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
Additional info about word: STAIRCASE
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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- CASTLEWARD
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. - VALVE-SHELL
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.