Word Meanings - PISTOLET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A small pistol. Donne. Beau. & Fl.

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• SMALLISH
  Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
• DONNEE
  Lit., given; hence, in a literary work, as a drama or tale, that which is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basis for the plot or story. W. E. Henley. That favorite romance donnée of the heir kept out of his own. Saintsbury.
• SMALLCLOTHES
  A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.
• SMALLPOX
  A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick
• PISTOL
  The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver. Pistol carbine, a firearm with a removable but- piece, and thus capable of being used either as
• SMALL
  sm$l; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr. 1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity
• PISTOLEER
  One who uses a pistol. Carlyle.
• SMALLAGE
  A biennial umbelliferous plant native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery.
• SMALLY
  In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness. Ascham.
• PISTOLADE
  A pistol shot.
• SMALLNESS
  The quality or state of being small.
• SMALLS
  See 3
• PISTOLE
  The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about .90, and in Germany and Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian pistole worth about
• SMALLSWORD
  A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century.
• PISTOLET
  A small pistol. Donne. Beau. & Fl.
• EPISTOLET
  A little epistle. Lamb.
• DISMALLY
  In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
• EPISTOLAR
  Epistolary. Dr. H. More.
• EPISTOLIZE
  To write epistles.
• EPISTOLIC; EPISTOLICAL
  Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.
• EPISTOLIZER
  A writer of epistles.
• EPISTOLOGRAPHY
  The art or practice of writing epistles.
• EPISTOLEAN
  One who writes epistles; a correspondent. Mary Cowden Clarke.
• EPISTOLER
  One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.
• CORDONNET
  Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc. McElrath.
• ABYSMALLY
  To a fathomless depth; profoundly. "Abysmally ignorant." G. Eliot.