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Atriplex hortensisOrach Or"ach, Orache Or"ache, n. [F. arroche, corrupted fr.
L. atriplex, Gr. ?. Cf. Arrach.] (Bot.)
A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot
family, most of them with a mealy surface.
Garden orache, a plant (Atriplex hortensis), often used
as a pot herb; -- also called mountain spinach. Foreshorten
Foreshorten Fore*short"en, v. t.
1. (Fine Art) To represent on a plane surface, as if extended
in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to
shorten by drawing in perspective.
2. Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.
Songs, and deeds, and lives that lie Foreshortened
in the tract of time. --Tennyson.
Foreshortening
Foreshortening Fore*short"en*ing, n. (Fine Arts)
Representation in a foreshortened mode or way.
Hortensial
Hortensial Hor*ten"sial, a. [L. hortensius, hortensis, fr.
hortus garden; akin to E. yard an inclosure.]
Fit for a garden. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
ShortenShorten Short"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shortened ?; p. pr. &
vb. n. Shortening.] [See Short, a.]
1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as,
to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of
calamity.
2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to
lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to
shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
shortened by my chain. --Dryden.
3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
--Dryden.
4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
pot liquor, or the like.
To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in. Shorten
Shorten Short"en, v. i.
To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern
latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by
cold.
ShortenedShorten Short"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shortened ?; p. pr. &
vb. n. Shortening.] [See Short, a.]
1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as,
to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of
calamity.
2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to
lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to
shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
shortened by my chain. --Dryden.
3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
--Dryden.
4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
pot liquor, or the like.
To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in. Shortener
Shortener Short"en*er, n.
One who, or that which, shortens.
ShorteningShorten Short"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shortened ?; p. pr. &
vb. n. Shortening.] [See Short, a.]
1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as,
to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of
calamity.
2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to
lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to
shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
shortened by my chain. --Dryden.
3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
--Dryden.
4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
pot liquor, or the like.
To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in. Shortening
Shortening Short"en*ing, n.
1. The act of making or becoming short or shorter.
2. (Cookery) That which renders pastry short or friable, as
butter, lard, etc.
Silvia hortensisBeccafico Bec`ca*fi"co, n.; pl. Beccaficos. [It., fr.
beccare to peck + fico fig.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small bird. (Silvia hortensis), which is highly prized by
the Italians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn,
when it has fed on figs, grapes, etc. Sylvia hortensisPettychaps Pet"ty*chaps, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of small European singing birds of
the subfamily Sylviin[ae], as the willow warbler, the
chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis). To shorten a ropeShorten Short"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shortened ?; p. pr. &
vb. n. Shortening.] [See Short, a.]
1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as,
to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of
calamity.
2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to
lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to
shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
shortened by my chain. --Dryden.
3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
--Dryden.
4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
pot liquor, or the like.
To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in. To shorten sailShorten Short"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shortened ?; p. pr. &
vb. n. Shortening.] [See Short, a.]
1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as,
to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of
calamity.
2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to
lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to
shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
shortened by my chain. --Dryden.
3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
--Dryden.
4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
pot liquor, or the like.
To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in.
Meaning of Horten from wikipedia
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Horten (pronunciation) is a muni****lity in
Vestfold county, Norway. It is
located in the
traditional district of Jarlsberg. The
administrative centre...
- The
Horten H.IX, RLM
designation Ho 229 (or
Gotha Go 229 for
extensive re-design work done by
Gotha to
prepare the
aircraft for m**** production) was a...
- the
Hortens' designs.
Horten H.I
Horten H.II
Habicht Horten H.III
Horten H.IV
Horten H.V
Horten H.VI
Horten H.VII
Horten H.XIII
Horten H.XVIII
Horten Ho...
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Horten AG (Aktiengesellschaft) was a
German department store chain founded by
Helmut Horten in 1936 and
headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. With up...
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Helmut Horten (8
January 1909 – 30
November 1987) was a
German entrepreneur who
built up and
owned the fourth-largest
chain of
department stores in Germany...
- The
Horten H.XVIII (18) was a
proposed German World War II
intercontinental bomber,
designed by the
Horten brothers. The
unbuilt H.XVIII represented, in...
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Horten (née Jelinek; 13
February 1941 – 12 June 2022) was an
Austrian billionaire and art collector. She was the
widow of
businessman Helmut Horten,...
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Horten is a muni****lity in Norway.
Horten may also
refer to:
Horten (town), a town
within Horten Muni****lity
Horten Church, a
church in
Horten Muni****lity...
- The
Horten Aircraft HX-2 is a two-seat
flying wing or "Blended Wing Body"
aircraft powered by a
Rotax 912 iS2 engine. It was
built and
first flown by Horten...
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Hortens Avis is a
former Norwegian newspaper,
based in
Horten. It was
established in 1874 as Jarlsbergeren, and ****umed the name
Hortens Avis in 1875....
