Word Meanings - ERASEMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration. Johnson.
Related words: (words related to ERASEMENT)
- RUBBLEWORK
Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape. - RUBBIDGE
Rubbish. Bp. Hall. - ERASTIAN
One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, - JOHNSONIANISM
A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson. - JOHNSONESE
The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words. E. Everett. - RUBBLY
Relating to, or containing, rubble. - RUBBLE
A mass or stratum of fragments or rock lying under the alluvium, and derived from the neighboring rock. Lyell. 4. pl. (more info) 1. Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing - RUBBLESTONE
See 2 - RUBBISH
Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; débris. What rubbish and what offal! Shak. he saw the town's one half in rubbish lie. Dryden. Rubbish - EXPUNCTION
The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged. Milton. - JOHNSON GRASS
A tall perennial grass , valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet. - JOHNSONIAN
Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated. - ERASURE
The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration. - RUBBAGE
Rubbish. - ERASION
The act of erasing; a rubbing out; obliteration. - ERASTIANISM
The principles of the Erastains. - ERASEMENT
The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration. Johnson. - RUBBER
1. One who, or that which, rubs. Specifically: An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning. A coarse file, or the rough part of a file. A whetstone; a rubstone. An eraser, usually made of caoutchouc. The cushion of an electrical - ERASE
1. To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name. 2. Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory. Burke. - RUBBERIZE
To coat or impregnate with rubber or a rubber solution or preparation, as silk. - PTEROCERAS
A genus of large marine gastropods having the outer border of the lip divided into lobes; -- called also scorpion shell. - SCRUBBY
Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur. "Dense, scrubby woods." Duke of Argull. - CERASIN
A white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum; -- called also meta-arabinic acid. - INDIA RUBBER
. See Caoutchouc. - SCRUBBER
A gas washer. See under Gas. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, scrubs; esp., a brush used in scrubbing. - SHRUBBY
1. Full of shrubs. 2. Of the nature of a shrub; resembling a shrub. "Shrubby browse." J. Philips. - EPICERASTIC
Lenient; assuaging. - GRUBBY
Dirty; unclean. The grubby game of marbles. Lond. Sat. Rev. - DRUBBER
One who drubs. Sir W. Scott. - UNSHRUBBED
Being without shrubs. - KERASINE
Resembling horn; horny; corneous. - SCRUBBED
Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby. - PEDERASTIC
Of or pertaining to pederasty. - SERASKIERATE
The office or authority of a seraskier.