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Moving about slightly. H. Bushnell.

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  • MOVER
    1. A person or thing that moves, stirs, or changes place. 2. A person or thing that imparts motion, or causes change of place; a motor. 3. One who, or that which, excites, instigates, or causes movement, change, etc.; as, movers of sedition. These
  • MOVELESS
    Motionless; fixed. "Moveless as a tower." Pope.
  • ABOUT
    On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14. 7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. "To treat about thy ransom." Milton. She must have her way about Sarah. Trollope. (more info)
  • MOVABLE
    1. Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine. 2. Changing from one time to another; as, movable
  • MOVE
    To transfer from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king. 3. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence. Minds desirous of
  • MOVIE
    A moving picture or a moving picture show; -- commonly used in pl.
  • MOVING PICTURE
    A series of pictures, usually photographs taken with a special machine, presented to the eye in very rapid succession, with some or all of the objects in the picture represented in slightly changed positions, producing, by persistence of vision,
  • MOVENT
    Moving. Grew.
  • MOVING
    1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a moving car, or power. 2. Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic; as, a moving appeal. I sang an old moving story.
  • MOVINGLY
    In a moving manner. Addison.
  • MOVEMENT
    A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch. Febrille movement , an elevation of the body temperature; a fever. -- Movement cure. See Kinesiatrics. -- Movement
  • MOVABLY
    In a movable manner or condition.
  • MOVABILITY
    Movableness.
  • SLIGHTLY
    1. In a slight manner. 2. Slightingly; negligently. Shak.
  • MOVINGNESS
    The power of moving.
  • MOVABLENESS
    The quality or state of being movable; mobility; susceptibility of motion.
  • ABOUT-SLEDGE
    The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale.
  • ENMOVE
    See EMMOVE
  • PROMOVE
    To move forward; to advance; to promote. Bp. Fell.
  • ROUNDABOUTNESS
    The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
  • IRREMOVABLE
    Not removable; immovable; inflexible. Shak. -- Ir`re*mov"a*bly, adv.
  • THERMOVOLTAIC
    Of or relating to heat and electricity; especially, relating to thermal effects produced by voltaic action. Faraday.
  • UNMOVABLY
    Immovably. J. Ellis.
  • IMMOVABILITY
    The quality or state of being immovable; fixedness; steadfastness; as, immovability of a heavy body; immovability of purpose.
  • COUNTERMOVE
    To move in a contrary direction to.
  • RACEABOUT
    A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.
  • SELF-MOVED
    Moved by inherent power., without the aid of external impulse.
  • IRREMOVABILITY
    The quality or state of being irremovable; immovableness.
  • IMMOVABLE
    Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. Blackstone. Immovable apparatus , an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in place. -- Immovable
  • STIRABOUT
    A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding.

 

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