| slovo | definícia |
stilt
(encz) | stilt,chůda n: Zdeněk Brož |
stilt
(encz) | stilt,kůl n: Zdeněk Brož |
stilt
(encz) | stilt,podpěra [stav.] Oldřich Švec |
Stilt
(gcide) | Stilt \Stilt\, n. [OE. stilte; akin to Dan. stylte, Sw. stylta,
LG. & D. stelt, OHG. stelza, G. stelze, and perh. to E.
stout.]
1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop
to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is
sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged
upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
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Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
--Landor.
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2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
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3. (Zool.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to
Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are
remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks,
stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
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Note: The American species (Himantopus Mexicanus) is well
known. The European and Asiatic stilt ({Himantopus
candidus}) is usually white, except the wings and
interscapulars, which are greenish black. The
white-headed stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus) and the
banded stilt (Cladorhynchus pectoralis) are found in
Australia.
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Stilt plover (Zool.), the stilt.
Stilt sandpiper (Zool.), an American sandpiper
(Micropalama himantopus) having long legs. The bill is
somewhat expanded at the tip.
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Stilt
(gcide) | Stilt \Stilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stilting.]
To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.
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stilt
(wn) | stilt
n 1: a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into
the ground to provide support for a structure [syn: pile,
spile, piling, stilt]
2: one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used
for walking high above the ground; "he was so tall I thought
he was on stilts"
3: long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of
Australia [syn: stilt, Australian stilt]
4: long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland
ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons [syn: stilt,
stiltbird, longlegs, long-legs, stilt plover,
Himantopus stilt] |
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stilt plover
(encz) | stilt plover, n: |
stiltbird
(encz) | stiltbird, n: |
stilted
(encz) | stilted,afektovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožstilted,naškrobený adj: Jakub Kalousek; BOAstilted,škrobený adj: i přeneseně web |
stiltedly
(encz) | stiltedly, adv: |
stilton
(encz) | stilton,stiltonský sýr n: stilton cheese, podobný přípravou "nivě", ale
není plesnivý monkey(s) |
stilts
(encz) | stilts,chůdy n: Rostislav Svoboda |
unstilted
(encz) | unstilted, adj: |
white-headed stilt
(encz) | white-headed stilt, n: |
stiltonský sýr
(czen) | stiltonský sýr,stiltonn: stilton cheese, podobný přípravou "nivě", ale
není plesnivý monkey(s) |
Stilt
(gcide) | Stilt \Stilt\, n. [OE. stilte; akin to Dan. stylte, Sw. stylta,
LG. & D. stelt, OHG. stelza, G. stelze, and perh. to E.
stout.]
1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop
to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is
sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged
upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
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Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
--Landor.
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2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
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3. (Zool.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to
Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are
remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks,
stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
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Note: The American species (Himantopus Mexicanus) is well
known. The European and Asiatic stilt ({Himantopus
candidus}) is usually white, except the wings and
interscapulars, which are greenish black. The
white-headed stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus) and the
banded stilt (Cladorhynchus pectoralis) are found in
Australia.
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Stilt plover (Zool.), the stilt.
Stilt sandpiper (Zool.), an American sandpiper
(Micropalama himantopus) having long legs. The bill is
somewhat expanded at the tip.
[1913 Webster]Stilt \Stilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stilting.]
To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.
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Stilt plover
(gcide) | Stilt \Stilt\, n. [OE. stilte; akin to Dan. stylte, Sw. stylta,
LG. & D. stelt, OHG. stelza, G. stelze, and perh. to E.
stout.]
1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop
to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is
sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged
upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
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Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
--Landor.
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2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
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3. (Zool.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to
Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are
remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks,
stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
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Note: The American species (Himantopus Mexicanus) is well
known. The European and Asiatic stilt ({Himantopus
candidus}) is usually white, except the wings and
interscapulars, which are greenish black. The
white-headed stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus) and the
banded stilt (Cladorhynchus pectoralis) are found in
Australia.
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Stilt plover (Zool.), the stilt.
Stilt sandpiper (Zool.), an American sandpiper
(Micropalama himantopus) having long legs. The bill is
somewhat expanded at the tip.
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stilt plover
(gcide) | Stilt \Stilt\, n. [OE. stilte; akin to Dan. stylte, Sw. stylta,
LG. & D. stelt, OHG. stelza, G. stelze, and perh. to E.
stout.]
1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop
to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is
sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged
upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
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Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
--Landor.
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2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
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3. (Zool.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to
Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are
remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks,
stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The American species (Himantopus Mexicanus) is well
known. The European and Asiatic stilt ({Himantopus
candidus}) is usually white, except the wings and
interscapulars, which are greenish black. The
white-headed stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus) and the
banded stilt (Cladorhynchus pectoralis) are found in
Australia.
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Stilt plover (Zool.), the stilt.
Stilt sandpiper (Zool.), an American sandpiper
(Micropalama himantopus) having long legs. The bill is
somewhat expanded at the tip.
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Stilt sandpiper
(gcide) | Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n.
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas,
Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family
Tringidae.
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Note: The most important North American species are the
pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also
brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the
red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
(Tringa alpina); the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({Tringa
canutus}); the semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes
pusillus}); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail
(Actitis macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper
(Tryngites subruficollis), and the Bartramian
sandpiper, or upland plover. See under Upland. Among
the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the
ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper
(Actitis hypoleucus syn. Tringoides hypoleucus),
called also fiddler, peeper, pleeps, weet-weet,
and summer snipe. Some of the small plovers and
tattlers are also called sandpipers.
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2. (Zool.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
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Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew.
Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt.
[1913 Webster]Stilt \Stilt\, n. [OE. stilte; akin to Dan. stylte, Sw. stylta,
LG. & D. stelt, OHG. stelza, G. stelze, and perh. to E.
stout.]
1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop
to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is
sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged
upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
[1913 Webster]
Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
--Landor.
[1913 Webster]
2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Zool.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to
Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are
remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks,
stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The American species (Himantopus Mexicanus) is well
known. The European and Asiatic stilt ({Himantopus
candidus}) is usually white, except the wings and
interscapulars, which are greenish black. The
white-headed stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus) and the
banded stilt (Cladorhynchus pectoralis) are found in
Australia.
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Stilt plover (Zool.), the stilt.
Stilt sandpiper (Zool.), an American sandpiper
(Micropalama himantopus) having long legs. The bill is
somewhat expanded at the tip.
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stiltbird
(gcide) | Stilt \Stilt\, n. [OE. stilte; akin to Dan. stylte, Sw. stylta,
LG. & D. stelt, OHG. stelza, G. stelze, and perh. to E.
stout.]
1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop
to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is
sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged
upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
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Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
--Landor.
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2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
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3. (Zool.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to
Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are
remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks,
stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The American species (Himantopus Mexicanus) is well
known. The European and Asiatic stilt ({Himantopus
candidus}) is usually white, except the wings and
interscapulars, which are greenish black. The
white-headed stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus) and the
banded stilt (Cladorhynchus pectoralis) are found in
Australia.
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Stilt plover (Zool.), the stilt.
Stilt sandpiper (Zool.), an American sandpiper
(Micropalama himantopus) having long legs. The bill is
somewhat expanded at the tip.
[1913 Webster]Stiltbird \Stilt"bird`\, n. (Zool.)
See Stilt, n., 3.
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Stiltbird
(gcide) | Stilt \Stilt\, n. [OE. stilte; akin to Dan. stylte, Sw. stylta,
LG. & D. stelt, OHG. stelza, G. stelze, and perh. to E.
stout.]
1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop
to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is
sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged
upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
[1913 Webster]
Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
--Landor.
[1913 Webster]
2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Zool.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to
Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are
remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks,
stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The American species (Himantopus Mexicanus) is well
known. The European and Asiatic stilt ({Himantopus
candidus}) is usually white, except the wings and
interscapulars, which are greenish black. The
white-headed stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus) and the
banded stilt (Cladorhynchus pectoralis) are found in
Australia.
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Stilt plover (Zool.), the stilt.
Stilt sandpiper (Zool.), an American sandpiper
(Micropalama himantopus) having long legs. The bill is
somewhat expanded at the tip.
[1913 Webster]Stiltbird \Stilt"bird`\, n. (Zool.)
See Stilt, n., 3.
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Stilted
(gcide) | Stilt \Stilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stilting.]
To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.
[1913 Webster]Stilted \Stilt"ed\, a.
Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a
stilted style; stilted declamation.
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Stilted arch (Arch.), an arch in which the springing line
is some distance above the impost, the space between being
occupied by a vertical member, molded or ornamented, as a
continuation of the archivolt, intrados, etc.
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Stilted arch
(gcide) | Stilted \Stilt"ed\, a.
Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a
stilted style; stilted declamation.
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Stilted arch (Arch.), an arch in which the springing line
is some distance above the impost, the space between being
occupied by a vertical member, molded or ornamented, as a
continuation of the archivolt, intrados, etc.
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Stiltify
(gcide) | Stiltify \Stilt"i*fy\, v. t. [Stilt + -fy.]
To raise upon stilts, or as upon stilts; to stilt.
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Stilting
(gcide) | Stilt \Stilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stilting.]
To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.
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Stilton
(gcide) | Stilton cheese \Stil"ton cheese"\, or Stilton \Stil"ton\, n.
A peculiarly flavored unpressed cheese made from milk with
cream added; -- so called from the village or parish of
Stilton, England, where it was originally made. It is very
rich in fat.
Thus, in the outset he was gastronomic; discussed the
dinner from the soup to the stilton. --C. Lever.
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Stilton cheese
(gcide) | Stilton cheese \Stil"ton cheese"\, or Stilton \Stil"ton\, n.
A peculiarly flavored unpressed cheese made from milk with
cream added; -- so called from the village or parish of
Stilton, England, where it was originally made. It is very
rich in fat.
Thus, in the outset he was gastronomic; discussed the
dinner from the soup to the stilton. --C. Lever.
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Stilty
(gcide) | Stilty \Stilt"y\, a.
Unreasonably elevated; pompous; stilted; as, a stilty style.
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australian stilt
(wn) | Australian stilt
n 1: long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of
Australia [syn: stilt, Australian stilt] |
banded stilt
(wn) | banded stilt
n 1: web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral
markings [syn: banded stilt, {Cladorhyncus
leucocephalum}] |
black-necked stilt
(wn) | black-necked stilt
n 1: stilt of southwestern United States to northern South
America having black plumage extending from the head down
the back of the neck [syn: black-necked stilt,
Himantopus mexicanus] |
black-winged stilt
(wn) | black-winged stilt
n 1: stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white
plumage but with black wings [syn: black-winged stilt,
Himantopus himantopus] |
himantopus stilt
(wn) | Himantopus stilt
n 1: long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of
inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons [syn: stilt,
stiltbird, longlegs, long-legs, stilt plover,
Himantopus stilt] |
rumpelstiltskin
(wn) | Rumpelstiltskin
n 1: a dwarf in one of the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm;
tells a woman he will not hold her to a promise if she can
guess his name and when she discovers it he is so furious
that he destroys himself |
stilt plover
(wn) | stilt plover
n 1: long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of
inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons [syn: stilt,
stiltbird, longlegs, long-legs, stilt plover,
Himantopus stilt] |
stiltbird
(wn) | stiltbird
n 1: long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of
inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons [syn: stilt,
stiltbird, longlegs, long-legs, stilt plover,
Himantopus stilt] |
stilted
(wn) | stilted
adj 1: artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her
husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of
acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech
they develop a stilted pronunciation" [syn: artificial,
contrived, hokey, stilted] |
stiltedly
(wn) | stiltedly
adv 1: in a stilted manner; "she answered him stiltedly" |
stilton
(wn) | Stilton
n 1: English blue cheese |
unstilted
(wn) | unstilted
adj 1: flowing naturally and continuously; "unstilted
conversation" |
white-headed stilt
(wn) | white-headed stilt
n 1: stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New
Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings
and nape of neck [syn: white-headed stilt, {Himantopus
himantopus leucocephalus}] |
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