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| Rostrulum | ‖n.; pl. Rostrula [ NL., dim. of L. rostrum a beak. ] A little rostrum, or beak, as of an insect. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Rostrum | n.; pl. L. Rostra E. Rostrums [ L., beak, ship's beak, fr. rodere, rosum, to gnaw. See Rodent. ] 1. The beak or head of a ship. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. pl. (Rostra) (Rom. Antiq.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker. [ 1913 Webster ] Myself will mount the rostrum in his favor. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. (Zool.) (a) Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds. (b) The beak, or sucking mouth parts, of Hemiptera. (c) The snout of a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of Littorina. (d) The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the prawn. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (Bot.) Same as Rostellum. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. (Old Chem.) The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic. Quincy. [ 1913 Webster ] 7. (Surg.) A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form. [ Obs. ] Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | | | rostrum | (รอส'ทรัม) n. จะงอนปาก, ปุ่มหรือหัวที่คล้ายของ, พลับพลา, ยกพื้น, เวทีพูด pl. rostra, rostrums, Syn. platform |
| | rostrum | (n) พลับพลา, เวทีพูด, ยกพื้น |
| | rostrum | ๑. ส่วนนำหน้า๒. จะงอย [แพทยศาสตร์ ๖ ส.ค. ๒๕๔๔] | | rostrum | แท่นอภิปราย [รัฐศาสตร์ ๑๗ ส.ค. ๒๕๔๔] | | rostrum; beak | จะงอย [พฤกษศาสตร์ ๑๘ ก.พ. ๒๕๔๕] |
| | | เวที | [wēthī] (n) EN: stage ; arena ; platform ; rostrum ; ring ; dais FR: scène [ f ] ; estrade [ f ] ; tribune [ f ] ; chaire [ f ] ; ring [ m ] | | ยกพื้น | [yokpheūn] (n) EN: platform ; dais ; rostrum |
| | | | Rostrum | n.; pl. L. Rostra E. Rostrums [ L., beak, ship's beak, fr. rodere, rosum, to gnaw. See Rodent. ] 1. The beak or head of a ship. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. pl. (Rostra) (Rom. Antiq.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker. [ 1913 Webster ] Myself will mount the rostrum in his favor. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. (Zool.) (a) Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds. (b) The beak, or sucking mouth parts, of Hemiptera. (c) The snout of a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of Littorina. (d) The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the prawn. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (Bot.) Same as Rostellum. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. (Old Chem.) The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic. Quincy. [ 1913 Webster ] 7. (Surg.) A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form. [ Obs. ] Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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