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tonne (encz) | tonne,tuna n: Zdeněk Brož |
Tonne (gcide) | Tonne \Tonne\, n.
A tun. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Tonne (gcide) | Tonne \Tonne\, n. [F.]
A metric ton.
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tonne (wn) | tonne
n 1: a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms [syn: {metric
ton}, MT, tonne, t] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
wantonness (mass) | wantonness
- bezohľadnosť, svojvoľnosť |
cretonne (encz) | cretonne,kreton n: Zdeněk Brož |
tonnes (encz) | tonnes,tuny n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
wantonness (encz) | wantonness,bezohlednost n: Zdeněk Brožwantonness,svévolnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
botonee botonnee (gcide) | buttoned \buttoned\ adj.
furnished with buttons or something buttonlike. Opposite of
unbuttoned. [Narrower terms: botonee, botonnee;
button-down; closed]
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Cretonne (gcide) | Cretonne \Cre*tonne"\ (kr?-t?n"), n. [F., gr. Creton, its first
manufacturer.]
1. A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.
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2. A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft.
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3. A kind of chintz with a glossy surface.
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Paratonnerre (gcide) | Paratonnerre \Pa`ra`ton`nerre"\, n. [F., fr. parer to parry +
tonnerre thunderbolt.]
A conductor of lightning; a lightning rod.
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roche moutonn'ee (gcide) | Sheepback \Sheep"back`\, n. (Geol.)
A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. --
produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonn['e]e;
-- usually in the plural.
[1913 Webster]Roche moutonn'ee \Roche" mou`ton`n['e]e"\ [F., sheep-shaped
rock.] (Geol.)
See Sheepback.
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Roche moutonn'ee (gcide) | Sheepback \Sheep"back`\, n. (Geol.)
A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. --
produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonn['e]e;
-- usually in the plural.
[1913 Webster]Roche moutonn'ee \Roche" mou`ton`n['e]e"\ [F., sheep-shaped
rock.] (Geol.)
See Sheepback.
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Tonne (gcide) | Tonne \Tonne\, n.
A tun. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Tonne \Tonne\, n. [F.]
A metric ton.
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Tonneau (gcide) | Tonneau \Ton`neau"\, n.; pl. Tonneaux. [F.]
1. In France, a light-wheeled vehicle with square or rounded
body and rear entrance.
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2. (Automobiles) Orig., the after part of the body with
entrance at the rear (as in vehicle in def. 1); now, one
with sides closing in the seat or seats and entered by a
door usually at the side, also, the entire body of an
automobile having such an after part.
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3. same as Tonne.
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Tonneaux (gcide) | Tonneau \Ton`neau"\, n.; pl. Tonneaux. [F.]
1. In France, a light-wheeled vehicle with square or rounded
body and rear entrance.
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2. (Automobiles) Orig., the after part of the body with
entrance at the rear (as in vehicle in def. 1); now, one
with sides closing in the seat or seats and entered by a
door usually at the side, also, the entire body of an
automobile having such an after part.
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3. same as Tonne.
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Wantonness (gcide) | Wantonness \Wan"ton*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of
restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness.
--Gower.
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The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and
turn them into wantonness. --Eikon
Basilike.
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Young gentlemen would be as sad as night
Only for wantonness. --Shak.
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botonnee (wn) | botonnee
adj 1: (of a heraldic cross) having a cluster of three buttons
or knobs at the end of each arm [syn: botonee,
botonnee] |
boutonneuse fever (wn) | boutonneuse fever
n 1: a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean
area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans
by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and
other mammals [syn: Marseilles fever, Kenya fever,
Indian tick fever, boutonneuse fever] |
cretonne (wn) | cretonne
n 1: an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for
slipcovers and draperies |
wantonness (wn) | wantonness
n 1: the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom
from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon" [syn:
abandon, wantonness, unconstraint]
2: the quality of being lewd and lascivious [syn:
licentiousness, wantonness] |
WANTONNESS (bouvier) | WANTONNESS, crim. law. A licentious act by one man towards the person of
another without regard to his rights; as, for example, if a man should
attempt to pull off another's hat against his will in order to expose him to
ridicule, the offence would be an assault, and if he touched him it would
amount to a battery. (q.v.)
2. In such case there would be no malice, but the wantonness of the act
would render the offending party liable to punishment.
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