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Birdcatching
Birdcatching Bird"catch`ing, n.
The art, act, or occupation or catching birds or wild fowls.
Catching
Catching Catch"ing a.
1. Infectious; contagious.
2. Captivating; alluring.
CatchingCatching Catch"ing, n.
The act of seizing or taking hold of.
Catching bargain (Law), a bargain made with an heir
expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an
inadequate price. --Bouvier. Catching bargainCatching Catch"ing, n.
The act of seizing or taking hold of.
Catching bargain (Law), a bargain made with an heir
expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an
inadequate price. --Bouvier. crosshatchingHatching Hatch"ing, n. [See 1st Hatch.]
A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature
painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each
other at angles more or less acute; -- called also
crosshatching. Crosshatching
Crosshatching Cross"hatch`ing, n.
In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross
one another at an angle.
Fly-catching
Fly-catching Fly"-catch`ing, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having the habit of catching insects on the wing.
fly-catching thrushSolitaire Sol`i*taire", n. [F. See Solitary.]
1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit.
--Pope.
2. A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious
stone of any kind set alone.
Diamond solitaires blazing on his breast and wrists.
--Mrs. R. H.
Davis.
3. A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many
games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board
with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with
all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of
the pieces by ``jumping,' as in draughts.
4. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A large extinct bird (Pezophaps solitaria) which
formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and
Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild
turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called
also solitary.
(b) Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus
Myadestes. They are noted their sweet songs and
retiring habits. Called also fly-catching thrush. A
West Indian species (Myadestes sibilans) is called
the invisible bird. Fly-catching warblerWarbler War"bler, n.
1. One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; --
applied chiefly to birds.
In lulling strains the feathered warblers woo.
--Tickell.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small Old World
singing birds belonging to the family Sylviid[ae], many
of which are noted songsters. The bluethroat, blackcap,
reed warbler (see under Reed), and sedge warbler (see
under Sedge) are well-known species.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small, often
bright colored, American singing birds of the family or
subfamily Mniotiltid[ae], or Sylvicolin[ae]. They are
allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not
particularly musical.
Note: The American warblers are often divided, according to
their habits, into bush warblers, creeping warblers,
fly-catching warblers, ground warblers, wood warblers,
wormeating warblers, etc.
Bush warbler (Zo["o]l.) any American warbler of the genus
Opornis, as the Connecticut warbler (O. agilis).
Creeping warbler (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
very small American warblers belonging to Parula,
Mniotilta, and allied genera, as the blue yellow-backed
warbler (Parula Americana), and the black-and-white
creeper (Mniotilta varia).
Fly-catching warbler (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species
of warblers belonging to Setophaga, Sylvania, and
allied genera having the bill hooked and notched at the
tip, with strong rictal bristles at the base, as the
hooded warbler (Sylvania mitrata), the black-capped
warbler (S. pusilla), the Canadian warbler (S.
Canadensis), and the American redstart (see Redstart).
Ground warbler (Zo["o]l.), any American warbler of the
genus Geothlypis, as the mourning ground warbler (G.
Philadelphia), and the Maryland yellowthroat (see
Yellowthroat).
Wood warbler (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous American
warblers of the genus Dendroica. Among the most common
wood warblers in the Eastern States are the yellowbird, or
yellow warbler (see under Yellow), the black-throated
green warbler (Dendroica virens), the yellow-rumped
warbler (D. coronata), the blackpoll (D. striata), the
bay-breasted warbler (D. castanea), the chestnut-sided
warbler (D. Pennsylvanica), the Cape May warbler (D.
tigrina), the prairie warbler (see under Prairie), and
the pine warbler (D. pinus). See also Magnolia
warbler, under Magnolia, and Blackburnian warbler. HatchingHatch Hatch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hatched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hatching.] [F. hacher to chop, hack. See Hash.]
1. To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and
engraving. See Hatching.
Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched.
--Chapman.
Those hatching strokes of the pencil. --Dryden.
2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.]
His weapon hatched in blood. --Beau. & Fl. HatchingHatching Hatch"ing, n. [See 1st Hatch.]
A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature
painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each
other at angles more or less acute; -- called also
crosshatching. LatchingLatch Latch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Latched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Latching.] [OE. lacchen. See Latch. n.]
1. To catch so as to hold. [Obs.]
Those that remained threw darts at our men, and
latching our darts, sent them again at us.
--Golding.
2. To catch or fasten by means of a latch.
The door was only latched. --Locke. LatchingLatching Latch"ing, n. (Naut.)
A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which
it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also latch
and lasket. [Usually in pl.] MatchingMatch Match, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Matching.]
1. To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to
rival successfully; to equal.
No settled senses of the world can match The
pleasure of that madness. --Shak.
2. To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal,
against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something
in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal.
No history or antiquity can matchis policies and his
conduct. --South.
3. To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.
Eternal might To match with their inventions they
presumed So easy, and of his thunder made a scorn.
--Milton.
4. To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly
similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a
horse; to match cloth. ``Matching of patterns and
colors.' --Swift.
5. To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit,
or suit (one thing to another).
Let poets match their subject to their strength.
--Roscommon.
6. To marry; to give in marriage.
A senator of Rome survived, Would not have matched
his daughter with a king. --Addison.
7. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together;
specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at
the edges; as, to match boards.
Matching machine, a planing machine for forming a tongue or
a groove on the edge of a board. Matching machineMatch Match, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Matching.]
1. To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to
rival successfully; to equal.
No settled senses of the world can match The
pleasure of that madness. --Shak.
2. To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal,
against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something
in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal.
No history or antiquity can matchis policies and his
conduct. --South.
3. To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.
Eternal might To match with their inventions they
presumed So easy, and of his thunder made a scorn.
--Milton.
4. To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly
similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a
horse; to match cloth. ``Matching of patterns and
colors.' --Swift.
5. To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit,
or suit (one thing to another).
Let poets match their subject to their strength.
--Roscommon.
6. To marry; to give in marriage.
A senator of Rome survived, Would not have matched
his daughter with a king. --Addison.
7. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together;
specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at
the edges; as, to match boards.
Matching machine, a planing machine for forming a tongue or
a groove on the edge of a board. Patchingly
Patchingly Patch"ing*ly, adv.
Knavishy; deceitfully. [Obs.]
ScratchingScratch Scratch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scratched; p. pr. & vb.
n. Scratching.] [OE. cracchen (perhaps influenced by OE.
scratten to scratch); cf. OHG. chrazz[=o]n, G. kratzen, OD.
kratsen, kretsen, D. krassen, Sw. kratsa to scrape, kratta to
rake, to scratch, Dan. kradse to scratch, to scrape, Icel.
krota to engrave. Cf. Grate to rub.]
1. To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something
sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by
drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws,
the nails, a pin, or the like.
Small sand-colored stones, so hard as to scratch
glass. --Grew.
Be mindful, when invention fails, To scratch your
head, and bite your nails. --Swift.
2. To write or draw hastily or awkwardly. ``Scratch out a
pamphlet.' --Swift.
3. To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the
name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a
list; hence, to erase; to efface; -- often with out.
4. To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals
scratch holes, in which they burrow.
To scratch a ticket, to cancel one or more names of
candidates on a party ballot; to refuse to vote the party
ticket in its entirety. [U. S.] Scratching
Scratching Scratch"ing, adv.
With the action of scratching.
SnatchingSnatch Snatch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snatched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snatching.] [OE. snachen, snechen; akin to D. snakken to
gasp, to long (for), to desire. Cf. Snack, n., Sneck.]
1. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission
or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.
When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take.
--Pope.
2. To seize and transport away; to rap. ``Snatch me to
heaven.' --Thomson.
Syn: To twitch; pluck; grab; catch; grasp; gripe. Snatchingly
Snatchingly Snatch"ing*ly, adv.
By snatching; abruptly.
ThatchingThatch Thatch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thatched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Thatching.] [From Thatch, n.: cf. OE. thecchen, AS.
?eccean to cover.]
To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some
similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack
of grain. Thatching
Thatching Thatch"ing, n.
1. The act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to
keep out rain, snow, etc.
2. The materials used for this purpose; thatch.
UnlatchingUnlatch Un*latch", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Unlatched; p. pr. &
vb. n. Unlatching.] [1st un- + latch.]
To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door. Vigils or WatchingsVigil Vig"il, n. [OE. vigile, L. vigilia, from vigil awake,
watchful, probably akin to E. wake: cf. F. vigile. See
Wake, v. i., and cf. Reveille, Surveillance, Vedette,
Vegetable, Vigor.]
1. Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is
customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state
of being awake, or the state of being awake;
sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch. ``Worn out by the
labors and vigils of many months.' --Macaulay.
Nothing wears out a fine face like the vigils of the
card table and those cutting passions which attend
them. --Addison.
2. Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other
religious exercises.
So they in heaven their odes and vigils tuned.
--Milton.
Be sober and keep vigil, The Judge is at the gate.
--Neale
(Rhythm of St.
Bernard).
3. (Eccl.)
(a) Originally, the watch kept on the night before a
feast.
(b) Later, the day and the night preceding a feast.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbors,
And say, ``To-morrow is St. Crispian.' --Shak.
(c) A religious service performed in the evening preceding
a feast.
Vigils, or Watchings, of flowers (Bot.), a peculiar
faculty belonging to the flowers of certain plants of
opening and closing their petals as certain hours of the
day. [R.]
Meaning of Atchin from wikipedia
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Northeast Malakula, or Uripiv-Wala-Rano-
Atchin, is a
dialect chain spoken on the
islands of Uripiv, Wala, Rano, and
Atchin and on the
mainland opposite to these...
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Atchin is an
islet off the north-eastern
coast of
Malakula in Vanuatu. The 1999
census showed a po****tion of 761,
which had
decreased to 738 by 2009....
- (born 1993),
Tanzanian beauty pageant winner Nale language, also
known as
Atchin, a
dialect of
Uripiv spoken in
Vanuatu Nale, a
character in the webcomic...
- A
Romanichal "
atchin tan", or
Romani site, as they are
known in English...
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Sowan Tomman Uri
Uripiv Varo Wala
Ambrym Paama Lopevi (uninhabited) Rano
Atchin Vao
Shefa Province Epi
Lamen Namuka (uninhabited)
Tefala Shepherd Islands...
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number of
other islands – the
small islands of Uripiv, Norsup, Rano, Wala,
Atchin and Vao off the
coast of Malakula, and the
volcanic island of
Lopevi (currently...
- 83
Litzlitz Naman 15 lzl 84
Uripiv Uripiv-Wala-Rano-
Atchin,
Northeast Malakula 9000 upv,
Atchin,
Uripiv 85
Rutan ? 86
Botovro Mpotovoro 430 mvt 87 Vao...
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Layard and
Rivers travelled through the New
Hebrides before stopping at
Atchin, a
small islet off the
northeastern s**** of Malekula. The
indigenous inhabitants...
-
called the
Small Islands, including, in
order from
north to south: Vao,
Atchin, Wala, Rano, Norsup, Uripiv, and Uri. Also off the coast:
Tomman Island...
- History,
Politics and Culture. Singapore: ISEAS, pp. 26-38. Veth, P.J. (1873)
Atchin en
zijne betrekkingen tot Nederland. Leiden: G. Kolff. Zainuddin, H.M. (1961)...
