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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_135184" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_135184" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (v. i.) To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude. </p> <p> (2): (v. i.) To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken. </p> <p> (3): (v. t.) To spout; to emit in a stream or jet. </p> <p> (4): (v. i.) To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out. </p> <p> (5): (n.) The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold. </p> <p> (6): (n.) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument. </p> <p> (7): (n.) A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet. </p> <p> (8): (n.) A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber. </p> <p> (9): (n.) Same as 2d Get. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To spout; to emit in a stream or jet. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' n.) A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' n.) A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' n.) Same as 2d Get. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75370" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75370" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 17:34, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. i.) To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
(2): ( v. i.) To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
(3): ( v. t.) To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.
(4): ( v. i.) To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
(5): ( n.) The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.
(6): ( n.) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
(7): ( n.) A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet.
(8): ( n.) A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber.
(9): ( n.) Same as 2d Get.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A hard, black, bituminous lignite, capable of an excellent polish and easily carved, hence useful for trinkets and ornaments, which have been made of it from very early times; is found in France, Spain, and Saxony, but the best supplies come from Whitby, Yorkshire.
