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Word Meanings - HAVELOCK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.

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  • LIGHT
    licht, OHG. lioht, Goth. liuhap, Icel. lj, L. lux light, lucere to 1. That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous. Note: Light was regarded formerly
  • COVER-POINT
    The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
  • COVERLET
    The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.
  • LIGHTSOME
    1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon. 2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. That lightsome affection of joy. Hooker. -- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n. Happiness
  • LIGHTNESS
    The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; delicacy; grace. Syn. -- Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility;
  • COVERCLE
    A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne.
  • LIGHT-ARMED
    Armed with light weapons or accouterments.
  • LIGHTERAGE
    1. The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter. 2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.
  • LIGHT-O'-LOVE
    1. An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love." Shak. 2. Hence: A light or wanton woman. Beau. & Fl.
  • CLOTHESLINE
    A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
  • LIGHT-FOOT; LIGHT-FOOTED
    Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Tennyson.
  • LIGHTHOUSE
    A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos.
  • COVERT BARON
    Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill.
  • COVERTNESS
    Secrecy; privacy.
  • LIGHTWOOD
    Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.
  • COVERER
    One who, or that which, covers.
  • CLOTHESHORSE
    A frame to hang clothes on.
  • PROTECTIONIST
    One who favors protection. See Protection, 4.
  • LIGHT-MINDED
    Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate. -- Light"-mind`ed*ness, n.
  • COVERCHIEF
    A covering for the head. Chaucer.
  • SAILCLOTH
    Duck or canvas used in making sails.
  • SLIGHTNESS
    The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
  • DELIGHTING
    Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
  • RECOVER
    To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
  • BEDCLOTHES
    Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.
  • DRUMMOND LIGHT
    A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called
  • HEARSECLOTH
    A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson.
  • DELIGHTLESS
    Void of delight. Thomson.
  • BREECHCLOTH
    A cloth worn around the breech.
  • SLIGHTEN
    To slight. B. Jonson.
  • LAMPLIGHTER
    The calico bass. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.
  • FLIGHTER
    A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor. Knight.
  • SUNLIGHT
    The light of the sun. Milton.
  • DROPLIGHT
    An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant.
  • SLIGHTINGLY
    In a slighting manner.
  • NECKCLOTH
    A piece of any fabric worn around the neck.

 

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