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by machines of little power

  • 1 molimentum

    mōlīmentum, i, n. [molior], a great exertion, effort, endeavor, attempt, undertaking (good prose, but not in Cic.): magno cum molimento procedunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 142, 5: neque se exercitum sine magno commeatu atque molimento in unum locum contrahere posse, * Caes. B. G. 1, 34, 3:

    motam certe sede suā parvi molimenti adminiculis,

    by machines of little power, Liv. 5, 22:

    eo minoris molimenti ea claustra esse,

    would cost the less labor, id. 37, 14:

    rex magni molimenti est,

    that has a great spirit of enterprise, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 11, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > molimentum

  • 2 tirar

    v.
    1 to throw.
    tirar algo a algo/alguien to throw something to something/somebody (para que lo agarre) to throw something at something/somebody (para hacer daño)
    tírame una manzana throw me an apple
    Ella tira bolas She throws balls.
    3 to knock over (derribar) (botella, lámpara).
    4 to throw away.
    tirar algo a la basura to throw something away
    eso es tirar el dinero that's a complete waste of money
    5 to fire (disparar) (bala, misil).
    tirar una foto to take a picture
    6 to play (jugar) (carta).
    7 to take (sport) (falta, penalti).
    tirar a gol to shoot, to have a shot at goal
    8 to print.
    La imprenta tiró la primera edición The printer printed the first edition.
    10 to shoot.
    tirar a matar to shoot to kill
    11 to have a pull (informal) (atraer).
    me tira la vida del campo I feel drawn toward life in the country
    tirar de algo to attract something
    12 to draw (cigarrillo, chimenea).
    13 to go, to work (informal) (funcionar).
    14 to go, to head.
    tira por esa calle go up o take that street
    15 to (have one's) go.
    17 to last.
    18 to knock down, to break down, to batter down.
    La policía tiró la puerta The police broke down the door.
    19 to pull.
    El tractor tira fuerte The tractor pulls hard.
    * * *
    1 (echar) to throw, fling
    2 (dejar caer) to drop
    3 (desechar) to throw away
    4 (derribar) to knock down; (casa, árbol) to pull down
    5 (derramar) to spill
    6 (vaso, botella) to knock over
    7 (estirar) to pull
    8 (imprimir) to print
    9 (hacer - foto) to take; (línea, plano) to draw
    10 (un tiro) to fire; (una bomba) to drop; (cohete) to launch
    11 (beso) to blow; (pellizco) to give; (patada, coz) to kick
    12 DEPORTE to take
    13 figurado (malgastar) to waste, squander
    1 (cuerda, puerta) to pull (de, -)
    2 (carreta, carro) to draw (de, -)
    3 (atraer) to draw, attract
    4 (estufa, chimenea) to draw
    5 (en juegos) to be a player's move, be a player's turn
    6 familiar (funcionar) to work, run
    7 familiar (durar) to last
    8 (quedar estrecho) to be tight on
    9 figurado (tender) to tend (a, towards); (ser un poco) to be a bit
    10 familiar figurado (atraer) to attract, appeal
    11 figurado (inclinarse) to be attracted (a/hacia, to), be drawn (a/hacia, to)
    12 figurado (parecerse) to take after (a, -)
    13 figurado (ir) to go, turn
    14 figurado (mantenerse) to get by, get along
    15 (disparar) to shoot, fire
    16 DEPORTE (fútbol) to shoot; (ciclismo) to set the pace
    1 (lanzarse) to throw oneself, hurl oneself
    2 (abalanzarse) to rush ( sobre, at), jump ( sobre, on)
    3 (tumbarse) to lie down
    4 familiar (tiempo) to spend
    5 argot (fornicar) to lay (a, -)
    \
    a todo tirar figurado at the most, at the latest
    ir tirando (espabilarse) to manage, get by 2 (tener buena salud) to be okay
    tira y afloja figurado give and take
    tirar abajo (gen) to demolish, pull down 2 (puerta) to smash in
    tirar al blanco to shoot at a target
    tirar de cartera to dip into one's wallet
    tirar la casa por la ventana figurado to spare no expense, push the boat out
    tirar la primera piedra figurado to cast the first stone
    tirar una moneda al aire to toss a coin
    tirarse de cabeza al agua to dive into the water
    * * *
    verb
    1) to throw, hurl, toss
    3) shoot, fire
    4) pull, draw
    •
    - tirar a
    - tirar de la cadena
    - tirar para
    * * *
    Para las expresiones como tirar de la lengua, tirar de la manta, tirar por la borda, tirar por tierra, ver la otra entrada.
    1. VERBO TRANSITIVO
    1) (=lanzar) to throw

    tirar algo a algn — [para que lo coja] to throw sth to sb; [para hacer daño] to throw sth at sb

    2) (=derribar) [+ edificio] to pull down; [+ jarrón, silla, estatua] to knock over; [+ pared, verja] to knock down

    van a tirar la casa — they are going to demolish {o} pull down the house

    ¡abre, o tiro la puerta abajo! — open up, or I'll break the door down!

    3) (=dejar caer) to drop
    4) (=desechar) to throw away

    no tires las sobras, que se las voy a dar al perro — don't throw away the leftovers, I'll give them to the dog

    no tires el aceite por el sumidero — don't tip {o} pour the oil down the drain

    estos pantalones están para tirarlos — these trousers have had it, these trousers are about ready for the dustbin

    5) (=malgastar) [+ dinero] to waste; [+ fortuna] to squander

    has tirado el dinero comprando eso — it was a waste of money buying that, you wasted your money buying that

    6) (=disparar) [+ tiro] to fire; [+ flecha] to shoot; [+ cohete] to launch, fire

    el aparato tira el proyectil a 2.000m — the machine throws the projectile 2,000m

    7) [+ foto] to take
    8) (=dar, pegar)

    la mula le tiró una coz — the mule kicked him {o} gave him a kick

    ¡mamá, Carlos me ha tirado un mordisco! — Carlos has bitten me, Mum!

    9) (Tip) (=imprimir) to print, run off
    10) (=trazar) [+ línea] to draw, trace
    11) * (=suspender)

    ya me han vuelto a tirar en química — I've failed chemistry again, I've flunked chemistry again ( esp EEUU) *

    12) And (=usar) to use
    13) And, Caribe, Cono Sur (=acarrear) to cart, haul, transport
    14)

    • tirarla [de] — † (=dárselas de) to fancy oneself as, pose as

    2. VERBO INTRANSITIVO
    1) [haciendo fuerza]
    a) (=traer hacia sí) to pull

    ¡tira un poco más fuerte! — pull a bit harder!

    • tirar [de] — [+ soga, cuerda] to pull

    ¡no le tires de la trenza a tu hermana! — don't pull your sister's pigtail!

    tirar de la cadena (del wáter) — to flush the toilet, pull the chain

    tirar — Esp [en puerta etc] pull

    tire — LAm [en puerta etc] pull

    b) (=llevar tras sí)

    • tirar [de] — to pull

    un burro tiraba de la carreta — a donkey was pulling the cart along, the cart was drawn by a donkey

    2) * (=atraer)

    no le tira el estudio — studying does not appeal to him, studying holds no attraction for him

    3) (=estar tirante) [ropa] to be tight
    4) (=usar)

    • tirar [de] — [+ espada, navaja] to draw

    tiramos de diccionario y lo traducimos en un minuto — * if we use a dictionary it will just take a minute to translate

    5) (=disparar) to shoot

    ¡no tires! — don't shoot!

    • tirar al [blanco] — to aim

    • tirar a [matar] — to shoot to kill

    6) (Dep) [con balón] to shoot; [con fichas, cartas etc] to go, play

    ¡tira! — shoot!

    • tirar a [puerta] — Esp to shoot at goal

    7) * (=arreglárselas) to get by

    ir tirando — to get by, manage

    -¿qué tal esa salud? -vamos tirando — "how's your health?" - "we're getting by"

    8) (=funcionar) [motor] to pull; [chimenea, puro] to draw, pull
    9) (=ir) to go

    ¡tira de una vez! — get on with it!, go on, then!

    tirar por una calle — to turn down a street, go off along a street

    10) * (=durar) to last
    11) [seguido de preposición]
    tirar a (=tender)

    es mediocre tirando a malo — it's middling to bad, it's mediocre verging on bad

    tirar para (=aspirar a ser)
    12)

    nos queda gasolina para 20km a todo tirar — we have only enough petrol for 20kms at the most {o} at the outside

    13) LAm *** [sexualmente] to screw ***
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( arrojar) to throw

    no tires los papeles al suelo — don't throw o drop the wrappers on the ground

    tirarle algo a alguien — ( para que lo agarre) to throw somebody something; ( con agresividad) to throw something at somebody

    b) (desechar, deshacerse de) to throw out o away
    c) ( desperdiciar) to waste
    2)
    a) ( hacer caer) to knock over

    cuidado, que vas a tirar la leche! — be careful, you're going to knock the milk over!

    b) ( derribar) to knock down
    3)
    a) < bomba> to drop; < cohete> to fire, launch; < flecha> to shoot; < tiros> to fire
    b) < foto> to take
    4) (AmL) ( atrayendo hacia sí) to pull
    5) (Impr) to print, run off
    6) (Mat) < línea> to draw
    7) (Chi) < lotería> to draw the winning number in; < rifa> to draw
    2.
    tirar vi
    1) ( atrayendo hacia sí) to pull
    2) ( atraer)
    3)
    a) ( disparar) to shoot
    b) (Dep) to shoot

    tirar al arco (AmL) or (Esp) a puerta — to shoot at goal

    tirando por lo bajo/alto — at the (very) least/most

    c) (Jueg) ( descartarse) to throw away; ( en juegos de dados) to throw; ( en dardos) to throw; ( en bolos) to bowl
    4)
    a) chimenea/cigarro to draw
    b) coche/motor to pull
    5)
    a) (fam) ( arreglárselas) to get by

    con $100 podemos tirar — with $100 we could get by

    b) tirando gerundio (fam)

    ¿qué tal andas? - tirando... — how are things? - not too bad

    6) (Esp fam) ( desplazarse)

    vamos, tira — get a move on

    tira por esta calle abajo — go o turn down this street

    7) (AmL vulg) ( en sentido sexual) to screw (vulg), to fuck (vulg)

    es de estatura normal, tirando a bajito — he's average to short in height

    3.
    tirarse v pron
    1)
    a) (lanzarse, arrojarse) (+ compl) to throw oneself

    tirarse en paracaídas — to parachute; ( en emergencia) to bale out

    tirarse al agua — to dive/jump into the water

    tirarse de cabeza — to dive in, to jump in headfirst

    b) (AmL) ( tumbarse) to lie down

    tirárselas de algo — (AmL fam)

    2) (fam) <horas/días> to spend
    3) (vulg) ( en sentido sexual)

    tirarse a alguien — to screw somebody (vulg), to lay somebody (sl)

    4) (fam) ( expulsar)
    5) (Col fam) ( echar a perder) to ruin
    * * *
    = dump, haul, run off, throw, throw out, throw away, tear down, toss out, fling, toss, pull down, knock down, jettison, pitch, turf out, toss away, hurl, chuck + Nombre + out.
    Ex. The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, ' dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.
    Ex. However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.
    Ex. Not only are they the same work, they were run off from the same plates.
    Ex. The point to be made for the novice abstractor is that editors are not ghouls who must be thrown raw meat before a check is issued.
    Ex. Well, I happened to inherit a full set of Trollope, and I had the guts to throw it out.
    Ex. The person who never throws away a newspaper is regarded as an eccentric; the person who never throws away a book is more likely to be regarded as a bibliophile no matter what the resulting motley assortment of books may be.
    Ex. A group opposing the incumbent alderman decided that the board's feasibility study amounted to a covert plan to tear down the house that served as the library and erect an ugly building.
    Ex. In preparation for computerization, let us not toss out old standards that were good.
    Ex. A gust of wind flung a powder of snow from the window-sill into the room.
    Ex. Everything being online, the exquisite oaken cabinets housing the card files were tossed.
    Ex. Evacuation of the building was followed by a recovery process which included covering stacks with plastic, locating damaged books, pulling down water-soaked ceiling tiles and removing computer terminals.
    Ex. Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.
    Ex. The whole usually has more meaning than the sum of its parts, but care must be taken not to jettison some of the more subtle parts.
    Ex. They pitched him unceremoniously out of the window, laming him for life, on a brick pavement below.
    Ex. You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.
    Ex. It's a waste to toss them away, so I decided to make them into this pair of lovely bobby pins.
    Ex. Palestinians hurled Molotov cocktails Friday at Israeli soldiers operating south of Nablus, the army said.
    Ex. Now to start chucking out stuff that I don't need; being a bit of a magpie, that might be difficult!.
    ----
    * cuchillo de usar y tirar = disposable knife.
    * de tirar la piedra y esconder la mano = hit-and-run.
    * de usar y tirar = disposable, throwaway, single-use.
    * introducir tirando = haul in.
    * ir tirando = shuffle along, tick over, muddle along, keep + the wolves from the door.
    * persona que tira basura al suelo = litterbug, litter lout.
    * plato de usar y tirar = disposable plate.
    * sacar tirando = haul out.
    * seguir tirando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.
    * servilleta de usar y tirar = disposable napkin.
    * tenedor de usar y tirar = disposable fork.
    * tirando a bajo = shortish.
    * tirando a corto = shortish.
    * tirando a marrón = brownish.
    * tirando a morado = purplish.
    * tirar a Alguien al suelo = knock + Nombre + to the ground, knock + Nombre + to the floor.
    * tirar a Alguien al suelo de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the floor, knock + Nombre + to the ground.
    * tirar a lo bajo = low-ball.
    * tirar al suelo = upset.
    * tirar a matar = go for + the jugular, deadly force, shoot to + kill.
    * tirar bombas = bomb.
    * tirar de = pull (at/on/from), tug, pull back, lug, leverage.
    * tirar de la cadena = flush + the toilet.
    * tirar de la cisterna = flush + the toilet.
    * tirar de la manta = let + the cat out of the bag, blow + the gaff, spill + the beans.
    * tirar de las orejas = tell + Nombe + off.
    * tirar del carro = pull + Posesivo + (own) weight, pull together, lend + a (helping) hand, put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, muck in, pitch in.
    * tirar de una manivela = pull + lever.
    * tirar de una palanca = depress + lever.
    * tirar dinero y esfuerzo por la borda = be money and effort down the drain.
    * tirar el dinero = throw + Posesivo + money down the drain.
    * tirar el dinero por la ventana = be money and effort down the drain, throw + Posesivo + money down the drain, be money down the drain.
    * tirar la casa por la ventana = lash out (on), go to + town on.
    * tirar la esponja = throw in/up + the sponge.
    * tirar la toalla = throw in + the towel.
    * tirar ligeramente de = tug on.
    * tirar los tejos = flirt, throw + hints.
    * tirar piedras contra tu propio tejado = cut + the branch + you sit on, cut + the branch + you sit on, cut off + Posesivo + nose to spite + Posesivo + face.
    * tirar por el desagüe = pour down + the drain.
    * tirarse a la calle = go out on + the road.
    * tirarse a la jugular = go for + the jugular.
    * tirarse a la piscina = take + a dive.
    * tirarse a las calles = spill (out) into + the streets.
    * tirarse con ala delta = hang-glide.
    * tirarse de cabeza = jump in + head first, dive in, dive + head-first.
    * tirarse de las barbas = tear + Posesivo + hair out.
    * tirarse de los pelos = tear + Posesivo + hair out.
    * tirarse en paracaídas = parachute.
    * tirarse flores = blow + Posesivo + own trumpet.
    * tirarse piedras contra el propio tejado = shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot.
    * tirarse una plancha = put + Posesivo + foot in it, put + Posesivo + foot in + Posesivo + mouth, stick + Posesivo + foot in it, drop + a clanger, drop + a bollock, make + a blunder, make + a bloomer, blunder.
    * tirarse un eructo = belch, burp.
    * tirarse un farol = bullshit.
    * tirarse un pedo = fart, trump, break + wind, trumpet.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( arrojar) to throw

    no tires los papeles al suelo — don't throw o drop the wrappers on the ground

    tirarle algo a alguien — ( para que lo agarre) to throw somebody something; ( con agresividad) to throw something at somebody

    b) (desechar, deshacerse de) to throw out o away
    c) ( desperdiciar) to waste
    2)
    a) ( hacer caer) to knock over

    cuidado, que vas a tirar la leche! — be careful, you're going to knock the milk over!

    b) ( derribar) to knock down
    3)
    a) < bomba> to drop; < cohete> to fire, launch; < flecha> to shoot; < tiros> to fire
    b) < foto> to take
    4) (AmL) ( atrayendo hacia sí) to pull
    5) (Impr) to print, run off
    6) (Mat) < línea> to draw
    7) (Chi) < lotería> to draw the winning number in; < rifa> to draw
    2.
    tirar vi
    1) ( atrayendo hacia sí) to pull
    2) ( atraer)
    3)
    a) ( disparar) to shoot
    b) (Dep) to shoot

    tirar al arco (AmL) or (Esp) a puerta — to shoot at goal

    tirando por lo bajo/alto — at the (very) least/most

    c) (Jueg) ( descartarse) to throw away; ( en juegos de dados) to throw; ( en dardos) to throw; ( en bolos) to bowl
    4)
    a) chimenea/cigarro to draw
    b) coche/motor to pull
    5)
    a) (fam) ( arreglárselas) to get by

    con $100 podemos tirar — with $100 we could get by

    b) tirando gerundio (fam)

    ¿qué tal andas? - tirando... — how are things? - not too bad

    6) (Esp fam) ( desplazarse)

    vamos, tira — get a move on

    tira por esta calle abajo — go o turn down this street

    7) (AmL vulg) ( en sentido sexual) to screw (vulg), to fuck (vulg)

    es de estatura normal, tirando a bajito — he's average to short in height

    3.
    tirarse v pron
    1)
    a) (lanzarse, arrojarse) (+ compl) to throw oneself

    tirarse en paracaídas — to parachute; ( en emergencia) to bale out

    tirarse al agua — to dive/jump into the water

    tirarse de cabeza — to dive in, to jump in headfirst

    b) (AmL) ( tumbarse) to lie down

    tirárselas de algo — (AmL fam)

    2) (fam) <horas/días> to spend
    3) (vulg) ( en sentido sexual)

    tirarse a alguien — to screw somebody (vulg), to lay somebody (sl)

    4) (fam) ( expulsar)
    5) (Col fam) ( echar a perder) to ruin
    * * *
    tirar(de)
    (v.) = pull (at/on/from), tug, pull back, lug, leverage

    Ex: Do not push or pull on the disc drawer.

    Ex: Do not pull a book from the shelf by forcefully tugging the top of the spine.
    Ex: The three monkeys used in this study chose the left arm as the leading arm to reach out and pull back a spring-loaded drawer containing a food morsel.
    Ex: He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin.
    Ex: Information seeking in electronic environments will become a collaboration among end user and various electronic systems such that users leverage their heuristic power and machines leverage algorithmic power.

    = dump, haul, run off, throw, throw out, throw away, tear down, toss out, fling, toss, pull down, knock down, jettison, pitch, turf out, toss away, hurl, chuck + Nombre + out.

    Ex: The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, ' dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.

    Ex: However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.
    Ex: Not only are they the same work, they were run off from the same plates.
    Ex: The point to be made for the novice abstractor is that editors are not ghouls who must be thrown raw meat before a check is issued.
    Ex: Well, I happened to inherit a full set of Trollope, and I had the guts to throw it out.
    Ex: The person who never throws away a newspaper is regarded as an eccentric; the person who never throws away a book is more likely to be regarded as a bibliophile no matter what the resulting motley assortment of books may be.
    Ex: A group opposing the incumbent alderman decided that the board's feasibility study amounted to a covert plan to tear down the house that served as the library and erect an ugly building.
    Ex: In preparation for computerization, let us not toss out old standards that were good.
    Ex: A gust of wind flung a powder of snow from the window-sill into the room.
    Ex: Everything being online, the exquisite oaken cabinets housing the card files were tossed.
    Ex: Evacuation of the building was followed by a recovery process which included covering stacks with plastic, locating damaged books, pulling down water-soaked ceiling tiles and removing computer terminals.
    Ex: Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.
    Ex: The whole usually has more meaning than the sum of its parts, but care must be taken not to jettison some of the more subtle parts.
    Ex: They pitched him unceremoniously out of the window, laming him for life, on a brick pavement below.
    Ex: You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.
    Ex: It's a waste to toss them away, so I decided to make them into this pair of lovely bobby pins.
    Ex: Palestinians hurled Molotov cocktails Friday at Israeli soldiers operating south of Nablus, the army said.
    Ex: Now to start chucking out stuff that I don't need; being a bit of a magpie, that might be difficult!.
    * cuchillo de usar y tirar = disposable knife.
    * de tirar la piedra y esconder la mano = hit-and-run.
    * de usar y tirar = disposable, throwaway, single-use.
    * introducir tirando = haul in.
    * ir tirando = shuffle along, tick over, muddle along, keep + the wolves from the door.
    * persona que tira basura al suelo = litterbug, litter lout.
    * plato de usar y tirar = disposable plate.
    * sacar tirando = haul out.
    * seguir tirando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.
    * servilleta de usar y tirar = disposable napkin.
    * tenedor de usar y tirar = disposable fork.
    * tirando a bajo = shortish.
    * tirando a corto = shortish.
    * tirando a marrón = brownish.
    * tirando a morado = purplish.
    * tirar a Alguien al suelo = knock + Nombre + to the ground, knock + Nombre + to the floor.
    * tirar a Alguien al suelo de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the floor, knock + Nombre + to the ground.
    * tirar a lo bajo = low-ball.
    * tirar al suelo = upset.
    * tirar a matar = go for + the jugular, deadly force, shoot to + kill.
    * tirar bombas = bomb.
    * tirar de = pull (at/on/from), tug, pull back, lug, leverage.
    * tirar de la cadena = flush + the toilet.
    * tirar de la cisterna = flush + the toilet.
    * tirar de la manta = let + the cat out of the bag, blow + the gaff, spill + the beans.
    * tirar de las orejas = tell + Nombe + off.
    * tirar del carro = pull + Posesivo + (own) weight, pull together, lend + a (helping) hand, put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, muck in, pitch in.
    * tirar de una manivela = pull + lever.
    * tirar de una palanca = depress + lever.
    * tirar dinero y esfuerzo por la borda = be money and effort down the drain.
    * tirar el dinero = throw + Posesivo + money down the drain.
    * tirar el dinero por la ventana = be money and effort down the drain, throw + Posesivo + money down the drain, be money down the drain.
    * tirar la casa por la ventana = lash out (on), go to + town on.
    * tirar la esponja = throw in/up + the sponge.
    * tirar la toalla = throw in + the towel.
    * tirar ligeramente de = tug on.
    * tirar los tejos = flirt, throw + hints.
    * tirar piedras contra tu propio tejado = cut + the branch + you sit on, cut + the branch + you sit on, cut off + Posesivo + nose to spite + Posesivo + face.
    * tirar por el desagüe = pour down + the drain.
    * tirarse a la calle = go out on + the road.
    * tirarse a la jugular = go for + the jugular.
    * tirarse a la piscina = take + a dive.
    * tirarse a las calles = spill (out) into + the streets.
    * tirarse con ala delta = hang-glide.
    * tirarse de cabeza = jump in + head first, dive in, dive + head-first.
    * tirarse de las barbas = tear + Posesivo + hair out.
    * tirarse de los pelos = tear + Posesivo + hair out.
    * tirarse en paracaídas = parachute.
    * tirarse flores = blow + Posesivo + own trumpet.
    * tirarse piedras contra el propio tejado = shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot.
    * tirarse una plancha = put + Posesivo + foot in it, put + Posesivo + foot in + Posesivo + mouth, stick + Posesivo + foot in it, drop + a clanger, drop + a bollock, make + a blunder, make + a bloomer, blunder.
    * tirarse un eructo = belch, burp.
    * tirarse un farol = bullshit.
    * tirarse un pedo = fart, trump, break + wind, trumpet.

    * * *
    tirar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (lanzar, arrojar) to throw
    ¿quiénes estaban tirando piedras? who was throwing stones?
    tiró la colilla por la ventanilla she threw the cigarette butt out of the window
    tiró la pelota al aire he threw the ball up in the air
    tiraban piedrecitas al río they were throwing stones into the river
    no tires los papeles al suelo don't throw o drop the wrappers on the ground
    tirarle algo A algn (para que lo agarre) to throw sth TO sb, to throw sb sth; (con agresividad) to throw sth AT sb
    le tiró la pelota she threw him the ball, she threw the ball to him
    tírame las llaves throw me the keys
    me tiró una piedra she threw a stone at me
    le tiraron un cubo de agua they threw a bucket of water over him
    le tiró los brazos he put o stretched his arms out to her
    tírale un beso blow him a kiss
    2 (desechar, deshacerse de) to throw out o away
    todo esto es para tirar all this can be thrown out o away, this is all going out ( colloq)
    estos zapatos ya están para tirar(los) these shoes are about ready to be thrown away o out
    ¡que asco! tira eso inmediatemente a la basura ugh! throw that away right now!, ugh! put that in the garbage can ( AmE) o ( BrE) the bin right now!
    3 (desperdiciar) to waste
    ¡qué manera de tirar el dinero! what a waste of money!
    B (dejar en desorden) (+ compl):
    no tiren los juguetes por todos lados don't leave o strew your toys all over the place
    se quitó la camisa y la tiró en un rincón he took off his shirt and threw it into a corner
    C
    1 (hacer caer) to knock over
    ¡cuidado, que vas a tirar la leche! be careful, you're going to knock the milk over!
    tiró el jarrón al suelo de un codazo he knocked the vase off the table ( o shelf etc) with his elbow
    2 (derribar) to knock down
    el perro se le echó encima y lo tiró al suelo the dog leaped up at him and knocked him to the ground o knocked him over
    tiró todos los bolos de una vez he knocked all the pins down in one go
    van a tirar (abajo) esta pared or van a tirar esta pared (abajo) they're going to knock this wall down
    tiraron la puerta abajo they broke the door down
    D
    1 ‹bomba› to drop; ‹cohete› to fire, launch; ‹flecha› to shoot; ‹tiros› to fire
    le tiraron tres tiros they shot at him three times, they fired three shots at him
    2 ‹foto› to take
    E (dar) ‹puñetazo› to throw
    tiraba puñetazos a diestra y siniestra he was throwing punches o lashing out left and right ( AmE) o ( BrE) left, right and center
    el perro me tiró un mordisco the dog snapped at me
    no me tires más pellizcos stop pinching me
    tiró la cadena he pulled the chain
    no le tires el pelo don't pull his hair
    te voy a tirar las orejas I'm going to tweak your ears
    le tiraba la manga she was tugging o pulling at his sleeve
    G ( Impr) to print, run off
    H ( Mat) ‹línea› to draw
    I ( Chi)
    1 ‹carrera› to start, give the starting signal for
    2 ‹lotería› to draw the winning number in; ‹rifa› to draw
    ■ tirar
    vi
    A
    ¡vamos, tiren todos a una! come on, everybody pull together!
    [ S ] tirar pull
    tirar DE algo to pull sth
    no le tires del pelo don't pull her hair
    dos caballos tiraban del carro the cart was drawn by two horses
    tirar de la cadena to pull the chain
    le tiró de la manga she tugged o pulled at his sleeve
    le tiró de la oreja she tweaked his ear
    2 «vestido/blusa» to be (too) tight
    me tira it's too tight on me
    B
    (atraer): le sigue tirando México she still hankers after o misses Mexico
    no parece que le tiren mucho los deportes he doesn't seem to be very interested in o keen on sport
    la sangre tira blood is thicker than water
    C
    1
    (disparar): le tiró a traición she shot him in the back
    ¡no tiren! don't shoot!
    le tiró al corazón he shot him through the heart
    tirar a dar to shoot to wound ( not to kill)
    tirar a matar (literal) to shoot to kill
    (para ofender, atacar): cuando empieza a criticar, tira a matar when she starts criticizing you, she really goes for the jugular o she really sticks the knife in ( colloq)
    siempre que me dice algo, tira a matar whenever he says anything to me, he goes all out to hurt me
    2 ( Dep) to shoot
    tirar al arco ( AmL) or ( Esp) a puerta to shoot at goal
    tirando por lo bajo/alto at the (very) least/most
    3 ( Jueg) (descartarse) to throw away, discard; (en juegos de dados) to throw; (en dardos) to throw; (en bolos) to bowl
    D
    1 «chimenea/cigarro» to draw
    2 «coche/motor» to pull
    E
    1 ( fam) (llegar, sobrevivir) to get by
    con $100 podríamos tirar hasta fin de mes with $100 we could get by until the end of the month
    con este uniforme podrás tirar hasta fin de año this uniform will last you o ( colloq) will do you till the end of the year
    ger ( fam): ¿qué tal andas? — ya lo ves, tirando … how are things? — well, you know, not too bad o we're getting by
    no ganamos mucho pero vamos tirando we don't earn much but we're managing
    F
    ( Esp fam) (seguir adelante): tira, que creo que no nos ha visto go on, I don't think he's seen us
    vamos, tira come on, get moving o get a move on
    si tiras para atrás cabe otro coche if you back up o go back a bit we can get another car in
    tira (p'alante), no te pares ahora keep going, don't stop now
    hay mucho que hacer pero entre todos podemos tirar p'alante there's a lot to be done but if we all pull together we can get through it
    tira por esta calle abajo go o turn down this street
    en cuanto nos vieron, tiraron por otro lado as soon as they saw us they went off in a different direction/they turned off up a different street
    G ( AmL vulg) (en sentido sexual) to screw ( vulg), to fuck ( vulg)
    (tender a): un amarillo fuerte tirando a naranja a bright orangish o ( BrE) orangy yellow
    no es verde, tira más bien a azul it's not green, it's more of a bluish color
    los precios son más bien tirando a caros the prices are a bit on the expensive o ( colloq) steep side
    el erotismo de la película tiraba a pornográfico the eroticism in the film tended toward(s) o verged on the pornographic
    los niños tiran más a la madre the children take after their mother more
    es de estatura normal, tirando a bajito he's average to short in height
    A
    1 (lanzarse, arrojarse) (+ compl) to throw oneself
    se tiró por la ventana he threw himself o he leapt out of the window
    tirarse al agua to dive/jump into the water
    tirarse del trampolín to dive off the springboard
    tirarse de cabeza to dive in, to jump in headfirst
    intentó tirarse del tren en marcha she tried to throw herself from o to jump off the train while it was moving
    se le tiró a los brazos she threw herself into his arms
    2 «coche/conductor» (+ compl) to pull over
    se tiró bruscamente a un lado he swerved to one side
    3 ( AmL) (tumbarse) to lie down
    estoy agotada, me voy a tirar un rato I'm exhausted, I'm going to lie down for a while
    tirárselas de algo (Col, RPl fam): se las tira de valiente he makes out he's so brave
    B ( fam); ‹horas/días› to spend
    nos hemos tirado media hora para encontrar la casa it's taken us half an hour to find the house
    se tiró dos años escribiéndolo he spent two years writing it
    se ha tirado una hora entera hablando por teléfono he's been on the phone for a whole hour, he's spent a whole hour on the phone
    C ( vulg)
    (joder): tirarse a algn to screw sb ( vulg), to fuck sb ( vulg), to lay sb (sl)
    D ( fam)
    (expulsar): tirarse un pedo to fart (sl), to pass wind
    tirarse un eructo to belch, to burp ( colloq)
    E ( Col fam) (echar a perder) to ruin
    el aguacero se tiró el paseo the downpour washed out o ruined our walk
    se tiró el examen he flunked the exam ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    tirar ( conjugate tirar) verbo transitivo
    1


    tirarle algo a algn ( para que lo agarre) to throw sb sth;

    ( con agresividad) to throw sth at sb
    b) ( desechar) to throw out o away


    ◊ ¡qué manera de tirar el dinero! what a waste of money!

    2
    a) ( hacer caer) ‹jarrón/silla› to knock over;


    b) ( derribar) ‹pared/puerta› to knock down

    3
    a) ‹ bomba› to drop;

    ‹ cohete› to fire, launch;
    ‹ flecha› to shoot
    b) ‹ foto› to take

    4 (AmL) ( atrayendo hacia sí) to pull;

    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( atrayendo hacia sí) to pull;
    tirar de algo to pull sth;

    2


    b) (Dep) to shoot;

    tirar al arco (AmL) or (Esp) a puerta to shoot at goal

    ( en juegos de dados) to throw;
    ( en dardos) to throw;
    ( en bolos) to bowl
    3
    a) [chimenea/cigarro] to draw

    b) [coche/motor] to pull

    4
    ◊ tirando ger (fam): gano poco pero vamos tirando I don't earn much but we're managing;

    ¿qué tal andas? — tirando how are things? — not too bad
    5
    ◊ tirar a ( tender a): tira más bien a azul it's more of a bluish color;

    ella tira más a la madre she takes after her mother more
    tirarse verbo pronominal
    1
    a) (lanzarse, arrojarse) to throw oneself;


    tirarse en paracaídas to parachute;

    ( en emergencia) to bale out;

    tirarse de cabeza to dive in, to jump in headfirst
    b) (AmL) ( tumbarse) to lie down

    2 (fam) ‹horas/días› to spend;

    3 (fam) ( expulsar):

    tirar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (arrojar, echar) to throw: lo tiró al agua, he threw it into the water
    no tires la cáscara al suelo, don't throw o drop the peel on the floor
    (enérgicamente) to fling, hurl: lo tiró al fuego, she threw it on the fire
    2 (deshacerse de) to throw out o away
    tiré mis zapatos viejos, I threw my old shoes away
    3 (malgastar) tiraste el dinero con esa joya falsa, you've wasted your money on that fake jewel
    (despilfarrar) to squander
    4 (hacer caer) to knock over: tiré el vaso, I knocked the glass over
    5 (derribar a alguien) to knock o push over
    tirar abajo (una pared, una puerta) to knock down
    (demoler) to pull down
    6 (una bomba) to drop
    (un tiro, un cohete) to fire
    7 (una foto) to take
    8 Impr to print
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (hacer fuerza hacia sí) to pull: no le tires del pelo, don't pull his hair
    ¡tira de la cuerda!, tug on the rope!
    2 (disparar) to shoot
    Dep to shoot
    (dados, dardos) to throw
    3 fam (gustar) le tira mucho el baloncesto, he's very keen on basketball
    4 (tender) tira a azul, it's bluish
    (parecerse) tira a su madre, she takes after her mother
    5 fam (arreglárselas) ir tirando, to get by, manage
    6 (ir) tira a la derecha, turn right
    ' tirar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aire
    - bala
    - borda
    - calle
    - casa
    - esconder
    - palanca
    - toalla
    - trapo
    - apedrear
    - arrojar
    - basura
    - blanco
    - botar
    - cadena
    - crimen
    - echar
    - jalar
    - pinta
    - zumbar
    English:
    aim at
    - archery
    - bung
    - cast
    - chain
    - chuck
    - chuck away
    - chuck out
    - clearout
    - dash
    - drag
    - draw
    - fling
    - flush
    - haul
    - heave
    - keep
    - knock off
    - knock over
    - lash out
    - pitch
    - pull
    - pull on
    - pull over
    - putt
    - run off
    - shoot
    - sling
    - sling out
    - splash out
    - sponge
    - strain
    - throw
    - throw aside
    - throw away
    - throw out
    - toss
    - toss away
    - towel
    - town
    - trash
    - tug
    - turf out
    - waste
    - yank
    - beat
    - blow
    - bring
    - disposable
    - ditch
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [lanzar] to throw;
    tiraron las gorras al aire they threw their caps (up) in the air;
    tirar algo a alguien [para que lo agarre] to throw sth to sb;
    [para hacer daño] to throw sth at sb;
    tírame una manzana throw me an apple;
    le tiró un beso she blew him a kiss;
    le tiraban piedras a la policía they were throwing stones at the police
    2. [dejar caer] [objeto] to drop;
    [líquido] [derramar] to spill;
    no tiren los papeles al suelo don't throw o drop the wrappers on the ground;
    tiró las maletas y se tumbó en la cama she dropped her suitcases and lay down on the bed;
    me has tirado salsa en el traje you've spilt some sauce on my suit
    3. [derribar] [botella, lámpara] to knock over;
    [muro, tabique, edificio] to knock down;
    tiró la lámpara con un codo al pasar she knocked over the lamp with her elbow as she went by;
    la violencia del choque la tiró al suelo the force of the collision knocked o hurled her to the floor;
    esta pared habrá que tirarla we're going to have to knock this wall down
    4. [desechar] to throw away o out;
    tirar algo a la basura to throw sth out;
    tíralo a la papelera throw it in the wastepaper basket;
    esto está para tirarlo you/we/ etc should throw this away o out;
    eso es tirar el dinero that's a complete waste of money
    5. [arrastrar]
    un carro tirado por bueyes an ox-drawn cart
    6. [disparar] [balas, misiles, disparos] to fire;
    [bomba] to drop; [petardo, cohete] to let off; [dardos, flechas] to shoot; Fam
    tirar una foto to take a picture
    7. [jugar] [carta] to play;
    [dado] to throw
    8. [en deportes] [falta, penalti] to take;
    [balón] to pass
    9. [imprimir] to print
    10. [trazar] [línea] to draw
    11. Fam [suspender] to fail, US to flunk;
    me han tirado en geografía I've failed o US flunked geography
    ♦ vi
    1. [disparar] to shoot;
    tirar al aire to fire shots into the air;
    tirar a dar to shoot to wound, not to kill;
    tirar a matar [con arma] to shoot to kill;
    [con comentario] to go for the jugular
    2. [estirar, arrastrar]
    tirar (de algo) to pull (sth);
    el ciclista colombiano tiraba del pelotón the Colombian cyclist was pulling the bunch along;
    me tiró del pelo she pulled my hair;
    [en letrero] pull;
    me tiró del brazo/de la manga she tugged at my arm/sleeve;
    RP
    tirar parejo: esto no es justo, o tiramos parejo o yo me retiro this is not fair, either we all pull together or I'm dropping out
    3. [estar tirante] to be tight;
    la chaqueta me tira de atrás the jacket's a bit tight at the back
    4. [en deportes] [con el pie] to kick;
    [con la mano] to throw; [a meta, canasta] to shoot;
    tirar a gol o Am [m5] al arco o Esp [m5] a puerta to shoot, to have a shot at goal
    5. [dirigirse] to go ( hacia o para towards), to head ( hacia o para for o towards); Fam
    ¡tira! [para empezar a moverse] get moving!;
    Fam
    ¡tira que llegamos tarde! let's get a move on or we'll be late!;
    Fam
    tira para arriba, que ahora subo yo you go on up, I'll come up in a minute;
    tira por esa calle go up o take that street
    6. [jugar] to go, to have one's go;
    te toca tirar a ti [en naipes, dados, billar] it's your go
    7. [cigarrillo, chimenea] to draw;
    este tabaco no tira these cigarettes aren't drawing properly
    8. Fam [funcionar] to go, to work;
    el motor no tira the engine isn't working properly;
    el coche tira bien the car runs well
    9. [durar] to last;
    estos zapatos tirarán otro año these shoes will last another year
    10. Fam [atraer]
    la familia tira mucho blood is thicker than water;
    la tierra siempre tira de uno your homeland never loses its pull on you;
    tirarle a alguien: me tira la vida del campo country life appeals to me;
    no le tira la profesión de su padre his father's profession doesn't appeal to him;
    no le tira viajar she doesn't feel the urge to travel;
    tirar de alguien to exert a pull on sb
    11. Fam [apañárselas]
    aún puedo tirar con este abrigo un par de inviernos this coat should do me for another couple of winters yet;
    ir tirando to get by;
    voy tirando I'm OK, I've been worse
    12. [tener aspecto de o tendencia a]
    tirar a: tira a gris it's greyish;
    tira a su abuela she takes after her grandmother;
    este programa tira a (ser) hortera this programme is a bit on the tacky side;
    el tiempo tira a mejorar the weather looks as if it's getting better;
    es un reformista tirando a radical he's somewhere between a reformist and a radical;
    es verde tirando a azul it's a bluey green;
    es tirando a delgado if anything, he's rather thin;
    tira para deportista he has the makings of a sportsman
    13. Fam [hacer uso]
    tirar de algo to use sth;
    cuando no hay dinero hay que tirar del ingenio when you don't have any money, you have to rely on your wits;
    hubo que tirar de los ahorros we had to draw on our savings
    14. Ven Vulg [copular] to fuck
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 throw; edificio, persona knock down; ( volcar) knock over
    2 basura throw away; dinero waste, throw away fam
    3 TIP print
    4 fam
    en examen fail
    5 foto take
    6 tiro fire
    II v/i
    1 de coche pull;
    tirar de algo pull sth
    2 ( disparar) shoot
    :
    tirar a puerta shoot at goal;
    tirar fuera shoot wide
    4 ( atraer) pull, attract;
    no me tira la música music doesn’t turn me on
    5
    :
    tirar a tend toward;
    tirar a conservador/verde have conservative/Green tendencies
    6 ( girar)
    :
    tirar a la derecha turn right, take a right
    7
    :
    ir tirando fam get by, manage
    * * *
    tirar vt
    1) : to throw, to hurl, to toss
    2) botar: to throw away, to throw out, to waste
    3) derribar: to knock down
    4) : to shoot, to fire, to launch
    5) : to take (a photo)
    6) : to print, to run off
    tirar vi
    1) : to pull, to draw
    2) : to shoot
    3) : to attract
    4) : to get by, to manage
    va tirando: he's getting along, he's managing
    5)
    tirar a : to tend towards, to be rather
    tira a picante: it's a bit spicy
    * * *
    tirar vb
    1. (lanzar) to throw [pt. threw; pp. thrown]
    2. (desechar) to throw away [pt. threw; pp. thrown]
    3. (derribar) to knock over / to knock down
    4. (malgastar) to waste
    5. (arrastrar, estirar) to pull
    6. (disparar) to shoot [pt. & pp. shot]
    7. (atraer, gustar) to like

    Spanish-English dictionary > tirar

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She is thin but strong. only: but: She wanted to buy it, only she had no money. \ غَيْرُ أهل للثّقة \ suspect: not trustworthy; possibly the cause of trouble: a rather suspect character. \ غَيْرُ بالِغ \ immature: not fully formed or developed. \ غَيْرُ بهيج \ dull: (of weather or colour) not clean or bright; cloudy: a dull day; a dull blue. \ غَيْرُ جاهز للعَمَل \ out of training: not in good condition. \ غَيْرُ جَمِيل \ plain: (of people) not good-looking: He was a nice boy, but rather plain and not very clever. \ غَيْرُ جَمِيل \ homely: (of people, faces, etc.) not goodlooking. \ See Also جذاب (جذّاب)‏ \ غَيْرُ حادّ \ dull: (of the senses) not sharp: a dull pain. \ غَيْرُ حَذِر \ unwary: (esp. as a noun with the) careless; not looking out for danger or deceit: ‘Easy’ questions in an exam are often a trap for the unwary (or for unwary people). \ غَيْرُ حقيقي \ unreal: imaginary; not related to facts. \ غَيْرُ دقيق \ rough: not carefully made; not properly finished; not exact: a rough drawing; a rough guess. \ غَيْرُ ذلك \ else: other (together with the first one); besides: Who else came? Did you look anywhere else, or only under the bed?, other (instead of the first one); instead Let’s talk about something else. Peter was ill, so someone else came. If there’s no coffee, what else can I drink?. otherwise: differently: I thought it was true, but they thought otherwise. \ غَيْرُ رَسْمِيّ \ informal: without ceremony or special dress: The prince paid an informal visit to the town. private: not official; not concerning one’s work; concerning one’s home and family: In his private life, the actor is rather quiet, although in the play he is loud and angry. \ غَيْرُ سَارّ \ bad, worse, worst: (of news, weather, etc.) unpleasant. \ غَيْرُ سالِك \ impassable: (of roads) unfit for use; blocked (by snow, mud, etc.). \ غَيْرُ سَكران \ sober: not under the control of alcohol; not drunk: A car driver ought to be sober. \ غَيْرُ سليمة \ broken, break: (of language) incorrectly spoken by a foreigner: broken English. \ غَيْرُ شَرْعِيّ \ illegal: against the law: A crime is an illegal act. illegitimate: (of a child) born to a mother who is not married. \ غَيْرُ شريف \ crooked: dishonest. \ غَيْرُ شَفّاف \ opaque: not allowing light to pass through it: opaque glass. \ غَيْرُ صافٍ \ gross: (of figures or amounts) whole, before subtracting anything; the opposite of net: Your gross pay is the amount before tax is paid. \ غَيْرُ صَالِح للاستعمال \ out of order: not working: I couldn’t ring you up yesterday because our telephone was out of order. \ غَيْرُ صالح للأَكل \ inedible: not fit to eat. \ غَيْرُ صَالِح لِلْعَمَل \ out of action: not working; out of order: This telephone is out of action. \ غَيْرُ صِحّي \ insanitary: so dirty that health is put at risk: an insanitary kitchen. \ غَيْرُ صحيح \ false: wrong; incorrect: a false idea. \ غَيْرُ صَحيح \ unsound: not in good condition, not satisfactory: unsound teeth; an unsound explanation. \ See Also سَليم \ غَيْرُ ضَارّ \ harmless: causing no harm; gentle: A lamb is a harmless creature. Is this insect poison harmless to people?. \ غَيْرُ ضروريّ \ needless: useless; unnecessary (trouble, expense etc.). \ غَيْرُ طاهر \ impure: not pure. \ غَيْرُ طَبيعِيّ \ artificial: adj. (of teeth, light, silk, etc.) not natural; made by man. False: not natural: false teeth. weird: very strange. \ غَيْرُ عَادِيّ \ abnormal: different from what is natural or usual: It is abnormal to have only 3 fingers on one hand. exceptional: unusual: That book is an exeptional one. It was an exceptionally hot summer. peculiar: unusual strange. remarkable: surprising; unusual and worth noticing: a remarkable change; a remarkably goodlooking child. unusual: not usual; strange. \ غَيْرُ عالِم بِـ \ ignorant of: not having heard about (a particular thing): I was ignorant of his plans. \ غَيْرُ عَمَليّ \ theoretical: adj. of theories; not learned from experience; supposed; not proved: I have only a theoretical knowledge of cooking from reading cookery books. \ غَيْرُ فَعّال \ inefficient: not working well; wasting time or power: Old machines are often inefficient. He is an inefficient clerk. \ غَيْرُ قابل للتصديق (غير معقول)‏ \ incredible: too strange to be believed; unbelievable: an incredible story. \ غَيْرُ قادِر \ incapable: not able to do sth.; not having the power or nature to do sth.: flowers are incapable of growing without light. She is incapable of being unkind to people. \ غَيْرُ قادِر على الحركة \ numb: having no feeling: My fingers were numb with cold. \ غَيْرُ قانونيّ \ illegal: against the law: A crime is an illegal act. wrongful: unjust; unlawful: wrongful imprisonment. \ غَيْرُ كافٍ \ insufficient: not enough (in power, ability, etc.): insufficient knowledge; insufficient food. lacking: missing: The bread was enough but the butter was lacking. scanty: (of a supply, of clothing, etc.) very small; not enough: He was too scantily dressed to keep warm. \ غَيْرُ كامِل \ incomplete: not complete; not perfect: This piece of work is incomplete - please finish it. His explanation is incomplete - it doesn’t explain all the facts. \ غَيْرُ كَثِيف \ sparse: thinly scattered: sparse hair; sparse grass. \ غَيْرُ كُفْء \ inefficient: not working well; wasting time or power: Old machines are often inefficient. He is an inefficient clerk. \ غَيْرُ لائق \ beneath sb.’s dignity: unsuitable for sb. to do: It was beneath the teacher’s dignity to sweep the classroom. improper: not proper; unsuitable; not polite: improper behaviour. \ غَيْرُ لَبِق \ awkward: (of manner or movement) showing difficulty; not skilful: He is too awkward on his feet to be a dancer. tactless: showing no understanding or skill in dealing with others: a tactless person; a tactless statement. \ غَيْرُ مُؤَدَّب \ impolite: not polite; rude. \ غَيْرُ مُؤذٍ \ innocent: harmless: innocent amusements. \ غَيْرُ مؤكَّد \ uncertain: not certain; doubtful; undecided; changeable: I’m uncertain what time he’s coming. Our holiday plans are still uncertain, we haven’t decided where to go. The weather is uncertain - it may rain soon. \ غَيْرُ مُؤلم \ painless: causing no pain. \ غَيْرُ مأْلوف \ queer: strange, unusually and not understood: a queer noise. uncouth: lacking good manners; strange in one’s appearance: It is uncouth to push your knife into your mouth when eating. Modern young men don’t condiser it uncouth to wear their hair long. \ غَيْرُ مَأْهول \ desert: (of an island) with nobody living on it. wild: (of plants, creatures, land, etc.) in a natural state, not under the control of man. \ غَيْرُ مُبَاشِر \ indirect: not straight or directly joined to; meaning something which is not directly said: an indirect road; the indirect result of an action; an indirect answer. \ غَيْرُ مُبَالٍ \ indifferent: not caring; not interested: He was quite indifferent to his children’s troubles. \ غَيْرُ مَبْتُوت بأمْرِه \ pending: (of a doubtful matter, esp. in court) not yet settled. \ غَيْرُ مُبْهَم \ definite: certain; clear: a definite promise; a definite plan of action. \ غَيْرُ متأكِّد \ in doubt: uncertain: When in doubt, ask your father. \ غَيْرُ مُتَجَانِس \ odd: mixed; different from each other: a boxful of odd tools; two odd shoes (not a pair). \ غَيْرُ مُتَحَرِّك \ stationary: not moving: a stationary vehicle. \ غَيْرُ مُتَحَفِّظ \ outspoken: (of sb. or his speech) saying just what one thinks, although it may annoy some people. \ غَيْرُ مُتَحَمِّس \ cool: unfriendly; They gave us rather a cool welcome. \ غَيْرُ متحمّس لِـ \ half-hearted: not eager; showing little effort or interest: He made a half-hearted attempt at the work. \ غَيْرُ مُتَرَابِط \ scrappy: made of scraps; incomplete; badly arranged: a scrappy meal; a scrappy report. \ غَيْرُ مُتَّصِل \ intermittent: repeatedly stopping and starting; not continuous: intermittent rain. \ غَيْرُ مُتَّصِل بِـ \ irrelevant: not concerned with, not in any way related to the subject: If you are appointing a good teacher, his height is quite irrelevant. \ غَيْرُ مُتَطَرِّف \ moderate: reasonable (in size or amount; in one’s customs or opinions, etc.); neither too big nor too small; neither too much nor too little: moderate prices; moderate political aims. \ غَيْرُ مُتقَن \ rough: not carefully made; not properly finished; not exact: a rough drawing; a rough guess. \ غَيْرُ مُتْقَن (للشيء أو العمل)‏ \ sloppy: (of a person) lacking effort or spirit; weakly lazy; (of a substance) wet and loose: a sloppy piece of work; a sloppy paste. \ غَيْرُ مُتَكَلّف \ homely: simple and friendly; making one feel at home: This little hotel has a homely feeling. \ غَيْرُ مُتَمدِّن (إنسان)‏ \ savage: old use sb. living in an undeveloped society, seen as fierce and wild and likely to attack strangers. \ غَيْرُ مُتَوَازِن \ top-heavy: so heavy at the top that it is likely to fall over: a top heavy load. \ غَيْرُ مُتَوَافر \ out of stock: not in stock. \ غَيْرُ مُتَوَقَّع \ abrupt: (of movement, change, etc.) sudden and unexpected: an abrupt change of plan. unexpected: not expected; surprising that one did not think would happen: an unexpected present; something quite unexpected. \ غَيْرُ مُجْدٍ \ vain: useless; unsuccessful: a vain attempt. ineffective: not able to produce the desired effect: This medicine is quite ineffective. \ غَيْرُ مُحْتَرِف \ amateur: one who works or plays for pleasure, not for money: an amateur actor. \ غَيْرُ مُحْتَمَل \ improbable: not likely to happen: That is an improbable idea. intolerable: (of heat, annoyance, rudeness, etc.) more than one can bear. \ غَيْرُ مُحَدَّد \ indefinite: adj. not clear; not fixed in time: indefinite ideas; at an indefinite date. \ غَيْرُ مَحْدُود \ infinite: endless; not measurable: I have infinite faith in his abilities. This is infinitely better than that. The infinite space of the sky. whole-hearted: full, unlimited, eager and willing: His plan had their whole-hearted support. \ غَيْرُ مُدْرِك \ unaware: not knowing: I was unaware of all the facts. He was unaware of the danger he was in. \ غَيْرُ مَرْئيّ \ invisible: unable to be seen: The sun remained invisible behind the heavy clouds. unseen: not seen; without being seen: The prisoner escaped unseen. \ غَيْرُ مُرَاعٍ لشُعور الآخرين \ thoughtless: careless; not troubling about the future or about other people: a thoughtless waste of money; thoughtless cruelty. \ غَيْرُ مَرْبُوط \ undone: not done finished; no longer fastened: He left half the work undone. Your shoe has came undone. \ غَيْرُ مَرْبُوط \ loose: not tied; not contained in sth.: The sweets were sold loose, not packed in tins. \ See Also مقيد (مُقيَّد)‏ \ غَيْرُ مُرْتاح \ uneasy: anxious, uncomfortable. \ غَيْرُ مُرَتَّب \ dishevelled: (of a person’s appearance, esp. hair) untidy. \ غَيْرُ مُرَكَّز \ watery: like water; containing too much water: watery milk. weak: (of liquids like tea or coffee) lacking taste or strength, because of too much water or milk. \ غَيْرُ مُريح \ inconvenient: causing difficulty; not what suits one: That is an inconvenient time to visit me. uncomfortable: not comfortable: This chair is very uncomfortable. I’m very uncomfortable in it. \ غَيْرُ مَسْؤُول \ irresponsible: doing foolish things without thinking of the probable results; not trustworthy: It was irresponsible of you to give the child a box of matches to play with. \ غَيْرُ مُسْتَحَبّ \ unpleasant: not pleasing or enjoyable; (of people) wanting to quarrel; unkind: What an unpleasant smell! The heat of summer can be very unpleasant. That man was rather unpleasant to me. \ غَيْرُ مُسْتَخْدَم \ obsolete: no longer used; out of date: an obsolete word; an obsolete custom. \ غَيْرُ مُسْتَعْمَل \ archaic: very old; (esp. of words) no longer used. \ غَيْرُ مُسْتَوٍ \ irregular: not regular; uneven: irregular visits; an irregular shape. rugged: rough and rocky: a rugged coast; rugged cliffs. \ غَيْرُ مُسْرَج \ bareback: (in riding horses, etc.) without a proper leather seat: The boys rode bareback. \ غَيْرُ مُسْكِر (للشَّراب)‏ \ soft: (of drinks) not alcoholic. \ غَيْرُ مَشْرُوع \ foul: (in sport) disobeying the rules: Foul play. The whistle was blown for a foul. \ غَيْرُ مشغول \ free: not busy; not in use: If you’re free this evening, let’s go to the cinema. Is this seat free?. \ غَيْرُ مُصابٍ بِأَذى \ intact: not touched; not damaged or broken; complete: The box was broken but the contents were intact. \ غَيْرُ مَصْقول \ rough: not carefully made; not properly finished; not exact: a rough drawing; a rough guess. coarse: (of people and their manners) rough; rude: a coarse fellow; a coarse laugh. \ غَيْرُ مُصَنَّع \ crude: in its natural state: crude oil. \ غَيْرُ مَصْنُوع \ undone: not done finished; no longer fastened: He left half the work undone. Your shoe has come undone. \ See Also منجز (مُنْجَز)‏ \ غَيْرُ مطبوخ \ raw: uncooked: raw meat. \ غَيْرُ مُطْلَق \ relative: comparative: the relative values of gold and iron. \ غَيْرُ مُعَدّ \ rambling: (of speeches, stories, etc.) not planned; wandering aimlessly: He wrote a long rambling letter about his troubles. \ غَيْرُ مُعَشَّق \ out of gear: with the engine separated from the driving wheels. \ غَيْرُ مُعَقَّد \ simple: plain; not fine or grand: We lead a simple life in the country. \ See Also منمق (مُنَمَّق)، متكلف (مُتَكَلَّف)‏ \ غَيْرُ مَعْقُول \ absurd: not at all sensible; foolish: The singer’s absurd clothes made us laugh. \ غَيْرُ مُغَطّى \ naked: not protected by a cover: naked sword; a naked light (whose flame is therefore dangerous). \ غَيْرُ مُفيد \ useless: worthless; fulfilling no purpose; without effect. \ غَيْرُ مَقْرُوء \ illegible: difficult or impossible to read (because the letters or figures cannot be clearly seen). \ غَيْرُ مُقَيَّد \ open: not limited: The next race is open to children of any age. It’s an open race. \ غَيْرُ مُقَيَّد \ wanton: carelessly uncontrolled;with no good reason; wild or playful, with bad resutls: Wanton behaviour causes wanton damage. \ غَيْرُ مُكْتَرِث \ careless: not taking care: Careless drivers cause accidents. indifferent: not caring; not interested: He was quite indifferent to his children’s troubles. \ غَيْرُ مُكْتَرَث بِه \ perfunctory: done with little interest or care: a perfunctory piece of work. \ غَيْرُ مُلائِم \ adverse: unfavourable: an adverse report; adverse winds that delay sailing. improper: not proper; unsuitable; not polite: improper behaviour. inconvenient: causing difficulty; not what suits one: That is an inconvenient time to visit me. \ غَيْرُ مُمطِر \ dry: not wet; with no rain; with no water: a dry cloth; dry weather; a dry river. \ غَيْرُ ممكِن \ impossible: not possible. \ غَيْرُ مُمَيّز \ indiscriminate: not choosing carefully: He invited people indiscriminately to his party. \ غَيْرُ مناسب \ wrong: not correct; mistaken; unsuitable: That’s the wrong answer, and the wrong way to do it. She came in the wrong clothes for riding. \ See Also ملائم (مُلائِم)‏ \ غَيْرُ مُنْطَبِق على \ irrelevant: not concerned with, not in any way related to the subject: If you are appointing a good teacher, his height is quite irrelevant. \ غَيْرُ مُنَظَّم \ random: not planned, not regular: random visits to the city. \ See Also غَيْر مُخَطَّط \ غَيْرُ مَنْظُور \ unseen: not seen; without being seen: The prisoner escaped unseen. \ غَيْرُ مُهْتَمّ به \ perfunctory: done with little interest or care: a perfunctory piece of work. \ غَيْرُ مُهَذَّب \ impolite: not polite; rude. uncouth: lacking good manners; strange in one’s appearance: It is uncouth to push your knife into your mouth when eating. Modern young men don’t condiser it uncouth to wear their hair long. \ غَيْرُ مَوْثوق \ irresponsible: doing foolish things without thinking of the probable results; not trustworthy: It was irresponsible of you to give the child a box of matches to play with. suspect: not trustworthy; possibly the cause of trouble: a rather suspect character. \ غَيْرُ مُوجِع \ painless: causing no pain. \ غَيْرُ موجُود \ lacking: missing: The bread was enough but the butter was lacking. \ غَيْرُ مَوْصُول بالمُحَرِّك \ out of gear: with the engine separated from the driving wheels. \ غَيْرُ ناضج \ immature: not fully formed or developed. \ غَيْرُ نِظاميّ \ irregular: not regular; uneven: irregular visits; an irregular shape. \ غَيْرُ نَقِيّ \ cloudy: (of liquids) not clear. impure: not pure. \ غَيْرُ واثِق \ uncertain: not certain doubtful; undecided; changeable: I’m uncertain what time he’s coming. \ غَيْرُ واثِق من نفْسه \ insecure: feeling afraid and not sure of oneself: He’s a very insecure person, and so he always thinks other people don’t like him. \ غَيْرُ واضِح \ dull: (of the senses) not sharp: a dull pain. vague: not clearly seen or expressed or understood; (of people) having no clear ideas: She made a vague statement. He’s rather vague about his duties. \ غَيْرُ واقعي \ fictitious: imagined; not a fact; not true: a fictitious character in a book. \ غَيْرُ وِدّي \ icy: (of a voice or manner) very cold; very unfriendly. cold: unfriendly: a cold welcome; a cold heart.

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  • 4 Meikle, Andrew

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    b. 1719 Scotland
    d. 27 November 1811
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    Scottish millwright and inventor of the threshing machine.
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    The son of the millwright James Meikle, who is credited with the introduction of the winnowing machine into Britain, Andrew Meikle followed in his father's footsteps. His inventive inclinations were first turned to developing his father's idea, and together with his own son George he built and patented a double-fan winnowing machine.
    However, in the history of agricultural development Andrew Meikle is most famous for his invention of the threshing machine, patented in 1784. He had been presented with a model of a threshing mill designed by a Mr Ilderton of Northumberland, but after failing to make a full-scale machine work, he developed the concept further. He eventually built the first working threshing machine for a farmer called Stein at Kilbagio. The patent revolutionized farming practice because it displaced the back-breaking and soul-destroying labour of flailing the grain from the straw. The invention was of great value in Scotland and in northern England when the land was becoming underpopulated as a result of heavy industrialization, but it was bitterly opposed in the south of England until well into the nineteenth century. Although the introduction of the threshing machine led to the "Captain Swing" riots of the 1830s, in opposition to it, it shortly became universal.
    Meikle's provisional patent in 1785 was a natural progression of earlier attempts by other millwrights to produce such a machine. The published patent is based on power provided by a horse engine, but these threshing machines were often driven by water-wheels or even by windmills. The corn stalks were introduced into the machine where they were fed between cast-iron rollers moving quite fast against each other to beat the grain out of the ears. The power source, whether animal, water or wind, had to cause the rollers to rotate at high speed to knock the grain out of the ears. While Meikle's machine was at first designed as a fixed barn machine powered by a water-wheel or by a horse wheel, later threshing machines became mobile and were part of the rig of an agricultural contractor.
    In 1788 Meikle was awarded a patent for the invention of shuttered sails for windmills. This patent is part of the general description of the threshing machine, and whilst it was a practical application, it was superseded by the work of Thomas Cubitt.
    At the turn of the century Meikle became a manufacturer of threshing machines, building appliances that combined the threshing and winnowing principles as well as the reciprocating "straw walkers" found in subsequent threshing machines and in conventional combine harvesters to the present day. However, he made little financial gain from his invention, and a public subscription organized by the President of the Board of Agriculture, Sir John Sinclair, raised £1,500 to support him towards the end of his life.
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    Bibliography
    1831, Threshing Machines in The Dictionary of Mechanical Sciences, Arts and Manufactures, London: Jamieson, Alexander.
    7 March 1768, British patent no. 896, "Machine for dressing wheat, malt and other grain and for cleaning them from sand, dust and smut".
    9 April 1788, British patent no. 1,645, "Machine which may be worked by cattle, wind, water or other power for the purpose of separating corn from the straw".
    Further Reading
    J.E.Handley, 1953, Scottish Farming in the 18th Century, and 1963, The Agricultural Revolution in Scotland (both place Meikle and his invention within their context).
    G.Quick and W.Buchele, 1978, The Grain Harvesters, American Society of Agricultural Engineers (gives an account of the early development of harvesting and cereal treatment machinery).
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  • 5 Cartwright, Revd Edmund

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    b. 24 April 1743 Marnham, Nottingham, England
    d. 30 October 1823 Hastings, Sussex, England
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    English inventor of the power loom, a combing machine and machines for making ropes, bread and bricks as well as agricultural improvements.
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    Edmund Cartwright, the fourth son of William Cartwright, was educated at Wakefield Grammar School, and went to University College, Oxford, at the age of 14. By special act of convocation in 1764, he was elected Fellow of Magdalen College. He married Alice Whitaker in 1772 and soon after was given the ecclesiastical living of Brampton in Derbyshire. In 1779 he was presented with the living of Goadby, Marwood, Leicestershire, where he wrote poems, reviewed new works, and began agricultural experiments. A visit to Matlock in the summer of 1784 introduced him to the inventions of Richard Arkwright and he asked why weaving could not be mechanized in a similar manner to spinning. This began a remarkable career of inventions.
    Cartwright returned home and built a loom which required two strong men to operate it. This was the first attempt in England to develop a power loom. It had a vertical warp, the reed fell with the weight of at least half a hundredweight and, to quote Gartwright's own words, "the springs which threw the shuttle were strong enough to throw a Congreive [sic] rocket" (Strickland 19.71:8—for background to the "rocket" comparison, see Congreve, Sir William). Nevertheless, it had the same three basics of weaving that still remain today in modern power looms: shedding or dividing the warp; picking or projecting the shuttle with the weft; and beating that pick of weft into place with a reed. This loom he proudly patented in 1785, and then he went to look at hand looms and was surprised to see how simply they operated. Further improvements to his own loom, covered by two more patents in 1786 and 1787, produced a machine with the more conventional horizontal layout that showed promise; however, the Manchester merchants whom he visited were not interested. He patented more improvements in 1788 as a result of the experience gained in 1786 through establishing a factory at Doncaster with power looms worked by a bull that were the ancestors of modern ones. Twenty-four looms driven by steam-power were installed in Manchester in 1791, but the mill was burned down and no one repeated the experiment. The Doncaster mill was sold in 1793, Cartwright having lost £30,000, However, in 1809 Parliament voted him £10,000 because his looms were then coming into general use.
    In 1789 he began working on a wool-combing machine which he patented in 1790, with further improvements in 1792. This seems to have been the earliest instance of mechanized combing. It used a circular revolving comb from which the long fibres or "top" were. carried off into a can, and a smaller cylinder-comb for teasing out short fibres or "noils", which were taken off by hand. Its output equalled that of twenty hand combers, but it was only relatively successful. It was employed in various Leicestershire and Yorkshire mills, but infringements were frequent and costly to resist. The patent was prolonged for fourteen years after 1801, but even then Cartwright did not make any profit. His 1792 patent also included a machine to make ropes with the outstanding and basic invention of the "cordelier" which he communicated to his friends, including Robert Fulton, but again it brought little financial benefit. As a result of these problems and the lack of remuneration for his inventions, Cartwright moved to London in 1796 and for a time lived in a house built with geometrical bricks of his own design.
    Other inventions followed fast, including a tread-wheel for cranes, metallic packing for pistons in steam-engines, and bread-making and brick-making machines, to mention but a few. He had already returned to agricultural improvements and he put forward suggestions in 1793 for a reaping machine. In 1801 he received a prize from the Board of Agriculture for an essay on husbandry, which was followed in 1803 by a silver medal for the invention of a three-furrow plough and in 1805 by a gold medal for his essay on manures. From 1801 to 1807 he ran an experimental farm on the Duke of Bedford's estates at Woburn.
    From 1786 until his death he was a prebendary of Lincoln. In about 1810 he bought a small farm at Hollanden near Sevenoaks, Kent, where he continued his inventions, both agricultural and general. Inventing to the last, he died at Hastings and was buried in Battle church.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Board of Agriculture Prize 1801 (for an essay on agriculture). Society of Arts, Silver Medal 1803 (for his three-furrow plough); Gold Medal 1805 (for an essay on agricultural improvements).
    Bibliography
    1785. British patent no. 1,270 (power loom).
    1786. British patent no. 1,565 (improved power loom). 1787. British patent no. 1,616 (improved power loom).
    1788. British patent no. 1,676 (improved power loom). 1790, British patent no. 1,747 (wool-combing machine).
    1790, British patent no. 1,787 (wool-combing machine).
    1792, British patent no. 1,876 (improved wool-combing machine and rope-making machine with cordelier).
    Further Reading
    M.Strickland, 1843, A Memoir of the Life, Writings and Mechanical Inventions of Edmund Cartwright, D.D., F.R.S., London (remains the fullest biography of Cartwright).
    Dictionary of National Biography (a good summary of Cartwright's life). For discussions of Cartwright's weaving inventions, see: A.Barlow, 1878, The History and Principles of Weaving by Hand and by Power, London; R.L. Hills, 1970, Power in the Industrial Revolution, Manchester. F.Nasmith, 1925–6, "Fathers of machine cotton manufacture", Transactions of the
    Newcomen Society 6.
    H.W.Dickinson, 1942–3, "A condensed history of rope-making", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 23.
    W.English, 1969, The Textile Industry, London (covers both his power loom and his wool -combing machine).
    RLH

    Biographical history of technology > Cartwright, Revd Edmund

  • 6 قليل

    قَلِيل \ insufficient: not enough (in power, ability, etc.): insufficient knowledge; insufficient food. little: small; (of children) very young and small; (of time or distance) short: a little book; two little boys; Wait a little while. low: not high; not great in amount: low price; a low speed. poor: too small in quantity: a poor supply of wood; a poor attendance at the meeting. scarce: not plentiful; difficult to get, for lack of supply: Water is scare in desert lands. slight: small and usu. unimportant: a slight change; slight fever. slim: (of hopes or chances, etc.) weak: a slim chance of escape. small: (with no adv. form) little: a small child; the smallest house in the village. \ See Also صغير (صَغِير)‏ \ بِقَلِيل \ little: (with very, unless followed by an adjective or participle) not much; hardly at all: It rained very little in the night. He’s little better than a thief. slightly: a little: He’s slightly taller than I am. \ See Also قليلا (قَليلاً)‏ \ قَلِيل \ little: (with a) some; a reasonable amount of: He speaks a little English. \ See Also شيء مِن \ قَلِيلُ الاحتِمال \ impatient: unable to suffer annoyance without complaining: I get impatient with her foolish questions. \ قَلِيلُ الأدَب \ disrespectful: showing lack of respect. \ قَلِيلُ الأَهَمِّيّة \ secondary: less important; not first in importance: a secondary road; a secondary reason. \ See Also ثانوي (ثانويّ)‏ \ قَلِيلُ التَّبَصُّر \ short-sighted: unwisely thinking only of the present; not considering the future: short-sighted plans for a school, which will soon be too small. \ See Also قَصير النَّظَر \ قَلِيلٌ جدًّا \ few: not many; a very small number: He has few friends. His friends are very few. \ قَلِيلٌ جِدًّا \ so few, so little: such a small number or amount (of): He has so little money. \ See Also لدرجة كبيرة (لِدَرَجة كبيرة)‏ \ قَلِيلٌ جدًّا مِن \ little: (only with singular nouns) hardly any; not a reasonable amount of: There’s (very) little food in the cupboard. \ قَلِيلُ الحَيَاء \ impudent: not respectful; shamelessly rude. \ قَلِيلُ الحَيْطَة \ short-sighted: unwisely thinking only of the present; not considering the future: short-sighted plans for a school, which will soon be too small. \ قَلِيلُ السُّمْك \ thin: (of material such as walls boards or sheets) not thick: Thin paper is easily torn. \ See Also رَقيق \ قَلِيلُ العِنايَة (بِعَمَلِهِ أو مَلْبَسِهِ)‏ \ slovenly: lazy, careless and dirty (as shown in one’s dress and one’s ways). \ قَلِيلُ الغَوْر \ shallow: not deep: a shallow river; a shallow grave. \ See Also العُمْق \ قَلِيلُ الفاعِلِيّة \ inefficient: not working well; wasting time or power: Old machines are often inefficient. He is an inefficient clerk. \ قَلِيلُ الكَلام \ taciturn: not accustomed to talking much: He is taciturn by nature. \ قَلِيلٌ مِنْ \ any: pron. in questions; after if, whether: Have you any money? Have you any books on art? I wonder if/ whether she has any milk/ any bottles of milk?, after not and without: I haven’t got any money/ books. He did it without any difficulty, after never: We never eat any potatoes. little: small but reasonable amount: Every little helps. I gave her a little of my own share (see أيّ). \ See Also أي (أيّ)‏ \ قَلِيلُ النشاط \ dull: (of business) not active; not selling much.

    Arabic-English dictionary > قليل

  • 7 circular

    adj.
    1 circular.
    Su forma es circular Its shape is circular.
    2 orbicular.
    f.
    leaflet, circular, circular letter, flier.
    Ella me entregó la circular ayer She gave me the leaflet yesterday.
    v.
    1 to flow or circulate.
    2 to circulate.
    El sospechoso circuló mucho tiempo The suspect circulated a long time.
    La prensa circuló el rumor The press circulated=spread the rumor.
    3 to go round.
    4 to be spread, to go round.
    El rumor circula desde ayer The rumor was spread since yesterday.
    5 to distribute, to circulate, to deal out, to hand around.
    Ella circuló las invitaciones She circulated=handed out the invitations.
    * * *
    1 circular
    1 (carta) circular, circular letter
    1 (gen) to circulate, move, go round
    2 (líquido, electricidad) to circulate, flow
    3 (coche) to drive; (trenes, autobuses) to run; (peatón) to walk
    4 figurado (rumor etc) to spread, get round
    \
    'Circule por la derecha' "Keep to the right"
    ¡circulen! move along!
    * * *
    1. noun f. adj. 2. verb
    2) run
    3) walk
    4) flow
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) [vehículo] to run

    el metro no circula los domingos — the underground does not run on Sundays, there is no underground service on Sundays

    este tren circula a muy alta velocidad — this train goes o travels o runs at very high speeds

    2) [peatón] to walk

    por favor, circulen por la acera — please walk on the pavement

    ¡circulen! — move along!

    3) [ciudadano, mercancía] to move around
    4) [moneda] to be in circulation
    5) [sangre] to circulate; [agua] to flow
    6) [rumor] to go round, circulate
    2.
    3.
    ADJ (=redondo) circular

    un salón con o de forma circular — a circular o round hall

    4.
    SF (=carta) circular
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo circular
    II 1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) sangre/savia to circulate, flow; agua/corriente to flow
    2)
    a) transeúnte/peatón to walk; conductor

    circulen, por favor! — move along please!

    b) autobús/tren ( estar de servicio) to run, operate
    3) dinero/billete/sello to be in circulation
    4) noticia/rumor/memo to circulate, go around
    2.
    circular vt to circulate
    III
    femenino circular
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo circular
    II 1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) sangre/savia to circulate, flow; agua/corriente to flow
    2)
    a) transeúnte/peatón to walk; conductor

    circulen, por favor! — move along please!

    b) autobús/tren ( estar de servicio) to run, operate
    3) dinero/billete/sello to be in circulation
    4) noticia/rumor/memo to circulate, go around
    2.
    circular vt to circulate
    III
    femenino circular
    * * *
    circular1
    1 = memo [memorandum], memorandum [memoranda -pl.; memo -abr.], news-sheet [newsheet], newsletter, circular letter.

    Ex: In most cases there was little substitution of e-mail for letters, memos, telephone calls, meetings or travel.

    Ex: Among the documents that are worthy of consideration for abstracting are those which convey information that is likely to be difficult to access, such as foreign documents or internal reports and memoranda and other documents which a limited circulation.
    Ex: Short abstracts comprising only one or two sentences, for instance, may be valuable in commercial information services, or local government news-sheets of the type produced by public libraries.
    Ex: A newsletter is a serial publication consisting of one or a few printed sheets containing news and/or information of interest to a special group.
    Ex: The computer is also programmed to print out circular letters and address labels to obtain up-dated information, which are sent to agencies every six months.

    circular2
    2 = roundabout, circular, rotary, cyclic.

    Ex: 'I think that's about it, isn't it, Malcolm?' she said, rubbing her hands with a roundabout motion.

    Ex: Products under threat include; greeting cards, circulars, information sheets, newspapers and magazines.
    Ex: In 1895 a good London bindery would have the following machines: hand-fed folding machines, sewing machines, nipping machines (for pressing the sewn books before casing-in), cutting machines, rounding machines, backing machines, straight-knife trimming machines (guillotines), rotary board-cutting machines, power blocking presses, and hydraulic standing presses.
    Ex: This algorithm handles cyclic graphs without unfolding the cycles nor looping through them.
    * bandeja circular para diapositivas = carousel.
    * presentación circular de títulos = wrap-around.
    * sierra circular = buzz saw, circular saw.
    * tesauro circular = circular thesaurus.

    circular3
    3 = make + the rounds, range, pump, cruise, drive, drive along.

    Ex: You may have seen the lines making the rounds of library e-mail: 'A Zen librarian searched for 'nothing' on the Internet and received 28 million hits'.

    Ex: We will be bringing scholars from all over the world both to range widely in our multiform collections and put things together rather than just take them apart.
    Ex: All air entering the building should be pumped through tanks of water to remove pollutants.
    Ex: The system also has an add-on, which allows users with low vision to cruise the Internet using a low vision interface.
    Ex: Tomás Hernández drove cautiously in the torrential rain, trying not to swerve on the slick pavement of the turnpike.
    Ex: A motorist who drove along 20ft of a railway line told police officers his sat nav had directed him to turn on to the track.
    * apto para circular = roadworthy.
    * circulaba el rumor de que = rumour had it that.
    * circula el rumor de que = rumour has it that.
    * circular de uno a otro = flow + back and forth.
    * circular libremente = wander + at large.
    * circular por = navigate (through).
    * dejar de circular = drop out of + circulation.
    * hacer circular = pass around.
    * hacer circular por = circulate round.
    * rumor + circular = rumour + circulate.

    * * *
    1 ‹movimiento› circular
    de forma circular circular, round
    2 ‹ruta› circular
    circular2 [A1 ]
    vi
    A «sangre/savia» to circulate, flow; «agua/corriente» to flow
    B
    1 «transeúnte/peatón» to walk
    el tráfico circulaba a 25 km/h the traffic was traveling at 25 kph
    circulan por la izquierda they drive on the left
    apenas circulaba gente por las calles there was hardly anybody (walking) in the streets
    ¡circulen, por favor! move along please!
    2 «autobús/tren» (estar de servicio) to run, operate
    el autobús que circula entre estas dos poblaciones the bus which runs o operates between these two towns
    C «dinero/billete/sello» to be in circulation
    D «noticia/rumor» to circulate, go around ( colloq)
    circulan rumores sobre su divorcio there are rumors going around o circulating about their divorce
    ■ circular
    vt
    to circulate
    circular
    * * *

     

    circular 1 adjetivo
    circular;

    ■ sustantivo femenino
    circular
    circular 2 ( conjugate circular) verbo intransitivo
    a) [sangre/savia] to circulate, flow;

    [agua/corriente] to flow
    b) [transeúnte/peatón] to walk;

    ( referido al tráfico):

    c) [autobús/tren] ( estar de servicio) to run, operate

    d) [dinero/billete/sello] to be in circulation

    e) [noticia/rumor/memo] to circulate, go around

    verbo transitivo
    to circulate
    circular
    I adj (con forma de círculo) circular
    II f (notificación) circular
    III verbo intransitivo
    1 (la sangre) to circulate
    (un líquido, el aire) to flow
    2 (tren, autobús) to run: los coches circulaban a gran velocidad, the cars were being driven very fast
    (un peatón) to walk: peatón, circule por la izquierda, (en letrero) pedestrians, keep left
    3 fig (difundirse un rumor) to go round
    (moneda) to be in circulation
    ' circular' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    rotonda
    - redondel
    English:
    bandy about
    - circular
    - circulate
    - flow
    - get about
    - go about
    - move along
    - move on
    - pass round
    - pie chart
    - put about
    - roadworthy
    - run
    - disk
    - mingle
    - move
    - road
    - round
    - socialize
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    circular
    ♦ nf
    circular
    ♦ vi
    1. [líquido] to flow, to circulate ( por through); [aire] to circulate;
    abre la ventana para que circule el aire open the window to let some air in
    2. [persona] to move, to walk ( por around);
    ¡por favor, circulen! move along, please!
    3. [vehículos] to drive ( por along);
    este autobús no circula hoy this bus isn't running today;
    el tren de alta velocidad circula a 200 km/h the high-speed train travels at 200 km/h;
    en el Reino Unido se circula por la izquierda they drive on the left in the United Kingdom
    4. [moneda] to be in circulation
    5. [capital, dinero] to circulate
    6. [difundirse] to go round;
    circula el rumor de que ha muerto there's a rumour going round that he's died;
    la noticia circuló rápidamente the news quickly got round
    ♦ vt
    [de mano en mano] to circulate;
    hicieron circular un documento secreto entre los periodistas they had a secret document circulated among the press
    * * *
    I adj circular
    II f circular
    III v/i
    1 circulate
    2 AUTO drive, travel
    3 de persona move (along);
    ¡circulen! move along!
    * * *
    1) : to circulate
    2) : to move along
    3) : to drive
    : circular
    : circular, flier
    * * *
    1. (sangre) to circulate
    2. (coche) to drive [pt. drove; pp. driven]
    circulan muchos coches por esta calle a lot of cars use this street / this is a very busy street
    3. (tren, autobús) to run [pt. ran; pp. run] / to operate
    1.700 autobuses circulan por la capital there are 1,700 buses operating in the capital
    4. (rumor) to go round

    Spanish-English dictionary > circular

  • 8 use

    1.
    [ju:s] noun
    1) Gebrauch, der; (of dictionary, calculator, room) Benutzung, die; (of word, expression; of pesticide, garlic, herb, spice) Verwendung, die; (of name, title) Führung, die; (of alcohol, drugs) Konsum, der

    the use of brutal means/methods — die Anwendung brutaler Mittel/Methoden

    the use of troops/teargas/violence — der Einsatz von Truppen/Tränengas/die Gewaltanwendung

    constant/rough use — dauernder Gebrauch/schlechte Behandlung

    [not] be in use — [nicht] in Gebrauch sein

    be no longer in use — nicht mehr verwendet werden

    be in daily etc. use — täglich usw. in Gebrauch od. Benutzung sein

    go/fall out of use — außer Gebrauch kommen

    instructions/directions for use — Gebrauchsanweisung, die

    ready for [immediate] use — [sofort] gebrauchsfertig

    batteries for use in or with watches — Batterien [speziell] für Armbanduhren

    a course for use in schools — ein Kurs für die Schule od. zur Verwendung im Schulunterricht

    for personal/private use — für den persönlichen Gebrauch/den Privatgebrauch

    for external use only — nur zur äußerlichen Anwendung

    for use in an emergency/only in case of fire — für den Notfall/nur bei Feuer zu benutzen

    with careful etc. use — bei sorgsamer usw. Behandlung

    make use of somebody/something — jemanden/etwas gebrauchen/(exploit) ausnutzen

    make the best use of something/it — das Beste aus etwas/daraus machen

    make good use of, turn or put to good use — gut nutzen [Zeit, Talent, Geld]

    2) (utility, usefulness) Nutzen, der

    these tools/clothes will be of use to somebody — dieses Werkzeug wird/diese Kleider werden für jemanden von Nutzen sein

    is it of [any] use? — ist das [irgendwie] zu gebrauchen od. von Nutzen?

    be [of] no use [to somebody] — [jemandem] nichts nützen

    he is [of] no use in a crisis/as a manager — er ist in einer Krise/als Manager zu nichts nütze od. (ugs.) nicht zu gebrauchen

    it's no use [doing that] — es hat keinen Zweck od. Sinn[, das zu tun]

    you're/that's a fat lot of use — (coll. iron.) du bist ja eine schöne Hilfe/davon haben wir aber was (ugs. iron.)

    what's the use of that/of doing that? — was nützt das/was nützt es, das zu tun?

    oh well, what's the use! — ach, was soll's schon! (ugs.)

    3) (purpose) Verwendung, die; Verwendungszweck, der

    have its/one's uses — seinen Nutzen haben

    have/find a use for something/somebody — für etwas/jemanden Verwendung haben/finden

    have no/not much use for something/somebody — etwas/jemanden nicht/kaum brauchen

    put something to a good/a new use — etwas sinnvoll/auf neu[artig]e Weise verwenden

    4) (right or power of using)

    [have the] use of kitchen and bathroom — Küchen- und Badbenutzung [haben]

    let somebody have or give somebody the use of something — jemanden etwas benutzen lassen

    2.
    [ju:z] transitive verb
    1) benutzen; nutzen [Gelegenheit]; anwenden [Gewalt]; einsetzen [Tränengas, Wasserwerfer]; in Anspruch nehmen [Firma, Agentur, Agenten, Dienstleistung]; nutzen [Zeit, Gelegenheit, Talent, Erfahrung]; führen [Namen, Titel]

    do you know how to use this tool? — kannst du mit diesem Werkzeug umgehen?

    anything you say may be used in evidence — was Sie sagen, kann vor Gericht verwendet werden

    use somebody's name [as a reference] — sich [als Empfehlung] auf jemanden berufen

    I could use the money/a drink — (coll.) ich könnte das Geld brauchen/einen Drink vertragen (ugs.)

    use one's time to do something — seine Zeit dazu nutzen, etwas zu tun

    2) (consume as material) verwenden

    use gas/oil for heating — mit Gas/Öl heizen

    ‘use sparingly’ — "sparsam verwenden!"

    3) (take habitually)

    use drugs/heroin — etc. Drogen/Heroin usw. nehmen

    4) (employ in speaking or writing) benutzen; gebrauchen; verwenden
    5) (exercise, apply) Gebrauch machen von [Autorität, Einfluss, Können, Menschenverstand]

    use diplomacy/tact [in one's dealings etc. with somebody] — [bei jemandem] diplomatisch vorgehen/[zu jemandem] taktvoll sein

    use a method/tactics — eine Methode anwenden/nach einer [bestimmten] Taktik vorgehen

    7) (treat) behandeln

    use somebody/something well/badly — jemanden/etwas gut/schlecht behandeln

    8)

    I used to live in London/work in a factory — früher habe ich in London gelebt/in einer Fabrik gearbeitet

    he used to be very shy — er war früher sehr schüchtern

    my mother always used to say... — meine Mutter hat immer gesagt od. pflegte zu sagen...

    this used to be my room — das war [früher] mein Zimmer

    I used not or I did not use — or (coll.)

    I didn't use or (coll.) I use[d]n't to smoke — früher habe ich nicht geraucht

    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/93389/use_up">use up
    * * *
    I [ju:z] verb
    1) (to employ (something) for a purpose: What did you use to open the can?; Use your common sense!) benutzen
    2) (to consume: We're using far too much electricity.) verbrauchen
    •
    - usable
    - used
    - user
    - user-friendly
    - user guide
    - be used to something
    - be used to
    - used to     II [ju:s]
    1) (the act of using or state of being used: The use of force to persuade workers to join a strike cannot be justified; This telephone number is for use in emergencies.) der Gebrauch
    2) (the/a purpose for which something may be used: This little knife has plenty of uses; I have no further use for these clothes.) die Verwendbarkeit
    3) ((often in questions or with negatives) value or advantage: Is this coat (of) any use to you?; It's no use offering to help when it's too late.) der Nutzen
    4) (the power of using: She lost the use of her right arm as a result of the accident.) die Fähigkeit(etwas)zu gebrauchen
    5) (permission, or the right, to use: They let us have the use of their car while they were away.) das Benutzungsrecht
    •
    - useful
    - usefulness
    - usefully
    - useless
    - be in use
    - out of use
    - come in useful
    - have no use for
    - it's no use
    - make good use of
    - make use of
    - put to good use
    - put to use
    * * *
    I. vt
    [ju:z]
    1. (make use of, utilize)
    ▪ to \use sth etw benutzen; building, one's skills, training, talent etw nutzen; method etw anwenden
    this glass has been \used dieses Glas ist schon benutzt
    I could \use some help ich könnte etwas Hilfe gebrauchen
    I could \use a drink now ich könnte jetzt einen Drink vertragen fam
    this table could \use a wipe diesen Tisch könnte man auch mal wieder abwischen
    these lights are \used for illuminating the playing area mit diesen Lichtern wird die Spielfläche beleuchtet
    what perfume do you \use? welches Parfüm nimmst du?
    what shampoo do you \use? welches Shampoo benutzt du?
    I've got to \use the toilet ich muss auf die Toilette
    to \use alcohol Alkohol trinken
    to \use one's brains seinen Verstand benutzen
    to \use a chance eine Gelegenheit nutzen
    to \use a dictionary ein Wörterbuch verwenden
    to \use drugs Drogen nehmen
    to \use military force against sb Militärgewalt gegen jdn einsetzen
    to \use an idea eine Idee verwenden
    to \use logic logisch denken
    to \use one's money to do sth sein Geld dazu verwenden, etw zu tun
    to \use sb's name jds Name verwenden; (as reference) sich akk auf jdn berufen
    she \uses the name Mary Punk sie nennt sich Mary Punk
    to \use poison gas/truncheons/chemical warfare Giftgas/Schlagstöcke/chemische Waffen einsetzen
    to \use a pseudonym ein Pseudonym benutzen
    to \use service eine Dienstleistung in Anspruch nehmen
    to \use swear words fluchen
    to \use one's time to do sth seine Zeit dazu nutzen, etw zu tun
    you should \use your free time more constructively du solltest deine freie Zeit sinnvoller nutzen!
    to \use violence Gewalt anwenden
    ▪ to \use sth to do sth etw benutzen [o verwenden], um etw zu tun
    \use scissors to cut the shapes out schneiden Sie die Formen mit einer Schere aus
    you can \use this brush to apply the paint du kannst die Farbe mit diesem Pinsel auftragen
    ▪ to \use sth:
    \use your head [or BRIT also loaf] jetzt schalt doch mal dein Hirn ein! sl
    \use your imagination! lass doch mal deine Fantasie spielen!
    to \use common sense seinen gesunden Menschenverstand benutzen
    to \use discretion/tact diskret/taktvoll sein
    ▪ to \use sth etw verbrauchen
    we've \used nearly all the bread wir haben fast kein Brot mehr
    what do you \use for heating? womit heizen Sie?
    there's no more paper after this is \used wenn wir dieses Papier aufgebraucht haben, ist keines mehr da
    this radio \uses 1.5 volt batteries für dieses Radio braucht man 1,5 Volt Batterien
    to \use energy Energie verbrauchen
    4. ( usu pej: manipulate, impose upon)
    ▪ to \use sb jdn benutzen; (exploit)
    ▪ to \use sb/sth jdn/etw ausnutzen
    to \use sb badly/well jdn schlecht/gut behandeln
    he's \used her despicably er hat ihr übel mitgespielt
    II. n
    [ju:s]
    1. (application, employment) Verwendung f ( for für + akk); of dictionary also Benutzung f; of labour Einsatz m; of leftovers Verwertung f; of talent, experience Nutzung m
    don't throw that away, you'll find a \use for it one day wirf das nicht weg — eines Tages wirst du es schon noch irgendwie verwenden können
    a food processor has a variety of \uses in the kitchen eine Küchenmaschine kann man auf ganz unterschiedliche Weise in der Küche einsetzen
    they've called for further restrictions on the \use of leaded petrol sie forderten weitere Einschränkungen für die Verwendung von verbleitem Benzin
    she lost the \use of her fingers in the accident seit dem Unfall kann sie ihre Finger nicht mehr benutzen
    the \use of alcohol/drugs der Alkohol-/Drogenkonsum
    by the \use of deception durch Täuschung
    directions for \use Gebrauchsanweisung f
    for \use in an emergency für den Notfall
    for \use in case of fire bei Feuer
    the \use of force/a particular method die Anwendung von Gewalt/einer bestimmten Methode
    the correct \use of language der korrekte Sprachgebrauch
    the \use of poison gas/truncheons/chemical warfare der Einsatz von Tränengas/Schlagstöcken/chemischen Waffen
    to be in daily \use täglich verwendet werden
    for external \use only nur zur äußerlichen Anwendung
    to be no longer in \use nicht mehr benutzt werden
    ready for \use gebrauchsfertig; machine einsatzbereit
    for private \use only nur für den Privatgebrauch
    to come into \use in Gebrauch kommen
    to find a \use for sth für etw akk Verwendung finden
    to go [or fall] out of \use nicht mehr benutzt werden
    to have no [further] \use for sth keine Verwendung [mehr] für etw akk haben
    do you have any \use for these old notes? kannst du diese alten Unterlagen irgendwie verwenden?
    to make \use of sth etw benutzen [o ÖSTERR a. benützen]; experience, talent etw nutzen; leftovers etw verwenden; connections von etw dat Gebrauch machen
    can you make \use of that? kannst du das gebrauchen?
    to put sth to \use etw verwenden
    to be able to put sth to good \use etw gut verwenden können
    to be able to put one's experience to good \use seine Erfahrung gut einbringen können
    in/out of \use in/außer Gebrauch
    2. (consumption) Verwendung f
    building a dam would be a \use of financial resources which this country cannot afford für einen Dammbau würde dieses Land Gelder verwenden müssen, die es nicht aufbringen kann
    3. (usefulness) Nutzen m
    is this of any \use at all? nützt das vielleicht was? fam
    can I be of any \use? kann ich vielleicht irgendwie behilflich sein?
    what's the \use of shouting? was bringt es denn herumzuschreien?
    there's no \use complaining Herumjammern bringt auch nichts fam
    what \use is praying? wozu soll das Beten nutzen?
    it has its \uses das kann auch nützlich sein
    he's no \use as an editor als Redakteur ist er nicht zu gebrauchen
    what's the \use was soll's! fam; ( pej fam)
    that's a fat lot of \use da haben wir ja auch was von! iron fam
    to be no \use keine Hilfe sein
    to be no/not much \use to sb jdm nichts/nicht viel nützen
    ▪ to be of \use to sb für jdn von Nutzen [o nützlich] sein
    is this of any \use to you? kannst du das vielleicht gebrauchen?
    ▪ it's no \use [doing sth] es hat keinen Zweck[, etw zu tun]
    it's no \use — I just can't stand the man es hilft alles nichts — ich kann den Mann einfach nicht ausstehen!
    it's no \use trying to escape — no one has ever got away before wir brauchen erst gar nicht versuchen auszubrechen — das hat bisher noch keiner geschafft!
    to have the \use of sth bathroom, car etw benutzen [o ÖSTERR a. benützen] dürfen
    to give sb [or let sb have] the \use of sth jdn etw benutzen [o ÖSTERR a. benützen] lassen
    5. (custom) Brauch m
    ▪ to be out of [or AM, AUS usu not in] \use nicht funktionieren
    the escalator is out of \use der Aufzug ist außer Betrieb
    7. REL Ritual nt
    8. LAW ( old) Nießbrauch m fachspr
    * * *
    I [juːz]
    1. vt
    1) (= utilize) benutzen; dictionary, means, tools, object, materials verwenden, benutzen; sb's suggestion, idea verwenden; word, literary style gebrauchen, verwenden, benutzen; swear words gebrauchen, benutzen; brains, intelligence gebrauchen; method, system, technique, therapy, force, trickery anwenden; one's abilities, powers of persuasion, one's strength aufwenden, anwenden; tact, care walten lassen; drugs einnehmen

    use only in emergencies — nur im Notfall gebrauchen or benutzen

    I have to use the toilet before I go —

    to use sth for sth —

    he used it as a spoon the police used truncheons — er hat es als Löffel benutzt or verwendet die Polizei setzte Schlagstöcke ein, die Polizei benutzte or gebrauchte Schlagstöcke

    the money is to be used to set up a trust —

    what sort of fuel do you use? — welchen Treibstoff verwenden Sie?, mit welchem Treibstoff fahren Sie?

    why don't you use a hammer? — warum nehmen Sie nicht einen Hammer dazu?, warum benutzen or verwenden Sie nicht einen Hammer dazu?

    to use sb's name — jds Namen verwenden or benutzen; (as reference) jds Namen angeben, sich auf jdn berufen

    2) (= make use of, exploit) information, one's training, talents, resources, chances, opportunity (aus)nutzen, (aus)nützen (S Ger); advantage nutzen; waste products nutzen, verwerten

    you can use the leftovers to make a soup —

    3) (inf)
    4) (= use up, consume) verbrauchen
    5) (obs, liter: treat) behandeln

    how has the world been using you? (not obs, liter) — wie gehts, wie stehts?

    6) (pej: exploit) ausnutzen

    I feel ( I've just been) used — ich habe das Gefühl, man hat mich ausgenutzt; (sexually) ich komme mir missbraucht vor

    2. n
    [juːs]
    1) (= employment) Verwendung f; (of materials, tools, means, dictionary) Benutzung f, Verwendung f; (= operation of machines etc) Benutzung f; (= working with of dictionary, calculator etc) Gebrauch m; (of word, style) Gebrauch m, Verwendung f; (of swearwords, arms, intelligence) Gebrauch m; (of method, system, technique, force, powers of persuasion) Anwendung f; (of personnel, truncheons etc) Verwendung f, Einsatz m; (of drugs) Einnahme f

    the use of a calculator to solve... — die Verwendung eines Rechners, um... zu lösen

    for external use —

    ready for use — gebrauchsfertig; machine einsatzbereit

    to make use of sth — von etw Gebrauch machen, etw benutzen

    in use/out of use — in or im/außer Gebrauch; machines also in/außer Betrieb

    to be in daily use/no longer in use — täglich/nicht mehr benutzt or verwendet or gebraucht werden

    2) (= exploitation, making use of) Nutzung f; (of waste products, leftovers etc) Verwertung f

    to make good/bad use of sth — etw gut/schlecht nutzen

    3) (= way of using) Verwendung f

    to learn the use of sth — lernen, wie etw verwendet or benutzt or gebraucht wird

    to have no use for (lit, fig) — nicht gebrauchen können, keine Verwendung haben für

    to have no further use for sb/sth — keine Verwendung mehr haben für jdn/etw, jdn/etw nicht mehr brauchen

    4) (= usefulness) Nutzen m

    this is no use any more — das taugt nichts mehr, das ist zu nichts mehr zu gebrauchen

    is this (of) any use to you? — können Sie das brauchen?, können Sie damit was anfangen?

    he/it has his/its uses — er/das ist ganz nützlich

    you're no use to me if you can't spell — du nützt mir nichts, wenn du keine Rechtschreibung kannst

    he's no use as a goalkeeper — er taugt nicht als Torhüter, er ist als Torhüter nicht zu gebrauchen

    a (fat) lot of use that will be to you! (iro inf) — da hast du aber was davon

    this is no use, we must start work — so hat das keinen Zweck or Sinn, wir müssen etwas tun

    it's no use you or your protesting — es hat keinen Sinn or es nützt nichts, wenn du protestierst

    what's the use of telling him? — was nützt es, wenn man es ihm sagt?

    what's the use in trying/going? — wozu überhaupt versuchen/gehen?

    ah, what's the use! — ach, was solls!

    5) (= right) Nutznießung f (JUR)

    to give sb the use of sth — jdn etw benutzen lassen; of car also, of money jdm etw zur Verfügung stellen

    6) (= custom) Brauch m, Usus m (geh)
    7) (ECCL) Brauch m
    II [juːs]
    vb aux
    See:
    → used
    * * *
    use [juːz]
    A v/t
    1. gebrauchen, benutzen, an-, verwenden, sich (gen) bedienen, Gebrauch machen von, eine Gelegenheit etc nutzen oder sich zunutze machen:
    use one’s brains den Verstand gebrauchen, seinen Kopf anstrengen;
    use care Sorgfalt verwenden;
    use force Gewalt anwenden;
    use one’s legs zu Fuß gehen;
    may I use your name? darf ich mich auf Sie berufen?;
    use a right von einem Recht Gebrauch machen;
    anything you say may be used against you JUR alles, was Sie sagen, kann gegen Sie verwendet werden
    2. ein Gerät etc handhaben
    3. verwenden (on auf akk)
    a) auf-, verbrauchen, jemandes Kraft erschöpfen,
    b) umg jemanden fertigmachen, erschöpfen: → used1 2
    5. a) besonders US gewohnheitsmäßig zu sich nehmen:
    use drugs Drogen nehmen;
    use tobacco rauchen
    b) brauchen:
    6. behandeln, verfahren mit:
    use sb ill jemanden schlecht behandeln;
    how has the world used you? umg wie ist es dir ergangen?
    7. pej jemanden benutzen, auch eine Situation etc ausnutzen
    8. Zeit verbringen
    B v/i obs (außer im prät) pflegen ( to do zu tun):
    it used to be said that … man pflegte zu sagen, dass …;
    he does not come as often as he used to er kommt nicht mehr so oft wie früher oder sonst;
    he used to be a polite man er war früher oder sonst (immer) sehr höflich;
    he used to live here er wohnte früher hier;
    she used to astonish me with … sie überraschte mich immer wieder mit …;
    I used to smoke ich hab früher oder einmal geraucht;
    did you really use to smoke? hast du früher wirklich geraucht?
    C s [juːs]
    1. Gebrauch m, Benutzung f, An-, Verwendung f:
    for use zum Gebrauch;
    for use in schools für den Schulgebrauch;
    in use in Gebrauch, gebräuchlich;
    be in daily use täglich gebraucht werden;
    be in common use allgemein gebräuchlich sein;
    come into use in Gebrauch kommen;
    out of use nicht in Gebrauch, nicht mehr gebräuchlich;
    fall ( oder pass) out of use ungebräuchlich werden, außer Gebrauch kommen;
    with use durch (ständigen) Gebrauch;
    make use of Gebrauch machen von, benutzen;
    make use of sb’s name sich auf jemanden berufen;
    make (a) bad use of (einen) schlechten Gebrauch machen von;
    make full use of sth etwas voll ausnützen;
    peaceful uses pl of atomic energy friedliche Nutzung der Atomenergie
    2. a) Verwendung(szweck) f(m)
    b) Brauchbarkeit f, Verwendbarkeit f
    c) Zweck m, Sinn m, Nutzen m, Nützlichkeit f:
    of use (to) nützlich (dat), brauchbar oder von Nutzen (für);
    of no use nutz-, zwecklos, unbrauchbar, unnütz;
    is this of use to you? können Sie das (ge)brauchen?;
    crying is no use Weinen führt zu nichts;
    it is no ( oder it isn’t any) use talking es ist nutz- oder zwecklos zu reden, es hat keinen Zweck zu reden;
    what is the use of it? was hat das (überhaupt) für einen Zweck?;
    a) nicht brauchen können,
    b) mit etwas od jemandem nichts anfangen können,
    c) bes US umg nichts übrighaben für jemanden od etwas;
    put to (good) use (gut) an- oder verwenden;
    this tool has different uses dieses Gerät kann für verschiedene Zwecke verwendet werden; → further B 1
    3. Kraft f oder Fähigkeit f (etwas) zu gebrauchen, Gebrauch m:
    he lost the use of his right eye er kann auf dem rechten Auge nichts mehr sehen;
    have the use of one’s limbs sich bewegen können
    4. Benutzungsrecht n:
    have the use of sth etwas benutzen können oder dürfen
    5. Gewohnheit f, Brauch m:
    6. JUR
    a) Nießbrauch m, Nutznießung f
    b) Nutzen m
    7. oft Use REL liturgischer Brauch, (Kirchen)Brauch m
    * * *
    1.
    [ju:s] noun
    1) Gebrauch, der; (of dictionary, calculator, room) Benutzung, die; (of word, expression; of pesticide, garlic, herb, spice) Verwendung, die; (of name, title) Führung, die; (of alcohol, drugs) Konsum, der

    the use of brutal means/methods — die Anwendung brutaler Mittel/Methoden

    the use of troops/teargas/violence — der Einsatz von Truppen/Tränengas/die Gewaltanwendung

    constant/rough use — dauernder Gebrauch/schlechte Behandlung

    [not] be in use — [nicht] in Gebrauch sein

    be in daily etc. use — täglich usw. in Gebrauch od. Benutzung sein

    go/fall out of use — außer Gebrauch kommen

    instructions/directions for use — Gebrauchsanweisung, die

    ready for [immediate] use — [sofort] gebrauchsfertig

    batteries for use in or with watches — Batterien [speziell] für Armbanduhren

    a course for use in schools — ein Kurs für die Schule od. zur Verwendung im Schulunterricht

    for personal/private use — für den persönlichen Gebrauch/den Privatgebrauch

    for use in an emergency/only in case of fire — für den Notfall/nur bei Feuer zu benutzen

    with careful etc. use — bei sorgsamer usw. Behandlung

    make use of somebody/something — jemanden/etwas gebrauchen/ (exploit) ausnutzen

    make the best use of something/it — das Beste aus etwas/daraus machen

    make good use of, turn or put to good use — gut nutzen [Zeit, Talent, Geld]

    2) (utility, usefulness) Nutzen, der

    these tools/clothes will be of use to somebody — dieses Werkzeug wird/diese Kleider werden für jemanden von Nutzen sein

    is it of [any] use? — ist das [irgendwie] zu gebrauchen od. von Nutzen?

    be [of] no use [to somebody] — [jemandem] nichts nützen

    he is [of] no use in a crisis/as a manager — er ist in einer Krise/als Manager zu nichts nütze od. (ugs.) nicht zu gebrauchen

    it's no use [doing that] — es hat keinen Zweck od. Sinn[, das zu tun]

    you're/that's a fat lot of use — (coll. iron.) du bist ja eine schöne Hilfe/davon haben wir aber was (ugs. iron.)

    what's the use of that/of doing that? — was nützt das/was nützt es, das zu tun?

    oh well, what's the use! — ach, was soll's schon! (ugs.)

    3) (purpose) Verwendung, die; Verwendungszweck, der

    have its/one's uses — seinen Nutzen haben

    have/find a use for something/somebody — für etwas/jemanden Verwendung haben/finden

    have no/not much use for something/somebody — etwas/jemanden nicht/kaum brauchen

    put something to a good/a new use — etwas sinnvoll/auf neu[artig]e Weise verwenden

    [have the] use of kitchen and bathroom — Küchen- und Badbenutzung [haben]

    let somebody have or give somebody the use of something — jemanden etwas benutzen lassen

    2.
    [ju:z] transitive verb
    1) benutzen; nutzen [Gelegenheit]; anwenden [Gewalt]; einsetzen [Tränengas, Wasserwerfer]; in Anspruch nehmen [Firma, Agentur, Agenten, Dienstleistung]; nutzen [Zeit, Gelegenheit, Talent, Erfahrung]; führen [Namen, Titel]

    anything you say may be used in evidence — was Sie sagen, kann vor Gericht verwendet werden

    use somebody's name [as a reference] — sich [als Empfehlung] auf jemanden berufen

    I could use the money/a drink — (coll.) ich könnte das Geld brauchen/einen Drink vertragen (ugs.)

    use one's time to do something — seine Zeit dazu nutzen, etwas zu tun

    use gas/oil for heating — mit Gas/Öl heizen

    ‘use sparingly’ — "sparsam verwenden!"

    use drugs/heroin — etc. Drogen/Heroin usw. nehmen

    4) (employ in speaking or writing) benutzen; gebrauchen; verwenden
    5) (exercise, apply) Gebrauch machen von [Autorität, Einfluss, Können, Menschenverstand]

    use diplomacy/tact [in one's dealings etc. with somebody] — [bei jemandem] diplomatisch vorgehen/[zu jemandem] taktvoll sein

    use a method/tactics — eine Methode anwenden/nach einer [bestimmten] Taktik vorgehen

    7) (treat) behandeln

    use somebody/something well/badly — jemanden/etwas gut/schlecht behandeln

    8)

    used to — (formerly)

    I used to live in London/work in a factory — früher habe ich in London gelebt/in einer Fabrik gearbeitet

    my mother always used to say... — meine Mutter hat immer gesagt od. pflegte zu sagen...

    this used to be my room — das war [früher] mein Zimmer

    I used not or I did not use — or (coll.)

    I didn't use or (coll.) I use[d]n't to smoke — früher habe ich nicht geraucht

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    v.
    anwenden v.
    ausführen v.
    belegen v.
    benutzen v.
    gebrauchen v.
    nutzen v.
    verwenden v.
    wahrnehmen (Vorteil, Gelegenheit) v. n.
    Anwendung f.
    Benutzung f.
    Gebrauch -¨e m.
    Inanspruchnahme f.
    Nutzung -en f.
    Verwendung f.
    Verwendungszweck m.

    English-german dictionary > use

  • 9 استخدم

    اِسْتَخْدَمَ \ apply: to put sth. on or into use (force, rules, etc.): Apply as much force as is necessary. employ: to give work to: My firm employs 300 men, to use: She employed every trick that she knew in the hope of getting what she wanted. engage: to give a job to: The school has engaged two new teachers. exercise: to make active use of (one’s mind, a power or right): Exercise a little more patience, please. exploit: to develop; make full use of (things that nature provides: forests, oil, coal, etc.): We can make electricity by exploiting the force of the river. take: to use; follow: We took the train to London. You took the wrong road. Don’t go! You should take this chance of a new job. take on: to give employment to: My company has taken on three new clerks. use: to employ (sth.) for a purpose; do sth. with: We use cups for drinking. I had to use force to open the door. utilize: to make use of (sth. that one has): Coal, oil and gas are all utilized as means of power. \ See Also شغل (شَغَّلَ)، وظف (وَظَّفَ)، استثمر (اِسْتَثْمَر)‏ \ اِسْتَخْدَمَ بِبَرَاعة (أداة، سُلْطة، إلخ)‏ \ wield: old use to use or handle effectively (an axe, sword, power, etc.). \ اِسْتَخْدَمَ الآلة بدلاً من الإنسان \ mechanize: to supply with machines; use machines for (instead of using men, horses, etc.): mechanized farming. \ اِسْتَخْدَمَ علامات الفصل والوقف في الكتابة \ punctuate: to put the stops (?;. etc.) into writing. \ اِسْتَخْدَمَ كَـ \ act as: to be useful for; be used as: The fallen tree acted as a bridge across the river.

    Arabic-English dictionary > استخدم

  • 10 Case, Jerome Increase

    [br]
    b. 1819 Williamstown, Oswego County, New York, USA
    d. 1891 USA
    [br]
    American manufacturer and founder of the Case company of agricultural engineers.
    [br]
    J.I.Case was the son of a former and began his working life operating the family's Groundhog threshing machine. He moved into contract threshing, and used the money he earned to pay his way through a business academy. He became the agent for the Groundhog thresher in his area and at the age of 23 decided to move west, taking six machines with him. He sold five of these to obtain working capital, and in 1842 moved from Williamstown, New York, to Rochester, Wisconsin, where he established his manufacturing company. He produced the first combined thresher-winnower in the US in 1843. Two years later he moved to Racine, on the shores of Lake Michigan in the same state. Within four years the Case company became Racine's biggest company and largest employer, a position it was to retain into the twentieth century. As early as 1860 Case was shipping threshing machines around the Horn to California.
    Apart from having practical expertise Case was also a skilled demonstrator, and it was this combination which resulted in the sure growth of his company. In 1869 he produced his first portable steam engine and in 1876 his first traction engine. By the mid 1870s he was selling a significant proportion of the machines in use in America. By 1878 Case threshing machines had penetrated the European market, and in 1885 sales to South America began. Case also became the world's largest manufacturer of steam engines.
    J.I.Case himself, whilst still actively involved with the company, also became involved in politics. He was Mayor of Racine for three terms and State Senator for two. He was also President of the Manufacturers' National Bank of Racine and Founder of the First National Bank of Burlington. He founded the Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters and was President of the Racine County Agricultural Society. He had time for sport and was owner of the world's all-time champion trotter-pacer.
    Continued expansion of the company after J.I. Case's death led eventually to its acquisition by Tenneco in 1967, and in 1985 the company took over International Harvester. As Case I.H. it continues to produce a full range of agricultural, earth-moving and heavy-transport equipment.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    Despite the size and importance of the company he created, very little has been written about Case. On particular anniversaries the company has produced celebratory publications, and surprisingly these still seem to be the main source of information about him.
    R.B.Gray, 1975, The Agricultural Tractor 1855–1950, American Society of Agricultural Engineers (traces the history of power on the farm, in which Case and his machines played such an important role).
    AP

    Biographical history of technology > Case, Jerome Increase

  • 11 Davenport, Thomas

    SUBJECT AREA: Electricity
    [br]
    b. 9 July 1802 Williamstown, Vermont, USA
    d. 6 July 1851 Salisbury, Vermont, USA
    [br]
    American craftsman and inventor who constructed the first rotating electrical machines in the United States.
    [br]
    When he was 14 years old Davenport was apprenticed to a blacksmith for seven years. At the close of his apprenticeship in 1823 he opened a blacksmith's shop in Brandon, Vermont. He began experimenting with electromagnets after observing one in use at the Penfield Iron Works at Crown Point, New York, in 1831. He saw the device as a possible source of power and by July 1834 had constructed his first electric motor. Having totally abandoned his regular business, Davenport built and exhibited a number of miniature machines; he utilized an electric motor to propel a model car around a circular track in 1836, and this became the first recorded instance of an electric railway. An application for a patent and a model were destroyed in a fire at the United States Patent Office in December 1836, but a second application was made and Davenport received a patent the following year for Improvements in Propelling Machinery by Magnetism and Electromagnetism. A British patent was also obtained. A workshop and laboratory were established in New York, but Davenport had little financial backing for his experiments. He built a total of over one hundred motors but was defeated by the inability to obtain an inexpensive source of power. Using an electric motor of his own design to operate a printing press in 1840, he undertook the publication of a journal, The Electromagnet and Mechanics' Intelligencer. This was the first American periodical on electricity, but it was discontinued after a few issues. In failing health he retired to Vermont where in the last year of his life he continued experiments in electromagnetism.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1837, US patent no. 132, "Improvements in Propelling Machinery by Magnetism and Electromagnetism".
    6 June 1837 British patent no. 7,386.
    Further Reading
    F.L.Pope, 1891, "Inventors of the electric motor with special reference to the work of Thomas Davenport", Electrical Engineer, 11:1–5, 33–9, 65–71, 93–8, 125–30 (the most comprehensive account).
    Annals of Electricity (1838) 2:257–64 (provides a description of Davenport's motor).
    W.J.King, 1962, The Development of Electrical Technology in the 19th Century, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, Paper 28, pp. 263–4 (a short account).
    GW

    Biographical history of technology > Davenport, Thomas

  • 12 set

    1. I
    1) the sun is setting солнце садится /заходит/
    2) his power has begun to set его могущество /власть/ слабеет; his star has set его звезда закатилась; his glory has set его слава померкла
    3) cement has set цемент схватился /затвердел/; the glue did not set клей не засох; the jelly has set желе застыло; blood (the white of the egg, etc.) set кровь и т.д. свернулась; the milk set молоко свернулось /створожилось/; all his muscles set все его мускулы напряглись; his face set его лицо-окаменело /застыло/
    4) young trees set молодые деревца принялись; the blossoms were abundant but they failed to set цветение было бурным, но плоды не завязались
    2. II
    1) set at some time the sun sets early (late, etc.) солнце заходит рано и т.д.; set in some manner the sun sets slowly солнце медленно садится
    3) set at some time the jelly hasn't set yet желе еще не застыло; set in some manner cement (mortar, glue, etc.) sets quickly цемент и т.д. быстро застывает /схватывается/; her hair sets easily ее волосы легко укладывать, у нее послушные волосы; his lips set stubbornly его губы упрямо сжались; his teeth set stubbornly он упрямо стиснул зубы
    3. III
    1) set smth. set a broken bone (dislocated joints, etc.) вправить кость и т.д.; set one's hair укладывать волосы; set the table накрывать на стол; set the stage расставлять декорации; set the scene подготовить обстановку; set the sails а) ставить паруса; б) отправляться в плавание; set a piano настраивать пианино; set a palette подготавливать палитру; set a razor править бритву; set a saw разводить пилу; set a clock (the hands of the watch, the alarm-clock) поставить часы; set the focus of a microscope настроить микроскоп; set a map ориентировать карту
    2) set smb., smth. set guards /sentries, watches/ расставлять часовых /караульных и т.п./; set the guard (the pickets) выставлять караул (пикеты)
    3) set smth. set the wedding day (the time, a date, a price, etc.) назначать день свадьбы и т.д.; set a fine устанавливать размер штрафа; set the course разработать /выработать/ курс; set standards (limits, a time-limit, boundaries, etc.) устанавливать нормы и т.д.; set requirements определять / вырабатывать/ требования; set a punishment наложить взыскание
    4) set smth. set an examination-paper (questions, problems, etc.) составлять письменную экзаменационную работу и т.д.; set a new style (a tone) задавать новый стиль (тон); set the fashion вводить моду; set a new model (a pattern) внедрять новый образец (покрой); set the расе задавать темп; set a record устанавливать рекорд; set a precedent создавать прецедент; set a good (bad) example подавать хороший (дурной) пример
    5) set smth. set a trap (a snare) поставить капкан (силки); set an ambush устроить засаду
    4. IV
    1) set smth. somewhere set the books back положить /поставить/ книги на место; set the chairs back отодвигать стулья; set back one's shoulders расправить плечи; the dog set its ears back собака прижала уши; set the clock (one's watch, the alarm, the hand of the watch, etc.) back one hour перевести часы /отвести часы/ на один час назад; set one's watch forward one hour поставить /перевести/ часы на один час вперед; set a house well (some distance /some way/, a fair distance, etc.) back from the road (from the street, etc.) построить /поставить/ дом вдали и т.д. от дороги и т.д.; set the book (one's knitting, the newspaper, etc.) aside отложить в сторону /отодвинуть/ книгу и т.A; set down one's load (one's suitcase, a box, etc.) опустить свой груз и т.д. (на землю)-, set the tray down поставить (на стол и т.я.) поднос; set the chair upright поднять стул; set smb. somewhere set the dogs apart растащить [дерущихся] собак; set the children apart отделять /изолировать/ детей
    2) set smb., smth. in some direction the current set them (the boat, the ship, etc.) northward (seawards, etc.) течением их и т.д. понесло к северу и т.д.
    5. V
    set smb. smth.
    1) set the boys (the students, the employees, etc.) a difficult job (an easy task, a difficult problem, the job of cleaning the yard, etc.) (заплавать мальчикам и т.д. трудную работу и т.д., set oneself a difficult task ставить перед бабой трудную задачу; set him a sum задавать ему арифметическую задачу; set one's son a goal поставить перед своим сыном цель
    2) set the children (the younger boys, youngsters, other people, etc.) a good example подавать детям и т.д. хороший пример; set smb. smth. to do smth. set smb. a standard /a pattern/ to follow служить для кого-л. образцом, которому надо следовать
    6. VI
    set smth., smb. in some state
    1) set the window (the door, the gates, etc.) open открывать /оставлять открытым/ окно и т.д.; set the door ajar приоткрывать дверь, оставить дверь полуоткрытой; set one's hat (one's tie, one's skirt, etc.) straight поправить шляпу и т.д., надеть шляпу и т.д. как следует; set the prisoners (the bird, etc.) free освобождать /выпускать на свободу, на волю/ узников и т.д.; set the dog loose спускать собаку (с цепи, с поводка и т.п.); a good night's rest will set you right за ночь вы отдохнете и снова будете хорошо себя чувствовать; why didn't you set the boy right? почему же вы не поправили мальчика?; I can soon set that right я могу это быстро уладить или исправить; set errors right исправлять ошибки; it would set him (myself) right in their eyes это оправдает его (меня) в их глазах; set things /matters/ straight /right/ уладить дела; set things ready приводить все в готовность; set smb.'s curiosity agog возбуждать чье-л. любопытство
    7. VII
    1) set smb. to do smth. set the men to chop wood (the men to saw wood, the boys to dig a field, the pupils to work at their algebra, the girl to shell peas, the pupils to sing, etc.) заставлять рабочих колоть дрова и т.д.; I set him to work at mowing the lawn я велел ему /дал ему задание/ постричь газон; я вменил ему в обязанность подстригать газон; whom did you set to do this? кому вы поручили это сделать?; I set myself to study the problem я решил взяться за изучение этого вопроса; he set himself to finish the job by the end of May он твердо решил /поставил себе целью/ закончить работу к концу мая
    2) set smth. to do smth. set a machine (a device, a mechanism, etc.) to work приводить в действие /завалять. запускать/ машину и т.д.; set the alarm clock to wake us at seven заводить будильник, чтобы он поднял нас в семь часов, поставить будильник на семь часов
    3) set smth. to do smth. set a pattern to be followed подавать пример; создавать пример для подражания
    8. VIII
    set smb., smth. doing smth. set everybody (the company, people, me, etc.) thinking (singing, running, etc.) заставить всех и т.д. (при)задуматься и т.д.; set smb. talking а) заставить кого-л. говорить, разговорить кого-л.; I set him talking about the new invention (about the discovery, about marriage, etc.) я навел его на разговор о новом изобретении и т.д.; б) дать кому-л. пищу для разговоров; this incident set people talking этот случай /инцидент/ вызвал всякие пересуды; my jokes set the whole table (the company, the audience, the boys, etc.) laughing мой шутки смешили всех за столом и т.д.; set them wondering вызвать у них удивление; the smoke set her coughing от дыма она закашлялась; who has set the dog barking? кто там прошел?, почему лает собака?; set tongues wagging вызывать толки /пересуды/, давать пищу для сплетен; the news set my heart beating эта новость заставила мое сердце забиться; it's time we set the machinery (the machine, the engine, etc.) going пора запустить механизм и т.д. /привести механизм и т.д. в действие/; when anybody entered the device set the bell ringing когда кто-нибудь входил, срабатывало устройство и звонок начинал звонить; а strong wind set the bells ringing от сильного ветра колокола зазвонили; set a top spinning запускать волчок; а false step will set stones rolling один неверный шаг set и камни покатятся вниз; set a plan going начать осуществление плана; we must set things going надо начинать действовать
    9. XI
    1) be set in (near, round, on, etc.) smth. her house is set well back in the garden (near the road, some way back from the street, on a hill, etc.) ее дом стоит а глубине сада и т.д.; а town (a country-seat, a village, etc.) is set in a woodland (on an island, north of /from/ London, etc.) город и т.д. расположен в лесистой местности и т.д.; а boundary stone is set between two fields поля разделяет межевой камень; а balcony is set round the house вокруг дома идет балкон; the second act (the scene, the play, etc.) is set in ancient Rome (in a street, in Paris, etc.) действие второго акта и т.д. происходит в древнем Риме и т.д.; а screen is set in a wall экран вделан /вмонтирован/ в стену; there was a little door set in a wall в стене была маленькая дверка; а ruby (a diamond, etc.) was set in a buckle (in a gold ring, in an earring, etc.) в пряжку и т.д. был вделан /вставлен/ рубин и т.д.; а ruby is set in gold рубин в золотой оправе /оправлен золотом/; his blue eyes are set deep in a white face на его бледном лице глубоко посажены голубые глаза; the young plants should be set at intervals of six inches эти молодые растения надо сажать на расстоянии шести дюймов [друг от друга]; be set with smth. the coast is set with modem resorts на побережье раскинулось множество современных курортов; the tops of the wall were set with broken glass верхний край стены был утыкан битым стеклом; the room is set with tables and chairs комната заставлена столами и стульями; tables were set with little sprays of blue flowers столы были украшены маленькими букетиками синих цветов: the field was set with daisies поле было усеяно маргаритками; the sky was set with stars небо было усыпано звездами; а bracelet (a ring, a crown, a sword-handle, a valuable ornament, etc.) was set with diamonds (with jewels, with gems, with rubies, with pearls, with precious stones, etc.) браслет и т.д. был украшен /усыпан/ бриллиантами и т.д.; а gold ring set with two fine pearls золотое кольцо с двумя большими жемчужинами
    3) be set on smth., smb. he (his mind, his heart) was set on it ему этого очень хотелось; his heart was set on her a) он любил лишь ее; б) все его помыслы были связаны с ней; be set on doing smth. be set on going to the stage (on coming here again, etc.) твердо решить пойти на сцену и т.д.; be set on going to the sea окончательно решить стать моряком; be set on having a motor bike (on winning, on finding him, etc.) поставить своей целью приобрести мотоцикл и т.д.; be set against smth.,smb. he is set against all reforms (against having electric light in the house, against this marriage, against the trip, etc.) он решительно [настроен] против всяких реформ и т.д.; he is set against her он и слышать о ней не хочет; be set against doing smth. he was violently set against meeting her он упорно отказывался встретиться /от встречи/ с ней /противился встрече с ней/
    4) be set on by smb. she was set on by robbers (by a lot of roughs in the dark, by a dog, etc.) на нее напали грабители и т.д.
    5) be set the table is set стол накрыт; the sails are set паруса подняты; be set for smb., smth. the table is set for six стол накрыт на шесть человек /персон/; the table is set for dinner (for lunch, etc.) стол накрыт к обеду и т.д.; be set in some state slaves (prisoners, hostages, etc.) were set free /at liberty/ рабы и т.д. были освобождены /отпущены на волю/; this must be set in order a) это надо привести в порядок; б) это надо разместить /разложить/ по порядку; the motor was set in motion включили мотор
    6) be set at some time the mortar is already set цемент уже схватился /затвердел/; the jelly is not set yet желе еще не застыло; has the type for the book been set yet? эту книгу уже набрали?; it was all set now теперь все было готово /подготовлено/; be set in some manner his lips (his jaws, his teeth) were firmly set in an effort to control himself он плотно сжал губы (челюсти, зубы), пытаясь овладеть собой; his mind and character are completely set он вполне сформировался /сложился/ как личность; be set to do smth. be set to go there быть готовым пойти туда; two pumps (machines, wheels, etc.) were set to work два насоса и т.д. были включены /приведены в действие/; be set for smth. be set for the talk (for the meeting, for the game, for the journey, etc.) быть готовым к разговору и т.д.; the scene is set for the tragedy (for the drama, for the climax, etc.) события (в книге, в пьесе и т.п.) подводят /подготавливают/ (читателя, зрителя и т.п.) к трагедии и т.д.; he was all set for a brilliant career у него были все задатки для блестящей карьеры
    7) be set over smb. he was set over people ему была дана власть над людьми; he was set over his rivals его ставили выше его соперников
    8) be set against smth. one's expenses must be set against the amount received расходы следует соразмерить с доходами; the advantages must be set against the disadvantages надо учесть все плюсы и минусы; against these gains must be set the loss of prestige оценивая эти выгоды, нельзя забывать об ущербе в связи с потерей престижа; it's no good when theory is set against practice плохо, когда теорию противопоставляют практике; when one language is set against another... когда один язык сравнивают /сопоставляют/ с другим...
    9) be set for some time the examination (the voting, his departure, etc.) is set for today (for May 2, etc.) экзамен и т.д. назначен на сегодня и т.д., the party is all set for Monday at my place решено вечеринку провести в понедельник у меня; the time and date of the meeting have not yet been set дата и время собрания еще не установлены; be set by smth., smb. rules (standards, terms, fees, etc.) are set by a committee (by the law, by the headmaster, etc.) правила и т.д. устанавливаются комиссией и т.д.
    10) be set the list of questions is set список вопросов /вопросник/ составлен; be set for smth. what subjects have been set for the examination next year? какие предметы включены в экзамен на будущий год? || be set to music быть положенным на музыку
    11) be set in smth. the editorial was set in boldface type передовая была набрана жирным шрифтом
    10. XII
    have smth. set we have everything set у нас все готово /подготовлено/; the ship has her sails set корабль поднял паруса; have a place set for a guest поставить прибор для гостя
    11. XIII
    set to do smth. set to dig the garden (to write letters, etc.) начать вскапывать сад и т.д.; the engineers set to repair the bridge инженеры приступили к ремонту моста
    12. XVI
    1) set behind (in, on, etc.) smth. the sun sets behind the western range of mountains солнце садится за горной грядой на западе; the sun sets in the sea солнце садится в море; the sun never sets on our country над нашей страной никогда не заходит солнце; set at (in) smth. the sun sets at five o'clock (in the evening, etc.) солнце заходит в пять часов и т.д.
    2) set against (to, from, etc.) smth. set against the wind (against the current) двигаться, направляться (идти, плыть и т.п.) против ветра (против течения); set against the tide идти против прилива; the wind sets from the south (from the west, from the north-east, etc.) ветер дует с юга и т.д.: the current sets to the west (to the south, through the channel, through the straits, etc.) течение идет на запад и т.д.; the tide has set in his favour ему начинает везти
    3) set against (with) smth., smb. public opinion is setting against this proposal (against this plan, against his visit, against him, etc.) общественное мнение складывается не в пользу этого предложения и т.д.; circumstances were setting with our plan (with him, etc.) обстоятельства складывались благоприятно для осуществления нашего плана и т.д.
    4) set about (upon, on, to) smth. set about the study of mineralogy (about the composition, about it, about one's washing, about one's work, etc.) приниматься /браться/ за изучение минералогии и т.д.; I don't know how to set about this job не знаю, как приступить /как подступиться/ к этой работе; they set upon the task unwillingly они неохотно взялись за выполнение этой задачи; set to work in earnest, set seriously to work серьезно браться за работу; set to work on the problem приняться за работу над этой проблемой; set to work on one's studies начать заниматься, приняться за учение
    5) set up (on) smb. set upon the enemy атаковать противника; а gang of ruffians set on him на него напала шайка хулиганов; they set upon him with blows они набросились на него с кулаками; they set upon us with arguments они обрушились на нас со своими доводами; set about /at/ smb. coll. set about the boys (about the stranger, about the supporters of the other team, at the bully, etc.) набрасываться /налетать, наскакивать/ на мальчишек и т.д.; they set about each other at once они сразу же сцепились друг с другом /начали колошматить друг друга/; I'd set about you myself if I could я бы сам отколотил тебя, если бы мог; I'd set about him with a stick (with the butt of the spade, etc.) if we have any trouble если что [не так], я стукну его палкой и т.д.
    6) set in smth. cement soon sets in dry weather (in the cold, in the sun, etc.) в сухую погоду /когда сухо,/ и т.д. цемент быстро затвердевает /застывает/
    13. XVII
    set about (to) doing smth. set about getting dinner ready (about tidying up the room, about doing one's lessons, about stamp-collecting, late.) приниматься за обед /за приготовление обеда/ и т.д.; I must. set about my packing мне надо [начать] укладываться; he asked me how lie should set about learning German он спросил меня, с чего ему начать изучение немецкого языка; set to arguing (to fighting, to quarrelling. etc.) начинать /приниматься/ спорить и т.д.; they set to packing они стали упаковываться
    14. XXI1
    1) set smth., smb. on (at, against, in, before, for, etc.) smth., smb. set dishes (a lamp, one's glass, etc.) on the table поставить тарелки и т.д. на стол; set a place for the guest поставить прибор для гостя; set food and drink (wine and nuts, meat, a dish, etc.) before guests (before travellers, etc.) поставить еду и напитки и т.д. перед гостями и т.д.; set a table by the window (an armchair before a desk, a floor-lamp beside an armchair, etc.) поставить стол у окна и т.д.; set chairs around (at) a table расставлять стулья вокруг (у) стола; set a ladder (a bicycle, a stick, etc.) against a wall прислонить /приставить/ лестницу и т.д. к стене; set one's hand on smb.'s shoulder положить руку кому-л. на плечо; set a hand against the door опереться рукой о дверь; set smb. on his feet поставить кого-л. на ноги
    2) set smth., smb. in (by, on, upon, etc.) smth. set things in their place again вернуть /положить/ вещи на место; set flowers in the water (in a vase, etc.) поставить цветы в воду и т.д.; set glass in a window вставлять стекло в окно; set lamps in 'walls вделывать светильники в стены; set one's foot in the stirrup вставить ногу в стремя; set the stake in the ground вкопать столб в землю; set a pearl (a jewel, a diamond, etc.) in gold оправлять жемчужину и т.д. в золото; set smb. by the fire усадить кого-л. у огня: set a child in a high chair посадить ребенка ка высокий стул; set smb. in the dock посадить кого-л. на скамью подсудимых; set a wheel on an axle насадить колесо на ось: set a hen on eggs, set eggs under a hen посадить курицу на яйца; set a boy on horseback подсадить мальчика на лошадь; set smb. on the pedestal поставить /возвести/ кого-л. на пьедестал; set troops on shore высадить войска [на берег]; set one's foot oil a step поставить ногу на ступеньку; set foot on shore ступить на берег; I'll never set foot on your threshold я никогда не переступлю порог вашего дома; set a crown on his head возложить на него корону; set a king on the throne посадить короля на трон; set a kiss upon smb.'s hand приложиться к чьей-л. руке; set smth. with smth. set the top of the wall with broken glass утыкать верхнюю часть стены битым стеклом; set this bed with tulips (with geraniums, etc.) засадить эту клумбу тюльпанами и т.д. || set eyes on smb., smth. увидеть кого-л что-л., I never set eyes on him before today до сегодняшнего дня я его в глаза не видел; that child wants everything he sets his eyes on этому ребенку вынь, да положь все, что он видит
    3) set smth. to smth. set a glass (a trumpet, etc.) to one's lips, set one's lips to a glass (to a trumpet, etc.) подносить стакан и т.д. к губам /ко рту/; set a match (a lighter) to a cigarette (to old papers, to a fire, etc.) подносить спичку (зажигалку) к сигарете и т.д.; set one's shoulder to the door налечь плечом на дверь; set spurs to a horse пришпорить лошадь
    4) set smb. across smth. set him across the river переправлять его через реку /на другой берег/; set a child across the street перевести ребенка на другую сторону улицы /через улицу/; set smth. by smth. set a ship by the compass вести корабль по компасу; set smth. against (to ward(s), to) smth. set the boat against the wind (against the current) направлять лодку против ветра и т.д.; set one's course to the south направляться на юг; set one's face toward the east (toward home, towards the sun, etc.) повернуться лицом к востоку и т.д.; set smb. after (at, on, etc.) smb., smth. set the police (detectives, etc.) after /on the track of/ the criminal (on her, after the spies, etc.) направлять полицию и т.д. по следу преступника и т.д.; set the boys on the wrong (right) track направлять мальчишек по ложному (по правильному) следу; set a dog at a hare (at a fox, at a bull, at his heels, etc.) пустить собаку по следу зайца и т.д.; set dogs on a stranger (on a trespasser, on thieves, etc.) спустить собак на незнакомца и т.д. || set sail for India отплывать /направляться/ в Индию
    5) set smb. against (on, to, etc.) smb., smth. set people against each other (a friend against another, everyone against him, etc.) настраивать людей друг против друга и т.д.; he is trying to set you against me он старается восстановить вас против меня; set oneself against the proposal (against the scheme, against the decision, against his nomination, against him, etc.) был настроенным /выступать/ против этого предложения и т.д.; set the crowd on acts of violence (the crew to mutiny, soldiers to violence, people to robbery, etc.) подстрекать толпу на совершение актов насилия /к насилию/ и т.д.; set smth. against smth. set one thing against another противопоставлять одно другому; set one language against another сопоставлять /сравнивать/ один язык с другим; set smth. on smth. set one's heart /one's mind/ on the trip твердо настроиться на эту поездку; set one's heart on a new dress (on a new car, etc.) жаждать /очень хотеть/ купить новое платье и т.д.; he set his thoughts on the plan все его помыслы направлены на осуществление этого плана || set him at odds with his friends рассорить его с друзьями
    6) set smb., smth. to smth. set the class (the boys, him, etc.) to work (to a task, to sums, to dictation, etc.) засадить класс и т.д. за работу и т.д.; set one's mind /one's wits/ to a question (to a task, to a job, etc.) сосредоточиться на каком-л. вопросе и т.д.; you won't find the work difficult if only you set your mind to it если вы серьезно возьметесь за дело, работа не покажется вам трудной; set one's hand to the work (to the task, to the plough, etc.) взяться за работу и т.д.; he set himself resolutely to the task он решительно взялся за выполнение задачи; set а реп to' paper начать писать, взяться за перо; set smth. before smb. set a task (an object) before him поставить перед ним задачу
    7) set smth., smb. т (on, at, to) smth. set one's affairs (one's papers, one's house, a room, etc.) in order /to rights/ приводить свои дела и т.д. в порядок; set a machine in motion запустить машину; set the project in motion начинать работу над объектом; set the machinery of the government in motion приводить государственную машину в движение; set a chain reaction in motion вызвать цепную реакцию; his jokes set the audience (the table, the whole room, etc.) in a roar от его шуток вся аудитория и т.д. покатывалась со смеху; set smb. on his guard настораживать кого-л.; set smb. (smb.'s guests, the boy, smb.'s mind, etc.) at ease успокаивать кого-л. и т.д.; he set the girl at ease с ним девушке стало легко /девушка почувствовала себя свободно/; а host should try and set his guests at ease хозяин должен стараться, чтобы его гости чувствовали себя свободно /как дома/: now you may set your mind at ease теперь вы можете перестать волноваться /не волноваться/; set a question (the affair, the matter, etc.) at rest разрешить /урегулировать/ вопрос и т.д.; that sets all my doubts at rest это рассеивает все мои сомнения; set prisoners at liberty освобождать заключенных
    8) set smth. for smth. set the table for dinner (for five people, for two, etc.) накрыть стол к обеду и т.д.; set the stage for the next scene in a play подготовить сцену для следующей картины [в пьесе]; set the scene for talks подготовить условия /создать благоприятную обстановку/ для переговоров; set smth. by smth. set one's watch by the radio timesignal (by the town clock, by the clock in the library, by mine, etc.) ставить /сверять/ часы по радиосигналу и т.д.; set smth. to (for, at) smth. set the clock (the hands of the clock) to the correct time (to the proper hour of the day, etc.) точно поставить часы и т.д.; set the alarm for 5 o'clock (the camera lens to infinity, a thermostat at 70°, etc.) поставить будильник на пять часов и т.д.
    9) set smb., smth. at (in, он, etc.) smth. set a guard (a sentry, etc.) at the door (at the gate, at the corner of the street, in the nearest village, on the hill, etc.) поставить сторожа /часового/ и т.д. у дверей и т.д.; set pickets around the camp выставлять дозорных вокруг лагеря
    10) set smb., smth. over (before, among, etc.) smb., smth. set him over others (a supervisor over the new workers, etc.) назначать его начальником над остальными и т.д.; set Vergil before Homer отдавать предпочтение Вергилию перед Гомером, ставить Вергилия выше Гомера; set the author among the greatest writers of today (the painter among the best artists of the world, the team among the strongest teams of Europe, etc.) считать автора одним из крупнейших писателей современности и т.д.; set duty before pleasure ставить долг выше удовольствий /на первое место/; set honesty above everything (diamonds above rubies, etc.) ценить честность превыше всего и т.д., his intelligence (his talent, his character, etc.) sets him apart from others (from ordinary people, from the normal run of people, etc.) его ум и т.д. выделяют его среди других и т.д.; her bright red hair sets her apart from her sisters из всех сестер у нее одной были ярко-рыжие волосы
    11) set smth. at smth. set the price (the value of the canvas, etc.) at t 1000 оценить / назначить, определить цену/ и т.д. в тысячу фунтов; set bail at i 500 установить сумму залога в пятьсот фунтов; set neatness at a high value очень ценить аккуратность, придавать большое значение опрятности; set smth. for smth. set a time for a meeting назначать время собрания; set the rules for a contest вырабатывать правила состязания; set the lesson for tomorrow задавать урок на завтра; set smth. to /for /smth. set limits to smb.'s power (to his extravagance, to his demands, etc.) ограничивать чью-л. власть и т.д., устанавливать предел чьей-л. власти и т.д.; he sets no limit to his ambition его честолюбие не знает предела; set a time-limit for examination установить продолжительность экзамена; set a time-limit for debates установить регламент для выступления в прениях; set a record for the mile устанавливать рекорд в беге на одну милю; set an end to it положить этому конец; set smth. on smth., smb. set a high value on life (on punctuality, etc.) высоко ценить жизнь и т.д.; set a punishment on smb. налагать наказание на кого-л., определять кому-л. меру наказания; set a price on smb.'s head /on smb.'s life/ назначить награду за чью-л. голову /за чью-л. жизнь/; set smth. at some time set the death of the man at midnight установить, что смерть этого человека наступила в полночь || set much store by smth. придавать большее значение чему-л.; set much store by social position (by daily exercise, by what the neighbours say, by the opinion of people like him, etc.) придавать большое значение общественному положению и т.д.
    12) set smth. for (in, to, etc.) smth. set papers for the examination составлять экзаменационные работы; set new questions (problems, etc.) in an examination подготовить новые вопросы и т.д. для экзамена; set the words (this poem, etc.) to music положить эти слова и т.д. на музыку; set new words to an old tune сочинить новые слова на старый мотив; set Othello to music а) написать музыку к "Отелло"; б) написать /сочинить/ оперу "Отелло"; set a piece of music for the violin переложить музыкальное произведение для скрипки
    13) set smth. before smb. set a plan (facts, one's theory, one's proposals, etc.) before the council (before the chief, before experts, etc.) изложить совету /представить на рассмотрение совета/ и т.д. план и т.д.
    14) set smth. to smth. set one's name /one's signature, one's hand/ to a document подписать документ; set a seal to the decree скрепить указ печатью; set smth. on smth. set a veto on smth. накладывать запрет на что-л.
    15) set smth. on (in) smth., smb. set one's life on a chance рисковать жизнью в надежде на удачу; set one's future on a chance строить планы на будущее в расчете на счастливое стечение обстоятельств; set hopes on a chance (on him, on his uncle, etc.) надеяться /возлагать надежды/ на случай и т.д.
    16) set smth. for smb. set a snare for a fox поставить капкан на лису; set poison for rats разложить отраву для крыс
    17) set smth. for smth. set milk for cheese ставить молоко на творог, створаживать молоко
    18) || set fire to a house (to a barn, etc.) поджигать дом и т.д.; set the woods (a woodpile, etc.) on fire поджигать лес и т.д.
    15. XXII
    1) set smth. on doing smth. set one's heart /one's hopes, one's mind, one's thoughts/ on becoming an engineer (on going with us, on going abroad, etc.) очень хотеть /стремиться/ стать инженером и т.д.; I set my heart on going today я решил ехать сегодня; he sets his hopes on getting on in life он очень надеется преуспеть в жизни /добиться в жизни успеха/; if he once sets his mind on doing something it takes a lot to dissuade him если он настроился на что-либо, его очень трудно отговорить
    2) set smb. to doing smth. set him to woodchopping поставить его на колку дров, заставить его колоть дрова; set her to thinking заставить ее задуматься; set a child to crying довести ребенка до слез; he set himself to amusing me он изо всех сил старался развлечь меня
    16. XXIV1
    set smth. as smth. set education (money, revenge, etc.) as one's goal /as one's aim, as one's object, as one's purpose, as one's task/ поставить себе целью получить образование в т.д.

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  • 13 Lombe, John

    SUBJECT AREA: Textiles
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    b. c. 1693 probably Norwich, England
    d. 20 November 1722 Derby, England
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    English creator of the first successful powered textile mill in Britain.
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    John Lombe's father, Henry Lombe, was a worsted weaver who married twice. John was the second son of the second marriage and was still a baby when his father died in 1695. John, a native of the Eastern Counties, was apprenticed to a trade and employed by Thomas Cotchett in the erection of Cotchett's silk mill at Derby, which soon failed however. Lombe went to Italy, or was sent there by his elder half-brother, Thomas, to discover the secrets of their throwing machinery while employed in a silk mill in Piedmont. He returned to England in 1716 or 1717, bringing with him two expert Italian workmen.
    Thomas Lombe was a prosperous London merchant who financed the construction of a new water-powered silk mill at Derby which is said to have cost over £30,000. John arranged with the town Corporation for the lease of the island in the River Derwent, where Cotchett had erected his mill. During the four years of its construction, John first set up the throwing machines in other parts of the town. The machines were driven manually there, and their product helped to defray the costs of the mill. The silk-throwing machine was very complex. The water wheel powered a horizontal shaft that was under the floor and on which were placed gearwheels to drive vertical shafts upwards through the different floors. The throwing machines were circular, with the vertical shafts running through the middle. The doubled silk threads had previously been wound on bobbins which were placed on spindles with wire flyers at intervals around the outer circumference of the machine. The bobbins were free to rotate on the spindles while the spindles and flyers were driven by the periphery of a horizontal wheel fixed to the vertical shaft. Another horizontal wheel set a little above the first turned the starwheels, to which were attached reels for winding the silk off the bobbins below. Three or four sets of these spindles and reels were placed above each other on the same driving shaft. The machine was very complicated for the time and must have been expensive to build and maintain.
    John lived just long enough to see the mill in operation, for he died in 1722 after a painful illness said to have been the result of poison administered by an Italian woman in revenge for his having stolen the invention and for the injury he was causing the Italian trade. The funeral was said to have been the most superb ever known in Derby.
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    Further Reading
    Samuel Smiles, 1890, Men of Invention and Industry, London (probably the only biography of John Lombe).
    Rhys Jenkins, 1933–4, "Historical notes on some Derbyshire industries", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 14 (provides an acount of John Lombe and his part in the enterprise at Derby).
    R.L.Hills, 1970, Power in the Industrial Revolution, Manchester (briefly covers the development of early silk-throwing mills).
    W.English, 1969, The Textile Industry, London (includes a chapter on "Lombe's Silk Machine").
    P.Barlow, 1836, Treatise of Manufactures and Machinery of Great Britain, London (describes Lombe's mill and machinery, but it is not known how accurate the account may be).
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  • 14 Polhem, Christopher

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    b. 18 December 1661 Tingstade, Gotland, Sweden d. 1751
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    Swedish engineer and inventor.
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    He was the eldest son of Wolf Christopher Polhamma, a merchant. The father died in 1669 and the son was sent by his stepfather to an uncle in Stockholm who found him a place in the Deutsche Rechenschule. After the death of his uncle, he was forced to find employment, which he did with the Biorenklou family near Uppsala where he eventually became a kind of estate bailiff. It was during this period that he started to work with a lathe, a forge and at carpentry, displaying great technical ability. He realized that without further education he had little chance of making anything of his life, and accordingly, in 1687, he registered at the University of Uppsala where he studied astronomy and mathematics, remaining there for three years. He also repaired two astronomical pendulum clocks as well as the decrepit medieval clock in the cathedral. After a year's work he had this clock running properly: this was his breakthrough. He was summoned to Stockholm where the King awarded him a salary of 500 dalers a year as an encouragement to further efforts. Around this time, one of increasing mechanization and when mining was Sweden's principal industry, Pohlem made a model of a hoist frame for mines and the Mines Authority encouraged him to develop his ideas. In 1693 Polhem completed the Blankstot hoist at the Stora Kopparberg mine, which attracted great interest on the European continent.
    From 1694 to 1696 Polhem toured factories, mills and mines abroad in Germany, Holland, England and France, studying machinery of all kinds and meeting many foreign engineers. In 1698 he was appointed Director of Mining Engineering in Sweden, and in 1700 he became Master of Construction in the Falu Mine. He installed the Karl XII hoist there, powered by moving beams from a distant water-wheel. His plan of 1697 for all the machinery at the Falu mine to be driven by three large and remote water-wheels was never completed.
    In 1707 he was invited by the Elector of Hanover to visit the mines in the Harz district, where he successfully explained many of his ideas which were adopted by the local engineers. In 1700, in conjunction with Gabriel Stierncrona, he founded the Stiersunds Bruk at Husby in Southern Dalarna, a factory for the mass production of metal goods in iron, steel and bronze. Simple articles such as pans, trays, bowls, knives, scissors and mirrors were made there, together with the more sophisticated Polhem lock and the Stiersunds clock. Production was based on water power. Gear cutting for the clocks, shaping hammers for plates, file cutting and many other operations were all water powered, as was a roller mill for the sheet metal used in the factory. He also designed textile machinery such as stocking looms and spinning frames and machines for the manufacture of ribbons and other things.
    In many of his ideas Polhem was in advance of his time and Swedish country society was unable to absorb them. This was largely the reason for the Stiersund project being only a partial success. Polhem, too, was of a disputatious nature, self-opinionated almost to the point of conceit. He was a prolific writer, leaving over 20,000 pages of manuscript notes, drafts, essays on a wide range of subjects, which included building, brick-making, barrels, wheel-making, bell-casting, organ-building, methods of stopping a horse from bolting and a curious tap "to prevent serving maids from sneaking wine from the cask", the construction of ploughs and threshing machines. His major work, Kort Berattelse om de Fornamsta Mechaniska Inventioner (A Brief Account of the Most Famous Inventions), was printed in 1729 and is the main source of knowledge about his technological work. He is also known for his "mechanical alphabet", a collection of some eighty wooden models of mechanisms for educational purposes. It is in the National Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm.
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    Bibliography
    1729, Kort Berattelse om de Fornamsta Mechaniska Inventioner (A Brief Account of the Most Famous Inventions).
    Further Reading
    1985, Christopher Polhem, 1661–1751, TheSwedish Daedalus' (catalogue of a travelling exhibition from the Swedish Institute in association with the National Museum of Science and Technology), Stockholm.
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  • 15 sigul

    сущ.; HS; SK, DT
    1. транслит. сигул
    2. символ, знак ( часто магический)

    “Swastika,” Roland said. “The sigul on the plane we found near River Crossing? The one with David Quick inside it?” — Свастика, – повторил Роланд. – Символ на самолете, который мы нашли около Речного Перекрестка? В котором сидел Дэвид Шустрый? (ТБ 5)

    They turned out to be a one and three nines. It was the current year and might be one of the first combinations a room burglar would try, but at least it wasn’t quite the room number itself. Besides, they were the right numbers. Numbers of power. A sigul. They both knew it. — Единица и три девятки. Цифры текущего года, – одна из первых комбинаций, которую проверил бы взломщик, по крайней мере не совсем номер комнаты. И кроме того это было правильное сочетание. Число силы. Символ. И они обе это знали. (DT 6, sz. 5, 5)

    3. предзнаменование, знамение; вестник

    Seeing the turtle comforted Susannah a little; it was as if Roland had left her this sign, what the gunslinger himself would have called a sigul. — Увидев здесь черепаху, Сюзанна немного успокоилась, это походило на то, как будто бы Роланд оставил ей этот знак, нечто такое, что сам он называл сигулом. (DT 6, sz. 4, 1)

    Roland said, “Gods leave siguls. Men leave machines.” He paused. “In my own experience, of course, Pa.” — Боги оставляют знамения, люди – машины, – ответил Роланд. – Разумеется, я исхожу из собственного опыта, Па. (ТБ 5)

    “I didn’t ask, he didn’t say. He showed me Farson’s sigul, though. You know.” Depape lowered his voice a little. “The eye.” — Я не спрашивал, он не представился. Показал мне пайдзу Фарсона. Ты знаешь, – Дипейп понизил голос. – Глаз. (DT 4)

    Why not a mailed fist? Crossed swords? Or a bird? A falcon, for instance—a falcon would have made a fine sigul. — Почему не поднятый кулак? Скрещенные мечи? Птица? К примеру, сокол… сокол отлично смотрелся бы на пайдзе. (DT 4)

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  • 16 Strutt, Jedediah

    SUBJECT AREA: Textiles
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    b. 26 July 1726 South Normanton, near Alfreton, Derbyshire, England
    d. 7 May 1797 Derby, England
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    English inventor of a machine for making ribbed knitting.
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    Jedediah Strutt was the second of three sons of William, a small farmer and maltster at South Normanton, near Alfreton, Derbyshire, where the only industry was a little framework knitting. At the age of 14 Jedediah was apprenticed to Ralph Massey, a wheelwright near Derby, and lodged with the Woollats, whose daughter Elizabeth he later married in 1755. He moved to Leicester and in 1754 started farming at Blackwell, where an uncle had died and left him the stock on his farm. It was here that he made his knitting invention.
    William Lee's knitting machine remained in virtually the same form as he left it until the middle of the eighteenth century. The knitting industry moved away from London into the Midlands and in 1730 a Nottingham workman, using Indian spun yarn, produced the first pair of cotton hose ever made by mechanical means. This industry developed quickly and by 1750 was providing employment for 1,200 frameworkers using both wool and cotton in the Nottingham and Derby areas. It was against this background that Jedediah Strutt obtained patents for his Derby rib machine in 1758 and 1759.
    The machine was a highly ingenious mechanism, which when placed in front of an ordinary stocking frame enabled the fashionable ribbed stockings to be made by machine instead of by hand. To develop this invention, he formed a partnership first with his brother-in-law, William Woollat, and two leading Derby hosiers, John Bloodworth and Thomas Stamford. This partnership was dissolved in 1762 and another was formed with Woollat and the Nottingham hosier Samuel Need. Strutt's invention was followed by a succession of innovations which enabled framework knitters to produce almost every kind of mesh on their machines. In 1764 the stocking frame was adapted to the making of eyelet holes, and this later lead to the production of lace. In 1767 velvet was made on these frames, and two years later brocade. In this way Strutt's original invention opened up a new era for knitting. Although all these later improvements were not his, he was able to make a fortune from his invention. In 1762 he was made a freeman of Nottingham, but by then he was living in Derby. His business at Derby was concerned mainly with silk hose and he had a silk mill there.
    It was partly his need for cotton yarn and partly his wealth which led him into partnership with Richard Arkwright, John Smalley and David Thornley to exploit Arkwright's patent for spinning cotton by rollers. Together with Samuel Need, they financed the Arkwright partnership in 1770 to develop the horse-powered mill in Nottingham and then the water-powered mill at Cromford. Strutt gave advice to Arkwright about improving the machinery and helped to hold the partnership together when Arkwright fell out with his first partners. Strutt was also involved, in London, where he had a house, with the parliamentary proceedings over the passing of the Calico Act in 1774, which opened up the trade in British-manufactured all-cotton cloth.
    In 1776 Strutt financed the construction of his own mill at Helper, about seven miles (11 km) further down the Derwent valley below Cromford. This was followed by another at Milford, a little lower on the river. Strutt was also a partner with Arkwright and others in the mill at Birkacre, near Chorley in Lancashire. The Strutt mills were developed into large complexes for cotton spinning and many experiments were later carried out in them, both in textile machinery and in fireproof construction for the mills themselves. They were also important training schools for engineers.
    Elizabeth Strutt died in 1774 and Jedediah never married again. The family seem to have lived frugally in spite of their wealth, probably influenced by their Nonconformist background. He had built a house near the mills at Milford, but it was in his Derby house that Jedediah died in 1797. By the time of his death, his son William had long been involved with the business and became a more important cotton spinner than Jedediah.
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    Bibliography
    1758. British patent no. 722 (Derby rib machine). 1759. British patent no. 734 (Derby rib machine).
    Further Reading
    For the involvement of Strutt in Arkwright's spinning ventures, there are two books, the earlier of which is R.S.Fitton and A.P.Wadsworth, 1958, The Strutts and the Arkwrights, 1758–1830, Manchester, which has most of the details about Strutt's life. This has been followed by R.S.Fitton, 1989, The Arkwrights, Spinners of Fortune, Manchester.
    R.L.Hills, 1970, Power in the Industrial Revolution, Manchester (for a general background to the textile industry of the period).
    W.Felkin, 1967, History of the Machine-wrought Hosiery and Lace Manufactures, reprint, Newton Abbot (orig. pub. 1867) (covers Strutt's knitting inventions).
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  • 17 Corliss, George Henry

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    b. 2 June 1817 Easton, Washington City, New York, USA
    d. 21 February 1888 USA
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    American inventor of a cut-off mechanism linked to the governor which revolutionized the operation of steam engines.
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    Corliss's father was a physician and surgeon. The son was educated at Greenwich, New York, but while he showed an aptitude for mathematics and mechanics he first of all became a storekeeper and then clerk, bookkeeper, salesperson and official measurer and inspector of the cloth produced at W.Mowbray \& Son. He went to the Castleton Academy, Vermont, for three years and at the age of 21 returned to a store of his own in Greenwich. Complaints about stitching in the boots he sold led him to patent a sewing machine. He approached Fairbanks, Bancroft \& Co., Providence, Rhode Island, machine and steam engine builders, about producing his machine, but they agreed to take him on as a draughtsman providing he abandoned it. Corliss moved to Providence with his family and soon revolutionized the design and construction of steam engines. Although he started working out ideas for his engine in 1846 and completed one in 1848 for the Providence Dyeing, Bleaching and Calendering Company, it was not until March 1849 that he obtained a patent. By that time he had joined John Barstow and E.J.Nightingale to form a new company, Corliss Nightingale \& Co., to build his design of steam-engines. He used paired valves, two inlet and two exhaust, placed on opposite sides of the cylinder, which gave good thermal properties in the flow of steam. His wrist-plate operating mechanism gave quick opening and his trip mechanism allowed the governor to regulate the closure of the inlet valve, giving maximum expansion for any load. It has been claimed that Corliss should rank equally with James Watt in the development of the steam-engine. The new company bought land in Providence for a factory which was completed in 1856 when the Corliss Engine Company was incorporated. Corliss directed the business activities as well as technical improvements. He took out further patents modifying his valve gear in 1851, 1852, 1859, 1867, 1875, 1880. The business grew until well over 1,000 workers were employed. The cylindrical oscillating valve normally associated with the Corliss engine did not make its appearance until 1850 and was included in the 1859 patent. The impressive beam engine designed for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition by E. Reynolds was the product of Corliss's works. Corliss also patented gear-cutting machines, boilers, condensing apparatus and a pumping engine for waterworks. While having little interest in politics, he represented North Providence in the General Assembly of Rhode Island between 1868 and 1870.
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    Further Reading
    Many obituaries appeared in engineering journals at the time of his death. Dictionary of American Biography, 1930, Vol. IV, New York: C.Scribner's Sons. R.L.Hills, 1989, Power from Steam. A History of the Stationary Steam Engine, Cambridge University Press (explains Corliss's development of his valve gear).
    J.L.Wood, 1980–1, "The introduction of the Corliss engine to Britain", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 52 (provides an account of the introduction of his valve gear to Britain).
    W.H.Uhland, 1879, Corliss Engines and Allied Steam-motors, London: E. \& F.N.Spon.
    RLH

    Biographical history of technology > Corliss, George Henry

  • 18 Dickson, William Kennedy Laurie

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    b. August 1860 Brittany, France
    d. 28 September 1935 Twickenham, England
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    Scottish inventor and photographer.
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    Dickson was born in France of English and Scottish parents. As a young man of almost 19 years, he wrote in 1879 to Thomas Edison in America, asking for a job. Edison replied that he was not taking on new staff at that time, but Dickson, with his mother and sisters, decided to emigrate anyway. In 1883 he contacted Edison again, and was given a job at the Goerk Street laboratory of the Edison Electric Works in New York. He soon assumed a position of responsibility as Superintendent, working on the development of electric light and power systems, and also carried out most of the photography Edison required. In 1888 he moved to the Edison West Orange laboratory, becoming Head of the ore-milling department. When Edison, inspired by Muybridge's sequence photographs of humans and animals in motion, decided to develop a motion picture apparatus, he gave the task to Dickson, whose considerable skills in mechanics, photography and electrical work made him the obvious choice. The first experiments, in 1888, were on a cylinder machine like the phonograph, in which the sequence pictures were to be taken in a spiral. This soon proved to be impractical, and work was delayed for a time while Dickson developed a new ore-milling machine. Little progress with the movie project was made until George Eastman's introduction in July 1889 of celluloid roll film, which was thin, tough, transparent and very flexible. Dickson returned to his experiments in the spring of 1891 and soon had working models of a film camera and viewer, the latter being demonstrated at the West Orange laboratory on 20 May 1891. By the early summer of 1892 the project had advanced sufficiently for commercial exploitation to begin. The Kinetograph camera used perforated 35 mm film (essentially the same as that still in use in the late twentieth century), and the kinetoscope, a peep-show viewer, took fifty feet of film running in an endless loop. Full-scale manufacture of the viewers started in 1893, and they were demonstrated on a number of occasions during that year. On 14 April 1894 the first kinetoscope parlour, with ten viewers, was opened to the public in New York. By the end of that year, the kinetoscope was seen by the public all over America and in Europe. Dickson had created the first commercially successful cinematograph system. Dickson left Edison's employment on 2 April 1895, and for a time worked with Woodville Latham on the development of his Panoptikon projector, a projection version of the kinetoscope. In December 1895 he joined with Herman Casier, Henry N.Marvin and Elias Koopman to form the American Mutoscope Company. Casier had designed the Mutoscope, an animated-picture viewer in which the sequences of pictures were printed on cards fixed radially to a drum and were flipped past the eye as the drum rotated. Dickson designed the Biograph wide-film camera to produce the picture sequences, and also a projector to show the films directly onto a screen. The large-format images gave pictures of high quality for the period; the Biograph went on public show in America in September 1896, and subsequently throughout the world, operating until around 1905. In May 1897 Dickson returned to England and set up as a producer of Biograph films, recording, among other subjects, Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 1897, Pope Leo XIII in 1898, and scenes of the Boer War in 1899 and 1900. Many of the Biograph subjects were printed as reels for the Mutoscope to produce the "what the butler saw" machines which were a feature of fairgrounds and seaside arcades until modern times. Dickson's contact with the Biograph Company, and with it his involvement in cinematography, ceased in 1911.
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    Further Reading
    Gordon Hendricks, 1961, The Edison Motion Picture Myth.
    —1966, The Kinetoscope.
    —1964, The Beginnings of the Biograph.
    BC

    Biographical history of technology > Dickson, William Kennedy Laurie

  • 19 Hjorth, Soren

    SUBJECT AREA: Electricity
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    b. 13 October 1801 Vesterbygaard, Denmark
    d. 28 August 1870 Copenhagen, Denmark
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    Danish engineer and inventor who first proposed the principle of the self-excited dynamo.
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    After passing a legal examination, Hjorth found employment in the state treasury in Copenhagen and in 1830 advanced to be Clerk of the Exchequer and Secretary. In 1834 he visited England to study the use of steam road and rail vehicles. Hjorth was involved in the formation of the first railway company in Denmark and became Technical Director of Denmark's first railway, a line between Copenhagen and Roskilde that opened in 1847. In 1848 he petitioned the Government for funds to visit England and have built there an electric motor of his own design with oscillating motion. This petition, supported by Hans Christian Oersted (1777–1851), was granted. A British patent was obtained for the machine, an example being exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition in London. Turning his attention to the generation of electricity, he conceived as early as May 1851 the dynamo electric principle with self-excitation that was incorporated in his patent in 1855. Unfortunately, Hjorth held the firm but mistaken belief that if he could use his dynamo to drive a motor he would obtain more power than was consumed in driving the dynamo. The theory of conservation of energy was being only slowly accepted at that time, and Hjorth, with little scientific training, was to be disappointed at the failure of his schemes. He worked with great perseverance and industry to the end of his life on the design of his electrical machines.
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    Bibliography
    11 April 1855, British patent no. 806 (Hjorth's self-excited dynamo).
    11 April 1855, British patent nos. 807 and 808 (reciprocating and rotary electric motors).
    Further Reading
    S.Smith, 1912, Soren Hjorth, Copenhagen (the most detailed biography).
    1907, "Soren Hjorth, discoverer of the dynamo-electric principle", Electrical Engineering 1: 957–8 (a short biography).
    Catalogue of the 1851 Exhibition, 1851, London, pp. 1, 359–60 (for a description of Hjorth's electromagnetic engine with oscillating motion.
    GW

    Biographical history of technology > Hjorth, Soren

  • 20 Leonardo da Vinci

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    b. 15 April 1452 Vinci, near Florence, Italy,
    d. 2 May 1519 St Cloux, near Amboise, France.
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    Italian scientist, engineer, inventor and artist.
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    Leonardo was the illegitimate son of a Florentine lawyer. His first sixteen years were spent with the lawyer's family in the rural surroundings of Vinci, which aroused in him a lifelong love of nature and an insatiable curiosity in it. He received little formal education but extended his knowledge through private reading. That gave him only a smattering of Latin, a deficiency that was to be a hindrance throughout his active life. At sixteen he was apprenticed in the studio of Andrea del Verrochio in Florence, where he received a training not only in art but in a wide variety of crafts and technical arts.
    In 1482 Leonardo went to Milan, where he sought and obtained employment with Ludovico Sforza, later Duke of Milan, partly to sculpt a massive equestrian statue of Ludovico but the work never progressed beyond the full-scale model stage. He did, however, complete the painting which became known as the Virgin of the Rocks and in 1497 his greatest artistic achievement, The Last Supper, commissioned jointly by Ludovico and the friars of Santa Maria della Grazie and painted on the wall of the monastery's refectory. Leonardo was responsible for the court pageants and also devised a system of irrigation to supply water to the plains of Lombardy. In 1499 the French army entered Milan and deposed Leonardo's employer. Leonardo departed and, after a brief visit to Mantua, returned to Florence, where for a time he was employed as architect and engineer to Cesare Borgia, Duke of Romagna. Around 1504 he completed another celebrated work, the Mona Lisa.
    In 1506 Leonardo began his second sojourn in Milan, this time in the service of King Louis XII of France, who appointed him "painter and engineer". In 1513 Leonardo left for Rome in the company of his pupil Francesco Melzi, but his time there was unproductive and he found himself out of touch with the younger artists active there, Michelangelo above all. In 1516 he accepted with relief an invitation from King François I of France to reside at the small château of St Cloux in the royal domain of Amboise. With the pension granted by François, Leonardo lived out his remaining years in tranquility at St Cloux.
    Leonardo's career can hardly be regarded as a success or worthy of such a towering genius. For centuries he was known only for the handful of artistic works that he managed to complete and have survived more or less intact. His main activity remained hidden until the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, during which the contents of his notebooks were gradually revealed. It became evident that Leonardo was one of the greatest scientific investigators and inventors in the history of civilization. Throughout his working life he extended a searching curiosity over an extraordinarily wide range of subjects. The notes show careful investigation of questions of mechanical and civil engineering, such as power transmission by means of pulleys and also a form of chain belting. The notebooks record many devices, such as machines for grinding and polishing lenses, a lathe operated by treadle-crank, a rolling mill with conical rollers and a spinning machine with pinion and yard divider. Leonardo made an exhaustive study of the flight of birds, with a view to designing a flying machine, which obsessed him for many years.
    Leonardo recorded his observations and conclusions, together with many ingenious inventions, on thousands of pages of manuscript notes, sketches and drawings. There are occasional indications that he had in mind the publication of portions of the notes in a coherent form, but he never diverted his energy into putting them in order; instead, he went on making notes. As a result, Leonardo's impact on the development of science and technology was virtually nil. Even if his notebooks had been copied and circulated, there were daunting impediments to their understanding. Leonardo was left-handed and wrote in mirror-writing: that is, in reverse from right to left. He also used his own abbreviations and no punctuation.
    At his death Leonardo bequeathed his entire output of notes to his friend and companion Francesco Melzi, who kept them safe until his own death in 1570. Melzi left the collection in turn to his son Orazio, whose lack of interest in the arts and sciences resulted in a sad period of dispersal which endangered their survival, but in 1636 the bulk of them, in thirteen volumes, were assembled and donated to the Ambrosian Library in Milan. These include a large volume of notes and drawings compiled from the various portions of the notebooks and is now known as the Codex Atlanticus. There they stayed, forgotten and ignored, until 1796, when Napoleon's marauding army overran Italy and art and literary works, including the thirteen volumes of Leonardo's notebooks, were pillaged and taken to Paris. After the war in 1815, the French government agreed to return them but only the Codex Atlanticus found its way back to Milan; the rest remained in Paris. The appendix to one notebook, dealing with the flight of birds, was later regarded as of sufficient importance to stand on its own. Four small collections reached Britain at various times during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; of these, the volume in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle is notable for its magnificent series of anatomical drawings. Other collections include the Codex Leicester and Codex Arundel in the British Museum in London, and the Madrid Codices in Spain.
    Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Leonardo's true stature as scientist, engineer and inventor began to emerge, particularly with the publication of transcriptions and translations of his notebooks. The volumes in Paris appeared in 1881–97 and the Codex Atlanticus was published in Milan between 1894 and 1904.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    "Premier peintre, architecte et mécanicien du Roi" to King François I of France, 1516.
    Further Reading
    E.MacCurdy, 1939, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, 2 vols, London; 2nd edn, 1956, London (the most extensive selection of the notes, with an English translation).
    G.Vasari (trans. G.Bull), 1965, Lives of the Artists, London: Penguin, pp. 255–271.
    C.Gibbs-Smith, 1978, The Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci, Oxford: Phaidon. L.H.Heydenreich, Dibner and L. Reti, 1981, Leonardo the Inventor, London: Hutchinson.
    I.B.Hart, 1961, The World of Leonardo da Vinci, London: Macdonald.
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    Biographical history of technology > Leonardo da Vinci

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