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11Saltatory evolution — Saltatory Sal ta*to ry, a. [L. saltatorius. See {Saltant}, and cf. {Saltire}.] Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing. [1913 Webster] {Saltatory evolution} (Biol.), a theory of evolution which holds that the… …
12Saltatory spasm — Saltatory Sal ta*to ry, a. [L. saltatorius. See {Saltant}, and cf. {Saltire}.] Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing. [1913 Webster] {Saltatory evolution} (Biol.), a theory of evolution which holds that the… …
13Jean Crapaud — is a jocose name given to a Frenchman. It is intended as a national personification of the French people as a whole in much the same sense as John Bull is to the English. It is sometimes used as a literary device to refer to a typical Frenchman,… …
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15Attitude (heraldry) — Rampant redirects here. For the Nazareth album, see Rampant (album). For the 2009 fantasy novel, see Diana Peterfreund. The lion passant guardant, a frequent figure in heraldry, is sometimes called a leopard . Here shown or, armed argent, langued …
16Fluctuat nec mergitur — Lateinische Phrasen A B C D E F G H I L M N O P …
17halter — halter1 halterlike, adj. /hawl teuhr/, n. 1. a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle. 2. a rope with a noose for hanging criminals; the hangman s noose; gallows. 3. death by hanging. 4. Also called… …
18insult — insultable, adj. insulter, n. v. /in sult /; n. /in sult/, v.t. 1. to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront. 2. to affect as an affront; offend or demean. 3. Archaic. to attack; assault. v.i. 4. Archaic. to behave… …
19salta — /sal teuh, sawl /, n. a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares. [1900 05; < G Salta < L salta, 2d sing. impv. of saltare to leap; see SALTANT] * * * City (pop., 1999 est.: 457,223), northwestern Argentina.… …
20saltando — /sahl tahn doh/, Music. adj. 1. (of a performance with a stringed instrument) playing each note staccato by bouncing the bow on the strings. adv. 2. in a saltando manner. Also, saltato /sahl tah toh/. [ < It, ger. of saltare to jump < L saltare… …
