slovodefinícia
winkle
(encz)
winkle,druh mořských plžů n: Zdeněk Brož
Winkle
(gcide)
Winkle \Win"kle\, n. [AS. wincle.] (Zool.)
(a) Any periwinkle. --Holland.
(b) Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the
United States, either of two species of Fulgar ({Fulgar
canaliculata}, and Fulgar carica).
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Note: These are large mollusks which often destroy large
numbers of oysters by drilling their shells and sucking
their blood.
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Sting winkle, a European spinose marine shell ({Murex
erinaceus}). See Illust. of Murex.
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winkle
(wn)
winkle
n 1: small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked [syn:
periwinkle, winkle]
2: edible marine gastropod [syn: periwinkle, winkle]
v 1: emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a
constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
[syn: twinkle, winkle, scintillate]
2: gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
[syn: flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle]
3: remove or displace from a position [syn: winkle, {winkle
out}]
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madagascar periwinkle
(gcide)
madagascar periwinkle \madagascar periwinkle\ n. (Bot.)
A commonly cultivated Old World woody herb (Vinca rosea)
having large pinkish to red flowers.

Syn: periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old
maid, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine,
Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea.
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Periwinkle
(gcide)
Periwinkle \Per"i*win`kle\, n. [From AS. pinewincla a shellfish,
in which pine- is fr. L. pina, pinna, a kind of mussel, akin
to Gr. ?. Cf. Winkle.] (Zool.)
Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina.
The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe
extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized
abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina.
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Note: In America the name is often applied to several large
univalves, as Fulgur carica, and {Fulgur
canaliculata}.
[1913 Webster]Periwinkle \Per"i*win`kle\, n. [OE. pervenke, AS. pervince, fr.
L. pervinca.] (Bot.)
A trailing herb of the genus Vinca.
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Note: The common perwinkle (Vinca minor) has opposite
evergreen leaves and solitary blue or white flowers in
their axils. In America it is often miscalled myrtle.
See under Myrtle.
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pilliewinkles
(gcide)
Pinnywinkles \Pin"ny*win`kles\, n. pl.
An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes
into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs.
[Written also pilliewinkles.] [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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Pinnywinkles
(gcide)
Pinnywinkles \Pin"ny*win`kles\, n. pl.
An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes
into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs.
[Written also pilliewinkles.] [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster] Pinochle
Sting winkle
(gcide)
Sting \Sting\, n. [AS. sting a sting. See Sting, v. t.]
1. (Zool.) Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially
when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict
a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion.
The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The
caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified
dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang
of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.
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2. (Bot.) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which
secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these
hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid
is pressed into it.
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3. Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the
stings of remorse; the stings of reproach.
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The sting of death is sin. --1 Cor. xv.
56.
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4. The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging;
a wound inflicted by stinging. "The lurking serpent's
mortal sting." --Shak.
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5. A goad; incitement. --Shak.
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6. The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
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Sting moth (Zool.), an Australian moth ({Doratifera
vulnerans}) whose larva is armed, at each end of the body,
with four tubercles bearing powerful stinging organs.

Sting ray. (Zool.) See under 6th Ray.

Sting winkle (Zool.), a spinose marine univalve shell of
the genus Murex, as the European species ({Murex
erinaceus}). See Illust. of Murex.
[1913 Webster]Winkle \Win"kle\, n. [AS. wincle.] (Zool.)
(a) Any periwinkle. --Holland.
(b) Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the
United States, either of two species of Fulgar ({Fulgar
canaliculata}, and Fulgar carica).
[1913 Webster]

Note: These are large mollusks which often destroy large
numbers of oysters by drilling their shells and sucking
their blood.
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Sting winkle, a European spinose marine shell ({Murex
erinaceus}). See Illust. of Murex.
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Twinkle
(gcide)
Twinkle \Twin"kle\ (tw[i^][ng]"k'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Twinkled (tw[i^][ng]"k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Twinkling
(tw[i^][ng]"kl[i^]ng).] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to
OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps
to E. twitch.]
1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
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The owl fell a moping and twinkling. --L' Estrange.
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2. To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light;
to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.
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These stars do not twinkle when viewed through
telescopes that have large apertures. --Sir I.
Newton.
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The western sky twinkled with stars. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]Twinkle \Twin"kle\, n.
1. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a
wink or sparkle of the eye.
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Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye,
The damsel broke his misintended dart. --Spenser.
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2. A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
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3. The time of a wink; a twinkling. --Dryden.
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Twinkled
(gcide)
Twinkle \Twin"kle\ (tw[i^][ng]"k'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Twinkled (tw[i^][ng]"k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Twinkling
(tw[i^][ng]"kl[i^]ng).] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to
OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps
to E. twitch.]
1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
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The owl fell a moping and twinkling. --L' Estrange.
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2. To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light;
to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.
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These stars do not twinkle when viewed through
telescopes that have large apertures. --Sir I.
Newton.
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The western sky twinkled with stars. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Twinkler
(gcide)
Twinkler \Twin"kler\, n.
One who, or that which, twinkles, or winks; a winker; an eye.
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Winkle
(gcide)
Winkle \Win"kle\, n. [AS. wincle.] (Zool.)
(a) Any periwinkle. --Holland.
(b) Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the
United States, either of two species of Fulgar ({Fulgar
canaliculata}, and Fulgar carica).
[1913 Webster]

Note: These are large mollusks which often destroy large
numbers of oysters by drilling their shells and sucking
their blood.
[1913 Webster]

Sting winkle, a European spinose marine shell ({Murex
erinaceus}). See Illust. of Murex.
[1913 Webster]
Winkle-hawk
(gcide)
Winkle-hawk \Win"kle-hawk`\, n. [D. winkel-haak a carpenter's
square.]
A rectangular rent made in cloth; -- called also
winkle-hole. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett.
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winkle-hole
(gcide)
Winkle-hawk \Win"kle-hawk`\, n. [D. winkel-haak a carpenter's
square.]
A rectangular rent made in cloth; -- called also
winkle-hole. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett.
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cape periwinkle
(wn)
Cape periwinkle
n 1: commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large
pinkish to red flowers [syn: periwinkle, {rose
periwinkle}, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, {Cape
periwinkle}, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine,
Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea]
large periwinkle
(wn)
large periwinkle
n 1: plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes
[syn: large periwinkle, Vinca major]
madagascar periwinkle
(wn)
Madagascar periwinkle
n 1: commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large
pinkish to red flowers [syn: periwinkle, {rose
periwinkle}, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, {Cape
periwinkle}, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine,
Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea]
periwinkle
(wn)
periwinkle
n 1: chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
2: commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish
to red flowers [syn: periwinkle, rose periwinkle,
Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, Cape periwinkle, {red
periwinkle}, cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, {Vinca
rosea}]
3: small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked [syn:
periwinkle, winkle]
4: edible marine gastropod [syn: periwinkle, winkle]
periwinkle plant derivative
(wn)
periwinkle plant derivative
n 1: an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer
red periwinkle
(wn)
red periwinkle
n 1: commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large
pinkish to red flowers [syn: periwinkle, {rose
periwinkle}, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, {Cape
periwinkle}, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine,
Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea]
rip van winkle
(wn)
Rip van Winkle
n 1: a person oblivious to social changes
2: a person who sleeps a lot
3: the title character in a story by Washington Irving about a
man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world
when he wakens
rose periwinkle
(wn)
rose periwinkle
n 1: commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large
pinkish to red flowers [syn: periwinkle, {rose
periwinkle}, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, {Cape
periwinkle}, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine,
Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea]
twinkle
(wn)
twinkle
n 1: a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash [syn:
twinkle, scintillation, sparkling]
2: merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of
countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a
perpetual twinkle in his eyes" [syn: sparkle, twinkle,
spark, light]
v 1: gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
[syn: flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle]
2: emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a
constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
[syn: twinkle, winkle, scintillate]
twinkler
(wn)
twinkler
n 1: an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent
flickering manner
winkle out
(wn)
winkle out
v 1: force from a place or position; "The committee winkled out
the unqualified candidates"
2: remove or displace from a position [syn: winkle, {winkle
out}]
twinkle
(vera)
TWINKLE
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