CAT-O' NINE-TAILS

Meaning of CAT-O' NINE-TAILS in English

/ ˌkæt ə ˈnɑɪn teɪlz; NAmE / noun

[ sing. ] a whip made of nine strings with knots in them, that was used to punish prisoners in the past

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — noun (plural ~) Etymology: from the resemblance of its scars to the scratches of a cat Date: 1665 a whip …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — ˌkad.əˈnīnˌtālz, ˌkat ə nˈī-, ˌkatəˈnī- noun ( plural cat-o'-nine-tails ) Etymology: so called from a comparison of its blows to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAT O' NINE TAILS — () See under Cat.
Английский словарь Webster
CAT O' NINE TAILS — See under Cat.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — /kat'euh nuyn"taylz'/ , n. , pl. nine-tails . a whip, usually having nine knotted lines or cords fastened to a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — whip with nine straps
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — noun ( plural cat-o'-nine-tails ) Etymology: from the resemblance of its scars to the scratches of a cat Date: 1665 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAT O' NINE TAILS — see under cat.
Webster English vocab
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — Pronunciation: ˌ ka-t ə - ' n ī n- ˌ t ā lz Function: noun Inflected Form: plural cat-o'-nine-tails Etymology: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — ■ noun historical a rope whip with nine knotted cords, used for flogging.
Concise Oxford English vocab
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — [cat-o'-nine-tails] n, pl cat-o'-nine-tails [fr. the resemblance of its scars to the scratches of a cat] (1665): a whip made …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CAT-O'-NINE TAILS — cat-o'-nine tails BrE AmE ˌkæt ə ˈnaɪn teɪ ə lz AmE \ ˌkæt̬-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — cat-o'-nine-tails /ˌkæt ə ˈnaɪn teɪlz/ BrE AmE noun [singular] a whip made of nine knotted strings, used in the past …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAT-O'-NINE TAILS — European whip used in flogging; leather thongs were usually knotted at their ends and were sometimes fitted with metal spikes …
Medieval English Glossary
CAT-O`-NINE-TAILS — n плеть, кошка-девятихвостка
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CAT-O-NINE-TAILS — кошка
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — кошка-девятихвостка (плеть из девяти хвостов) (американизм) (ботаника) рогоз (Typha)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — Кошка-девятихвостка
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — n 1. кошка-девятихвостка ( плеть из девяти ремней ) 2. амер. = cat's tail 1
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — сущ.кошка (плеть)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CAT O' NINE TAILS — (n) кошка-девятихвостка
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — n 1. кошка-девятихвостка ( плеть из девяти ремней ) 2. амер. = cat's tail 1
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — n 1. кошка-девятихвостка ( плеть из девяти ремней ) 2. амер. = cat's tail 1
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CAT O' NINE TAILS — кошка (плеть), плеть
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CAT O' NINE TAILS — кошка (плеть), плеть
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — сущ. кошка ( плеть )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — сущ. кошка (плеть)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — кошка (плеть)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — [n.] плеть, кошка-девятихвостка
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
CAT-O`-NINE-TAILS — n плеть, кошка-девятихвостка
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
CAT O' NINE TAILS — плетка-девятихвостка
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
CAT-O-NINE-TAILS — плетка-девятихвостка
Subsidiary English-Russian Dictionary
CAT-O`-NINE-TAILS — n плеть, кошка-девятихвостка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CAT-O-NINE-TAILS — кошка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS — кошка-девятихвостка (плеть из девяти хвостов) (американизм) (ботаника) рогоз (Typha)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CAT — I or feline Any member of the family Felidae, the most highly specialized group of mammalian carnivore s. Modern-type cats …
Английский словарь Британика
O — I. ˈō noun ( plural o's or os ˈōz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the 15th letter …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NINE — I. ˈnīn sometimes for emphasis, as by telephone operators, -īən adjective Etymology: Middle English nyne, nigen, from Old English nigon; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAT — I. ˈkat, usu -ad.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English cat, catte, from Old English catt, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-O — I. (ˌ)ō noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: perhaps from oh (I) : one that is or that constitutes or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAILS — plural of tail present third singular of tail
Webster's New International English Dictionary
O' — preposition also o ə Etymology: in sense 1 from Middle English o, o-, alteration of on; in sense 2 from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NINE — (n.) A symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix.
Английский словарь Webster
NINE — (n.) The number greater than eight by a unit; nine units or objects.
Английский словарь Webster
NINE — (a.) Eight and one more; one less than ten; as, nine miles.
Английский словарь Webster
NINE — ( n. ) The number greater than eight by a unit; nine units or objects.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NINE — ( n. ) A symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAILS — /taylz/ , adj. , adv. 1. (of a coin) with the reverse facing up: On the next toss, the coin …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
O — /oh/ , interj., n., pl. O's . interj. 1. (used before a name in direct address, esp. in solemn or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NINE — /nuyn/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, eight plus one. 2. a symbol for this number, as 9 or IX. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAT — /kat/ , n. , v. , catted, catting . n. 1. a small domesticated carnivore, Felis domestica or F. catus, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
O — I. ˈō noun ( plural o's or os ˈōz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
O' — also o ə, ō Etymology: Middle English o, o-, contraction of on & of Date: 13th century 1. chiefly dialect …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NINE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from nyne, adjective, from Old English nigon; akin to Old High German niun nine, Latin novem, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NINE — noun a symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix. 2. nine ·adj eight and one more; one less than …
Webster English vocab
CAT — noun a cat o' nine tails. ·see below. 2. cat ·noun a strong tackle used to draw an anchor up …
Webster English vocab
TAILS — ~ informal a tailcoat, or a man's formal evening suit with such a coat. → tail ———————— ~ the side …
Concise Oxford English vocab
O — O 1 (also o ) ■ noun ( plural Os or O's ) 1》 the fifteenth letter of the alphabet. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
NINE — [nine] n [ME, fr. nyne, adj., fr. OE nigon; akin to OHG niun nine, L novem, Gk ennea] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CAT — (family Felidae), any of a group of carnivorous mammals that includes the true catslion, tiger, jaguar, leopard, puma, and domestic …
Britannica English vocabulary
O — I O, o BrE AmE əʊ AmE oʊ ▷ O's, o's, Os əʊz AmE oʊz —Communications code name: Oscar ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NINE — nine BrE AmE naɪn —but for clarity in communication code, niner ˈnaɪn ə ‖ - ə r ▷ nines naɪnz …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CAT — cat BrE AmE kæt ▷ cats kæts ▶ ˈ cat ˌ burglar BrE AmE ▶ ˈ cat ˌ cracker BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
O — / əʊ; NAmE oʊ/ noun , exclamation ■ noun (also o ) ( pl. Os , O's , o's / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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