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shrimp
(encz) | shrimp,garnát n: Zdeněk Brož |
shrimp
(encz) | shrimp,kreveta n: Zdeněk Brož |
Shrimp
(gcide) | Shrimp \Shrimp\, v. t. [Cf. AS. scrimman to dry up, wither, MHG.
schrimpfen to shrink, G. schrumpfen, Dan. skrumpe, skrumpes,
Da. & Sw. skrumpen shriveled. Cf. Scrimp, Shrink,
Shrivel.]
To contract; to shrink. [Obs.]
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Shrimp
(gcide) | Shrimp \Shrimp\, n. [OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its
shriveled appearance. See Shrimp, v.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea
belonging to Crangon and various allied genera,
having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are
used as food. The larger kinds are called also
prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
(b) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran
tribe Caridea, or any species of the order
Schizopoda, having a similar form.
(c) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some
amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the
fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and
Brine.
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2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in
contempt.
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This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak.
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Opossum shrimp. (Zool.) See under Opossum.
Spector shrimp, or Skeleton shrimp (Zool.), any slender
amphipod crustacean of the genus Caprella and allied
genera. See Illust. under Laemodopoda.
Shrimp catcher (Zool.), the little tern (Sterna minuta).
Shrimp net, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net
dragged over the fishing ground.
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shrimp
(wn) | shrimp
n 1: disparaging terms for small people [syn: runt, shrimp,
peewee, half-pint]
2: any of various edible decapod crustaceans [syn: prawn,
shrimp]
3: small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with
a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are
edible
v 1: fish for shrimp |
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fairy shrimp
(encz) | fairy shrimp, n: |
mantis shrimp
(encz) | mantis shrimp, n: |
mussel shrimp
(encz) | mussel shrimp, n: |
opossum shrimp
(encz) | opossum shrimp, n: |
pistol shrimp
(encz) | pistol shrimp, n: |
seed shrimp
(encz) | seed shrimp, n: |
shrimp butter
(encz) | shrimp butter, n: |
shrimp cocktail
(encz) | shrimp cocktail, n: |
shrimp newburg
(encz) | shrimp Newburg, n: |
shrimp sauce
(encz) | shrimp sauce, n: |
shrimp-fish
(encz) | shrimp-fish, n: |
shrimper
(encz) | shrimper, n: |
shrimpfish
(encz) | shrimpfish, n: |
shrimpy
(encz) | shrimpy, adj: |
skeleton shrimp
(encz) | skeleton shrimp, n: |
snapping shrimp
(encz) | snapping shrimp, n: |
tadpole shrimp
(encz) | tadpole shrimp, n: |
Brine shrimp
(gcide) | Brine \Brine\, n. [AS. bryne a burning, salt liquor, brine, fr.
brinnan, brynnan, to burn. See Burn.]
1. Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; pickle;
hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline
residue or strong mother liquor resulting from the
evaporation of natural or artificial waters.
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2. The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake.
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Not long beneath the whelming brine . . . he lay.
--Cowper.
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3. Tears; -- so called from their saltness.
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What a deal of brine
Hath washed thy sallow cheecks for
Rosaline! --Shak.
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Brine fly (Zool.), a fly of the genus Ephydra, the
larv[ae] of which live in artificial brines and in salt
lakes.
Brine gauge, an instrument for measuring the saltness of a
liquid.
Brine pan, a pit or pan of salt water, where salt is formed
by cristallization.
Brine pit, a salt spring or well, from which water is taken
to be boiled or evaporated for making salt.
Brine pump (Marine Engin.), a pump for changing the water
in the boilers, so as to clear them of the brine which
collects at the bottom.
Brine shrimp, Brine worm (Zool.), a phyllopod crustacean
of the genus Artemia, inhabiting the strong brines of
salt works and natural salt lakes. See Artemia.
Brine spring, a spring of salt water.
Leach brine (Saltmaking), brine which drops from granulated
salt in drying, and is preserved to be boiled again.
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Fairy shrimp
(gcide) | Fairy \Fair"y\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to fairies.
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2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden.
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Fairy bird (Zool.), the Euoropean little tern ({Sterna
minuta}); -- called also sea swallow, and hooded tern.
Fairy bluebird. (Zool.) See under Bluebird.
Fairy martin (Zool.), a European swallow (Hirrundo ariel)
that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging
cliffs.
Fairy rings or Fairy circles, the circles formed in
grassy lawns by certain fungi (as Marasmius Oreades),
formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their
midnight dances; also, the mushrooms themselves. Such
circles may have diameters larger than three meters.
Fairy shrimp (Zool.), a European fresh-water phyllopod
crustacean (Chirocephalus diaphanus); -- so called from
its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions.
The name is sometimes applied to similar American species.
Fairy stone (Paleon.), an echinite.
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glass-shrimp
(gcide) | Phyllosoma \Phyl`lo*so"ma\ (f[i^]l`l[-o]*s[=o]"m[.a]), n. [NL.
See Phyllo-, and -some body.] (Zool.)
The larva of the spiny lobsters (Palinurus and allied
genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent;
the legs are very long. Called also glass-crab, and
glass-shrimp.
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mantis shrimp
(gcide) | Squilla \Squil"la\ (skw[i^]l"l[.a]), n.; pl. E. Squillas
(-l[.a]z), L. Squillae (-l[=e]). [L., a sea onion, also, a
prawn or shrimp. See Squill.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus
Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or
beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp.
See Illust. under Stomapoda.
[1913 Webster]Mantis \Man"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a prophet.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects
of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are predacious
long-bodied large-eyed insects of warm regions, are
remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding
their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded
in prayer. The common American species is Mantis Carolina.
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Mantis shrimp. (Zool.) The Squilla, a tropical marine
burrowing crustacean with large grasping appendages. Also
called mantis crab and mantis prawn.
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Mantis shrimp
(gcide) | Squilla \Squil"la\ (skw[i^]l"l[.a]), n.; pl. E. Squillas
(-l[.a]z), L. Squillae (-l[=e]). [L., a sea onion, also, a
prawn or shrimp. See Squill.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus
Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or
beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp.
See Illust. under Stomapoda.
[1913 Webster]Mantis \Man"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a prophet.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects
of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are predacious
long-bodied large-eyed insects of warm regions, are
remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding
their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded
in prayer. The common American species is Mantis Carolina.
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Mantis shrimp. (Zool.) The Squilla, a tropical marine
burrowing crustacean with large grasping appendages. Also
called mantis crab and mantis prawn.
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mussel shrimp
(gcide) | Ostracoda \Os*trac"o*da\, prop. n. pl. (Zool.)
An order of Entomostraca possessing shrimplike bodies
enclosed in hard bivalve shells; called also seed shrimp
and mussel shrimp. They were formerly referred to as
Ostracoidea. They are of small size, and swim freely about;
many are less than 1 mm in length. Microfossils of certain
extinct orders have been found extending back to the Cambrian
age.
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Opossum shrimp
(gcide) | Shrimp \Shrimp\, n. [OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its
shriveled appearance. See Shrimp, v.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea
belonging to Crangon and various allied genera,
having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are
used as food. The larger kinds are called also
prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
(b) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran
tribe Caridea, or any species of the order
Schizopoda, having a similar form.
(c) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some
amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the
fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and
Brine.
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2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in
contempt.
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This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak.
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Opossum shrimp. (Zool.) See under Opossum.
Spector shrimp, or Skeleton shrimp (Zool.), any slender
amphipod crustacean of the genus Caprella and allied
genera. See Illust. under Laemodopoda.
Shrimp catcher (Zool.), the little tern (Sterna minuta).
Shrimp net, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net
dragged over the fishing ground.
[1913 Webster]Opossum \O*pos"sum\, n. [Of N. American Indian origin.] (Zool.)
Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and
Chironectes; called also possum. The common species of
the United States is Didelphys Virginiana.
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Note: Several related species are found in South America. The
water opossum of Brazil (Chironectes variegatus),
which has the hind feet, webbed, is provided with a
marsupial pouch and with cheek pouches. It is called
also yapock.
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Opossum mouse. (Zool.) See Flying mouse, under Flying.
Opossum shrimp (Zool.), any schizopod crustacean of the
genus Mysis and allied genera. See Schizopoda.
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seed shrimp
(gcide) | Ostracoda \Os*trac"o*da\, prop. n. pl. (Zool.)
An order of Entomostraca possessing shrimplike bodies
enclosed in hard bivalve shells; called also seed shrimp
and mussel shrimp. They were formerly referred to as
Ostracoidea. They are of small size, and swim freely about;
many are less than 1 mm in length. Microfossils of certain
extinct orders have been found extending back to the Cambrian
age.
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Shrimp
(gcide) | Shrimp \Shrimp\, v. t. [Cf. AS. scrimman to dry up, wither, MHG.
schrimpfen to shrink, G. schrumpfen, Dan. skrumpe, skrumpes,
Da. & Sw. skrumpen shriveled. Cf. Scrimp, Shrink,
Shrivel.]
To contract; to shrink. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Shrimp \Shrimp\, n. [OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its
shriveled appearance. See Shrimp, v.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea
belonging to Crangon and various allied genera,
having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are
used as food. The larger kinds are called also
prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
(b) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran
tribe Caridea, or any species of the order
Schizopoda, having a similar form.
(c) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some
amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the
fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and
Brine.
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2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in
contempt.
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This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak.
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Opossum shrimp. (Zool.) See under Opossum.
Spector shrimp, or Skeleton shrimp (Zool.), any slender
amphipod crustacean of the genus Caprella and allied
genera. See Illust. under Laemodopoda.
Shrimp catcher (Zool.), the little tern (Sterna minuta).
Shrimp net, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net
dragged over the fishing ground.
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Shrimp catcher
(gcide) | Shrimp \Shrimp\, n. [OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its
shriveled appearance. See Shrimp, v.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea
belonging to Crangon and various allied genera,
having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are
used as food. The larger kinds are called also
prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
(b) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran
tribe Caridea, or any species of the order
Schizopoda, having a similar form.
(c) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some
amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the
fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and
Brine.
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2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in
contempt.
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This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak.
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Opossum shrimp. (Zool.) See under Opossum.
Spector shrimp, or Skeleton shrimp (Zool.), any slender
amphipod crustacean of the genus Caprella and allied
genera. See Illust. under Laemodopoda.
Shrimp catcher (Zool.), the little tern (Sterna minuta).
Shrimp net, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net
dragged over the fishing ground.
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Shrimp net
(gcide) | Shrimp \Shrimp\, n. [OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its
shriveled appearance. See Shrimp, v.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea
belonging to Crangon and various allied genera,
having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are
used as food. The larger kinds are called also
prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
(b) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran
tribe Caridea, or any species of the order
Schizopoda, having a similar form.
(c) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some
amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the
fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and
Brine.
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2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in
contempt.
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This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak.
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Opossum shrimp. (Zool.) See under Opossum.
Spector shrimp, or Skeleton shrimp (Zool.), any slender
amphipod crustacean of the genus Caprella and allied
genera. See Illust. under Laemodopoda.
Shrimp catcher (Zool.), the little tern (Sterna minuta).
Shrimp net, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net
dragged over the fishing ground.
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Shrimper
(gcide) | Shrimper \Shrimp"er\, n.
One who fishes for shrimps.
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Skeleton shrimp
(gcide) | Shrimp \Shrimp\, n. [OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its
shriveled appearance. See Shrimp, v.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea
belonging to Crangon and various allied genera,
having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are
used as food. The larger kinds are called also
prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
(b) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran
tribe Caridea, or any species of the order
Schizopoda, having a similar form.
(c) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some
amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the
fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and
Brine.
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2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in
contempt.
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This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak.
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Opossum shrimp. (Zool.) See under Opossum.
Spector shrimp, or Skeleton shrimp (Zool.), any slender
amphipod crustacean of the genus Caprella and allied
genera. See Illust. under Laemodopoda.
Shrimp catcher (Zool.), the little tern (Sterna minuta).
Shrimp net, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net
dragged over the fishing ground.
[1913 Webster]Skeleton \Skel"e*ton\, a.
Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely
of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading
features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton
crystal.
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Skeleton bill, a bill or draft made out in blank as to the
amount or payee, but signed by the acceptor. [Eng.]
Skeleton key, a key with nearly the whole substance of the
web filed away, to adapt it to avoid the wards of a lock;
a master key; -- used for opening locks to which it has
not been especially fitted.
Skeleton leaf, a leaf from which the pulpy part has been
removed by chemical means, the fibrous part alone
remaining.
Skeleton proof, a proof of a print or engraving, with the
inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs
being taken before the engraving is finished.
Skeleton regiment, a regiment which has its complement of
officers, but in which there are few enlisted men.
Skeleton shrimp (Zool.), a small crustacean of the genus
Caprella. See Illust. under Laemodipoda.
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Specter shrimp
(gcide) | Specter \Spec"ter\, Spectre \Spec"tre\, n. [F. spectre, fr. L.
spectrum an appearance, image, specter, fr. specere to look.
See Spy, and cf. Spectrum.]
1. Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost;
a phantom.
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The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend,
With bold fanatic specters to rejoice. --Dryden.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) The tarsius.
(b) A stick insect.
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Specter bat (Zool.), any phyllostome bat.
Specter candle (Zool.), a belemnite.
Specter shrimp (Zool.), a skeleton shrimp. See under
Skeleton.
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Spector shrimp
(gcide) | Shrimp \Shrimp\, n. [OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its
shriveled appearance. See Shrimp, v.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea
belonging to Crangon and various allied genera,
having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are
used as food. The larger kinds are called also
prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
(b) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran
tribe Caridea, or any species of the order
Schizopoda, having a similar form.
(c) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some
amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the
fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and
Brine.
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2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in
contempt.
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This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak.
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Opossum shrimp. (Zool.) See under Opossum.
Spector shrimp, or Skeleton shrimp (Zool.), any slender
amphipod crustacean of the genus Caprella and allied
genera. See Illust. under Laemodopoda.
Shrimp catcher (Zool.), the little tern (Sterna minuta).
Shrimp net, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net
dragged over the fishing ground.
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Sword shrimp
(gcide) | Sword \Sword\ (s[=o]rd), n. [OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to
OFries. swerd, swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G.
schwert, Icel. sver[eth], Sw. sv[aum]rd, Dan. svaerd; of
uncertain origin.]
1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually
sharp-pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is
the general term, including the small sword, rapier,
saber, scimiter, and many other varieties.
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2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or
of authority and power.
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He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain. --Rom.
xiii. 4.
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She quits the balance, and resigns the sword.
--Dryden.
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3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.
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I came not to send peace, but a sword. --Matt. x.
34.
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4. The military power of a country.
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He hath no more authority over the sword than over
the law. --Milton.
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5. (Weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand
loom is suspended.
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Sword arm, the right arm.
Sword bayonet, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and
which can be used as a sword.
Sword bearer, one who carries his master's sword; an
officer in London who carries a sword before the lord
mayor when he goes abroad.
Sword belt, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne
at the side.
Sword blade, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword.
Sword cane, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or
dagger, as in a sheath.
Sword dance.
(a) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed
together by the male dancers. --Sir W. Scott.
(b) A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but
without touching them.
Sword fight, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with
swords; swordplay.
Sword grass. (Bot.) See Gladen.
Sword knot, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword.
Sword law, government by the sword, or by force; violence.
--Milton.
Sword lily. (Bot.) See Gladiolus.
Sword mat (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so
called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture.
Sword shrimp (Zool.), a European shrimp ({Pasiphaea
sivado}) having a very thin, compressed body.
Sword stick, a sword cane.
To measure swords with one. See under Measure, v. t.
To put to the sword. See under Put.
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brine shrimp
(wn) | brine shrimp
n 1: common to saline lakes [syn: brine shrimp, {Artemia
salina}] |
fairy shrimp
(wn) | fairy shrimp
n 1: small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with
many appendages; swims on its back |
mantis shrimp
(wn) | mantis shrimp
n 1: tropical marine burrowing crustaceans with large grasping
appendages [syn: mantis shrimp, mantis crab] |
mussel shrimp
(wn) | mussel shrimp
n 1: tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like
body enclosed in a bivalve shell [syn: seed shrimp,
mussel shrimp, ostracod] |
opossum shrimp
(wn) | opossum shrimp
n 1: shrimp-like crustaceans whose females carry eggs and young
in a pouch between the legs |
pistol shrimp
(wn) | pistol shrimp
n 1: small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their
enlarged chelae [syn: snapping shrimp, pistol shrimp] |
seed shrimp
(wn) | seed shrimp
n 1: tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like
body enclosed in a bivalve shell [syn: seed shrimp,
mussel shrimp, ostracod] |
shrimp butter
(wn) | shrimp butter
n 1: butter blended with chopped shrimp or seasoned with essence
from shrimp shells |
shrimp cocktail
(wn) | shrimp cocktail
n 1: a cocktail of cold cooked shrimp and a sauce |
shrimp newburg
(wn) | shrimp Newburg
n 1: shrimp in Newburg sauce usually served in a rice ring |
shrimp sauce
(wn) | shrimp sauce
n 1: white sauce with whipping cream and shrimp butter [syn:
Nantua, shrimp sauce] |
shrimp-fish
(wn) | shrimp-fish
n 1: slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered
with transparent plates [syn: shrimpfish, shrimp-fish] |
shrimper
(wn) | shrimper
n 1: a vessel engaged in shrimping |
shrimpfish
(wn) | shrimpfish
n 1: slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered
with transparent plates [syn: shrimpfish, shrimp-fish] |
shrimpy
(wn) | shrimpy
adj 1: (used especially of persons) of inferior size [syn:
puny, runty, shrimpy] |
skeleton shrimp
(wn) | skeleton shrimp
n 1: small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form
suggestive of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed |
snapping shrimp
(wn) | snapping shrimp
n 1: small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their
enlarged chelae [syn: snapping shrimp, pistol shrimp] |
tadpole shrimp
(wn) | tadpole shrimp
n 1: a kind of branchiopod crustacean |
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