Gnat : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Gnat	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Gnat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gnat n any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies (British usage) mosquito
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gnat \Gnat\, n. [AS. gn[91]t.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus {Culex}, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See {Mosquito}. 2. Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a small biting fly of the genus {Simulium} and allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc. {Gnat catcher} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of small American singing birds, of the genus {Polioptila}, allied to the kinglets. {Gnat flower}, the bee flower. {Gnat hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the European goatsucker; -- called also {gnat owl}. {Gnat snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a bird that catches gnats. {Gnat strainer}, a person ostentatiously punctilious about trifles. Cf. --Matt. xxiii. 24.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Gnat An {Ada} {compiler} written in {Ada} using the {gcc} {code generator} to allow easy {porting} to a variety of {platforms}. Gnat is the only Ada compiler that completely implements the Ada standard, including all the annexes. The compiler is released under the {GNU} license and is currently maintained by {Ada Core Technologies} (ACT). {Home (http://www.gnat.com/)}. (1999-06-24)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Gnat only in Matt. 23:24, a small two-winged stinging fly of the genus Culex, which includes mosquitoes. Our Lord alludes here to the gnat in a proverbial expression probably in common use, "who strain out the gnat;" the words in the Authorized Version, "strain at a gnat," being a mere typographical error, which has been corrected in the Revised Version. The custom of filtering wine for this purpose was common among the Jews. It was founded on Lev. 11:23. It is supposed that the "lice," Ex. 8:16 (marg. R.V., "sand-flies"), were a species of gnat.