SAINT-JACOB'S-DIPPER

Meaning of SAINT-JACOB'S-DIPPER in English

-|jākəbz|- noun

Usage: usually capitalized S&J

Etymology: probably after the Hebrew patriarch Jacob who first met his future wife Rachel by a well (Gen 29:9 ff.)

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Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

SAINT — Saint James: One of the 12 apostles, he was a member of the inner circle of Jesus Christs disciples. He …
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
JACOB — Jakob ( Yaqub ) was a prophet of Allah, mentioned the Qur'an and the Old Testament.
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
JACOB — noun Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek Iacōb, from Hebrew Ya‘ăqōbh Date: before 12th century a son of Isaac and Rebekah, …
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DIPPER — noun Date: 1611 one that dips: as, a worker who dips articles, something (as a long-handled cup) used for dipping, …
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SAINT
Английский словарь Британика
JACOB — I Hebrew patriarch , son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham , and the traditional ancestor of the people of …
Английский словарь Британика
DIPPER — or water ouzel Any of five songbird species in the genus Cinclus (family Cinclidae), noted for hunting insects by walking …
Английский словарь Британика
SAINT — I. ˈsānt, when a name follows (|)sānt or sə̇nt, when a name follows that begins with a consonant chiefly Brit …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JACOB — ˈjākəb sometimes -əp noun ( -s ) Usage: capitalized Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek Iakōb, from Hebrew Ya'ăqōbh, after Ya'ăqōbh …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIPPER — ˈdipə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English dippere, a diving bird, from dippen to dip + -ere -er — …
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SAINT — (v. i.) To act or live as a saint.
Английский словарь Webster
SAINT — (v. t.) To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical act, as of the pope; …
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JACOB — (n.) A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching …
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DIPPER — (n.) The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus).
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SAINT — ( v. t. ) To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical act, as of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SAINT — ( v. i. ) To act or live as a saint.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
JACOB — ( n. ) A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DIPPER — ( n. ) The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus).
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SAINT — — saintless , adj. /saynt/ , n. 1. any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JACOB — /jay"keuhb/ for 1, 3; Fr. /zhann kawb"/ for 2 , n. 1. the second son of Isaac, the twin brother …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIPPER — /dip"euhr/ , n. 1. a person or thing that dips. 2. a cuplike container with a long handle, used for …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SAINT — v. recognize as a saint; canonize, add to the list of saints officially recognized by the Christian Church
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
JACOB — n. male first name; family name; (Biblical) third Old Testament patriarch, son of Isaac, father of the 12 tribes of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SAINT — I. ˈsānt, before a name (ˌ)sānt or sənt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French seint, saint, from Late Latin sanctus, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
JACOB — noun Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek Iacōb, from Hebrew Ya‘ăqōbh Date: before 12th century 1. : a son of Isaac …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DIPPER — noun Date: 1611 1. : one that dips: as a. : a worker who dips articles b. : something (as …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SAINT — noun one canonized by the church. 2. saint ·vi to act or live as a saint. 3. saint ·noun one …
Webster English vocab
JACOB — noun a hebrew patriarch (son of isaac, and ancestor of the jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching …
Webster English vocab
DIPPER — noun the buffel duck. 2. dipper ·noun a small grebe; the dabchick. 3. dipper ·noun the water ouzel (cinolus aquaticus) …
Webster English vocab
SAINT — [saint] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. LL sanctus, fr. L, sacred, fr. pp. of sancire to make sacred--more at sacred] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DIPPER — [dip.per] n (1611) 1: one that dips: as a: a worker who dips articles b: something (as a long-handled cup) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
JACOB — [Ja.cob] n [LL, fr. Gk Iacob, fr. Heb Ya'aqobh] 1: a son of Isaac and Rebekah, the twin brother of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SAINT — a person believed to be connected in a special manner with what is viewed as sacred reality, such as God, …
Britannica English vocabulary
DIPPER — also called Water Ouzel, any of four species of songbirds of the Cinclidae family (order Passeriformes) noted for insect hunting …
Britannica English vocabulary
SAINT : — as a title with a personal name, see under personal name (e.g., Cyprian, Saint). As a part of a place-name …
Britannica English vocabulary
JACOB — Hebrew Ya'aqov, Arabic Ya'qub, also called Israel, Hebrew Yisra'el, Arabic Isra'il, Hebrew patriarch who was the grandson of Abraham, the …
Britannica English vocabulary
SAINT — saint, Saint strong form BrE AmE seɪnt , weak form s ə n t —but in French names sæ̃ —French …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
JACOB — Jacob BrE AmE ˈdʒeɪk əb -ʌb ▷ Jacob|'s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DIPPER — dipper, D~ BrE AmE ˈdɪp ə AmE - ə r ▷ dipper|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SAINT — / seɪnt; NAmE ; or, in British use before names, snt/ noun 1. ( abbr. S , St ) a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIPPER — / ˈdɪpə(r); NAmE / noun a bird that lives near rivers —see also big dipper
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAINT — saint /seɪnt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Late Latin sanctus , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
JACOB — Ja ‧ cob /ˈdʒeɪkəb/ BrE AmE in the Old Testament of the Bible, the son of ↑ Isaac , and …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DIPPER — Dipper, the BrE AmE ( also the Big Dipper ) noun American English a name sometimes used for the ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DIPPER — dip ‧ per /ˈdɪpə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . a small bird that finds its food in …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SAINT — n. & v. --n. (abbr. St or S; pl. Sts or SS) 1 a holy or (in some Churches) a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SAINT — n. & v. n. (abbr. St or S; pl. Sts or SS) 1 a holy or (in some Churches) a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SAINT — n. & v. --n. (abbr. St or S; pl. Sts or SS) 1. a holy or (in some Churches) a …
Oxford English vocab
SAINT — The title is usually pronounced /sənt/. ( saints) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAINT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES patron saint ▪ St. Christopher, the patron saint of travellers saint's day the patience of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIPPER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES big dipper COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE big ▪ The descent, like a big dipper …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SAINT — abbreviation St [noun] [C] - (the title given to) a person who has received an official honour from the Christian, …
Cambridge English vocab
SAINT
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DIPPER — n. or water ouzel Any of five songbird species in the genus Cinclus (family Cinclidae), noted for hunting insects by …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
JACOB — n. Alfasi Isaac ben Jacob Astor John Jacob Berzelius Jöns Jacob Baron Burckhardt Jacob Christopher Camerarius Rudolph Jacob Epstein Sir …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
JACOB — n. Hebrew patriarch , son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham , and the traditional ancestor of the people of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SAINT — A piece of spoilt timber in a coach-maker's shop, like a saint, devoted to the flames. SAINT GEOFFREY'S DAY. Never, …
Slang English vocab
JACOB — A soft fellow. A fool. JACOB. A ladder: perhaps from Jacob's dream. CANT. Also the common name for a jay, …
Slang English vocab
SAINT — n. 25B6; noun . See list. hagio-. Saints and Their Feast Days Agatha 5 February Agnes of Bohemia 2 March …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
JACOB — (supplanter), the second son of Isaac and Rebekah. He was born with Esau, probably at the well of Lahai-roi, about …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
JACOB — that supplants, undermines; the heel
Bible Names English vocab
JACOB — birthright speculator, traveler, s. Isaac, and brother of Esau. Was mother's pet. Became proficient as a character impersonator, but never …
Who is who English vocabulary
JACOB — сущ. Дже(й)коб; библ. Иаков Джекоб
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