Word Meanings - FOLDING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc. Folding boat, a portable boat made by stretching canvas, etc., over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by tourists, etc. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Folding chairFolding door, one of two or more

Additional info about word: FOLDING

The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc. Folding boat, a portable boat made by stretching canvas, etc., over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by tourists, etc. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Folding chairFolding door, one of two or more doors filling a single and hung upon hinges. (more info) 1. The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication. The lower foldings of the vest. Addison.

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• ENCYCLOPEDIAN
  Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.
• CAMPAIGNER
  One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.
• JOINTWEED
  A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers.
• SHEEP'S-FOOT
  A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer.
• ENCYCLOPEDIST
  The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation; also, one whose knowledge embraces the whole range of the sciences. The Encyclopedists, the writers of the great French encyclopedia which appeared in 1751-1772. The editors
• FOLDLESS
  Having no fold. Milman.
• SHEEP-HEADED
  Silly; simple-minded; stupid. Taylor
• FOLD
  falten, Icel. falda, Dan. folde, Sw. fålla, Goth. fal, cf. Gr.pu a 1. To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter. As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. Heb. i. 12. 2.
• SHEEPBITER
  One who practices petty thefts. Shak. There are political sheepbiters as well as pastoral; betrayers of public trusts as well as of private. L'Estrange.
• PORTABLENESS
  The quality or state of being portable; portability.
• SHEEPSKIN
  1. The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it. 2. A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep.
• JOINTURELESS
  Having no jointure.
• FOLDER
  One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper.
• CANVASSER
  One who canvasses.
• ENCYCLOPEDIC; ENCYCLOPEDICAL
  Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; embracing a wide range of subjects.
• SHEEPSHEAD
  A large and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus, or Diplodus, probatocephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds. Note: The name is also locally, in a loose way, applied to various other
• JOINTING
  The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced. Jointing machine, a planing machine for wood used in furniture and piano factories, etc. -- Jointing plane. See Jointer, 2. -- Jointing rule , a long straight rule,
• ARABLE
  Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled.
• SHEEP'S-EYE
  A modest, diffident look; a loving glance; -- commonly in the plural. I saw her just now give him the languishing eye, as they call it; . . . of old called the sheep's-eye. Wycherley.
• SHEEP-FACED
  Over-bashful; sheepish.
• MANIFOLD
  1. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated. O Lord, how manifold are thy works! Ps. civ. 24. I know your manifold transgressions. Amos v. 12. 2. Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to qualify
• UNJOINT
  To disjoint.
• SUPPORTABLE
  Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
• STRAIGHT-JOINT
  Having straight joints. Specifically: Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves. Brandle & C. In the United States, applied to planking or flooring
• EIGHTFOLD
  Eight times a quantity.
• DISJOINT
  Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton.
• INFOLD
  1. To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve. Gilded tombs do worms infold. Shak. Infold his limbs in bands. Blackmore. 2. To clasp with the arms; to embrace. Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee, And hold
• MILLIFOLD
  Thousandfold. Davies .
• UNFOLDER
  One who, or that which, unfolds.
• MULTIFOLD
  Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.