English Dictionary: runner bean | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swordfish \Sword"fish`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A very large oceanic fish ({Xiphias gladius}), the only representative of the family {Xiphiid[91]}. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long. (b) The gar pike. (c) The cutlass fish. 2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. See {Dorado}, 1. {Swordfish sucker} (Zo[94]l.), a remora ({Remora brachyptera}) which attaches itself to the swordfish. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Remora \[d8]Rem"o*ra\ (r?m"?*r?), n. [L.: cf. F. r[82]mora.] 1. Delay; obstacle; hindrance. [Obs.] --Milton. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of fishes belonging to {Echeneis}, {Remora}, and allied genera. Called also {sucking fish}. Note: The anterior dorsal fin is converted into a large sucking disk, having two transverse rows of lamell[91], situated on the top of the head. They adhere firmly to sharks and other large fishes and to vessels by this curious sucker, letting go at will. The pegador, or remora of sharks ({Echeneis naucrates}), and the swordfish remora ({Remora brachyptera}), are common American species. 3. (Surg.) An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain parts in their places. --Dunglison. | |
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Renerve \Re*nerve"\ (r?-n?rv"), v. t. To nerve again; to give new vigor to; to reinvigorate. | |
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Rhubarb \Rhu"barb\, n. [F. rhubarbe, OF. rubarbe, rheubarbe, reubarbare, reobarbe, LL. rheubarbarum for rheum barbarum, Gr. [?][?][?] (and [?][?]) rhubarb, from the river Rha (the Volga) on whose banks it grew. Originally, therefore, it was the barbarian plant from the Rha. Cf. {Barbarous}, {Rhaponticine}.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus {Rheum} and order {Polygonace[91]}. 2. The large and fleshy leafstalks of {Rheum Rhaponticum} and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also {pieplant}. 3. (Med.) The root of several species of {Rheum}, used much as a cathartic medicine. {Monk's rhubarb}. (Bot.) See under {Monk}. {Turkey rhubarb} (Med.), the roots of {Rheum Emodi}. | |
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Pieplant \Pie"plant`\, n. (Bot.) A plant ({Rheum Rhaponticum}) the leafstalks of which are acid, and are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb. | |
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Thunderworm \Thun"der*worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small, footless, burrowing, snakelike lizard ({Rhineura Floridana}) allied to Amphisb[91]na, native of Florida; -- so called because it leaves its burrows after a thundershower. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Marble \Mar"ble\, n. [OE. marbel, marbre, F. marbre, L. marmor, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to sparkle, flash. Cf. {Marmoreal}.] 1. A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc. Note: {Breccia marble} consists of limestone fragments cemented together. {Ruin marble}, when polished, shows forms resembling ruins, due to disseminated iron oxide. {Shell marble} contains fossil shells. {Statuary marble} is a pure, white, fine-grained kind, including Parian (from Paros) and Carrara marble. If coarsely granular it is called saccharoidal. 2. A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art, or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of such works; as, the Arundel or Arundelian marbles; the Elgin marbles. 3. A little ball of marble, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles. Note: Marble is also much used in self-explaining compounds; when used figuratively in compounds it commonly means, hard, cold, destitute of compassion or feeling; as, marble-breasted, marble-faced, marble-hearted. |