CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS

Meaning of CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS in English

/kat'euh nuyn"taylz'/ , n. , pl. nine-tails .

a whip, usually having nine knotted lines or cords fastened to a handle, used for flogging.

[ 1685-95; so called in allusion to a cat's scratches ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

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 — 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 — / ˌkæt ə ˈnɑɪn teɪlz; NAmE / noun [ sing. ] a whip made of nine strings with knots in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's 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

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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