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Word Meanings - GRAVECLOTHES - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred.

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  • INTERREX
    An interregent, or a regent.
  • INTERRADIAL
    Between the radii, or rays; -- in zoölogy, said of certain parts of radiate animals; as, the interradial plates of a starfish.
  • DRESSINESS
    The state of being dressy.
  • INTERRUPTION
    1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon. 2. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition. Sir M. Hale. Lest the interruption of time cause you to
  • INTERREGENT
    A person who discharges the royal functions during an interregnum. Holland.
  • CLOTHESLINE
    A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • INTERRENAL
    Between the kidneys; as, the interrenal body, an organ found in many fishes. -- n.
  • INTERRUPT
    1. To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking. Do not interrupt me in my course.
  • DRESS CIRCLE
    A gallery or circle in a theater, generally the first above the floor, in which originally dress clothes were customarily worn.
  • CLOTHESHORSE
    A frame to hang clothes on.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • DRESSING
    An application to a sore or wound. Wiseman. 3. Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing. A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad. The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.;
  • INTERRUPTED
    Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf. (more info) 1. Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.
  • INTERROGATIVELY
    In the form of, or by means of, a question; in an interrogative manner.
  • INTERREGENCY
    An interregnum. Blount.
  • DRESSY
    Showy in dress; attentive to dress. A dressy flaunting maidservant. T. Hook. A neat, dressy gentleman in black. W. Irving.
  • INTERROGATOR
    One who asks questions; a questioner.
  • CLOTHESPIN
    A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.
  • INTERRUPTIVE
    Tending to interrupt; interrupting. "Interruptive forces." H. Bushnell. -- In`ter*rupt"ive*ly, adv.
  • UNDRESS
    To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound. (more info) 1. To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
  • DEMANDRESS
    A woman who demands.
  • BEDCLOTHES
    Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.
  • INTERROGATE
    To question formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness. Wilt thou, uncalled, interrogate, Talker! the unreplying Fate Emerson. Syn. -- To question; ask. See Question. (more info) interrogatus,
  • OFFENDRESS
    A woman who offends. Shak.
  • REDRESSIVE
    Tending to redress. Thomson.
  • ADDRESS
    To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore. To address one's self to. To prepare one's self for; to apply one's self to. To direct one's speech or discourse to. (more
  • TOP-DRESSING
    The act of applying a dressing of manure to the surface of land; also, manure so applied.
  • TENDRESSE
    Tender feeling; fondness.
  • UNDERDRESSED
    Not dresses enough.
  • FOUNDRESS
    A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund.

 

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