Word Meanings - SHAKINGS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Deck sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

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• ENCYCLIC; ENCYCLICAL
  Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope.
• ENCYCLOPEDIAN
  Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.
• ENCYCLOPEDIST
  The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation; also, one whose knowledge embraces the whole range of the sciences. The Encyclopedists, the writers of the great French encyclopedia which appeared in 1751-1772. The editors
• CANVASSER
  One who canvasses.
• ENCYCLOPEDIC; ENCYCLOPEDICAL
  Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; embracing a wide range of subjects.
• ENCYCLOPEDISM
  The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also, possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning.
• ENCYCLOPEDIA; ENCYCLOPAEDIA
  The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.
• CORDAGE
  Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.
• CANVAS
  1. A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc. By glimmering lanes and walls of canvas led. Tennyson. A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work.
• SWEEPINGS
  Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street.
• ENCYCLOPEDIACAL
  Encyclopedic.
• CANVASS
  1. To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote. I have made careful search on all hands, and canvassed the matter with
• REFUSER
  One who refuses or rejects.
• REFUSE
  To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops aras, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks. 3. To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of;
• CANVASBACK
  A Species of duck , esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the markings of the plumage on its back.