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turkish
(mass) | Turkish
- turecký, turečtina |
turkish
(encz) | turkish,turecký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
turkish
(encz) | Turkish, |
Turkish
(gcide) | Turkish \Turk"ish\, pr. a.
Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks. -- n. The language
spoken by Turks, esp. that of the people of Turkey. --
Turk"ish*ly, adv. -- Turk"ish*ness, n.
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turkish
(wn) | Turkish
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Turkey or its
people or language; "Turkish towels"
n 1: a Turkic language spoken by the Turks |
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turkish bath
(encz) | Turkish bath, |
turkish coffee
(encz) | Turkish coffee, |
turkish tobacco
(encz) | Turkish tobacco, |
turkish towel
(encz) | Turkish towel, |
Turkish
(gcide) | Turkish \Turk"ish\, pr. a.
Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks. -- n. The language
spoken by Turks, esp. that of the people of Turkey. --
Turk"ish*ly, adv. -- Turk"ish*ness, n.
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Turkish bath
(gcide) | Bath \Bath\ (b[.a]th; 61), n.; pl. Baths (b[.a][th]z). [AS.
b[ae][eth]; akin to OS. & Icel. ba[eth], Sw., Dan., D., & G.
bad, and perh. to G. b[aum]hen to foment.]
1. The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for
purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water,
vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a
medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath.
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2. Water or other liquid for bathing.
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3. A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash
their bodies in water.
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4. A building containing an apartment or a series of
apartments arranged for bathing.
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Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing
extent and magnificence. --Gwilt.
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5. (Chem.) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air,
through which heat is applied to a body.
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6. (Photog.) A solution in which plates or prints are
immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.
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Note: Bath is used adjectively or in combination, in an
obvious sense of or for baths or bathing; as, bathroom,
bath tub, bath keeper.
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Douche bath. See Douche.
Order of the Bath, a high order of British knighthood,
composed of three classes, viz., knights grand cross,
knights commanders, and knights companions, abbreviated
thus: G. C. B., K. C. B., K. B.
Russian bath, a kind of vapor bath which consists in a
prolonged exposure of the body to the influence of the
steam of water, followed by washings and shampooings.
Turkish bath, a kind of bath in which a profuse
perspiration is produced by hot air, after which the body
is washed and shampooed.
Bath house, a house used for the purpose of bathing; --
also a small house, near a bathing place, where a bather
undresses and dresses.
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Turkish sponge
(gcide) | Sponge \Sponge\ (sp[u^]nj), n. [OF. esponge, F. ['e]ponge, L.
spongia, Gr. spoggia`, spo`ggos. Cf. Fungus, Spunk.]
[Formerly written also spunge.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or
Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.
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2. The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny
Spongiae (Keratosa), used for many purposes, especially
the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable
sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea,
and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.
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3. Fig.: One who lives upon others; a pertinacious and
indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
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4. Any spongelike substance. Specifically:
(a) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and
after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the
agency of the yeast or leaven.
(b) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
(c) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
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5. (Gun.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a
discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with
sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped
nap, and having a handle, or staff.
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6. (Far.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering
to the heel.
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Bath sponge, any one of several varieties of coarse
commercial sponges, especially Spongia equina.
Cup sponge, a toilet sponge growing in a cup-shaped form.
Glass sponge. See Glass-sponge, in the Vocabulary.
Glove sponge, a variety of commercial sponge ({Spongia
officinalis}, variety tubulifera), having very fine
fibers, native of Florida, and the West Indies.
Grass sponge, any one of several varieties of coarse
commercial sponges having the surface irregularly tufted,
as Spongia graminea, and Spongia equina, variety
cerebriformis, of Florida and the West Indies.
Horse sponge, a coarse commercial sponge, especially
Spongia equina.
Platinum sponge. (Chem.) See under Platinum.
Pyrotechnical sponge, a substance made of mushrooms or
fungi, which are boiled in water, dried, and beaten, then
put in a strong lye prepared with saltpeter, and again
dried in an oven. This makes the black match, or tinder,
brought from Germany.
Sheep's-wool sponge, a fine and durable commercial sponge
(Spongia equina, variety gossypina) found in Florida and
the West Indies. The surface is covered with larger and
smaller tufts, having the oscula between them.
Sponge cake, a kind of sweet cake which is light and
spongy.
Sponge lead, or Spongy lead (Chem.), metallic lead
brought to a spongy form by reduction of lead salts, or by
compressing finely divided lead; -- used in secondary
batteries and otherwise.
Sponge tree (Bot.), a tropical leguminous tree ({Acacia
Farnesiana}), with deliciously fragrant flowers, which are
used in perfumery.
Toilet sponge, a very fine and superior variety of
Mediterranean sponge (Spongia officinalis, variety
Mediterranea); -- called also Turkish sponge.
To set a sponge (Cookery), to leaven a small mass of flour,
to be used in leavening a larger quantity.
To throw up the sponge, to give up a contest; to
acknowledge defeat; -- from a custom of the prize ring,
the person employed to sponge a pugilist between rounds
throwing his sponge in the air in token of defeat; -- now,
throw in the towel is more common, and has the same
origin and meaning. [Cant or Slang] "He was too brave a
man to throw up the sponge to fate." --Lowell.
Vegetable sponge. (Bot.) See Loof.
Velvet sponge, a fine, soft commercial sponge ({Spongia
equina}, variety meandriniformis) found in Florida and the
West Indies.
Vitreous sponge. See Glass-sponge.
Yellow sponge, a common and valuable commercial sponge
(Spongia agaricina, variety corlosia) found in Florida
and the West Indies.
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Turkishly
(gcide) | Turkish \Turk"ish\, pr. a.
Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks. -- n. The language
spoken by Turks, esp. that of the people of Turkey. --
Turk"ish*ly, adv. -- Turk"ish*ness, n.
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Turkishness
(gcide) | Turkish \Turk"ish\, pr. a.
Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks. -- n. The language
spoken by Turks, esp. that of the people of Turkey. --
Turk"ish*ly, adv. -- Turk"ish*ness, n.
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turkish bath
(wn) | Turkish bath
n 1: a steam room where facilities are available for a bath
followed by a shower and massage
2: you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold
shower [syn: Turkish bath, steam bath, vapor bath,
vapour bath] |
turkish boxwood
(wn) | Turkish boxwood
n 1: very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box
(particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork:
musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks [syn:
boxwood, Turkish boxwood] |
turkish capital
(wn) | Turkish capital
n 1: the capital of Turkey; located in west-central Turkey; it
was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora
goats [syn: Ankara, Turkish capital, {capital of
Turkey}, Angora] |
turkish coffee
(wn) | Turkish coffee
n 1: a drink made from pulverized coffee beans; usually
sweetened |
turkish delight
(wn) | Turkish Delight
n 1: a jellied candy typically flavored with rose water |
turkish empire
(wn) | Turkish Empire
n 1: a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern
Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman
Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World
War I; although initially small it expanded until it
superseded the Byzantine Empire [syn: Ottoman Empire,
Turkish Empire] |
turkish hizballah
(wn) | Turkish Hizballah
n 1: an ethnic Kurdish group of Sunni extremists formed in the
late 1980s in southeastern Turkey; seeks to replace
Turkey's secular regime with an Islamic state and strict
shariah law; responsible for bombings and the torture and
murder of Turkish and Kurdish journalists and businessmen;
receives support from Iran |
turkish lira
(wn) | Turkish lira
n 1: the basic unit of money in Turkey [syn: lira, {Turkish
lira}] |
turkish monetary unit
(wn) | Turkish monetary unit
n 1: monetary unit in Turkey |
turkish tobacco
(wn) | Turkish tobacco
n 1: a dark aromatic tobacco of eastern Europe that is used in
cigarettes |
turkish towel
(wn) | Turkish towel
n 1: a bath towel with rough loose pile [syn: Turkish towel,
terry towel] |
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