| slovo | definícia |
spell
(mass) | spell
- okúzlenie, kúzlo, zaklínadlo, zakliať, prekliať, hláskovať,
slabikovať, kúzliť |
spell
(encz) | spell,hláskovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
spell
(encz) | spell,kouzlit v: Nijel |
spell
(encz) | spell,kouzlo n: Nijel |
spell
(encz) | spell,období Zdeněk Brož |
spell
(encz) | spell,odpočinout v: Zdeněk Brož |
spell
(encz) | spell,okouzlení n: Nijel |
spell
(encz) | spell,slabikovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
spell
(encz) | spell,zaříkat v: Nijel |
spell
(encz) | spell,znamenat v: Nijel |
Spell
(gcide) | Spell \Spell\, n. [OE. speld, AS. speld a spill to light a
candle with; akin to D. speld a pin, OD. spelle, G. spalten
to split, OHG. spaltan, MHG. spelte a splinter, Icel. spjald
a square tablet, Goth. spilda a writing tablet. Cf.
Spillsplinter, roll of paper, Spell to tell the letters
of.]
A spelk, or splinter. [Obs.] --Holland.
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Spell
(gcide) | Spell \Spell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spelled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spelling.] [AS. spelian to supply another's place.]
To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at
work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.
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Spell
(gcide) | Spell \Spell\, n.[AS. spell a saying, tale, speech; akin to OS.
& OHG. spel, Icel. spjall,Goth. spill. Cf. Gospel, Spell
to tell the letters of.]
1. A story; a tale. [Obs.] "Hearken to my spell." --Chaucer.
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2. A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with
magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm.
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Start not; her actions shall be holy as
You hear my spell is lawful. --Shak.
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Spell
(gcide) | Spell \Spell\, n.
1. The relief of one person by another in any piece of work
or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by
one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the
pumps; a spell at the masthead.
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A spell at the wheel is called a trick. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.
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2. The time during which one person or gang works until
relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time,
whether a few hours, days, or weeks.
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Nothing new has happened in this quarter, except the
setting in of a severe spell of cold weather.
--Washington.
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3. One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells.
[R.]
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Their toil is so extreme that they can not endure it
above four hours in a day, but are succeeded by
spells. --Garew.
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4. A gratuitous helping forward of another's work; as, a
logging spell. [Local, U.S.]
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Spell
(gcide) | Spell \Spell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spelledor Spelt; p. pr. &
vb. n. Spelling.] [OE. spellen, spellien, tell, relate, AS.
spellian, fr. spell a saying, tale; akin to MHG. spellen to
relate, Goth. spill?n.e Spell a tale. In sense 4 and those
following, OE. spellen, perhaps originally a different word,
and from or influenced by spell a splinter, from the use of a
piece of wood to point to the letters in schools: cf. D.
spellen to spell. Cf. Spell splinter.]
1. To tell; to relate; to teach. [Obs.]
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Might I that legend find,
By fairies spelt in mystic rhymes. --T. Warton.
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2. To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a
spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm. "Spelled with
words of power." --Dryden.
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He was much spelled with Eleanor Talbot. --Sir G.
Buck.
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3. To constitute; to measure. [Obs.]
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The Saxon heptarchy, when seven kings put together
did spell but one in effect. --Fuller.
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4. To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a
word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the
proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.
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The word "satire" ought to be spelled with i, and
not with y. --Dryden.
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5. To discover by characters or marks; to read with
difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the
sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.
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To spell out a God in the works of creation.
--South.
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To sit spelling and observing divine justice upon
every accident. --Milton.
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Spell
(gcide) | Spell \Spell\, v. i.
1. To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters,
either orally or in writing.
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When what small knowledge was, in them did dwell,
And he a god, who could but read or spell. --Dryden.
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2. To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn
the meaning of anything, by study. [Obs.]
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Where I may sit and rightly spell
Of every star that heaven doth shew,
And every herb that sips the dew. --Milton.
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spell
(wn) | spell
n 1: a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a
magical incantation [syn: enchantment, spell, trance]
2: a time for working (after which you will be relieved by
someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" [syn: go,
spell, tour, turn]
3: a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by
some action or condition; "he was here for a little while";
"I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a
patch of bad weather" [syn: while, piece, spell,
patch]
4: a verbal formula believed to have magical force; "he
whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around
its base is a charm in Balinese" [syn: spell, {magic
spell}, magical spell, charm]
v 1: orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of; "How
do you spell this word?" "We had to spell out our names for
the police officer" [syn: spell, spell out]
2: indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!" [syn:
spell, import]
3: write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally
accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the
word wrong in this letter" [syn: spell, write]
4: relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn; "She spelled
her husband at the wheel"
5: place under a spell [ant: unspell]
6: take turns working; "the workers spell every four hours" |
spell
(foldoc) | incantation
spell
Any particularly arbitrary or obscure command that one must
mutter at a system to attain a desired result. Not used of
passwords or other explicit security features. Especially
used of tricks that are so poorly documented that they must be
learned from a wizard. "This compiler normally locates
initialised data in the data segment, but if you mutter the
right incantation they will be forced into text space."
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spell
(jargon) | spell
n.
Syn. incantation.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
spell out
(mass) | spell out
- vysvetliť |
spellbinding
(mass) | spellbinding
- očarujúci |
spellchecker
(mass) | spell-checker
- kontrola preklepov |
spelling
(mass) | spelling
- hláskovanie |
break a spell
(encz) | break a spell,zkazit něčím půvab někoho Zdeněk Brož |
cast a spell
(encz) | cast a spell,vyvolat kouzlo Milan Svoboda |
cold spell
(encz) | cold spell, n: |
dispell
(encz) | dispell, |
finger spelling
(encz) | finger spelling, n: |
finger-spell
(encz) | finger-spell, v: |
fingerspell
(encz) | fingerspell, v: |
fingerspelling
(encz) | fingerspelling, n: |
good speller
(encz) | good speller, n: |
gospeller
(encz) | gospeller,evangelista Zdeněk Brožgospeller,kazatel Zdeněk Brož |
hot spell
(encz) | hot spell, n: |
magic spell
(encz) | magic spell,kouzlo n: Ivan Masár |
misspell
(encz) | misspell,misspell/misspelled/misspelled v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překladmisspell,misspell/misspelt/misspelt v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překladmisspell,udělat pravopisnou chybu Zdeněk Brož |
misspelled
(encz) | misspelled,misspell/misspelled/misspelled v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překladmisspelled,pravopisně chybný Zdeněk Brož |
misspelling
(encz) | misspelling,pravopisná chyba n: Zdeněk Brož |
misspellings
(encz) | misspellings,pravopisné chyby Zdeněk Brož |
misspells
(encz) | misspells,dělá pravopisnou chybu Zdeněk Brož |
poor speller
(encz) | poor speller, n: |
respell
(encz) | respell, |
set a spell
(encz) | set a spell, |
sinking spell
(encz) | sinking spell, n: |
spell checker
(encz) | spell checker,kontrola pravopisu n: Nijel |
spell disaster
(encz) | spell disaster, |
spell out
(encz) | spell out,vysvětlit v: do podrobností Nijel |
spell you off
(encz) | spell you off, |
spell-check
(encz) | spell-check,kontrola pravopisu n: Nijel |
spell-checker
(encz) | spell-checker, n: |
spellable
(encz) | spellable,hláskovatelný adj: Nijel |
spellbind
(encz) | spellbind,očarovat v: Nijel |
spellbinder
(encz) | spellbinder,strhující řečník Zdeněk Brož |
spellbinding
(encz) | spellbinding,okouzlující adj: Zdeněk Brožspellbinding,strhující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
spellbound
(encz) | spellbound,očarovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožspellbound,okouzlený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
spelldown
(encz) | spelldown,soutěž ve hláskování n: Nijel |
spelled
(encz) | spelled,hláskovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožspelled,odpočatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
speller
(encz) | speller,pravopisná kniha n: Zdeněk Brož |
spelling
(encz) | spelling,hláskování n: Zdeněk Brožspelling,pravopis n: Pavel Cvrček |
spelling bee
(encz) | spelling bee,soutěž ve hláskování n: Nijel |
spelling book
(encz) | spelling book,pravopisný slovník Zdeněk Brož |
spelling checker
(encz) | spelling checker,kontrola pravopisu n: Nijel |
spelling contest
(encz) | spelling contest, n: |
spellings
(encz) | spellings,hláskování n: Zdeněk Brožspellings,pravopisy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
spells
(encz) | spells,doby n: pl. Zdeněk Brožspells,hláskuje v: Zdeněk Brožspells,kouzla n: Zdeněk Brož |
under a spell
(encz) | under a spell, |
unspell
(encz) | unspell, v: |
visit a spell
(encz) | visit a spell, |
misspell/misspelled/misspelled
(czen) | misspell/misspelled/misspelled,misspellv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překladmisspell/misspelled/misspelled,misspelledv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
misspell/misspelt/misspelt
(czen) | misspell/misspelt/misspelt,misspellv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překladmisspell/misspelt/misspelt,misspeltv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Ague spell
(gcide) | ague \a"gue\ ([=a]"g[-u]), n. [OE. agu, ague, OF. agu, F. aigu,
sharp, OF. fem. ague, LL. (febris) acuta, a sharp, acute
fever, fr. L. acutus sharp. See Acute.]
1. An acute fever. [Obs.] "Brenning agues." --P. Plowman.
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2. (Med.) A fever characterized by paroxysms of high fever
and shaking chills.
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3. The cold fit or rigor of malaria or any other intermittent
fever; as, fever and ague.
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4. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. --Dryden. AS
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Ague cake, an enlargement of the spleen produced by ague.
Ague drop, a solution of the arsenite of potassa used for
ague.
Ague fit, a fit of the ague. --Shak.
Ague spell, a spell or charm against ague. --Gay.
Ague tree, the sassafras, -- sometimes so called from the
use of its root formerly, in cases of ague. [Obs.]
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By-spell
(gcide) | By-spell \By"-spell`\, n. [AS. bigspell.]
A proverb. [Obs.]
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Dispelled
(gcide) | Dispel \Dis*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispelled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Dispelling.] [L. dispellere; dis- + pellere to push,
drive. See Pulse a beating.]
To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to
clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud,
vapors, cares, doubts, illusions.
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[Satan] gently raised
their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears.
--Milton.
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I saw myself the lambent easy light
Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night. --Dryden.
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Dispelling
(gcide) | Dispel \Dis*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispelled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Dispelling.] [L. dispellere; dis- + pellere to push,
drive. See Pulse a beating.]
To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to
clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud,
vapors, cares, doubts, illusions.
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[Satan] gently raised
their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears.
--Milton.
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I saw myself the lambent easy light
Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night. --Dryden.
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gospeller
(gcide) | Gospeler \Gos"pel*er\, n. [AS. godspellere.] [Written also
gospeller.]
1. One of the four evangelists. --Rom. of R.
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Mark the gospeler was the ghostly son of Peter in
baptism. --Wyclif.
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2. A follower of Wyclif, the first English religious
reformer; hence, a Puritan. [Obs.] --Latimer.
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The persecution was carried on against the gospelers
with much fierceness by those of the Roman
persuasion. --Strype.
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3. A priest or deacon who reads the gospel at the altar
during the communion service.
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The Archbishop of York was the celebrant, the
epistoler being the dean, and the gospeler the
Bishop of Sydney. --Pall Mall
Gazette.
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magic spell
(gcide) | magic spell \magic spell\ n.
A verbal formula considered to have magical force.
Syn: spell, incantation.
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Mispell
(gcide) | Mispell \Mis*pell"\, v. t., Mispend \Mis*pend"\, v. t., etc.
See Misspell, Misspend, etc.
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Misspell
(gcide) | Misspell \Mis*spell"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misspelled, or
Misspelt; p. pr. & vb. n. Misspelling.]
To spell incorrectly.
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Misspelled
(gcide) | Misspell \Mis*spell"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misspelled, or
Misspelt; p. pr. & vb. n. Misspelling.]
To spell incorrectly.
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Misspelling
(gcide) | Misspell \Mis*spell"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misspelled, or
Misspelt; p. pr. & vb. n. Misspelling.]
To spell incorrectly.
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A wrong spelling.
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Night spell
(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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Phonetic spelling
(gcide) | Phonetic \Pho*net"ic\ (f[-o]*n[e^]t"[i^]k), a. [Gr. fwnhtiko`s,
fr. fwnh` a sound, tone; akin to Gr. fa`nai to speak: cf. F.
phon['e]tique. See Ban a proclamation.]
1. Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use.
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2. Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed
to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation.
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Phonetic spelling, spelling in phonetic characters, each
representing one sound only; -- contrasted with {Romanic
spelling}, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet.
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Respell
(gcide) | Respell \Re*spell"\ (r?*sp?l"), v. t.
To spell again.
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Romanic spelling
(gcide) | Romanic \Ro*man"ic\, a. [L. Romanicus. See Romance, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to Rome or its people.
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2. Of or pertaining to any or all of the various languages
which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old
Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish,
Portuguese, French, Provencal, etc.
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3. Related to the Roman people by descent; -- said especially
of races and nations speaking any of the Romanic tongues.
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Romanic spelling, spelling by means of the letters of the
Roman alphabet, as in English; -- contrasted with phonetic
spelling.
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Spell
(gcide) | Spell \Spell\, n. [OE. speld, AS. speld a spill to light a
candle with; akin to D. speld a pin, OD. spelle, G. spalten
to split, OHG. spaltan, MHG. spelte a splinter, Icel. spjald
a square tablet, Goth. spilda a writing tablet. Cf.
Spillsplinter, roll of paper, Spell to tell the letters
of.]
A spelk, or splinter. [Obs.] --Holland.
[1913 Webster]Spell \Spell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spelled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spelling.] [AS. spelian to supply another's place.]
To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at
work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.
[1913 Webster]Spell \Spell\, n.[AS. spell a saying, tale, speech; akin to OS.
& OHG. spel, Icel. spjall,Goth. spill. Cf. Gospel, Spell
to tell the letters of.]
1. A story; a tale. [Obs.] "Hearken to my spell." --Chaucer.
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2. A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with
magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm.
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Start not; her actions shall be holy as
You hear my spell is lawful. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Spell \Spell\, n.
1. The relief of one person by another in any piece of work
or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by
one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the
pumps; a spell at the masthead.
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A spell at the wheel is called a trick. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.
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2. The time during which one person or gang works until
relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time,
whether a few hours, days, or weeks.
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Nothing new has happened in this quarter, except the
setting in of a severe spell of cold weather.
--Washington.
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3. One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells.
[R.]
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Their toil is so extreme that they can not endure it
above four hours in a day, but are succeeded by
spells. --Garew.
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4. A gratuitous helping forward of another's work; as, a
logging spell. [Local, U.S.]
[1913 Webster]Spell \Spell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spelledor Spelt; p. pr. &
vb. n. Spelling.] [OE. spellen, spellien, tell, relate, AS.
spellian, fr. spell a saying, tale; akin to MHG. spellen to
relate, Goth. spill?n.e Spell a tale. In sense 4 and those
following, OE. spellen, perhaps originally a different word,
and from or influenced by spell a splinter, from the use of a
piece of wood to point to the letters in schools: cf. D.
spellen to spell. Cf. Spell splinter.]
1. To tell; to relate; to teach. [Obs.]
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Might I that legend find,
By fairies spelt in mystic rhymes. --T. Warton.
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2. To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a
spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm. "Spelled with
words of power." --Dryden.
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He was much spelled with Eleanor Talbot. --Sir G.
Buck.
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3. To constitute; to measure. [Obs.]
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The Saxon heptarchy, when seven kings put together
did spell but one in effect. --Fuller.
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4. To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a
word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the
proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.
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The word "satire" ought to be spelled with i, and
not with y. --Dryden.
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5. To discover by characters or marks; to read with
difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the
sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.
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To spell out a God in the works of creation.
--South.
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To sit spelling and observing divine justice upon
every accident. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Spell \Spell\, v. i.
1. To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters,
either orally or in writing.
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When what small knowledge was, in them did dwell,
And he a god, who could but read or spell. --Dryden.
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2. To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn
the meaning of anything, by study. [Obs.]
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Where I may sit and rightly spell
Of every star that heaven doth shew,
And every herb that sips the dew. --Milton.
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