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Word Meanings - CLEARCOLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A priming of size mixed with whiting or white lead, used in house painting, etc.; also, a size upon which gold leaf is applied in gilding.

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  • WHITECAP
    The European redstart; -- so called from its white forehead. The whitethroat; -- so called from its gray head. The European tree sparrow. 2. A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening.
  • WHITE-FRONTED
    Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. White- fronted goose , the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under Snow.
  • APPLICABLE
    Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
  • WHITE FLY
    Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to scale insects. They are usually covered with a white or gray powder.
  • PRIMORDIALLY
    At the beginning; under the first order of things; originally.
  • WHITESTER
    A bleacher of lines; a whitener; a whitster.
  • MIXEDLY
    In a mixed or mingled manner.
  • WHITE-HEART
    A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.
  • PRIMO
    First; chief.
  • WHITING
    A common European food fish of the Codfish family; -- called also fittin. A North American fish allied to the preceding; -- called also silver hake. Any one of several species of North American marine sciænoid food fishes belonging to genus
  • WHITESIDE
    The golden-eye.
  • PRIMOGENITURESHIP
    The state or privileges of the firstborn. Burke.
  • WHITE-EAR
    The wheatear.
  • PRIMITIVENESS
    The quality or state of being primitive; conformity to primitive style or practice.
  • PRIMEVALLY
    In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally. Darwin.
  • APPLICATIVE
    Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
  • PRIMOGENITOR
    The first ancestor; a forefather.
  • WHITEBLOW
    See WHITLOW
  • PRIMOGENIAL
    First born, made, or generated; original; primary; elemental; as, primogenial light. Glanvill.
  • WHITLING
    A young full trout during its second season.
  • MIX
    mieshate, W. mysgu, Gael. measg, L. miscere, mixtum, Gr. miçra mixed. The English word has been influenced by L. miscere, mixtum (cf. Mixture), and even the AS. miscan may have been borrowed fr. L. 1. To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of
  • OVERGILD
    To gild over; to varnish.
  • BORDEAUX MIXTURE
    A fungicidal mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and water. The formula in common use is: blue vitriol, 6 lbs.; lime, 4 lbs.; water, 35 -- 50 gallons.
  • PACKHOUSE
    Warehouse for storing goods.
  • WAREHOUSE
    A storehouse for wares, or goods. Addison.
  • POSTHOUSE
    1. A house established for the convenience of the post, where relays of horses can be obtained. 2. A house for distributing the malls; a post office.
  • HENHOUSE
    A house or shelter for fowls.
  • HEPPELWHITE
    Designating a light and elegant style developed in England under George III., chiefly by Messrs. A.Heppelwhite & Co.
  • SLAUGHTERHOUSE
    A house where beasts are butchered for the market.
  • TRUGGING-HOUSE
    A brothel. Robert Greene.

 

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