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trimmer
(encz) | trimmer,střihač n: Zdeněk Brož |
trimmer
(encz) | trimmer,trimr n: metan |
trimmer
(encz) | trimmer,zahradnické nůžky n: Rostislav Svoboda |
Trimmer
(gcide) | Trim \Trim\, a. [Compar. Trimmer; superl. Trimmest.] [See
Trim, v. t.]
Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for
service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship
is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a
person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his
dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears
tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands
erect.
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With comely carriage of her countenance trim.
--Spenser.
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So deemed I till I viewed their trim array
Of boats last night. --Trench.
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Trimmer
(gcide) | Trimmer \Trim"mer\, n.
1. One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
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2. One who does not adopt extreme opinions in politics, or
the like; one who fluctuates between parties, so as to
appear to favor each; a timeserver.
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Thus Halifax was a trimmer on principle. --Macaulay.
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3. An instrument with which trimming is done.
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4. (Arch.) A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers
in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs,
or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like.
See Illust. of Header.
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5. (Coal Storage) An apparatus used for piling the coal in
gradually increasing piles made by building up at the
point of the cone or top of the prism.
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trimmer
(wn) | trimmer
n 1: a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs;
"untouched by the pruner's axe" [syn: pruner, trimmer]
2: a machine that trims timber
3: capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine
adjustments [syn: trimmer, trimming capacitor]
4: joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof
framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or
chimney etc. [syn: trimmer, trimmer joist] |
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hedge trimmer
(encz) | hedge trimmer, n: |
rotary trimmer
(encz) | rotary trimmer,kolečková řezačka n: Ivan Masár |
trimmer arch
(encz) | trimmer arch, n: |
trimmer joist
(encz) | trimmer joist, n: |
window trimmer
(encz) | window trimmer, n: |
Brick trimmer
(gcide) | Brick \Brick\ (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger.
origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique
piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes brice, fr. the
root of E. break. See Break.]
1. A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded
into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried,
or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp.
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The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of
bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians.
--Layard.
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2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of
material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
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Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick.
--Weale.
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3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a
penny brick (of bread).
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4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick.
[Slang] "He 's a dear little brick." --Thackeray.
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To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. [Slang]
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Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick
wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red.
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Brick clay, clay suitable for, or used in making, bricks.
Brick dust, dust of pounded or broken bricks.
Brick earth, clay or earth suitable for, or used in making,
bricks.
Brick loaf, a loaf of bread somewhat resembling a brick in
shape.
Brick nogging (Arch.), rough brickwork used to fill in the
spaces between the uprights of a wooden partition; brick
filling.
Brick tea, tea leaves and young shoots, or refuse tea,
steamed or mixed with fat, etc., and pressed into the form
of bricks. It is used in Northern and Central Asia. --S.
W. Williams.
Brick trimmer (Arch.), a brick arch under a hearth, usually
within the thickness of a wooden floor, to guard against
accidents by fire.
Brick trowel. See Trowel.
Brick works, a place where bricks are made.
Bath brick. See under Bath, a city.
Pressed brick, bricks which, before burning, have been
subjected to pressure, to free them from the imperfections
of shape and texture which are common in molded bricks.
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Trimmer
(gcide) | Trim \Trim\, a. [Compar. Trimmer; superl. Trimmest.] [See
Trim, v. t.]
Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for
service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship
is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a
person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his
dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears
tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands
erect.
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With comely carriage of her countenance trim.
--Spenser.
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So deemed I till I viewed their trim array
Of boats last night. --Trench.
[1913 Webster]Trimmer \Trim"mer\, n.
1. One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
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2. One who does not adopt extreme opinions in politics, or
the like; one who fluctuates between parties, so as to
appear to favor each; a timeserver.
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Thus Halifax was a trimmer on principle. --Macaulay.
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3. An instrument with which trimming is done.
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4. (Arch.) A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers
in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs,
or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like.
See Illust. of Header.
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5. (Coal Storage) An apparatus used for piling the coal in
gradually increasing piles made by building up at the
point of the cone or top of the prism.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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hedge trimmer
(wn) | hedge trimmer
n 1: a garden tool for trimming hedges |
trimmer arch
(wn) | trimmer arch
n 1: an arch built between trimmers in a floor (to support the
weight of a hearth) |
trimmer joist
(wn) | trimmer joist
n 1: joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof
framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or
chimney etc. [syn: trimmer, trimmer joist] |
window trimmer
(wn) | window trimmer
n 1: someone who decorates shop windows [syn: window dresser,
window trimmer] |
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