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swain
(encz)
swain,nápadník n: Zdeněk Brož
Swain
(gcide)
Swain \Swain\, n. [OE. swain, swein, Icel. sveinn a boy,
servant; akin to Sw. sven, Dan. svend, AS. sw[=a]n, OHG.
swein.]
1. A servant. [Obs.]
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Him behoves serve himself that has no swain.
--Chaucer.
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2. A young man dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a
cuntry gallant or lover; -- chiefly in poetry.
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It were a happy life
To be no better than a homely swain. --Shak.
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Blest swains! whose nymphs in every grace excel.
--Pope.
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swain
(wn)
swain
n 1: a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd
known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked" [syn:
boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain, young man]
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boatswain
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boatswain
(gcide)
Skua \Sku"a\, n. [Icel. sk?fr, sk?mr.] (Zool.)
Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called
also boatswain.
[1913 Webster]Jager \Ja"ger\, n. [G. j[aum]ger a hunter, a sportsman. Cf.
Yager.] [Written also jaeger.]
1. (Mil.) A sharpshooter. See Yager.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius.
Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers
pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge
their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually
decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain,
and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the
skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua).
[1913 Webster]Tropic \Trop"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical.
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Tropic bird (Zool.), any one of three species of oceanic
belonging to the genus Phaethon, found chiefly in
tropical seas. They are mostly white, and have two central
tail feathers very long and slender. The yellow-billed
tropic bird. Phaethon flavirostris (called also
boatswain), is found on the Atlantic coast of America,
and is common at the Bermudas, where it breeds.
[1913 Webster]Boatswain \Boat"swain\, n. [Boat + swain.]
1. (Naut.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails,
rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a
ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other
duties.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) The jager gull.
(b) The tropic bird.
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Boatswain's mate, an assistant of the boatswain. --Totten.
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Boatswain
(gcide)
Skua \Sku"a\, n. [Icel. sk?fr, sk?mr.] (Zool.)
Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called
also boatswain.
[1913 Webster]Jager \Ja"ger\, n. [G. j[aum]ger a hunter, a sportsman. Cf.
Yager.] [Written also jaeger.]
1. (Mil.) A sharpshooter. See Yager.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius.
Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers
pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge
their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually
decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain,
and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the
skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua).
[1913 Webster]Tropic \Trop"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical.
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Tropic bird (Zool.), any one of three species of oceanic
belonging to the genus Phaethon, found chiefly in
tropical seas. They are mostly white, and have two central
tail feathers very long and slender. The yellow-billed
tropic bird. Phaethon flavirostris (called also
boatswain), is found on the Atlantic coast of America,
and is common at the Bermudas, where it breeds.
[1913 Webster]Boatswain \Boat"swain\, n. [Boat + swain.]
1. (Naut.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails,
rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a
ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other
duties.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) The jager gull.
(b) The tropic bird.
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Boatswain's mate, an assistant of the boatswain. --Totten.
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