Word Meanings - DANCETTE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancetté has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon.

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• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• THREE-SQUARE
  Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• THREE-MILE
  Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine belt of three miles included in territorial waters of a state.
• THREE-PILE
  An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile. I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile. Shak.
• THREE-DECKER
  A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
• HAVELOCK
  A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
• THREE-SIDED
  Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three- sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.
• THREE-CORNERED
  Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three- cornered stem. (more info) 1. Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.
• ESCUTCHEON
  The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base . That side of the escutcheon which is on the right
• INDENTMENT
  Indenture.
• THREE-PORT
  Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in which the mixture enters the crank case through a port uncovered by the piston near the end of its stroke.
• ESCUTCHEONED
  Having an escutcheon; furnished with a coat of arms or ensign. Young.
• WHOLENESS
  The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness.
• THREE-PLY
  Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.
• HAVE
  haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2.
• THREE-PARTED
  Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite. Three- parted leaf , a leaf divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate.
• WHOLE-HOOFED
  Having an undivided hoof, as the horse.
• THREE-FLOWERED
  Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.
• HAVENAGE
  Harbor dues; port dues.
• ENLARGEMENT
  1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
• MISBEHAVE
  To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.
• FOOL-LARGESSE
  Foolish expenditure; waste. Chaucer.
• INSHAVE
  A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.