English Dictionary: pull along | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Philhellene \Phil*hel"lene\, n. A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist. --Emerson. | |
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Philhellenic \Phil`hel*len"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to philhellenism. | |
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Philhellenism \Phil*hel"len*ism\, n. Love of Greece. | |
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Philhellenist \Phil*hel"len*ist\, n. [Philo- + Gr. [?] a Greek: cf. F. philhell[8a]ne.] A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause of the Greeks; particularly, one who supported them in their struggle for independence against the Turks; a philhellene. | |
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Woodcock \Wood"cock`\, n. [AS. wuducoc.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera {Scolopax} and {Philohela}. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds. Note: The most important species are the European ({Scolopax rusticola}) and the American woodcock ({Philohela minor}), which agree very closely in appearance and habits. 2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.] If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you Run your neck into the noose, and cry, [bd]A woodcock![b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Little woodcock}. (a) The common American snipe. (b) The European snipe. {Sea woodcock fish}, the bellows fish. {Woodcock owl}, the short-eared owl ({Asio brachyotus}). {Woodcock shell}, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus {Murex}, having a very long canal, with or without spines. {Woodcock snipe}. See under {Snipe}. | |
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Philohellenian \Phil`o*hel*le"ni*an\, n. A philhellenist. | |
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Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\ (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS. pl[d3]h; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh, Icel. pl[d3]gr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug', Lith. plugas.] 1. A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow. Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow. --Dryden. 2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. --Johnson. 3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.] Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five. --Tale of Gamelyn. 4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane. 5. (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books. 6. (Astron.) Same as {Charles's Wain}. {Ice plow}, a plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds, etc., into cakes suitable for storing. [U. S.] {Mackerel plow}. See under {Mackerel}. {Plow alms}, a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the church. --Cowell. {Plow beam}, that part of the frame of a plow to which the draught is applied. See {Beam}, n., 9. {Plow Monday}, the Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of Christmas holidays. {Plow staff}. (a) A kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning the plowshare; a paddle staff. (b) A plow handle. {Snow plow}, a structure, usually [LAMBDA]-shaped, for removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., -- drawn or driven by a horse or a locomotive. | |
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Plowgate \Plow"gate`\, Ploughgate \Plough"gate`\, n. The Scotch equivalent of the English word {plowland}. Not having one plowgate of land. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Plowland \Plow"land`\, Plougland \Ploug"land`\, n. 1. Land that is plowed, or suitable for tillage. 2. (O. Eng. Law) the quantity of land allotted for the work of one plow; a hide. | |
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Plowgate \Plow"gate`\, Ploughgate \Plough"gate`\, n. The Scotch equivalent of the English word {plowland}. Not having one plowgate of land. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Plowland \Plow"land`\, Plougland \Ploug"land`\, n. 1. Land that is plowed, or suitable for tillage. 2. (O. Eng. Law) the quantity of land allotted for the work of one plow; a hide. | |
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Gurnard \Gur"nard\, Gurnet \Gur"net\n. [OF. gornal, gournal, gornart, perh. akin to F. grogner to grunt; cf. Ir. guirnead gurnard.] (Zo[94]l.) One ofseveral European marine fishes, of the genus Trigla and allied genera, having a large and spiny head, with mailed cheeks. Some of the species are highly esteemed for food. The name is sometimes applied to the American sea robins. [Written also {gournet}.] {Plyling gurnard}. See under {Flying}. |