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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_195696" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_195696" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) The system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; </p> <p> (2): (n.) A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel. </p> <p> (3): (n.) the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; as, to pull the wires for office. </p> <p> (4): (v. i.) To send a telegraphic message. </p> <p> (5): (v. i.) To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream. </p> <p> (6): (n.) A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire. </p> <p> (7): (v. t.) To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors. </p> <p> (8): (v. t.) To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads. </p> <p> (9): (v. t.) To snare by means of a wire or wires. </p> <p> (10): (v. t.) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot. </p> <p> (11): (v. t.) To send (a message) by telegraph. </p> <p> (12): (n.) One who picks women's pockets. </p> <p> (13): (n.) A knitting needle. </p> <p> (14): (n.) A wire stretching across over a race track at the judges' stand, to mark the line at which the races end. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; as, to pull the wires for office. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To send a telegraphic message. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To snare by means of a wire or wires. </p> <p> '''(10):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot. </p> <p> '''(11):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To send (a message) by telegraph. </p> <p> '''(12):''' ''' (''' n.) One who picks women's pockets. </p> <p> '''(13):''' ''' (''' n.) A knitting needle. </p> <p> '''(14):''' ''' (''' n.) A wire stretching across over a race track at the judges' stand, to mark the line at which the races end. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_66077" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_66077" /> == | ||
<p> (פָּתַיל , | <p> ( '''''פָּתַיל''''' '',Pathil,'' Exodus 39:3, a [[Line]] or ''Thread,'' as rendered in Judges 16:9; Ezekiel 40:3). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 16:37, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show;
(2): ( n.) A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.
(3): ( n.) the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; as, to pull the wires for office.
(4): ( v. i.) To send a telegraphic message.
(5): ( v. i.) To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.
(6): ( n.) A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.
(7): ( v. t.) To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
(8): ( v. t.) To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
(9): ( v. t.) To snare by means of a wire or wires.
(10): ( v. t.) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
(11): ( v. t.) To send (a message) by telegraph.
(12): ( n.) One who picks women's pockets.
(13): ( n.) A knitting needle.
(14): ( n.) A wire stretching across over a race track at the judges' stand, to mark the line at which the races end.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
( פָּתַיל ,Pathil, Exodus 39:3, a Line or Thread, as rendered in Judges 16:9; Ezekiel 40:3).
