Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An umbrella.
- noun A lattice. A defense for the face, attached to a helmet. Also called
shade . See also cut underarmet .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Obs. or Colloq. An umbrella.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete the
visor of a helmet.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Indeed, if you were to find a magickal book lying around -- oh, say in the back of a cabinet, or propping up a vase of fresh umbrel flowers -- you might find just such a sight as you see here, leaping out at you from the page.
November 2008 2008
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Crosslegged under an umbrel umbershoot he thrones an Aztec logos, functioning on astral levels, their oversoul, mahamahatma.
Ulysses 2003
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Crosslegged under an umbrel umbershoot he thrones an
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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Flowers generally on an umbrel – at other times single – in colour they are pure white, with drooping nodding heads.
Flower Stories 1903
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The other night I was reading aloud to the family about a feller who was standing at the forks of the road with an umbrella over him, when a flock of sheep came along and got tangled up, and so he thought he would help the driver by shooing 'em a little and waving his umbrel.
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An old ram dident like that and suddenly made for him and went through his umbrel like it was a paper hoop, and having knocked him down in the mud, he had to lay there until about a hundred sheep jumped over him one at
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Dat ar cullud gill she up in er cheer er-shyin 'she umbrel at Bijah, an' him jes a dancin '' roun ', an' er-yelpin '.
Raftmates A Story of the Great River Kirk Munroe 1890
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"This miser'ble ol 'umbrel is too pertic'ler," growled Cap'n Bill.
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"As fer me," said Cap'n Bill slowly, "I'm goin 'to believe it, too, by'm'by, when I've seen the umbrel fly once."
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"I can't figger how both of you can hold on to the handle o 'that umbrel."
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