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An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or metals; -- often called a pair of tongs. (more
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An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or metals; -- often called a pair of tongs. (more info) zanga, OHG. zanga, Don. tang, Sw. tng, Icel. tng, Gr. dadaTang a
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- CALLOSUM
The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus. - CALLOW
1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play . - CALLE
A kind of head covering; a caul. Chaucer. - METALOGICAL
Beyond the scope or province of logic. - UNITERABLE
Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. "To play away an uniterable life." Sir T. Browne. - 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 - METALLIC
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; basic; antacid; positive. Metallic iron, iron in the state of the metal, as distinquished from its ores, as magnetic - HANDLING
The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch. Fairholt. (more info) 1. A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t. The heavens and your fair handling Have made you - CONSISTENTLY
In a consistent manner. - JOINTWEED
A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers. - METALLIFORM
Having the form or structure of a metal. - CONSIST
1. To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained. He is before all things, and by him all things consist. Col. - UNITIVE
Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce, union. Jer. Taylor. - CONSISTORIAN
Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy. You fall next on the consistorian schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians. Milton. - CALL
callen, AS. ceallin; akin to Icel & Sw. kalla, Dan. kalde, D. kallen 1. To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant. Call hither Clifford; bid him come amain Shak. 2. To summon to the discharge of a particular - UNITARIANISM
The doctrines of Unitarians. - METALLIFACTURE
The production and working or manufacture of metals. R. Park. - METALLOGRAPH
A print made by metallography. - JOINTURELESS
Having no jointure. - CALLIOPE
The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses. (more info) beautiful) + - GYMNASTICALLY
In a gymnastic manner. - CHANDLER
of candles, LL. candelarius chandler, fr. L. candela candle. See 1. A maker or seller of candles. The chandler's basket, on his shoulder borne, With tallow spots thy coat. Gay. 2. A dealer in other commodities, which are indicated by - UNJOINT
To disjoint. - HYPERCRITICALLY
In a hypercritical manner. - UNEMPIRICALLY
Not empirically; without experiment or experience. - SCALLION
A kind of small onion , native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot. 2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek. Amer. Cyc. - STRAIGHT-JOINT
Having straight joints. Specifically: Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves. Brandle & C. In the United States, applied to planking or flooring - UNIVOCALLY
In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not equivocally. How is sin univocally distinguished into venial and mortal, if the venial be not sin Bp. Hall. - PARABOLICALLY
1. By way of parable; in a parabolic manner. 2. In the form of a parabola. - STEREOGRAPHICALLY
In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane. - HEMEROCALLIS
A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily. - ACRONYCALLY
In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vise versâ. - DIAMETRICALLY
In a diametrical manner; directly; as, diametrically opposite. Whose principles were diametrically opposed to his. Macaulay. - PHYSIOLOGICALLY
In a physiological manner. - DISJOINT
Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton.