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  • 81 McNaught, William

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    b. 27 May 1813 Sneddon, Paisley, Scotland
    d. 8 January 1881 Manchester, England
    [br]
    Scottish patentee of a very successful form of compounding beam engine with a high-pressure cylinder between the fulcrum of the beam and the connecting rod.
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    Although born in Paisley, McNaught was educated in Glasgow where his parents had moved in 1820. He followed in his father's footsteps and became an engineer through an apprenticeship with Robert Napier at the Vulcan Works, Washington Street, Glasgow. He also attended science classes at the Andersonian University in the evenings and showed such competence that at the age of 19 he was offered the position of being in charge of the Fort-Gloster Mills on the Hoogly river in India. He remained there for four years until 1836, when he returned to Scotland because the climate was affecting his health.
    His father had added the revolving cylinder to the steam engine indicator, and this greatly simplified and extended its use. In 1838 William joined him in the business of manufacturing these indicators at Robertson Street, Glasgow. While advising textile manufacturers on the use of the indicator, he realized the need for more powerful, smoother-running and economical steam engines. He provided the answer by placing a high-pressure cylinder midway between the fulcrum of the beam and the connecting rod on an ordinary beam engine. The original cylinder was retained to act as the low-pressure cylinder of what became a compound engine. This layout not only reduced the pressures on the bearing surfaces and gave a smoother-running engine, which was one of McNaught's aims, but he probably did not anticipate just how much more economical his engines would be; they often gave a saving of fuel up to 40 per cent. This was because the steam pipe connecting the two cylinders acted as a receiver, something lacking in the Woolf compound, which enabled the steam to be expanded properly in both cylinders. McNaught took out his patent in 1845, and in 1849 he had to move to Manchester because his orders in Lancashire were so numerous and the scope was much greater there than in Glasgow. He took out further patents for equalizing the stress on the working parts, but none was as important as his original one, which was claimed to have been one of the greatest improvements since the steam engine left the hands of James Watt. He was one of the original promoters of the Boiler Insurance and Steam Power Company and was elected Chairman in 1865, a position he retained until a short time before his death.
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    Bibliography
    1845, British patent no. 11,001 (compounding beam engine).
    Further Reading
    Obituary, Engineer 51.
    Obituary, Engineering 31.
    R.L.Hills, 1989, Power from Steam. A History of the Stationary Steam Engine, Cambridge University Press (the fullest account of McNaught's proposals for compounding).
    RLH

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  • 82 White, Sir William Henry

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
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    b. 2 February 1845 Devonport, England
    d. 27 February 1913 London, England
    [br]
    English naval architect distinguished as the foremost nineteenth-century Director of Naval Construction, and latterly as a consultant and author.
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    Following early education at Devonport, White passed the Royal Dockyard entry examination in 1859 to commence a seven-year shipwright apprenticeship. However, he was destined for greater achievements and in 1863 passed the Admiralty Scholarship examinations, which enabled him to study at the Royal School of Naval Architecture at South Kensington, London. He graduated in 1867 with high honours and was posted to the Admiralty Constructive Department. Promotion came swiftly, with appointment to Assistant Constructor in 1875 and Chief Constructor in 1881.
    In 1883 he left the Admiralty and joined the Tyneside shipyard of Sir W.G. Armstrong, Mitchell \& Co. at a salary of about treble that of a Chief Constructor, with, in addition, a production bonus based on tonnage produced! At the Elswick Shipyard he became responsible for the organization and direction of shipbuilding activities, and during his relatively short period there enhanced the name of the shipyard in the warship export market. It is assumed that White did not settle easily in the North East of England, and in 1885, following negotiations with the Admiralty, he was released from his five-year exclusive contract and returned to public service as Director of Naval Construction and Assistant Controller of the Royal Navy. (As part of the settlement the Admiralty released Philip Watts to replace White, and in later years Watts was also to move from that same shipyard and become White's successor as Director of Naval Construction.) For seventeen momentous years White had technical control of ship production for the Royal Navy. The rapid building of warships commenced after the passing of the Naval Defence Act of 1889, which authorized directly and indirectly the construction of around seventy vessels. The total number of ships built during the White era amounted to 43 battleships, 128 cruisers of varying size and type, and 74 smaller vessels. While White did not have the stimulation of building a revolutionary capital ship as did his successor, he did have the satisfaction of ensuring that the Royal Navy was equipped with a fleet of all-round capability, and he saw the size, displacement and speed of the ships increase dramatically.
    In 1902 he resigned from the Navy because of ill health and assumed several less onerous tasks. During the construction of the Cunard Liner Mauretania on the Tyne, he held directorships with the shipbuilders Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, and also the Parsons Marine Turbine Company. He acted as a consultant to many organizations and had an office in Westminster. It was there that he died in February 1913.
    White left a great literary legacy in the form of his esteemed Manual of Naval Architecture, first published in 1877 and reprinted several times since in English, German and other languages. This volume is important not only as a text dealing with first principles but also as an illustration of the problems facing warship designers of the late nineteenth century.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    KCB 1895. Knight Commander of the Order of the Danneborg (Denmark). FRS. FRSE. President, Institution of Civil Engineers; Mechanical Engineers; Marine Engineers. Vice- President, Institution of Naval Architects.
    Bibliography
    Further Reading
    D.K.Brown, 1983, A Century of Naval Construction, London.
    FMW

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  • 83 П-318

    НА ПОЛУСЛОВЕ (НА ПОЛСЛОВЕ coll) замолчать, остановиться, оборвать кого и т. п. PrepP these forms only adv more often used with pfv verbs) (of a person) (to cease talking, interrupt s.o. etc) at the very start or in the middle of a conversation, speech etc: X замолчал - — X stopped (broke off, checked himself) in mklsentence (in midword, in midflow, in midspeech, in the middle of a sentence, in the middle of a word)
    X оборвал Y-a - = X cut Y off (in midsentence (in midword, in the middle of a sentence, in the middle of a word))
    X cut Y short (in the middle of what Y was saying (in the middle of Y's speech etc)).
    Говорили все трое, и все трое замолкли на полуслове, как только я появился в дверях... (Искандер 5). All three were talking, and all three stopped in midsentence as soon as I appeared in the doorway... (5a).
    Было это осенью 1937 года, в разгар арестов и расстрелов. Говорил он (Пастернак) один, а я молчал, смущённый неожиданной горячностью его монолога, который он вдруг оборвал чуть ли не на полуслове (Гладков 1). This was in the autumn of 1937, at the height of the arrests and executions. He (Pasternak) talked while I listened, embarrassed by the unexpected vehemence of his diatribe, until he suddenly checked himself almost in mid-sentence (1a).
    Брешешь ты всё», - сказал Николай Курзов, стоявший от Плечевого справа. Плечевой споткнулся на полуслове, посмотрел на Николая... сверху вниз... и, подумав, сказал: «Брешет собака. А я говорю. А ты свою варежку закрой...» (Войнович 2). "Horse-shit!" said Nikolai Kurzov, who was standing to Burly's right. Burly stumbled in mid-speech, gave Nikolai the once-over...then paused for a moment to think, and said: "Horseshit comes from a horse. And I'm no horse. So shut your trap..." (2a).
    Мы считаем вслух, но я вдруг обрубил на полуслове и стою, разинув рот... (Замятин 1). We calculate aloud, but I break off in the middle of a word and stand there, gaping... (1a).
    Лева чуть не плакал: что сделали с человеком! Но сдержался, заговорил о другом, сильно издалека... Дед прервал Леву на полуслове (Битов 2). Lyova all but wept: what had they done to the man! But he contained himself and started talking about something else, in a very roundabout way....Grandfather cut Lyova short (2a).

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  • 84 на полслове

    • НА ПОЛУСЛОВЕ( НА ПОЛСЛОВЕ coll) замолчать, остановиться, оборвать кого и т.п.
    [PrepP; these forms only; adv; more often used with pfv verbs]
    =====
    ⇒ (of a person) (to cease talking, interrupt s.o. etc) at the very start or in the middle of a conversation, speech etc:
    - X замолчал - - X stopped (broke off, checked himself) in mktsentence (in midword, in midflow, in midspeech, in the middle of a sentence, in the middle of a word);
    || X оборвал Y-a на полслове ≈ X cut Y off (in midsentence <in midword, in the middle of a sentence, in the middle of a word>);
    - X cut Y short (in the middle of what Y was saying <in the middle of Y's speech etc>).
         ♦ Говорили все трое, и все трое замолкли на полуслове, как только я появился в дверях... (Искандер 5). All three were talking, and all three stopped in midsentence as soon as I appeared in the doorway... (5a).
         ♦ Было это осенью 1937 года, в разгар арестов и расстрелов. Говорил он [Пастернак] один, а я молчал, смущённый неожиданной горячностью его монолога, который он вдруг оборвал чуть ли не на полуслове (Гладков 1). This was in the autumn of 1937, at the height of the arrests and executions. He [Pasternak] talked while I listened, embarrassed by the unexpected vehemence of his diatribe, until he suddenly checked himself almost in mid-sentence (1a).
         ♦ "Брешешь ты всё", - сказал Николай Курзов, стоявший от Плечевого справа. Плечевой споткнулся на полуслове, посмотрел на Николая... сверху вниз... и, подумав, сказал: "Брешет собака. А я говорю. А ты свою варежку закрой..." (Войнович 2). "Horseshit!" said Nikolai Kurzov, who was standing to Buriy's right. Burly stumbled in mid-speech, gave Nikolai the once-over...then paused for a moment to think, and said: "Horseshit comes from a horse. And I'm no horse. So shut your trap..." (2a).
         ♦ Мы считаем вслух, но я вдруг обрубил на полуслове и стою, разинув рот... (Замятин 1). We calculate aloud, but I break off in the middle of a word and stand there, gaping... (1a).
         ♦ Лева чуть не плакал: что сделали с человеком! Но сдержался, заговорил о другом, сильно издалека... Дед прервал Лёву на полуслове (Битов 2). Lyova all but wept: what had they done to the man! But he contained himself and started talking about something else, in a very roundabout way....Grandfather cut Lyova short (2a).

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  • 85 на полуслове

    • НА ПОЛУСЛОВЕ ( НА ПОЛСЛОВЕ coll) замолчать, остановиться, оборвать кого и т.п.
    [PrepP; these forms only; adv; more often used with pfv verbs]
    =====
    ⇒ (of a person) (to cease talking, interrupt s.o. etc) at the very start or in the middle of a conversation, speech etc:
    - X замолчал - - X stopped (broke off, checked himself) in mktsentence (in midword, in midflow, in midspeech, in the middle of a sentence, in the middle of a word);
    || X оборвал Y-a на полуслове ≈ X cut Y off (in midsentence <in midword, in the middle of a sentence, in the middle of a word>);
    - X cut Y short (in the middle of what Y was saying <in the middle of Y's speech etc>).
         ♦ Говорили все трое, и все трое замолкли на полуслове, как только я появился в дверях... (Искандер 5). All three were talking, and all three stopped in midsentence as soon as I appeared in the doorway... (5a).
         ♦ Было это осенью 1937 года, в разгар арестов и расстрелов. Говорил он [Пастернак] один, а я молчал, смущённый неожиданной горячностью его монолога, который он вдруг оборвал чуть ли не на полуслове (Гладков 1). This was in the autumn of 1937, at the height of the arrests and executions. He [Pasternak] talked while I listened, embarrassed by the unexpected vehemence of his diatribe, until he suddenly checked himself almost in mid-sentence (1a).
         ♦ "Брешешь ты всё", - сказал Николай Курзов, стоявший от Плечевого справа. Плечевой споткнулся на полуслове, посмотрел на Николая... сверху вниз... и, подумав, сказал: "Брешет собака. А я говорю. А ты свою варежку закрой..." (Войнович 2). "Horseshit!" said Nikolai Kurzov, who was standing to Buriy's right. Burly stumbled in mid-speech, gave Nikolai the once-over...then paused for a moment to think, and said: "Horseshit comes from a horse. And I'm no horse. So shut your trap..." (2a).
         ♦ Мы считаем вслух, но я вдруг обрубил на полуслове и стою, разинув рот... (Замятин 1). We calculate aloud, but I break off in the middle of a word and stand there, gaping... (1a).
         ♦ Лева чуть не плакал: что сделали с человеком! Но сдержался, заговорил о другом, сильно издалека... Дед прервал Лёву на полуслове (Битов 2). Lyova all but wept: what had they done to the man! But he contained himself and started talking about something else, in a very roundabout way....Grandfather cut Lyova short (2a).

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  • 86 rollo

    m.
    1 roll (cilindro).
    3 drag, bore (informal) (pesadez, aburrimiento).
    ¡qué rollo! what a bore o drag!
    un rollo de discurso/tío an incredibly boring speech/guy
    el rollo de costumbre the same old story
    ¡corta el rollo ya! shut up, you're boring me to death!
    soltar el rollo to go on and on
    tener mucho rollo to witter on
    4 tall story (informal) (embuste).
    5 stuff (informal) (tema, historia).
    el rollo ese de la clonación all that stuff about cloning, all that cloning business
    6 scene (informal) (ambiente, tipo de vida). (peninsular Spanish)
    el rollo de la droga/de las discotecas the drug/nightclub scene
    no me va ese rollo it's not my scene, I'm not into all that
    7 relationship (informal) (relación). (peninsular Spanish)
    tener un rollo (con) to have a fling (with)
    tener buen/mal rollo (con alguien) to get on/not to get on (with somebody)
    8 roller, curler (para el pelo). (Venezuelan Spanish)
    9 untrue story.
    10 scroll, roll of parchment.
    11 speech, lecture, screed, sermon.
    12 rouleau.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: rollar.
    * * *
    1 (gen) roll; (de cable, alambre) coil
    2 familiar (michelín) roll of fat
    3 familiar (aburrimiento) drag, bore, pain
    ■ ¡menudo rollo! how boring!
    4 familiar (discurso, explicación, etc) long drawn-out speech, boring lecture
    ■ ¡vaya rollo nos soltó! he didn't half go on!
    6 familiar (asunto) business
    \
    estar en el rollo argot to be with it, be cool
    tener rollo familiar to go on a lot
    tener buen rollo argot to be chatty, be easy to get on with
    rollo de papel higiénico roll of toilet paper
    rollo pastelero rolling pin
    rollo patatero real bore, real drag
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) roll
    2) bore
    * * *
    1. SM
    1) (=cilindro) [de tela, papel, cuerda fina, cable fino] roll; [de cuerda gruesa, cable grueso] coil; [de película de cine] reel; [de pergamino] scroll

    rollo de pelo — Ven curler, hair curler, roller

    2) (Culin)
    a) (tb: rollo pastelero)
    Esp rolling pin
    b) [de masa, relleno] (pastry) roll
    3) (=tronco) log

    en rollo — whole, uncut

    4) * (=michelín) roll of fat, spare tyre * hum
    5) Esp * (tb: rollo macabeo ó patatero) (=explicación) spiel *; (=sermón) lecture; (=mentira) yarn

    ¡menudo rollo nos contó tu padre! — what a lecture your dad gave us! iró

    ¡menudo rollo que tiene! — he's always waffling (on) about something! *

    ¡vaya rollo patatero que me estás contando! — you're talking a load of old tosh! **, you're talking a load of baloney! (EEUU) *

    corta el rollo y dime exactamente lo que quieres — cut it short * o cut the crap *** and tell me exactly what you want

    cortar el rollo a algn —

    mejor que le cortes el rollo, que tenemos prisa — don't let him rattle on, we're in a hurry

    ¡con lo bien que lo estábamos pasando! ¡nos has cortado el rollo! — we were having a great time until you went and spoiled things!

    estar de rollo * Esp, Méx —

    6) * (=aburrimiento)

    ¡qué rollo! — what a pain! **

    ser un rollo — [discurso, conferencia] to be dead boring *; [persona] to be a bore *, be a pain **

    7) ** (=asunto) thing
    8) Esp ** (=ambiente) scene *
    9) ** (=sensación)

    • buen/mal rollo, en sus fiestas siempre hay buen rollo — there's always a good atmosphere at his parties

    ¡qué mal rollo! — what a pain! *

    me da buen/mal rollo — I've got a good/nasty o bad feeling about it

    ¡qué buen rollo me da ese tío! — that guy gives me really good vibes! *

    tener un buen/mal rollo con algn — to get on well/badly with sb

    10) * (=relación sentimental)
    2.
    ADJ INV Esp, Méx * boring

    no seas rollo, Julián — don't be a bore * o pain **,Julián

    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (Esp fam) boring
    II
    1)
    a) (de papel, tela, película) roll
    b) (de cable, cuerda) reel
    c) (fam) ( de gordura) roll of fat
    d) (Esp) (Coc) tb
    2)
    a) (Esp fam) ( cosa aburrida) bore
    b) (Esp, Méx fam) ( lata)
    3) (fam)
    a) ( perorata) speech (colloq), lecture (colloq)

    todos los días nos suelta or nos echa or (Ven) nos arma el mismo rollo — he gives us the same speech o sermon every day (colloq)

    bueno, corta el rollo ya — OK, can it, will you? (AmE colloq), OK, put a sock in it, will you? (BrE colloq)

    b) ( mentira) story
    4) (Esp arg) ( ambiente) scene (colloq)
    5)
    a) (Esp, Méx fam)
    b) ( asunto) business
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (Esp fam) boring
    II
    1)
    a) (de papel, tela, película) roll
    b) (de cable, cuerda) reel
    c) (fam) ( de gordura) roll of fat
    d) (Esp) (Coc) tb
    2)
    a) (Esp fam) ( cosa aburrida) bore
    b) (Esp, Méx fam) ( lata)
    3) (fam)
    a) ( perorata) speech (colloq), lecture (colloq)

    todos los días nos suelta or nos echa or (Ven) nos arma el mismo rollo — he gives us the same speech o sermon every day (colloq)

    bueno, corta el rollo ya — OK, can it, will you? (AmE colloq), OK, put a sock in it, will you? (BrE colloq)

    b) ( mentira) story
    4) (Esp arg) ( ambiente) scene (colloq)
    5)
    a) (Esp, Méx fam)
    b) ( asunto) business
    * * *
    rollo1
    2 = roll, roll, coil, roll.

    Ex: Chapter 6 covers discs, tapes, piano rolls and sound recordings on film.

    Ex: For example, bundles, files, volumes or rolls are clearly items because they are physically appropriate for handling.
    Ex: It was known that alternating current (AC) voltage could be varied by use of induction coils, but no practical coil system had been invented.
    Ex: The results appear there and then not only on the VDU screen but also on a roll of paper which spills out of the attached printer at a rate of knots.
    * rollo de acetato = acetate roll.
    * rollo de papel de cocina = kitchen roll.
    * rollo de papel higiénico = loo roll.
    * rollo de papiro = papyrus roll.
    * rollo de película = roll film.
    * rollo de pergamino = parchment scroll, roll.
    * rollo de piano = piano roll.
    * rollo de toallitas de papel = kitchen roll.
    * rollos del Mar Muerto, los = Dead Sea Scrolls, the.

    rollo2
    2 = hassle, shaggy dog story, sales pitch, rigmarole [rigamarole].

    Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

    Ex: Young kids like listening to these shaggy dog stories, but don't usually 'get it', while parents generally groan over the punch lines.
    Ex: President Bush has begun in earnest his sales pitch to America and the rest of the world for missile defence.
    Ex: The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.
    * buen rollo = good vibes.
    * ¡corta el rollo! = put a sock in it!.
    * cortar el rollo = cut to + the chase.
    * mal rollo = bad vibes.
    * ¡qué rollo macabeo! = what a palaver!.
    * rollo amoroso = fling.
    * rollo barato = soapbox.
    * rollo de venta = sales pitch, product pitch.
    * rollo macabeo = soapbox.
    * rollo político = spin.
    * rollo publicitario = sales pitch, product pitch.
    * ser un rollo = stink.
    * tener un rollo amoroso = have + a fling.

    * * *
    ( Esp fam) boring
    ¡qué tío más rollo! that guy's such a pain o bore! ( colloq)
    A
    1 (de papel, tela) roll
    un rollo de papel higiénico a roll of toilet paper
    3 (de cable, cuerda) reel
    4 ( fam) (de gordura) roll of fat
    5
    ( Esp) ( Coc) tb rollo pastelero rolling pin
    B ( Esp fam)
    las clases me parecen un rollo the classes bore me to death o are dead boring ( colloq)
    ¡qué rollazo de conferencia! what a boring lecture!
    un rollo patatero or macabeo ( Esp arg): este programa es un rollo patatero this program is dead boring o is a real turn-off o ( AmE) is lethal ( colloq)
    2
    (lata): ¡qué rollo! what a nuisance!, what a pain o drag! ( colloq)
    este coche es un rollo this car's more trouble than it's worth ( colloq)
    C ( fam)
    1 (perorata) speech ( colloq), lecture ( colloq)
    todos los días nos suelta or nos mete or ( Méx) nos tira or ( Ven) nos arma el mismo rollo he gives us the same speech o sermon every day ( colloq)
    no me sueltes el rollo, ya sé lo que tengo que hacer you can cut the lecture, I know what I have to do ( colloq)
    bueno, corta el rollo ya OK, can it, will you? ( AmE colloq), OK, put a sock in it, will you? ( BrE colloq)
    2 (cuento, mentira) story
    nos contó or nos metió un rollo de que había estado enfermo he told o gave us some story about having been ill
    D
    ( Esp): tener rollo: ¡qué rollo tiene este tío! this guy sure does go on! ( colloq), this guy never shuts up! ( colloq)
    tiene mucho rollo, pero a la hora de la verdad… he talks a lot o ( colloq) he has a big mouth, but when it comes down to it…
    E ( Esp arg) (ambiente) scene ( colloq)
    ¡venga, modernízate, que no estás en el rollo! come on, get with it!, you just aren't hip o cool! ( colloq)
    a mí este rollo no me va this isn't my scene ( colloq)
    le va mucho el rollo he's really into the scene ( colloq)
    F ( Esp fam)
    1
    (asunto): no sé de qué va el rollo I don't know what's going on o what it's all about
    no me aclaro con el rollo este de los impuestos nuevos I can't make head nor tail of this new tax business ( colloq)
    es un rollo muy malo, no tienen casa ni trabajo things are looking really bad, they have nowhere to live and no work ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    rollo sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) (de papel, tela, película) roll

    b) (de cable, cuerda) reel


    2
    a) (Esp fam) ( cosa aburrida) bore;

    ◊ ¡qué rollo de conferencia! what a boring lecture!

    b) (Esp, Méx fam) ( lata) nuisance, pain (colloq);

    ◊ ¡qué rollo! what a nuisance o pain!

    3 (fam)
    a) ( perorata) speech (colloq), lecture (colloq);


    bueno, corta el rollo ya OK, can it, will you? (AmE colloq), OK, put a sock in it, will you? (BrE colloq)

    4 (Esp, Méx fam) ( asunto) business
    ■ adjetivo invariable (Esp fam) boring;
    ◊ ¡qué tío más rollo! that guy's such a pain o bore! (colloq)

    rollo sustantivo masculino
    1 (de papel, tela, etc) roll
    (para la cámara de fotos) (roll of) film
    Cine reel
    (de papel higiénico) roll (of toilet paper)
    2 (de alambre, cuerda, etc) coil, reel
    3 Culin (para amasar) rolling pin
    (para comer) roll
    4 fam (una persona, una cosa) drag, bore: ¡menudo rollo de película!, what a boring film!
    soltar el rollo, to give a speech o sermon
    5 fam (asunto) affair, matter: está metido en el rollo de las drogas, he's involved in drugs
    6 fam (ambiente) hay buen/mal rollo entre nosotros, we have good/bad vibrations
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar ser algo un rollo patatero, to be a real bore

    ' rollo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    esto
    - paliza
    - palo
    - pestiño
    - avanzar
    - movida
    English:
    bore
    - coil
    - grind
    - hassle
    - roll
    - scroll
    - spiel
    - toilet roll
    - bind
    - reel
    - rolling pin
    - toilet
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [cilindro] roll;
    [cuerda, cable] coil rollo de papel higiénico toilet roll; Culin rollo de primavera spring roll
    2. [carrete fotográfico] roll of film;
    [de película de cine] reel
    3. Fam [pesadez, aburrimiento] drag, bore;
    [molestia, latazo] pain;
    ¡qué rollo! [aburrimiento] what a drag o bore!;
    [molestia] what a pain!;
    un rollo de discurso/tío an incredibly boring speech/guy;
    el rollo de costumbre the same old story;
    ¡corta el rollo ya! shut up, you're boring me to death!;
    soltar el rollo to go on and on;
    tener mucho rollo to chatter o Br witter on;
    es un rollo macabeo o [m5] patatero [muy aburrido] it's a real bore o drag
    4. Fam [embuste] tall story;
    nos metió un rollo diciéndonos que… he gave us some story o spiel about…
    rollo macabeo [mentira] ridiculous spiel;
    rollo patatero [mentira] ridiculous spiel
    5. Fam [tema, historia] stuff;
    el rollo ese de la clonación all that stuff about cloning, all that cloning business;
    ¿de qué va el rollo? what's it all about?;
    ¡vamos, suelta el rollo! come on, out with it!
    6. Esp Fam [ambiente, tipo de vida] scene;
    el rollo de la droga/de las discotecas the drug/nightclub scene;
    no me va ese rollo it's not my scene, I'm not into all that
    7. Esp Fam [relación]
    tener un rollo (con alguien) to have a fling (with sb);
    tengo buen rollo con él we're good Br mates o US buddies;
    tengo mal rollo con él we're not the best of Br mates o US buddies;
    venga, colega, tírate el rollo y déjanos pasar go on, be a pal and let us in
    8. Esp Fam [sensación]
    esta música me da muy buen rollo this music really does something for me;
    le daba mal rollo quedarse sola she was really uncomfortable about being left on her own
    9. Ven [rulo] roller, curler
    10. RP Fam [pliegue de grasa] spare tyre
    11. Comp
    RP Fam
    largar el rollo [vomitar] to throw up
    ♦ adj inv
    Esp Fam [aburrido] boring;
    yo lo encuentro un poco rollo I think he's a bit of a bore
    * * *
    m
    1 FOT roll
    drag fam ;
    ¡qué rollo! fam what a drag! fam
    3 ( sermón)
    :
    ¡corta el rollo! fam can it! fam, shut up! fam ;
    soltar el rollo fam give a speech
    4 ( lío)
    :
    tener un rollo con alguien have a thing with s.o. fam
    5 ( tema)
    :
    me va el rollo de la cocina mexicana/ la pintura pop I’m into Mexican cookery/ painting fam
    6
    :
    buen/mal rollo pop good/bad atmosphere
    * * *
    rollo nm
    1) : roll, coil
    un rollo de cinta: a roll of tape
    en rollo: rolled up
    2) fam : roll of fat
    3) fam : boring speech, lecture
    * * *
    1. (en general) roll
    2. (cosa pesada) drag / pain

    Spanish-English dictionary > rollo

  • 87 in

    1.
    in (old forms endŏ and indŭ, freq. in ante-class. poets; cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4; id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2; Lucil. ap. Lact. 5, 9, 20; Lucr. 2, 1096; 5, 102; 6, 890 et saep.), prep. with abl. and acc. [kindr. with Sanscr. an; Greek en, en-tha, en-then, eis, i. e. en-s, ana; Goth. ana; Germ. in], denotes either rest or motion within or into a place or thing; opp. to ex; in, within, on, upon, among, at; into, to, towards.
    I.
    With abl.
    A.
    In space.
    1.
    Lit., in (with abl. of the place or thing in which):

    aliorum fructus in terra est, aliorum et extra,

    Plin. 19, 4, 22, § 61:

    alii in corde, alii in cerebro dixerunt animi esse sedem et locum,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:

    eo in rostris sedente suasit Serviliam legem Crassus,

    id. Brut. 43, 161:

    qui sunt cives in eadem re publica,

    id. Rep. 1, 32 fin.:

    facillimam in ea re publica esse concordiam, in qua idem conducat omnibus,

    id. ib.:

    T. Labienus ex loco superiore, quae res in nostris castris gererentur, conspicatus,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 26, 4:

    quod si in scaena, id est in contione verum valet, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 26, 97:

    in foro palam Syracusis,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81:

    plures in eo loco sine vulnere quam in proelio aut fuga intereunt,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 35:

    tulit de caede, quae in Appia via facta esset,

    Cic. Mil. 6, 15:

    in via fornicata,

    Liv. 22, 36:

    vigebat in illa domo mos patrius et disciplina,

    Cic. de Sen. 11, 37:

    in domo furtum factum ab eo qui domi fuit,

    Quint. 5, 10, 16:

    nupta in domo,

    Liv. 6, 34, 9:

    copias in castris continent,

    in, within, Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

    cum in angusto quodam pulpito stans diceret,

    Quint. 11, 3, 130:

    se ac suos in vehiculo conspici,

    Liv. 5, 40, 10:

    malo in illa tua sedecula sedere, quam in istorum sella curuli,

    Cic. Att. 4, 10:

    sedere in solio,

    id. Fin. 2, 21, 66:

    Albae constiterant, in urbe opportuna,

    id. Phil. 4, 2, 6. —

    Sometimes, also, with names of places: omnes se ultro sectari in Epheso memorat mulieres,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 182:

    heri aliquot adolescentuli coiimus in Piraeo,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 1:

    navis et in Cajeta est parata nobis et Brundisii,

    Cic. Att. 8, 3, 6:

    complures (naves) in Hispali faciendas curavit,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 18:

    caesos in Marathone ac Salamine,

    Quint. 12, 10, 24:

    in Berenice urbe Troglodytarum,

    Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 183.—
    2.
    In indicating a multitude or number, of, in, or among which a person or thing is, in, among (= gen. part.):

    in his poeta hic nomen profitetur suum,

    Ter. Eun. prol. 3:

    Thales, qui sapientissimus in septem fuit,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 26:

    peto ut eum complectare, diligas, in tuis habeas,

    id. Fam. 13, 78, 2; cf.:

    in perditis et desperatis,

    id. ib. 13, 56, 1:

    omnia quae secundum naturam fiunt, sunt habenda in bonis,

    id. de Sen. 19, 71:

    dolor in maximis malis ducitur,

    id. Leg. 1, 11, 31:

    justissimus unus in Teucris,

    Verg. A. 2, 426:

    cecidere in pugna ad duo milia... in his quatuor Romani centuriones,

    Liv. 27, 12, 16:

    in diis et feminae sunt,

    Lact. 1, 16, 17.—
    3.
    Of analogous relations of place or position:

    sedere in equo,

    on horseback, id. Verr. 2, 5, 10:

    quid legati in equis,

    id. Pis. 25, 60:

    sedere in leone,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 109:

    in eo flumine pons erat,

    on, over, Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

    in herboso Apidano,

    on the banks of, Prop. 1, 3, 6:

    in digitis,

    on tiptoe, Val. Fl. 4, 267:

    castra in limite locat,

    on the rampart, Tac. A. 1, 50:

    ipse coronam habebat unam in capite, alteram in collo,

    on, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27:

    oleae in arbore,

    Cels. 2, 24:

    Caesaris in barbaris erat nomen obscurius,

    among, Caes. B. C. 1, 61:

    in ceteris nationibus, Cels. praef. 1: qui in Brutiis praeerat,

    Liv. 25, 16, 7:

    in juvenibus,

    Quint. 11, 1, 32:

    nutus in mutis pro sermone est,

    id. 11, 3, 66.—Of dress, like cum, q. v.:

    in veste candida,

    Liv. 45, 20, 5; 34, 7, 3:

    in calceis,

    id. 24, 38, 2:

    in insignibus,

    id. 5, 41, 2:

    in tunicis albis,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 13:

    in Persico et vulgari habitu,

    Curt. 3, 3, 4:

    in lugubri veste,

    id. 10, 5, 17:

    in Tyriis,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 297:

    in Cois,

    id. ib. v. 298; cf.:

    homines in catenis Romam mittere,

    Liv. 29, 21, 12; 32, 1, 8: quis multa te in rosa urget, etc., Hor C. 1, 5, 1; so, in viola aut in rosa, Cic. Tusc. [p. 912] 5, 26, 73.—So of arms:

    duas legiones in armis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11, 6; cf. Verg. A. 3, 395:

    in armis hostis,

    under arms, Ov. M. 12,65:

    quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt (= coram),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81; so,

    in oculis provinciae,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2:

    in oculis omnium,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 7:

    divitiae, decus, gloria in oculis sita sunt,

    Sall. C. 20, 14; Curt. 4, 13, 1; Liv. 22, 12, 6:

    Julianus in ore ejus (Vitellii) jugulatur,

    Tac. H. 3, 77; Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 7.—Of a passage in any writing (but when the author is named, by meton., for his works, apud is used, Krebs, Antibarb. p. 561):

    in populorum institutis aut legibus,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 15, 42:

    in illis libris qui sunt de natura deorum,

    id. Fat. 1, 1:

    in Timaeo dicit,

    id. N. D. 1, 12, 30:

    epistula, in qua omnia perscripta erant,

    Nep. Pelop. 3, 2:

    perscribit in litteris, hostes ab se discessisse,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 49; but in is also used with an author's name when, not a place in his book, but a feature of his style, etc., is referred to:

    in Thucydide orbem modo orationis desidero,

    Cic. Or. 71, 234:

    in Herodoto omnia leniter fluunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 18.—Of books:

    libri oratorii diu in manibus fuerunt,

    Cic. Att. 4, 13, 2; id. Lael. 25, 96; but more freq. trop.: in manibus habere, tenere, etc., to be engaged, occupied with, to have under control or within reach:

    philosophi quamcunque rem habent in manibus,

    id. Tusc. 5, 7, 18:

    quam spem nunc habeat in manibus, exponam,

    id. Verr. 1, 6, 16:

    rem habere in manibus,

    id. Att. 6, 3, 1; cf.:

    neque mihi in manu fuit Jugurtha qualis foret,

    in my power, Sall. J. 14, 4:

    postquam nihil esse in manu sua respondebatur,

    Liv. 32, 24, 2:

    quod ipsorum in manu sit,... bellum an pacem malint,

    Tac. A. 2, 46; but, cum tantum belli in manibus esset, was in hand, busied (cf.:

    inter manus),

    Liv. 4, 57, 1; so,

    quorum epistulas in manu teneo,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 4, 9; cf. id. Att. 2, 2, 2:

    in manu poculum tenens,

    id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71:

    coronati et lauream in manu tenentes,

    Liv. 40, 37, 3; Suet. Claud. 15 fin. —Of that which is thought of as existing in the mind, memory, character, etc.:

    in animo esse,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 11:

    in animo habere,

    id. Rosc. Am. 18, 52:

    lex est ratio insita in natura,

    id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:

    in memoria sedere,

    id. de Or. 2, 28, 122; cf.:

    tacito mutos volvunt in pectore questus,

    Luc. 1, 247:

    quanta auctoritas fuit in C. Metello!

    Cic. de Sen. 17, 61. —So freq. of a person's qualities of mind or character:

    erat in eo summa eloquentia, summa fides,

    Cic. Mur. 28, 58; cf.:

    in omni animante est summum aliquid atque optimum, ut in equis,

    id. Fin. 4, 41, 37:

    si quid artis in medicis est,

    Curt. 3, 5, 13; cf.:

    nibil esse in morte timendum,

    Lucr. 3, 866.— Esp., in eo loco, in that state or condition:

    in eo enim loco res sunt nostrae, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 7, 35, 7: si vos in eo loco essetis, quid aliud fecissetis? Cat. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 21; so,

    quo in loco, etc.: cum ex equitum et calonum fuga, quo in loco res essent, cognovissent,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 26:

    videtis, quo in loco res haec siet, Ter Phorm. 2, 4, 6: quod ipse, si in eodem loco esset, facturus fuerit,

    Liv. 37, 14, 5.—Hence, without loco, in eo esse ut, etc., to be in such a condition, etc.:

    non in eo esse Carthaginiensium res, ut Galliam armis obtineant,

    Liv. 30, 19, 3:

    cum res non in eo esset, ut Cyprum tentaret,

    id. 33, 41, 9; 8, 27, 3; 2, 17, 5; Nep. Mil. 7, 3; id. Paus. 5, 1 (cf. I. C. 1. infra).—
    B.
    In time, indicating its duration, in, during, in the course of:

    feci ego istaec itidem in adulescentia,

    in my youth, when I was young, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 6:

    in tempore hoc,

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 24:

    in hoc tempore,

    Tac. A. 13, 47:

    in tali tempore,

    Sall. C. 48, 5; Liv. 22, 35; 24, 28 al.:

    in diebus paucis,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 77:

    in brevi spatio,

    id. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Vesp. 4:

    in qua aetate,

    Cic. Brut. 43 fin.:

    in ea aetate,

    Liv. 1, 57:

    in omni aetate,

    Cic. de Sen. 3, 9:

    in aetate, qua jam Alexander orbem terrarum subegisset,

    Suet. Caes. 7:

    qua (sc. Iphigenia) nihil erat in eo quidem anno natum pulchrius,

    in the course of, during the year, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95 (al. eo quidem anno):

    nihil in vita se simile fecisse,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 91: nihil in vita vidit calamitatis A. Cluentius. id. Clu. 6, 18:

    in tota vita inconstans,

    id. Tusc. 4, 13, 29.—
    b.
    In tempore, at the right or proper time, in time (Cic. uses only tempore; v. tempus): eccum ipsum video in tempore huc se recipere, Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 24:

    ni pedites equitesque in tempore subvenissent,

    Liv. 33, 5:

    spreta in tempore gloria interdum cumulatior redit,

    id. 2, 47:

    rebellaturi,

    Tac. A. 12, 50:

    atque adeo in ipso tempore eccum ipsum obviam,

    Ter. And. 3, 2, 52: in tempore, opportune. Nos sine praepositione dicimus tempore et tempori, Don. ad Ter. And. 4, 4, 19.—
    c.
    In praesentia and in praesenti, at present, now, at this moment, under these circumstances:

    sic enim mihi in praesentia occurrit,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 8, 14:

    vestrae quidem cenae non solum in praesentia, sed etiam postero die jucundae sunt,

    id. ib. 5, 35, 100:

    id quod unum maxime in praesentia desiderabatur,

    Liv. 21, 37:

    haec ad te in praesenti scripsi, ut, etc.,

    for the present, Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 4.—
    d.
    With gerunds and fut. pass. participles, to indicate duration of time, in:

    fit, ut distrahatur in deliberando animus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9; id. Fam. 2, 6, 2:

    vitiosum esse in dividendo partem in genere numerare,

    id. Fin. 2, 9, 26:

    quod in litteris dandis praeter consuetudinem proxima nocte vigilarat,

    id. Cat. 3, 3, 6:

    ne in quaerendis suis pugnandi tempus dimitteret,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 21:

    in agris vastandis incendiisque faciendis hostibus,

    in laying waste, id. ib. 5, 19:

    in excidenda Numantia,

    Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76:

    cum in immolanda Iphigenia tristis Calchas esset,

    id. Or. 21, 74.—
    C.
    In other relations, where a person or thing is thought of as in a certain condition, situation, or relation, in:

    qui magno in aere alieno majores etiam possessiones habent,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18:

    se in insperatis repentinisque pecuniis jactare,

    id. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

    Larinum in summo timore omnium cum armatis advolavit,

    id. Clu. 8, 25.—

    So freq., of qualities or states of mind: summa in sollicitudine ac timore Parthici belli,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 31:

    torpescentne dextrae in amentia illa?

    Liv. 23, 9, 7:

    hunc diem perpetuum in laetitia degere,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 5; Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 2:

    in metu,

    Tac. A. 14, 43:

    in voluptate,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 19, 62:

    alicui in amore esse,

    beloved, id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 3:

    alicui in amoribus esse,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 12:

    res in invidia erat,

    Sall. J. 25, 5; Liv. 29, 37, 17: sum in expectatione omnium rerum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 10:

    num... Diogenem Stoicum coegit in suis studiis obmutescere senectus?

    in his studies, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:

    mirificam cepi voluptatem ex tua diligentia: quod in summis tuis occupationibus mihi tamen rei publicae statum per te notum esse voluisti,

    even in, notwithstanding your great occupations, id. Fam. 3, 11, 4.—

    So freq., of business, employment, occupations, etc.: in aliqua re versari,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 105:

    similia iis, quae in consilio dixerat,

    Curt. 5, 5, 23:

    in certamine armorum atque in omni palaestra quid satis recte cavetur,

    Quint. 9, 4, 8:

    agi in judiciis,

    id. 11, 1, 78:

    tum vos mihi essetis in consilio,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28:

    in actione... dicere,

    Quint. 8, 2, 2.—Of an office, magistracy:

    in quo tum magistratu forte Brutus erat,

    Liv. 1, 59, 7; 4, 17, 1:

    in eo magistratu pari diligentia se praebuit,

    Nep. Han. 7, 5 (cf. B. 1. supra):

    in ea ipsa causa fuit eloquentissimus,

    Cic. Brut, 43, 160:

    qui non defendit nec obsistit, si potest, injuriae, tam est in vitio, quam, etc.,

    is in the wrong, acts wrongly, id. Off. 1, 7, 23:

    etsi hoc quidem est in vitio, dissolutionem naturae tam valde perhorrescere,

    is wrong, id. Fin. 5, 11, 31:

    non sunt in eo genere tantae commoditates corporis,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 29; cf.:

    an omnino nulla sit in eo genere distinctio,

    id. Or. 61, 205:

    Drusus erat de praevaricatione absolutus in summa quatuor sententiis,

    on the whole, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16; cf.:

    et in omni summa, ut mones, valde me ad otium pacemque converto,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 5;

    but, in summa, sic maxime judex credit, etc.,

    in a word, in fine, Quint. 9, 2, 72; Auct. B. Alex. 71; Just. 37, 1, 8:

    horum (juvenum) inductio in parte simulacrum decurrentis exercitus erat: ex parte elegantioris exercitii quam militaris artis,

    in part, Liv. 44, 9, 5; cf.:

    quod mihi in parte verum videtur,

    Quint. 2, 8, 6:

    patronorum in parte expeditior, in parte difficilior interrogatio est,

    id. 5, 7, 22:

    hoc facere in eo homine consueverunt,

    in the case of, Caes. B. G. 7, 21:

    in furibus aerarii,

    Sall. C. 52, 12:

    Achilles talis in hoste fuit,

    Verg. A. 2, 540:

    in hoc homine saepe a me quaeris, etc.,

    in the case of, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 6: in nominibus impiis, Sall. C. 51, 15:

    suspectus et in morte matris fuit,

    Suet. Vit. 14:

    qui praesentes metuunt, in absentia hostes erunt, = absentes,

    Curt. 6, 3, 8 (cf. I. B. c. supra).—Of the meaning of words, etc.:

    non solum in eodem sensu, sed etiam in diverso, eadem verba contra,

    Quint. 9, 3, 36:

    aliter voces aut eaedem in diversa significatione ponuntur,

    id. 9, 3, 69:

    Sallustius in significatione ista non superesse sed superare dicit,

    Gell. 1, 22, 15:

    stips non dicitur in significatione trunci,

    Charis. 1, 18, 39:

    semper in significatione ea hortus,

    Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 50. —
    2.
    In with abl. of adjj. is used with the verbs esse and habere to express quality:

    cum exitus haud in facili essent, i. e. haud faciles,

    Liv. 3, 8, 9:

    adeo moderatio tuendae libertatis in difficili est,

    id. 3, 8, 11; 3, 65, 11; but mostly with adjj. of the first and second declension:

    in obscuro esse, Liv. praef. § 3: in dubio esse,

    id. 2, 3, 1; 3, 19, 8; Ov. H. 19, 174:

    dum in dubiost animus,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 31; 2, 2, 10:

    in integro esse,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 3; id. Att. 11, 15, 4:

    in incerto esse,

    Liv. 5, 28, 5:

    in obvio esse,

    id. 37, 23, 1:

    in tuto esse,

    id. 38, 4, 10; cf.:

    videre te in tuto,

    Cat. 30, 6:

    in aequo esse,

    Liv. 39, 37, 14; Tac. A. 2, 44:

    in expedito esse,

    Curt. 4, 2, 22:

    in proximo esse,

    Quint. 1, 3, 4:

    in aperto esse,

    Sall. C. 5, 3:

    in promisco esse,

    Liv. 7, 17, 7:

    in augusto esse,

    Cels. 5, 27, 2:

    in incerto haberi,

    Sall. J. 46, 8; Tac. A. 15, 17:

    in levi habitum,

    id. H. 2, 21; cf.:

    in incerto relinquere,

    Liv. 5, 28, 5; Tac. H. 2, 83.
    II.
    With acc.
    A.
    In space, with verbs of motion, into or to a place or thing (rarely with names of towns and small islands;

    v. Zumpt, Gram. § 398): influxit non tenuis quidam e Graecia rivulus in hanc urbem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 19:

    in Ephesum advenit,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 35:

    in Epirum venire,

    Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3:

    ibo in Piraeeum, visamque, ecquae advenerit in portum ex Epheso navis mercatoria,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 2: venio ad Piraeea, in quo magis reprehendendus sum, quod... Piraeea scripserim, non Piraeeum, quam in quod addiderim;

    non enim hoc ut oppido praeposui, sed ut loco,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10:

    se contulisse Tarquinios, in urbem Etruriae florentissimam,

    id. Rep. 2, 19:

    remigrare in domum veterem e nova,

    id. Ac. 1, 4, 13:

    cum in sua rura venerunt,

    id. Tusc. 5, 35, 102:

    a te ipso missi in ultimas gentes,

    id. Fam. 15, 9:

    in Ubios legatos mittere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 11:

    dein Thalam pervenit, in oppidum magnum et opulentum,

    Sall. J. 75, 1:

    Regillum antiquam in patriam se contulerat,

    Liv. 3, 58, 1:

    abire in exercitum,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 102.— With nuntio:

    cum id Zmyrnam in contionem nuntiatum est,

    Tac. A. 4, 56:

    nuntiatur in castra,

    Lact. Most. Pers. 46; cf.:

    allatis in castra nuntiis,

    Tac. H. 4, 32: in manus sumere, tradere, etc., into one's hands:

    iste unumquodque vas in manus sumere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 63:

    Falerios se in manus Romanis tradidisse,

    Liv. 5, 27, 3.—Rarely with the verbs ponere, collocare, etc. (pregn., i. e. to bring into... and place there):

    in crimen populo ponere,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 10:

    ut liberos, uxores suaque omnia in silvas deponerent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 19:

    duplam pecuniam in thesauros reponi,

    Liv. 29, 19, 7:

    prius me collocavi in arborem,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 6:

    sororem et propinquas suas nuptum in alias civitates collocasse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18.— Motion in any direction, up to, to, into, down to:

    in caelum ascendere,

    Cic. Lael. 23 fin.:

    filium ipse paene in umeros suos extulisset,

    id. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    tamquam in aram confugitis ad deum,

    up to the altar, id. Tusc. 3, 10, 25:

    Saturno tenebrosa in Tartara misso,

    Ov. M. 1, 113:

    in flumen deicere,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 25, 70; Nep. Chab. 4, 3.—
    2.
    Denoting mere direction towards a place or thing, and hence sometimes joined with versus, towards:

    quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

    si in latus aut dextrum aut sinistrum, ut ipsi in usu est, cubat,

    Cels. 2, 3:

    Belgae spectant in septentriones et orientem solem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

    in orientem Germaniae, in occidentem Hispaniae obtenditur, Gallis in meridiem etiam inspicitur,

    Tac. Agr. 10:

    in laevum prona nixus sedet Inachus urna,

    Stat. Th. 2, 218.—With versus:

    castra ex Biturigibus movet in Arvernos versus,

    towards, Caes. B. G. 7, 8 fin.:

    in Galliam versus movere,

    Sall. C. 56, 4: in [p. 913] ltaliam versus, Front. Strat. 1, 4, 11:

    si in urbem versus venturi erant,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 82. —
    3.
    So of that which is thought of as entering into the mind, memory, etc. (cf. I. A. 2. fin.):

    in memoriam reducere,

    Cic. Inv 1, 52, 98:

    in animum inducere,

    Liv. 27, 9:

    in mentem venire,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 3:

    frequens imitatio transit in mores,

    Quint. 1, 11, 3. —

    Or into a writing or speech: in illam Metellinam orationem addidi quaedam,

    Cic. Att. 1, 13, 5.—
    B.
    In time, into, till, for:

    dormiet in lucem,

    into the daylight, till broad day, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 34:

    statim e somno, quem plerumque in diem extrahunt, lavantur,

    Tac. G. 22: sermonem in multam noctem produximus, deep into the night, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Arus. Mess. p. 239 Lindem.:

    in multam noctem luxit,

    Suet. Tib. 74:

    si febris in noctem augetur,

    Cels. 7, 27:

    dixit in noctem atque etiam nocte illatis lucernis,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 14:

    indutias in triginta annos impetraverunt,

    for thirty years, Liv. 9, 37, 12; 7, 20, 8:

    nisi id verbum in omne tempus perdidissem,

    forever, Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1:

    ad cenam hominem in hortos invitavit in posterum diem,

    for the following day, id. Off. 3, 14, 58:

    audistis auctionem constitutam in mensem Januarium,

    id. Agr. 1, 2, 4:

    subito reliquit annum suum seque in annum proximum transtulit,

    id. Mil. 9, 24:

    solis defectiones itemque lunae praedicuntur in multos annos,

    for many years, id. Div. 2, 6, 17:

    postero die Romani ab sole orto in multum diei stetere in acie,

    Liv. 27, 2:

    qui ab matutino tempore duraverunt in occasum,

    Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99:

    seritur (semen lini) a Kalendis Octobribus in ortum aquilae,

    Col. 2, 10, 17.—With usque:

    neque illi didicerunt haec usque in senectutem,

    Quint. 12, 11, 20:

    in illum usque diem servati,

    id. 8, 3, 68:

    in serum usque patente cubiculo,

    Suet. Oth. 11:

    regnum trahat usque in tempora fati,

    Sil. 11, 392: in posterum (posteritatem) or in futurum, in future, for the future: in praesens, for the present: in perpetuum or in aeternum, forever:

    sancit in posterum, ne quis, etc.,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

    res dilata est in posterum,

    id. Fam. 10, 12, 3:

    video quanta tempestas invidiae nobis, si minus in praesens, at in posteritatem impendeat,

    id. Cat. 1, 9, 22:

    id aegre et in praesentia hi passi et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,

    Liv. 34, 27, 10; cf.:

    ingenti omnium et in praesens laetitia et in futurum spe,

    id. 30, 17, 1:

    effugis in futurum,

    Tac. H. 1, 71:

    quod eum tibi quaestoris in loco constitueras, idcirco tibi amicum in perpetuum fore putasti?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30; cf.:

    oppidum omni periculo in perpetuum liberavit,

    id. Fam. 13, 4, 2:

    quae (leges) non in tempus aliquod, sed perpetuae utilitatis causa in aeternum latae sunt,

    Liv. 34, 6, 4: in tempus, for a while, for a short time, for the occasion (postAug.):

    sensit miles in tempus conficta,

    Tac. A. 1, 37:

    ne urbs sine imperio esset, in tempus deligebatur, qui jus redderet,

    id. ib. 6, 11:

    scaena in tempus structa,

    id. ib. 14, 20. —So in diem, for the day, to meet the day's want:

    nihil ex raptis in diem commeatibus superabat,

    Liv. 22, 40, 8:

    rapto in diem frumento,

    id. 4, 10, 1;

    but, cum illa fundum emisset in diem,

    i. e. a fixed day of payment, Nep. Att. 9, 5: in singulos dies, or simply in dies, with comparatives and verbs denoting increase, from day to day, daily:

    vitium in dies crescit,

    Vell. 2, 5, 2:

    in dies singulos breviores litteras ad te mitto,

    Cic. Att. 5, 7:

    qui senescat in dies,

    Liv. 22, 39, 15: in diem, daily:

    nos in diem vivimus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:

    in diem et horam,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 47;

    and in horas,

    hourly, id. C. 2, 13, 14; id. S. 2, 7, 10.—
    C.
    In other relations, in which an aiming at, an inclining or striving towards a thing, is conceivable, on, about, respecting; towards, against; for, as; in, to; into:

    id, quod apud Platonem est in philosophos dictum,

    about the philosophers, Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28:

    Callimachi epigramma in Ambraciotam Cleombrotum est,

    id. Tusc. 1, 34, 84; cf.:

    cum cenaret Simonides apud Scopam cecinissetque id car men, quod in eum scripsisset, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 86, 352:

    quo amore tandem inflammati esse debemus in ejus modi patriam,

    towards, id. ib. 1, 44, 196:

    in liberos nostros indulgentia,

    id. ib. 2, 40, 168:

    de suis meritis in rem publicam aggressus est dicere,

    id. Or. 38, 133: ita ad impietatem in deos, in homines adjunxit injuriam, against, id. N. D. 3, 34 fin.:

    in dominum quaeri,

    to be examined as a witness against, id. Mil. 22, 60:

    in eos impetum facere,

    id. Att. 2, 22, 1:

    invehi in Thebanos,

    Nep. Epam. 6, 1; id. Tim. 5, 3:

    quaecumque est hominis definitio, una in omnes valet,

    id. Leg. 1, 10, 29:

    num etiam in deos immortales inauspicatam legem valuisse?

    Liv. 7, 6, 11:

    vereor coram in os te laudare amplius,

    to your face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5:

    si in me exerciturus (pugnos), quaeso, in parietem ut primum domes,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 168:

    in puppim rediere rates,

    Luc. 3, 545 Burm. (cf.:

    sic equi dicuntur in frena redire, pulsi in terga recedere, Sulp. ad loc.): Cumis eam vidi: venerat enim in funus: cui funeri ego quoque operam dedi,

    to the funeral, to take charge of the funeral, Cic. Att. 15, 1, B:

    se quisque eum optabat, quem fortuna in id certamen legeret,

    Liv. 21, 42, 2:

    quodsi in nullius mercedem negotia eant, pauciora fore,

    Tac. A. 11, 6:

    haec civitas mulieri redimiculum praebeat, haec in collum, haec in crines,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33:

    Rhegium quondam in praesidium missa legio,

    Liv. 28, 28; so,

    datae in praesidium cohortes,

    Tac. H. 4, 35: hoc idem significat Graecus ille in eam sententiam versus, to this effect or purport, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 25; cf. id. Fam. 9, 15, 4:

    haec et in eam sententiam cum multa dixisset,

    id. Att. 2, 22:

    qui omnia sic exaequaverunt, ut in utramque partem ita paria redderent, uti nulla selectione uterentur,

    id. Fin. 3, 4, 12:

    in utramque partem disputat,

    on both sides, for and against, id. Off. 3, 23, 89: te rogo, me tibi in omnes partes defendendum putes, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10 fin.:

    facillime et in optimam partem cognoscuntur adulescentes, qui se ad claros et sapientes viros contulerunt,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 46:

    cives Romani servilem in modum cruciati et necati,

    in the manner of slaves, Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 13; cf.:

    miserandum in modum milites populi Romani capti, necati sunt,

    id. Prov. Cons. 3, 5:

    senior quidam Veiens vaticinantis in modum cecinit,

    Liv. 5, 15, 4;

    also: domus et villae in urbium modum aedificatae,

    Sall. C. 12, 3:

    perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia legitima sint,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

    judicium quin acciperet in ea ipsa verba quae Naevius edebat, non recusasse,

    id. Quint. 20, 63; cf.:

    senatusconsultum in haec verba factum,

    Liv. 30, 43, 9:

    pax data Philippo in has leges est,

    id. 33, 30:

    Gallia omnis divisa est in partes tres,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1; cf.:

    quae quidem in confirmationem et reprehensionem dividuntur,

    Cic. Part. Or. 9, 33: describebat censores binos in singulas civitates, i. e. for or over each state, id. Verr. 2, 2, 53; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 26:

    itaque Titurium Tolosae quaternos denarios in singulas vini amphoras portorii nomine exegisse,

    id. Font. 5, 9:

    extulit eum plebs sextantibus collatis in capita,

    a head, for each person, Liv. 2, 33 fin.:

    Macedonibus treceni nummi in capita statutum est pretium,

    id. 32, 17, 2; cf.:

    Thracia in Rhoemetalcen filium... inque liberos Cotyis dividitur (i. e. inter),

    Tac. A. 2, 67.—
    2.
    Of the object or end in view, regarded also as the motive of action or effect:

    non te in me illiberalem, sed me in se neglegentem putabit,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 16:

    neglegentior in patrem,

    Just. 32, 3, 1:

    in quem omnes intenderat curas,

    Curt. 3, 1, 21:

    quos ardere in proelia vidi,

    Verg. A. 2, 347:

    in bellum ardentes,

    Manil. 4, 220:

    nutante in fugam exercitu,

    Flor. 3, 10, 4:

    in hanc tam opimam mercedem agite ( = ut eam vobis paretis, Weissenb. ad loc.),

    Liv. 21, 43, 7:

    certa praemia, in quorum spem pugnarent,

    id. 21, 45, 4:

    in id sors dejecta,

    id. 21, 42, 2:

    in id fide accepta,

    id. 28, 17, 9:

    in spem pacis solutis animis,

    id. 6, 11, 5 et saep.:

    ingrata misero vita ducenda est in hoc, ut, etc.,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 63:

    nec in hoc adhibetur, ut, etc.,

    Sen. Ep. 16, 3:

    alius non in hoc, ut offenderet, facit, id. de Ira, 2, 26, 3: in quod tum missi?

    Just. 38, 3, 4.—So, like ad, with words expressing affections or inclination of the mind:

    in obsequium plus aequo pronus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 10:

    paratus in res novas,

    Tac. H. 4, 32:

    in utrumque paratus,

    Verg. A. 2, 61.—
    3.
    Of the result of an act or effort:

    denique in familiae luctum atque in privignorum funus nupsit,

    Cic. Clu. 66, 188:

    paratusque miles, ut ordo agminis in aciem adsisteret,

    Tac. A. 2, 16: excisum Euboicae latus ingens rupis in antrum, Verg. A. 6, 42:

    portus ab Euroo fluctu curvatus in arcum,

    id. ib. 3, 533:

    populum in obsequia principum formavit,

    Just. 3, 2, 9:

    omnium partium decus in mercedem conruptum erat,

    Sall. H. 1, 13 Dietsch:

    commutari ex veris in falsa,

    Cic. Fat. 9, 17; 9, 18:

    in sollicitudinem versa fiducia est,

    Curt. 3, 8, 20.—
    4.
    Esp. in the phrase: in gratiam or in honorem, alicujus, in kindness, to show favor, out of good feeling, to show honor, etc., to any one (first in Liv.; cf. Weissenb. ad Liv. 28, 21, 4;

    Krebs, Antibarb. p. 562): in gratiam levium sociorum injuriam facere,

    Liv. 39, 26, 12:

    pugnaturi in gratiam ducis,

    id. 28, 21, 4:

    quorum in gratiam Saguntum deleverat Hannibal,

    id. 28, 39, 13; cf. id. 35, 2, 6; 26, 6, 16:

    oratio habita in sexus honorem,

    Quint. 1, 1, 6:

    convivium in honorem victoriae,

    id. 11, 2, 12:

    in honorem Quadratillae,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7:

    in honorem tuum,

    Sen. Ep. 20, 7; 79, 2; 92, 1; Vell. 2, 41 al.—
    5.
    In the phrase, in rem esse, to be useful, to avail (cf.: e re esse;

    opp.: contra rem esse): ut aequom est, quod in rem esse utrique arbitremur,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 10:

    si in rem est Bacchidis,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 27; 2, 2, 7:

    hortatur, imperat, quae in rem sunt,

    Liv. 26, 44, 7:

    cetera, quae cognosse in rem erat,

    id. 22, 3, 2; 44, 19, 3:

    in rem fore credens universos adpellare,

    Sall. C. 20, 1; cf.:

    in duas res magnas id usui fore,

    Liv. 37, 15, 7:

    in hos usus,

    Verg. A. 4, 647.—
    6.
    To form adverbial expressions:

    non nominatim, qui Capuae, sed in universum qui usquam coissent, etc.,

    in general, Liv. 9, 26, 8; cf.:

    terra etsi aliquanto specie differt, in universum tamen aut silvis horrida aut paludibus foeda,

    Tac. G. 5:

    in universum aestimanti, etc.,

    id. ib. 6:

    aestate in totum, si fieri potest, abstinendum est (Venere),

    wholly, entirely, Cels. 1, 3 fin.; cf. Col. 2, 1, 2:

    in plenum dici potest, etc.,

    fully, Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 217:

    Marii virtutem in majus celebrare,

    beyond due bounds, Sall. J. 73, 5:

    aliter se corpus habere atque consuevit, neque in pejus tantum, sed etiam in melius,

    for the worse, for the better, Cels. 2, 2:

    in deterius,

    Tac. A. 14, 43:

    in mollius,

    id. ib. 14, 39:

    quid enim est iracundia in supervacuum tumultuante frigidius? Sen. de Ira, 2, 11: civitas saepta muris neque in barbarum corrupta (v. barbarus),

    Tac. A. 6, 42; cf.:

    aucto in barbarum cognomento,

    id. H. 5, 2:

    priusquam id sors cerneret, in incertum, ne quid gratia momenti faceret, in utramque provinciam decerni,

    while the matter was uncertain, Liv. 43, 12, 2:

    nec puer Iliaca quisquam de gente Latinos In tantum spe tollet avos,

    so much, Verg. A. 6, 876:

    in tantum suam felicitatem virtutemque enituisse,

    Liv. 22, 27, 4; cf.:

    quaedam (aquae) fervent in tantum, ut non possint esse usui,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 24:

    viri in tantum boni, in quantum humana simplicitas intellegi potest,

    Vell. 2, 43, 4:

    quippe pedum digitos, in quantum quaeque secuta est, Traxit,

    Ov. M. 11, 71:

    meliore in omnia ingenio animoque quam fortuna usus,

    in all respects, Vell. 2, 13:

    ut simul in omnia paremur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 25:

    in antecessum dare,

    beforehand, Sen. Ep. 118.—
    7.
    Sometimes with esse, habere, etc., in is followed by the acc. (constr. pregn.), to indicate a direction, aim, purpose, etc. (but v. Madvig. Gram. § 230, obs. 2, note, who regards these accusatives as originating in errors of pronunciation); so, esse in potestatem alicujus, to come into and remain in one ' s power: esse in mentem alicui, to come into and be in one ' s mind: esse in conspectum, to appear to and be in sight: esse in usum, to come into use, be used, etc.:

    quod, qui illam partem urbis tenerent, in eorum potestatem portum futurum intellegebant,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 38:

    ut portus in potestatem Locrensium esset,

    Liv. 24, 1, 13; 2, 14, 4:

    eam optimam rem publicam esse duco, quae sit in potestatem optimorum,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 17:

    neque enim sunt motus in nostram potestatem,

    Quint. 6, 2, 29:

    numero mihi in mentem fuit,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 25; cf.:

    ecquid in mentem est tibi?

    id. Bacch. 1, 2, 53:

    nec prius surrexisse ac militibus in conspectum fuisse, quam, etc.,

    Suet. Aug. 16:

    quod satis in usum fuit, sublato, ceterum omne incensum est,

    Liv. 22, 20, 6: ab hospitibus clientibusque suis, ab exteris nationibus, quae in amicitiam populi Romani dicionemque essent, injurias propulsare, Cic. Div. ap. Caecil. 20, 66: adesse in senatum [p. 914] jussit a. d. XIII. Kal. Octobr., id. Phil. 5, 7, 19.—Less freq. with habere: facito in memoriam habeas tuam majorem filiam mihi te despondisse, call or bring to mind, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 108:

    M. Minucium magistrum equitum, ne quid rei bellicae gereret, prope in custodiam habitum,

    put in prison, kept in prison, Liv. 22, 25, 6:

    reliquos in custodiam habitos,

    Tac. H. 1, 87.—So rarely with other verbs:

    pollicetur se provinciam Galliam retenturum in senatus populique Romani potestatem,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 8. —
    III.
    In composition, n regularly becomes assimilated to a foll. l, m, or r, and is changed before the labials into m: illabor, immitto, irrumpo, imbibo, impello.—As to its meaning, according as it is connected with a verb of rest or motion, it conveys the idea of existence in a place or thing, or of motion, direction, or inclination into or to a place or thing: inesse; inhibere, inferre, impellere, etc. See Hand, Turs. III. pp. 243- 356.
    2.
    in (before b and p, im; before l, m, and r, the n assimilates itself to these consonants), an inseparable particle [kindred with Sanscr. a-, an-; Gr. a-, an; Goth. and Germ. un-], which negatives the meaning of the noun or participle with which it is connected; Engl. un-, in-, not: impar, unequal: intolerabilis, unbearable, intolerable: immitis, not mild, rude, etc.

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  • 88 Holden, Sir Isaac

    SUBJECT AREA: Textiles
    [br]
    b. 7 May 1807 Hurlet, between Paisley and Glasgow, Scotland
    d. 13 August 1897
    [br]
    British developer of the wool-combing machine.
    [br]
    Isaac Holden's father, who had the same name, had been a farmer and lead miner at Alston in Cumbria before moving to work in a coal-mine near Glasgow. After a short period at Kilbarchan grammar school, the younger Isaac was engaged first as a drawboy to two weavers and then, after the family had moved to Johnstone, Scotland, worked in a cotton-spinning mill while attending night school to improve his education. He was able to learn Latin and bookkeeping, but when he was about 15 he was apprenticed to an uncle as a shawl-weaver. This proved to be too much for his strength so he returned to scholastic studies and became Assistant to an able teacher, John Kennedy, who lectured on physics, chemistry and history, which he also taught to his colleague. The elder Isaac died in 1826 and the younger had to provide for his mother and younger brother, but in 1828, at the age of 21, he moved to a teaching post in Leeds. He filled similar positions in Huddersfield and Reading, where in October 1829 he invented and demonstrated the lucifer match but did not seek to exploit it. In 1830 he returned because of ill health to his mother in Scotland, where he began to teach again. However, he was recommended as a bookkeeper to William Townend, member of the firm of Townend Brothers, Cullingworth, near Bingley, Yorkshire. Holden moved there in November 1830 and was soon involved in running the mill, eventually becoming a partner.
    In 1833 Holden urged Messrs Townend to introduce seven wool-combing machines of Collier's designs, but they were found to be very imperfect and brought only trouble and loss. In 1836 Holden began experimenting on the machines until they showed reasonable success. He decided to concentrate entirely on developing the combing machine and in 1846 moved to Bradford to form an alliance with Samuel Lister. A joint patent in 1847 covered improvements to the Collier combing machine. The "square motion" imitated the action of the hand-comber more closely and was patented in 1856. Five more patents followed in 1857 and others from 1858 to 1862. Holden recommended that the machines should be introduced into France, where they would be more valuable for the merino trade. This venture was begun in 1848 in the joint partnership of Lister \& Holden, with equal shares of profits. Holden established a mill at Saint-Denis, first with Donisthorpe machines and then with his own "square motion" type. Other mills were founded at Rheims and at Croix, near Roubaix. In 1858 Lister decided to retire from the French concerns and sold his share to Holden. Soon after this, Holden decided to remodel all their machinery for washing and carding the gill machines as well as perfecting the square comb. Four years of excessive application followed, during which time £20,000 was spent in experiments in a small mill at Bradford. The result fully justified the expenditure and the Alston Works was built in Bradford.
    Holden was a Liberal and from 1865 to 1868 he represented Knaresborough in Parliament. Later he became the Member of Parliament for the Northern Division of the Riding, Yorkshire, and then for the town of Keighley after the constituencies had been altered. He was liberal in his support of religious, charitable and political objectives. His house at Oakworth, near Keighley, must have been one of the earliest to have been lit by electricity.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Baronet 1893.
    Bibliography
    1847, with Samuel Lister, British patent no. 11,896 (improved Collier combing machine). 1856. British patent no. 1,058 ("square motion" combing machine).
    1857. British patent no. 278 1857, British patent no. 279 1857, British patent no. 280 1857, British patent no. 281 1857, British patent no. 3,177 1858, British patent no. 597 1859, British patent no. 52 1860, British patent no. 810 1862, British patent no. 1,890 1862, British patent no. 3,394
    Further Reading
    J.Hogg (ed.), c.1888, Fortunes Made in Business, London (provides an account of Holden's life).
    Obituary, 1897, Engineer 84.
    Obituary, 1897, Engineering 64.
    E.M.Sigsworth, 1973, "Sir Isaac Holden, Bt: the first comber in Europe", in N.B.Harte and K.G.Ponting (eds), Textile History and Economic History, Essays in Honour of
    Miss Julia de Lacy Mann, Manchester.
    W.English, 1969, The Textile Industry, London (provides a good explanation of the square motion combing machine).
    RLH

    Biographical history of technology > Holden, Sir Isaac

  • 89 не ахти

    I
    [AdvP; Invar; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. Also: НЕ АХТИ coll [adv or impers predic]
    ⇒ not very well; (it is) not very good, pleasant etc:
    - not particularly (terribly, too) well (good);
    - not all that well (good).
         ♦ [Лёва:] В доме у вас не ахти. [Альберт:] Я это чувствую. [Лёва:] Молодец! [Альберт:] Но мне хочется, чтобы было хорошо (Розов 4). [L.:] Things are not too good at home just now, are they? [A.:] That's what I feel. [L.:] Good lad! [A.:] But I want them to be good (4a).
    2. [adv; foll. by Adv or short-form Adj or Part denoting a positive quality, quantity, or distance]
    ⇒ not very, not especially:
    - not terribly (too, exactly).
         ♦...Пока он [Гладышев] в горнице накачивал и разжигал примус, гость его остался в передней... Чонкин ещё не успел как следует рассмотреть всё, что было в этой комнате, как яичница была готова, и Гладышев позвал его к столу. Здесь было тоже не ахти как убрано, но всё же почище, чем в передней... (Войнович 2). While Gladishev pumped and kindled the primus, his guest remained in the front room....Chonkin had still not managed to have a proper look at everything in the room when the omelet was ready and Gladishev summoned him to the table. The back room too was not particularly tidy, but at least it was a bit cleaner than the front room (2a).
    II
    [AdjP; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. Also: НЕ АХТИ coll [modif (when foll. by NP) or subj-compl with copula, var. with какой - nom or instrum (subj: any common noun); var. не ахти is used as subj-compl only]
    ⇒ not especially good, rather poor:
    - not the best (the greatest, the most brilliant etc) (of...);
    - not much of a...;
    - nothing to rave (to brag, to write home) about.
         ♦ За окном стоял литой монотонный гул. Иссечённое песчаной пылью стекло мерно вибрировало... "Гляди, Коля, что на дворе делается!.. Страсть... Вот заехали, сам не рад будешь..." [Николай] пытался отшутиться... но по всему было видно, что настроение у него тоже не ахти (Максимов 3). From outside there came an unwavering, monotonous howl. The window vibrated rhythmically, lashed by fine sand...."Look what's going on outside, Kolya...it's terrifying....Look where we've landed ourselves-we shall regret it!" Nikolai tried to make a joke of it, although he was obviously not in the best of humor himself (3a).
         ♦ [Андрей:]...Вот вы фотограф; профессия, прямо скажем, не ахти какая, - это и был предел ваших мечтаний? (Розов 1). [A.:]... You are a photographer. It's not exactly the most brilliant profession. Well, is being a photographer the height of your ambition? (la).
         ♦ "Акустика, конечно, не ахти, но ничего, работать можно" (Войнович 4). "Of course the acoustics are nothing to rave about, but it doesn't matter, we'll manage" (4a).
    2. [modif; foll. by Adj denoting a positive quality, quantity, or distance]
    ⇒ not very, not especially:
    - not terribly <too, exactly>.
         ♦ Хотя роль Евдокии, жены Игната Тимофеевича, директорши сельской школы-семилетки, была не ахти какая завидная - очень уж лобовата, ревность, страдания, разговоры поучительные, - но Ляля надеялась всех поразить... (Трифонов 1). Although the role of Yevdokia, Ignat Timofeevich's wife and the principal of the seven-year village elementary school, was not a particularly enviable one - it was terribly overdone, with all sorts of jealousy, sufferings, and didactic conversations-still, Lyalya hoped to impress everyone... (la).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не ахти

  • 90 В-190

    ТОЛОЧЬ ВОДУ (В СТУПЕ) coll, disapprov VP subj: human to do something absolutely fruitless, useless for a long period of time (often used in situations when one engages in empty talk instead of taking action in some matter)
    X толчёт воду в ступе - X is beating the air
    X is pouring water through a sieve X is milling the wind X is plowing the sand (of idle talk only) X is jabbering (talking in circles).
    «За границу мы вас не выпустим! — сказал он (Суслов)... - Будут провокации». - «Какие провокации? При чём тут провокации?»... - «Вас там сразу же окружат корреспонденты. Вы не знаете, что это такое, - словом, политические провокации будут на каждом шагу. Мы вас же хотим уберечь от всего этого». Это было всё равно что толочь воду в ступе. Мы говорили о разном и с разных точек зрения (Аллилуева 2). "We shall not let you go abroad!" he (Suslov) said....There'll be provocations." "What provocations? What have provocations got to do with this?"..."You'll be instantly surrounded by newsmen. You don't know what it's like. In short, there will be political provocations at every step. We want to save you from it." It was like beating the air. We spoke of different things from different points of view (2a).
    Мысли жгут так сильно, что он... не ощущал, как набрякшие ноги распирали голенища сапог... Все мы были беспощадны к врагам революции. Почему же революция беспощадна к нам? А может быть, потому и беспощадна. А может быть, не революция, какая же этот капитан (из органов безопасности) революция, это - чёрная сотня, шпана. Он толок воду в ступе, а время шло (Гроссман 2). His thoughts burned so fiercely that...he no longer even felt how his swollen legs were bursting open the tops of his boots....We were merciless towards the enemies of the Revolution. Why has the Revolution been so merciless towards us? Perhaps for that very reason. Or maybe it hasn't got anything to do with the Revolution. What's this captain (from the security organs) got to do with the Revolution? He's just a thug, a member of the Black Hundreds. There he had been, just milling the wind, while time had been passing (2a).
    Кречинский:) Ну довольно! считай! А то ведь ты рад воду толочь (Сухово-Кобылин 2). (К.:) Enough of that! Count! You and that everlasting jabbering of yours!... (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > В-190

  • 91 толочь в ступе

    • ТОЛОЧЬ ВОДУ( в СТУПЕ) coll, disapprov
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to do something absolutely fruitless, useless for a long period of time (often used in situations when one engages in empty talk instead of taking action in some matter):
    - X толчёт воду в ступе≈ X is beating the air;
    - [of idle talk only] X is jabbering (talking in circles).
         ♦ "За границу мы вас не выпустим! - сказал он [Суслов]... - Будут провокации". - "Какие провокации? При чём тут провокации?"... - "Вас там сразу же окружат корреспонденты. Вы не знаете, что это такое, - словом, политические провокации будут на каждом шагу. Мы вас же хотим уберечь от всего этого". Это было всё равно что толочь воду в ступе. Мы говорили о разном и с разных точек зрения (Аллилуева 2). "We shall not let you go abroad!" he [Suslov] said...."There'll be provocations." "What provocations? What have provocations got to do with this?"..."You'll be instantly surrounded by newsmen. You don't know what it's like. In short, there will be political provocations at every step. We want to save you from it." It was like beating the air. We spoke of different things from different points of view (2a).
         ♦ Мысли жгут так сильно, что он... не ощущал, как набрякшие ноги распирали голенища сапог... Все мы были беспощадны к врагам революции. Почему же революция беспощадна к нам? А может быть, потому и беспощадна. А может быть, не революция, какая же этот капитан [из органов безопасности] революция, это - чёрная сотня, шпана. Он толок воду в ступе, а время шло (Гроссман 2). His thoughts burned so fiercely that...he no longer even felt how his swollen legs were bursting open the tops of his boots....We were merciless towards the enemies of the Revolution. Why has the Revolution been so merciless towards us? Perhaps for that very reason. Or maybe it hasn't got anything to do with the Revolution. What's this captain [from the security organs] got to do with the Revolution? He's just a thug, a member of the Black Hundreds. There he had been, just milling the wind, while time had been passing (2a).
         ♦ [Кречинский:] Ну довольно! считай! А то ведь ты рад воду толочь (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [К.:] Enough of that! Count! You and that everlasting jabbering of yours!... (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > толочь в ступе

  • 92 толочь воду

    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to do something absolutely fruitless, useless for a long period of time (often used in situations when one engages in empty talk instead of taking action in some matter):
    - X толчёт воду в ступе≈ X is beating the air;
    - [of idle talk only] X is jabbering (talking in circles).
         ♦ "За границу мы вас не выпустим! - сказал он [Суслов]... - Будут провокации". - "Какие провокации? При чём тут провокации?"... - "Вас там сразу же окружат корреспонденты. Вы не знаете, что это такое, - словом, политические провокации будут на каждом шагу. Мы вас же хотим уберечь от всего этого". Это было всё равно что толочь воду в ступе. Мы говорили о разном и с разных точек зрения (Аллилуева 2). "We shall not let you go abroad!" he [Suslov] said...."There'll be provocations." "What provocations? What have provocations got to do with this?"..."You'll be instantly surrounded by newsmen. You don't know what it's like. In short, there will be political provocations at every step. We want to save you from it." It was like beating the air. We spoke of different things from different points of view (2a).
         ♦ Мысли жгут так сильно, что он... не ощущал, как набрякшие ноги распирали голенища сапог... Все мы были беспощадны к врагам революции. Почему же революция беспощадна к нам? А может быть, потому и беспощадна. А может быть, не революция, какая же этот капитан [из органов безопасности] революция, это - чёрная сотня, шпана. Он толок воду в ступе, а время шло (Гроссман 2). His thoughts burned so fiercely that...he no longer even felt how his swollen legs were bursting open the tops of his boots....We were merciless towards the enemies of the Revolution. Why has the Revolution been so merciless towards us? Perhaps for that very reason. Or maybe it hasn't got anything to do with the Revolution. What's this captain [from the security organs] got to do with the Revolution? He's just a thug, a member of the Black Hundreds. There he had been, just milling the wind, while time had been passing (2a).
         ♦ [Кречинский:] Ну довольно! считай! А то ведь ты рад воду толочь (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [К.:] Enough of that! Count! You and that everlasting jabbering of yours!... (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > толочь воду

  • 93 толочь воду в ступе

    • ТОЛОЧЬ ВОДУ( в СТУПЕ) coll, disapprov
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to do something absolutely fruitless, useless for a long period of time (often used in situations when one engages in empty talk instead of taking action in some matter):
    - X толчёт воду в ступе≈ X is beating the air;
    - [of idle talk only] X is jabbering (talking in circles).
         ♦ "За границу мы вас не выпустим! - сказал он [Суслов]... - Будут провокации". - "Какие провокации? При чём тут провокации?"... - "Вас там сразу же окружат корреспонденты. Вы не знаете, что это такое, - словом, политические провокации будут на каждом шагу. Мы вас же хотим уберечь от всего этого". Это было всё равно что толочь воду в ступе. Мы говорили о разном и с разных точек зрения (Аллилуева 2). "We shall not let you go abroad!" he [Suslov] said...."There'll be provocations." "What provocations? What have provocations got to do with this?"..."You'll be instantly surrounded by newsmen. You don't know what it's like. In short, there will be political provocations at every step. We want to save you from it." It was like beating the air. We spoke of different things from different points of view (2a).
         ♦ Мысли жгут так сильно, что он... не ощущал, как набрякшие ноги распирали голенища сапог... Все мы были беспощадны к врагам революции. Почему же революция беспощадна к нам? А может быть, потому и беспощадна. А может быть, не революция, какая же этот капитан [из органов безопасности] революция, это - чёрная сотня, шпана. Он толок воду в ступе, а время шло (Гроссман 2). His thoughts burned so fiercely that...he no longer even felt how his swollen legs were bursting open the tops of his boots....We were merciless towards the enemies of the Revolution. Why has the Revolution been so merciless towards us? Perhaps for that very reason. Or maybe it hasn't got anything to do with the Revolution. What's this captain [from the security organs] got to do with the Revolution? He's just a thug, a member of the Black Hundreds. There he had been, just milling the wind, while time had been passing (2a).
         ♦ [Кречинский:] Ну довольно! считай! А то ведь ты рад воду толочь (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [К.:] Enough of that! Count! You and that everlasting jabbering of yours!... (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > толочь воду в ступе

  • 94 ringe

    call, call up, give (someone) a call, chime, go off, jangle, low, meagre, meagrely, peal, ring, sound, telephone, toll
    * * *
    I. adj
    ( lille) small ( fx price, profit, quantity, extent), little ( fx hope; there is little probability that...);
    ( utilstrækkelig) scanty ( fx income),
    F scant ( fx pay scant attention to something);
    ( betydningsløs) trifling ( fx loss, sum), insignificant;
    ( dårlig) poor ( fx ability, quality), inferior ( fx quality),
    ( ikke overbevisende) feeble ( fx argument, excuse, performance);
    ( lav, tarvelig) mean, low;
    ( beskeden) lowly, humble ( fx birth, station in life);
    [ ikke ringe] not bad;
    (foran sb: glimrende) no mean ( fx he is no mean pianist),
    ( betydelig) no small ( fx he exposed them to no small danger; he has no small part in our success);
    [ af ikke ringe dygtighed] of no mean ability;
    [ i ikke ringe grad] in no slight degree, considerably;
    [ med sb:]
    [ ringe afstand] a short distance;
    [ i ringe grad] not much, only slightly;
    [ i ikke ringe grad], se ovf;
    [ efter min ringe mening] in my humble (el. poor) opinion;
    [ have ringe tanker om] have a low opinion of;
    [ en ringe trøst] a poor consolation;
    (se også ringere, ringest).
    II. vb
    III. vb
    ( om klokke) ring;
    ( stærkt, om kirkeklokke etc) peal;
    ( med klokke) ring; peal;
    (tlf) telephone, ring (up) ( fx somebody rang (up) while you were out),
    T phone;
    [ ringe en besked] (tele)phone a message;
    [ det ringer] the bell (, telephone) is ringing, there's the bell (, telephone);
    [ ringe hjem] ring home;
    [ med præp & adv:]
    (tlf) ring off, hang up;
    [` ringe efter] ring for ( fx a servant, a cup of tea),
    (tlf) telephone for,
    T phone for ( fx a taxi);
    [ det må ringe for hans ører] his ears must be burning;
    ( i en skole) ring in ( fx ring in the children);
    [ det ringer ind] the bell is ringing;
    [ ringe med en klokke] ring a bell;
    [ ringe solen ned] ring the evening bell;
    ( i telefon) telephone, ring (up),
    T phone ( fx he rang up (el. phoned) but there was no answer);
    ( med objekt) telephone, ring (up), call ( fx ring me (up) (el. call me) tomorrow),
    T phone,
    (især am) call up;
    ( også) give me a call (el. ring);
    [ ringe `på] ring (the bell);
    [ ringe på klokken] ring the bell;
    [ ringe på tjeneren] ring for the waiter;
    [ ringe til én] telephone somebody, ring somebody (up), call somebody,
    T phone somebody,
    (især am) call somebody up;
    [ ringe til nr 2023] phone (el. call) No. 2023,
    ( udtales: two o two three);
    [ ringe til gudstjeneste] ring the bells for church;
    [ ringe til begravelse] toll (the funeral bell);
    [ ringe ud] ring out;
    ( i skole: til frikvarter) the bell is ringing for break;
    ( til at gå hjem) it is ringing for going home, it is the going-home bell ringing.

    Danish-English dictionary > ringe

  • 95 Community of Portuguese language countries

       The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (Comunidade dos Paises de Língua Portuguesa, CPLP) was founded at a meeting of presidents and other leaders of the Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) countries at Belém, Portugal, 17 July 1996. That meeting, a constituent summit, brought together leaders of the seven countries whose official language is Portuguese: Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea- Bissau, Cape Verdes, São Tomé, and Príncipe. Belém, this cultural summit's venue, held a symbolic, historical significance for the conferees since they met only a short distance from the historic Tower of Belém and from the embarkation point of Vasco da Gama's 1497-99 voyage, which pioneered an all-water route from Portugal to India.
       The Community of Portuguese Language Countries did not experience an easy birth. Despite earlier postponements, the July 1996 Summit was successful, but some key issues divided the membership. Several members, most notably, Brazil, showed scant interest in the project. Further, while the language question—the common use of Portuguese—was intended to be a unifying element, sometimes language issues were divisive. For example, West African CPLP member Guinea-Bissau has joined a Francophone (French-speaking) community in West Africa, and the use of Portuguese is giving way there to that of French. Also, a more important CPLP member, Mozambique, has effectively joined The Commonwealth, an Anglophone community, since its principal neighbors in southern Africa are Anglophone. Unlike the cited Francophone and Anglophone communities, however, the CPLP has an official center or headquarters (in Lisbon), as well as a budget and constituent bureaucratic organs.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Community of Portuguese language countries

  • 96 Velvet

    Originally velvet was a fabric made with a short dense pile woven from silk warp. Now the term is applied to fabrics made partly of silk or rayon, and partly of other materials, and to fabrics made entirely of other yarns, besides being indiscriminately confused with velveteen, which is a weft pile texture. There is a constructional difference between warp and weft pile textures. In warp pile velvets the length of the pile is determined by the size of the pile wire, or in other ways, and the pile is cut in the loom. Many velvets are woven double, face-to-face, and cut apart while on the loom. In weft pile velvets the length of pile- is determined by the length of the pile weft floats, and the pile is cut in a supplementary operation after the cloth has left the loom. The distinguishing feature of velvet is a succession of rows of short cut tufts of fibres standing so close together as to present a uniform surface with a rich appearance and entrancing softness to the touch. The quality of velvets is determined by the closeness of the pile tufts and the manner in which they are bound to the ground texture. Various weaves are used according to the weight of fabrics, yarns used, and density of pile desired. The binding of the tufts usually follows one or two systems, either single tufts which are held by only one binding pick, as shown at S, or fast pile tufts which are interwoven with three weft picks as shown at W.

    Dictionary of the English textile terms > Velvet

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  • short story — short story, adj. a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words. [1885 90] * * * Brief fictional prose narrative. It usually presents a single significant episode or scene involving a limited number of characters. The form encourages… …   Universalium

  • Short-term memory — Short term memory, sometimes referred to as primary, working, or active memory, is said to hold a small amount of information for about 20 to 30 seconds.Estimates of short term memory capacity vary – from about 3 or 4 elements (i.e., words,… …   Wikipedia

  • Short draw (spinning) — Short draw is the spinning technique used to create worsted yarns. It is spun from combed roving, sliver or wool top anything with the fibers all lined up parallel to the yarn. It is generally spun from long stapled fibers. Short draw spun yarns… …   Wikipedia

  • Short (finance) — Schematic representation of short selling in two steps. The short seller borrows shares and immediately sells them. He then waits, hoping for the stock price to decrease, when the seller can profit by purchasing the shares to return to the lender …   Wikipedia

  • There's No Place Like Home — For other uses, see No Place Like Home. There s No Place Like Home Lost episode The climax of the season finale, in which Benjamin Linus pushes the large …   Wikipedia

  • Short Stirling — Infobox Aircraft name=Stirling caption=Stirling N6101 from No. 7 Sqn. Pathfinder Force being bombed up. type=Heavy bomber manufacturer=Short Brothers, Rochester Short Bros. and Harland, Belfast Austin Motor Company designer=Arthur Gouge first… …   Wikipedia

  • There she is!! — Genre Romance, comedy Format Flash cartoon Created by SamBakZa Country of origin South Korea Language(s) …   Wikipedia

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