Word Meanings - GIER-EAGLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A bird referred to in the Bible as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture .

Related words: (words related to GIER-EAGLE)

• UNCLEAN
  1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy. 2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing. He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. Num. xix. 11. 3. Morally impure. "Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate
• VULTURE
  Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidæ. Note: In most of the species the head and neck are naked or nearly so. They feed chiefly on carrion. The
• BIBLE
  A book with an authoritative exposition of some topic, respected by many experts on the field. Bible Society, an association for securing the multiplication and wide distribution of the Bible. -- Douay Bible. See Douay Bible. -- Geneva Bible. See
• REFERRIBLE
  Referable. Hallam.
• PROBABLY
  In a probable manner; in likelihood. Distinguish between what may possibly and what will probably be done. L'Estrange.
• EGYPTIAN
  Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa. Egyptian bean. The beanlike fruit of an aquatic plant , somewhat resembling the water lily. See under Bean, -- Egyptian cross. See Illust. of Cross. -- Egyptian thorn , a medium-sized tree . It is one of
• REFERRER
  One who refers.
• UNCLEANSABLE
  Incapable of being cleansed or cleaned.
• DOUAY BIBLE
  A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; -- done from the Latin Vulgate by English scholars resident in France. The New Testament portion was published at Rheims, A. D. 1582, the
• UNPROBABLY
  Improbably.
• RU BIBLE
  A ribble. Chaucer.
• PREFERRER
  One who prefers.
• RIBIBLE
  A small threestringed viol; a rebec. Moore . All can be play on gittern or ribible. Chaucer.