narcissus (iou) and gate(2) (iou)

narcissus (iou)

narcissus noun. , -ssuses. M16.
[Latin from Greek narkissos, perh. from narke numbness, with ref. to its narcotic effects: for sense 2 see NARCISSISM.]
Botany. Any of numerous bulbous spring-flowering plants of the genus Narcissus (family Amaryllidaceae), much grown for ornament; esp. one with a corona shorter than the perianth segments and often several flowers on the stem (cf. DAFFODIL); spec. (also pheasant's eye narcissus) the plant N. poeticus, which has a fragrant white flower with a short yellow crimson-edged corona. Also, a flowering stem of such a plant. M16.
POETAZ narcissus.
A (usu. physically attractive) person characterized by extreme self-regard; a narcissist. E17.
attrib.: A. J. Munby His face..seemed to me weak and self-conscious; a Narcissus face.
Comb.: narcissus fly a hoverfly, Merodon equestris, resembling a bee, whose larvae infest the bulbs of narcissus and Other plants, causing them to rot.

gate(2) (iou)

gate noun1. .

An opening in the wall of a city, an enclosure, or a large building, made for entrance and exit, and able to be closed by a movable barrier. Also, the gateway over or around such an opening. OE.
B. Googe I made a square wall..with a great gate, for the bringing in of my cariages. Shakespeare Julius Caesar Brutus and Cassius Are rid like madmen through the gates of Rome.
A barrier which closes the opening across a wall, road, or passage; a wooden or iron framework either solid or consisting of bars or gratings, turning on pivots or hinges, or sliding, and used either singly or in pairs. OE.
floodgate, lich-gate, sluice-gate, starting-gate, tailgate, tide-gate, toll-gate, water-gate, etc. bull-at-a-gate: see BULL noun1.
E. F. Benson Six..steps led up from a small clanging gate to the front door. J. Updike The gates were swung open, the mob laughingly pushed through.
b. A contrivance for stopping or regulating the passage of water in a lock etc. L15.
c. spec. A starting-gate. E20.
T. Fitzgeorge-Parker She spoilt three starts and then, when the gate went up, ran right out.
In biblical translations and allusions, a place of judicial assembly. OE.
fig. A means of entrance or exit. ME.
Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing For thee I'll lock up all the gates of love.
A mountain pass, esp. one providing entry to a country. LME.
A frame in which a saw or set of saws is stretched to prevent buckling. E19.
Cricket. The space between the bat and the batsman's body. Formerly also, the wicket. M19.
The total number of people entering through the gates to see a Football match etc. L19.
E. Heath There was an enormous gate and the crowd was forthright in its advice.
b. The amount of admission money paid to see a Football match etc. L19.
A device in a cine camera or projector which holds each frame of a Film momentarily in position. E20.
An arrangement of slots through which the lever of a motor vehicle gearbox is moved to engage different gears. E20.
Electronics.
a. An electrical signal that causes or controls the passage of Other signals in a circuit. M20.
b. A digital circuit producing one output signal that is determined by a combination of two or more input signals; esp. (in full logic gate) a logic circuit of this kind. M20.
c. The material in a unipolar transistor forming the electrodes to which the input signal is applied. M20.
A numbered place of access to an aircraft at an airport. M20.
The mouth. slang. M20.
[Perh. from sense 4, or perh. abbreviation of alligator.] A person, esp. a jazz musician. US slang. M20.
Phrases: creaking gate: see CREAK verb 3. DECUMAN gate. gate of horn: see ivory gate below. get the gate slang be dismissed, rejected, or jilted. give the gate to slang dismiss, reject, jilt, (a person). ivory gate, gate of horn in Greek legend, those gates through which false and true dreams respectively pass. open a gate for, open a gate to provide an opportunity for, make possible. Pearly Gates: see PEARLY adjective. swing the gate: see SWING verb. the gate of death, the gates of death the near approach of death.
Comb.: gate array (an electronic chip consisting of) a regular arrangement of logic gates; gate-bill formerly, at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, a record of the times at which a student returns to college after hours; a weekly account of the fines charged for this; gate city US a city located at the entrance to an administrative district; gatecrash verb intrans. & trans. enter (a party etc.) as a gate-crasher; gatecrasher a person who enters a Sports ground, private party, Entertainment, etc., without an invitation or ticket; gatefold a folded oversize page or insert in a magazine etc.; gatehouse (a) a house at the gates or entrance of a park or Other enclosure, a lodge; (b) Hist. a room over a city or palace gate, often used as a prison; gatekeeper (a) an attendant at a gate; (b) any of several Eurasian satyrid butterflies, esp. Pyronia tithonus (also called hedge brown), brownish orange with a black spot on the forewing; gateleg table, gatelegged table: with a leg or legs in a frame resembling a gate, which may be swung round to allow the leaves to drop down; gate-lodge a lodge at the gate of the grounds of a country house etc.; gateman a man in charge of a gate, a gatekeeper; gate-money (a) = sense 8b above; (b) money charged on a gate-bill; gate-net a net hung loosely across a gateway in order to catch hares driven at night; gatepost a post on which a gate is hung or against which it shuts (between you and me and the gatepost: see BETWEEN preposition 3); gate pulse = sense 11a above; gate receipts = gate-money (a) above; gate-stead rare a gateway; gate-table a gateleg table; gate-valve: in which a sliding part controls the extent of the aperture; gate-ward arch. = gatekeeper (a) above.
gated adjective having a gate or gates; spec. (of a road) having a gate or gates in order to control the flow of traffic: E17.
gateless adjective without a gate or gates E17.

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