Jafje's definitions
by Jafje September 30, 2007
Get the Gnatmug. by Jafje April 15, 2007
Get the Sanctimoniousmug. by Jafje April 5, 2007
Get the Immobilemug. A person who thinks he's always right, even if he is not. Often very arrogant and commonly hated or despised by many people.
I don't like him, he's selfrightious.
by Jafje June 29, 2007
Get the Selfrightiousmug. 1. A fee charged for instruction at a school or university.
2. Teaching: instruction, especially when given individually or in a small group.
2. Teaching: instruction, especially when given individually or in a small group.
by Jafje April 26, 2007
Get the Tuitionmug. 1) A hard, black, often glassy, volcanic rock. It was produced by the partial melting of the Earth's mantle.
2) A stone-like, hard black unglazed pottery.
2) A stone-like, hard black unglazed pottery.
by Jafje July 11, 2007
Get the Basaltmug. A polder is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as dikes.
The best-known examples are those polders that constitute areas of land reclaimed from a body of water, such as a lake or the sea, and are consequently below the surrounding water level.
This requires drainage by pumps to prevent the water table within the polder from rising too high. Some can be drained by opening sluices at low tide.
Polders are most commonly found, though not exclusively so, in river deltas, former fenlands and coastal areas. The Netherlands is frequently associated with polders: 'God created the world except for the Netherlands. The Dutch took it from the sea’.
The Dutch have a long history of reclamation of marshes and fenland, not only within their country but also abroad. About half of all polderland within northwest Europe is located within the Netherlands. The first embankments in Europe were constructed in Roman times. The first polders were constructed in the 11th century. This also leads to the expression used to describe Dutch decision making - the Polder Model.
The best-known examples are those polders that constitute areas of land reclaimed from a body of water, such as a lake or the sea, and are consequently below the surrounding water level.
This requires drainage by pumps to prevent the water table within the polder from rising too high. Some can be drained by opening sluices at low tide.
Polders are most commonly found, though not exclusively so, in river deltas, former fenlands and coastal areas. The Netherlands is frequently associated with polders: 'God created the world except for the Netherlands. The Dutch took it from the sea’.
The Dutch have a long history of reclamation of marshes and fenland, not only within their country but also abroad. About half of all polderland within northwest Europe is located within the Netherlands. The first embankments in Europe were constructed in Roman times. The first polders were constructed in the 11th century. This also leads to the expression used to describe Dutch decision making - the Polder Model.
The Netherlands is frequently associated with polders: 'God created the world except for the Netherlands. The Dutch took it from the sea’.
by Jafje July 11, 2007
Get the Poldermug.