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== 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> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75370" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75370" /> == | ||
<p> 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. </p> | <p> 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. </p> | ||
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Revision as of 10:07, 12 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.
