Word Meanings - HALSENING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Sounding harshly in the throat; inharmonious; rough. Carew.
Related words: (words related to HALSENING)
- ROUGHING-IN
The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it. - ROUGHEN
To grow or become rough. - ROUGHT
imp. of Reach. - ROUGHHEWN
1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished. 2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. "A roughhewn seaman." Bacon. - ROUGHLEG
Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough- legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard. Note: The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of Northern Europe, - ROUGHINGS
Rowen. - ROUGHSHOD
Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse. To ride roughshod, to pursue a course regardless of the pain or distress it may cause others. - ROUGHCAST
1. A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing. 2. A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings. Shak. - THROATLATCH
A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat. - ROUGHTAIL
Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidæ; -- so called from their rough tails. - ROUGHSTRINGS
Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support. - ROUGH-FOOTED
Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove. Sherwood. - SOUNDLY
In a sound manner. - ROUGH-LEGGED
Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird. rough-legged hawk. See Roughleg. - ROUGH-GRAINED
Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque. - SOUNDNESS
The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of faith. Syn. -- Firmness; strength; solidity; healthiness; truth; rectitude. - ROUGHWORK
To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness, or finish. Moxon. - CAREWORN
Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face. - ROUGHHEAD
The redfin. - INHARMONIOUSLY
Without harmony. - HIGH-SOUNDING
Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles. - RESOUND
resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to 1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far. 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song. 3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame - BLUETHROAT
A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia , related to the nightingales; -- called also blue-throated robin and blue-throated warbler. - CUTTHROAT
One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin. - HIGH-WROUGHT
1. Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. Pope. 2. Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion. "A high-wrought flood." Shak. - THOROUGHWORT
See BONESET - SOUNDER
One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound. - THOROUGH BASS
The representation of chords by figures placed under the base; figured bass; basso continuo; -- sometimes used as synonymous with harmony. - DROUGHTY
1. Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust. Droughty and parched countries. Ray. 2. Dry; thirsty; wanting drink. Thy droughty throat. Philips. - SOUNDLESS
Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable. Shak. - MISSOUND
To sound wrongly; to utter or pronounce incorrectly. E,Hall. - WHITETHROAT
Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species , called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler , and the lesser whitethroat .