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Alectoromachy
Alectoromachy A*lec`to*rom"a*chy, n. [Gr. ? cock + ? fight.]
Cockfighting.
Batrachomyomachy
Batrachomyomachy Bat`ra*cho*my*om"a*chy, n. [Gr.
batrachomyomachi`a; ba`trachos frog + my^s mouse + ma`chh
battle.]
The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on
the Iliad, of uncertain authorship.
Centauromachy
Centauromachy Cen`tau*rom"a*chy, n. [Gr. ?; ? centaur + ?
battle.] (Ancient Art)
A fight in which centaurs take part, -- a common theme for
relief sculpture, as in the Parthenon metopes.
Cynarctomachy
Cynarctomachy Cyn`arc*tom"a*chy (s?n`?rk-t?m"?-k?). n. [Gr.
????, ????, dog + ??? bear + ??? fight.]
Bear baiting with a dog. --Hudibras.
Gigantomachy
Gigantomachy Gi`gan*tom"a*chy, n. [L. gigantomachia, fr. Gr.
?; ?, ?, giant + ? battle: cf. F. gigantomachie.]
A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants
against heaven.
Logomachy
Logomachy Lo*gom"a*chy, n. [Gr. ?; ? word + ? fight, battle,
contest: cf. F. logomachie.]
1. Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a
war of words.
The discussion concerning the meaning of the word ``
justification' . . . has largely been a mere
logomachy. --L. Abbott.
2. A game of word making.
Monomachy
Monomachia Mon`o*ma"chi*a, Monomachy Mo*nom"a*chy, n. [L.
monomachia, Gr. ?, fr. ? fighting in single combat; ? single,
alone + ? to fight.]
A duel; single combat. ``The duello or monomachia.' --Sir W.
Scott.
Naumachy
Naumachy Nau"ma*chy, n. [L. naumachia, Gr. ?; ? ship + ?
fight, battle, ? to fight.]
1. A naval battle; esp., a mock sea fight.
2. (Rom. Antiq.) A show or spectacle representing a sea
fight; also, a place for such exhibitions.
Psychomachy
Psychomachy Psy*chom"a*chy, n. [L. psychomachia, fr. Gr.
psychh` the soul + ? fight: cf. ? desperate fighting.]
A conflict of the soul with the body.
SciamachySciamachy Sci*am"a*chy, n.
See Sciomachy. scimachySciomachy Sci*om"a*chy, n. [Gr. ?, ?; ? a shadow + ? battle:
cf. F. sciomachie, sciamachie.]
A fighting with a shadow; a mock contest; an imaginary or
futile combat. [Written also scimachy.] --Cowley. SciomachySciomachy Sci*om"a*chy, n. [Gr. ?, ?; ? a shadow + ? battle:
cf. F. sciomachie, sciamachie.]
A fighting with a shadow; a mock contest; an imaginary or
futile combat. [Written also scimachy.] --Cowley. Stomachy
Stomachy Stom"ach*y, a.
Obstinate; sullen; haughty.
A little, bold, solemn, stomachy man, a great professor
of piety. --R. L.
Stevenson.
Tauromachy
Tauromachy Tau*rom"a*chy, n. [Gr. tayromachi`a; tay^ros bull +
ma`chh fight.]
Bullfighting.
Theomachy
Theomachy The*om"a*chy, n. [Gr. ?; ? a god + ? a battle.]
1. A fighting against the gods, as the battle of the gaints
with the gods.
2. A battle or strife among the gods. --Gladstone.
3. Opposition to God or the divine will. --Bacon.
Meaning of Machy from wikipedia
- Look up -
machy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Machy may
refer to: -
machy,
suffix meaning a
fight or
battle Machy, Aube, a
commune in the department...
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Machy,
known as Le
Sieur de
Machy (fl. 1655–1700) was a
French viol player, composer, and
teacher remembered prin****lly for his Pièces de
Violle en Musique...
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Machy (French pronunciation: [maʃi]) is a
commune in the Aube
department in north-central France.
Communes of the Aube
department "Répertoire national...
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Machy (French pronunciation: [maʃi]) is a
commune in the
Somme department in Hauts-de-France in
northern France.
Machy is
situated on the D938 road, some...
- left-hand technique, and
systematically re****ed the
attacks made by Le
Sieur de
Machy in the
preface to his Pièces de
violle (1685) (Green 2001). Green, Robert...
- Daultana, Joiyas, Sargana, Gazar, Taili, Khokhar, Tajwana, Tawana, Dhuddy,
Machy, Sahbzaada, Meo, Channar, Bhatti, and Souroo.
webmaster (19
April 2021)...
- has an
important section on the viol.
After this, the
French treatises by
Machy (1685),
Rousseau (1687),
Danoville (1687), and
Etienne Loulie (1700) show...
- this dichotomy,
until 2009 when
metal detectorists exploring a
field in
Machy, the next-door
village to Lirey,
turned up a
casting mold for a
Shroud pilgrim...
- Méliton (16? – 1684)
Antonio de Jesús (????–1682)
Demachy ou le
Sieur De
Machy (16? – 1692)
Manuel Correia (c. 1600–1653)
Giuseppe Giamberti (c.1600 –...
- de
Machaut (c. 1300–1377) François-Bernard Mâche (born 1935) Le
Sieur de
Machy (died
after 1692)
Alexander Mackenzie (1847–1935) John
Mackey (born 1973)...
