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Billiard
Billiard Bil"liard, a.
Of or pertaining to the game of billiards. ``Smooth as is a
billiard ball.' --B. Jonson.
BilliardsBilliards Bil"liards, n. [F. billiard billiards, OF. billart
staff, cue form playing, fr. bille log. See Billet a
stick.]
A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular
table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel
his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom
upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the
pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished. BrilliantBrilliant Bril"liant, n. [F. brillant. See Brilliant, a.]
1. A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into
faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light,
by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the
middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which
is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a
bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to
the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of
elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose
diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the
surface, and is flat below.
This snuffbox -- on the hinge see brilliants shine.
--Pope.
2. (Print.) The smallest size of type used in England
printing.
Note: This line is printed in the type called Brilliant.
3. A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving. BrilliantBrilliant Bril"liant (br[i^]l"yant), a. [F. brillant, p. pr.
of briller to shine or sparkle (cf. Pr. & Sp. brillar, It.
brillare), fr. L. beryllus a precious stone of sea-green
color, Prov. It. brill. See Beryl.]
1. Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a
brilliant star.
2. Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration;
splendid; shining; as, brilliant talents.
Washington was more solicitous to avoid fatal
mistakes than to perform brilliant exploits.
--Fisher Ames.
Syn: See Shining. BrilliantineBrilliantine Bril"lian*tine, n. [F. brillantine. See lst
Brilliant.]
1. An oily composition used to make the hair glossy.
2. A dress fabric having a glossy finish on both sides,
resembling alpaca but of superior quality. Brilliantly
Brilliantly Bril"liant*ly, adv.
In a brilliant manner.
Brilliantness
Brilliantness Bril"liant*ness, n.
Brilliancy; splendor; glitter.
Cargillia arborea Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
the Prunus domestica are described; among them the
greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or
Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are
some of the best known.
Note: Among the true plums are;
Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or
purple globular drupes,
Bullace plum. See Bullace.
Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its
round red drupes.
Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
much grown in England for sale in the markets.
Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or
yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several
other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other
genera than Prunus, are;
Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and C. australis, of
the same family with the persimmon.
Blood plum, the West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri.
Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine.
Date plum. See under Date.
Gingerbread plum, the West African Parinarium
macrophyllum.
Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime.
Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea.
Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia.
2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the
person possessing it.
Plum bird, Plum budder (Zo["o]l.), the European
bullfinch.
Plum gouger (Zo["o]l.), a weevil, or curculio (Coccotorus
scutellaris), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
Plum weevil (Zo["o]l.), an American weevil which is very
destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other
stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and plum
curculio. See Illust. under Curculio. GailliardeGailliarde Gail*liarde", n. [See Galliard a dance.]
A lively French and Italian dance. lawn billiardsTroco Tro"co, n.
An old English game; -- called also lawn billiards. Milliampere
Milliampere Mil`li*am`p[`e]re", n. [Milli- + amp[`e]re.]
(Elec.)
The thousandth part of one amp[`e]re.
MilliardMilliard Mil`liard", n. [F., from mille, mil, thousand, L.
mille.]
A thousand millions; -- called also billion. See Billion. MilliariesMilliary Mil"li*a*ry, n.; pl. Milliaries. [L. milliarium.
See Milliary, a.]
A milestone. MilliaryMilliary Mil"li*a*ry, a. [L. milliarius containing a thousand,
fr. mille thousand: cf. F. milliaire milliary. See Mile.]
Of or pertaining to a mile, or to distance by miles; denoting
a mile or miles.
A milliary column, from which they used to compute the
distance of all the cities and places of note.
--Evelyn. MilliaryMilliary Mil"li*a*ry, n.; pl. Milliaries. [L. milliarium.
See Milliary, a.]
A milestone. Neillia or Spiraea opulifoliaNine-bark Nine"-bark`, n. (Bot.)
A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, or Spir[ae]a,
opulifolia), common in the Northern United States. The bark
separates into many thin layers, whence the name. Priscillianist
Priscillianist Pris*cil"lian*ist, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
A follower of Priscillian, bishop of Avila in Spain, in the
fourth century, who mixed various elements of Gnosticism and
Manicheism with Christianity.
Spilliard fishingSpillet fishing Spil"let fish`ing, Spilliard fishing
Spil"liard fish`ing,
A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks
set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called
trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and
long-line fishing. Sweet WilliamSweet Sweet, a. [Compar. Sweeter; superl. Sweetest.] [OE.
swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[=e]te; akin to OFries. sw[=e]te,
OS. sw[=o]ti, D. zoet, G. s["u]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[ae]tr,
s[oe]tr, Sw. s["o]t, Dan. s["o]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for
suadvis, Gr. ?, Skr. sv[=a]du sweet, svad, sv[=a]d, to
sweeten. [root]175. Cf. Assuage, Suave, Suasion.]
1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar;
saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet
beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a
sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.
--Longfellow.
3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the
sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet
voice; a sweet singer.
To make his English sweet upon his tongue.
--Chaucer.
A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne.
4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair;
as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods,
and plains. --Milton.
5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon.
6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically:
(a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread.
(b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as,
sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.
7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable;
winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades?
--Job xxxviii.
31.
Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one
established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold.
Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured,
sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc.
Sweet alyssum. (Bot.) See Alyssum.
Sweet apple. (Bot.)
(a) Any apple of sweet flavor.
(b) See Sweet-top.
Sweet bay. (Bot.)
(a) The laurel (laurus nobilis).
(b) Swamp sassafras.
Sweet calabash (Bot.), a plant of the genus Passiflora
(P. maliformis) growing in the West Indies, and
producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple.
Sweet cicely. (Bot.)
(a) Either of the North American plants of the
umbelliferous genus Osmorrhiza having aromatic roots
and seeds, and white flowers. --Gray.
(b) A plant of the genus Myrrhis (M. odorata) growing
in England.
Sweet calamus, or Sweet cane. (Bot.) Same as Sweet
flag, below.
Sweet Cistus (Bot.), an evergreen shrub (Cistus Ladanum)
from which the gum ladanum is obtained.
Sweet clover. (Bot.) See Melilot.
Sweet coltsfoot (Bot.), a kind of butterbur (Petasites
sagittata) found in Western North America.
Sweet corn (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste.
See the Note under Corn.
Sweet fern (Bot.), a small North American shrub
(Comptonia, or Myrica, asplenifolia) having
sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves.
Sweet flag (Bot.), an endogenous plant (Acorus Calamus)
having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent
aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and
America. See Calamus, 2.
Sweet gale (Bot.), a shrub (Myrica Gale) having bitter
fragrant leaves; -- also called sweet willow, and Dutch
myrtle. See 5th Gale.
Sweet grass (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass.
Sweet gum (Bot.), an American tree (Liquidambar
styraciflua). See Liquidambar.
Sweet herbs, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary
purposes.
Sweet John (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William.
Sweet leaf (Bot.), horse sugar. See under Horse.
Sweet marjoram. (Bot.) See Marjoram.
Sweet marten (Zo["o]l.), the pine marten.
Sweet maudlin (Bot.), a composite plant (Achillea
Ageratum) allied to milfoil.
Sweet oil, olive oil.
Sweet pea. (Bot.) See under Pea.
Sweet potato. (Bot.) See under Potato.
Sweet rush (Bot.), sweet flag.
Sweet spirits of niter (Med. Chem.) See Spirit of nitrous
ether, under Spirit.
Sweet sultan (Bot.), an annual composite plant (Centaurea
moschata), also, the yellow-flowered (C. odorata); --
called also sultan flower.
Sweet tooth, an especial fondness for sweet things or for
sweetmeats. [Colloq.]
Sweet William.
(a) (Bot.) A species of pink (Dianthus barbatus) of many
varieties.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) The willow warbler.
(c) (Zo["o]l.) The European goldfinch; -- called also
sweet Billy. [Prov. Eng.]
Sweet willow (Bot.), sweet gale.
Sweet wine. See Dry wine, under Dry.
To be sweet on, to have a particular fondness for, or
special interest in, as a young man for a young woman.
[Colloq.] --Thackeray.
Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious. To nurse billiard ballsNurse Nurse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nursed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nursing.]
1. To nourish; to cherish; to foster; as:
(a) To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend,
as an infant.
(b) To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an
invalid; to attend upon.
Sons wont to nurse their parents in old age.
--Milton.
Him in Egerian groves Aricia bore, And nursed
his youth along the marshy shore. --Dryden.
2. To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid
condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants,
animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by,
attention. ``To nurse the saplings tall.' --Milton.
By what hands [has vice] been nursed into so
uncontrolled a dominion? --Locke.
3. To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase;
as, to nurse our national resources.
4. To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does. --A. Trollope.
To nurse billiard balls, to strike them gently and so as to
keep them in good position during a series of caroms.
Meaning of Illia from wikipedia
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Illia may
refer to:
Illia (Ukrainian: Ілля), the
Ukrainian male
given name and a
variant of Ilya
Arturo Umberto Illia, an
Argentine politician. This disambiguation...
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Illia Borysovych Zabarnyi (Ukrainian: Ілля Борисович Забарний; born 1
September 2002) is a
Ukrainian professional footballer who
plays as a centre-back...
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Illia Volodymyrovych Kyva (2 June 1977 – 6
December 2023) was a
Ukrainian politician who was a
member of the
Verkhovna Rada (the
Ukrainian parliament)...
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Arturo Umberto Illia (Spanish pronunciation: [aɾˈtuɾo wmˈbeɾto ˈilja]; 4
August 1900 – 18
January 1983) was an
Argentine politician and physician, who...
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Illia Ihorovych Nyzhnyk (Ukrainian: Ілля Ігорович Нижник; born
September 27, 1996) is a
Ukrainian chess grandmaster (2011). He was born in Vinnytsia,...
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Illia Ponomarenko (Ukrainian: Ілля Пономаренко; born 25
February 1992) is a
Ukrainian journalist, war
reporter and
defense analyst writing for The Kyiv...
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Illia Charheika (Belarusian: Ілья Чаргейка; born 15
April 1993) is a
Belarusian sports shooter. He
competed in the Men's 10
metre air
rifle event at the...
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Illia Mykhalchyk (born
August 17, 1996), is a
motorcycle racer from Kyiv, Ukraine, who has
competed in the 2022 FIM
Endurance World Championship and Superbike...
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Eliasz Aleksander Ostrogski (1510–1539), also
known as
Illia Ostrogski, was the only son of
Konstanty Ostrogski from his
first marriage with
Tatiana Koretska...
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Illia Yuriiovych Kovtun (Ukrainian: Ілля Юрійович Ковтун; born 10
August 2003) is a
Ukrainian artistic gymnast who
competed at the 2020
Olympic Games...
