Word Meanings - LIF - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The fiber by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.

Related words: (words related to LIF)

• BOUNDLESS
  Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. "The boundless sky." Bryant. "The boundless ocean." Dryden. "Boundless rapacity." "Boundless prospect of gain." Macaulay. Syn. -- Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; infinite.
• FIBER-FACED; FIBRE-FACED
  Having a visible fiber embodied in the surface of; -- applied esp. to a kind of paper for checks, drafts, etc.
• FIBER; FIBRE
  1. One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle. 2. Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one
• 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.
• BOUNDING
  Moving with a bound or bounds. The bounding pulse, the languid limb. Montgomery.
• FIBERLESS; FIBRELESS
  Having no fibers; destitute of fibers or fiber.
• 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.
• CORDAGE
  Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.
• FIBERED; FIBRED
  Having fibers; made up of fibers.
• VARIOUS
  1. Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names; various occupations; various colors. So many and so various laws are given. Milton. A wit as various, gay, grave, sage, or wild. Byron. 2. Changeable; uncertain; inconstant;
• TOGETHER
  togædre, togadere; to to + gador together. *29. See To, prep., and 1. In company or association with respect to place or time; as, to live together in one house; to live together in the same age; they walked together to the town. Soldiers can
• VARIOUSLY
  In various or different ways.
• BOUNDEN
  1. Bound; fastened by bonds. 2. Under obligation; bound by some favor rendered; obliged; beholden. This holy word, that teacheth us truly our bounden duty toward our Lord God in every point. Ridley. 3. Made obligatory; imposed as a duty; binding.
• BOUNDARY
  That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit. But still his native country lies Beyond the boundaries of the skies. N. Cotton. That bright and tranquil
• BOUNDER
  One who, or that which, limits; a boundary. Sir T. Herbert.
• BOUND
  The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary. He hath compassed the waters with bounds. Job
• HOME-BOUND
  Kept at home.
• OUTBOUND
  Outward bound. Dryden.
• UNBOUND
  imp. & p. p. of Unbind.
• UNBOUNDED
  Having no bound or limit; as, unbounded space; an, unbounded ambition. Addison. -- Un*bound"ed*ly, adv. -- Un*bound"ed*ness, n.
• SURREBOUND
  To give back echoes; to reëcho. Chapman.
• REBOUND
  1. To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo. Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.
• OUTBOUNDS
  The farthest or exterior bounds; extreme limits; boundaries. Spenser.
• WINDBOUND
  prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind. See Weatherbound.
• SNOW-BOUND
  Enveloped in, or confined by, snow. Whittier.
• ABOUND
  1. To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful. The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. Chambers. Where sin abounded grace did much more abound. Rom. v. 20. 2. To be copiously supplied; -- followed
• OVARIOUS
  Consisting of eggs; as, ovarious food. Thomson.
• OVERABOUND
  To be exceedingly plenty or superabundant. Pope.
• BROWBOUND
  Crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem. Shak.