reeve

Synonyymisanakirja

reeve

suokukko, Philomachus pugnax, suokukkonaaras, kiinnittää, panna jnk läpi, pujottaa.

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lieve, takalieve, suolilieve, hameenlieve...

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Englannin sanakirja

reeve englanniksi

1. puhekieltä Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.

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3. puhekieltä The president of a township or municipal district council.

4. puhekieltä A (l) but (l) commissioned (l) of the w:Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force equivalent to (l).

5. 1936, The Periodical (w:Oxford University Press|Oxford University Press), volumes 21–22, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=y5zfAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Reeve%22&dq=%22Reeve%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dp9LT5nHFYqb0QXI6PWHDg&redir_esc=y page 67

A list of new titles was manufactured as follows: Ensign, Lieutenant, Flight-Leader, Squadron-Leader, Reeve, Banneret, Fourth-Ardian, Third-Ardian, Second-Ardian, Ardian, Air Marshal. … “Reeve”, perhaps, savoured a little too much of legal authority.

6. puhekieltä To pass a rope through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it.

7. 1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, 1985, p.98:

"Let the rope go," he says. With his other hand he reaches down and reeves the two turns from the stanchion.

8. A female of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the male is a ruff.

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