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noun Etymology: Scots, from Middle English (northern) cal, from Old English cal — more at cole Date: 14th century 1. a. cole b. a hardy cabbage (Brassica oleracea acephala) with curled often finely incised leaves that do not form a dense head; also its leaves used as a vegetable 2. slang money KALEIDOSCOPE noun Etymology: Greek kalos beautiful + eidos form + English -scope — more at idyll Date: 1817 1. an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns 2. something resembling a ~: as a. a variegated changing pattern or scene the lake a ~ of changing colors — Robert Gibbings b. a succession of changing phases or actions a…~ of shifting values, information, fashions — Frank McLaughlin c. a diverse collection newsgroups devoted to a ~ of topics — J. M. Moran • kaleidoscopic adjective • kaleidoscopically adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (also kail) 1 a variety of cabbage, esp. one with wrinkled leaves and no compact head. Also called curly kale. 2 US sl. money. Etymology: ME, northern form of COLE KALEIDOSCOPE n. 1 a tube containing mirrors and pieces of coloured glass or paper, whose reflections produce changing patterns when the tube is rotated. 2 a constantly changing group of bright or interesting objects. Derivatives kaleidoscopic adj. kaleidoscopical adj. Etymology: Gk kalos beautiful + eidos form + -SCOPE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. бот. капуста кормовая (Brassica oleracea или acephala) 2. шотл. суп из капусты; овощной суп 3. ам. сл. деньжата, монета ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) капуста огородная 2) капуста кормовая 3) суп из капусты, овощной суп 4) amer.; sl. деньги ...Англо-русский словарь
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 13c., M.E. cawul, surviving as a Scottish variant of cole "cabbage." Slang meaning "money" is from 1902. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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