Word Meanings - GRAVECLOTHES - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred.
Related words: (words related to GRAVECLOTHES)
- 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.