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Word Meanings - PLAIN-SPOKEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words. Dryden.

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  • ROUGHING-IN
    The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.
  • FRANKALMOIGNE
    A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also tenure by free alms. Burrill.
  • ROUGHT
    imp. of Reach.
  • ROUGHHEWN
    1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished. 2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. "A roughhewn seaman." Bacon.
  • FRANKFORT BLACK
    . A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc. McElrath.
  • ROUGHLEG
    Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough- legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard. Note: The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of Northern Europe,
  • BLUFF-HEADED
    Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
  • HECTORISM
    The disposition or the practice of a hector; a bullying.
  • ROUGHINGS
    Rowen.
  • ROUGHSHOD
    Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse. To ride roughshod, to pursue a course regardless of the pain or distress it may cause others.
  • COARSE
    was anciently written course, or cours, it may be an abbreviation of of course, in the common manner of proceeding, common, and hence, homely, made for common domestic use, plain, rude, rough, gross, e. 1. Large in bulk, or composed of large parts
  • BLUFFNESS
    The quality or state of being bluff.
  • BLUNTISH
    Somewhat blunt. -- Blunt"ish*ness, n.
  • ABRUPTNESS
    1. The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness. 2. Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner.
  • ROUGHTAIL
    Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidæ; -- so called from their rough tails.
  • BLUFFY
    1. Having bluffs, or bold, steep banks. 2. Inclined to bo bluff; brusque.
  • COARSELY
    In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.
  • ROUGHSTRINGS
    Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.
  • ROUGH-FOOTED
    Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove. Sherwood.
  • HECTORLY
    Resembling a hector; blustering; insolent; taunting. "Hectorly, ruffianlike swaggering or huffing." Barrow.
  • HIGH-WROUGHT
    1. Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. Pope. 2. Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion. "A high-wrought flood." Shak.
  • THOROUGHWORT
    See BONESET
  • THOROUGH BASS
    The representation of chords by figures placed under the base; figured bass; basso continuo; -- sometimes used as synonymous with harmony.
  • DROUGHTY
    1. Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust. Droughty and parched countries. Ray. 2. Dry; thirsty; wanting drink. Thy droughty throat. Philips.

 

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