Word Meanings - FRESCO - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade. Prior. The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries. In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner. A painting on plaster in either

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1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade. Prior. The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries. In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner. A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b.

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• APPLICABLE
  Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
• STATESMANLIKE
  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
• SPREADINGLY
  , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
• MODERN
  1. Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice. Bacon. 2. New and common;
• STATEHOOD
  The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
• APPLICATIVE
  Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
• PRIORSHIP
  The state or office of prior; priorate.
• APPLICANCY
  The quality or state of being applicable.
• APPLICABILITY
  The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
• SHADELESS
  Being without shade; not shaded.
• SHADEFUL
  Full of shade; shady.
• STATE SOCIALISM
  A form of socialism, esp. advocated in Germany, which, while retaining the right of private property and the institution of the family and other features of the present form of the state, would intervene by various measures intended to
• FRESHLY
  In a fresh manner; vigorously; newly, recently; brightly; briskly; coolly; as, freshly gathered; freshly painted; the wind blows freshly. Looks he as freshly as he did Shak.
• APPLICATORILY
  By way of application.
• 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
• BEFORETIME
  Formerly; aforetime. dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. 2 Kings xiii. 5.
• 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,
• PAINTERSHIP
  The state or position of being a painter. Br. Gardiner.
• REFRESHMENT
  1. The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression. 2. That which refreshes; means of restoration or reanimation;
• COOLNESS
  1. The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmness. 2. Calm impudence; self-possession.
• ENTERPARLANCE
  Mutual talk or conversation; conference. Sir J. Hayward.
• CREBRICOSTATE
  Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
• SAGEBRUSH STATE
  Nevada; -- a nickname.
• OLD LINE STATE
  Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line.
• ENSTATE
  See INSTATE
• EMPLASTER
  See WISEMAN (more info) plaster or salve, fr. Gr.
• UNAPPLIABLE
  Inapplicable. Milton.
• SUNDRIES
  Many different or small things; sundry things.
• KATASTATE
  A substance formed by a katabolic process; -- opposed to anastate. See Katabolic.
• BAYOU STATE
  Mississippi; -- a nickname, from its numerous bayous.
• REAPPLICATION
  The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
• REESTATE
  To reëstablish. Walis.
• REPAINT
  To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture.
• DOUBLE-SHADE
  To double the natural darkness of . Milton.
• BLACKWATER STATE
  Nebraska; -- a nickname alluding to the dark color of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mold in the soil.