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Word Meanings - LONGSHANKS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The stilt.

Related words: (words related to LONGSHANKS)

  • STILTBIRD
    See 3
  • STILTON CHEESE; STILTON
    A peculiarly flavored unpressed cheese made from milk with cream added; -- so called from the village or parish of Stilton, England, where it was originally made. It is very rich in fat. Thus, in the outset he was gastronomic; discussed the dinner
  • STILTED
    Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation. Stilted arch , an arch in which the springing line is some distance above the impost, the space between being occupied by a vertical member, molded or
  • STILT
    Any species of limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks, stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer. Note: The American species is well known. The European and
  • STILTIFY
    To raise upon stilts, or as upon stilts; to stilt.
  • STILTY
    Unreasonably elevated; pompous; stilted; as, a stilty style.

 

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