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skipjack
(encz) | skipjack, n: |
skipjack
(gcide) | Runner \Run"ner\, n. [From Run.]
1. One who, or that which, runs; a racer.
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2. A detective. [Slang, Eng.] --Dickens.
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3. A messenger. --Swift.
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4. A smuggler. [Colloq.] --R. North.
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5. One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat,
hotel, shop, etc. [Cant, U.S.]
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6. (Bot.) A slender trailing branch which takes root at the
joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the
strawberry and the common cinquefoil.
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7. The rotating stone of a set of millstones.
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8. (Naut.) A rope rove through a block and used to increase
the mechanical power of a tackle. --Totten.
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9. One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also
the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice.
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10. (Founding)
(a) A horizontal channel in a mold, through which the
metal flows to the cavity formed by the pattern;
also, the waste metal left in such a channel.
(b) A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a
furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed.
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11. The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are
attached.
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12. (Zool.) A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida
and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack,
shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its
rapid successive leaps from the water.
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13. (Zool.) Any cursorial bird.
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14. (Mech.)
(a) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or
polishing a surface of stone.
(b) A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for
polishing or grinding.
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skipjack
(gcide) | Saurel \Sau"rel\, n. (Zool.)
Any carangoid fish of the genus Trachurus, especially
Trachurus trachurus, or Trachurus saurus, of Europe and
America, and Trachurus picturatus of California. Called
also skipjack, and horse mackerel.
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skipjack
(gcide) | Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. Sauries. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.)
A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and
America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also
billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack,
skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.
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Skipjack
(gcide) | Skipjack \Skip"jack`\, n.
1. An upstart. [Obs.] --Ford.
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2. (Zool.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.
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3. (Zool.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the
common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish,
the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the
runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc.
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4. (Naut.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped
cross section.
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skipjack
(gcide) | Jurel \Ju"rel\, n. (Zool.)
A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
(Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is
valued as a food fish; -- called also hardtail, {horse
crevall['e]}, jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, {yellow
mackerel}, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other
species of Caranx (as Caranx fallax) are also sometimes
called jurel. Juridic |
skipjack
(gcide) | Bluefish \Blue"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
1. A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the
family Carangid[ae], valued as a food fish, and widely
distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and
Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in
Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.
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2. A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the
family Labrid[ae].
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Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes;
as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.
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skipjack
(gcide) | Bonito \Bo*ni"to\ (b[-o]*n[=e]"t[-o]), n.; pl. Bonitoes
(-t[-o]z). [Sp. & Pg. bonito, fr. Ar. bain[imac]t and
bain[imac]th.] [Often incorrectly written bonita.] (Zool.)
1. A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the
tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four
brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the
American coast.
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2. any of a variety of scombroid fishes of the genera Sarda
or Euthynnus, with a size intermediate between those of
the smaller mackerels and the tunas. It is applied
especially to the skipjack tuna (Euthynnus pelamis,
syn. Katsuwonus pelamis, formerly Sarda Mediterranea,
also called skipjack) of the Atlantic, an important and
abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and
(Sarda Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related
species. These are large and active fishes, of a blue
color above and silver below, with black oblique stripes.
--MW10
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3. The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the
southern part of the United States and the West Indies.
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4. The cobia or crab eater (Elacate canada), an edible fish
of the Middle and Southern United States.
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skipjack
(wn) | skipjack
n 1: oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but
less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not
the same as oceanic bonito [syn: skipjack, {skipjack
tuna}, Euthynnus pelamis]
2: medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific
waters; less valued than tuna [syn: skipjack, {Atlantic
bonito}, Sarda sarda]
3: able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the
air with a clicking sound [syn: click beetle, skipjack,
snapping beetle] |
skipjack
(foldoc) | SkipJack
An encryption algorithm created by the NSA
(National Security Agency) which encrypts 64-bit blocks of
data with an 80-bit key. It is used in the Clipper chip, a
VLSI device with an ARM processor core, which is intended
to perform cryptographic operations while allowing the
security agencies listen in.
There are (apparently) two agencies, both of whom have to
agree that there is a valid reason to decode a message. Don't
laugh, they are serious.
[Algorithm?]
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skipjack tuna
(encz) | skipjack tuna, n: |
Skipjack
(gcide) | Runner \Run"ner\, n. [From Run.]
1. One who, or that which, runs; a racer.
[1913 Webster]
2. A detective. [Slang, Eng.] --Dickens.
[1913 Webster]
3. A messenger. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
4. A smuggler. [Colloq.] --R. North.
[1913 Webster]
5. One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat,
hotel, shop, etc. [Cant, U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
6. (Bot.) A slender trailing branch which takes root at the
joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the
strawberry and the common cinquefoil.
[1913 Webster]
7. The rotating stone of a set of millstones.
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8. (Naut.) A rope rove through a block and used to increase
the mechanical power of a tackle. --Totten.
[1913 Webster]
9. One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also
the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice.
[1913 Webster]
10. (Founding)
(a) A horizontal channel in a mold, through which the
metal flows to the cavity formed by the pattern;
also, the waste metal left in such a channel.
(b) A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a
furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed.
[1913 Webster]
11. The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are
attached.
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12. (Zool.) A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida
and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack,
shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its
rapid successive leaps from the water.
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13. (Zool.) Any cursorial bird.
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14. (Mech.)
(a) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or
polishing a surface of stone.
(b) A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for
polishing or grinding.
[1913 Webster]Saurel \Sau"rel\, n. (Zool.)
Any carangoid fish of the genus Trachurus, especially
Trachurus trachurus, or Trachurus saurus, of Europe and
America, and Trachurus picturatus of California. Called
also skipjack, and horse mackerel.
[1913 Webster]Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. Sauries. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.)
A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and
America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also
billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack,
skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.
[1913 Webster]Skipjack \Skip"jack`\, n.
1. An upstart. [Obs.] --Ford.
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2. (Zool.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.
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3. (Zool.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the
common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish,
the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the
runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc.
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4. (Naut.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped
cross section.
[1913 Webster]Jurel \Ju"rel\, n. (Zool.)
A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
(Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is
valued as a food fish; -- called also hardtail, {horse
crevall['e]}, jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, {yellow
mackerel}, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other
species of Caranx (as Caranx fallax) are also sometimes
called jurel. JuridicBluefish \Blue"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
1. A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the
family Carangid[ae], valued as a food fish, and widely
distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and
Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in
Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.
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2. A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the
family Labrid[ae].
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Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes;
as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.
[1913 Webster]Bonito \Bo*ni"to\ (b[-o]*n[=e]"t[-o]), n.; pl. Bonitoes
(-t[-o]z). [Sp. & Pg. bonito, fr. Ar. bain[imac]t and
bain[imac]th.] [Often incorrectly written bonita.] (Zool.)
1. A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the
tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four
brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the
American coast.
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2. any of a variety of scombroid fishes of the genera Sarda
or Euthynnus, with a size intermediate between those of
the smaller mackerels and the tunas. It is applied
especially to the skipjack tuna (Euthynnus pelamis,
syn. Katsuwonus pelamis, formerly Sarda Mediterranea,
also called skipjack) of the Atlantic, an important and
abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and
(Sarda Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related
species. These are large and active fishes, of a blue
color above and silver below, with black oblique stripes.
--MW10
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3. The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the
southern part of the United States and the West Indies.
[1913 Webster]
4. The cobia or crab eater (Elacate canada), an edible fish
of the Middle and Southern United States.
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skipjack tuna
(gcide) | Bonito \Bo*ni"to\ (b[-o]*n[=e]"t[-o]), n.; pl. Bonitoes
(-t[-o]z). [Sp. & Pg. bonito, fr. Ar. bain[imac]t and
bain[imac]th.] [Often incorrectly written bonita.] (Zool.)
1. A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the
tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four
brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the
American coast.
[1913 Webster]
2. any of a variety of scombroid fishes of the genera Sarda
or Euthynnus, with a size intermediate between those of
the smaller mackerels and the tunas. It is applied
especially to the skipjack tuna (Euthynnus pelamis,
syn. Katsuwonus pelamis, formerly Sarda Mediterranea,
also called skipjack) of the Atlantic, an important and
abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and
(Sarda Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related
species. These are large and active fishes, of a blue
color above and silver below, with black oblique stripes.
--MW10
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3. The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the
southern part of the United States and the West Indies.
[1913 Webster]
4. The cobia or crab eater (Elacate canada), an edible fish
of the Middle and Southern United States.
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skipjack tuna
(wn) | skipjack tuna
n 1: oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but
less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not
the same as oceanic bonito [syn: skipjack, {skipjack
tuna}, Euthynnus pelamis] |
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