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Word Meanings - SPARKLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A little spark; a scintillation. As fire is wont to quicken and go From a sparkle sprungen amiss, Till a city brent up is. Chaucer. The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper. Prescott. 2. Brilliancy;

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1. A little spark; a scintillation. As fire is wont to quicken and go From a sparkle sprungen amiss, Till a city brent up is. Chaucer. The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper. Prescott. 2. Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.

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  • LIGHT
    licht, OHG. lioht, Goth. liuhap, Icel. lj, L. lux light, lucere to 1. That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous. Note: Light was regarded formerly
  • FERMENTABLE
    Capable of fermentation; as, cider and other vegetable liquors are fermentable.
  • FERMENT
    fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil, ferment: cf. F. 1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer. Note: Ferments are of two kinds: Formed or organized ferments. Unorganized or structureless ferments. The
  • FROTHILY
    In a frothy manner.
  • LIGHTSOME
    1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon. 2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. That lightsome affection of joy. Hooker. -- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n. Happiness
  • MANTLE
    See WINGS (more info) mantellum, mantelum, a cloth, napkin, cloak, mantle (cf. mantele, mantile, towel, napkin); prob. from manus hand + the root of tela 1. A loose garment to be worn over other garments;
  • FROTHY
    1. Full of foam or froth, or consisting of froth or light bubbles; spumous; foamy. 2. Not firm or solid; soft; unstable. Bacon. 3. Of the nature of froth; light; empty; unsubstantial; as, a frothy speaker or harangue. Tillotson.
  • LIGHTNESS
    The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; delicacy; grace. Syn. -- Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility;
  • EFFERVESCENCE; EFFERVESCENCY
    A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.
  • LIGHT-ARMED
    Armed with light weapons or accouterments.
  • LIGHTERAGE
    1. The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter. 2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.
  • LIGHT-O'-LOVE
    1. An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love." Shak. 2. Hence: A light or wanton woman. Beau. & Fl.
  • SPARKLER
    One who scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an improvident person.
  • LIGHT-FOOT; LIGHT-FOOTED
    Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Tennyson.
  • FROTHING
    Exaggerated declamation; rant.
  • LIGHTHOUSE
    A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos.
  • BLUSTERINGLY
    In a blustering manner.
  • LIGHTWOOD
    Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.
  • BLUSTEROUS
    Inclined to bluster; given to blustering; blustering. Motley.
  • BUBBLE SHELL
    A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata.
  • SLIGHTNESS
    The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
  • DELIGHTING
    Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
  • DRUMMOND LIGHT
    A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called
  • MOONSHINER
    A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night.
  • OUTSPARKLE
    To exceed in sparkling.
  • INEFFERVESCENT
    Not effervescing, or not susceptible of effervescence; quiescent.
  • DELIGHTLESS
    Void of delight. Thomson.
  • PREFERMENT
    1. The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference. Natural preferment of the one . . . before the other. Sir T. Browne. 2. The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office; the state of being advanced; promotion. Neither
  • SLIGHTEN
    To slight. B. Jonson.
  • LAMPLIGHTER
    The calico bass. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.
  • FLIGHTER
    A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor. Knight.
  • SUNLIGHT
    The light of the sun. Milton.
  • BUSHINESS
    The condition or quality of being bushy.

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