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tasmania
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tasmania
(wn) | Tasmania
n 1: an Australian state on the island of Tasmania
2: an island off the southeastern coast of Australia |
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tasmanian
(encz) | Tasmanian, |
Tasmanian
(gcide) | Tasmanian \Tas*ma"ni*an\ (t[a^]z*m[=a]"n[i^]*an), a.
Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land. -- n. A
native or inhabitant of Tasmania; specifically (Ethnol.), in
the plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania,
but is now extinct.
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Tasmanian cider tree. (Bot.) See the Note under
Eucalyptus.
Tasmanian devil. (Zool.) See under Devil.
Tasmanian wolf (Zool.), a savage carnivorous marsupial; --
called also zebra wolf. See Zebra wolf, under Wolf.
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Tasmanian cider tree
(gcide) | Tasmanian \Tas*ma"ni*an\ (t[a^]z*m[=a]"n[i^]*an), a.
Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land. -- n. A
native or inhabitant of Tasmania; specifically (Ethnol.), in
the plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania,
but is now extinct.
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Tasmanian cider tree. (Bot.) See the Note under
Eucalyptus.
Tasmanian devil. (Zool.) See under Devil.
Tasmanian wolf (Zool.), a savage carnivorous marsupial; --
called also zebra wolf. See Zebra wolf, under Wolf.
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Tasmanian devil
(gcide) | Tasmanian \Tas*ma"ni*an\ (t[a^]z*m[=a]"n[i^]*an), a.
Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land. -- n. A
native or inhabitant of Tasmania; specifically (Ethnol.), in
the plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania,
but is now extinct.
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Tasmanian cider tree. (Bot.) See the Note under
Eucalyptus.
Tasmanian devil. (Zool.) See under Devil.
Tasmanian wolf (Zool.), a savage carnivorous marsupial; --
called also zebra wolf. See Zebra wolf, under Wolf.
[1913 Webster]Devil \Dev"il\, n. [AS. de['o]fol, de['o]ful; akin to G. ?eufel,
Goth. diaba['u]lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. ? the
devil, the slanderer, fr. ? to slander, calumniate, orig., to
throw across; ? across + ? to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr.
gal to fall. Cf. Diabolic.]
1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and
spiritual of mankind.
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[Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil.
--Luke iv. 2.
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That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world. --Rev. xii. 9.
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2. An evil spirit; a demon.
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A dumb man possessed with a devil. --Matt. ix.
32.
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3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. "That devil
Glendower." "The devil drunkenness." --Shak.
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Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a
devil? --John vi. 70.
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4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or,
ironically, of negation. [Low]
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The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a
timepleaser. --Shak.
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The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare,
But wonder how the devil they got there. --Pope.
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5. (Cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and
excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
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Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting
oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. --Sir
W. Scott.
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6. (Manuf.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton,
etc.
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Blue devils. See under Blue.
Cartesian devil. See under Cartesian.
Devil bird (Zool.), one of two or more South African drongo
shrikes (Edolius retifer, and Edolius remifer),
believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery.
Devil may care, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used
adjectively. --Longfellow.
Devil's apron (Bot.), the large kelp ({Laminaria
saccharina}, and Laminaria longicruris) of the Atlantic
ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped
somewhat like an apron.
Devil's coachhorse. (Zool.)
(a) The black rove beetle (Ocypus olens). [Eng.]
(b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect ({Prionotus
cristatus}); the wheel bug. [U.S.]
Devil's darning-needle. (Zool.) See under Darn, v. t.
Devil's fingers, Devil's hand (Zool.), the common British
starfish (Asterias rubens); -- also applied to a sponge
with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.]
Devil's riding-horse (Zool.), the American mantis ({Mantis
Carolina}).
The Devil's tattoo, a drumming with the fingers or feet.
"Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot
heels." --F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.).
Devil worship, worship of the power of evil; -- still
practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil
forces of nature are of equal power.
Printer's devil, the youngest apprentice in a printing
office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing
the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. "Without fearing the
printer's devil or the sheriff's officer." --Macaulay.
Tasmanian devil (Zool.), a very savage carnivorous
marsupial of Tasmania (Dasyurus ursinus syn. {Diabolus
ursinus}).
To play devil with, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]
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Tasmanian wolf
(gcide) | Tasmanian \Tas*ma"ni*an\ (t[a^]z*m[=a]"n[i^]*an), a.
Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land. -- n. A
native or inhabitant of Tasmania; specifically (Ethnol.), in
the plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania,
but is now extinct.
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Tasmanian cider tree. (Bot.) See the Note under
Eucalyptus.
Tasmanian devil. (Zool.) See under Devil.
Tasmanian wolf (Zool.), a savage carnivorous marsupial; --
called also zebra wolf. See Zebra wolf, under Wolf.
[1913 Webster]Wolf \Wolf\, n.; pl. Wolves. [OE. wolf, wulf, AS. wulf; akin
to OS. wulf, D. & G. wolf, Icel. [=u]lfr, Sw. ulf, Dan. ulv,
Goth. wulfs, Lith. vilkas, Russ. volk', L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos,
Skr. v[.r]ka; also to Gr. "e`lkein to draw, drag, tear in
pieces. [root]286. Cf. Lupine, a., Lyceum.]
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1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of wild and savage
carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely
allied to the common dog. The best-known and most
destructive species are the European wolf (Canis lupus),
the American gray, or timber, wolf (Canis occidentalis),
and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in
packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.
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2. (Zool.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae
of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee
wolf.
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3. Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person
or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled
hard to keep the wolf from the door.
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4. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.
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5. An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus. [Obs.]
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If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf
into thy side. --Jer. Taylor.
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6. (Mus.)
(a) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an
organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament.
(b) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective
vibration in certain notes of the scale.
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7. (Textile Manuf.) A willying machine. --Knight.
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Black wolf. (Zool.)
(a) A black variety of the European wolf which is common
in the Pyrenees.
(b) A black variety of the American gray wolf.
Golden wolf (Zool.), the Thibetan wolf (Canis laniger);
-- called also chanco.
Indian wolf (Zool.), an Asiatic wolf (Canis pallipes)
which somewhat resembles a jackal. Called also landgak.
Prairie wolf (Zool.), the coyote.
Sea wolf. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary.
Strand wolf (Zool.) the striped hyena.
Tasmanian wolf (Zool.), the zebra wolf.
Tiger wolf (Zool.), the spotted hyena.
To keep the wolf from the door, to keep away poverty; to
prevent starvation. See Wolf, 3, above. --Tennyson.
Wolf dog. (Zool.)
(a) The mastiff, or shepherd dog, of the Pyrenees,
supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of
the St. Bernard dog.
(b) The Irish greyhound, supposed to have been used
formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves.
(c) A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo
dog.
Wolf eel (Zool.), a wolf fish.
Wolf fish (Zool.), any one of several species of large,
voracious marine fishes of the genus Anarrhichas,
especially the common species (Anarrhichas lupus) of
Europe and North America. These fishes have large teeth
and powerful jaws. Called also catfish, sea cat, {sea
wolf}, stone biter, and swinefish.
Wolf net, a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great
numbers of fish.
Wolf's peach (Bot.), the tomato, or love apple
(Lycopersicum esculentum).
Wolf spider (Zool.), any one of numerous species of running
ground spiders belonging to the genus Lycosa, or family
Lycosidae. These spiders run about rapidly in search of
their prey. Most of them are plain brown or blackish in
color. See Illust. in App.
Zebra wolf (Zool.), a savage carnivorous marsupial
(Thylacinus cynocephalus) native of Tasmania; -- called
also Tasmanian wolf.
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tasmanian
(wn) | Tasmanian
adj 1: of or relating to Tasmania |
tasmanian devil
(wn) | Tasmanian devil
n 1: small ferocious carnivorous marsupial having a mostly black
coat and long tail [syn: Tasmanian devil, {ursine
dasyure}, Sarcophilus hariisi] |
tasmanian tiger
(wn) | Tasmanian tiger
n 1: rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having
stripes on its back; probably extinct [syn: thylacine,
Tasmanian wolf, Tasmanian tiger, {Thylacinus
cynocephalus}] |
tasmanian wolf
(wn) | Tasmanian wolf
n 1: rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having
stripes on its back; probably extinct [syn: thylacine,
Tasmanian wolf, Tasmanian tiger, {Thylacinus
cynocephalus}] |
university of tasmania
(foldoc) | University of Tasmania
(ftp://ftp.utas.edu.au/).
(1995-01-25)
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