Word Meanings - PATTERN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it. Pattern box, chain, or cylinder , devices, in a loom, for
Additional info about word: PATTERN
A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it. Pattern box, chain, or cylinder , devices, in a loom, for presenting several shuttles to the picker in the proper succession for forming the figure. -- Pattern card. A set of samples on a card. One of the perforated cards in a Jacquard apparatus. -- Pattern reader, one who arranges textile patterns. -- Pattern wheel , a count-wheel. (more info) 1. Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine. I will be the pattern of all patience. Shak. 2. A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance. He compares the pattern with the whole piece. Swift. 3. Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern. 4. Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern. 5. Something made after a model; a copy. Shak. The patterns of things in the heavens. Heb. ix. 23. 6. Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PATTERN)
- Example
- Sample
- specimen
- pattern
- model
- copy
- illustration
- stance
- issue
- development
- Inscroll
- Enlist
- register
- enroll
- flourish
- record
- calendar
- Model
- Standard
- example
- type
- mould
- design
- Precedent
- Instance
- authority
- warrant
- antecedent
- Specimen
- case
- exemplification
- scantling
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of PATTERN)
Related words: (words related to PATTERN)
- INSTANCE
1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion. Undertook at her instance to restore them. Sir W. Scott. 2. That which is instant or urgent; motive. The instances that second marriage - DESIGN
drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace - DESIGNATE
Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck. - SUPPRESSOR
One who suppresses. - PRECEDENTLY
Beforehand; antecedently. - DEVELOPMENT
The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another - SCANTLING
Not plentiful; small; scanty. Jer. Taylor. - REGISTERING
Recording; -- applied to instruments; having an apparatus which registers; as, a registering thermometer. See Recording. - STANDARD
The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot. (more info) extendere to spread out, extend, - PATTERN
A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it. Pattern box, chain, or cylinder , devices, in a loom, for - ENROLLER
One who enrolls or registers. - WARRANTOR
One who warrants. - ANTECEDENT
1. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause. 2. Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability. Syn. -- Prior; previous; foregoing. - SCANTLE
To be deficient; to fail. Drayton. - ISSUER
One who issues, emits, or publishes. - DESIGNATOR
An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies. 2. One who designates. - PRECEDENTED
Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind. Walpole. - DESIGNATIVE
Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out. - DESIGNFUL
Full of design; scheming. -- De*sign"ful*ness, n. Barrow. - FLOURISHINGLY
, adv. In a flourishing manner; ostentatiously. - UNWARRANTABLE
Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper. -- Un*war"rant*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*war"rant*a*bly, adv. - UNEXAMPLED
Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled. "A revolution . . . unexampled for grandeur of results." De Quincey. - UNRESISTANCE
Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance. Bp. Hall. - MOLDINESS; MOULDINESS
The state of being moldy. - MOLDER; MOULDER
One who, or that which, molds or forms into shape; specifically , one skilled in the art of making molds for castings. - HOOD MOLDING; HOOD MOULDING
A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the outermost member of the archivolt; -- called also hood mold. - REENLISTMENT
A renewed enlistment. - MOLD; MOULD
mulm, OHG. molt, molta, Icel. mold, Dan. muld, Sw. mull, Goth. mulda, prevalent spelling is, perhaps, mould; but as the u has not been inserted in the other words of this class, as bold, gold, old, cold, etc., it seems desirable to complete the - REISSUE
To issue a second time. - ASSISTANCE
1. The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support. Without the assistance of a mortal hand. Shak. 2. An assistant or helper; a body of helpers. Wat Tyler killed by valiant Walworth, the lord mayor of London, and his assistance, - BED-MOLDING; BED-MOULDING
The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. Oxf. Gloss. - SMOULDRY
See SMOLDRY - FOREDESIGN
To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne. - INSUPPRESSIBLE
That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv. - TISSUED
Clothed in, or adorned with, tissue; also, variegated; as, tissued flowers. Cowper. And crested chiefs and tissued dames Assembled at the clarion's call. T. Warton.