Word Meanings - OUTBOARD - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; -- opposed to inboard; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits outboard.
Related words: (words related to OUTBOARD)
- SWASHY
Soft, like fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash. - SWEETLY
In a sweet manner. - SWEETISH
Somewhat sweet. -- Sweet"ish*ness, n. - SWEETING
1. A sweet apple. Ascham. 2. A darling; -- a word of endearment. Shak. - SWATH
zwade, a swath of grass, G. schwad, schwaden; perhaps, originally, a 1. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling. 2. The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut - SWUM
imp. & p. p. of Swim. - SWYTHE
Quickly. See Swithe. Sy, obs. imp. of See. - SWEETHEART
A lover of mistress. - SWAYING
An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses. Crabb. - SWAGE
See ASSUAGE (more info) Etym: - SWARTHINESS
The quality or state of being swarthy; a dusky or dark complexion; tawniness. - OPPOSABILITY
The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace. - SWILLINGS
See 1 - SWABBER
To swab. - SWADDLE
Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Addison. - SWANNERY
A place where swans are bred. "The largest swannery in England." Encyc. Brit. - SWEATY
1. Moist with sweat; as, a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment. 2. Consisting of sweat; of the nature of sweat. No noisome whiffs or sweaty streams. Swift. 3. Causing sweat; hence, laborious; toilsome; difficult. "The sweaty forge." Prior. - SWEETROOT
Licorice. - SWEDISH
Of or pertaining to Sweden or its inhabitants. Swedish turnip. See under Turnip. - SWANKIE; SWANKY
An active and clever young fellow. Sir W. Scott. - UPSWAY
To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club. Sir W. Scott. - DISWITTED
Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted. Drayton. - CHURCHLINESS
Regard for the church. - FRIENDLINESS
The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney. - LORDLINESS
The state or quality of being lordly. Shak. - BASSWOOD
The bass or its wood; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree. All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished very smoothly. Longfellow. - ENSWEEP
To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly. Thomson. - FORSWORNNESS
State of being forsworn. - ASWOON
In a swoon. Chaucer. - MAINSWEAR
To swear falsely. Blount.