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Congee dischargesCongee Con*gee", n.
1. [Tamil ka?shi boilings.] Boiled rice; rice gruel. [India]
2. A jail; a lockup. [India]
Congee discharges, rice water discharges. --Dunglison.
Congee water, water in which rice has been boiled. Discharge
Discharge Dis*charge", n. (Elec.)
The equalization of a difference of electric potential
between two points. The character of the discharge is mostly
determined by the nature of the medium through which it takes
place, the amount of the difference of potential, and the
form of the terminal conductors on which the difference
exists. The discharge may be alternating, continuous, brush,
connective, disruptive, glow, oscillatory, stratified, etc.
Discharge
Discharge Dis*charge", v. t. (Textile Dyeing & Printing)
To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical
process; as, to discharge the color from a dyed fabric in
order to form light figures on a dark ground.
Discharge
Discharge Dis*charge", v. i.
To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload;
to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the
water pipe discharges freely.
The cloud, if it were oily or fatty, would not
discharge. --Bacon.
Discharger
Discharger Dis*char"ger, n.
One who, or that which, discharges. Specifically, in
electricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden jar, or
electrical battery, by making a connection between the two
surfaces; a discharging rod.
lightning dischargerLightning 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. MischanceMischance Mis*chance", n. [OE. meschance, OF. mescheance.]
Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap. --Chaucer.
Never come mischance between us twain. --Shak.
Syn: Calamity; misfortune; misadventure; mishap; infelicity;
disaster. See Calamity. Mischance
Mischance Mis*chance", v. i.
To happen by mischance. --Spenser.
Mischanceful
Mischanceful Mis*chance"ful, a.
Unlucky. --R. Browning.
Mischaracterize
Mischaracterize Mis*char"ac*ter*ize, v. t.
To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong
character to.
They totally mischaracterize the action. --Eton.
Mischarge
Mischarge Mis*charge", v. t.
To charge erroneously, as in account. -- n. A mistake in
charging.
Rice-water dischargeRice Rice, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr.
???, ???, probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. br[=i]zi,
akin to Skr. vr[=i]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. Rye.]
(Bot.)
A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This
plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the
grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants.
In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be
overflowed.
Ant rice. (Bot.) See under Ant.
French rice. (Bot.) See Amelcorn.
Indian rice., a tall reedlike water grass (Zizania
aquatica), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain,
much used for food by North American Indians. It is common
in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also
water oat, Canadian wild rice, etc.
Mountain rice, any species of an American genus
(Oryzopsis) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.
Rice bunting. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Ricebird.
Rice hen (Zo["o]l.), the Florida gallinule.
Rice mouse (Zo["o]l.), a large dark-colored field mouse
(Calomys palistris) of the Southern United States.
Rice paper, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from
China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture
of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a
large herb (Fatsia papyrifera, related to the ginseng)
into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under
pressure. Called also pith paper.
Rice troupial (Zo["o]l.), the bobolink.
Rice water, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small
quantity of rice in water.
Rice-water discharge (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice
water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from
the bowels, in cholera.
Rice weevil (Zo["o]l.), a small beetle (Calandra, or
Sitophilus, oryz[ae]) which destroys rice, wheat, and
Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also
black weevil. vischachaViscacha Vis*ca"cha, Viz-cacha Viz-ca"cha, n. [Sp.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus
trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger.
Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or
yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the
muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy
plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for
heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its
burrows. Called also biscacha, bizcacha, vischacha,
vishatscha.
Meaning of Ischa from wikipedia
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Chaim "
Ischa"
Meijer (14
February 1943 – 14
February 1995) was a
Dutch journalist,
television presenter,
radio presenter,
critic and author.
Ischa Meijer...
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early 1980s
Arean had a
relationship with the
Dutch journalist and
writer Ischa Meijer.
Together they pla**** four
productions all
written by Meijer. He...
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girls with
completely different characters.
Palmen had a
relationship with
Ischa Meijer in the
years preceding his
death in 1995. From 1999 on she lived...
- One of his
students was Anne Frank. On 14
February 1943, his
first child Ischa was born. In June 1943,
Meijer and his
family were sent to
Westerbork transit...
- the
Freimarkt days,
which is also
referred to as the "fifth season", is: "
Ischa Freimaak!",
which can be
translated as "It's Freimarkt!". On 16 October...
- Goslar, her sister, Abel Herzberg, Jaap Meijer, and his two-year old son
Ischa Meijer, Jona Oberski, and
Levie Vorst. In 2015, the
Brandenburg State Secretary...
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speed skater Herman Meijer [de; nl] (born 1947),
Dutch GreenLeft politician Ischa Meijer (1943–1995),
Dutch journalist,
radio presenter, and
author Jaap Meijer...
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conversations and
reminiscences which television presenters Ivo
Niehe and
Ischa Meijer conducted with Loe de Jong in the
early 1990s. At one point, de Jong...
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wrote children's
books with
Dutch author Guus
Luijters and
radio plays with
Ischa Meijer. In the mid-1970s
Spaan began to take part in a
variety of radio...
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Adjudant Hans
Leendertse -
Mayor Tetske van
Ossewaarde - The Mayor's wife
Ischa Meijer -
Police commissioner Hannah de
Leeuwe -
Police commissioner's wife...
