Word Meanings - INSTILLATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The of instilling; also, that which is instilled. Johnson.

INSTILL
To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton. Syn. -- To
INSTILLATOR
An instiller.
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.
INSTILLER
One who instills. Skelton.
JOHNSONIANISM
A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson.
JOHNSONESE
The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words. E. Everett.
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.
JOHNSON GRASS
A tall perennial grass , valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet.
JOHNSONIAN
Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.
INSTILLATION
The of instilling; also, that which is instilled. Johnson.
INSTILLATORY
Belonging to instillation.