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ArresterArrester Ar*rest"er, n.
1. One who arrests.
2. (Scots Law) The person at whose suit an arrestment is
made. [Also written arrestor.] ForesterForester For"est*er, n. [F. forestier, LL. forestarius.]
1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an
officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
2. An inhabitant of a forest. --Wordsworth.
3. A forest tree. [R.] --Evelyn.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia
and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A.
octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to
the grapevine. Lightning arresterLightning Light"ning (l[imac]t"n[i^]ng), n. [For lightening,
fr. lighten to flash.]
1. A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a
vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another,
sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by
the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere
constitutes thunder.
2. The act of making bright, or the state of being made
bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental
powers. [R.]
Ball lightning, a rare form of lightning sometimes seen as
a globe of fire moving from the clouds to the earth.
Chain lightning, lightning in angular, zigzag, or forked
flashes.
Heat lightning, more or less vivid and extensive flashes of
electric light, without thunder, seen near the horizon,
esp. at the close of a hot day.
Lightning arrester (Telegraphy), a device, at the place
where a wire enters a building, for preventing injury by
lightning to an operator or instrument. It consists of a
short circuit to the ground interrupted by a thin
nonconductor over which lightning jumps. Called also
lightning discharger.
Lightning bug (Zo["o]l.), a luminous beetle. See Firefly.
Lightning conductor, a lightning rod.
Lightning glance, a quick, penetrating glance of a
brilliant eye.
Lightning rod, a metallic rod set up on a building, or on
the mast of a vessel, and connected with the earth or
water below, for the purpose of protecting the building or
vessel from lightning.
Sheet lightning, a diffused glow of electric light flashing
out from the clouds, and illumining their outlines. The
appearance is sometimes due to the reflection of light
from distant flashes of lightning by the nearer clouds. Prester
Prester Pres"ter, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, from ? to kindle or
burn, and ? to blow up, swell out by blowing.]
1. A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from
the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set
on fire. [Obs.]
2. pl. One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger
or other excitement. [Obs.]
PresterPrester Pres"ter, n. [OF. prestre. See Priest.]
A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John. [Obs.] PresternalPresternum Pre*ster"num, n. [NL.] (Anat.)
The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium. --
Pre*ster"nal, a. PresternumPresternum Pre*ster"num, n. [NL.] (Anat.)
The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium. --
Pre*ster"nal, a. Spark arresterSpark Spark, n. [OE. sparke, AS. spearca; akin to D. spark,
sperk; cf. Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. sprag["e]ti, Gr. ?
a bursting with a noise, Skr. sph?rj to crackle, to thunder.
Cf. Speak.]
1. A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is
emitted by a body in combustion.
Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
--Job v. 7.
2. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
3. That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or
into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle. ``If
any spark of life be yet remaining.' --Shak. ``Small
intellectual spark.' --Macaulay. ``Vital spark of
heavenly flame.' --Pope.
We have here and there a little clear light, some
sparks of bright knowledge. --Locke.
Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark.
--Wordsworth.
Spark arrester, a contrivance to prevent the escape of
sparks while it allows the passage of gas, -- chiefly used
in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called
also spark consumer. [U.S.] Vine foresterVine Vine, n. [F. vigne, L. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus
of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See Wine, and
cf. Vignette.] (Bot.)
(a) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.
(b) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender
stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs
by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing
anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper;
as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons,
squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
There shall be no grapes on the vine. --Jer.
viii. 13.
And one went out into the field to gather herbs,
and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild
gourds. --2 Kings iv.
89.
Vine apple (Bot.), a small kind of squash. --Roger
Williams.
Vine beetle (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
beetles which are injurious to the leaves or branches of
the grapevine. Among the more important species are the
grapevine fidia (see Fidia), the spotted Pelidnota
(see Rutilian), the vine fleabeetle (Graptodera
chalybea), the rose beetle (see under Rose), the vine
weevil, and several species of Colaspis and Anomala.
Vine borer. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of beetles whose larv[ae]
bore in the wood or pith of the grapevine, especially
Sinoxylon basilare, a small species the larva of
which bores in the stems, and Ampeloglypter
sesostris, a small reddish brown weevil (called also
vine weevil), which produces knotlike galls on the
branches.
(b) A clearwing moth ([AE]geria polistiformis), whose
larva bores in the roots of the grapevine and is often
destructive.
Vine dragon, an old and fruitless branch of a vine. [Obs.]
--Holland.
Vine forester (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
moths belonging to Alypia and allied genera, whose
larv[ae] feed on the leaves of the grapevine.
Vine fretter (Zo["o]l.), a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera
that injuries the grapevine.
Vine grub (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of insect
larv[ae] that are injurious to the grapevine.
Vine hopper (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of leaf
hoppers which suck the sap of the grapevine, especially
Erythroneura vitis. See Illust. of Grape hopper, under
Grape.
Vine inchworm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of any species of
geometrid moths which feed on the leaves of the grapevine,
especially Cidaria diversilineata.
Vine-leaf rooer (Zo["o]l.), a small moth (Desmia
maculalis) whose larva makes a nest by rolling up the
leaves of the grapevine. The moth is brownish black,
spotted with white.
Vine louse (Zo["o]l.), the phylloxera.
Vine mildew (Bot.), a fungous growth which forms a white,
delicate, cottony layer upon the leaves, young shoots, and
fruit of the vine, causing brown spots upon the green
parts, and finally a hardening and destruction of the
vitality of the surface. The plant has been called Oidium
Tuckeri, but is now thought to be the conidia-producing
stage of an Erysiphe.
Vine of Sodom (Bot.), a plant named in the Bible (--Deut.
xxxii. 32), now thought to be identical with the apple of
Sodom. See Apple of Sodom, under Apple.
Vine sawfly (Zo["o]l.), a small black sawfiy (Selandria
vitis) whose larva feeds upon the leaves of the
grapevine. The larv[ae] stand side by side in clusters
while feeding.
Vine slug (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the vine sawfly.
Vine sorrel (Bot.), a climbing plant (Cissus acida)
related to the grapevine, and having acid leaves. It is
found in Florida and the West Indies.
Vine sphinx (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of hawk
moths. The larv[ae] feed on grapevine leaves.
Vine weevil. (Zo["o]l.) See Vine borer
(a) above, and Wound gall, under Wound. Wrester
Wrester Wrest"er, n.
One who wrests.
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