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weasel |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Weasel \Wea"sel\, n. [OE. wesele AS wesle; akin to D. wezel, G. wiesel, OHG. wisala Icel. hreyiv[=i]sla, Dan. v["a]sel, Sw vessla of uncertain origin; cf Gr ?, ?, cat, weasel.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus {Putorius}, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons. {Malacca weasel}, the rasse. {Weasel coot}, a female or young male of the smew; -- so called from the resemblance of the head to that of a weasel. Called also {weasel duck}. {Weasel lemur}, a short-tailed lemur ({Lepilemur mustelinus}). It is reddish brown above, grayish brown below, with the throat white. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: weasel n : small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: weasel n. [Cambridge] A naive user, one who deliberately or accidentally does things that are stupid or ill-advised. Roughly synonymous with {loser}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: weasel(Cambridge) A naive user, one who deliberately or accidentally does things that are stupid or ill-advised. Roughly synonymous with {loser}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-21) From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Weasel (Heb. holedh), enumerated among unclean animals (Lev. 11:29). Some think that this Hebrew word rather denotes the mole (Spalax typhlus) common in Palestine. There is no sufficient reason, however, to depart from the usual translation. The weasel tribe are common also in Palestine.
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