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whips
(encz) | whips,biče n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
whips
(encz) | whips,bičuje v: Zdeněk Brož |
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horseshoe whipsnake
(encz) | horseshoe whipsnake, n: |
whipsaw
(encz) | whipsaw, |
whipstitch
(encz) | whipstitch, n: |
whipstitching
(encz) | whipstitching, n: |
Whipsaw
(gcide) | Whipsaw \Whip"saw`\, n.
1. A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a
frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw.
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2. A kind of narrow ripsaw, tapering from butt to point, with
hook teeth and averaging from 5 to 71/2 feet in length,
used by one or two men.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Whipsaw \Whip"saw`\, v. t.
1. To saw with the whipsaw.
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2. To defeat in, or cause to lose, two different bets at the
same turn or in one play, as a player at faro who has made
two bets at the same time, one that a card will lose and
another that a different card will win; hence, to defeat
in spite of every effort.
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3. to cause to suffer a setback or losses by subjecting to
two forces at the same time or in rapid succession; as,
consumers were whipsawed by both inflation and higher
sales taxes.
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4. (Finance) to cause to suffer a series of losses in trading
when buying and selling at the wrong times in a rapidly
fluctuating market; -- especially used when an attempt is
made, by selling short, to recover losses from a long
purchase in a declining market, and the short sale also
results in a loss when the market subsequently rises. Used
mostly in the passive; as, to be whipsawed by exaggerated
responses to a changing outlook.
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Whip-shaped
(gcide) | Whip-shaped \Whip"-shaped`\, a.
Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, and
tapering; as, a whip-shaped root or stem.
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Whipstaff
(gcide) | Whipstaff \Whip"staff`\, n. (Naut.)
A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering.
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Whipstalk
(gcide) | Whipstalk \Whip"stalk`\, n.
A whipstock.
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Whipster
(gcide) | Whipster \Whip"ster\, n. [Whip + -ster.]
A nimble little fellow; a whippersnapper.
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Every puny whipster gets my sword. --Shak.
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Whipstick
(gcide) | Whipstick \Whip"stick`\, n.
Whip handle; whipstock.
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Whipstitch
(gcide) | Whipstitch \Whip"stitch`\, n.
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1. A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
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2. Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty
composition. [R.] --Dryden.
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3. (Agric.) The act or process of whipstitching.
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4. A small bit; esp., a small interval of time; an instant; a
minute. [Dial. or Colloq.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Whipstitch \Whip"stitch`\, v. t.
1. (Agric.) To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. [Eng.]
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2. To sew by passing the thread over and over; to overcast;
whip.
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Whipstock
(gcide) | Whipstock \Whip"stock`\, n.
The rod or handle to which the lash of a whip is fastened.
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california whipsnake
(wn) | California whipsnake
n 1: a whipsnake of scrublands and rocky hillsides [syn:
California whipsnake, striped racer, {Masticophis
lateralis}] |
horseshoe whipsnake
(wn) | horseshoe whipsnake
n 1: slender fast-moving Eurasian snake [syn: {horseshoe
whipsnake}, Coluber hippocrepis] |
sonoran whipsnake
(wn) | Sonoran whipsnake
n 1: both terrestrial and arboreal snake of United States
southwest [syn: Sonoran whipsnake, {Masticophis
bilineatus}] |
whipsaw
(wn) | whipsaw
n 1: a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two
people [syn: two-handed saw, whipsaw, two-man saw,
lumberman's saw]
v 1: victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations
2: saw with a whipsaw |
whipsnake
(wn) | whipsnake
n 1: any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike
tails [syn: whip-snake, whip snake, whipsnake] |
whipstitch
(wn) | whipstitch
n 1: a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally [syn:
whipstitch, whipping, whipstitching] |
whipstitching
(wn) | whipstitching
n 1: a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally [syn:
whipstitch, whipping, whipstitching] |
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