Word Meanings - THUMBKIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
Related words: (words related to THUMBKIN)
- INSTRUMENTAL
Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental - THUMBLESS
Without a thumb. Darwin. - THUMBKIN
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew. - COMPRESSIVE
Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a compressive force. - INSTRUMENTALITY
The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency. The instrumentality of faith in justification. Bp. Burnet. The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of attack and defense - INSTRUMENTATION
1. The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency. Otherwise we have no sufficient instrumentation for our human use or handling of so great a fact. H. Bushnell. The arrangement of a musical - THUMBED
1. Having thumbs. 2. Soiled by handling. - INSTRUMENTALLY
1. By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end. South. They will argue that the end being essentially beneficial, the means become instrumentally so. Burke. 2. With instruments of music; as, a song instrumentally accompanied. Mason. - INSTRUMENT
A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc. Burrill. 4. One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, - INSTRUMENTALISM
The view that the sanction of truth is its utility, or that truth is genuine only in so far as it is a valuable instrument. -- In`stru*men"tal*ist, n. Instrumentalism views truth as simply the value belonging to certain ideas in so far as these - THUMBBIRD
The goldcrest. - COMPRESSIBILITY
The quality of being compressible of being compressible; as, the compressibility of elastic fluids. - INSTRUMENTALIST
One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist. - TORTURE
rack, torture; probably akin to Gr. tre`pein to turn, G. drechsein to turn on a lathe, and perhaps to E. queer. Cf. Contort, Distort, 1. Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind. Shak. Ghastly spasm - TORTURER
One who tortures; a tormentor. - COMPRESSION PROJECTILE
A projectile constructed so as to take the grooves of a rifle by means of a soft copper band firmly attached near its base or, formerly, by means of an envelope of soft metal. In small arms the modern projectile, having a soft core and - INSTRUMENTALNESS
Usefulness or agency, as means to an end; instrumentality. Hammond. - COMPRESSOR
Anything which serves to compress; as: A muscle that compresses certain parts. An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., the femoral artery) or other part. An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined - COMPRESSURE
Compression. - THUMBSCREW
1. A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger. 2. An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin. - INCOMPRESSIBLE
Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible. -- In`com*press"i*ble*ness, n. - INCOMPRESSIBILITY
The quality of being incompressible, or incapable of reduction in volume by pressure; -- formerly supposed to be a property of liquids. The incompressibility of water is not absolute. Rees. - PRETORTURE
To torture beforehand. Fuller. - BETHUMB
To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books. Poe. - NORTHUMBRIAN
Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England. -- n. - SUBCOMPRESSED
Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed. - OBCOMPRESSED
Compressed or flattened antero-posteriorly, or in a way opposite to the usual one. - HOP-O'-MY-THUMB; HOP-THUMB
A very diminutive person. liwell.