slovo | definícia |
syr (mass) | SYR
- Sýria |
syr (msas) | syr
- cheese |
syr (msasasci) | syr
- cheese |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
syracuse (mass) | Syracuse
- Syrakúzy |
syria (mass) | Syria
- Sýria |
syrian arab republic (mass) | Syrian Arab Republic
- Sýria, Sýrska arabská republika |
syrup (mass) | syrup
- sirup |
syrakúzy (msas) | Syrakúzy
- Syracuse |
syrakuzy (msasasci) | Syrakuzy
- Syracuse |
syria (msasasci) | Syria
- SY, SYR, Syria, Syrian Arab Republic |
syrska arabska republika (msasasci) | Syrska arabska republika
- Syrian Arab Republic |
assyria (encz) | Assyria,Asýrie n: Zdeněk Brož |
assyrian (encz) | Assyrian,Asýrijský adj: Zdeněk BrožAssyrian,asyrský adj: Zdeněk BrožAssyrian,asyrština n: Zdeněk BrožAssyrian,Asyřan Zdeněk Brož |
chocolate syrup (encz) | chocolate syrup, n: |
corn syrup (encz) | corn syrup, |
cough syrup (encz) | cough syrup, |
fy&tsyrio (encz) | FY&TSYRIO,F--- You & The Sysop You Rode In On [zkr.] |
golden syrup (encz) | golden syrup,melasa n: [amer.] Pino |
hypodermic syringe (encz) | hypodermic syringe, |
maple syrup (encz) | maple syrup,javorový sirup luke |
maple syrup urine disease (encz) | maple syrup urine disease, n: |
siege of syracuse (encz) | siege of Syracuse, n: |
soothing syrup (encz) | soothing syrup, n: |
sugar syrup (encz) | sugar syrup, n: |
syracuse (encz) | Syracuse,Syracuse n: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Spojené státy
americké Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladSyracuse,Syrakusy [zem.] n: |
syria (encz) | Syria,Syria n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladSyria,Sýrie n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
syrian (encz) | Syrian,obyvatel Sýrie Zdeněk BrožSyrian,syrský adj: Zdeněk BrožSyrian,Syřan Zdeněk BrožSyrian,Syřanka Zdeněk Brož |
syrianize (encz) | Syrianize, |
syrianizes (encz) | Syrianizes, |
syrians (encz) | Syrians, |
syringa (encz) | syringa,šeřík n: Zdeněk Brož |
syringe (encz) | syringe,injekční adj: Zdeněk Brožsyringe,injekční stříkačka n: Zdeněk Brožsyringe,stříkačka n: Zdeněk Brožsyringe,vstříknout v: Zdeněk Brož |
syrinx (encz) | syrinx, n: |
syrup (encz) | syrup,sirup n: Zdeněk Brož |
syrupy (encz) | syrupy,sentimentální Jaroslav Šedivýsyrupy,sirupovitý Jaroslav Šedivý |
asyrský (czen) | asyrský,Assyrianadj: Zdeněk Brož |
asyrština (czen) | asyrština,Assyriann: Zdeněk Brož |
syracuse (czen) | Syracuse,Syracusen: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Spojené státy
americké Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
syrakusy (czen) | Syrakusy,Syracuse[zem.] n: |
syria (czen) | Syria,Syrian: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
syrovost (czen) | syrovost,crudenessn: Zdeněk Brožsyrovost,rawnessn: Zdeněk Brož |
syrovátka (czen) | syrovátka,wheyn: Zdeněk Brož |
syrový (czen) | syrový,crudeadj: Zdeněk Brožsyrový,greenadj: Zdeněk Brožsyrový,rawadj: Pavel Machek; Giza |
syrský (czen) | syrský,Syrianadj: Zdeněk Brož |
Assyrian (gcide) | Assyrian \As*syr"i*an\, a. [L. Assyrius.]
Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants. -- n. A
native or an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria.
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Assyriological (gcide) | Assyriological \As*syr`i*o*log"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to Assyriology; as, Assyriological studies.
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Assyriologist (gcide) | Assyriologist \As*syr`i*ol"o*gist\, n.
One versed in Assyriology; a student of Assyrian
arch[ae]ology.
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Assyriology (gcide) | Assyriology \As*syr`i*ol"o*gy\, n. [Assyria + -logy.]
The science or study of the antiquities, language, etc., of
ancient Assyria.
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Chrysocoma Linosyris (gcide) | Cassidony \Cas"si*do*ny\, n. [Cf. LL. cassidonium, F.
cassidoine. See Chalcedony.] (Bot.)
(a) The French lavender (Lavandula St[oe]chas).
(b) The goldilocks (Chrysocoma Linosyris) and perhaps other
plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed.
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Garden syringe (gcide) | Garden \Gar"den\ (g[aum]r"d'n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin,
jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G.
garten; akin to AS. geard. See Yard an inclosure.]
1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of
herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.
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2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.
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I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy,
The pleasant garden of great Italy. --Shak.
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Note: Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden
walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse.
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Garden balsam, an ornamental plant (Impatiens Balsamina).
Garden engine, a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering
gardens.
Garden glass.
(a) A bell glass for covering plants.
(b) A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal,
to reflect surrounding objects; -- much used as an
ornament in gardens in Germany.
Garden house
(a) A summer house. --Beau. & Fl.
(b) A privy. [Southern U.S.]
Garden husbandry, the raising on a small scale of seeds,
fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale.
Garden mold or Garden mould, rich, mellow earth which is
fit for a garden. --Mortimer.
Garden nail, a cast nail, used for fastening vines to brick
walls. --Knight.
Garden net, a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc.,
to protect them from birds.
Garden party, a social party held out of doors, within the
grounds or garden attached to a private residence.
Garden plot, a plot appropriated to a garden.
Garden pot, a watering pot.
Garden pump, a garden engine; a barrow pump.
Garden shears, large shears, for clipping trees and hedges,
pruning, etc.
Garden spider, (Zool.), the diadem spider ({Epeira
diadema}), common in gardens, both in Europe and America.
It spins a geometrical web. See Geometric spider, and
Spider web.
Garden stand, a stand for flower pots.
Garden stuff, vegetables raised in a garden. [Colloq.]
Garden syringe, a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling
them with solutions for destroying insects, etc.
Garden truck, vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]
Garden ware, garden truck. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
Bear garden, Botanic garden, etc. See under Bear, etc.
Hanging garden. See under Hanging.
Kitchen garden, a garden where vegetables are cultivated
for household use.
Market garden, a piece of ground where vegetable are
cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use.
[1913 Webster]Syringe \Syr"inge\, n. [F. seringue (cf. Pr. siringua, Sp.
jeringa, It. sciringa, scilinga), fg. Gr. ?, ?, a pipe or
tube; cf. Skr. svar to sound, and E. swarum. Cf. Syringa.]
A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or
for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small
cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic
material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is
sometimes at the end of a flexible tube; -- used for
injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc.
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Garden syringe. See Garden.
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Hibiscus Syriacus (gcide) | Rose \Rose\, n. [AS. rose, L. rosa, probably akin to Gr. ?,
Armor. vard, OPer. vareda; and perhaps to E. wort: cf. F.
rose, from the Latin. Cf. Copperas, Rhododendron.]
1. A flower and shrub of any species of the genus Rosa, of
which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern
hemispere
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Note: Roses are shrubs with pinnate leaves and usually
prickly stems. The flowers are large, and in the wild
state have five petals of a color varying from deep
pink to white, or sometimes yellow. By cultivation and
hybridizing the number of petals is greatly increased
and the natural perfume enhanced. In this way many
distinct classes of roses have been formed, as the
Banksia, Baurbon, Boursalt, China, Noisette, hybrid
perpetual, etc., with multitudes of varieties in nearly
every class.
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2. A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a
rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe. --Sha.
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3. (Arch.) A rose window. See Rose window, below.
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4. A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for
delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a
strainer at the foot of a pump.
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5. (Med.) The erysipelas. --Dunglison.
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6. The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card
with radiating lines, used in other instruments.
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7. The color of a rose; rose-red; pink.
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8. A diamond. See Rose diamond, below.
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Cabbage rose, China rose, etc. See under Cabbage,
China, etc.
Corn rose (Bot.) See Corn poppy, under Corn.
Infantile rose (Med.), a variety of roseola.
Jamaica rose. (Bot.) See under Jamaica.
Rose acacia (Bot.), a low American leguminous shrub
(Robinia hispida) with handsome clusters of rose-colored
blossoms.
Rose aniline. (Chem.) Same as Rosaniline.
Rose apple (Bot.), the fruit of the tropical myrtaceous
tree Eugenia Jambos. It is an edible berry an inch or
more in diameter, and is said to have a very strong
roselike perfume.
Rose beetle. (Zool.)
(a) A small yellowish or buff longlegged beetle
(Macrodactylus subspinosus), which eats the leaves
of various plants, and is often very injurious to
rosebushes, apple trees, grapevines, etc. Called also
rose bug, and rose chafer.
(b) The European chafer.
Rose bug. (Zool.) same as Rose beetle, Rose chafer.
Rose burner, a kind of gas-burner producing a rose-shaped
flame.
Rose camphor (Chem.), a solid odorless substance which
separates from rose oil.
Rose campion. (Bot.) See under Campion.
Rose catarrh (Med.), rose cold.
Rose chafer. (Zool.)
(a) A common European beetle (Cetonia aurata) which is
often very injurious to rosebushes; -- called also
rose beetle, and rose fly.
(b) The rose beetle
(a) .
Rose cold (Med.), a variety of hay fever, sometimes
attributed to the inhalation of the effluvia of roses. See
Hay fever, under Hay.
Rose color, the color of a rose; pink; hence, a beautiful
hue or appearance; fancied beauty, attractiveness, or
promise.
Rose de Pompadour, Rose du Barry, names succesively given
to a delicate rose color used on S[`e]vres porcelain.
Rose diamond, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the
other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges
which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf.
Brilliant, n.
Rose ear. See under Ear.
Rose elder (Bot.), the Guelder-rose.
Rose engine, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe,
by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with
a variety of curved lines. --Craig.
Rose family (Bot.) the Roseceae. See Rosaceous.
Rose fever (Med.), rose cold.
Rose fly (Zool.), a rose betle, or rose chafer.
Rose gall (Zool.), any gall found on rosebushes. See
Bedeguar.
Rose knot, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to
resemble a rose; a rosette.
Rose lake, Rose madder, a rich tint prepared from lac and
madder precipitated on an earthy basis. --Fairholt.
Rose mallow. (Bot.)
(a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus
Hibiscus, with large rose-colored flowers.
(b) the hollyhock.
Rose nail, a nail with a convex, faceted head.
Rose noble, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the
figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward
III., and current at 6s. 8d. --Sir W. Scott.
Rose of China. (Bot.) See China rose
(b), under China.
Rose of Jericho (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant
(Anastatica Hierochuntica) which rolls up when dry, and
expands again when moistened; -- called also {resurrection
plant}.
Rose of Sharon (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub
(Hibiscus Syriacus). In the Bible the name is used for
some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or
possibly the great lotus flower.
Rose oil (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from
various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief
part of attar of roses.
Rose pink, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk
or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also,
the color of the pigment.
Rose quartz (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red.
Rose rash. (Med.) Same as Roseola.
Rose slug (Zool.), the small green larva of a black sawfly
(Selandria rosae). These larvae feed in groups on the
parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often
abundant and very destructive.
Rose window (Arch.), a circular window filled with
ornamental tracery. Called also Catherine wheel, and
marigold window. Cf. wheel window, under Wheel.
Summer rose (Med.), a variety of roseola. See Roseola.
Under the rose [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret;
privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the
rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and
hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there
said was to be divulged.
Wars of the Roses (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of
York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the
House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster.
[1913 Webster]Althaea \Al*th[ae]"a\, Althea \Al*the"a\, n. [althaea, Gr. ?.]
(Bot.)
(a) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the
officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.
(b) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow
family.
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Hypodermic syringe (gcide) | Hypodermic syringe \Hyp`o*der"mic syr"inge\, n.
a small syringe designed for use together with a {hypodermic
needle[1]} for injection of liquids directly under the skin,
or into other parts of the body of an animal.
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Hyrax Syriacus (gcide) | Hyrax \Hy"rax\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? shrew mouse.] (Zool.)
Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species
are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best
known species are the daman (Hyrax Syriacus) of Palestine,
and the klipdas (Hyrax capensis) of South Africa. Other
species are Hyrax arboreus and Hyrax Sylvestris, the
former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa.
See Daman. HyrcanianCony \Co"ny\ (? or ?; 277), n. [OE. coning, conig, coni, OF.
connin, conin, connil, fr. L. cuniculus a rabbit, cony, prob.
an Hispanic word.] [Written also coney.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit ({Lepus
cuniculus}).
(b) The chief hare.
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Note: The cony of Scripture is thought to be {Hyrax
Syriacus}, called also daman, and cherogril. See
Daman.
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2. A simpleton. [Obs.]
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It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our
usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. --Diet's Dry
Dinner (1599).
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3. (Zool.)
(a) An important edible West Indian fish ({Epinephelus
apua}); the hind of Bermuda.
(b) A local name of the burbot. [Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Daman \Da"man\ (d[aum]"m[.a]n), n. (Zool.)
A small herbivorous mammal of the genus Hyrax. The species
found in Palestine and Syria is Hyrax Syriacus; that of
Northern Africa is Hyrax Brucei; -- called also ashkoko,
dassy, and rock rabbit. See Cony, and Hyrax.
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Iris Sisyrinchium (gcide) | Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
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Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.
Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.
Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.
Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.
Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.
Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.
Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A
double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).
Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.
Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.
Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]
Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.
Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.
Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.
Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.
Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.
Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.
Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.
Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.
Spanish leather. See Cordwain.
Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.
Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.
Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).
Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.
Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.
Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.
Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.
Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.
Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.
Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.
Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
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Maple syrup (gcide) | Maple \Ma"ple\ (m[=a]"p'l), n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol;
akin to Icel. m["o]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G.
massholder.] (Bot.)
A tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species.
Acer saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple,
from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in
great quantities, by evaporation; the red maple or {swamp
maple} is Acer rubrum; the silver maple, {Acer
dasycarpum}, having fruit wooly when young; the {striped
maple}, Acer Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The
common maple of Europe is Acer campestre, the {sycamore
maple} is Acer Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is
Acer platanoides.
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Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
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Bird's-eye maple, Curled maple, varieties of the wood of
the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is
produced by the sinuous course of the fibers.
Maple honey, Maple molasses, Maple syrup, or {Maple
sirup}, maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.
Maple sugar, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple
by evaporation.
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Pneumatic syringe (gcide) | Pneumatic \Pneu*mat"ic\, Pneumatical \Pneu*mat"ic*al\, a. [L.
pneumaticus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, wind, air, ? to blow, breathe;
cf. OHG. fnehan: cf. F. pneumatique. Cf. Pneumonia.]
1. Consisting of, or resembling, air; having the properties
of an elastic fluid; gaseous; opposed to dense or solid.
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The pneumatical substance being, in some bodies, the
native spirit of the body. --Bacon.
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2. Of or pertaining to air, or to elastic fluids or their
properties; pertaining to pneumatics; as, pneumatic
experiments. "Pneumatical discoveries." --Stewart.
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3. Moved or worked by pressure or flow of air; as, a
pneumatic instrument; a pneumatic engine.
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4. (Biol.) Fitted to contain air; Having cavities filled with
air; as, pneumatic cells; pneumatic bones.
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5. Adapted for containing compressed air; inflated with air;
as, a pneumatic cushion; a pneumatic tire, a tire formed
of an annular tube of flexible fabric, as India rubber,
suitable for being inflated with air.
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Pneumatic action, or Pneumatic lever (Mus.), a
contrivance for overcoming the resistance of the keys and
other movable parts in an organ, by causing compressed air
from the wind chest to move them.
Pneumatic dispatch, a system of tubes, leading to various
points, through which letters, packages, etc., are sent,
by the flow and pressure of air.
Pneumatic elevator, a hoisting machine worked by compressed
air.
Pneumatic pile, a tubular pile or cylinder of large
diameter sunk by atmospheric pressure.
Pneumatic pump, an air-exhausting or forcing pump.
Pneumatic railway. See Atmospheric railway, under
Atmospheric.
Pneumatic syringe, a stout tube closed at one end, and
provided with a piston, for showing that the heat produced
by compressing a gas will ignite substances.
Pneumatic trough, a trough, generally made of wood or sheet
metal, having a perforated shelf, and used, when filled
with water or mercury, for collecting gases in chemical
operations.
Pneumatic tube. See Pneumatic dispatch, above.
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Sisyrinchium anceps (gcide) | Blue-eyed grass \Blue-eyed grass\(Bot.)
a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers
of a delicate blue color.
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Syracuse (gcide) | Syracuse \Syr"a*cuse\, n.
A red wine of Italy.
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syren (gcide) | Siren \Si"ren\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ???: cf. F. sir[`e]ne.]
1. (Class. Myth.) One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according
to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island
near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness
that they lured mariners to destruction.
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Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas;
Their song is death, and makes destruction please.
--Pope.
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2. An enticing, dangerous woman. --Shak.
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3. Something which is insidious or deceptive.
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Consumption is a siren. --W. Irving.
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4. A mermaid. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. (Zool.) Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren
or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis,
and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They
inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern
United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina)
is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.
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6. [F. sir[`e]ne, properly, a siren in sense 1.] (Acoustics)
An instrument for producing musical tones and for
ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per
second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds
are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A
form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed
air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog. [Written
also sirene, and syren.]
[1913 Webster]Syren \Sy"ren\, n.
See Siren. [R.]
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Syren (gcide) | Siren \Si"ren\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ???: cf. F. sir[`e]ne.]
1. (Class. Myth.) One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according
to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island
near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness
that they lured mariners to destruction.
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Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas;
Their song is death, and makes destruction please.
--Pope.
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2. An enticing, dangerous woman. --Shak.
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3. Something which is insidious or deceptive.
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Consumption is a siren. --W. Irving.
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4. A mermaid. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. (Zool.) Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren
or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis,
and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They
inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern
United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina)
is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.
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6. [F. sir[`e]ne, properly, a siren in sense 1.] (Acoustics)
An instrument for producing musical tones and for
ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per
second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds
are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A
form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed
air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog. [Written
also sirene, and syren.]
[1913 Webster]Syren \Sy"ren\, n.
See Siren. [R.]
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Syriac (gcide) | Syriac \Syr"i*ac\, a. [L. Syriacus, from Syria: cf. F.
syriaque.]
Of or pertaining to Syria, or its language; as, the Syriac
version of the Pentateuch. -- n. The language of Syria;
especially, the ancient language of that country.
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Syriacism (gcide) | Syriacism \Syr"i*a*cism\, n.
A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism.
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Syrian (gcide) | Syrian \Syr"i*an\, a. [L. Syrius: cf. F. Syrien.]
Of or pertaining to Syria; Syriac. -- n. A native of Syria.
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