(n.) Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
(n.) A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity.
(n.) A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verse, or the like, intended as a moral lesson or meditation.
(v. t.) To represent by an emblem; to symbolize.
Example Sentences:
(1) Buckingham Palace was drawn into the dispute when it was revealed that Pownall had sought advice from the Lord Chamberlain, a key officer in the royal household, on the potential misuse of the portcullis emblem due to it being the property of the Queen.
(2) The first two games from that partnership will be based on the company’s b-tier franchises Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem.
(3) A woman identified by a protest organizer as Bree Newsome, a 30-year-old youth organizer from Charlotte, North Carolina, climbed the flagpole before 6am and took down the controversial emblem of the antebellum, slaveholding south, with the assistance of another activist.
(4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Either way, I love Jane for idly sticking two fingers up at the idea of a spa break in Rhodes or other emblems of “sophistication” being the only thing to aspire to.
(5) Whether you view the self-employed as the silent victims of our invidious jobs market or emblems of a new spirit of entrepreneurialism spreading through society, what is beyond doubt is that the ranks of those working for themselves are swelling by the day.
(6) The man who has scored more World Cup finals goals (five in 12 appearances) than any other US player (and indeed, more, as one image doing the rounds had it, than Messi, Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic and Rooney have managed in 31 games) has found himself becoming the ultimate emblem of Jurgen Klinsmann's "What have you done for me lately?"
(7) Messages of two types (pantomime and emblem) were presented under four conditions (spoken message alone, spoken message repeated, gestured message alone, and spoken message plus redundant gesture).
(8) One replaces the three lions of India's Ashoka symbol , the national emblem, with three bloody-jawed wolves.
(9) Unlike Mid Staffs, Mount Alvernia has not become an emblem of the failings of private hospitals.
(10) Elizabeth Butler, who carried out the investigation, said the watchdog must introduce checks when personal names are used in party names or descriptions to ensure the individual or their family has consented, and review all names, descriptions and emblems currently on the register.
(11) Many sported bright yellow "No to military trials" armbands, an emblem of fierce opposition to the ruling generals, and refused to join a bout of collective applause for the army council that still maintains an iron grip on the country's levers of power.
(12) Merlin was then taken over by Topps and the result is that England are the only World Cup team that Panini can’t reproduce with logos or emblems, which is why the players all look like they’re wearing bibs in the photos.
(13) Fans turned up carrying Catalan flags and their whistles drowned out the Uefa anthem before kick-off as they protested against a second fine for Barcelona for displaying political emblems.
(14) She became an emblem of the French New Wave, thanks to her role in Hiroshima Mon Amour, before returning to the Paris stage in the 1970s.
(15) There was no warning about other political groups, but next to an image of the anarchist emblem, the City of Westminster police's "counter terrorist focus desk" called for anti-anarchist whistleblowers stating: "Anarchism is a political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, and instead promotes a stateless society, or anarchy.
(16) Intentionally directing attacks against hospital facilities containing the sick and wounded, or against entities carrying the Red Cross or Red Crescent emblem is a war crime in a non-international armed conflict.
(17) Basic nonverbal components that could be applied to peer pressure resistance programs, such as gaze (eye behavior), stance and proxemics (space), gesture and emblems, and facial expression, are reviewed.
(18) This finding was attributed to a depictability factor: the pictures associated with pantomimes were relatively direct representations of item content, while those associated with emblems were necessarily less direct representations.
(19) "Intentionally directing attacks against hospitals and places containing the sick and the wounded and against medical units using the Red Cross or Red Crescent emblem is a war crime in non-international armed conflict," the investigators said, referring to a legal term for civil war.
(20) Behind him was the new party emblem, introduced in 2006 – a soothing blue and yellow anemone hepatica flower, and the slogan: “Sweden’s Opposition.” Three themes dominated the speech: the danger of Islamism, which Åkesson has described as “the Nazism of our times”; the need to stop the flow of refugees and asylum seekers – Sweden takes more asylum seekers per capita than any other EU country; and the desire to create a better society for Sweden’s children.
Thistle
Definition:
(n.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was the best of the opening three as Stefan Johansen, who became a champion for the second time in sixth months after winning the Norwegian top flight with Stromsgodset, exchanged passes with Griffiths before continuing his driving run and drilling the ball into the Thistle goal.
(2) It is concluded that, of the compounds identified, solstitialin A 13-acetate and cynaropicrin have toxic potential in cell cultures, containing cells from the substantia nigra of the rat, the specificity of action to cells of the substantia nigra remains to be shown, and that a toxic action in the midbrain may contribute to the nigro-pallidal encephalomalacia, caused by the ingestion of the yellow star thistle by horses.
(3) "It may be that thistle-cutting or spraying is unnecessary this summer because the caterpillars will defoliate them for you."
(4) That’s the hardest part of our job – to know that we can’t put them where they belong.” For context, Thistle notes that there used to be 640 beds in New Hampshire for treatment.
(5) Dairy farmer Dave Lawrence took the Guardian to the spot where the beavers are usually seen, close to an island in the river thick with nettles, willow and thistles.
(6) The reverse of the new coin shows the English rose, Welsh leek, Scottish thistle and Northern Irish shamrock emerging from one stem within a royal coronet – a design created by 15-year-old schoolboy David Pearce, who won a competition to create the image.
(7) We look forward to it, the gaffer will look forward to it, he will have a game plan and will try to get into the next round.” It was Thistle’s first defeat in seven games but their defender Danny Seaborne said they had been undone by a striker enjoying a great run of form.
(8) Thistle-tube-shaped pulps in the permanent teeth were observed in five patients.
(9) The first example is liquorice root, its active principle carbenoxolone, and the drugs Biogastrone and Caved-S for the treatment of gastic, peptic and duodenal ulcers; the second example is the fruits of the milk thistle, its active principles silymarin and silybinin as well as the drug Legalon for the treatment of liver diseases.
(10) One night in the Crown and Thistle pub in Northiam, Ajao flew into a row with a local, Piers Mott.
(11) Which is all well and good, but you’re intrigued to know what’s going on at Celtic Park, where Celtic are entertaining Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
(12) In 15 patients (13 women and two men) with cholesterol stones in the gall-bladder a special (Thistle) catheter was introduced into the gall-bladder under local anaesthesia by percutaneous transhepatic puncture.
(13) MB • Aberdeen move to within a point of Celtic after comeback at Partick Thistle • Steven Pye: when Aberdeen ruled Scottish football Facebook Twitter Pinterest Mathias Pogba moved from Crawley Town to Partick Thistle last summer but has found goals hard to come by north of the border.
(14) The floral-emblem £1 coins, which began last year with a rose for England and a daffodil for Wales, will continue with the addition of coins featuring a thistle for Scotland and a flax plant for Northern Ireland.
(15) At Glasgow's Thistle Hotel on Friday night a 22-piece Gaelic choir sang Highland Cathedral.
(16) Weeds elicit two levels of allergenicity, a high level by the Ragweeds and other members of the Asteraceae, and a much lower level by members of the families Amaranthaceae (Pigweed, Western Water Hemp), Chenopodiaceae (Lamb's Quarters, Kochia, and Russian Thistle), and Plantaginaceae (Plantain) in the St. Louis, Missouri area.
(17) Aberdeen moved to within one point of Premiership leaders Celtic after battling from behind to beat Partick Thistle 2-1 at Firhill.
(18) In sensitized individuals, Russian thistle floral bracts pierced the skin and stimulated an urticarial reaction.
(19) THE MOST ANCIENT AND MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE THISTLE The Rt Hon David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, the Earl of Home CVO, CBE.
(20) He remained 'Sir' Alec because he had been created a Knight of the Thistle in 1962.