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tote
(encz) | tote,tahat v: Zdeněk Brož |
tote
(encz) | tote,vláčet v: Zdeněk Brož |
Tote
(gcide) | Tote \Tote\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Toting.] [Said to be of African origin.]
To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; to tote
a gun on one's hip; -- a colloquial word originating in the
Southern States, and used there esp. by negroes, now common
throughout the U. S.
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Tote
(gcide) | Tote \Tote\, n. [L. totum, fr. totus all, whole.]
The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote. [Colloq.]
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tote
(wn) | tote
n 1: a capacious bag or basket [syn: carryall, holdall,
tote, tote bag]
v 1: carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase"
[syn: lug, tote, tug] |
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asymptote
(encz) | asymptote,asymptota n: [mat.] |
leptotene
(encz) | leptotene, n: |
litotes
(encz) | litotes, |
low on the totem pole
(encz) | low on the totem pole, |
tote bag
(encz) | tote bag, |
tote up
(encz) | tote up, v: |
totem
(encz) | totem,totem n: web |
totem pole
(encz) | totem pole,totem n: Zdeněk Brož |
totemic
(encz) | totemic,totemový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
totemism
(encz) | totemism,totemismus Zdeněk Brož |
toter
(encz) | toter, |
fototelegrafie
(czen) | fototelegrafie,telephotographn: Zdeněk Brož |
fototelegram
(czen) | fototelegram,telephoton: Zdeněk Brož |
fototerapie
(czen) | fototerapie,phototherapyn: Zdeněk Brož |
hekistotermní rostlina
(czen) | hekistotermní rostlina,hekistotherm[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
totem
(czen) | totem,totemn: webtotem,totem polen: Zdeněk Brož |
totemismus
(czen) | totemismus,totemism Zdeněk Brož |
totemový
(czen) | totemový,totemicadj: Zdeněk Brož |
zlatotepec
(czen) | zlatotepec,goldbeatern: Zdeněk Brož |
Aptote
(gcide) | Aptote \Ap"tote\ ([a^]p"t[=o]t), n. [L. aptotum, Gr. ?
indeclinable; 'a priv. + ? fallen, declined, ? to fall.]
(Gram.)
A noun which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable
noun.
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Aristotelean
(gcide) | Aristotelean \Aristotelean\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to Aristotle; Aristotelian. Aristotelean
logic
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Aristotelia
(gcide) | Aristotelia \Aristotelia\ n.
1. 1 a small genus of shrubs or small trees of Australia and
New Zealand and West South America.
Syn: genus Aristotelia.
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Aristotelia Maqui
(gcide) | Maqui \Ma"qui\, n. (Bot.)
A Chilian shrub (Aristotelia Maqui). Its bark furnishes
strings for musical instruments, and a medicinal wine is made
from its berries.
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Aristotelia racemosa
(gcide) | makomako \makomako\ n.
A graceful deciduous shrub or small tree ({Aristotelia
serrata}) having attractive foliage and small red berries
that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine.
Syn: New Zealand wine berry, wineberry, {Aristotelia
serrata}, Aristotelia racemosa.
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Aristotelia serrata
(gcide) | makomako \makomako\ n.
A graceful deciduous shrub or small tree ({Aristotelia
serrata}) having attractive foliage and small red berries
that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine.
Syn: New Zealand wine berry, wineberry, {Aristotelia
serrata}, Aristotelia racemosa.
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Aristotelian
(gcide) | Aristotelian \Ar`is*to*te"li*an\ (?; 277), a.
Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher
(384-322 b. c.). -- n. A follower of Aristotle; a
Peripatetic. See Peripatetic.
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Aristotelianism
(gcide) | Aristotelianism \Ar`is*to*te"li*an*ism\
The philosophy of Aristotle, otherwise called the Peripatetic
philosophy.
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Aristotelic
(gcide) | Aristotelic \Ar`is*to*tel"ic\, a.
Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy. "Aristotelic
usage." --Sir W. Hamilton.
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Asymptote
(gcide) | Asymptote \As"ymp*tote\ (?; 215), n. [Gr. ? not falling
together; 'a priv. + ? to fall together; ? with + ? to fall.
Cf. Symptom.] (Math.)
A line which approaches nearer to some curve than assignable
distance, but, though infinitely extended, would never meet
it. Asymptotes may be straight lines or curves. A rectilinear
asymptote may be conceived as a tangent to the curve at an
infinite distance.
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autotelic
(gcide) | autotelic \autotelic\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to autotelism.
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autotelism
(gcide) | autotelism \autotelism\ n.
1. belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own
justification.
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Diptote
(gcide) | Diptote \Dip"tote\, n. [Gr. ?; di- = di`s- twice + ? falling,
fr. ? to fall: cf. F. diptote.] (Gram.)
A noun which has only two cases. --Andrews.
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Litotes
(gcide) | Litotes \Li"to*tes\ (l[imac]"t[-o]*t[=e]z), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
lito`ths, from lito`s plain, simple.] (Rhet.)
A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of
avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with
the moderation shown in the form of expression; a form of
understatement; as, " a citizen of no mean city," that is, of
an illustrious city; or, "not bad", meaning "good".
[1913 Webster +PJC]Meiosis \Mei*o"sis\ (m[-i]*[=o]"s[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
mei`wsis, fr. meioy^n to make smaller, from mei`wn. See
Meionite.]
1. (Rhet.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a
thing as being less than it really is; understatement; see
also litotes.
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2. (Cell Biology) The cellular process by which a diploid
progenitor cell forms haploid gametes, including a
division of one diploid cell into two cells, each with one
of the homologous sets of chromosomes.
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litotes
(gcide) | Litotes \Li"to*tes\ (l[imac]"t[-o]*t[=e]z), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
lito`ths, from lito`s plain, simple.] (Rhet.)
A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of
avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with
the moderation shown in the form of expression; a form of
understatement; as, " a citizen of no mean city," that is, of
an illustrious city; or, "not bad", meaning "good".
[1913 Webster +PJC]Meiosis \Mei*o"sis\ (m[-i]*[=o]"s[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
mei`wsis, fr. meioy^n to make smaller, from mei`wn. See
Meionite.]
1. (Rhet.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a
thing as being less than it really is; understatement; see
also litotes.
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2. (Cell Biology) The cellular process by which a diploid
progenitor cell forms haploid gametes, including a
division of one diploid cell into two cells, each with one
of the homologous sets of chromosomes.
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Mastotermes
(gcide) | Mastotermes \Mastotermes\ prop. n.
A primitive genus of termites, mostly extinct; sometimes
considered the most primitive isopterans.
Syn: genus Mastotermes.
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Mastotermitidae
(gcide) | Mastotermitidae \Mastotermitidae\ prop. n.
A natural family comprising primitive termites.
Syn: family Mastotermitidae.
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Monoptote
(gcide) | Monoptote \Mon"op*tote\, n. [L. monoptotum, Gr. mono`ptwtos;
mo`nos single + ? apt to fall, fallen, fr. ? to fall; cf. ?
case.] (Gram.)
1. A noun having only one case. --Andrews.
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2. A noun having only one ending for the oblique cases.
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Pentaptote
(gcide) | Pentaptote \Pen"tap*tote\, n. [L. (pl.) pentaptota. Gr. ? with
five cases; ? (see Penta-) + ? falling.] (Gram.)
A noun having five cases.
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Phototelegraph
(gcide) | Phototelegraphy \Pho`to*te*leg"ra*phy\, n.
Telegraphy by means of light, as by the heliograph or the
photophone. Also, less properly, telephotography. --
Pho`to*tel"e*graph, n. -- Pho`to*tel`e*graph"ic, a.
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Phototelegraphic
(gcide) | Phototelegraphy \Pho`to*te*leg"ra*phy\, n.
Telegraphy by means of light, as by the heliograph or the
photophone. Also, less properly, telephotography. --
Pho`to*tel"e*graph, n. -- Pho`to*tel`e*graph"ic, a.
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Phototelegraphy
(gcide) | Phototelegraphy \Pho`to*te*leg"ra*phy\, n.
Telegraphy by means of light, as by the heliograph or the
photophone. Also, less properly, telephotography. --
Pho`to*tel"e*graph, n. -- Pho`to*tel`e*graph"ic, a.
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Phototelescope
(gcide) | Phototelescope \Pho`to*tel"e*scope\, n. (Astron.)
A telescope adapted for taking photographs of the heavenly
bodies.
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Rusa Aristotelis
(gcide) | Rusine \Ru"sine\, a. [NL. rusa, the name of the genus, Malay
r[=u]sa deer.] (Zool.)
Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rusa, which
includes the sambur deer (Rusa Aristotelis) of India.
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Rusine antler (Zool.), an antler with the brow tyne simple,
and the beam forked at the tip.
[1913 Webster]Sambur \Sam"bur\, n. [Hind. s[=a]mbar, s[=a]bar.] (Zool.)
An East Indian deer (Rusa Aristotelis) having a mane on its
neck. Its antlers have but three prongs. Called also gerow.
The name is applied to other species of the genus Rusa, as
the Bornean sambur (Rusa equina).
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Stone toter
(gcide) | Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. &
OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,
Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a
pebble. [root]167. Cf. Steen.]
1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular
mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy
threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. "Dumb as a
stone." --Chaucer.
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They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for
mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.
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Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are
called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the
finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone
is much and widely used in the construction of
buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,
abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.
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2. A precious stone; a gem. "Many a rich stone." --Chaucer.
"Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." --Shak.
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3. Something made of stone. Specifically:
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(a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]
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Lend me a looking-glass;
If that her breath will mist or stain the stone,
Why, then she lives. --Shak.
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(b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.
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Should some relenting eye
Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope.
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4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the
kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
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5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.
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6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a
cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
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7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]
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Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8
lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5
lbs.
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8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
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I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.
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9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of
stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a
book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also
imposing stone.
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Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other
words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or
stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or
pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or
stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone
falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some
adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed
by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;
as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,
etc.
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Atlantic stone, ivory. [Obs.] "Citron tables, or Atlantic
stone." --Milton.
Bowing stone. Same as Cromlech. --Encyc. Brit.
Meteoric stones, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as
after the explosion of a meteor.
Philosopher's stone. See under Philosopher.
Rocking stone. See Rocking-stone.
Stone age, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when
stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for
weapons and tools; -- called also flint age. The {bronze
age} succeeded to this.
Stone bass (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Serranus and allied genera, as
Serranus Couchii, and Polyprion cernium of Europe; --
called also sea perch.
Stone biter (Zool.), the wolf fish.
Stone boiling, a method of boiling water or milk by
dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.
--Tylor.
Stone borer (Zool.), any animal that bores stones;
especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow
in limestone. See Lithodomus, and Saxicava.
Stone bramble (Bot.), a European trailing species of
bramble (Rubus saxatilis).
Stone-break. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the
genus Saxifraga; saxifrage.
Stone bruise, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a
bruise by a stone.
Stone canal. (Zool.) Same as Sand canal, under Sand.
Stone cat (Zool.), any one of several species of small
fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus
Noturus. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they
inflict painful wounds.
Stone coal, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.
Stone coral (Zool.), any hard calcareous coral.
Stone crab. (Zool.)
(a) A large crab (Menippe mercenaria) found on the
southern coast of the United States and much used as
food.
(b) A European spider crab (Lithodes maia).
Stone crawfish (Zool.), a European crawfish ({Astacus
torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of
the common species (Astacus fluviatilis).
Stone curlew. (Zool.)
(a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus
crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also
thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee.
(b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
(c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]
Stone crush. Same as Stone bruise, above.
Stone eater. (Zool.) Same as Stone borer, above.
Stone falcon (Zool.), the merlin.
Stone fern (Bot.), a European fern (Asplenium Ceterach)
which grows on rocks and walls.
Stone fly (Zool.), any one of many species of
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Perla and allied
genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.
The larvae are aquatic.
Stone fruit (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a
drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.
Stone grig (Zool.), the mud lamprey, or pride.
Stone hammer, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a
thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,
-- used for breaking stone.
Stone hawk (Zool.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit
of sitting on bare stones.
Stone jar, a jar made of stoneware.
Stone lily (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.
Stone lugger. (Zool.) See Stone roller, below.
Stone marten (Zool.), a European marten (Mustela foina)
allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; --
called also beech marten.
Stone mason, a mason who works or builds in stone.
Stone-mortar (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used
in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short
distances.
Stone oil, rock oil, petroleum.
Stone parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli
Labanotis}). See under Parsley.
Stone pine. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under Pine,
and Pi[~n]on.
Stone pit, a quarry where stones are dug.
Stone pitch, hard, inspissated pitch.
Stone plover. (Zool.)
(a) The European stone curlew.
(b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the
genus Esacus; as, the large stone plover ({Esacus
recurvirostris}).
(c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]
(d) The ringed plover.
(e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to
other species of limicoline birds.
Stone roller. (Zool.)
(a) An American fresh-water fish (Catostomus nigricans)
of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,
often with dark blotches. Called also stone lugger,
stone toter, hog sucker, hog mullet.
(b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma
anomalum}); -- called also stone lugger.
Stone's cast, or Stone's throw, the distance to which a
stone may be thrown by the hand; as, they live a stone's
throw from each other.
Stone snipe (Zool.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.
[Local, U.S.]
Stone toter. (Zool.)
(a) See Stone roller
(a), above.
(b) A cyprinoid fish (Exoglossum maxillingua) found in
the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a
three-lobed lower lip; -- called also cutlips.
To leave no stone unturned, to do everything that can be
done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
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stone toter
(gcide) | Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. &
OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,
Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a
pebble. [root]167. Cf. Steen.]
1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular
mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy
threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. "Dumb as a
stone." --Chaucer.
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They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for
mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.
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Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are
called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the
finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone
is much and widely used in the construction of
buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,
abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.
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2. A precious stone; a gem. "Many a rich stone." --Chaucer.
"Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." --Shak.
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3. Something made of stone. Specifically:
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(a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]
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Lend me a looking-glass;
If that her breath will mist or stain the stone,
Why, then she lives. --Shak.
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(b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.
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Should some relenting eye
Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope.
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4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the
kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
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5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.
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6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a
cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
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7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]
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Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8
lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5
lbs.
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8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
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I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.
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9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of
stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a
book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also
imposing stone.
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Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other
words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or
stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or
pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or
stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone
falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some
adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed
by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;
as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,
etc.
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Atlantic stone, ivory. [Obs.] "Citron tables, or Atlantic
stone." --Milton.
Bowing stone. Same as Cromlech. --Encyc. Brit.
Meteoric stones, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as
after the explosion of a meteor.
Philosopher's stone. See under Philosopher.
Rocking stone. See Rocking-stone.
Stone age, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when
stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for
weapons and tools; -- called also flint age. The {bronze
age} succeeded to this.
Stone bass (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Serranus and allied genera, as
Serranus Couchii, and Polyprion cernium of Europe; --
called also sea perch.
Stone biter (Zool.), the wolf fish.
Stone boiling, a method of boiling water or milk by
dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.
--Tylor.
Stone borer (Zool.), any animal that bores stones;
especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow
in limestone. See Lithodomus, and Saxicava.
Stone bramble (Bot.), a European trailing species of
bramble (Rubus saxatilis).
Stone-break. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the
genus Saxifraga; saxifrage.
Stone bruise, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a
bruise by a stone.
Stone canal. (Zool.) Same as Sand canal, under Sand.
Stone cat (Zool.), any one of several species of small
fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus
Noturus. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they
inflict painful wounds.
Stone coal, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.
Stone coral (Zool.), any hard calcareous coral.
Stone crab. (Zool.)
(a) A large crab (Menippe mercenaria) found on the
southern coast of the United States and much used as
food.
(b) A European spider crab (Lithodes maia).
Stone crawfish (Zool.), a European crawfish ({Astacus
torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of
the common species (Astacus fluviatilis).
Stone curlew. (Zool.)
(a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus
crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also
thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee.
(b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
(c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]
Stone crush. Same as Stone bruise, above.
Stone eater. (Zool.) Same as Stone borer, above.
Stone falcon (Zool.), the merlin.
Stone fern (Bot.), a European fern (Asplenium Ceterach)
which grows on rocks and walls.
Stone fly (Zool.), any one of many species of
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Perla and allied
genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.
The larvae are aquatic.
Stone fruit (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a
drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.
Stone grig (Zool.), the mud lamprey, or pride.
Stone hammer, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a
thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,
-- used for breaking stone.
Stone hawk (Zool.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit
of sitting on bare stones.
Stone jar, a jar made of stoneware.
Stone lily (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.
Stone lugger. (Zool.) See Stone roller, below.
Stone marten (Zool.), a European marten (Mustela foina)
allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; --
called also beech marten.
Stone mason, a mason who works or builds in stone.
Stone-mortar (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used
in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short
distances.
Stone oil, rock oil, petroleum.
Stone parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli
Labanotis}). See under Parsley.
Stone pine. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under Pine,
and Pi[~n]on.
Stone pit, a quarry where stones are dug.
Stone pitch, hard, inspissated pitch.
Stone plover. (Zool.)
(a) The European stone curlew.
(b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the
genus Esacus; as, the large stone plover ({Esacus
recurvirostris}).
(c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]
(d) The ringed plover.
(e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to
other species of limicoline birds.
Stone roller. (Zool.)
(a) An American fresh-water fish (Catostomus nigricans)
of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,
often with dark blotches. Called also stone lugger,
stone toter, hog sucker, hog mullet.
(b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma
anomalum}); -- called also stone lugger.
Stone's cast, or Stone's throw, the distance to which a
stone may be thrown by the hand; as, they live a stone's
throw from each other.
Stone snipe (Zool.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.
[Local, U.S.]
Stone toter. (Zool.)
(a) See Stone roller
(a), above.
(b) A cyprinoid fish (Exoglossum maxillingua) found in
the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a
three-lobed lower lip; -- called also cutlips.
To leave no stone unturned, to do everything that can be
done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
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Stote
(gcide) | Stote \Stote\ (st[=o]t), n. (Zool.)
See Stoat.
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Tetraptote
(gcide) | Tetraptote \Tet"rap*tote\, n. [L. tetraptotum, Gr. ?.] (Gram.)
A noun that has four cases only. --Andrews.
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Tote
(gcide) | Tote \Tote\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Toting.] [Said to be of African origin.]
To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; to tote
a gun on one's hip; -- a colloquial word originating in the
Southern States, and used there esp. by negroes, now common
throughout the U. S.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Tote \Tote\, n. [L. totum, fr. totus all, whole.]
The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote. [Colloq.]
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Totear
(gcide) | Totear \To*tear"\, v. t. [Pref. to- + tear. ]
To tear or rend in pieces. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Toted
(gcide) | Tote \Tote\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Toting.] [Said to be of African origin.]
To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; to tote
a gun on one's hip; -- a colloquial word originating in the
Southern States, and used there esp. by negroes, now common
throughout the U. S.
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Totem
(gcide) | Totem \To"tem\, n. [Massachusetts Indian wutohtimoin that to
which a person or place belongs.]
1. A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by
the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as
of a family or a clan; also, the object or animal itself,
considered as an symbol of the family.
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And they painted on the grave posts
Of the graves, yet unforgotten,
Each his own ancestral totem
Each the symbol of his household;
Figures of the bear and reindeer,
Of the turtle, crane, and beaver. --Longfellow.
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The totem, the clan deity, the beast or bird who in
some supernatural way attends to the clan and
watches over it. --Bagehot.
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2. Anything which serves as a venerated or mystic symbol or
emblem.
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Totem pole
(gcide) | Totem pole \To"tem pole\ or Totem post \To"tem post\
A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic
symbols, set up before the house of certain Indian tribes of
the northwest coast of North America, esp. Indians of the
Koluschan stock.
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Totem post
(gcide) | Totem pole \To"tem pole\ or Totem post \To"tem post\
A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic
symbols, set up before the house of certain Indian tribes of
the northwest coast of North America, esp. Indians of the
Koluschan stock.
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Totemic
(gcide) | Totemic \To*tem"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to a totem, or totemism.
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Totemism
(gcide) | Totemism \To"tem*ism\, n.
1. The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a
tribe by the totem.
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2. Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real
or imaginary object; nature worship. --Tylor.
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Totemist
(gcide) | Totemist \To"tem*ist\, n.
One belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem. --
To`tem*is"tic, a.
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Totemistic
(gcide) | Totemist \To"tem*ist\, n.
One belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem. --
To`tem*is"tic, a.
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Toter
(gcide) | Toter \Tot"er\, n. [See Tote to carry.] (Zool.)
The stone roller. See Stone roller
(a), under Stone.
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Triptote
(gcide) | Triptote \Trip"tote\, n. [L. triptotum, Gr. ? with three cases;
? (see Tri-) + ? falling, fr. ? to fall.] (Gram.)
A noun having three cases only.
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aristotelean
(wn) | Aristotelean
adj 1: of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy;
"Aristotelean logic" [syn: Aristotelian,
Aristotelean, Aristotelic, peripatetic]
n 1: a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism
[syn: Aristotelian, Aristotelean, Peripatetic] |
aristotelia
(wn) | Aristotelia
n 1: small genus of shrubs or small trees of Australia and New
Zealand and western South America [syn: Aristotelia,
genus Aristotelia] |
aristotelia racemosa
(wn) | Aristotelia racemosa
n 1: graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive
foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity
and are used for making wine [syn: makomako, {New Zealand
wine berry}, wineberry, Aristotelia serrata,
Aristotelia racemosa] |
aristotelia serrata
(wn) | Aristotelia serrata
n 1: graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive
foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity
and are used for making wine [syn: makomako, {New Zealand
wine berry}, wineberry, Aristotelia serrata,
Aristotelia racemosa] |
aristotelian
(wn) | Aristotelian
adj 1: of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy;
"Aristotelean logic" [syn: Aristotelian,
Aristotelean, Aristotelic, peripatetic]
n 1: a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism
[syn: Aristotelian, Aristotelean, Peripatetic] |
aristotelian logic
(wn) | Aristotelian logic
n 1: the syllogistic logic of Aristotle as developed by Boethius
in the Middle Ages |
aristotelianism
(wn) | Aristotelianism
n 1: (philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with
logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics
and natural science; "Aristotelianism profoundly influenced
Western thought" [syn: Aristotelianism, peripateticism] |
aristotelic
(wn) | Aristotelic
adj 1: of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy;
"Aristotelean logic" [syn: Aristotelian,
Aristotelean, Aristotelic, peripatetic] |
asymptote
(wn) | asymptote
n 1: a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can
be considered as tangent at infinity; "the asymptote of the
curve" |
autotelic
(wn) | autotelic
adj 1: of or relating to or believing in autotelism |
autotelism
(wn) | autotelism
n 1: belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own
justification |
cryptotermes
(wn) | Cryptotermes
n 1: genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution;
sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes [syn:
Cryptotermes, genus Cryptotermes] |
cryptotermes brevis
(wn) | Cryptotermes brevis
n 1: extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions
[syn: powder-post termite, Cryptotermes brevis] |
family mastotermitidae
(wn) | family Mastotermitidae
n 1: primitive termites [syn: Mastotermitidae, {family
Mastotermitidae}] |
genus aristotelia
(wn) | genus Aristotelia
n 1: small genus of shrubs or small trees of Australia and New
Zealand and western South America [syn: Aristotelia,
genus Aristotelia] |
genus cryptotermes
(wn) | genus Cryptotermes
n 1: genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution;
sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes [syn:
Cryptotermes, genus Cryptotermes] |
genus mastotermes
(wn) | genus Mastotermes
n 1: primitive genus of termites; mostly extinct; sometimes
considered the most primitive Isoptera [syn: Mastotermes,
genus Mastotermes] |
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