcide) | Scrubber \Scrub"ber\ (skr[u^]b"b[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, scrubs; esp., a brush or machine
used in scrubbing.
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2. (Gas Manuf.) A gas washer. See under Gas.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Manufacturing) a device for removing pollutants from a
gas stream, especially for removing sulfur oxides from
processes burning coal or oil.
[PJC]Scrubber \Scrub"ber\ (skr[u^]b"b[~e]r), n.
1. a stunted or emaciated steer.
[PJC]
2. A person who lives in the bush. [Australian]
[PJC]
3. A domesticated animal which has escaped and lives wild in
the bush. [Australian]
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Scrubbier
(gcide) | Scrubby \Scrub"by\ (skr[u^]b"b[y^]), a. [Compar. Scrubbier
(skr[u^]b"b[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Scrubbiest.]
Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth;
as, a scrubby cur. "Dense, scrubby woods." --Duke of Argyll.
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Scrubbiest
(gcide) | Scrubby \Scrub"by\ (skr[u^]b"b[y^]), a. [Compar. Scrubbier
(skr[u^]b"b[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Scrubbiest.]
Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth;
as, a scrubby cur. "Dense, scrubby woods." --Duke of Argyll.
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Scrubbing
(gcide) | Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrubbed
(skr[u^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scrubbing.] [OE. scrobben,
probably of Dutch or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. skrubbe, Sw.
skrubba, D. schrobben, LG. schrubben.]
To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet
brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of
cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.
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Scrubboard
(gcide) | Scrubboard \Scrub"board`\ (skr[u^]b"b[=o]rd), n.
A baseboard; a mopboard.
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Scrubby
(gcide) | Scrubby \Scrub"by\ (skr[u^]b"b[y^]), a. [Compar. Scrubbier
(skr[u^]b"b[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Scrubbiest.]
Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth;
as, a scrubby cur. "Dense, scrubby woods." --Duke of Argyll.
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Scrubstone
(gcide) | Scrubstone \Scrub"stone`\, n.
A species of calciferous sandstone. [Prov. Eng.]
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scrub beefwood
(wn) | scrub beefwood
n 1: tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant
creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood [syn:
scrub beefwood, beefwood, Stenocarpus salignus] |
scrub bird
(wn) | scrub bird
n 1: small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and
frequenting brush or scrub [syn: scrubbird, scrub-bird,
scrub bird] |
scrub brush
(wn) | scrub brush
n 1: a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning [syn:
scrub brush, scrubbing brush, scrubber] |
scrub fowl
(wn) | scrub fowl
n 1: large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build
mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs [syn:
megapode, mound bird, mound-bird, mound builder,
scrub fowl] |
scrub nurse
(wn) | scrub nurse
n 1: a nurse who helps a surgeon prepare for surgery |
scrub oak
(wn) | scrub oak
n 1: any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a
dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense
thickets |
scrub palmetto
(wn) | scrub palmetto
n 1: small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United
States [syn: saw palmetto, scrub palmetto, {Serenoa
repens}] |
scrub pine
(wn) | scrub pine
n 1: common small shrubby pine of the eastern United States
having straggling often twisted or branches and short
needles in bunches of 2 [syn: scrub pine, {Virginia
pine}, Jersey pine, Pinus virginiana] |
scrub plane
(wn) | scrub plane
n 1: a narrow woodworking plane used to cut away excess stock |
scrub typhus
(wn) | scrub typhus
n 1: transmitted by larval mites and widespread in Asia [syn:
tsutsugamushi disease, scrub typhus] |
scrub up
(wn) | scrub up
v 1: wash thoroughly; "surgeons must scrub prior to an
operation" [syn: scrub, scrub up] |
scrub-bird
(wn) | scrub-bird
n 1: small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and
frequenting brush or scrub [syn: scrubbird, scrub-bird,
scrub bird] |
scrubbed
(wn) | scrubbed
adj 1: made clean by scrubbing; "fresh-scrubbed floors"; "boys
with scrubbed necks and faces" |
scrubber
(wn) | scrubber
n 1: a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually
a floor or deck)
2: a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning [syn:
scrub brush, scrubbing brush, scrubber]
3: a purifier that removes impurities from a gas |
scrubbiness
(wn) | scrubbiness
n 1: the property of being stunted and inferior in size or
quality; "the scrawniness of sickly trees" [syn:
scrawniness, scrubbiness] |
scrubbing
(wn) | scrubbing
n 1: the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush
and soap and water [syn: scrub, scrubbing, scouring] |
scrubbing brush
(wn) | scrubbing brush
n 1: a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning [syn:
scrub brush, scrubbing brush, scrubber] |
scrubbird
(wn) | scrubbird
n 1: small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and
frequenting brush or scrub [syn: scrubbird, scrub-bird,
scrub bird] |
scrubby
(wn) | scrubby
adj 1: sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and
underbrush; "open scrubby woods" [syn: scrabbly,
scrubby]
2: inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-
over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees" [syn: scrawny,
scrubby, stunted] |
scrubland
(wn) | scrubland
n 1: an uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation |
scrubs
(wn) | scrubs
n 1: protective garment worn by surgeons during operations [syn:
gown, surgical gown, scrubs] |
seaside scrub oak
(wn) | seaside scrub oak
n 1: small evergreen shrub or tree of southeastern United
States; often forms almost impenetrable thickets in sandy
coastal areas [syn: myrtle oak, seaside scrub oak,
Quercus myrtifolia] |
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