| slovo | definícia |
upp
(vera) | UPP
Universal Procedure Pointer (AE, Apple)
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presuppose
(mass) | presuppose
- očakávať, predpokladať |
presupposes
(mass) | presupposes
- predpokladať |
presupposition
(mass) | presupposition
- predpoklad |
puppet
(mass) | puppet
- bábka |
puppy
(mass) | puppy
- šteňa |
scupper
(mass) | scupper
- zničiť |
statesupported
(mass) | state-supported
- štátom podporovaný |
supper
(mass) | supper
- večera |
supplement
(mass) | supplement
- príloha, dodatok, doplnok, prídavok, doplniť |
supplicant
(mass) | supplicant
- žiadateľ |
supplication
(mass) | supplication
- prosba, žiadosť |
supplier
(mass) | supplier
- dodávateľ |
supplies
(mass) | supplies
- dodáva |
supply
(mass) | supply
- zásobovací, zásobovanie, dodať |
supplying
(mass) | supplying
- napájanie, poskytovanie |
support
(mass) | support
- podpora, podopierať, podporovať |
supported
(mass) | supported
- podporovanýsupported
- podporovaný |
supposal
(mass) | supposal
- predpoklad |
suppose
(mass) | suppose
- predpokladať |
supposed
(mass) | supposed
- predpokladaný |
supposedly
(mass) | supposedly
- pravdepodobne, údajne |
supposing
(mass) | supposing
- predpokladajúci, mysliaci si |
supposition
(mass) | supposition
- predpoklad |
suppress
(mass) | suppress
- potlačovať, potlačiť |
suppressing
(mass) | suppressing
- potlačujúci |
suppression
(mass) | suppression
- potlačenie, utajený |
to supply sb with st
(mass) | to supply sb with st
- dodať |
upper
(mass) | upper
- horný |
uppercase
(mass) | uppercase
- veľké písmená |
upperclass
(mass) | upper-class
- z vyššej spoločnosti |
yuppie
(mass) | Yuppie
- Young Urban Professional |
athletic supporter
(gcide) | jockstrap \jock"strap`\ (j[o^]k"str[a^]p), n.
1. A supporting undergarment for the external genitals worn
by men engaging in vigorous athletic sports or strenuous
exercise; called also athletic supporter and jock.
Syn: jock; athletic supporter.
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Bell-Krupp process
(gcide) | Krupp process \Krupp process\ (kr[oo^]p) n. (Iron Metal.)
(a) A process practiced by Friedrich Krupp, Essen, Germany,
for washing pig iron, differing from the Bell process in
using manganese as well as iron oxide, and performed in a
Pernot furnace. Called also the Bell-Krupp process.
(b) A process for the manufacture of steel armor plates,
invented or practiced by Krupp, the details of which are
secret. It is understood to involve the addition of
chromium as well as nickel to the metal, and to include a
treatment like that of the Harvey process with unknown
variations or additions. The product is mentioned by some
authors, as improved Harvey, or Harvey-Krupp armor plate.
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Bumblepuppy
(gcide) | Bumblepuppy \Bum"ble*pup`py\, n. [Origin unknown; cf. Bumble,
n.]
1. The old game of nineholes.
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2. (Card Playing) Whist played in an unscientific way.
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comeuppance
(gcide) | comeuppance \come`up"pance\ (k[u^]m`[u^]p"pans), n.
An unpleasant experience a person endures, which is viewed by
others as a just retribution for bad behavior; just deserts;
as, the Senator took bribes for years, and finally got his
comeuppance when he was caught in a sting operation.
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Crupper
(gcide) | Crupper \Crup"per\ (kr?p"p?r in U.S.; kr?p"?r in Eng.), n. [F.
croupi?re, fr. croupe. See Croup the rump of a horse.]
[Written also crouper.]
1. The buttocks or rump of a horse.
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2. A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled
to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards.
[1913 Webster]Crupper \Crup"per\, v. t.
To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to
crupper a horse.
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cuppa
(gcide) | cuppa \cuppa\ n.
a cup of tea. [British]
Syn: cupper.
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Cupped
(gcide) | Cup \Cup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cupped (k[u^]pt); p. pr. & vb.
n. Cupping.]
1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.]
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Cup us, till the world go round. --Shak.
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2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the
operation of cupping. See Cupping.
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3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to
cup the end of a screw.
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Cupper
(gcide) | Cupper \Cup"per\ (k[u^]p"p[~e]r), n. [Fropm cup.]
One who performs the operation of cupping.
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Cupping
(gcide) | Cup \Cup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cupped (k[u^]pt); p. pr. & vb.
n. Cupping.]
1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.]
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Cup us, till the world go round. --Shak.
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2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the
operation of cupping. See Cupping.
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3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to
cup the end of a screw.
[1913 Webster]Cupping \Cup"ping\ (k?p"p?ng), n. (Med.)
The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the
person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also,
sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an
abscess.
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Cupping glass, a glass cup in which a partial vacuum is
produced by heat, in the process of cupping.
Dry cupping, the application of a cupping instrument
without scarification, to draw blood to the surface,
produce counter irritation, etc.
Wet cupping, the operation of drawing blood by the
application of a cupping instrument after scarification.
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Cupping glass
(gcide) | Cupping \Cup"ping\ (k?p"p?ng), n. (Med.)
The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the
person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also,
sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an
abscess.
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Cupping glass, a glass cup in which a partial vacuum is
produced by heat, in the process of cupping.
Dry cupping, the application of a cupping instrument
without scarification, to draw blood to the surface,
produce counter irritation, etc.
Wet cupping, the operation of drawing blood by the
application of a cupping instrument after scarification.
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Cuppy
(gcide) | Cuppy \Cup"py\, a.
1. Hollow; cuplike; also, full of cups, or small depressions.
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2. Characterized by cup shakes; -- said of timber.
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devoured eaten uppredicate
(gcide) | eaten \eaten\ adj.
ingested through the mouth. Contrasted with uneaten.
[Narrower terms: consumed; devoured, eaten up(predicate)]
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Dry cupping
(gcide) | Cupping \Cup"ping\ (k?p"p?ng), n. (Med.)
The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the
person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also,
sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an
abscess.
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Cupping glass, a glass cup in which a partial vacuum is
produced by heat, in the process of cupping.
Dry cupping, the application of a cupping instrument
without scarification, to draw blood to the surface,
produce counter irritation, etc.
Wet cupping, the operation of drawing blood by the
application of a cupping instrument after scarification.
[1913 Webster]Dry \Dry\ (dr[imac]), a. [Compar. Drier; superl. Driest.]
[OE. dru[yogh]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG.
dr["o]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a
dry log. Cf. Drought, Drouth, 3d Drug.]
1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid;
not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal
supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said
especially:
(a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.
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The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the
season. --Addison.
(b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not
succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay.
(c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry.
(d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.
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Give the dry fool drink. -- Shak
(e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
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Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. --
Prescott.
(f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is
entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry
gangrene; dry catarrh.
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2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren;
unembellished; jejune; plain.
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These epistles will become less dry, more
susceptible of ornament. --Pope.
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3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or
hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone
or manner; dry wit.
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He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W.
Irving.
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4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of
execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and
of easy transition in coloring.
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Dry area (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the
foundation of a building to guard it from damp.
Dry blow.
(a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no
effusion of blood.
(b) A quick, sharp blow.
Dry bone (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a
miner's term.
Dry castor (Zool.) a kind of beaver; -- called also
parchment beaver.
Dry cupping. (Med.) See under Cupping.
Dry dock. See under Dock.
Dry fat. See Dry vat (below).
Dry light, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear,
impartial view. --Bacon.
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The scientific man must keep his feelings under
stern control, lest they obtrude into his
researches, and color the dry light in which alone
science desires to see its objects. -- J. C.
Shairp.
Dry masonry. See Masonry.
Dry measure, a system of measures of volume for dry or
coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc.
Dry pile (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed
without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current,
and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of
great delicacy; -- called also Zamboni's, from the names
of the two earliest constructors of it.
Dry pipe (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam
from a boiler.
Dry plate (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating
sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or
pictures can be made, without moistening.
Dry-plate process, the process of photographing with dry
plates.
Dry point. (Fine Arts)
(a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the
burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching,
but is finished without the use acid.
(b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper.
(c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is
made.
Dry rent (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a
clause of distress. --Bouvier.
Dry rot, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the
condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the
presence of a peculiar fungus (Merulius lacrymans),
which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but
it is more probable that the real cause is the
decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called
also sap rot, and, in the United States, powder post.
--Hebert.
Dry stove, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of
arid climates. --Brande & C.
Dry vat, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry
articles.
Dry wine, that in which the saccharine matter and
fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have
wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is
perceptible; -- opposed to sweet wine, in which the
saccharine matter is in excess.
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dupper
(gcide) | Dubber \Dub"ber\, n. [Hind. dabbah.]
A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold
ghee, oil, etc. [Also written dupper.] --M'Culloch.
[1913 Webster]Dupper \Dup"per\, n.
See 2d Dubber.
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Dupper
(gcide) | Dubber \Dub"ber\, n. [Hind. dabbah.]
A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold
ghee, oil, etc. [Also written dupper.] --M'Culloch.
[1913 Webster]Dupper \Dup"per\, n.
See 2d Dubber.
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Gelada Ruppelli
(gcide) | Gelada \Gel"a*da\, n. (Zool.)
A baboon (Gelada Ruppelli) of Abyssinia, remarkable for the
length of the hair on the neck and shoulders of the adult
male.
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Gerardinus guppyi
(gcide) | guppy \guppy\ n. [Named after R. J. L. Guppy, who brought
speciments to the British museum. --RHUD]
A small freshwater fish of South America and West Indies
(Lebistes reticulatus or Poecilia reticulata, originaly
called Gerardinus guppyi), often kept in aquariums; also
called rainbow fish.
Syn: rainbow fish, Lebistes reticulatus.
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guppy
(gcide) | guppy \guppy\ n. [Named after R. J. L. Guppy, who brought
speciments to the British museum. --RHUD]
A small freshwater fish of South America and West Indies
(Lebistes reticulatus or Poecilia reticulata, originaly
called Gerardinus guppyi), often kept in aquariums; also
called rainbow fish.
Syn: rainbow fish, Lebistes reticulatus.
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Insupportable
(gcide) | Insupportable \In`sup*port"a*ble\, a. [L. insupportabilis: cf.
F. insupportable. See In- not, and Support.]
Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable;
insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens;
insupportable pain. -- In`sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. --
In`sup*port"a*bly, adv.
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Insupportableness
(gcide) | Insupportable \In`sup*port"a*ble\, a. [L. insupportabilis: cf.
F. insupportable. See In- not, and Support.]
Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable;
insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens;
insupportable pain. -- In`sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. --
In`sup*port"a*bly, adv.
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Insupportably
(gcide) | Insupportable \In`sup*port"a*ble\, a. [L. insupportabilis: cf.
F. insupportable. See In- not, and Support.]
Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable;
insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens;
insupportable pain. -- In`sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. --
In`sup*port"a*bly, adv.
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Insupposable
(gcide) | Insupposable \In`sup*pos"a*ble\, a.
Incapable of being supposed; not supposable; inconceivable.
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Insuppressible
(gcide) | Insuppressible \In`sup*press"i*ble\, a.
That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible.
--Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.
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Insuppressibly
(gcide) | Insuppressible \In`sup*press"i*ble\, a.
That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible.
--Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.
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Insuppressive
(gcide) | Insuppressive \In`sup*press"ive\, a.
Insuppressible. [Obs.] "The insuppressive mettle of our
spirits." --Shak.
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juppo
(gcide) | Jupon \Ju*pon"\, Juppon \Jup*pon"\, n. [F. jupon, fr. jupe
skirt, Sp. aljuba a Moorish garment, Ar. jubba.] [Written
variously jupe, jump, juppo, etc.]
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1. A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th
century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips.
--Dryden.
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2. A petticoat. --Halliwell.
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juppon
(gcide) | Gipoun \Gi*poun"\, n. [See Jupon.]
A short cassock. [Written also gepoun, gypoun, jupon,
juppon.] [Obs.] GipserJupon \Ju*pon"\, Juppon \Jup*pon"\, n. [F. jupon, fr. jupe
skirt, Sp. aljuba a Moorish garment, Ar. jubba.] [Written
variously jupe, jump, juppo, etc.]
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1. A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th
century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips.
--Dryden.
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2. A petticoat. --Halliwell.
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Juppon
(gcide) | Gipoun \Gi*poun"\, n. [See Jupon.]
A short cassock. [Written also gepoun, gypoun, jupon,
juppon.] [Obs.] GipserJupon \Ju*pon"\, Juppon \Jup*pon"\, n. [F. jupon, fr. jupe
skirt, Sp. aljuba a Moorish garment, Ar. jubba.] [Written
variously jupe, jump, juppo, etc.]
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1. A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th
century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips.
--Dryden.
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2. A petticoat. --Halliwell.
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Krupp gun
(gcide) | Gun \Gun\ (g[u^]n), n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin;
cf. Ir., Gael., & LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon)
fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E.
mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.]
1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance;
any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles,
consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which
the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge (such
as guncotton or gunpowder) behind, which is ignited by
various means. Pistols, rifles, carbines, muskets, and
fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are
called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon,
ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc.
See these terms in the Vocabulary.
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As swift as a pellet out of a gunne
When fire is in the powder runne. --Chaucer.
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The word gun was in use in England for an engine to
cast a thing from a man long before there was any
gunpowder found out. --Selden.
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2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a
cannon.
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3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind.
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Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or
manner of loading as rifled or smoothbore,
breech-loading or muzzle-loading, cast or
built-up guns; or according to their use, as field,
mountain, prairie, seacoast, and siege guns.
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Armstrong gun, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named
after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong.
Big gun or Great gun, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence
(Fig.), a person superior in any way; as, bring in the big
guns to tackle the problem.
Gun barrel, the barrel or tube of a gun.
Gun carriage, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or
moved.
Gun cotton (Chem.), a general name for a series of
explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping
cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are
formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the
results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It
burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly
and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity.
Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are
insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the
highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See Pyroxylin, and
cf. Xyloidin. The gun cottons are used for blasting and
somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded
with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for
making collodion. See Celluloid, and Collodion. Gun
cotton is frequenty but improperly called
nitrocellulose. It is not a nitro compound, but an ester
of nitric acid.
Gun deck. See under Deck.
Gun fire, the time at which the morning or the evening gun
is fired.
Gun metal, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of
copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is
also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron.
Gun port (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a
cannon's muzzle is run out for firing.
Gun tackle (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the
side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from
the gun port.
Gun tackle purchase (Naut.), a tackle composed of two
single blocks and a fall. --Totten.
Krupp gun, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named
after its German inventor, Herr Krupp.
Machine gun, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns,
mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a
reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the
gun or guns and fired in rapid succession. In earlier
models, such as the Gatling gun, the cartridges were
loaded by machinery operated by turning a crank. In modern
versions the loading of cartidges is accomplished by
levers operated by the recoil of the explosion driving the
bullet, or by the pressure of gas within the barrel.
Several hundred shots can be fired in a minute by such
weapons, with accurate aim. The Gatling gun, {Gardner
gun}, Hotchkiss gun, and Nordenfelt gun, named for
their inventors, and the French mitrailleuse, are
machine guns.
To blow great guns (Naut.), to blow a gale. See Gun, n.,
3.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Krupp gun \Krupp` gun"\ (kr[oo^]p`g[u^]n") n..
A breech-loading steel cannon manufactured at the works of
Friedrich Krupp, at Essen in Prussia. Guns of over eight-inch
bore are made up of several concentric cylinders; those of a
smaller size are forged solid. [obsolescent] --Knight.
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Krupp process
(gcide) | Krupp process \Krupp process\ (kr[oo^]p) n. (Iron Metal.)
(a) A process practiced by Friedrich Krupp, Essen, Germany,
for washing pig iron, differing from the Bell process in
using manganese as well as iron oxide, and performed in a
Pernot furnace. Called also the Bell-Krupp process.
(b) A process for the manufacture of steel armor plates,
invented or practiced by Krupp, the details of which are
secret. It is understood to involve the addition of
chromium as well as nickel to the metal, and to include a
treatment like that of the Harvey process with unknown
variations or additions. The product is mentioned by some
authors, as improved Harvey, or Harvey-Krupp armor plate.
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Kruppize
(gcide) | Kruppize \Krupp"ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kruppized; p. pr. &
vb. n. Kruppizing.] (Metal.)
To treat by, or subject to, the Krupp process.
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Kruppized
(gcide) | Kruppize \Krupp"ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kruppized; p. pr. &
vb. n. Kruppizing.] (Metal.)
To treat by, or subject to, the Krupp process.
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Kruppizing
(gcide) | Kruppize \Krupp"ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kruppized; p. pr. &
vb. n. Kruppizing.] (Metal.)
To treat by, or subject to, the Krupp process.
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lower-class vs middle-class vs upper-class low-class
(gcide) | non-U \non-U"\ (n[o^]n*[=u]"), adj.
Not characteristic of the upper classes especially in
language use. [Chiefly British] [Narrower terms: {lower-class
(vs. middle-class) (vs. upper-class), low-class}]
Syn: vulgar.
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Mud puppy
(gcide) | Mud \Mud\ (m[u^]d), n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder
mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf.
Mother a scum on liquors.]
Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.
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Mud bass (Zool.), a fresh-water fish ({Acantharchum
pomotis} or Acantharchus pomotis) of the Eastern United
States. It produces a deep grunting note.
Mud bath, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in
mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for
disease.
Mud boat, a large flatboat used in dredging.
Mud cat. See mud cat in the vocabulary.
Mud crab (Zool.), any one of several American marine crabs
of the genus Panopeus.
Mud dab (Zool.), the winter flounder. See Flounder, and
Dab.
Mud dauber (Zool.), a mud wasp; the mud-dauber.
Mud devil (Zool.), the fellbender.
Mud drum (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into
which sediment and mud in the water can settle for
removal.
Mud eel (Zool.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian ({Siren
lacertina}), found in the Southern United States. It has
persistent external gills and only the anterior pair of
legs. See Siren.
Mud frog (Zool.), a European frog (Pelobates fuscus).
Mud hen. (Zool.)
(a) The American coot (Fulica Americana).
(b) The clapper rail.
Mud lark, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud.
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Mud minnow (Zool.), any small American fresh-water fish of
the genus Umbra, as Umbra limi. The genus is allied to
the pickerels.
Mud plug, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler.
Mud puppy (Zool.), the menobranchus.
Mud scow, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat.
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Mud turtle, Mud tortoise (Zool.), any one of numerous
species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States.
Mud wasp (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to Pepaeus, and allied
genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached,
side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings,
etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with
spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve
as food for the larva. Called also mud dauber.
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Oversupply
(gcide) | Oversupply \O"ver*sup*ply`\, n.
An excessive supply; a supply in excess of demand.
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A general oversupply or excess of all commodities. --J.
S. Mill.
[1913 Webster]Oversupply \O`ver*sup*ply"\, v. t.
To supply in excess.
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pent shut uppredicate
(gcide) | confined \confined\ adj.
1. having movement restricted to within a certain area; --
usually a building. Opposite of unconfined.
Note: [Narrower terms: claustrophobic; close, confining;
homebound, housebound, shut-in; {in
childbed(prenominal)}; pent, shut up(predicate);
snowbound; weather-bound; {stormbound,
storm-bound}]
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2. deprived of liberty; especially placed under arrest or
restraint.
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3. having movement restricted to within an enclosed outdoor
area; -- of animals.
Syn: fenced in, penned.
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4. (Med.) not invading healthy tissue.
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5. held prisoner.
Syn: captive, imprisoned, jailed.
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6. having movement or progress restricted to a certain area;
as, an outbreak of the plague confined to one quarter of
the city; wildfires confined to within the canyon.
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Points of support
(gcide) | Support \Sup*port"\, n. [F.]
1. The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or
sustaining.
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2. That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a
prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind.
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3. That which maintains or preserves from being overcome,
falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like;
subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as,
he gave his family a good support, the support of national
credit; the assaulting column had the support of a
battery.
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Points of support (Arch.), the horizontal area of the
solids of a building, walls, piers, and the like, as
compared with the open or vacant spaces.
Right of support (Law), an easement or servitude by which
the owner of a house has a right to rest his timber on the
walls of his neighbor's house. --Kent.
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Syn: Stay; prop; maintenance; subsistence; assistance; favor;
countenance; encouragement; patronage; aid; help;
succor; nutriment; sustenance; food.
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Presupposal
(gcide) | Presupposal \Pre`sup*pos"al\, n.
Presupposition. [R.] "Presupposal of knowledge." --Hooker.
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Presuppose
(gcide) | Presuppose \Pre`sup*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Presupposed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Presupposing.] [Pref. pre- + suppose: cf.
F. pr['e]supposer.]
To suppose beforehand; to imply as antecedent; to take for
granted; to assume; as, creation presupposes a creator.
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Each [kind of knowledge] presupposes many necessary
things learned in other sciences, and known beforehand.
--Hooker.
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