kite
suomi-englanti sanakirjakite englannista suomeksi
kirjoittaa katteeton sekki
katteeton sekki
lennättää leijaa
haarahaukka
liitää
leija
lunastaa katteeton sekki
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Substantiivi
kite englanniksi
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(quote-book)|location=printed at London|publisher=For Richard Smith,(nb...)|year=1575|oclc=1048958044|newversion=republished in|compiler2=William Carew Hazlitt|title2=The Complete Poems of George Gascoigne (...) In Two Volumes|location2=London|publisher2=Printed for the Roxburghe Library|year2=1869|volume2=I|page2=370|pageurl2=https://books.google.com/books?id=XTU_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA370|oclc2=885426345|passage=And yet the ſillie kight, well weyde in each degree, May ſerue ſometimes (as in his kinde) for mans commoditie. The kight can weede the worme from corne and coſtly ſeedes, The kight cã kill the mowldiwarpe, in pleaſant meads y&877; breeds: Out of the ſtately ſtreetes the kight can clenſe the filth, As mẽ can clẽſe the worthleſſe weedes frõ fruteful fallow tilth; (..)
(quote-book) Endeth, till the Death of II of France|Henry the Second|location=London|publisher=Printed by (w) for Thomas Charde|year=1600|page=91|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=pUGeN8dtjDkC&pg=PA91|oclc=228714403|passage=''Monſieur de Sanſſac'' was appointed to attend vpon him (w) with all ſorts of Haukes, wherein the ſaide Emperour ſemed to take great delight, eſpecially with flying at the Kight, which the French call ''Voler le Milan'', (..)
(RQ:Bacon Sylva Sylvarum) the ''Kite'' affecteth not ſo much the ''Groſſneſſe'' of the ''Aire'', as the ''Cold'' and ''Freſhneſſe'' thereof; For being a ''Bird'' of ''Prey'', and therefore ''Hot'', ſhee delighteth in the ''Fresh Aire''; And (many times) flyeth againſt the ''Wind'', (..)
(RQ:Swift Tale of a Tub)
Any bird of the subfamily (taxfmt), with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the kite ((taxfmt)) and the kite ((taxfmt)).
(synonyms)
(quote-book)|edition=1st American|location=Philadelphia, Pa.|publisher=Published by Isaac Peirce,(nb...), sold also by Coale and Maxwell,(nb...), and James F. Shores,(nb...); Dennis Heartt, printer|year=1816|volume=II|oclc=14835555|passage=The milvus, or kite, is a native of Europe, Asia, and Africa. (..) Its motion in the air distinguishes it from all other birds, being so smooth and even that it is scarcely perceptible.
A bird of the genus (taxfmt), having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily (taxfmt).
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Some species in the subfamily (taxfmt).
A rapacious person.
(RQ:Shakespeare King Lear Q1) men of choiſe and rareſt parts, that all particulars of dutie knowe, and in the moſt exact regard, ſupport the worſhip of their name, ...|translation=Detested kite, you lie! My train ''i.e.'', knights in attendance are men specially chosen for their rare qualities, know all the particulars of their duty, and most conscientiously uphold their reputation, (..)
A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral ''(see sense 9)'', carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
(RQ:Dickens Haunted House)
(quote-journal)|month=March|year=1921|volume=98|issue=3|page=71|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=AyoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA71|column=1|oclc=228666442|passage=Housing a Dirigible (..) When the ship is kept head on to the wind, it is easy enough to guide her, but when a wind blows across the mouth of the shed, every man's heart is in its throat. The ship offers so much more surface sidewise than endwise that she becomes an enormous kite.
A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
(quote-journal)
A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.
An (l).
(quote-book)|year=1871|section=part I (Of Practical Banking)|page=324–325|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/cu31924024901120/page/n344/mode/1up|oclc=163015248|passage=The advantages which are alleged to belong to the district system banking are the following:— (..) as each bank will have an agent in London, the bills they draw will thus have two parties as securities, and the public will have a pledge that there is no excessive issue in the form of kites or accommodation bills.
A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite ''(sense 3)'': a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.
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In a square-rigged ship: originally a sail positioned above a topsail; later a lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding sail or a jib topsail.
(RQ:Emerson English Traits)|year=2000|page=162|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fp63wWByImQC&pg=PA162|isbn=978-1-57958-278-4.
A (l).
A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
(quote-book) This helps prevent the occasional juggling of goods, gang communication, such as kites (a written request from one inmate to another), and inmate assaults, such as face cuts or stabbings.
To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy kite; also to cause (something, such as costs) to increase rapidly.
(quote-book) when he saw the fuse of the firecracker was lighted, he turned the torch on the powder under the barrel of dried apples, and in a second everything went kiting; the barrel of dried apples with the cat in it went up to the ceiling, the stove was blown over the counter, the cheese box and the old groceryman went with a crash to the back end of the store, the front windows blew out on the sidewalk, the old man rushed out the back door with his whiskers singed and yelled "Fire!"
(quote-book)|title=Phantom Lady|series=(magazine)|Story Press Book|location=Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.|publisher=B. Lippincott & Co.|J. B. Lippincott Co.|year=1942|page=189|oclc=3620558|passage=Lombard swung at the sweet pea he had dropped, caught it neatly with the toe of his shoe, and kited it upward with grim zest, as though doing that made him feel a lot better.
(quote-book): The Agonies of Honor|title=The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=Institution|Smithsonian Books|year=2009|isbn=978-0-06-113912-3|edition2=1st Harper paperback|location2=New York, N.Y.|publisher2=(publisher)|Harper; Smithsonian Books|year2=2010|page2=5|pageurl2=https://books.google.com/books?id=sImIx4Fl_C0C&pg=PA5|isbn2=978-0-06-113913-0|passage=Today, the Bangs auction house would have been rubbing its hands with unconcealed glee and kiting the price of the manuscript into the stratosphere. In 1877, no bidding took place. Bangs merely announced that the letter had been sold for $13.
To tamper with a document or record by increasing the quantity of something beyond its proper amount so that the difference may be unlawfully retained; in particular, to alter a medical prescription for this purpose by increasing the number of pills or other items.
(quote-book), Ninety-first States Congress|Congress, Second Session: Part 2 of 2 Parts:(nb...)|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office|date=2 June 1970|page=535|pageurl=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015078634956&view=1up&seq=355|oclc=73256|passage=A pharmacist "kited" and "shorted" a significant percentage of prescriptions. "Kiting" refers to the pharmacist's forging upward the number of pills originally prescribed by the physician, charging Medicaid for the increased amount but providing the patient with the originally prescribed quantity.
(quote-book) Some of them will give the kid his $10.00 winnings, have him sign for it in the ledger. After the kid walks away he/they add a zero to make it look like the kid won a $100 instead of the ten. Then they pocket the $90.00.
To keep ahead of (an enemy) in order to attack repeatedly from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
To (cause to) glide in the manner of a (l).
To manipulate like a toy kite; also, ''usually preceded by an (glossary) of'' (l): to fly a toy kite.
To write or present (a cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.
(RQ:Le Fanu House)
(quote-book) Made Us Care about Jews, the South, and Civil Rights|location=Chapel Hill, N.C.|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|year=2015|page=163|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=N9gNBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA163|isbn=978-1-4696-2103-6|passage=The fame and money brought in by ''Only in America'' meant no more name changes, no need to kite checks, and no sneaking past the landlord.
To steal.
To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
To move rapidly; to rush.
(quote-book)|edition=7th|location=Boston, Mass.|publisher=Crosby, Nichols and Company; Cincinnati, Oh.: George S. Blanchard; London: Low|Sampson Low, Son & Co.|year=1857|page=263|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=pg04AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA263|oclc=9581901|passage=They commenced whipping their horses at the base, and, as one of the prisoners expressed it, "they went kiting up the hill, and for nearly a mile after the summit had been gained."
(quote-journal) They went kiting around for a couple of weeks?A. Yes, sir; for four weeks prior to election.Q. Were the carriages necessary?A. I didn't see any necessity for them.
(quote-book) the big boy stuck his foot out so she fell. Nursie saw and started for her, but she scrambled up and went kiting for the bench, and climbed on it, (..)
(quote-us-patent)
To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally, into, within, or out of a prison.
(RQ:Stevenson Kidnapped)
(quote-song)
A measure of weight equivalent to (frac) deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).
(quote-book) in the great Harris papyrus, (..) precise quantities are recorded by weight in terms of the ''deben'' (about 2½ oz.) and the ''qite'' (¼ oz.) of gold, silver, copper and precious stones, without any reference to their value. (..) Five pots of honey were bought for five ''qite'' of silver and an ox for five ''qite'' of gold.
(quote-book) The weights of silver are almost always either the deben of 91 grams, or the kite of 9.1 grams. In the Persian Period, Demotic texts sometimes also refer to staters equated to two kite, or five to the deben.
''Haitian Creole Bible,'' Jòb 10.18:
- Bondye, poukisa ou te kite m' soti nan vant manman m'? Mwen ta mouri anvan pesonn ta wè m'.
- : God, why did you let me leave my mother's belly? I would have died before anyone would have seen me.
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(uxi)
(ja-romanization of)
to see
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(inflection of)
one (gl)