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walker
(encz) | walker,chodec n: PetrV |
Walker
(gcide) | Walker \Walk"er\, n.
1. One who walks; a pedestrian.
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2. That with which one walks; a foot. [Obs.]
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Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown.
--Chapman.
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3. (Law) A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain
space for inspection; a forester.
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4. [AS. wealcere. See Walk, v. t., 3.] A fuller of cloth.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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She cursed the weaver and the walker
The cloth that had wrought. --Percy's
Reliques.
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5. (Zool.) Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick
insect.
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6. (construction, tunneling) A shift superintendent or
assistant superintendent who supervises several
shifters[4] and their crews. Since these crews are usually
separated by some distance, the walker is frequently seen
walking between them. Also called walking boss.
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7. A low frame having casters or wheels, designed to enclose
a baby on its sides and provide support while the baby is
learning to walk; it usually has a seat so that the baby
can sit while not walking.
Syn: go-cart, baby-walker.
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8. A low rectangular frame of light metal about waist high,
usually having two horizontal arms mounted on four legs
with an open rear, designed to be carried or pushed in
front of a person whose legs are impaired, to provide
support while walking; it may have wheels on two of the
four legs.
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walker
(gcide) | baby-walker \baby-walker\ n.
a framework on small wheels or casters designed to support
small children while they are learning to walk, and usually
having a fabric support that permits the child to sit. Called
also walker and go-cart.
Syn: walker, go-cart
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walker
(wn) | Walker
n 1: New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to
run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in
1952) [syn: Walker, John Walker]
2: United States writer (born in 1944) [syn: Walker, {Alice
Walker}, Alice Malsenior Walker]
3: a person who travels by foot [syn: pedestrian, walker,
footer]
4: a shoe designed for comfortable walking
5: a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber
castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the
handicapped or the aged to walk [syn: walker, Zimmer,
Zimmer frame]
6: an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies
learn to walk [syn: walker, baby-walker, go-cart] |
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fire walker
(encz) | fire walker,osoba jdoucí po žhavém uhlí Zdeněk Brož |
fire-walker
(encz) | fire-walker,osoba jdoucí po žhavém uhlí Zdeněk Brož |
floorwalker
(encz) | floorwalker, |
jaywalker
(encz) | jaywalker,neopatrný chodec n: Zdeněk Brož |
nightwalker
(encz) | nightwalker, n: |
ropewalker
(encz) | ropewalker,provazolezec n: Zdeněk Brož |
shopwalker
(encz) | shopwalker, n: |
sleepwalker
(encz) | sleepwalker,náměsíčník n: web |
spacewalker
(encz) | spacewalker, n: |
streetwalker
(encz) | streetwalker,děvka lukestreetwalker,prostitutka luke |
tightrope walker
(encz) | tightrope walker, n: |
baby-walker
(gcide) | baby-walker \baby-walker\ n.
a framework on small wheels or casters designed to support
small children while they are learning to walk, and usually
having a fabric support that permits the child to sit. Called
also walker and go-cart.
Syn: walker, go-cart
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Cowalker
(gcide) | Cowalker \Co`walk"er\, n.
A phantasmic or "astral" body deemed to be separable from the
physical body and capable of acting independently; a
doppelg[aum]nger.
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Floorwalker
(gcide) | Floorwalker \Floor"walk`er\, n.
One who walks about in a large retail store as an overseer
and director. [U.S.]
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Night walker
(gcide) | Night \Night\ (n[imac]t), n. [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht;
akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n[=o]tt,
Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche,
W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny`x, nykto`s, Skr.
nakta, nakti. [root]265. Cf. Equinox, Nocturnal.]
1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the
horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the
time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the
sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.
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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he
called Night. --Gen. i. 5.
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2. Hence:
(a) Darkness; obscurity; concealment.
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Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night.
--Pope.
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(b) Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.
(c) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night
of sorrow.
(d) The period after the close of life; death.
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She closed her eyes in everlasting night.
--Dryden.
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Do not go gentle into that good night
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
--Dylan
Thomas.
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(e) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems
to sleep. "Sad winter's night". --Spenser.
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Note: Night is sometimes used, esp. with participles, in the
formation of self-explaining compounds; as,
night-blooming, night-born, night-warbling, etc.
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Night by night, Night after night, nightly; many nights.
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So help me God, as I have watched the night,
Ay, night by night, in studying good for England.
--Shak.
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Night bird. (Zool.)
(a) The moor hen (Gallinula chloropus).
(b) The Manx shearwater (Puffinus Anglorum).
Night blindness. (Med.) See Hemeralopia.
Night cart, a cart used to remove the contents of privies
by night.
Night churr, (Zool.), the nightjar.
Night crow, a bird that cries in the night.
Night dog, a dog that hunts in the night, -- used by
poachers.
Night fire.
(a) Fire burning in the night.
(b) Ignis fatuus; Will-o'-the-wisp; Jask-with-a-lantern.
Night flyer (Zool.), any creature that flies in the night,
as some birds and insects.
night glass, a spyglass constructed to concentrate a large
amount of light, so as see objects distinctly at night.
--Totten.
Night green, iodine green.
Night hag, a witch supposed to wander in the night.
Night hawk (Zool.), an American bird ({Chordeiles
Virginianus}), allied to the goatsucker. It hunts the
insects on which it feeds toward evening, on the wing, and
often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a loud
whirring sound, like that of a spinning wheel. Also
sometimes applied to the European goatsuckers. It is
called also bull bat.
Night heron (Zool.), any one of several species of herons
of the genus Nycticorax, found in various parts of the
world. The best known species is Nycticorax griseus, or
Nycticorax nycticorax, of Europe, and the American
variety (var. naevius). The yellow-crowned night heron
(Nyctanassa violacea syn. Nycticorax violaceus)
inhabits the Southern States. Called also qua-bird, and
squawk.
Night house, a public house, or inn, which is open at
night.
Night key, a key for unfastening a night latch.
Night latch, a kind of latch for a door, which is operated
from the outside by a key.
Night monkey (Zool.), an owl monkey.
night moth (Zool.), any one of the noctuids.
Night parrot (Zool.), the kakapo.
Night piece, a painting representing some night scene, as a
moonlight effect, or the like.
Night rail, a loose robe, or garment, worn either as a
nightgown, or over the dress at night, or in sickness.
[Obs.]
Night raven (Zool.), a bird of ill omen that cries in the
night; esp., the bittern.
Night rule.
(a) A tumult, or frolic, in the night; -- as if a
corruption, of night revel. [Obs.]
(b) Such conduct as generally rules, or prevails, at
night.
What night rule now about this haunted grove?
--Shak.
Night sight. (Med.) See Nyctolopia.
Night snap, a night thief. [Cant] --Beau. & Fl.
Night soil, human excrement; -- so called because in cities
it is collected by night and carried away for manure.
Night spell, a charm against accidents at night.
Night swallow (Zool.), the nightjar.
Night walk, a walk in the evening or night.
Night walker.
(a) One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist; a
noctambulist.
(b) One who roves about in the night for evil purposes;
specifically, a prostitute who walks the streets.
Night walking.
(a) Walking in one's sleep; sleep walking; somnambulism;
noctambulism.
(b) Walking the streets at night with evil designs.
Night warbler (Zool.), the sedge warbler ({Acrocephalus
phragmitis}); -- called also night singer. [Prov. Eng.]
Night watch.
(a) A period in the night, as distinguished by the change
of watch.
(b) A watch, or guard, to aford protection in the night.
Night watcher, one who watches in the night; especially,
one who watches with evil designs.
Night witch. Same as Night hag, above.
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Ropewalker
(gcide) | Ropewalker \Rope"walk`er\, n.
A ropedancer.
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Shopwalker
(gcide) | Shopwalker \Shop"walk`er\, n.
One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director.
Cf. Floorwalker.
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Sleepwalker
(gcide) | Sleepwalker \Sleep"walk`er\, n.
One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.
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Streetwalker
(gcide) | Streetwalker \Street"walk`er\, n.
A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers.
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Trackwalker
(gcide) | Trackwalker \Track"walk`er\, n. (Railroads)
A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of
tracks.
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Walker
(gcide) | Walker \Walk"er\, n.
1. One who walks; a pedestrian.
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2. That with which one walks; a foot. [Obs.]
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Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown.
--Chapman.
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3. (Law) A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain
space for inspection; a forester.
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4. [AS. wealcere. See Walk, v. t., 3.] A fuller of cloth.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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She cursed the weaver and the walker
The cloth that had wrought. --Percy's
Reliques.
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5. (Zool.) Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick
insect.
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6. (construction, tunneling) A shift superintendent or
assistant superintendent who supervises several
shifters[4] and their crews. Since these crews are usually
separated by some distance, the walker is frequently seen
walking between them. Also called walking boss.
[RDH]
7. A low frame having casters or wheels, designed to enclose
a baby on its sides and provide support while the baby is
learning to walk; it usually has a seat so that the baby
can sit while not walking.
Syn: go-cart, baby-walker.
[PJC]
8. A low rectangular frame of light metal about waist high,
usually having two horizontal arms mounted on four legs
with an open rear, designed to be carried or pushed in
front of a person whose legs are impaired, to provide
support while walking; it may have wheels on two of the
four legs.
[PJC]baby-walker \baby-walker\ n.
a framework on small wheels or casters designed to support
small children while they are learning to walk, and usually
having a fabric support that permits the child to sit. Called
also walker and go-cart.
Syn: walker, go-cart
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alice malsenior walker
(wn) | Alice Malsenior Walker
n 1: United States writer (born in 1944) [syn: Walker, {Alice
Walker}, Alice Malsenior Walker] |
alice walker
(wn) | Alice Walker
n 1: United States writer (born in 1944) [syn: Walker, {Alice
Walker}, Alice Malsenior Walker] |
baby-walker
(wn) | baby-walker
n 1: an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies
learn to walk [syn: walker, baby-walker, go-cart] |
fire walker
(wn) | fire walker
n 1: someone who walks barefoot on burning coals |
floorwalker
(wn) | floorwalker
n 1: an employee of a retail store who supervises sales
personnel and helps with customer problems; "a floorwalker
is called a shopwalker in Britain" [syn: floorwalker,
shopwalker] |
george herbert walker bush
(wn) | George Herbert Walker Bush
n 1: vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the
United States (born in 1924) [syn: Bush, George Bush,
George H.W. Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush,
President Bush] |
george walker bush
(wn) | George Walker Bush
n 1: 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert
Walker Bush (born in 1946) [syn: Bush, George Bush,
George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush,
President George W. Bush, Dubyuh, Dubya] |
jaywalker
(wn) | jaywalker
n 1: a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally |
john walker
(wn) | John Walker
n 1: New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to
run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in
1952) [syn: Walker, John Walker] |
matthew walker
(wn) | Matthew Walker
n 1: a kind of stopper knot [syn: Matthew Walker, {Matthew
Walker knot}] |
matthew walker knot
(wn) | Matthew Walker knot
n 1: a kind of stopper knot [syn: Matthew Walker, {Matthew
Walker knot}] |
nightwalker
(wn) | nightwalker
n 1: terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil;
often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait
by anglers [syn: earthworm, angleworm, fishworm,
fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler,
crawler, dew worm, red worm] |
ropewalker
(wn) | ropewalker
n 1: an acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height
above the ground [syn: ropewalker, ropedancer] |
samia walkeri
(wn) | Samia walkeri
n 1: large Asiatic moth introduced into the United States;
larvae feed on the ailanthus [syn: cynthia moth, {Samia
cynthia}, Samia walkeri] |
schizopetalon walkeri
(wn) | Schizopetalon walkeri
n 1: a dainty South American annual having deeply pinnatifid
leaves and racemes of fringed almond-scented purple-white
flowers [syn: schizopetalon, Schizopetalon walkeri] |
shopwalker
(wn) | shopwalker
n 1: an employee of a retail store who supervises sales
personnel and helps with customer problems; "a floorwalker
is called a shopwalker in Britain" [syn: floorwalker,
shopwalker] |
sleepwalker
(wn) | sleepwalker
n 1: someone who walks about in their sleep [syn: sleepwalker,
somnambulist, noctambulist] |
spacewalker
(wn) | spacewalker
n 1: an astronaut who is active outside a spacecraft in outer
space |
streetwalker
(wn) | streetwalker
n 1: a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
[syn: streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler,
floozy, floozie, slattern] |
tennessee walker
(wn) | Tennessee walker
n 1: a horse marked by stamina and trained to move at a fast
running walk [syn: Tennessee walker, {Tennessee walking
horse}, Walking horse, Plantation walking horse] |
tightrope walker
(wn) | tightrope walker
n 1: an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope [syn:
funambulist, tightrope walker] |
walker foxhound
(wn) | Walker foxhound
n 1: an American breed of foxhound [syn: Walker hound, {Walker
foxhound}] |
walker hound
(wn) | Walker hound
n 1: an American breed of foxhound [syn: Walker hound, {Walker
foxhound}] |
walker percy
(wn) | Walker Percy
n 1: United States writer whose novels explored human alienation
(1916-1990) [syn: Percy, Walker Percy] |
walker smith
(wn) | Walker Smith
n 1: United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight
championship five times and the world welterweight
championship once (1921-1989) [syn: Robinson, {Ray
Robinson}, Sugar Ray Robinson, Walker Smith] |
codewalker
(foldoc) | codewalker
A program component that analyses other
programs. Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends;
so do cross-reference generators and some database front
ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with
source code may turn into codewalkers. As in "This new
'vgrind' feature would require a codewalker to implement."
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codewalker
(jargon) | codewalker
n.
A program component that traverses other programs for a living. Compilers
have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and
some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much
with source code may turn into codewalkers. As in “This new vgrind feature
would require a codewalker to implement.”
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NIGHT WALKERS
(bouvier) | NIGHT WALKERS. Persons who sleep by day and walk by night 5 E. Ill. c. 14;
that is, persons of suspicious appearance and demeanor, who walk by night.
2. Watchmen may undoubtedly arrest them, and it is said that private
persons may also do so. 2 Hawk. P. C. 120; but see 3 Taunt. 14,; Ham. N. P.
135. Vide 15 Vin. Ab. 655; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.
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