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AlfilerillaAlfileria Al*fil`e*ri"a, Alfilerilla Al*fil`e*ril"la, n.
[Mex. Sp., fr. Sp. alfiler pin.]
Same as Alfilaria. BanderillaBanderilla Ban`de*ril"la, n. [Sp., dim. of bandera banner. See
Banner, and cf. Banderole.]
A barbed dart carrying a banderole which the banderillero
thrusts into the neck or shoulder of the bull in a bullfight. BarillaBarilla Ba*ril"la (b[.a]*r[i^]l"l[.a]), n. [Sp. barrilla.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several species of Salsola from
which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and
lixiviating the ashes.
2. (Com.)
(a) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure
carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc.,
and for bleaching purposes.
(b) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore
plant, or kelp. --Ure.
Copper barilla (Min.), native copper in granular form mixed
with sand, an ore brought from Bolivia; -- called also
Barilla de cobre. Barilla de cobreBarilla Ba*ril"la (b[.a]*r[i^]l"l[.a]), n. [Sp. barrilla.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several species of Salsola from
which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and
lixiviating the ashes.
2. (Com.)
(a) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure
carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc.,
and for bleaching purposes.
(b) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore
plant, or kelp. --Ure.
Copper barilla (Min.), native copper in granular form mixed
with sand, an ore brought from Bolivia; -- called also
Barilla de cobre. Brillance
Brillance Bril"lance, n.
Brilliancy. --Tennyson.
BrillancyBrillancy Bril"lan*cy, n. [See Brilliant.]
The quality of being brilliant; splendor; glitter; great
brightness, whether in a literal or figurative sense.
With many readers brilliancy of style passes for
affluence of thought. --Longfellow. BrillanteBrillante Bril*lan"te, adv. [It. See Brilliant, a.] (Mus.)
In a gay, showy, and sparkling style. CabrillaCabrilla Ca*bril"la, n. [Sp., prawn.] (Zo["o]l)
A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the
genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the
Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California,
some of them are also called rock bass and kelp salmon. Camarilla
Camarilla Ca`ma*ril"la, n. [Sp., a small room.]
1. The private audience chamber of a king.
2. A company of secret and irresponsible advisers, as of a
king; a cabal or clique.
Copper barillaBarilla Ba*ril"la (b[.a]*r[i^]l"l[.a]), n. [Sp. barrilla.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several species of Salsola from
which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and
lixiviating the ashes.
2. (Com.)
(a) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure
carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc.,
and for bleaching purposes.
(b) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore
plant, or kelp. --Ure.
Copper barilla (Min.), native copper in granular form mixed
with sand, an ore brought from Bolivia; -- called also
Barilla de cobre. Ebrillade
Ebrillade E*bril"lade ([-e]*br[i^]l"l[a^]d), n. [F.] (Man.)
A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he
refuses to turn.
Exarillate
Exarillate Ex*ar"il*late, a. [Pref. ex- + arillate.] (Bot.)
Having no aril; -- said of certain seeds, or of the plants
producing them.
FibrillaFibrilla Fi*bril"la, n.; pl. Fibrill[AE]. [NL. See
Fibril.]
A minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a
muscular fiber; a fibril. FibrillAEFibrilla Fi*bril"la, n.; pl. Fibrill[AE]. [NL. See
Fibril.]
A minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a
muscular fiber; a fibril. Fibrillar
Fibrillar Fi"bril*lar, a.
Of or pertaining to fibrils or fibers; as, fibrillar
twitchings.
Fibrillary
Fibrillary Fi"bril*la*ry (? or ?), a.
Of of pertaining to fibrils.
Fibrillated
Fibrillated Fi"bril*la`ted (? or ?), a.
Furnished with fibrils; fringed.
Fibrillation
Fibrillation Fi`bril*la"tion, n.
The state of being reduced to fibers. --Carpenter.
German sarsaparillaGerman Ger"man, a. [L. Germanus. See German, n.]
Of or pertaining to Germany.
German Baptists. See Dunker.
German bit, a wood-boring tool, having a long elliptical
pod and a scew point.
German carp (Zo["o]l.), the crucian carp.
German millet (Bot.), a kind of millet (Setaria Italica,
var.), whose seed is sometimes used for food.
German paste, a prepared food for caged birds.
German process (Metal.), the process of reducing copper ore
in a blast furnace, after roasting, if necessary.
--Raymond.
German sarsaparilla, a substitute for sarsaparilla extract.
German sausage, a polony, or gut stuffed with meat partly
cooked.
German silver (Chem.), a silver-white alloy, hard and
tough, but malleable and ductile, and quite permanent in
the air. It contains nickel, copper, and zinc in varying
proportions, and was originally made from old copper slag
at Henneberg. A small amount of iron is sometimes added to
make it whiter and harder. It is essentially identical
with the Chinese alloy packfong. It was formerly much
used for tableware, knife handles, frames, cases, bearings
of machinery, etc., but is now largely superseded by other
white alloys.
German steel (Metal.), a metal made from bog iron ore in a
forge, with charcoal for fuel.
German text (Typog.), a character resembling modern German
type, used in English printing for ornamental headings,
etc., as in the words,
Note: This line is German Text.
German tinder. See Amadou. Gorilla
Gorilla Go*ril"la, n. [An African word; found in a Greek
translation of a treatise in Punic by Hanno, a Carthaginian.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is
larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton
and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In
some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape,
except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.
GrilladeGrillade Gril*lade", n. [F. See Grill, v. t.]
The act of grilling; also, that which is grilled. Grillage
Grillage Gril"lage, n. [F.] (Hydraulic Eagin.)
A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation
in marshy or treacherous soil.
GuerillaGuerilla Gue*ril"la, a.
See Guerrilla. GuerrillaGuerrilla Guer*ril"la, n. [Sp., lit., a little war, skirmish,
dim. of guerra war, fr. OHG. werra discord, strife. See
War.]
1. An irregular mode of carrying on war, by the constant
attacks of independent bands, adopted in the north of
Spain during the Peninsular war.
2. One who carries on, or assists in carrying on, irregular
warfare; especially, a member of an independent band
engaged in predatory excursions in war time.
Note: The term guerrilla is the diminutive of the Spanish
word guerra, war, and means petty war, that is, war
carried on by detached parties; generally in the
mountains. . . . A guerrilla party means, an irregular
band of armed men, carrying on an irregular war, not
being able, according to their character as a guerrilla
party, to carry on what the law terms a regular war.
--F. Lieder. Guerrilla
Guerrilla Guer*ril"la, a.
Pertaining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on irregularly
and by independent bands; as, a guerrilla party; guerrilla
warfare.
Ictonyx zorillaZorilla o*ril"la, n. [Sp. zorilla, zorillo, dim. of zorra,
zorro, a fox: cf. F. zorille.] (Zo["o]l.)
Either one of two species of small African carnivores of the
genus Ictonyx allied to the weasels and skunks. [Written
also zoril, and zorille.]
Note: The best-known species (Ictonyx zorilla) has black
shiny fur with white bands and spots. It has anal
glands which produce a very offensive secretion,
similar to that of the skunk. It feeds upon birds and
their eggs and upon small mammals, and is often very
destructive to poultry. It is sometimes tamed by the
natives, and kept to destroy rats and mice. Called also
mariput, Cape polecat, and African polecat. The
name is sometimes erroneously applied to the American
skunk. PerillaPerilla Pe*ril"la, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
A genus of labiate herbs, of which one species (Perilla
ocimoides, or P. Nankinensis) is often cultivated for its
purple or variegated foliage. Perilla ocimoidesPerilla Pe*ril"la, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
A genus of labiate herbs, of which one species (Perilla
ocimoides, or P. Nankinensis) is often cultivated for its
purple or variegated foliage. Saccharilla
Saccharilla Sac`cha*ril"la, n.
A kind of muslin.
SarsaparillaSarsaparilla Sar`sa*pa*ril"la, n. [Sp. zarzaparrilla; zarza a
bramble (perhaps fr. Bisc. zartzia) + parra a vine, or
Parillo, a physician said to have discovered it.] (Bot.)
(a) Any plant of several tropical American species of
Smilax.
(b) The bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in
medicine and in sirups for soda, etc.
Note: The name is also applied to many other plants and their
roots, especially to the Aralia nudicaulis, the wild
sarsaparilla of the United States.
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Gloria Hallelujah Woods (born July 28, 1999),
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Rilla (also
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Rilla of
Ingleside (1921) is the
eighth and last
novel in the Anne of
Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery, but was the
sixth "Anne"
novel in publication...
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Rilla may
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Rilla (footballer) (born 1982),
Brazilian footballer Rilla Askew (born 1951),
American writer Walter Rilla (1894–1980),
German actor...
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Rilla. It was
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South Wrestling (DSW), a WWE
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Rilla,
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worked in DSW
until June 2007...
- "TGIF" is a song by
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Rilla from her
debut studio album,
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Peter Rilla (16
March 1920 – 19
October 2005) was a film
director and
writer of
German background, who
worked mainly in the
United Kingdom.
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- 1960
British science fiction horror film by Anglo-German
director Wolf
Rilla. The film is
adapted from the
novel The
Midwich Cuckoos (1957) by John Wyndham...
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Walter Rilla (22
August 1894 – 21
November 1980) was a
German film
actor of
Jewish descent. He
appeared in more than 130
films between 1922 and 1977....
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