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weeper
(encz) | weeper,plačka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Weeper
(gcide) | Weeper \Weep"er\, n.
1. One who weeps; esp., one who sheds tears.
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2. A white band or border worn on the sleeve as a badge of
mourning. --Goldsmith.
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3. (Zool.) The capuchin. See Capuchin, 3
(a) .
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weeper
(gcide) | Capuchin \Cap`u*chin"\, n. [F. capucin a monk who wears a cowl,
fr. It. cappuccio hood. See Capoch.]
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1. (Eccl.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch
established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by
wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis.
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A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood,
resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin
monks.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) A long-tailed South American monkey ({Cabus
capucinus}), having the forehead naked and wrinkled,
with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a
monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; --
called also capucine monkey, weeper, sajou,
sapajou, and sai.
(b) Other species of Cabus, as Cabus fatuellus (the
brown capucine or horned capucine.), {Cabus
albifrons} (the cararara), and Cabus apella.
(c) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike
tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.
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Capuchin nun, one of an austere order of Franciscan nuns
which came under Capuchin rule in 1538. The order had
recently been founded by Maria Longa.
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weeper
(wn) | weeper
n 1: a person who weeps [syn: weeper, crier]
2: a hired mourner |
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minesweeper
(mass) | minesweeper
- odmínovacia loď |
carpet sweeper
(encz) | carpet sweeper, n: |
chimney sweeper
(encz) | chimney sweeper,kominík n: xkomczax |
chimneysweeper
(encz) | chimneysweeper, n: |
minesweeper
(encz) | minesweeper,minolovka Pavel Machek |
roadsweepers
(encz) | roadsweepers, |
street sweeper
(encz) | street sweeper, n: |
sweeper
(encz) | sweeper,metař n: Zdeněk Brožsweeper,stírač n: Zdeněk Brožsweeper,střední obránce Zdeněk Brož |
Carpet sweeper
(gcide) | Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
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Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
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2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
"The grassy carpet of this plain." --Shak.
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Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zool.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.
Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.
Carpet moth (Zool.), the larva of an insect which feeds on
carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds.
Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as {Tinea
tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.
Carpet snake (Zool.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond
snake}, under Diamond.
Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.
To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.
Brussels carpet. See under Brussels.
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Chimney sweeper
(gcide) | Chimney \Chim"ney\, n.; pl. Chimneys. [F. chemin['e]e, LL.
caminata, fr. L. caminus furnace, fireplace, Gr. ? furnace,
oven.]
1. A fireplace or hearth. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
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2. That part of a building which contains the smoke flues;
esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most
cases extending through or above the roof of the building.
Often used instead of chimney shaft.
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Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. --Milton.
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3. A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a
lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion.
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4. (Min.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending
downward in a vein. --Raymond.
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Chimney board, a board or screen used to close a fireplace;
a fireboard.
Chimney cap, a device to improve the draught of a chimney,
by presenting an exit aperture always to leeward.
Chimney corner, the space between the sides of the
fireplace and the fire; hence, the fireside.
Chimney hook, a hook for holding pats and kettles over a
fire,
Chimney money, hearth money, a duty formerly paid in
England for each chimney.
Chimney pot (Arch.), a cylinder of earthenware or sheet
metal placed at the top of a chimney which rises above the
roof.
Chimney swallow. (Zool.)
(a) An American swift (Ch[ae]ture pelasgica) which lives
in chimneys.
(b) In England, the common swallow (Hirundo rustica).
Chimney sweep, Chimney sweeper, one who cleans chimneys
of soot; esp. a boy who climbs the flue, and brushes off
the soot.
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chimneysweeper
(gcide) | chimneysweep \chimneysweep\, chimneysweeper \chimneysweeper\n.
someone who cleans soot from chimneys, usually as a
profession.
Syn: chimneysweeper, sweep.
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minesweeper
(gcide) | minesweeper \minesweeper\ n.
A boat designed for the purpose of detecting and disposing of
marine mines.
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Sweeper
(gcide) | Sweeper \Sweep"er\, n.
One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a
sweep; as, a carpet sweeper.
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It is oxygen which is the great sweeper of the economy.
--Huxley.
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Weeper
(gcide) | Weeper \Weep"er\, n.
1. One who weeps; esp., one who sheds tears.
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2. A white band or border worn on the sleeve as a badge of
mourning. --Goldsmith.
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3. (Zool.) The capuchin. See Capuchin, 3
(a) .
[1913 Webster]Capuchin \Cap`u*chin"\, n. [F. capucin a monk who wears a cowl,
fr. It. cappuccio hood. See Capoch.]
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1. (Eccl.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch
established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by
wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis.
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A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood,
resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin
monks.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) A long-tailed South American monkey ({Cabus
capucinus}), having the forehead naked and wrinkled,
with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a
monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; --
called also capucine monkey, weeper, sajou,
sapajou, and sai.
(b) Other species of Cabus, as Cabus fatuellus (the
brown capucine or horned capucine.), {Cabus
albifrons} (the cararara), and Cabus apella.
(c) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike
tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.
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Capuchin nun, one of an austere order of Franciscan nuns
which came under Capuchin rule in 1538. The order had
recently been founded by Maria Longa.
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carpet sweeper
(wn) | carpet sweeper
n 1: a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up
dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet [syn: {carpet
sweeper}, sweeper] |
chimneysweeper
(wn) | chimneysweeper
n 1: someone who cleans soot from chimneys [syn:
chimneysweeper, chimneysweep, sweep] |
minesweeper
(wn) | minesweeper
n 1: ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or
remove marine mines |
street sweeper
(wn) | street sweeper
n 1: a worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed
by a municipal sanitation department) [syn: {street
cleaner}, street sweeper] |
sweeper
(wn) | sweeper
n 1: an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
2: a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt
as the implement is pushed over a carpet [syn: {carpet
sweeper}, sweeper]
3: little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an
oblong compressed body |
minesweeper, chess, solitaire expert
(foldoc) | Minesweeper, Chess, Solitaire Expert
(MCSE) A humourous expansion of MCSE suggesting a more
realistic summary of a person's computer expertise.
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