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tiro
(mass) | tiro
- nováčik, začiatočník |
tiro
(encz) | tiro,nováček n: Zdeněk Brož |
tiro
(encz) | tiro,začátečník n: Zdeněk Brož |
Tiro
(gcide) | Tiro \Ti"ro\, n. [L.]
Same as Tyro.
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tiro
(gcide) | Tyro \Ty"ro\, n.; pl. Tyros. [L. tiro a newlylevied soldier, a
beginner.]
A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any
branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a
subject; a novice. [Written also tiro.]
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The management of tyros of eighteen
Is difficult. --Cowper.
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tiro
(wn) | tiro
n 1: someone new to a field or activity [syn: novice,
beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate] |
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flatiron
(encz) | flatiron,žehlička n: Zdeněk Brož |
tirol
(encz) | Tirol,Tyroly Zdeněk Brož |
tirolean
(encz) | Tirolean,Tyrolský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Anguilla latirostris
(gcide) | Glut \Glut\, n.
1. That which is swallowed. --Milton
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2. Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence,
often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over
abundance; as, a glut of the market.
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A glut of those talents which raise men to eminence.
--Macaulay.
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3. Something that fills up an opening; a clog.
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4.
(a) A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks. [Prov. Eng.]
(b) (Mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind
cribbing or tubbing. --Raymond.
(c) (Bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to
fill out a course. --Knight.
(d) (Arch.) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
(e) A block used for a fulcrum.
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5. (Zool.) The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris),
found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
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Cast-iron
(gcide) | Cast-iron \Cast"-i`ron\, a.
Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy;
unyielding.
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Cultirostral
(gcide) | Cultirostral \Cul`ti*ros"tral\ (-t?-r?s"tral), a. [See
Cultirostres.] (Zool.)
Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a
knife, as the heron, stork, etc.
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Cultirostres
(gcide) | Cultirostres \Cul`ti*ros"tres\ (-tr?z), n. pl. [NL., fr. L.
culter colter of a plow, knife + rostrum bill.] (Zool.)
A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane,
etc.
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Dentiroster
(gcide) | Dentiroster \Den`ti*ros"ter\, n.; pl. Dentirostres. [NL., fr.
L. dens, dentis, tooth + rostrum bill, beak: cf. F.
dentirostre.] (Zool.)
A dentirostral bird.
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Dentirostral
(gcide) | Dentirostral \Den`ti*ros"tral\, a. (Zool.)
Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine
birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on
insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under
Beak.
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Dentirostrate
(gcide) | Dentirostrate \Den`ti*ros"trate\, a.
Dentirostral.
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Dentirostres
(gcide) | Dentiroster \Den`ti*ros"ter\, n.; pl. Dentirostres. [NL., fr.
L. dens, dentis, tooth + rostrum bill, beak: cf. F.
dentirostre.] (Zool.)
A dentirostral bird.
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Flatiron
(gcide) | Flatiron \Flat"i`ron\, n.
An iron with a flat, smooth surface for ironing clothes.
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Heteralocha acutirostris
(gcide) | Huia bird \Hu"ia bird`\ [Native name; -- so called from its
cry.] (Zool.)
A New Zealand starling (Heteralocha acutirostris),
remarkable for the great difference in the form and length of
the bill in the two sexes, that of the male being sharp and
straight, that of the female much longer and strongly curved.
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Latirostral
(gcide) | Latirostral \Lat`i*ros"tral\, Latirostrous \Lat`i*ros"trous\, a.
[Cf. F. latirostre. See Latirostres.] (Zool.)
Having a broad beak. --Sir T. Browne.
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Latirostres
(gcide) | Latirostres \Lat`i*ros"tres\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. latus broad +
rostrum beak.] (Zool.)
The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and
their allies.
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Latirostrous
(gcide) | Latirostral \Lat`i*ros"tral\, Latirostrous \Lat`i*ros"trous\, a.
[Cf. F. latirostre. See Latirostres.] (Zool.)
Having a broad beak. --Sir T. Browne.
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Macrorhinus angustirostris
(gcide) | Sea elephant \Sea" el"e*phant\ (s[=e]" [=e]"[-e]*fant). (Zool.)
A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the
Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains
a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the
prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile
elastic proboscis, about a foot in length. Another species of
smaller size (Macrorhinus angustirostris) occurs on the
coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct.
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Rectirostral
(gcide) | Rectirostral \Rec`ti*ros"tral\ (r?k`t?*r?s"tral), a. [Recti- +
rostral.] (Zool.)
Having a straight beak.
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Serratirostral
(gcide) | Serratirostral \Ser*ra`ti*ros"tral\, a. [Serrate + rostral.]
(Zool.)
Having a toothed bill, like that of a toucan.
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Sibbaldius tectirostris
(gcide) | Finback \Fin"back`\, n. (Zool.)
Any whale of the genera Sibbaldius, Bal[ae]noptera, and
allied genera, of the family Bal[ae]nopterid[ae],
characterized by a prominent fin on the back. The common
finbacks of the New England coast are {Sibbaldius
tectirostris} and S. tuberosus.
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Tiro
(gcide) | Tiro \Ti"ro\, n. [L.]
Same as Tyro.
[1913 Webster]Tyro \Ty"ro\, n.; pl. Tyros. [L. tiro a newlylevied soldier, a
beginner.]
A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any
branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a
subject; a novice. [Written also tiro.]
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The management of tyros of eighteen
Is difficult. --Cowper.
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Tironian
(gcide) | Tironian \Ti*ro"ni*an\, a. [L. Tironianus, fr. Tiro, the learned
freedman and amanuensis of Cicero.]
Of or pertaining to Tiro, or a system of shorthand said to
have been introduced by him into ancient Rome.
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tironism
(gcide) | Tyronism \Ty"ro*nism\, n.
The state of being a tyro, or beginner. [Written also
tironism.]
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Trichechus latirostris
(gcide) | manatee \man`a*tee"\, n. [Sp. manat['i], from the native name in
Haiti. Cf. Lamantin.] (Zool.)
Any species of Trichechus, a genus of sirenians; -- called
also sea cow. [Written also manaty, manati.]
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Note: One species (Trichechus Senegalensis) inhabits the
west coast of Africa; another (Trichechus Americanus)
inhabits the east coast of South America, and the
West-Indies. The Florida manatee ({Trichechus
latirostris}) is by some considered a distinct species,
by others it is thought to be a variety of {Trichechus
Americanus}. It sometimes becomes fifteen feet or more
in length, and lives both in fresh and salt water. It
was hunted for its oil and flesh, and every species is
now an endangered species.
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wrought-iron casting
(gcide) | Mitis casting \Mi"tis cast`ing\ [Perh. fr. L. mitis mild.]
A process, invented by P. Ostberg, for producing malleable
iron castings by melting wrought iron, to which from 0.05 to
0.1 per cent of aluminum is added to lower the melting point,
usually in a petroleum furnace, keeping the molten metal at
the bubbling point until it becomes quiet, and then pouring
the molten metal into a mold lined with a special mixture
consisting essentially of molasses and ground burnt fire
clay; also, a casting made by this process; -- called also
wrought-iron casting.
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wrought-iron scrap
(gcide) | Scrap \Scrap\ (skr[a^]p), n. [OE. scrappe, fr. Icel. skrap
trifle, cracking. See Scrape, v. t.]
1. Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a
fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
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I have no materials -- not a scrap. --De Quincey.
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2. Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed;
a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.
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3. pl. The crisp substance that remains after drying out
animal fat; as, pork scraps.
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4. pl. Same as Scrap iron, below.
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Scrap forgings, forgings made from wrought iron scrap.
Scrap iron.
(a) Cuttings and waste pieces of wrought iron from which
bar iron or forgings can be made; -- called also
wrought-iron scrap.
(b) Fragments of cast iron or defective castings suitable
for remelting in the foundry; -- called also {foundry
scrap}, or cast scrap.
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flatiron
(wn) | flatiron
n 1: an iron that was heated by placing it on a stove |
tirol
(wn) | Tirol
n 1: a picturesque mountainous province of western Austria and
northern Italy [syn: Tyrol, Tirol] |
tirolean
(wn) | tirolean
n 1: soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade [syn:
tyrolean, tirolean] |
MUSTIRO
(bouvier) | MUSTIRO. This name is given to the issue of an Indian and a negro. Dudl. S.
Car. R. 174.
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