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Word Meanings - TRACHYTE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An igneous rock,usually light gray in color and breaking with a rough surface. It consists chiefly of orthoclase feldspar with sometimes hornblende and mica.

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  • ROUGHING-IN
    The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.
  • COLORMAN
    A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds.
  • ROUGHT
    imp. of Reach.
  • BREAKMAN
    See BRAKEMAN
  • LIGHT
    licht, OHG. lioht, Goth. liuhap, Icel. lj, L. lux light, lucere to 1. That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous. Note: Light was regarded formerly
  • ROUGHHEWN
    1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished. 2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. "A roughhewn seaman." Bacon.
  • ROUGHLEG
    Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough- legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard. Note: The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of Northern Europe,
  • BREAKABLE
    Capable of being broken.
  • ROUGHINGS
    Rowen.
  • SURFACE LOADING
    The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface.
  • ROUGHSHOD
    Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse. To ride roughshod, to pursue a course regardless of the pain or distress it may cause others.
  • LIGHTSOME
    1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon. 2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. That lightsome affection of joy. Hooker. -- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n. Happiness
  • SOMETIMES
    1. Formerly; sometime. That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. Jer. Taylor. Sometimes . . .
  • LIGHTNESS
    The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; delicacy; grace. Syn. -- Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility;
  • LIGHT-ARMED
    Armed with light weapons or accouterments.
  • COLORATE
    Colored. Ray.
  • LIGHTERAGE
    1. The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter. 2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.
  • COLORIMETRY
    The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance. 2. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid.
  • ORTHOCLASE
    Common or potash feldspar crystallizing in the monoclinic system and having two cleavages at right angles to each other. See Feldspar.
  • LIGHT-O'-LOVE
    1. An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love." Shak. 2. Hence: A light or wanton woman. Beau. & Fl.
  • MAKE AND BREAK
    Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
  • SLIGHTNESS
    The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
  • LAWBREAKER
    One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.
  • DELIGHTING
    Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
  • CONCOLOR
    Of the same color; of uniform color. "Concolor animals." Sir T. Browne.
  • DRUMMOND LIGHT
    A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called
  • DELIGHTLESS
    Void of delight. Thomson.
  • HIGH-WROUGHT
    1. Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. Pope. 2. Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion. "A high-wrought flood." Shak.
  • THOROUGHWORT
    See BONESET

 

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