English

9 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  English \Eng"lish\, n.
     1. Collectively, the people of England; English people or
        persons.
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     2. The language of England or of the English nation, and of


        their descendants in America, India, and other countries.
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     Note: The English language has been variously divided into
           periods by different writers. In the division most
           commonly recognized, the first period dates from about
           450 to 1150. This is the period of full inflection, and
           is called Anglo-Saxon, or, by many recent writers, Old
           English. The second period dates from about 1150 to
           1550 (or, if four periods be recognized, from about
           1150 to 1350), and is called Early English, Middle
           English, or more commonly (as in the usage of this
           book), Old English. During this period most of the
           inflections were dropped, and there was a great
           addition of French words to the language. The third
           period extends from about 1350 to 1550, and is Middle
           English. During this period orthography became
           comparatively fixed. The last period, from about 1550,
           is called Modern English.
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     3. A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great
        Primer. See {Type}.
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     Note: The type called English.
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     4. (Billiards) A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in
        striking it that influences the direction it will take
        after touching a cushion or another ball.
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     {The King's English} or {The Queen's English}. See under
        {King}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  English \Eng"lish\, a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles,
     Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in
     Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of
     England. Cf. {Anglican}.]
     Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the
     present so-called Anglo-Saxon race.
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     {English bond} (Arch.) See 1st {Bond}, n., 8.
  
     {English breakfast tea}. See {Congou}.
  
     {English horn}. (Mus.) See {Corno Inglese}.
  
     {English walnut}. (Bot.) See under {Walnut}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  English \Eng"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Englished}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Englishing}.]
     1. To translate into the English language; to Anglicize;
        hence, to interpret; to explain.
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              Those gracious acts . . . may be Englished more
              properly, acts of fear and dissimulation. --Milton.
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              Caxton does not care to alter the French forms and
              words in the book which he was Englishing. --T. L.
                                                    K. Oliphant.
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     2. (Billiards) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as
        to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning
        motion, that influences its direction after impact on
        another ball or the cushion. [U.S.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  English
       adj : of or relating to or characteristic of England or its
             culture; "English history"; "the English landed
             aristocracy"; "English literature"
       n 1: an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic
            branch; the official language of Britain and the United
            States and most of the Commonwealth countries [syn: {English
            language}]
       2: the people of England [syn: {English people}, {the English}]
       3: the discipline that studies the English language and
          literature
       4: (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side
          or releasing it with a sharp twist [syn: {side}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  328 Moby Thesaurus words for "English":
     Abnaki, Afghan, Afghani, Afrikaans, Ainu, Akan, Akkadian, Albanian,
     Aleut, Algonquin, Amharic, Andaman, Annamese, Anzanite, Apache,
     Arabic, Aramaic, Araucanian, Arawak, Armenian, Assamese, Austral,
     Avestan, Aymara, Aztec, Balinese, Baluchi, Bashkir, Basque, Batak,
     Bellacoola, Bengali, Berber, Bhili, Bihari, Bikol, Bini, Blackfoot,
     Brahui, Buginese, Burmese, Burushaski, Buryat, Byelorussian,
     Cantonese, Carolinian, Castilian, Catalan, Cham, Cheremis,
     Cherokee, Chibcha, Chin, Chinese, Chuvash, Coptic, Cornish, Cuman,
     Czech, Dafla, Dalmatian, Danish, Dinka, Dutch, Dyak, Edo, Efatese,
     Egyptian, Elamitic, Eskimo, Estonian, Ethiopic, Euskarian, Ewe,
     Faeroese, Faliscan, Fijian, Finnish, Flemish, Fox, French, Frisian,
     Fula, Fulani, Gadaba, Gaelic, Galcha, Galla, Garo, Gaulish, Geez,
     Georgian, German, Gold, Goldi, Gondi, Gothic, Greek, Guanche,
     Guarani, Gypsy, Haida, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew,
     Hindustani, Hittite, Ho, Hopi, Hottentot, Iban, Ibanag, Ibo,
     Icelandic, Igorot, Illyrian, Irish, Italian, Ivatan, Kachin,
     Kafiri, Kalmuck, Kamasin, Kamchadal, Kanarese, Kara-Kalpak,
     Karamojong, Karankawa, Karelian, Kashmiri, Kashubian, Keres, Ket,
     Khamti, Kharia, Khasi, Khmer, Khondi, Khosa, Khowar, Kickapoo,
     Kiowa Apache, Kirghiz, Kiriwina, Kodagu, Kohistani, Koiari, Kolami,
     Komi, Konkani, Korean, Korwa, Koryak, Kui, Kuki, Kumyk, Kunama,
     Kurdish, Kurukh, Kutchin, Kutenai, Ladino, Lahnda, Lampong, Lamut,
     Lao, Lapp, Latin, Latvian, Lettish, Libyan, Ligurian, Limbu,
     Lithuanian, Livonian, Low German, Lusatian, Luwian, Lycian, Lydian,
     Macedonian, Madurese, Magyar, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese,
     Manchu, Mandarin, Mandingo, Mangarevan, Manobo, Manx, Maori,
     Marathi, Maya, Meithei, Mende, Messapian, Middle English,
     Middle Greek, Middle High German, Middle Persian, Mishmi,
     Mishongnovi, Misima, Miskito, Mon, Mongolian, Mordvin, Mordvinian,
     Moro, Mru, Muong, Mura, Murmi, Muskogee, Naga, Nepali, Newari,
     Ngala, Ngbaka, Niasese, Nicobarese, Niuean, Nogai, Nootka,
     Norwegian, Oraon, Oriya, Oscan, Osmanli, Ossetic, Ostyak, Pahlavi,
     Palaic, Palau, Palaung, Pali, Pampango, Pangasinan, Pashto, Paya,
     Persian, Phrygian, Plattdeutsch, Polabian, Polish, Portuguese,
     Prakrit, Punic, Punjabi, Quechua, Romaic, Romansh, Romany, Russian,
     Ruthenian, Sabellian, Saharan, Sakai, Samoan, Sanskrit, Sardinian,
     Sasak, Selung, Serbo-Croatian, Shan, Shilha, Shluh, Siamese,
     Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Slovenian, Sogdian, Sorbian, Soyot,
     Spanish, Sumerian, Susian, Swahili, Swedish, Syriac, Syryenian,
     Tagalog, Tagula, Tahitian, Tajiki, Takelma, Tamashek, Tamaulipec,
     Tavgi, Taw-Sug, Tigre, Tipura, Tocharian, Toda, Tuareg, Tulu,
     Tungus, Turkish, Turkoman, Uighur, Umbrian, Urdu, Uzbek,
     Vietnamese, Visayan, Vote, Votyak, Wa, Welsh, White Russian, Xhosa,
     Yakut, Yiddish, Yoruba, Yurak, Zenaga, Zulu, construe, render,
     transcribe, translate, transliterate, turn into
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  English 1. n. obs. The source code for a program, which may be in any
     language, as opposed to the linkable or executable binary produced from
     it by a compiler. The idea behind the term is that to a real hacker, a
     program written in his favorite programming language is at least as
     readable as English. Usage: mostly by old-time hackers, though
     recognizable in context. Today the preferred shorthand is simply
     {source}. 2. The official name of the database language used by the old
     Pick Operating System, actually a sort of crufty, brain-damaged SQL with
     delusions of grandeur. The name permitted {marketroid}s to say "Yes, and
     you can program our computers in English!" to ignorant {suit}s without
     quite running afoul of the truth-in-advertising laws.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  English
       
          1. (Obsolete) The source code for a program, which may be in
          any language, as opposed to the linkable or executable binary
          produced from it by a compiler.  The idea behind the term is
          that to a real hacker, a program written in his favourite
          programming language is at least as readable as English.
          Usage: mostly by old-time hackers, though recognisable in
          context.
       
          2. The official name of the {database} language used by the
          {Pick} {operating system}, actually a sort of crufty,
          brain-damaged {SQL} with delusions of grandeur.  The name
          permits {marketroid}s to say "Yes, and you can program our
          computers in English!" to ignorant {suit}s without quite
          running afoul of the truth-in-advertising laws.
       
          ["Exploring the Pick Operating System", J.E. Sisk et al,
          Hayden 1986].
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
       

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  English, IN (town, FIPS 21214)
    Location: 38.33302 N, 86.46328 W
    Population (1990): 614 (260 housing units)
    Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 47118

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  English, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
     Population (2000):    673
     Housing Units (2000): 341
     Land area (2000):     3.052318 sq. miles (7.905466 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    3.052318 sq. miles (7.905466 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            21214
     Located within:       Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
     Location:             38.335626 N, 86.460564 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     47118
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      English, IN
      English