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De - Pt| English Dictionary: weasel | by the DICT Development Group |
| 5 results for weasel | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Weasel \Wea"sel\, n. [OE. wesele, AS. wesle; akin to D. wezel, G. wiesel, OHG. wisala, Icel. hreyiv[c6]sla, Dan. v[84]sel, Sw. vessla; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. [?], [?], cat, weasel.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus {Putorius}, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons. {Malacca weasel}, the rasse. {Weasel coot}, a female or young male of the smew; -- so called from the resemblance of the head to that of a weasel. Called also {weasel duck}. {Weasel lemur}, a short-tailed lemur ({Lepilemur mustelinus}). It is reddish brown above, grayish brown below, with the throat white. | |
| From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
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weasel n. [Cambridge] A naive user, one who deliberately or accidentally does things that are stupid or ill-advised. Roughly synonymous with {loser}. | |
| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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weasel or accidentally does things that are stupid or ill-advised. Roughly synonymous with {loser}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-21) | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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Weasel (Heb. holedh), enumerated among unclean animals (Lev. 11:29). Some think that this Hebrew word rather denotes the mole (Spalax typhlus) common in Palestine. There is no sufficient reason, however, to depart from the usual translation. The weasel tribe are common also in Palestine. | |
