6 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Umber \Um"ber\, n. [F. ombre ocherous ore of iron, terre
d'ombre, It terra d'ombra, literally, earth of shadow or
shade, L. umbra shadow, shade. Cf {Umber}, 3 & 4,
{Umbrage}.]
1. (Paint.) A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and
water colors, obtained from certain natural clays
variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It
is commonly heated or burned before being used and is
then called {burnt umber}; when not heated, it is called
{raw umber}. See {Burnt umber}, below.
2. An umbrere. [Obs.]
3. [F. ombre, umbre, L. umbra.] (Zo["o]l.) See {Grayling}, 1.
4. [Cf. NL scopus umbretta, F. ombrette; probably fr L.
umbra shade, in allusion to its dark brown color. See
{Umber} a pigment.] (Zo["o]l.) An African wading bird
({Scopus umbretta}) allied to the storks and herons. It is
dull dusky brown, and has a large occipital crest. Called
also {umbrette}, {umbre}, and {umber bird}.
{Burnt umber} (Paint.), a pigment made by burning raw umber,
which is changed by this process from an olive brown to a
bright reddish brown.
{Cologne}, or {German}, {umber}, a brown pigment obtained
from lignite. See {Cologne earth}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
German \Ger"man\, a. [L. Germanus See {German}, n.]
Of or pertaining to Germany.
{German Baptists}. See {Dunker}.
{German bit}, a wood-boring tool, having a long elliptical
pod and a scew point.
{German carp} (Zo["o]l.), the crucian carp.
{German millet} (Bot.), a kind of millet ({Setaria Italica},
var.), whose seed is sometimes used for food.
{German paste}, a prepared food for caged birds.
{German process} (Metal.), the process of reducing copper ore
in a blast furnace, after roasting, if necessary.
--Raymond.
{German sarsaparilla}, a substitute for sarsaparilla extract.
{German sausage}, a polony, or gut stuffed with meat partly
cooked.
{German silver} (Chem.), a silver-white alloy, hard and
tough, but malleable and ductile, and quite permanent in
the air. It contains nickel, copper, and zinc in varying
proportions, and was originally made from old copper slag
at Henneberg A small amount of iron is sometimes added to
make it whiter and harder. It is essentially identical
with the Chinese alloy {packfong}. It was formerly much
used for tableware, knife handles, frames, cases, bearings
of machinery, etc., but is now largely superseded by other
white alloys.
{German steel} (Metal.), a metal made from bog iron ore in a
forge, with charcoal for fuel.
{German text} (Typog.), a character resembling modern German
type used in English printing for ornamental headings,
etc., as in the words
Note: This line is German Text.
{German tinder}. See {Amadou}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
German \Ger"man\, a. [OE. german, germain, F. germain, fr L.
germanus full, own (said of brothers and sisters who have the
same parents); akin to germen germ. Cf {Germ}, {Germane}.]
Nearly related; closely akin.
Wert thou a leopard, thou wert german to the lion.
--Shak.
{Brother german}. See {Brother german}.
{Cousins german}. See the Note under {Cousin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
German \Ger"man\, n.; pl {Germans}[L. Germanus prob. of Celtis
origin.]
1. A native or one of the people of Germany.
2. The German language.
3.
a A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding
in capriciosly involved figures.
b A social party at which the german is danced.
{High German}, the Teutonic dialect of Upper or Southern
Germany, -- comprising Old High German, used from the 8th
to the 11th century; Middle H. G., from the 12th to the
15th century; and Modern or New H. G., the language of
Luther's Bible version and of modern German literature.
The dialects of Central Germany, the basis of the modern
literary language, are often called Middle German, and the
Southern German dialects Upper German; but High German is
also used to cover both groups.
{Low German}, the language of Northern Germany and the
Netherlands, -- including {Friesic}; {Anglo-Saxon} or
{Saxon}; {Old Saxon}; {Dutch} or {Low Dutch}, with its
dialect, {Flemish}; and {Plattdeutsch} (called also {Low
German}), spoken in many dialects.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
German
adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of Germany or its
people or language; "German philosophers"; "German
universities"; "German literature" [syn: {German}]
2: of a more or less German nature; somewhat German; "Germanic
peoples"; "his Germanic nature"; "formidable volumes
Teutonic in their thoroughness [syn: {German}, {Germanic},
{Teutonic}]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Germany [syn: {German}]
2: the standard German language; developed historically from
West Germanic [syn: {German}, {High German}, {German
language}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
German
\j*r'mn\ A human language written (in latin
alphabet) and spoken in Germany, Austria and parts of
Switzerland.
German writing normally uses four non-{ASCII} characters:
"äöüß", the first three have umlauts" (two dots over the
top): A O and U and the last is a double-S ("scharfes S")
which looks like the Greek letter beta (except in capitalised
words where it should be written "SS"). These can be written
in ASCII in several ways, the most common are ae oe ue AE OE
UE ss or sz and the {TeX} versions "a "o "u "A "O "U "s.
See also {ABEND}, {blinkenlights}, {DAU}, {DIN}, {gedanken},
{GMD}, {kluge}.
{Usenet} newsgroup: {news:soc.culture.german}.
{(ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-info/soc.answers/german-faq)},
{(ftp://alice.fmi.uni-passau.de/pub/dictionaries/german.dat.Z)}.
(1995-03-31)
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