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volute
(encz) | volute,ve tvaru křivky závitu Zdeněk Brož |
volute
(encz) | volute,voluta n: Zdeněk Brož |
Volute
(gcide) | Volute \Vo*lute"\, n. [F. volute (cf. It. voluta), L. voluta,
from volvere, volutum, to roll. See Voluble.]
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1. (Arch.) A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of
the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is
a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See
Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale.
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2. (Zool.) A spiral turn, as in certain shells.
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3. (Zool.) Any voluta.
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Volute spiring, a spring formed of a spiral scroll of
plate, rod, or wire, extended or extensible in the
direction of the axis of the coil, in which direction its
elastic force is exerted and employed.
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volute
(wn) | volute
adj 1: in the shape of a coil [syn: coiling, helical,
spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled,
turbinate]
n 1: ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around
a center with an increasing distance from the center [syn:
spiral, volute]
2: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous
series of loops; "a coil of rope" [syn: coil, spiral,
volute, whorl, helix] |
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circumvolute
(encz) | circumvolute, v: |
convolute
(encz) | convolute,stočený adj: Zdeněk Brožconvolute,svinutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
convoluted
(encz) | convoluted,komplikovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožconvoluted,spletitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
evolute
(encz) | evolute,evoluta n: Zdeněk Brož |
involute
(encz) | involute,spletitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
volute spring
(encz) | volute spring, n: |
voluted
(encz) | voluted, adj: |
coiling helical spiral spiraling volute voluted whorled
(gcide) | coiled \coiled\ (koild), adj.
curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals;
as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on
the deck. Opposite of uncoiled.
Note: [Narrower terms: {coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling,
volute, voluted, whorled}; {convolute rolled
longitudinally upon itself};curled, curled up;
{involute closely coiled so that the axis is
obscured)}; looped, whorled; twined, twisted;
convoluted; {involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves
in bud: having margins rolled inward)}; wound]
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Convolute
(gcide) | Convolute \Con"vo*lute\, a. [L. convolutus, p. p. of convolvere.
See Convolve.] (Bot.)
Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of
the leaves of plants in [ae]stivation.
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convolute rolled longitudinally upon itself
(gcide) | coiled \coiled\ (koild), adj.
curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals;
as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on
the deck. Opposite of uncoiled.
Note: [Narrower terms: {coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling,
volute, voluted, whorled}; {convolute rolled
longitudinally upon itself};curled, curled up;
{involute closely coiled so that the axis is
obscured)}; looped, whorled; twined, twisted;
convoluted; {involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves
in bud: having margins rolled inward)}; wound]
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Convoluted
(gcide) | Convoluted \Con"vo*lu`ted\, a.
1. Having convolutions.
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beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's horn.
--Pennant.
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2. Folded in tortuous windings.
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A highly convoluted brain. --North Amer.
Rev.
[1913 Webster]coiled \coiled\ (koild), adj.
curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals;
as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on
the deck. Opposite of uncoiled.
Note: [Narrower terms: {coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling,
volute, voluted, whorled}; {convolute rolled
longitudinally upon itself};curled, curled up;
{involute closely coiled so that the axis is
obscured)}; looped, whorled; twined, twisted;
convoluted; {involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves
in bud: having margins rolled inward)}; wound]
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convoluted
(gcide) | Convoluted \Con"vo*lu`ted\, a.
1. Having convolutions.
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beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's horn.
--Pennant.
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2. Folded in tortuous windings.
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A highly convoluted brain. --North Amer.
Rev.
[1913 Webster]coiled \coiled\ (koild), adj.
curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals;
as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on
the deck. Opposite of uncoiled.
Note: [Narrower terms: {coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling,
volute, voluted, whorled}; {convolute rolled
longitudinally upon itself};curled, curled up;
{involute closely coiled so that the axis is
obscured)}; looped, whorled; twined, twisted;
convoluted; {involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves
in bud: having margins rolled inward)}; wound]
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Dakruma convolutella
(gcide) | Gooseberry \Goose"ber*ry\, n.; pl. Gooseberries, [Corrupted
for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F.
groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere,
kr[aum]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie
(as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie,
fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb[aum]r (fr. krus, krusing, crisp).
The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf.
Grossular, a.]
1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the
edible berries of such shrub. There are several species,
of which Ribes Grossularia is the one commonly
cultivated.
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2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith.
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Barbadoes gooseberry, a climbing prickly shrub ({Pereskia
aculeata}) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries
resembling gooseberries.
Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola.
Gooseberry fool. See 1st Fool.
Gooseberry worm (Zool.), the larva of a small moth
(Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by
eating the interior.
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Devolute
(gcide) | Devolute \Dev"o*lute\, v. t. [L. devolutus, p. p. of devolvere.
See Devolve.]
To devolve. [Obs.] --Foxe.
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Evolute
(gcide) | Evolute \Ev"o*lute\, n. [L. evolutus unrolled, p. p. of
evolvere. See Evolve.] (Geom.)
A curve from which another curve, called the involute or
evolvent, is described by the end of a thread gradually wound
upon the former, or unwound from it. See Involute. It is
the locus of the centers of all the circles which are
osculatory to the given curve or evolvent.
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Note: Any curve may be an evolute, the term being applied to
it only in its relation to the involute.
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Eye of a volute
(gcide) | Eye \Eye\ ([imac]), n. [OE. eghe, eighe, eie, eye, AS. e['a]ge;
akin to OFries. [=a]ge, OS. [=o]ga, D. oog, Ohg. ouga, G.
auge, Icel. auga, Sw. ["o]ga, Dan. ["o]ie, Goth. aug[=o]; cf.
OSlav. oko, Lith. akis, L. okulus, Gr. 'o`kkos, eye, 'o`sse,
the two eyes, Skr. akshi. [root]10, 212. Cf. Diasy,
Ocular, Optic, Eyelet, Ogle.]
1. The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates
generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the
orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In
most invertebrates the eyes are immovable ocelli, or
compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See Ocellus.
Description of illustration: a b Conjunctiva; c Cornea; d
Sclerotic; e Choroid; f Cillary Muscle; g Cillary Process;
h Iris; i Suspensory Ligament; k Prosterior Aqueous
Chamber between h and i; l Anterior Aqueous Chamber; m
Crystalline Lens; n Vitreous Humor; o Retina; p Yellow
spot; q Center of blind spot; r Artery of Retina in center
of the Optic Nerve.
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Note: The essential parts of the eye are inclosed in a tough
outer coat, the sclerotic, to which the muscles moving
it are attached, and which in front changes into the
transparent cornea. A little way back of cornea, the
crystalline lens is suspended, dividing the eye into
two unequal cavities, a smaller one in front filled
with a watery fluid, the aqueous humor, and larger one
behind filled with a clear jelly, the vitreous humor.
The sclerotic is lined with a highly pigmented
membrane, the choroid, and this is turn is lined in the
back half of the eyeball with the nearly transparent
retina, in which the fibers of the optic nerve ramify.
The choroid in front is continuous with the iris, which
has a contractile opening in the center, the pupil,
admitting light to the lens which brings the rays to a
focus and forms an image upon the retina, where the
light, falling upon delicate structures called rods and
cones, causes them to stimulate the fibres of the optic
nerve to transmit visual impressions to the brain.
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2. The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence,
judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of
objects; as, to have the eye of a sailor; an eye for the
beautiful or picturesque.
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3. The action of the organ of sight; sight, look; view;
ocular knowledge; judgment; opinion.
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In my eye, she is the sweetest lady that I looked
on. --Shak.
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4. The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of
vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object
which is directly opposed or confronted; immediate
presence.
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We shell express our duty in his eye. --Shak.
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Her shell your hear disproved to her eyes. --Shak.
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5. Observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice;
attention; regard. "Keep eyes upon her." --Shak.
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Booksellers . . . have an eye to their own
advantage. --Addison.
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6. That which resembles the organ of sight, in form,
position, or appearance; as:
(a) (Zo["o]l.) The spots on a feather, as of peacock.
(b) The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in
oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor
muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the
scallop.
(c) The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as, the eye of
a potato.
(d) The center of a target; the bull's-eye.
(e) A small loop to receive a hook; as, hooks and eyes on
a dress.
(f) The hole through the head of a needle.
(g) A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through
anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.;
as, an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss;
an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope.
(h) The hole through the upper millstone.
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7. That which resembles the eye in relative importance or
beauty. "The very eye of that proverb." --Shak.
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Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts. --Milton.
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8. Tinge; shade of color. [Obs.]
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Red with an eye of blue makes a purple. --Boyle.
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By the eye, in abundance. [Obs.] --Marlowe.
Elliott eye (Naut.), a loop in a hemp cable made around a
thimble and served.
Eye agate, a kind of circle agate, the central parts of
which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass.
--Brande & C.
Eye animalcule (Zo["o]l.), a flagellate infusorian
belonging to Euglena and related genera; -- so called
because it has a colored spot like an eye at one end.
Eye doctor, an opthalmologist or optometrist; -- formerly
called an oculist.
Eye of a volute (Arch.), the circle in the center of
volute.
Eye of day, Eye of the morning, Eye of heaven, the sun.
"So gently shuts the eye of day." --Mrs. Barbauld.
Eye of a ship, the foremost part in the bows of a ship,
where, formerly, eyes were painted; also, the hawser
holes. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Half an eye, very imperfect sight; a careless glance; as,
to see a thing with half an eye; often figuratively.
"Those who have but half an eye." --B. Jonson.
To catch one's eye, to attract one's notice.
To find favor in the eyes (of), to be graciously received
and treated.
To have an eye to, to pay particular attention to; to
watch. "Have an eye to Cinna." --Shak.
To keep an eye on, to watch.
To set the eyes on, to see; to have a sight of.
In the eye of the wind (Naut.), in a direction opposed to
the wind; as, a ship sails in the eye of the wind.
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Involute
(gcide) | Involute \In"vo*lute\, Involuted \In"vo*lu`ted\, a. [L.
involutus, p. p. of involvere. See Involve.]
1. (Bot.) Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in
vernation, or of the petals of flowers in [ae]stivation.
--Gray.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of
the Cyprea.
(b) Rolled inward spirally.
[1913 Webster]Involute \In"vo*lute\, n. (Geom.)
A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another
curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See
Evolute.
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involute closely coiled so that the axis is obscured
(gcide) | coiled \coiled\ (koild), adj.
curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals;
as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on
the deck. Opposite of uncoiled.
Note: [Narrower terms: {coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling,
volute, voluted, whorled}; {convolute rolled
longitudinally upon itself};curled, curled up;
{involute closely coiled so that the axis is
obscured)}; looped, whorled; twined, twisted;
convoluted; {involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves
in bud: having margins rolled inward)}; wound]
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involute rolled esp of petals or leaves in bud having margins rolled inward
(gcide) | coiled \coiled\ (koild), adj.
curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals;
as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on
the deck. Opposite of uncoiled.
Note: [Narrower terms: {coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling,
volute, voluted, whorled}; {convolute rolled
longitudinally upon itself};curled, curled up;
{involute closely coiled so that the axis is
obscured)}; looped, whorled; twined, twisted;
convoluted; {involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves
in bud: having margins rolled inward)}; wound]
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Involuted
(gcide) | Involute \In"vo*lute\, Involuted \In"vo*lu`ted\, a. [L.
involutus, p. p. of involvere. See Involve.]
1. (Bot.) Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in
vernation, or of the petals of flowers in [ae]stivation.
--Gray.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of
the Cyprea.
(b) Rolled inward spirally.
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Obvolute
(gcide) | Obvolute \Ob"vo*lute\, Obvoluted \Ob`vo*lu"ted\, a. [L.
obvolutus, p. p. of obvolvere to wrap round; ob (see Ob-) +
volvere to roll.]
Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in
botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge
overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to
a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.
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Obvoluted
(gcide) | Obvolute \Ob"vo*lute\, Obvoluted \Ob`vo*lu"ted\, a. [L.
obvolutus, p. p. of obvolvere to wrap round; ob (see Ob-) +
volvere to roll.]
Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in
botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge
overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to
a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.
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Revolute
(gcide) | Revolute \Rev"o*lute\, a. [L. revolutus, p. p. of revolvere. See
Revolve.] (Bot. & Zool.)
Rolled backward or downward.
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Note: A revolute leaf is coiled downwards, with the lower
surface inside the coil. A leaf with revolute margins
has the edges rolled under, as in the Andromeda
polifilia.
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Supervolute
(gcide) | Supervolute \Su`per*vo*lute"\, a. [L. supervolutus, p. p. of
supervolvere to roll over; super over + volvere to roll.]
(Bot.)
Having a plaited and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in
the morning-glory.
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Volute
(gcide) | Volute \Vo*lute"\, n. [F. volute (cf. It. voluta), L. voluta,
from volvere, volutum, to roll. See Voluble.]
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1. (Arch.) A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of
the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is
a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See
Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale.
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2. (Zool.) A spiral turn, as in certain shells.
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3. (Zool.) Any voluta.
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Volute spiring, a spring formed of a spiral scroll of
plate, rod, or wire, extended or extensible in the
direction of the axis of the coil, in which direction its
elastic force is exerted and employed.
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Volute spiring
(gcide) | Volute \Vo*lute"\, n. [F. volute (cf. It. voluta), L. voluta,
from volvere, volutum, to roll. See Voluble.]
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1. (Arch.) A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of
the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is
a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See
Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale.
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2. (Zool.) A spiral turn, as in certain shells.
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3. (Zool.) Any voluta.
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Volute spiring, a spring formed of a spiral scroll of
plate, rod, or wire, extended or extensible in the
direction of the axis of the coil, in which direction its
elastic force is exerted and employed.
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volute spring
(gcide) | Spring \Spring\, n. [AS. spring a fountain, a leap. See
Spring, v. i.]
1. A leap; a bound; a jump.
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The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke.
--Dryden.
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2. A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its
former state by its elasticity; as, the spring of a bow.
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3. Elastic power or force.
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Heavens! what a spring was in his arm! --Dryden.
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4. An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough
wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical
purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing
concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other
force.
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Note: The principal varieties of springs used in mechanisms
are the spiral spring (Fig. a), the coil spring
(Fig. b), the elliptic spring (Fig. c), the
half-elliptic spring (Fig. d), the volute spring,
the India-rubber spring, the atmospheric spring,
etc.
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5. Any source of supply; especially, the source from which a
stream proceeds; an issue of water from the earth; a
natural fountain. "All my springs are in thee." --Ps.
lxxxvii. 7. "A secret spring of spiritual joy." --Bentley.
"The sacred spring whence right and honor streams." --Sir
J. Davies.
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6. Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is
produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive.
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Our author shuns by vulgar springs to move
The hero's glory, or the virgin's love. --Pope.
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7. That which springs, or is originated, from a source; as:
(a) A race; lineage. [Obs.] --Chapman.
(b) A youth; a springal. [Obs.] --Spenser.
(c) A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of
trees; woodland. [Obs.] --Spenser. Milton.
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8. That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively
tune. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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9. The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and
grow; the vernal season, usually comprehending the months
of March, April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of
the equator. "The green lap of the new-come spring."
--Shak.
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Note: Spring of the astronomical year begins with the vernal
equinox, about March 21st, and ends with the summer
solstice, about June 21st.
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10. The time of growth and progress; early portion; first
stage; as, the spring of life. "The spring of the day."
--1 Sam. ix. 26.
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O how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day. --Shak.
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11. (Naut.)
(a) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running
obliquely or transversely.
(b) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so
that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to
lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally
from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon
the wharf to which she is moored.
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Air spring, Boiling spring, etc. See under Air,
Boiling, etc.
Spring back (Bookbinding), a back with a curved piece of
thin sheet iron or of stiff pasteboard fastened to the
inside, the effect of which is to make the leaves of a
book thus bound (as a ledger or other account or blank
book) spring up and lie flat.
Spring balance, a contrivance for measuring weight or force
by the elasticity of a spiral spring of steel.
Spring beam, a beam that supports the side of a paddle box.
See Paddle beam, under Paddle, n.
Spring beauty.
(a) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Claytonia, delicate
herbs with somewhat fleshy leaves and pretty
blossoms, appearing in springtime.
(b) (Zool.) A small, elegant American butterfly ({Erora
laeta}) which appears in spring. The hind wings of
the male are brown, bordered with deep blue; those of
the female are mostly blue.
Spring bed, a mattress, under bed, or bed bottom, in which
springs, as of metal, are employed to give the required
elasticity.
Spring beetle (Zool.), a snapping beetle; an elater.
Spring box, the box or barrel in a watch, or other piece of
mechanism, in which the spring is contained.
Spring fly (Zool.), a caddice fly; -- so called because it
appears in the spring.
Spring grass (Bot.), vernal grass. See under Vernal.
Spring gun, a firearm discharged by a spring, when this is
trodden upon or is otherwise moved.
Spring hook (Locomotive Engines), one of the hooks which
fix the driving-wheel spring to the frame.
Spring latch, a latch that fastens with a spring.
Spring lock, a lock that fastens with a spring.
Spring mattress, a spring bed.
Spring of an arch (Arch.) See Springing line of an arch,
under Springing.
Spring of pork, the lower part of a fore quarter, which is
divided from the neck, and has the leg and foot without
the shoulder. [Obs.] --Nares.
Sir, pray hand the spring of pork to me. --Gayton.
Spring pin (Locomotive Engines), an iron rod fitted between
the springs and the axle boxes, to sustain and regulate
the pressure on the axles.
Spring rye, a kind of rye sown in the spring; -- in
distinction from winter rye, sown in autumn.
Spring stay (Naut.), a preventer stay, to assist the
regular one. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
Spring tide, the tide which happens at, or soon after, the
new and the full moon, and which rises higher than common
tides. See Tide.
Spring wagon, a wagon in which springs are interposed
between the body and the axles to form elastic supports.
Spring wheat, any kind of wheat sown in the spring; -- in
distinction from winter wheat, which is sown in autumn.
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Voluted
(gcide) | Voluted \Vo*lut"ed\, a.
Having a volute, or spiral scroll.
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volutes
(gcide) | Rhachiglossa \Rhach`i*glos"sa\, n. pl. [NL. See Rhachis, and
Glossa.] (Zool.)
A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis
and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It
includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the
miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and
whelks. See Illust. in the Appendix.
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circumvolute
(wn) | circumvolute
v 1: wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral,
as of snail |
convolute
(wn) | convolute
adj 1: rolled longitudinally upon itself; "a convolute petal"
[syn: convolute, convoluted]
v 1: curl, wind, or twist together [syn: convolve,
convolute]
2: practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about
in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words" [syn:
twist, twist around, pervert, convolute,
sophisticate] |
convoluted
(wn) | convoluted
adj 1: rolled longitudinally upon itself; "a convolute petal"
[syn: convolute, convoluted]
2: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the
Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on
to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language";
"convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a
knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering";
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott;
"tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting
for months" [syn: Byzantine, convoluted, involved,
knotty, tangled, tortuous] |
involute
(wn) | involute
adj 1: especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins
rolled inward [syn: involute, rolled]
2: (of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured |
volute spring
(wn) | volute spring
n 1: a spring in the shape of a coil [syn: coil spring,
volute spring] |
voluted
(wn) | voluted
adj 1: in the shape of a coil [syn: coiling, helical,
spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled,
turbinate] |
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