rhus cotinus

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rhus cotinus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fustet \Fus"tet\, n. [F. fustet (cf. Sp. & Pg. fustete), LL.
     fustetus, fr. L. fustis stick, in LL., tree, See 1st Fust,
     and cf. Fustic.]
     The wood of the Rhus Cotinus or Venice sumach, a shrub of
     Southern Europe, which yields a fine orange color, which,
     however, is not durable without a mordant. --Ure.
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  Fustic \Fus"tic\, n. [F. fustoc, Sp. fustoc. Cf. Fustet.]
     The wood of the Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the
     West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; -- called also old fustic
     . [Written also fustoc.]
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     Note: Other kinds of yellow wood are often called fustic; as
           that of species of Xanthoxylum, and especially the
           Rhus Cotinus, which is sometimes called young fustic
           to distinguish it from the Maclura. See Fustet.
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  Smoke \Smoke\ (sm[=o]k), n. [AS. smoca, fr. sme['o]can to smoke;
     akin to LG. & D. smook smoke, Dan. sm["o]g, G. schmauch, and
     perh. to Gr. ??? to burn in a smoldering fire; cf. Lith.
     smaugti to choke.]
     1. The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes,
        or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning
        vegetable matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like.
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     Note: The gases of hydrocarbons, raised to a red heat or
           thereabouts, without a mixture of air enough to produce
           combustion, disengage their carbon in a fine powder,
           forming smoke. The disengaged carbon when deposited on
           solid bodies is soot.
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     2. That which resembles smoke; a vapor; a mist.
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     3. Anything unsubstantial, as idle talk. --Shak.
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     4. The act of smoking, esp. of smoking tobacco; as, to have a
        smoke. [Colloq.]
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     Note: Smoke is sometimes joined with other word. forming
           self-explaining compounds; as, smoke-consuming,
           smoke-dried, smoke-stained, etc.
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     Smoke arch, the smoke box of a locomotive.
  
     Smoke ball (Mil.), a ball or case containing a composition
        which, when it burns, sends forth thick smoke.
  
     Smoke black, lampblack. [Obs.]
  
     Smoke board, a board suspended before a fireplace to
        prevent the smoke from coming out into the room.
  
     Smoke box, a chamber in a boiler, where the smoke, etc.,
        from the furnace is collected before going out at the
        chimney.
  
     Smoke sail (Naut.), a small sail in the lee of the galley
        stovepipe, to prevent the smoke from annoying people on
        deck.
  
     Smoke tree (Bot.), a shrub (Rhus Cotinus) in which the
        flowers are mostly abortive and the panicles transformed
        into tangles of plumose pedicels looking like wreaths of
        smoke.
  
     To end in smoke, to burned; hence, to be destroyed or
        ruined; figuratively, to come to nothing.
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     Syn: Fume; reek; vapor.
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  Venetian \Ve*ne"tian\, a. [Cf. It. Veneziano, L. Venetianus.]
     Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy.
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     Venetian blind, a blind for windows, doors, etc., made of
        thin slats, either fixed at a certain angle in the
        shutter, or movable, and in the latter case so disposed as
        to overlap each other when closed, and to show a series of
        open spaces for the admission of air and light when in
        other positions.
  
     Venetian carpet, an inexpensive carpet, used for passages
        and stairs, having a woolen warp which conceals the weft;
        the pattern is therefore commonly made up of simple
        stripes.
  
     Venetian chalk, a white compact talc or steatite, used for
        marking on cloth, etc.
  
     Venetian door (Arch.), a door having long, narrow windows
        or panes of glass on the sides.
  
     Venetian glass, a kind of glass made by the Venetians, for
        decorative purposes, by the combination of pieces of glass
        of different colors fused together and wrought into
        various ornamental patterns.
  
     Venetian red, a brownish red color, prepared from sulphate
        of iron; -- called also scarlet ocher.
  
     Venetian soap. See Castile soap, under Soap.
  
     Venetian sumac (Bot.), a South European tree (Rhus  Cotinus
        ) which yields the yellow dyewood called fustet;
        -- also called smoke tree.
  
     Venetian window (Arch.), a window consisting of a main
        window with an arched head, having on each side a long and
        narrow window with a square head.
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