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Aidless
Aidless Aid"less, a.
Helpless; without aid. --Milton.
Avoidless
Avoidless A*void"less, a.
Unavoidable; inevitable.
Bowline bridlesBowline Bow"line, n. [Cf. D. boelijn, Icel. b["o]gl["i]na?,
Dan. bovline; properly the line attached to the shoulder or
side of the sail. See Bow (of a ship), and Line.] (Naut.)
A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular
edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called
bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight
forward, when the ship is closehauled.
Bowline bridles, the ropes by which the bowline is fastened
to the leech of the sail.
Bowline knot. See Illust. under Knot.
On a bowline, close-hauled or sailing close to the wind; --
said of a ship. Idless
Idless I"dless, Idlesse I"dlesse, n.
Idleness. [Archaic] ``In ydlesse.' --Spenser.
And an idlesse all the day Beside a wandering stream.
--Mrs.
Browning.
Idlesse
Idless I"dless, Idlesse I"dlesse, n.
Idleness. [Archaic] ``In ydlesse.' --Spenser.
And an idlesse all the day Beside a wandering stream.
--Mrs.
Browning.
IdlestIdle I"dle, a. [Compar. Idler; superl. Idlest.] [OE. idel,
AS. [=i]del vain, empty, useless; akin to OS. [=i]dal, D.
ijdel, OHG. [=i]tal vain, empty, mere, G. eitel, Dan. & Sw.
idel mere, pure, and prob. to Gr. ? clear, pure, ? to burn.
Cf. Ether.]
1. Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable;
thoughtless; silly; barren. ``Deserts idle.' --Shak.
Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall
give account thereof in the day of judgment. --Matt.
xii. 36.
Down their idle weapons dropped. --Milton.
This idle story became important. --Macaulay.
2. Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate
use; unemployed; as, idle hours.
The idle spear and shield were high uphing.
--Milton.
3. Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing
nothing; as, idle workmen.
Why stand ye here all the day idle? --Matt. xx. 6.
4. Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy;
slothful; as, an idle fellow.
5. Light-headed; foolish. [Obs.] --Ford.
Idle pulley (Mach.), a pulley that rests upon a belt to
tighten it; a pulley that only guides a belt and is not
used to transmit power.
Idle wheel (Mach.), a gear wheel placed between two others,
to transfer motion from one to the other without changing
the direction of revolution.
In idle, in vain. [Obs.] ``God saith, thou shalt not take
the name of thy Lord God in idle.' --Chaucer.
Syn: Unoccupied; unemployed; vacant; inactive; indolent;
sluggish; slothful; useless; ineffectual; futile;
frivolous; vain; trifling; unprofitable; unimportant.
Usage: Idle, Indolent, Lazy. A propensity to inaction
is expressed by each of these words; they differ in
the cause and degree of this characteristic. Indolent
denotes an habitual love to ease, a settled dislike of
movement or effort; idle is opposed to busy, and
denotes a dislike of continuous exertion. Lazy is a
stronger and more contemptuous term than indolent. Lidless
Lidless Lid"less (l[i^]d"l[e^]s), a.
Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes;
hence, sleepless; watchful.
A lidless watcher of the public weal. --Tennyson.
Meaning of IDLES from wikipedia
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Idles are a
British rock band
formed in
Bristol in 2009. The band
consists of Adam
Devonshire (b****), Joe
Talbot (vocals), Mark
Bowen (guitar), Lee Kiernan...
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retrieved 2022-02-22
IDLES - TWO TONE (Official Video),
retrieved 2022-02-22
IDLES - THE
IDLES CHANT (Official Video),
retrieved 2022-02-22
IDLES -
QUEENS (Official...
- Adle
Christopher Idle (disambiguation)
Ideal (disambiguation) Idel (disambiguation)
Idle Hour (disambiguation)
Idler (disambiguation)
Idles (disambiguation)...
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British rock band
Idles,
released on 16
February 2024
through Partisan Records. It was
produced by
Nigel Godrich,
Kenny Beats and the
Idles member Mark Bowen...
- Teen
Idles impressed those at the venue;
MacKaye later said, "People were
freaked out by how fast [we pla****]". Upon
returning to D.C., the Teen
Idles were...
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Idleness is a lack of
motion or energy. In
describing a person,
idle suggests having no labor: "
idly p****ing the day". In physics, an
idle machine exerts...
- road with
Idles' Joe Talbot". The Guardian.
Archived from the
original on 11
March 2022.
Retrieved 27
August 2018. Frost,
Thomas (2017) "
IDLES: Brutal,...
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idles in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Idles are a
British rock band.
Idles may also
refer to:
Idlès, a town and
commune in
Algeria The Teen
Idles...
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IDLE (short for
Integrated Development and
Learning Environment) is an
integrated development environment for Python,
which has been
bundled with the default...
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Idlès (Arabic: إدلس) is a muni****lity in
Tazrouk District, Tamanr****et Province, Algeria.
According to the 2008
census it has a po****tion of 4,945,...
