| slovo | definícia |
singe
(mass) | singe
- slniť |
singe
(encz) | singe,lehce popálit Zdeněk Brož |
singe
(encz) | singe,opalovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
singe
(encz) | singe,ožehnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
singe
(encz) | singe,sežehnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
Singe
(gcide) | Singe \Singe\ (s[i^]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Singed
(s[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Singeing (s[i^]nj"[i^]ng).]
[OE. sengen, AS. sengan in besengan (akin to D. zengen, G.
sengen), originally, to cause to sing, fr. AS. singan to
sing, in allusion to the singing or hissing sound often
produced when a substance is singed, or slightly burned. See
Sing.]
1. To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of;
to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or
the skin.
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You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, . . .
Singe my white head! --Shak.
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I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.
--L'Estrange.
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2.
(a) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly
over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to
dyeing it.
(b) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or
the like) by passing it over a flame.
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Singe
(gcide) | Singe \Singe\, n.
A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
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singe
(wn) | singe
n 1: a surface burn [syn: scorch, singe]
v 1: burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows" [syn:
singe, swinge]
2: become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent
over the flames" [syn: scorch, sear, singe] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
singer
(mass) | singer
- spevák |
disingenuous
(encz) | disingenuous,neupřímný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
disingenuously
(encz) | disingenuously,neupřímně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
disingenuousness
(encz) | disingenuousness, n: |
folk singer
(encz) | folk singer, |
folksinger
(encz) | folksinger,lidový zpěvák n: paskyfolksinger,písničkář n: pasky |
kissinger
(encz) | Kissinger,Kissinger n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
lieder singer
(encz) | lieder singer, n: |
meistersinger
(encz) | Meistersinger, |
minnesinger
(encz) | minnesinger,minesengr n: Zdeněk Brož |
poet-singer
(encz) | poet-singer, n: |
pop singer
(encz) | pop singer,zpěvák pop music Pavel Cvrček |
schlesinger
(encz) | Schlesinger,Schlesinger n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
singed
(encz) | singed,ožehnutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
singer
(encz) | singer,pěvec n: Zdeněk Brožsinger,zpěvačka n: [female] singer,zpěvák n: [male] |
singer-songwriter
(encz) | singer-songwriter,zpěvák a skladatel textů Zdeněk Brož |
singers
(encz) | singers,zpěváci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
slesinger
(encz) | Slesinger, |
torch singer
(encz) | torch singer, n: |
kissinger
(czen) | Kissinger,Kissingern: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
schlesinger
(czen) | Schlesinger,Schlesingern: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
Cousin-german
(gcide) | Cousin-german \Cous"in-ger"man\ (-j?r"man), n. [Cousin + german
closely akin.]
A first cousin. See Note under Cousin, 1.
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Disingenuity
(gcide) | Disingenuity \Dis*in`ge*nu"i*ty\, n.
Disingenuousness. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
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Disingenuous
(gcide) | Disingenuous \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a.
1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean;
unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
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2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not
frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
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So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults].
--Pope.
-- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly, adv. --T. Warton. --
Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness, n. --Macaulay.
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Disingenuously
(gcide) | Disingenuous \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a.
1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean;
unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
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2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not
frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
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So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults].
--Pope.
-- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly, adv. --T. Warton. --
Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness, n. --Macaulay.
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Disingenuousness
(gcide) | Disingenuous \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a.
1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean;
unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
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2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not
frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
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So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults].
--Pope.
-- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly, adv. --T. Warton. --
Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness, n. --Macaulay.
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Hisingerite
(gcide) | Hisingerite \His"ing*er*ite\, n. [Named after W. Hisinger, a
Swedish mineralogist.] (Min.)
A soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate of
iron.
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Master singer
(gcide) | Master \Mas"ter\ (m[.a]s"t[~e]r), n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF.
maistre, mestre, F. ma[^i]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a
double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr.
me`gas. Cf. Maestro, Magister, Magistrate, Magnitude,
Major, Mister, Mistress, Mickle.]
1. A male person having another living being so far subject
to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its
actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive
application than now.
(a) The employer of a servant.
(b) The owner of a slave.
(c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled.
(d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one
exercising similar authority.
(e) The head of a household.
(f) The male head of a school or college.
(g) A male teacher.
(h) The director of a number of persons performing a
ceremony or sharing a feast.
(i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or
horse.
(j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other
supernatural being.
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2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as,
to be master of one's time. --Shak.
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Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison.
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We are masters of the sea. --Jowett
(Thucyd.).
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3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application
of anything; as, a master of oratorical art.
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Great masters of ridicule. --Macaulay.
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No care is taken to improve young men in their own
language, that they may thoroughly understand and be
masters of it. --Locke.
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4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced
m[i^]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written
Mister, but usually abbreviated to Mr.
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5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy.
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Where there are little masters and misses in a
house, they are impediments to the diversions of the
servants. --Swift.
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6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually
called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy
ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly,
an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under
the commander, of sailing the vessel.
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7. A person holding an office of authority among the
Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person
holding a similar office in other civic societies.
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Little masters, certain German engravers of the 16th
century, so called from the extreme smallness of their
prints.
Master in chancery, an officer of courts of equity, who
acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by
inquiring into various matters referred to him, and
reporting thereon to the court.
Master of arts, one who takes the second degree at a
university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by
the abbreviation M. A., or A. M.
Master of the horse, the third great officer in the British
court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In
ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign.
Master of the rolls, in England, an officer who has charge
of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of
the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge
of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton.
Past master,
(a) one who has held the office of master in a lodge of
Freemasons or in a society similarly organized.
(b) a person who is unusually expert, skilled, or
experienced in some art, technique, or profession; --
usually used with at or of.
The old masters, distinguished painters who preceded modern
painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th
and 17th centuries.
To be master of one's self, to have entire self-control;
not to be governed by passion.
To be one's own master, to be at liberty to act as one
chooses without dictation from anybody.
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Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly,
superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used
adjectively or in compounds; as, master builder or
master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master
mason or master-mason, master workman or
master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master
spirit, master passion, etc.
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Throughout the city by the master gate.
--Chaucer.
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Master joint (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more
prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass.
Master key, a key adapted to open several locks differing
somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or
principle of general application in solving difficulties.
Master lode (Mining), the principal vein of ore.
Master mariner, an experienced and skilled seaman who is
certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel.
Master sinew (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough
of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow
place, where the windgalls are usually seated.
Master singer. See Mastersinger.
Master stroke, a capital performance; a masterly
achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of
policy.
Master tap (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw
cutting die.
Master touch.
(a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope.
(b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very
skillful work or treatment. "Some master touches of
this admirable piece." --Tatler.
Master work, the most important work accomplished by a
skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.;
also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a
masterpiece.
Master workman, a man specially skilled in any art,
handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or
employer.
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Mastersinger
(gcide) | Mastersinger \Mas"ter*sing`er\, n. [A translation of G.
meisters[aum]nger.]
One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and
some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries.
They bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of
rhythm.
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Meistersinger
(gcide) | Meistersinger \Meis"ter*sing`er\, n. [G.]
See Mastersinger.
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Minnesinger
(gcide) | Minnesinger \Min"ne*sing`er\, n. [G., fr. minne love + singen to
sing.]
A love-singer; specifically, one of a class of German poets
and musicians who flourished from about the middle of the
twelfth to the middle of the fourteenth century. They were
chiefly of noble birth, and made love and beauty the subjects
of their verses.
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night singer
(gcide) | Night \Night\ (n[imac]t), n. [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht;
akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n[=o]tt,
Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche,
W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny`x, nykto`s, Skr.
nakta, nakti. [root]265. Cf. Equinox, Nocturnal.]
1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the
horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the
time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the
sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.
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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he
called Night. --Gen. i. 5.
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2. Hence:
(a) Darkness; obscurity; concealment.
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Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night.
--Pope.
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(b) Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.
(c) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night
of sorrow.
(d) The period after the close of life; death.
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She closed her eyes in everlasting night.
--Dryden.
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Do not go gentle into that good night
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
--Dylan
Thomas.
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(e) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems
to sleep. "Sad winter's night". --Spenser.
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Note: Night is sometimes used, esp. with participles, in the
formation of self-explaining compounds; as,
night-blooming, night-born, night-warbling, etc.
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Night by night, Night after night, nightly; many nights.
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So help me God, as I have watched the night,
Ay, night by night, in studying good for England.
--Shak.
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Night bird. (Zool.)
(a) The moor hen (Gallinula chloropus).
(b) The Manx shearwater (Puffinus Anglorum).
Night blindness. (Med.) See Hemeralopia.
Night cart, a cart used to remove the contents of privies
by night.
Night churr, (Zool.), the nightjar.
Night crow, a bird that cries in the night.
Night dog, a dog that hunts in the night, -- used by
poachers.
Night fire.
(a) Fire burning in the night.
(b) Ignis fatuus; Will-o'-the-wisp; Jask-with-a-lantern.
Night flyer (Zool.), any creature that flies in the night,
as some birds and insects.
night glass, a spyglass constructed to concentrate a large
amount of light, so as see objects distinctly at night.
--Totten.
Night green, iodine green.
Night hag, a witch supposed to wander in the night.
Night hawk (Zool.), an American bird ({Chordeiles
Virginianus}), allied to the goatsucker. It hunts the
insects on which it feeds toward evening, on the wing, and
often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a loud
whirring sound, like that of a spinning wheel. Also
sometimes applied to the European goatsuckers. It is
called also bull bat.
Night heron (Zool.), any one of several species of herons
of the genus Nycticorax, found in various parts of the
world. The best known species is Nycticorax griseus, or
Nycticorax nycticorax, of Europe, and the American
variety (var. naevius). The yellow-crowned night heron
(Nyctanassa violacea syn. Nycticorax violaceus)
inhabits the Southern States. Called also qua-bird, and
squawk.
Night house, a public house, or inn, which is open at
night.
Night key, a key for unfastening a night latch.
Night latch, a kind of latch for a door, which is operated
from the outside by a key.
Night monkey (Zool.), an owl monkey.
night moth (Zool.), any one of the noctuids.
Night parrot (Zool.), the kakapo.
Night piece, a painting representing some night scene, as a
moonlight effect, or the like.
Night rail, a loose robe, or garment, worn either as a
nightgown, or over the dress at night, or in sickness.
[Obs.]
Night raven (Zool.), a bird of ill omen that cries in the
night; esp., the bittern.
Night rule.
(a) A tumult, or frolic, in the night; -- as if a
corruption, of night revel. [Obs.]
(b) Such conduct as generally rules, or prevails, at
night.
What night rule now about this haunted grove?
--Shak.
Night sight. (Med.) See Nyctolopia.
Night snap, a night thief. [Cant] --Beau. & Fl.
Night soil, human excrement; -- so called because in cities
it is collected by night and carried away for manure.
Night spell, a charm against accidents at night.
Night swallow (Zool.), the nightjar.
Night walk, a walk in the evening or night.
Night walker.
(a) One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist; a
noctambulist.
(b) One who roves about in the night for evil purposes;
specifically, a prostitute who walks the streets.
Night walking.
(a) Walking in one's sleep; sleep walking; somnambulism;
noctambulism.
(b) Walking the streets at night with evil designs.
Night warbler (Zool.), the sedge warbler ({Acrocephalus
phragmitis}); -- called also night singer. [Prov. Eng.]
Night watch.
(a) A period in the night, as distinguished by the change
of watch.
(b) A watch, or guard, to aford protection in the night.
Night watcher, one who watches in the night; especially,
one who watches with evil designs.
Night witch. Same as Night hag, above.
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Singe
(gcide) | Singe \Singe\ (s[i^]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Singed
(s[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Singeing (s[i^]nj"[i^]ng).]
[OE. sengen, AS. sengan in besengan (akin to D. zengen, G.
sengen), originally, to cause to sing, fr. AS. singan to
sing, in allusion to the singing or hissing sound often
produced when a substance is singed, or slightly burned. See
Sing.]
1. To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of;
to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or
the skin.
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You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, . . .
Singe my white head! --Shak.
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I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.
--L'Estrange.
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2.
(a) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly
over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to
dyeing it.
(b) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or
the like) by passing it over a flame.
[1913 Webster]Singe \Singe\, n.
A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
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Singed
(gcide) | Singe \Singe\ (s[i^]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Singed
(s[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Singeing (s[i^]nj"[i^]ng).]
[OE. sengen, AS. sengan in besengan (akin to D. zengen, G.
sengen), originally, to cause to sing, fr. AS. singan to
sing, in allusion to the singing or hissing sound often
produced when a substance is singed, or slightly burned. See
Sing.]
1. To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of;
to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or
the skin.
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You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, . . .
Singe my white head! --Shak.
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I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.
--L'Estrange.
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2.
(a) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly
over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to
dyeing it.
(b) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or
the like) by passing it over a flame.
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Singeing
(gcide) | Singe \Singe\ (s[i^]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Singed
(s[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Singeing (s[i^]nj"[i^]ng).]
[OE. sengen, AS. sengan in besengan (akin to D. zengen, G.
sengen), originally, to cause to sing, fr. AS. singan to
sing, in allusion to the singing or hissing sound often
produced when a substance is singed, or slightly burned. See
Sing.]
1. To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of;
to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or
the skin.
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You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, . . .
Singe my white head! --Shak.
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I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.
--L'Estrange.
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2.
(a) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly
over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to
dyeing it.
(b) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or
the like) by passing it over a flame.
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Singer
(gcide) | Singer \Sin"ger\ (s[i^]n"j[~e]r), n. [From Singe.]
One who, or that which, singes. Specifically:
(a) One employed to singe cloth.
(b) A machine for singeing cloth.
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One who sings; especially, one whose profession is to sing.
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Singeress
(gcide) | Singeress \Sing"er*ess\, n.
A songstress. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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Torch singer
(gcide) | Torch singer \Torch" sing`er\, n.
one who sings torch songs.
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Unsinged
(gcide) | Unsinged \Unsinged\
See singed. |
arthur meier schlesinger
(wn) | Arthur Meier Schlesinger
n 1: United States historian (1888-1965) [syn: Schlesinger,
Arthur Schlesinger, Arthur Meier Schlesinger] |
arthur meier schlesinger jr.
(wn) | Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr.
n 1: United States historian and advisor to President Kennedy
(born in 1917) [syn: Schlesinger, Arthur Schlesinger,
Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr.] |
arthur schlesinger
(wn) | Arthur Schlesinger
n 1: United States historian and advisor to President Kennedy
(born in 1917) [syn: Schlesinger, Arthur Schlesinger,
Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr.]
2: United States historian (1888-1965) [syn: Schlesinger,
Arthur Schlesinger, Arthur Meier Schlesinger] |
arthur schlesinger jr.
(wn) | Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
n 1: United States historian and advisor to President Kennedy
(born in 1917) [syn: Schlesinger, Arthur Schlesinger,
Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr.] |
disingenuous
(wn) | disingenuous
adj 1: not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance
of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine,
and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most
disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a
disingenuous excuse" [syn: disingenuous, artful]
[ant: artless, ingenuous] |
disingenuously
(wn) | disingenuously
adv 1: in a disingenuous manner; "disingenuously, he asked
leading questions abut his opponent's work" [syn:
disingenuously, artfully] |
disingenuousness
(wn) | disingenuousness
n 1: the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor [ant:
ingenuousness] |
folk singer
(wn) | folk singer
n 1: a singer of folk songs [syn: folk singer, jongleur,
minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour] |
henry alfred kissinger
(wn) | Henry Alfred Kissinger
n 1: United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and
President Ford (born in 1923) [syn: Kissinger, {Henry
Kissinger}, Henry Alfred Kissinger] |
henry kissinger
(wn) | Henry Kissinger
n 1: United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and
President Ford (born in 1923) [syn: Kissinger, {Henry
Kissinger}, Henry Alfred Kissinger] |
isaac bashevis singer
(wn) | Isaac Bashevis Singer
n 1: United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories
and novels (1904-1991) [syn: Singer, {Isaac Bashevis
Singer}] |
isaac m. singer
(wn) | Isaac M. Singer
n 1: United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing
machine (1811-1875) [syn: Singer, Isaac M. Singer,
Isaac Merrit Singer] |
isaac merrit singer
(wn) | Isaac Merrit Singer
n 1: United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing
machine (1811-1875) [syn: Singer, Isaac M. Singer,
Isaac Merrit Singer] |
john singer sargent
(wn) | John Singer Sargent
n 1: United States painter (born in Italy) known for his society
portraits (1856-1925) [syn: Sargent, {John Singer
Sargent}] |
kissinger
(wn) | Kissinger
n 1: United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and
President Ford (born in 1923) [syn: Kissinger, {Henry
Kissinger}, Henry Alfred Kissinger] |
lieder singer
(wn) | lieder singer
n 1: a singer of lieder |
poet-singer
(wn) | poet-singer
n 1: a singer of folk songs [syn: folk singer, jongleur,
minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour] |
schlesinger
(wn) | Schlesinger
n 1: United States historian and advisor to President Kennedy
(born in 1917) [syn: Schlesinger, Arthur Schlesinger,
Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr.]
2: United States historian (1888-1965) [syn: Schlesinger,
Arthur Schlesinger, Arthur Meier Schlesinger] |
singer
(wn) | singer
n 1: a person who sings [syn: singer, vocalist, vocalizer,
vocaliser]
2: United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing
machine (1811-1875) [syn: Singer, Isaac M. Singer, {Isaac
Merrit Singer}]
3: United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and
novels (1904-1991) [syn: Singer, Isaac Bashevis Singer] |
torch singer
(wn) | torch singer
n 1: a singer (usually a woman) who specializes in singing torch
songs |
actor/singer/waiter/webmaster
(foldoc) | actor/singer/waiter/webmaster
An elaboration of the ages-old concept of the
actor/singer/waiter, someone who waits tables __for now__, but
who has aspirations of breaking into the glamorous worlds of
acting or New Media or both!
He keeps going to auditions and sending a resumes to {C|Net
(http://cnet.com/)} because you have to pay your dues.
His credits include being on "Friends" (as an extra), in "ER"
(actually, in an ER - he twisted his ankle once; but he counts
the x-rays as screen credits), and having been the webmaster
of an extensive multimedia interactive website (his hotlist of
"Simpsons" links).
(1998-04-04)
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