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Word Meanings - STAIRCASE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc. To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of architecture. Sir H. Wotton. Staircase shell. Any scalaria, or wentletrap. Any species of Solarium, or perspective

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A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc. To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of architecture. Sir H. Wotton. Staircase shell. Any scalaria, or wentletrap. Any species of Solarium, or perspective shell.

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    See CASTLEGUARD
  • SHELL-LESS
    , a. Having no shell. J. Burroughs.
  • CASCARILLA
    A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub ; also, its aromatic bark. Cascarilla bark , the bark of Croton Eleutheria. It has an aromatic odor and a warm, spicy, bitter taste, and when burnt emits a musky odor. It is used as a gentle tonic,
  • SUPPORTABLE
    Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
  • CASE
    A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type. Note: Cases for type are usually arranged in sets of two, called respectively the upper and the lower case. The upper case contains capitals, small capitals, accented; the lower
  • CASEMATE
    A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops. (more info) house + matto, f. matta, mad, weak, feeble, dim. from the
  • CASHMERETTE
    A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere.
  • CASEMENTED
    Having a casement or casements.
  • SUPPORTATION
    Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon.
  • CASTLE
    1. A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress. The house of every one is to him castle and fortress, as well for his defense againts injury and violence, as for his repose. Coke. Our castle's strength Will laugh
  • CASINO
    1. A small country house. 2. A building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, for dancing, gaming, etc. 3. A game at cards. See Cassino.
  • CAST-IRON
    Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy; unyielding.
  • CASSICAN
    An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest; the crested oriole. The name is also sometimes given to the piping crow, an Australian bird.
  • CASTLING
    That which is cast or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. Sir T. Browne.
  • FLIGHTER
    A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor. Knight.
  • CASUALISM
    The doctrine that all things exist or are controlled by chance.
  • CASA
    A house or mansion. I saw that Enriquez had made no attempt to modernize the old casa, and that even the garden was left in its lawless native luxuriance. Bret Harte.
  • SHELLER
    One who, or that which, shells; as, an oyster sheller; a corn sheller.
  • CASK
    1. Same as Casque. 2. A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel. 3. The quantity contained in a cask. 4. A casket; a small box for jewels.
  • SUPPORTFUL
    Abounding with support. Chapman.
  • GOROON SHELL
    A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell .
  • SARCASM
    A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest. The sarcasms of those critics who imagine our art to be a matter of inspiration. Sir J. Reynolds. Syn. -- Satire;
  • ENCASHMENT
    The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.
  • UNCASE
    To display, or spread to view, as a flag, or the colors of a military body. (more info) 1. To take out of a case or covering; to remove a case or covering from; to uncover. L'Estrange. 2. To strip; to flay.
  • DODECASYLLABIC
    Having twelve syllables.
  • AFTERCAST
    A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower.
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    Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata.
  • SPOUTSHELL
    Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Apporhais having an elongated siphon. See Illust. under Rostrifera.
  • SPARPIECE
    The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece. Gwilt.

 

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