Word Meanings - MESH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack. Mesh stick, a stick on which the mesh is formed in netting. (more info) masca, Icel. möskvi; cf. Lith. mazgas a knot, megsti to weave nets, 1. The opening or space inclosed by the

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The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack. Mesh stick, a stick on which the mesh is formed in netting. (more info) masca, Icel. möskvi; cf. Lith. mazgas a knot, megsti to weave nets, 1. The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net. A golden mesh to entrap the hearts of men. Shak.

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• FORMALITY
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• STICK-LAC
  See LAC
• NETTLER
  One who nettles. Milton.
• OPENNESS
  The quality or state of being open.
• NETTING
  A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy from boarding. Totten. Netting needle, a kind of slender shuttle
• FORMICARY
  The nest or dwelling of a swarm of ants; an ant-hill.
• FORMULIZE
  To reduce to a formula; to formulate. Emerson.
• STICKING
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• FORMERLY
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• FORMICAROID
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• FORMIDABLY
  In a formidable manner.
• OPEN SEA
  A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum.
• WEAVER
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• INCLOSER
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• SPACE
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• FORME
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• FORMEDON
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• OMNIFORMITY
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• FALCIFORM
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• INFORMITY
  Want of regular form; shapelessness.
• DEFORMER
  One who deforms.
• DIVERSIFORM
  Of a different form; of varied forms.
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• POKING-STICK
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• VARIFORM
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• RESINIFORM
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