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HICKORY [17 records]

Record 1 2016-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A hickory of the southern U. S. having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A hickory of the southern U. S. and Mexico having a nutmeg-shaped fruit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

A cylindrical instrument used to hit a baseball, usually made of wood and tapered at one end.

CONT

A bat is made of one piece of solid wood or from a block of wood consisting of two or more pieces bonded together in such a way that the grain direction is parallel to the length of the bat. It can be as long as 42 inches [though 36 or 37 inches is rarely exceeded for a baseball bat, and as long as 34 inches for a softball bat] and must not exceed a diameter of 2 3/4 inches [2 1/4 inches for a softball bat] at its thickest part. Tape or another sticky substance may be applied to the handle to permit a better grip, but should not be higher than 18 inches [10 to 15 inches for a softball bat] up the handle.

OBS

Bat nicknames have survived long usage, some of the more enduring being "lumber, ""wood, ""wand, ""willow, ""war club, ""stick, ""shillelagh. "A bat is still called the "hickory" because it used to be made of the hardwood, although white ash has long since proved more satisfactory. The [term] "white tongue" as a synonym dates to the 1880s when A. G. Spalding advertised for 100, 000 wagon tongues to be turned into bats.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Morceau de bois long de 107 cm et ayant un diamètre de 7 cm servant à frapper la balle.

CONT

Le bâton est fait d'une pièce de bois solide ou d'un bloc de deux ou plusieurs pièces collées de façon que le grain soit parallèle à la longueur du bâton. Il peut avoir jusqu'à 42 pouces de long [bien que l'on excède rarement 36 ou 37 pouces, et jusqu'à 34 pouces pour le bâton de softball] et son diamètre ne doit pas excéder 2.75 pouces [2.25 pouces pour le bâton de softball] au plus épais. On peut appliquer un ruban ou une substance collante sur le manche pour donner une bonne prise. Le ruban ne doit pas couvrir plus de 18 pouces [de 10 à 15 pouces pour le bâton de softball].

OBS

La graphie «base-ball» (ou «baseball») est utilisée en France. Au Canada, «baseball» est plus usitée.

Key term(s)
  • batte de baseball
  • bâton de base-ball

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Béisbol y softball
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Record 4 2010-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wrought Metal Items and Antique Tools
  • Metal Forging
DEF

... a mass of iron square or octagonal in cross section, punched in the middle to receive a hickory or ash handle, with a flat face on one end and a wedge perpendicular to the handle on the other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets ouvrés et outils anciens (Métal)
  • Forgeage
DEF

Marteau à tête en ligne transversale au manche; il allonge le métal sans l'élargir.

CONT

Les marteaux de devant, ou ceux qui sont placés à la forge devant l'enclume, sont aussi de deux sortes, à panne & à traverse, & ont vingt-huit à vingt-neuf lignes en quarré par la tête, sur six à sept pouces de long. Ils sont tous émmanchés de bois de cornouiller de deux piés & demi de long environ. [...] le marteau à traverse a sa panne perpendiculaire au manche.

Spanish

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Record 5 2009-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Percussion Instruments
CONT

Timpani are typically struck with a special type of drumstick fittingly called a timpani stick or timpani mallet. Timpani sticks are used in pairs. They have two components : a shaft and a head. The shaft is typically made from wood-usually hickory, cherry, birch, persimmon, or maple-or bamboo, but may also be made from aluminum or graphite. The head of the stick can be constructed from a number of different materials, though felt wrapped around a wood core is the most common. Other core materials include felt and cork, and other wrap materials include leather. Sticks can also have exposed wood heads. These are used as a special effect and in authentic performances of Baroque music.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
OBS

La plupart des baguettes sont en bois tandis que leur extrémité est recouverte de feutre, de flanelle, de bois, de liège, d'éponge, ou d'autres matériaux. La tête des baguettes peut également être de différentes tailles.

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plywood
CONT

Hardwood plywood is distinguished from softwood plywood in that the former is generally used for decorative purposes and has a face ply of wood from a deciduous or broad-leaf tree. Hardwoods include such species as cherry, birch, beech, chestnut, hickory, maple, oak, walnut, gum, and poplar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contreplaqués
CONT

Le contreplaqué de feuillus est généralement destiné à l'usage décoratif plutôt que structural. Les machines sont utilisées différemment et l'on emploie des résines différentes, surtout des résines urée-formol, les panneaux étant destinés à l'usage intérieur.

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Wood
  • Barrel and Cask Making
CONT

Coopers or barrel makers used the hoop wood to make barrels and buckets. In May the black ash and hickory are alive with new sap, consequently, six-foot poles were cut from the saplings. The poles, after a good soaking, were pounded and rived, or cut into strips for making barrel hoops.

Key term(s)
  • hoop-wood

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de bois
  • Tonnellerie
DEF

Bois employé pour faire des cercles de tonneau.

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Wood
  • Silviculture
CONT

Because of the wide range of wood density in the hardwood tree species, people will often distinguish between "hard hardwoods"(e. g. hickory, oak, ash) and "soft hardwoods"(e. g. yellow poplar, gum, willow).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de bois
  • Sylviculture
CONT

Les bois de feuillus durs regroupent les espèces d'arbres angiospermes, portant des feuilles à limbes relativement larges qui, dans les régions tempérées, tombent normalement tous les ans. [...] l'érable à sucre [...] le bouleau jaune, le chêne rouge, le hêtre, le tilleul [...]

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

Migratory fish include those that spend part of the year in the Bay but migrate along the Atlantic Coast(e. g. Atlantic herring, striped bass, bluefish, squeteague, alewives, anchovies, and hickory shad). Generally, these fish swim in schools along the surface and middle of the water column, as opposed to "bottom" fish.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
  • Pêche commerciale
OBS

Source(s) : Pêches - avril 1995.

OBS

Poissons qui se déplacent périodiquement entre leur zone de reproduction et leurs zones de développement (lieu de vie des juvéniles et des adultes). Certaines espèces vivent alternativement en eau douce et en eau de mer (poissons amphihalins); on les appelle «grands migrateurs».

Key term(s)
  • poisson migrateur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Peces
  • Pesca comercial
DEF

Pez que se desplaza periódicamente cambiando de medio desde el mar a las aguas dulces y viceversa.

Key term(s)
  • peces migradores
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Record 10 2005-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
OBS

Commonly traded dry fruit.

OBS

Carya alba (L.) NUTT. has not yet been stabilized by the ISTA.

OBS

Shagbark hickory : Term standardized by ISO.

OBS

Commercially classified as dry fruit.

Key term(s)
  • mockernut
  • white-heart hickory
  • bullnut
  • shellbark hickory
  • white heart hickory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
OBS

Fruit sec le plus courant dans le commerce.

OBS

Noix blanche d'Amérique : Termes normalisés par l'ISO.

OBS

Commercialisé comme fruit sec.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Fruticultura
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
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Record 11 2004-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
CONT

... the leaves of hickory trees have been found to concentrate REEs to an extraordinary degree and can serve as a biogeochemical indicator of REE-Y mineralization...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
CONT

[...] les feuilles de noyer concentrent les ÉTR jusqu'à des teneurs remarquables; aussi peuvent-elles servir d'indicateur biogéochimique des minéralisations d'ÉTR-Y [...]

Spanish

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Record 12 2003-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Botany
DEF

Being one of two or more species that are equally dominant in a biotic community ...

CONT

A forest in which oak and hickory are codominant.

Key term(s)
  • co-dominant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Botanique
DEF

Se dit des espèces qui, au sein d'une phytocénose, ont sensiblement la même abondance.

Key term(s)
  • co-dominant

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Botánica
DEF

[Dícese de una] especie que domina de igual manera que otra en una zona determinada.

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Record 13 2003-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
DEF

[A stain] due to color changes of the chemicals normally present in the wood, such as pinking of hickory and browning of some softwoods, particularly the pines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
DEF

[Tache] due aux changements de couleur des produits chimiques normalement présents dans le bois, comme la coloration rose du caryer et le brunissement de certains résineux, particulièrement les pins.

Spanish

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Record 14 1998-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Wood
  • Barrel and Cask Making
DEF

A straight slender length of green sapling wood usually hickory or white oak that was formerly used as stock for barrel hoops.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de bois
  • Tonnellerie
DEF

Branche de saule ou de châtaignier, qui, fendue en deux, sert à la fabrication des cercles de tonneaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de madera
  • Tonelería
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Record 15 1996-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
  • Ecosystems
  • Silviculture
DEF

A deciduous forest of Southern Ontario, which is composed of exotic species such as shagbark hickory, sassafras and hackberry.

OBS

Term used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
  • Écosystèmes
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Forêt décidue de la partie méridionale de l'Ontario, qui est constituée d'espèces exotiques telles le caryer ovale, le sassafras officinal et le micocoulier d'Amérique.

OBS

Terme en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

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Record 16 1987-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Conservative Dentistry
CONT

The wedges that are used should be made of hickory wood or some other hard material that will hold the band firmly against the tooth. The wedge is trimmed to fit the lingual embrasure and is located on the structure below the cervical wall. The wedge is soaked in water to prevent slippage and is inserted tightly between the teeth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Dentisterie conservatrice
CONT

Reconstruction des dents à l'aide des matrices. Le coin est forcé, sa base presse sur la gencive, jusqu'à ce qu'il tienne seul et tienne la matrice (...) Nystrom utilise aussi le coin pour refouler la gencive avant et pendant la taille de la cavité. Le coin étant installé, la partie cervicale est taillée à la fraise sans danger pour la gencive (...)

Spanish

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Record 17 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lacrosse
CONT

the crosse is a staff of wood, usually hickory, the top being sharply bent to form a hook from the end of which a thong is drawn...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crosse
CONT

la crosse : en hickory [...] elle se termine par une fourche à deux branches [...] reliées entre elles par une poche en filet

Spanish

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