English Dictionary: earmark | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lyme grass \Lyme" grass`\ (Bot.) A coarse perennial grass of several species of {Elymus}, esp. {E. Canadensis}, and the European {E. arenarius}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Earmark \Ear"mark`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Earmarked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Earmarking}.] To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Earmark \Ear"mark`\, n. 1. A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting. 2. A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark. Money is said to have no earmark. --Wharton. Flying, he [a slave] should be described by the rounding of his head, and his earmark. --Robynson (More's Utopia). A set of intellectual ideas . . . have earmarks upon them, no tokens of a particular proprietor. --Burrow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Earmark \Ear"mark`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Earmarked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Earmarking}.] To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Earmark \Ear"mark`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Earmarked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Earmarking}.] To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Irenarch \I"re*narch\, n. [L. irenarcha, irenarches, Gr. [?]; [?] peace + [?] to rule.] (Gr. Antiq.) An officer in the Greek empire having functions corresponding to those of a justice of the peace. [Written also {eirenarch}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eirenarch \Ei`re*narch\, n. [See {Irenarch}.] (Gr. Antiq.) A justice of the peace; irenarch. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Irenarch \I"re*narch\, n. [L. irenarcha, irenarches, Gr. [?]; [?] peace + [?] to rule.] (Gr. Antiq.) An officer in the Greek empire having functions corresponding to those of a justice of the peace. [Written also {eirenarch}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eirenarch \Ei`re*narch\, n. [See {Irenarch}.] (Gr. Antiq.) A justice of the peace; irenarch. |