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Found 9 hits - Term: english, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
english \eng"lish\, n.
   1. collectively, the people of england; english people or
      persons.
      1913 webster

   2. the language of england or of the english nation, and of
      their descendants in america, india, and other countries.
      1913 webster

   note: the english language has been variously divided into
         periods by different writers. in the division most
         commonly recognized, the first period dates from about
         450 to 1150. this is the period of full inflection, and
         is called anglo-saxon, or, by many recent writers, old
         english. the second period dates from about 1150 to
         1550 or, if four periods be recognized, from about
         1150 to 1350, and is called early english, middle
         english, or more commonly as in the usage of this
         book, old english. during this period most of the
         inflections were dropped, and there was a great
         addition of french words to the language. the third
         period extends from about 1350 to 1550, and is middle
         english. during this period orthography became
         comparatively fixed. the last period, from about 1550,
         is called modern english.
         1913 webster

   3. a kind of printing type, in size between pica and great
      primer. see type.
      1913 webster

   note: the type called english.
         1913 webster

   4. billiards a twist or spinning motion given to a ball in
      striking it that influences the direction it will take
      after touching a cushion or another ball.
      1913 webster

   the king's english or the queen's english. see under
      king.
      1913 webster
see also:
type the king's english the queen's english king 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
english \eng"lish\, a. as. englisc, fr. engle, angle, engles,
   angles, a tribe of germans from the southeast of sleswick, in
   denmark, who settled in britain and gave it the name of
   england. cf. anglican.
   of or pertaining to england, or to its inhabitants, or to the
   present so-called anglo-saxon race.
   1913 webster

   english bond arch. see 1st bond, n., 8.

   english breakfast tea. see congou.

   english horn. mus. see corno inglese.

   english walnut. bot. see under walnut.
      1913 webster
see also:
anglican english bond bond english breakfast tea congou english horn 
corno inglese english walnut walnut 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
english \eng"lish\, v. t. imp.  p. p. englished; p. pr. 
   vb. n. englishing.
   1. to translate into the english language; to anglicize;
      hence, to interpret; to explain.
      1913 webster

            those gracious acts . . . may be englished more
            properly, acts of fear and dissimulation. --milton.
      1913 webster

            caxton does not care to alter the french forms and
            words in the book which he was englishing. --t. l.
                                                  k. oliphant.
      1913 webster

   2. billiards to strike the cue ball in such a manner as
      to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning
      motion, that influences its direction after impact on
      another ball or the cushion. u.s.
      1913 webster
see also:
englished englishing 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
english
     adj : of or relating to or characteristic of england or its
           culture; "english history"; "the english landed
           aristocracy"; "english literature"
     n 1: an indo-european language belonging to the west germanic
          branch; the official language of britain and the united
          states and most of the commonwealth countries syn: english
          language
     2: the people of england syn: english people, the english
     3: the discipline that studies the english language and
        literature
     4: sports the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side
        or releasing it with a sharp twist syn: side
see also:
english language english people the english side 
[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
328 moby thesaurus words for "english":
   abnaki, afghan, afghani, afrikaans, ainu, akan, akkadian, albanian,
   aleut, algonquin, amharic, andaman, annamese, anzanite, apache,
   arabic, aramaic, araucanian, arawak, armenian, assamese, austral,
   avestan, aymara, aztec, balinese, baluchi, bashkir, basque, batak,
   bellacoola, bengali, berber, bhili, bihari, bikol, bini, blackfoot,
   brahui, buginese, burmese, burushaski, buryat, byelorussian,
   cantonese, carolinian, castilian, catalan, cham, cheremis,
   cherokee, chibcha, chin, chinese, chuvash, coptic, cornish, cuman,
   czech, dafla, dalmatian, danish, dinka, dutch, dyak, edo, efatese,
   egyptian, elamitic, eskimo, estonian, ethiopic, euskarian, ewe,
   faeroese, faliscan, fijian, finnish, flemish, fox, french, frisian,
   fula, fulani, gadaba, gaelic, galcha, galla, garo, gaulish, geez,
   georgian, german, gold, goldi, gondi, gothic, greek, guanche,
   guarani, gypsy, haida, haitian creole, hausa, hawaiian, hebrew,
   hindustani, hittite, ho, hopi, hottentot, iban, ibanag, ibo,
   icelandic, igorot, illyrian, irish, italian, ivatan, kachin,
   kafiri, kalmuck, kamasin, kamchadal, kanarese, kara-kalpak,
   karamojong, karankawa, karelian, kashmiri, kashubian, keres, ket,
   khamti, kharia, khasi, khmer, khondi, khosa, khowar, kickapoo,
   kiowa apache, kirghiz, kiriwina, kodagu, kohistani, koiari, kolami,
   komi, konkani, korean, korwa, koryak, kui, kuki, kumyk, kunama,
   kurdish, kurukh, kutchin, kutenai, ladino, lahnda, lampong, lamut,
   lao, lapp, latin, latvian, lettish, libyan, ligurian, limbu,
   lithuanian, livonian, low german, lusatian, luwian, lycian, lydian,
   macedonian, madurese, magyar, malagasy, malay, malayalam, maltese,
   manchu, mandarin, mandingo, mangarevan, manobo, manx, maori,
   marathi, maya, meithei, mende, messapian, middle english,
   middle greek, middle high german, middle persian, mishmi,
   mishongnovi, misima, miskito, mon, mongolian, mordvin, mordvinian,
   moro, mru, muong, mura, murmi, muskogee, naga, nepali, newari,
   ngala, ngbaka, niasese, nicobarese, niuean, nogai, nootka,
   norwegian, oraon, oriya, oscan, osmanli, ossetic, ostyak, pahlavi,
   palaic, palau, palaung, pali, pampango, pangasinan, pashto, paya,
   persian, phrygian, plattdeutsch, polabian, polish, portuguese,
   prakrit, punic, punjabi, quechua, romaic, romansh, romany, russian,
   ruthenian, sabellian, saharan, sakai, samoan, sanskrit, sardinian,
   sasak, selung, serbo-croatian, shan, shilha, shluh, siamese,
   sinhalese, slovak, slovene, slovenian, sogdian, sorbian, soyot,
   spanish, sumerian, susian, swahili, swedish, syriac, syryenian,
   tagalog, tagula, tahitian, tajiki, takelma, tamashek, tamaulipec,
   tavgi, taw-sug, tigre, tipura, tocharian, toda, tuareg, tulu,
   tungus, turkish, turkoman, uighur, umbrian, urdu, uzbek,
   vietnamese, visayan, vote, votyak, wa, welsh, white russian, xhosa,
   yakut, yiddish, yoruba, yurak, zenaga, zulu, construe, render,
   transcribe, translate, transliterate, turn into




[6] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
english 1. n. obs. the source code for a program, which may be in any
   language, as opposed to the linkable or executable binary produced from
   it by a compiler. the idea behind the term is that to a real hacker, a
   program written in his favorite programming language is at least as
   readable as english. usage: mostly by old-time hackers, though
   recognizable in context. today the preferred shorthand is simply
   source. 2. the official name of the database language used by the old
   pick operating system, actually a sort of crufty, brain-damaged sql with
   delusions of grandeur. the name permitted marketroids to say "yes, and
   you can program our computers in english" to ignorant suits without
   quite running afoul of the truth-in-advertising laws.


see also:
source marketroid suit 
[7] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
english
     
        1. obsolete the source code for a program, which may be in
        any language, as opposed to the linkable or executable binary
        produced from it by a compiler.  the idea behind the term is
        that to a real hacker, a program written in his favourite
        programming language is at least as readable as english.
        usage: mostly by old-time hackers, though recognisable in
        context.
     
        2. the official name of the database language used by the
        pick operating system, actually a sort of crufty,
        brain-damaged sql with delusions of grandeur.  the name
        permits marketroids to say "yes, and you can program our
        computers in english" to ignorant suits without quite
        running afoul of the truth-in-advertising laws.
     
        "exploring the pick operating system", j.e. sisk et al,
        hayden 1986.
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
database pick operating system sql marketroid suit 
jargon file 
[8] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
english, in town, fips 21214
  location: 38.33302 n, 86.46328 w
  population 1990: 614 260 housing units
  area: 3.1 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 47118

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
english, in -- u.s. town in indiana
   population 2000:    673
   housing units 2000: 341
   land area 2000:     3.052318 sq. miles 7.905466 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    3.052318 sq. miles 7.905466 sq. km
   fips code:            21214
   located within:       indiana in, fips 18
   location:             38.335626 n, 86.460564 w
   zip codes 1990:     47118
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    english, in
    english



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