Frog
[frɒg] or [frɔɡ]
Definition
(noun.) any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species.
(noun.) a decorative loop of braid or cord.
(noun.) a person of French descent.
(verb.) hunt frogs for food.
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Definition
(n.) An amphibious animal of the genus Rana and related genera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and take long leaps on land. Many of the species utter loud notes in the springtime.
(n.) The triangular prominence of the hoof, in the middle of the sole of the foot of the horse, and other animals; the fourchette.
(n.) A supporting plate having raised ribs that form continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where one track branches from another or crosses it.
(n.) An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.
(n.) The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.
(v. t.) To ornament or fasten (a coat, etc.) with trogs. See Frog, n., 4.
Edited by Dwight
Definition
n. a genus of tailless amphibians with webbed feet remarkable for its rapid swimming and leaping: a soft horny substance in the middle of the sole of a horse's foot forking towards the heel: a section of a rail or rails at a point where two lines cross or of a switch from one line to another.—ns. Frog′-bit a small aquatic plant allied to the water-soldier but with floating leaves; Frog′-eat′er one who eats frogs a Frenchman; Frog′-fish a name for various fishes esp. the angler; Frog′gery frogs collectively: a place where frogs abound.—adj. Frog′gy having or abounding in frogs.—ns. Frog′-hop′per Frog′-spit (see Froth-fly); Frog′ling a little frog.—Frog march a method of carrying a refractory or drunken prisoner face downwards between four men each holding a limb.
n. an ornamental fastening or tasselled button for a frock or cloak.—adj. Frogged in uniforms of ornamental stripes or workings of braid or lace mostly on the breast of a coat.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of catching frogs, denotes carelessness in watching after your health, which may cause no little distress among those of your family. To see frogs in the grass, denotes that you will have a pleasant and even-tempered friend as your confidant and counselor. To see a bullfrog, denotes, for a woman, marriage with a wealthy widower, but there will be children with him to be cared for. To see frogs in low marshy places, foretells trouble, but you will overcome it by the kindness of others. To dream of eating frogs, signifies fleeting joys and very little gain from associating with some people. To hear frogs, portends that you will go on a visit to friends, but it will in the end prove fruitless of good.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A reptile with edible legs. The first mention of frogs in profane literature is in Homer's narrative of the war between them and the mice. Skeptical persons have doubted Homer's authorship of the work but the learned ingenious and industrious Dr. Schliemann has set the question forever at rest by uncovering the bones of the slain frogs. One of the forms of moral suasion by which Pharaoh was besought to favor the Israelities was a plague of frogs but Pharaoh who liked them fricasees remarked with truly oriental stoicism that he could stand it as long as the frogs and the Jews could; so the programme was changed. The frog is a diligent songster having a good voice but no ear. The libretto of his favorite opera as written by Aristophanes is brief simple and effective— 'brekekex-koax '; the music is apparently by that eminent composer Richard Wagner. Horses have a frog in each hoof—a thoughtful provision of nature enabling them to shine in a hurdle race.
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Examples
- We arranged frog's legs to pass etheric force through. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The contraction of the frog's legs may with considerable safety be said to be caused by these mechanical vibrations being transmitted through the conducting wires. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Chnemu creator-god, married to Hekt, a frog goddess. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A galvanoscopic frog giving contractions with one cell through two water rheostats was then placed in circuit. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When I wos first pitched neck and crop into the world, to play at leap- frog with its troubles,' replied Sam. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- To test this we disconnected the wire between the frog and battery, and placed, instead of a vibrating sounder, a simple Morse key and a sounder taking the 'etheric' from armature. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The Ebers papyr us shows that the Egyptians knew of the development of the beetle from the egg, of the blow-fly from the larva, and of the frog from the tadpole. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The adult frog can live all the rest of its days in the air, but it can be drowned if it is kept steadfastly below water. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And it is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell in order to equal the ox. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The result is sometimes a frog-faced male, desirable, surely, to no order of intelligent beings. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Meanwhile, Mr Venus, who had left the duelling frogs to fight it out in his absence by candlelight for the public delectation, put the shutters up. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He showed the effects of galvanism on the legs of frogs, and exhibited some interesting experiments on the galvanic effects on the solutions o f metals in acids. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Remember the croaking of the frogs of Egypt. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I hear the croaking of frogs, faint and far off, and the echoes of the great clock hum in the airless calm long after the strokes have ceased. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He sported a military frock-coat, ornamented with frogs, knobs, black buttons, and meandering embroidery. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The amphibia (frogs, newts, tritons, etc. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With frogs and amphibious reptiles the dormant state is very common, and if the temperature is kept low by artificial means they may remain dormant for years. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Eels, frogs, oysters, occupied an important place in the royal bill of fare. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Even the croaking of the frogs had ceased to-night. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He had newts, snails, and frogs--the two latter delicacies are still highly esteemed in Normandy and Brittany. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A tall, stout official had come down the stone-flagged passage, in a peaked cap and frogged jacket. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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