Word Meanings - TOUGHISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Tough in a slight degree.

SLIGHTNESS
The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
SLIGHTEN
To slight. B. Jonson.
SLIGHTINGLY
In a slighting manner.
SLIGHT
Sleight. Spenser.
TOUGH-CAKE
See
TOUGHEN
To grow or make tough, or tougher.
TOUGH-HEAD
The ruddy duck.
TOUGHLY
In a tough manner.
TOUGH-PITCH
The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper. Copper so reduced; -- called also tough-cake.
SLIGHTY
Slight. Echard.
DEGREE
A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree. In the 11th century an opinion began to gain ground in Italy, that third
SLIGHTER
One who slights.
SLIGHTFUL
See SLEIGHTFUL
SLIGHTLY
1. In a slight manner. 2. Slightingly; negligently. Shak.
SLIGHTING
Characterized by neglect or disregard.
TOUGHISH
Tough in a slight degree.
TOUGH
toh, akin to D. taai, LG. taa, tage, tau, OHG. zahi, G. zähe, and 1. Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough.
TOUGHNESS
The quality or state of being tough.
GASLIGHT
1. The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas. 2. A gas jet or burner.
MISLIGHT
To deceive or lead astray with a false light. Herrick.