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Etym: 1. To adorn with glittering embellishments. No weeping orphan saw his father's stores Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floors. Pope. 2. To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon. The imperial ensign, . . . streaming

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Etym: 1. To adorn with glittering embellishments. No weeping orphan saw his father's stores Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floors. Pope. 2. To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon. The imperial ensign, . . . streaming to the wind, With gems and golden luster rich emblazed. Milton.

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  • FATHER-LASHER
    A European marine fish , allied to the sculpin; -- called also lucky proach.
  • ADORNINGLY
    By adorning; decoratively.
  • ADORNATION
    Adornment.
  • ENSIGNCY
    The rank or office of an ensign.
  • EMBLAZONING
    The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.
  • IMPERIAL
    L. imperialis, fr. imperium command, sovereignty, empire. See 1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict. The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome. Shak. 2. Belonging to, or
  • STREAMLET
    A small stream; a rivulet; a rill.
  • PAINTING
    The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture. 3. Color laid on; paint. Shak. 4. A depicting by words; vivid representation
  • PAINTER
    A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything. Totten. (more info) panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. ; painteir a net, gin,
  • FATHERLESSNESS
    The state of being without a father.
  • EMBLAZE
    Etym: 1. To adorn with glittering embellishments. No weeping orphan saw his father's stores Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floors. Pope. 2. To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon. The imperial ensign, . . . streaming
  • STREAM WHEEL
    A wheel used for measuring, by its motion when submerged, the velocity of flowing water; a current wheel.
  • PAINTERSHIP
    The state or position of being a painter. Br. Gardiner.
  • PAINTED
    Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. Painted beauty , a handsome American butterfly , having a variety of bright colors, -- Painted cup , any plant of an American genus of herbs in which the bracts are
  • FATHERLAND
    One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.
  • ADORNMENT
    An adorning; an ornament; a decoration.
  • PAINT
    pictum; cf. Gr. many-colored, Skr. pic to adorn. Cf. Depict, Picture, 1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc. Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. 2 Kings ix. 30. 2. Fig.: To
  • FATHER
    OHG. fatar, G. vater, Icel. Fa Sw. & Dan. fader, OIr. athir, L. pater, Gr. pitr, perh. fr. Skr. pa protect. Papa, Paternal, Patriot, 1. One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent. A wise son maketh a glad
  • FATHER-IN-LAW
    The father of one's husband or wife; -- correlative to son-in- law and daughter-in-law. Note: A man who marries a woman having children already, is sometimes, though erroneously, called their father-in-law.
  • BLAZONRY
    1. Same as Blazon, 3. The principles of blazonry. Peacham. 2. A coat of arms; an armorial bearing or bearings. The blazonry of Argyle. Lord Dufferin. 3. Artistic representation or display.
  • ENSWEEP
    To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly. Thomson.
  • GREAT-GRANDFATHER
    The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
  • REPAINT
    To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture.
  • UPSTREAM
    Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.
  • WIDMANSTATTEN FIGURES; WIDMANSTAETTEN FIGURES
    Certain figures appearing on etched meteoric iron; -- so called after A. B. Widmanstätten, of Vienna, who first described them in 1808. See the Note and Illust. under Meteorite.
  • OVERPAINT
    To color or describe too strongly. Sir W. Raleigh.
  • DISTREAM
    To flow. Yet o'er that virtuous blush distreams a tear. Shenstone.
  • UNPAINT
    To remove the paint from; to efface, as a painting. Parnell.

 

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