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8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Note: In some parts of America, especially in New England, the name walnut is given to several species of hickory ({Carya}), and their fruit. {Ash-leaved walnut}, a tree ({Juglans fraxinifolia}), native in Transcaucasia {Black walnut}, a North American tree ({J. nigra}) valuable for its purplish brown wood, which is extensively used in cabinetwork and for gunstocks. The nuts are thick-shelled, and nearly globular. {English}, or {European}, {walnut}, a tree ({J. regia}), native of Asia from the Caucasus to Japan, valuable for its timber and for its excellent nuts, which are also called Madeira nuts. {Walnut brown}, a deep warm brown color, like that of the heartwood of the black walnut. {Walnut oil}, oil extracted from walnut meats. It is used in cooking, making soap, etc {White walnut}, a North American tree ({J. cinerea}), bearing long, oval, thick-shelled, oily nuts, commonly called butternuts. See {Butternut}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. {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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Those gracious acts . . . may be Englished more properly, acts of fear and dissimulation. --Milton. Caxton does not care to alter the French forms and words in the book which he was Englishing. --T. L. K. Oliphant. 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.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: English \Eng"lish\, n. 1. Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons. 2. The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries. 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. 3. A kind of printing type in size between Pica and Great Primer. See {Type}. Note: The type called English. 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. {The} {King's, or Queen's}, {English}. See under {King}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: English adj : of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture; "English histry"; "the English landed aristocracy"; "English literature" [syn: {English}] n 1: an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the US and most of the Commonwealth countries [syn: {English}, {English language}] 2: the people of England [syn: {English}, {English people}, {the English}] 3: the discipline that studies the English language and literature [syn: {English}] 4: (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist [syn: {English}, {side}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: 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 code(s): 47118 From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: 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 prefereed shorthand is sinply {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 {marketroid}s to say "Yes, and you can program our computers in English!" to ignorant {suit}s without quite running afoul of the truth-in-advertising laws. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: 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 {marketroid}s to say "Yes, and you can program our computers in English!" to ignorant {suit}s without quite running afoul of the truth-in-advertising laws. ["Exploring the Pick Operating System", J.E. Sisk et al Hayden 1986]. [{Jargon File}]
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