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Word Meanings - IRONISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Resembling iron, as in taste. Wood.

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  • TASTE
    by the touch, to try, to taste, LL. taxitare, fr. L. taxare 1. To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow. Chapman. Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find. Chaucer. 2. To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish
  • RESEMBLINGLY
    So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
  • TASTER
    One of a peculiar kind of zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See Siphonophora. (more info) 1. One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food
  • RESEMBLANT
    Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
  • TASTELESS
    1. Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit. 2. Destitute of the sense of taste; or of good taste; as, a tasteless age. Orrery. 3. Not in accordance with good taste; as, a tasteless arrangement of drapery. -- Taste"less*ly,
  • RESEMBLE
    sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.
  • RESEMBLABLE
    Admitting of being compared; like. Gower.
  • TASTEFUL
    1. Having a high relish; savory. "Tasteful herbs." Pope. 2. Having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance with good taste; tasty; as, a tasteful drapery. -- Taste"ful*ly, adv. -- Taste"ful*ness, n.
  • RESEMBLER
    One who resembles.
  • RESEMBLANCE
    1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. 2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
  • ATTASTE
    To taste or cause to taste. Chaucer.
  • DISTASTEFUL
    1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome. 2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth. Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly actions. Milton. 3. Manifesting distaste or
  • FORETASTE
    A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.
  • ALETASTER
    See ALECONNER
  • CATASTERISM
    A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars. The catasterisms of Eratosthenes. Whewell.
  • POETASTER
    An inferior rhymer, or writer of verses; a dabbler in poetic art. The talk of forgotten poetasters. Macaulay.
  • AFTERTASTE
    A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.
  • METASTERNAL
    Of or pertaining to the metasternum.
  • FORETASTER
    One who tastes beforehand, or before another.
  • DISTASTEIVE
    Tending to excite distaste. -- n.
  • METASTERNUM
    The most posterior element of the sternum; the ensiform process; xiphisternum.
  • LATINITASTER
    One who has but a smattering of Latin. Walker.
  • UNTASTE
    To deprive of a taste for a thing. Daniel.

 

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