Word Meanings - SATYR - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness. Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel, From the glad sound would not be absent long. Milton.
Related words: (words related to SATYR)
- ROUGHING-IN
The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it. - ROUGHEN
To grow or become rough. - DANCER
One who dances or who practices dancing. The merry dancers, beams of the northern lights when they rise and fall alternately without any considerable change of length. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora. - 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. - 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, - CLOVEN
from Cleave, v. t. To show the cloven foot or hoof, to reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs. - 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. - DANCY
See DANCETTé - ROUGHCAST
1. A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing. 2. A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings. Shak. - RIOTOUS
1. Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious. The younger son . . . took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv. 13. 2. Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly - REPRESENTABLE
Capable of being represented. - ABSENTATION
The act of absenting one's self. Sir W. Hamilton. - ROUGHTAIL
Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidæ; -- so called from their rough tails. - 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. - ABSENTEEISM
The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated. - SOUNDLY
In a sound manner. - ROUGH-LEGGED
Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird. rough-legged hawk. See Roughleg. - ASCENDANCY; ASCENDANCE
See ASCENDENCY - HIGH-SOUNDING
Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles. - RESOUND
resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to 1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far. 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song. 3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame - COUNTRY-DANCE
See MACUALAY - AIDANCE
Aid. Aidance 'gainst the enemy. Shak. - 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 - TENDANCE
1. The act of attending or waiting; attendance. Spenser. The breath Of her sweet tendance hovering over him. Tennyson. 2. Persons in attendance; attendants. Shak. - SOUNDER
One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.