Stoat

  • 101ermine — ► NOUN (pl. same or ermines) 1) a stoat. 2) the white winter fur of the stoat, used for trimming the ceremonial robes of judges or peers. ORIGIN Old French hermine, probably from Latin mus Armenius Armenian mouse …

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  • 102weasel — n. & v. n. 1 a small reddish brown flesh eating mammal, Mustela nivalis, with a slender body, related to the stoat and ferret. 2 a stoat. 3 colloq. a deceitful or treacherous person. v.intr. (weaselled, weaselling; US weaseled, weaseling) 1 esp.… …

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  • 103Ermine — Er mine, n. [OF. ermine, F. hermine, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. harmo, G. hermelin, akin to Lith. szarm?, szarmonys, weasel, cf. AS. hearma; but cf. also LL. armelinus, armellina, hermellina, and pellis Armenia, the fur of the Armenian rat …

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  • 104Ermine moth — Ermine Er mine, n. [OF. ermine, F. hermine, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. harmo, G. hermelin, akin to Lith. szarm?, szarmonys, weasel, cf. AS. hearma; but cf. also LL. armelinus, armellina, hermellina, and pellis Armenia, the fur of the… …

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  • 105M erminea — Ermine Er mine, n. [OF. ermine, F. hermine, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. harmo, G. hermelin, akin to Lith. szarm?, szarmonys, weasel, cf. AS. hearma; but cf. also LL. armelinus, armellina, hermellina, and pellis Armenia, the fur of the… …

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  • 106Stot — (st[o^]t), n. [AS. stotte a hack, jade, or worthless horse; cf. Sw. stut a bull, Dan. stud an ox. Cf. {Stoat}.] 1. A horse. [Obs.] Chaucer. Thorold Rogers. [1913 Webster] 2. A young bull or ox, especially one three years old. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] …

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  • 107Stote — (st[=o]t), n. (Zo[ o]l.) See {Stoat}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 108Yponomeuta padella — Ermine Er mine, n. [OF. ermine, F. hermine, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. harmo, G. hermelin, akin to Lith. szarm?, szarmonys, weasel, cf. AS. hearma; but cf. also LL. armelinus, armellina, hermellina, and pellis Armenia, the fur of the… …

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  • 109Теннис Фердинанд — Теннис (Tönnies) Фердинанд (26.7.1855, Рип, близ Ольденсворта, 11.4.1936, Киль), немецкий социолог, один из родоначальников профессиональной социологии в Германии, читал лекции в университете в Киле в 1881 1933 до отстранения от должности… …

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  • 110Теннис — I Теннис (Tönnies)         Фердинанд (26.7.1855, Рип, близ Ольденсворта, 11.4.1936, Киль), немецкий социолог, один из родоначальников профессиональной социологии в Германии, читал лекции в университете в Киле в 1881 1933 до отстранения от… …

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