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strainer
(encz) | strainer,cedítko Jaroslav Šedivý |
strainer
(encz) | strainer,sítko n: Zdeněk Brož |
Strainer
(gcide) | Strainer \Strain"er\, n.
1. One who strains.
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2. That through which any liquid is passed for purification
or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen
or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the
character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an
openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the
suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from
entering with a liquid.
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strainer
(wn) | strainer
n 1: a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and
liquids pass through |
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distrainer
(encz) | distrainer,exekutor n: Zdeněk Brož |
restrainer
(encz) | restrainer,zpomalovač n: Zdeněk Brož |
soup-strainer
(encz) | soup-strainer, n: |
strainer vine
(encz) | strainer vine, n: |
tea-strainer
(encz) | tea-strainer, n: |
Constrainer
(gcide) | Constrainer \Con*strain"er\, n.
One who constrains.
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Distrainer
(gcide) | Distrainer \Dis*train"er\, n.
Same as Distrainor.
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Fish strainer
(gcide) | Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. Fishes (f[i^]sh"[e^]z), or collectively,
Fish. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch,
OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk,
Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. Piscatorial. In some
cases, such as fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob.
been confused with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]
1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of
diverse characteristics, living in the water.
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2. (Zool.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having
fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means
of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See
Pisces.
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Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),
Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians
(sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and
Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now
generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the
fishes.
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3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
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4. The flesh of fish, used as food.
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5. (Naut.)
(a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
(b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,
used to strengthen a mast or yard.
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Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;
as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.
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Age of Fishes. See under Age, n., 8.
Fish ball, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed
with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,
round cake. [U.S.]
Fish bar. Same as Fish plate (below).
Fish beam (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the
under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.
Fish crow (Zool.), a species of crow (Corvus ossifragus),
found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It feeds
largely on fish.
Fish culture, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;
pisciculture.
Fish davit. See Davit.
Fish day, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.
Fish duck (Zool.), any species of merganser.
Fish fall, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used
in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.
Fish garth, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or
taking them easily.
Fish glue. See Isinglass.
Fish joint, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates
fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their
junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of
railroads.
Fish kettle, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.
Fish ladder, a dam with a series of steps which fish can
leap in order to ascend falls in a river.
Fish line, or Fishing line, a line made of twisted hair,
silk, etc., used in angling.
Fish louse (Zool.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,
esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to Caligus,
Argulus, and other related genera. See Branchiura.
Fish maw (Zool.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air
bladder, or sound.
Fish meal, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in
soups, etc.
Fish oil, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine
animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.
Fish owl (Zool.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World genera
Scotopelia and Ketupa, esp. a large East Indian
species (K. Ceylonensis).
Fish plate, one of the plates of a fish joint.
Fish pot, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for
catching crabs, lobsters, etc.
Fish pound, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and
catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
Fish slice, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a
fish trowel.
Fish slide, an inclined box set in a stream at a small
fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.
--Knight.
Fish sound, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those
that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for
the preparation of isinglass.
Fish story, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant
or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
Fish strainer.
(a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a
boiler.
(b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,
to drain the water from a boiled fish.
Fish trowel, a fish slice.
Fish weir or Fish wear, a weir set in a stream, for
catching fish.
Neither fish nor flesh, Neither fish nor fowl (Fig.),
neither one thing nor the other.
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Gnat strainer
(gcide) | Gnat \Gnat\, n. [AS. gn[ae]t.]
1. (Zool.) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus
Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females
have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for
penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the
males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes.
See Mosquito.
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2. Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in
America, a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and
allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc.
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Gnat catcher (Zool.), one of several species of small
American singing birds, of the genus Polioptila, allied
to the kinglets.
Gnat flower, the bee flower.
Gnat hawk (Zool.), the European goatsucker; -- called also
gnat owl.
Gnat snapper (Zool.), a bird that catches gnats.
Gnat strainer, a person ostentatiously punctilious about
trifles. Cf. --Matt. xxiii. 24.
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Redistrainer
(gcide) | Redistrainer \Re`dis*train"er\ (-tr?n"?r), n.
One who distrains again.
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Restrainer
(gcide) | Restrainer \Re*strain"er\, n.
One who, or that which, restrains.
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Strainer
(gcide) | Strainer \Strain"er\, n.
1. One who strains.
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2. That through which any liquid is passed for purification
or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen
or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the
character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an
openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the
suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from
entering with a liquid.
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The Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed
(gcide) | Cetacea \Ce*ta"ce*a\, n. pl. [NL., from L. cetus whale, Gr. ?.]
(Zool.)
An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like
ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring
forth living young which they suckle for some time. The
anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are
horizontal. There are two living suborders:
(a) The {Mysticete or whalebone whales, having no true
teeth after birth, but with a series of plates of
whalebone [see Baleen.] hanging down from the upper jaw
on each side, thus making a strainer, through which they
receive the small animals upon which they feed.}
(b) The {Denticete, including the dolphins and sperm whale,
which have teeth. Another suborder (Zeuglodontia) is
extinct. The Sirenia were formerly included in the
Cetacea, but are now made a separate order.}
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restrainer
(wn) | restrainer
n 1: a chemical that is added to a photographic developer in
order to retard development and reduce the amount of fog on
a film
2: a person who directs and restrains [syn: restrainer,
controller] |
soup-strainer
(wn) | soup-strainer
n 1: slang for a mustache [syn: soup-strainer, toothbrush] |
strainer vine
(wn) | strainer vine
n 1: any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow
flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the
mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a
sponge [syn: luffa, dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd,
rag gourd, strainer vine] |
tea-strainer
(wn) | tea-strainer
n 1: a device to keep back tea leaves when pouring a cup of tea |
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