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Word Meanings - POWDERING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

a. & n. from Powder, v. t. Powdering tub. A tub or vessel in which meat is corned or salted. A heated tub in which an infected lecher was placed for cure. Shak.

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  • CORNLOFT
    A loft for corn; a granary.
  • PLACODERMATA
    See PLACODERMI
  • SALTATORY
    Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing. Saltatory evolution , a theory of evolution which holds that the transmutation of species is not always gradual, but that there may come sudden and marked variations. See
  • CORNIC
    Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, the dogwood (Cornus florida).
  • POWDERY
    1. Easily crumbling to pieces; friable; loose; as, a powdery spar. 2. Sprinkled or covered with powder; dusty; as, the powdery bloom on plums. 3. Resembling powder; consisting of powder. "The powdery snow." Wordsworth.
  • SALTFOOT
    A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot.
  • SALTPETROUS
    Pertaining to saltpeter, or partaking of its qualities; impregnated with saltpeter.
  • PLACEMENT
    1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
  • HEATHER
    Heath. Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass, The brighter seem. Longfellow. Heather bell , one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather . (more info) Etym:
  • INFECTIOUSLY
    In an infectious manner. Shak.
  • SALTIGRADE
    Having feet or legs formed for leaping.
  • PLACENTARY
    Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
  • PLACE-KICK
    To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
  • CORNEA
    The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
  • HEATHENISHNESS
    The state or quality of being heathenish. "The . . . heathenishness and profaneness of most playbooks." Prynne.
  • PLACID
    Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek regard." Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy." Macaulay.
  • SALTATORIA
    A division of Orthoptera including grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets.
  • SALTARELLO
    A popular Italian dance in quick 3-4 or 6-8 time, running mostly in triplets, but with a hop step at the beginning of each measure. See Tarantella.
  • LECHEROUS
    Like a lecher; addicted to lewdness; lustful; also, lust- provoking. "A lecherous thing is wine." Chaucer. -- Lech"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Lech"er*ous*ness, n.
  • POWDERED
    See WALPOLE (more info) 1. Reduced to a powder; sprinkled with, or as with, powder. 2. Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned. Powdered beef, pickled meats. Harvey.
  • BESCORN
    To treat with scorn. "Then was he bescorned." Chaucer.
  • UNSHEATHE
    To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword. To unsheathe the sword, to make war.
  • UNPLACABLE
    Implacable.
  • SEA CORN
    A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks , which resembles an ear of maize.
  • REINFECT
    To infect again.
  • MONGCORN
    See MANGCORN
  • CLAVICORNES
    A group of beetles having club-shaped antennæ.
  • MISALTER
    To alter wrongly; esp., to alter for the worse. Bp. Hall.
  • LAMELLICORNIA
    A group of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also Lamellicornes.
  • SEA UNICORN
    The narwhal.

 

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