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toon
(encz) | toon,kreslené porno web |
Toon
(gcide) | Toon \Toon\, obs.
pl. of Toe. --Chaucer.
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Toon
(gcide) | Toon \Toon\, n. [Hind. tun, t[=u]n, Skr. tunna.] (Bot.)
The reddish brown wood of an East Indian tree ({Cedrela
Toona}) closely resembling the Spanish cedar; also. the tree
itself.
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toon
(wn) | toon
n 1: a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings
to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid
sequence [syn: cartoon, animated cartoon, toon] |
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animated cartoon
(encz) | animated cartoon,animovaný film |
cartoon
(encz) | cartoon,karikatura n: Zdeněk Brožcartoon,kreslený film Zdeněk Brožcartoon,kreslený vtip Pavel Cvrček |
cartoon film
(encz) | cartoon film,kreslený film |
cartoon strip
(encz) | cartoon strip, n: |
cartoonist
(encz) | cartoonist,karikaturista n: Zdeněk Brož |
cartoons
(encz) | cartoons,kreslené seriály Jiří Šmoldas |
festoon
(encz) | festoon,ozdobit v: Zdeněk Brožfestoon,věncoví Zdeněk Brož |
festoonery
(encz) | festoonery,girlandy n: Zdeněk Brož |
loony toons
(encz) | loony toons, n: |
platoon
(encz) | platoon,četa n: [voj.] Petr Prášekplatoon,skupina lidí n: Petr Prášek |
platoon sergeant
(encz) | platoon sergeant, |
pontoon
(encz) | pontoon,mostní člun n: Pinopontoon,ponton n: Zdeněk Brož |
pontoon bridge
(encz) | pontoon bridge, n: |
pontoon plane
(encz) | pontoon plane, n: |
saskatoon
(encz) | Saskatoon,město - Kanada n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
spittoon
(encz) | spittoon,plivátko n: Zdeněk Brož |
Batoon
(gcide) | Batoon \Ba*toon"\, n.
See Baton, and Baston.
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Cantoon
(gcide) | Cantoon \Can*toon"\, n.
A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny
surface on the other.
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cartoon
(gcide) | comic strip \com"ic strip`\ (k[o^]m"[i^]k str[i^]p), n.
a brief sequence of drawings, usually with characters drawn
only sketchily, as in a cartoon, with dialog written in
"balloons" over a character's head, and depicting a fictional
and usually comical incident; -- also called a cartoon.
Each comic strip contains typically from four to six panels
arranged horizontally, but widely varying arrangements are
published. In modern newspapers, weekly comic strips are in
color, and daily strips are usually in black and white. In
some, the story depicted may be serialized and continuous,
carried over from day to day or week to week. Stories of
adventure, drama, mystery or an otherwise non-comical nature
depicted in the same style are also called comic strips.
[PJC]Cartoon \Car*toon"\, n. [F. carton (cf. It. cartone pasteboard,
cartoon); fr. L. charta. See 1st card.]
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1. A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a
model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making
of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as,
the cartoons of Raphael.
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2. A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine;
esp. a pictorial caricature; as, the cartoons of "Puck."
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3. same as comic strip.
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4. a motion picture consisting of a series of frames, each
being a photograph of a drawing rather than a frame
produced by filming a scene of true action, and in which
the objects are displaced slightly in succeeding frames so
as to give the appearance of motion when projected as a
motion picture on the screen. The types of characters
portrayed in such films are often similar or identical to
those in a comic strip.
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Cartoon
(gcide) | comic strip \com"ic strip`\ (k[o^]m"[i^]k str[i^]p), n.
a brief sequence of drawings, usually with characters drawn
only sketchily, as in a cartoon, with dialog written in
"balloons" over a character's head, and depicting a fictional
and usually comical incident; -- also called a cartoon.
Each comic strip contains typically from four to six panels
arranged horizontally, but widely varying arrangements are
published. In modern newspapers, weekly comic strips are in
color, and daily strips are usually in black and white. In
some, the story depicted may be serialized and continuous,
carried over from day to day or week to week. Stories of
adventure, drama, mystery or an otherwise non-comical nature
depicted in the same style are also called comic strips.
[PJC]Cartoon \Car*toon"\, n. [F. carton (cf. It. cartone pasteboard,
cartoon); fr. L. charta. See 1st card.]
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1. A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a
model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making
of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as,
the cartoons of Raphael.
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2. A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine;
esp. a pictorial caricature; as, the cartoons of "Puck."
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3. same as comic strip.
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4. a motion picture consisting of a series of frames, each
being a photograph of a drawing rather than a frame
produced by filming a scene of true action, and in which
the objects are displaced slightly in succeeding frames so
as to give the appearance of motion when projected as a
motion picture on the screen. The types of characters
portrayed in such films are often similar or identical to
those in a comic strip.
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Cartoonist
(gcide) | Cartoonist \Car*toon"ist\, n.
One skilled in drawing cartoons.
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Cedrela Toona
(gcide) | Mahogany \Ma*hog"a*ny\, Mahogany tree \Ma*hog"a*ny tree`\, n.
[From the South American name.]
1. (Bot.) A large tree of the genus Swietenia ({Swietenia
Mahogoni}), found in tropical America.
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Note: Several other trees, with wood more or less like
mahogany, are called by this name; as, African mahogany
(Khaya Senegalensis), Australian mahogany
(Eucalyptus marginatus), Bastard mahogany ({Batonia
apetala} of the West Indies), Indian mahogany ({Cedrela
Toona} of Bengal, and trees of the genera Soymida and
Chukrassia), Madeira mahogany (Persea Indica),
Mountain mahogany, the black or cherry birch ({Betula
lenta}), also the several species of Cercocarpus of
California and the Rocky Mountains.
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2. The wood of the Swietenia Mahogoni. It is of a reddish
brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and
susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the
manufacture of furniture.
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3. A table made of mahogany wood. [Colloq.]
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To be under the mahogany, to be so drunk as to have fallen
under the table. [Eng.]
To put one's legs under some one's mahogany, to dine with
him. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]Red \Red\, a. [Compar. Redder (-d?r); superl. Reddest.] [OE.
red, reed, AS. re['a]d, re['o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries.
r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw.
r["o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r['a]uds, W.
rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr.
'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. [root]113.
Cf. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy,
Russet, Rust.]
Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of
the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar
spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. "Fresh
flowers, white and reede." --Chaucer.
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Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
--Shak.
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Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades
or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red,
and the like.
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Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced,
red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed,
red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.
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Red admiral (Zool.), a beautiful butterfly ({Vanessa
Atalanta}) common in both Europe and America. The front
wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva
feeds on nettles. Called also Atalanta butterfly, and
nettle butterfly.
Red ant. (Zool.)
(a) A very small ant (Myrmica molesta) which often infests
houses.
(b) A larger reddish ant (Formica sanguinea), native of
Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making
species.
Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral
(b), under Kermes.
Red ash (Bot.), an American tree (Fraxinus pubescens),
smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber.
--Cray.
Red bass. (Zool.) See Redfish
(d) .
Red bay (Bot.), a tree (Persea Caroliniensis) having the
heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United
States.
Red beard (Zool.), a bright red sponge ({Microciona
prolifera}), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local,
U.S.]
Red birch (Bot.), a species of birch (Betula nigra)
having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored
wood. --Gray.
Red blindness. (Med.) See Daltonism.
Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in
the service of the state. [Eng.]
Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are
registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam
in the time of Henry II. --Brande & C.
Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and
three of zinc.
Red bug. (Zool.)
(a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and
produces great irritation by its bites.
(b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris,
especially the European species (Pyrrhocoris apterus),
which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree
trunks.
(c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton.
Red cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree
(Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored
heartwood.
(b) A tree of India and Australia (Cedrela Toona) having
fragrant reddish wood; -- called also toon tree in
India.
Red horse. (Zool.)
(a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species.
(b) See the Note under Drumfish.
Red lead.
(Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.
Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite.
Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.
Red maggot (Zool.), the larva of the wheat midge.
Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.
Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
color.
Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See
Maple.
Red mite. (Zool.) See Red spider, below.
Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
color (Morus rubra).
Red mullet (Zool.), the surmullet. See Mullet.
Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
reddish color.
Red perch (Zool.), the rosefish.
Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.
Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus
resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark.
Red precipitate. See under Precipitate.
Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who
maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.
Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone.
Red scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus aurantii)
very injurious to the orange tree in California and
Australia.
Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red
silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.
Red snapper (Zool.), a large fish (Lutjanus aya syn.
Lutjanus Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and
about the Florida reefs.
Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
(Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of
scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
infarction or inflammation.
Red spider (Zool.), a very small web-spinning mite
(Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often
destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
Called also red mite.
Red squirrel (Zool.), the chickaree.
Red tape,
(a) the tape used in public offices for tying up documents,
etc. Hence,
(b) official formality and delay; excessive bureaucratic
paperwork.
Red underwing (Zool.), any species of noctuid moths
belonging to Catacola and allied genera. The numerous
species are mostly large and handsomely colored. The under
wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange.
Red water, a disease in cattle, so called from an
appearance like blood in the urine.
[1913 Webster]Toon \Toon\, n. [Hind. tun, t[=u]n, Skr. tunna.] (Bot.)
The reddish brown wood of an East Indian tree ({Cedrela
Toona}) closely resembling the Spanish cedar; also. the tree
itself.
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conquetoon
(gcide) | Grimme \Grimme\, n. [Cf. F. grimme.] (Zool.)
A West African antelope (Cephalophus rufilotus) of a deep
bay color, with a broad dorsal stripe of black; -- called
also conquetoon.
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Ducatoon
(gcide) | Ducatoon \Duc`a*toon"\, n. [F. or Sp. ducaton, fr. ducat.]
A silver coin of several countries of Europe, and of
different values.
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Festoon
(gcide) | Festoon \Fes*toon"\, n. [F. feston (cf. Sp. feston, It.
festone), prob. fr. L. festum festival. See Feast.]
1. A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in
decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this
way.
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2. (Arch. & Sculp.) A carved ornament consisting of flowers,
and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a
ribbon, and hanging or depending in a natural curve. See
Illust. of Bucranium.
[1913 Webster]Festoon \Fes*toon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Festooned; p. pr. &
vb. n. Festooning.]
To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons.
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Festooned
(gcide) | Festoon \Fes*toon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Festooned; p. pr. &
vb. n. Festooning.]
To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons.
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Festooning
(gcide) | Festoon \Fes*toon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Festooned; p. pr. &
vb. n. Festooning.]
To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons.
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Festoony
(gcide) | Festoony \Fes*toon"y\, a.
Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, festoons. --Sir
J. Herschel.
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Frigatoon
(gcide) | Frigatoon \Frig"a*toon`\, n. [It. fregatone: cf. F.fr['e]gaton.
See Frigate.] (Naut.)
A Venetian vessel, with a square stern, having only a
mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war
ship-rigged.
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malacatoon
(gcide) | Melocoton \Mel`o*co*ton"\, Melocotoon \Mel`o*co*toon"\, n. [Sp.
melocoton a kind of peach tree and its fruit, L. malum
cotonium, or cotonea, or Cydonia, a quince, or quince tree,
lit., apple of Cydonia, Gr. ? ?. See Quince.] (Bot.)
(a) A quince.
(b) A kind of peach having one side deep red, and the flesh
yellow. [Written also malacatoon, malacotune.]
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Malacotoon
(gcide) | Malacotoon \Mal`a*co*toon"\, n. (Bot.)
See Melocoton.
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Melicotoon
(gcide) | Melicotoon \Mel`i*co*toon"\, n. (Bot.)
See Melocoton.
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Melocotoon
(gcide) | Melocoton \Mel`o*co*ton"\, Melocotoon \Mel`o*co*toon"\, n. [Sp.
melocoton a kind of peach tree and its fruit, L. malum
cotonium, or cotonea, or Cydonia, a quince, or quince tree,
lit., apple of Cydonia, Gr. ? ?. See Quince.] (Bot.)
(a) A quince.
(b) A kind of peach having one side deep red, and the flesh
yellow. [Written also malacatoon, malacotune.]
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Musketoon
(gcide) | Musketoon \Mus`ket*oon"\, n. [F. mousqueton; cf. It.
moschettone.]
1. A short musket.
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2. One who is armed with such a musket.
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Platoon
(gcide) | Platoon \Pla*toon"\, n. [F. peloton a ball of thread, a knot or
group of men, a platoon, from pelote a ball formed of things
wound round. See Pellet.] (Mil.)
(a) Formerly, a body of men who fired together; also, a small
square body of soldiers to strengthen the angles of a
hollow square.
(b) Now, in the United States service, half of a company.
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Pontoon
(gcide) | Pontoon \Pon*toon"\, n. [F. ponton (cf. It. pontone), from L.
ponto, -onis, fr. pons, pontis, a bridge, perhaps originally,
a way, path: cf. Gr. ? path, Skr. path, pathi, panthan. Cf.
Punt a boat.]
1. (Mil.) A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder,
or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc.,
forming a portable float, used in building bridges quickly
for the passage of troops.
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2. (Naut.) A low, flat vessel, resembling a barge, furnished
with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in
careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles, etc.,
chiefly in the Mediterranean; a lighter.
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Pontoon bridge, a bridge formed with pontoons.
Pontoon train, the carriages of the pontoons, and the
materials they carry for making a pontoon bridge.
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Note: The French spelling ponton often appears in scientific
works, but pontoon is more common form.
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Pontoon bridge
(gcide) | Pontoon \Pon*toon"\, n. [F. ponton (cf. It. pontone), from L.
ponto, -onis, fr. pons, pontis, a bridge, perhaps originally,
a way, path: cf. Gr. ? path, Skr. path, pathi, panthan. Cf.
Punt a boat.]
1. (Mil.) A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder,
or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc.,
forming a portable float, used in building bridges quickly
for the passage of troops.
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2. (Naut.) A low, flat vessel, resembling a barge, furnished
with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in
careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles, etc.,
chiefly in the Mediterranean; a lighter.
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Pontoon bridge, a bridge formed with pontoons.
Pontoon train, the carriages of the pontoons, and the
materials they carry for making a pontoon bridge.
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Note: The French spelling ponton often appears in scientific
works, but pontoon is more common form.
[1913 Webster]Bridge \Bridge\ (br[i^]j), n. [OE. brig, brigge, brug, brugge,
AS. brycg, bricg; akin to Fries. bregge, D. brug, OHG.
brucca, G. br["u]cke, Icel. bryggja pier, bridge, Sw. brygga,
Dan. brygge, and prob. Icel. br[=u] bridge, Sw. & Dan. bro
bridge, pavement, and possibly to E. brow.]
1. A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron,
erected over a river or other water course, or over a
chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank
to the other.
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2. Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some
other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in
engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or
staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
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3. (Mus.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the
strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them
and transmit their vibrations to the body of the
instrument.
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4. (Elec.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or
other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.
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5. A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a
furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a
bridge wall.
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Aqueduct bridge. See Aqueduct.
Asses' bridge, Bascule bridge, Bateau bridge. See under
Ass, Bascule, Bateau.
Bridge of a steamer (Naut.), a narrow platform across the
deck, above the rail, for the convenience of the officer
in charge of the ship; in paddlewheel vessels it connects
the paddle boxes.
Bridge of the nose, the upper, bony part of the nose.
Cantalever bridge. See under Cantalever.
Draw bridge. See Drawbridge.
Flying bridge, a temporary bridge suspended or floating, as
for the passage of armies; also, a floating structure
connected by a cable with an anchor or pier up stream, and
made to pass from bank to bank by the action of the
current or other means.
Girder bridge or Truss bridge, a bridge formed by
girders, or by trusses resting upon abutments or piers.
Lattice bridge, a bridge formed by lattice girders.
Pontoon bridge, Ponton bridge. See under Pontoon.
Skew bridge, a bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as
sometimes required in railway engineering.
Suspension bridge. See under Suspension.
Trestle bridge, a bridge formed of a series of short,
simple girders resting on trestles.
Tubular bridge, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or
rectangular tube, with cellular walls made of iron plates
riveted together, as the Britannia bridge over the Menai
Strait, and the Victoria bridge at Montreal.
Wheatstone's bridge (Elec.), a device for the measurement
of resistances, so called because the balance between the
resistances to be measured is indicated by the absence of
a current in a certain wire forming a bridge or connection
between two points of the apparatus; -- invented by Sir
Charles Wheatstone.
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Pontoon train
(gcide) | Pontoon \Pon*toon"\, n. [F. ponton (cf. It. pontone), from L.
ponto, -onis, fr. pons, pontis, a bridge, perhaps originally,
a way, path: cf. Gr. ? path, Skr. path, pathi, panthan. Cf.
Punt a boat.]
1. (Mil.) A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder,
or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc.,
forming a portable float, used in building bridges quickly
for the passage of troops.
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2. (Naut.) A low, flat vessel, resembling a barge, furnished
with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in
careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles, etc.,
chiefly in the Mediterranean; a lighter.
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Pontoon bridge, a bridge formed with pontoons.
Pontoon train, the carriages of the pontoons, and the
materials they carry for making a pontoon bridge.
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Note: The French spelling ponton often appears in scientific
works, but pontoon is more common form.
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Pontooning
(gcide) | Pontooning \Pon*toon"ing\, n.
The act, art, or process of constructing pontoon bridges.
"Army instruction in pontooning." --Gen. W. T. Shermah.
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Pulpatoon
(gcide) | Pulpatoon \Pul`pa*toon"\, n. [F. poulpeton, poupeton, a sort of
ragout.]
A kind of delicate confectionery or cake, perhaps made from
the pulp of fruit. [Obs.] --Nares.
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Ratoon
(gcide) | Ratoon \Ra*toon"\ (r[.a]*t[=oo]n"), n.
1. Same as Rattoon, n.
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2. A rattan cane. [Obs.] --Pepys.
[1913 Webster]Ratoon \Ra*toon"\, v. i.
Same as Rattoon, v. i.
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Rattoon
(gcide) | Rattoon \Rat*toon"\ (r[a^]t*t[=oo]n"), n. [Sp. reto[~n]o.]
One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's
growth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane.
[1913 Webster]Rattoon \Rat*toon"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rattooned
(-t[=oo]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rattooning.] [Cf. Sp.
reto[~n]ar.]
To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane from the
root of the previous year's planting.
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Rattooned
(gcide) | Rattoon \Rat*toon"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rattooned
(-t[=oo]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rattooning.] [Cf. Sp.
reto[~n]ar.]
To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane from the
root of the previous year's planting.
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Rattooning
(gcide) | Rattoon \Rat*toon"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rattooned
(-t[=oo]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rattooning.] [Cf. Sp.
reto[~n]ar.]
To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane from the
root of the previous year's planting.
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Spermatoon
(gcide) | Spermatoon \Sper`ma*to"on\, n.; pl. Spermatoa. [NL., fr. Gr.
spe`rma, -atos, seed + ??? an egg.] (Anat.)
A spermoblast. -- Sper`ma*to"al, a. --Owen.
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Spittoon
(gcide) | Spittoon \Spit*toon"\, n.
A spitbox; a cuspidor.
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Spontoon
(gcide) | Spontoon \Spon*toon"\ (sp[o^]n*t[=oo]n"), n. [F. sponton,
esponton, It. spontone, spuntone.] (Mil.)
A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior
officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals
to the soldiers.
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Testoon
(gcide) | Testoon \Tes*toon"\, n. [It. testone. See Tester a coin.]
An Italian silver coin. The testoon of Rome is worth 1s. 3d.
sterling, or about thirty cents. --Homans.
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Toon
(gcide) | Toon \Toon\, obs.
pl. of Toe. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Toon \Toon\, n. [Hind. tun, t[=u]n, Skr. tunna.] (Bot.)
The reddish brown wood of an East Indian tree ({Cedrela
Toona}) closely resembling the Spanish cedar; also. the tree
itself.
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toon tree
(gcide) | Red \Red\, a. [Compar. Redder (-d?r); superl. Reddest.] [OE.
red, reed, AS. re['a]d, re['o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries.
r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw.
r["o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r['a]uds, W.
rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr.
'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. [root]113.
Cf. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy,
Russet, Rust.]
Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of
the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar
spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. "Fresh
flowers, white and reede." --Chaucer.
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Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
--Shak.
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Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades
or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red,
and the like.
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Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced,
red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed,
red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.
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Red admiral (Zool.), a beautiful butterfly ({Vanessa
Atalanta}) common in both Europe and America. The front
wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva
feeds on nettles. Called also Atalanta butterfly, and
nettle butterfly.
Red ant. (Zool.)
(a) A very small ant (Myrmica molesta) which often infests
houses.
(b) A larger reddish ant (Formica sanguinea), native of
Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making
species.
Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral
(b), under Kermes.
Red ash (Bot.), an American tree (Fraxinus pubescens),
smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber.
--Cray.
Red bass. (Zool.) See Redfish
(d) .
Red bay (Bot.), a tree (Persea Caroliniensis) having the
heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United
States.
Red beard (Zool.), a bright red sponge ({Microciona
prolifera}), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local,
U.S.]
Red birch (Bot.), a species of birch (Betula nigra)
having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored
wood. --Gray.
Red blindness. (Med.) See Daltonism.
Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in
the service of the state. [Eng.]
Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are
registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam
in the time of Henry II. --Brande & C.
Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and
three of zinc.
Red bug. (Zool.)
(a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and
produces great irritation by its bites.
(b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris,
especially the European species (Pyrrhocoris apterus),
which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree
trunks.
(c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton.
Red cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree
(Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored
heartwood.
(b) A tree of India and Australia (Cedrela Toona) having
fragrant reddish wood; -- called also toon tree in
India.
Red horse. (Zool.)
(a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species.
(b) See the Note under Drumfish.
Red lead.
(Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.
Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite.
Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.
Red maggot (Zool.), the larva of the wheat midge.
Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.
Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
color.
Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See
Maple.
Red mite. (Zool.) See Red spider, below.
Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
color (Morus rubra).
Red mullet (Zool.), the surmullet. See Mullet.
Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
reddish color.
Red perch (Zool.), the rosefish.
Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.
Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus
resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark.
Red precipitate. See under Precipitate.
Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who
maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.
Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone.
Red scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus aurantii)
very injurious to the orange tree in California and
Australia.
Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red
silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.
Red snapper (Zool.), a large fish (Lutjanus aya syn.
Lutjanus Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and
about the Florida reefs.
Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
(Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of
scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
infarction or inflammation.
Red spider (Zool.), a very small web-spinning mite
(Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often
destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
Called also red mite.
Red squirrel (Zool.), the chickaree.
Red tape,
(a) the tape used in public offices for tying up documents,
etc. Hence,
(b) official formality and delay; excessive bureaucratic
paperwork.
Red underwing (Zool.), any species of noctuid moths
belonging to Catacola and allied genera. The numerous
species are mostly large and handsomely colored. The under
wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange.
Red water, a disease in cattle, so called from an
appearance like blood in the urine.
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Toona calantas
(gcide) | kalantas \kalantas\ n.
A Philippine timber tree (Toona calantas or {Cedrela
calantas}) having hard red fragrant wood.
Syn: Philippine mahogany, Philippine cedar, Toona calantas,
Cedrela calantas.
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Toonwood
(gcide) | Toonwood \Toon"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
Same as Toon.
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Two-to-one
(gcide) | Two-to-one \Two"-to-one"\, a. (Mach.)
Designating, or pert. to, a gear for reducing or increasing a
velocity ratio two to one.
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altoona
(wn) | Altoona
n 1: a town in central Pennsylvania |
animated cartoon
(wn) | animated cartoon
n 1: a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings
to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid
sequence [syn: cartoon, animated cartoon, toon] |
cartoon
(wn) | cartoon
n 1: a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or
magazine [syn: cartoon, sketch]
2: a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to
give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid
sequence [syn: cartoon, animated cartoon, toon]
v 1: draw cartoons of |
cartoon strip
(wn) | cartoon strip
n 1: a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or
comic book [syn: comic strip, cartoon strip, strip,
funnies] |
cartoonist
(wn) | cartoonist
n 1: a person who draws cartoons |
festoon
(wn) | festoon
n 1: a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form
graceful curves
2: an embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of
a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on
pottery or in architectural work
3: flower chains suspended in curves between points as a
decoration [syn: festoon, festoonery]
v 1: decorate with strings of flowers; "The public buildings
were festooned for the holiday" |
festoonery
(wn) | festoonery
n 1: flower chains suspended in curves between points as a
decoration [syn: festoon, festoonery] |
genus toona
(wn) | genus Toona
n 1: formerly included in genus Cedrela [syn: Toona, {genus
Toona}] |
hendrik antoon lorentz
(wn) | Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
n 1: Dutch physicist noted for work on electromagnetic theory
(1853-1928) [syn: Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon Lorentz] |
loony toons
(wn) | loony toons
n 1: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: acid,
back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis,
loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane,
superman, window pane, Zen] |
norman mattoon thomas
(wn) | Norman Mattoon Thomas
n 1: United States socialist who was a candidate for president
six times (1884-1968) [syn: Thomas, Norman Thomas,
Norman Mattoon Thomas] |
pashtoon
(wn) | Pashtoon
n 1: a member of the mountain people living in the eastern
regions of Afghanistan; "Pathans are the predominant ethnic
group in Afghanistan" [syn: Pathan, Pashtun, Pushtun,
Pashtoon] |
platoon
(wn) | platoon
n 1: a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually
has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually
commanded by a lieutenant
2: a team of policemen working under the military platoon system
3: a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity;
"platoons of tourists poured out of the busses"; "the
defensive platoon of the football team" |
pontoon
(wn) | pontoon
n 1: (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat)
that serves as a dock or to support a bridge
2: a float supporting a seaplane |
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