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striker
(encz) | striker,stávkující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
striker
(encz) | striker,útočník n: [sport.] jose |
striker
(encz) | striker,západka n: zámku dveří cartime.eu |
striker
(encz) | striker,zápalník n: [tech.] (zbraně) j_polach@email.cz |
Striker
(gcide) | Striker \Strik"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a
blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge.
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2. A harpoon; also, a harpooner.
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Wherever we come to an anchor, we always send out
our strikers, and put out hooks and lines overboard,
to try fish. --Dampier.
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3. A wencher; a lewd man. [Obs.] --Massinger.
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4. A workman who is on a strike.
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5. A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political
influence can be bought. [Political Cant]
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striker
(wn) | striker
n 1: a forward on a soccer team
2: someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical
rating
3: an employee on strike against an employer
4: someone who hits; "a hard hitter"; "a fine striker of the
ball"; "blacksmiths are good hitters" [syn: hitter,
striker]
5: the part of a mechanical device that strikes something |
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dolphin striker
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hunger striker
(encz) | hunger striker, |
strikers
(encz) | strikers,stávkující n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Dolphin striker
(gcide) | dolphin \dol"phin\ (d[o^]l"f[i^]n), n. [F. dauphin dolphin,
dauphin, earlier spelt also doffin; cf. OF. dalphinal of the
dauphin; fr. L. delphinus, Gr. delfi`s a dolphin (in senses
1, 2, 3, & 6), perh. properly, belly fish; cf. delfy`s womb,
Skr. garbha; perh. akin to E. calf. Cf. Dauphin,
Delphine.]
1. (Zool.) A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied
genera (esp. Delphinus delphis); the true dolphin.
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Note: The dolphin of the ancients (Delphinus delphis) is
common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, and attains a
length of from six to eight feet.
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2. (Zool.) The Coryph[ae]na hippuris, a fish of about five
feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of
color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the
dolphin. The term is also applied to the related
Coryphaena equisetis. Called also dolphinfish and
(especially in Hawaii) mahimahi. See also dolphinfish
and Coryph[ae]noid.
Syn: dolphinfish, mahimahi.
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3. [Gr. delfi`s] (Gr. Antiq.) A mass of iron or lead hung
from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck
of an enemy's vessel.
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4. (Naut.)
(a) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
(b) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a
ring to which ships may fasten their cables. --R. H.
Dana.
(c) A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
(d) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the
gunwale. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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5. (Gun.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the
trunnions by which a cannon was lifted.
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6. (Astron.) A small constellation between Aquila and
Pegasus. See Delphinus, n., 2.
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Dolphin fly (Zool.), the black, bean, or collier, Aphis
(Aphis fable), destructive to beans.
Dolphin striker (Naut.), a short vertical spar under the
bowsprit.
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Striker
(gcide) | Striker \Strik"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a
blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge.
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2. A harpoon; also, a harpooner.
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Wherever we come to an anchor, we always send out
our strikers, and put out hooks and lines overboard,
to try fish. --Dampier.
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3. A wencher; a lewd man. [Obs.] --Massinger.
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4. A workman who is on a strike.
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5. A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political
influence can be bought. [Political Cant]
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dolphin striker
(wn) | dolphin striker
n 1: spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat [syn: {dolphin
striker}, martingale] |
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