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Word Meanings - TROWEL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A tool used for smoothing a mold. Trowel bayonet. See Spade bayonet, under Spade. -- Fish trowel. See Fish slice, under Fish. (more info) trulla, dim. of trua a ladle; probably akin to Gr. quirl a stirrer, 1. A mason's tool, used in spreading and

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A tool used for smoothing a mold. Trowel bayonet. See Spade bayonet, under Spade. -- Fish trowel. See Fish slice, under Fish. (more info) trulla, dim. of trua a ladle; probably akin to Gr. quirl a stirrer, 1. A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them. 2. A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc.

Related words: (words related to TROWEL)

  • UNDERDOER
    One who underdoes; a shirk.
  • UNDERBRED
    Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith.
  • UNDERSECRETARY
    A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
  • SMOOTHEN
    To make smooth.
  • UNDERPLOT
    1. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. Dryden. 2. A clandestine scheme; a trick. Addison.
  • UNDERNICENESS
    A want of niceness; indelicacy; impropriety.
  • SPREADINGLY
    , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
  • UNDERSOIL
    The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil.
  • UNDERDOLVEN
    p. p. of Underdelve.
  • UNDERNIME
    1. To receive; to perceive. He the savor undernom Which that the roses and the lilies cast. Chaucer. 2. To reprove; to reprehend. Piers Plowman.
  • UNDERPROP
    To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold. Underprop the head that bears the crown. Fenton.
  • UNDERCREST
    To support as a crest; to bear. Shak.
  • UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
    Wildcat insurance.
  • UNDERSAY
    To say by way of derogation or contradiction. Spenser.
  • SMOOTHNESS
    Quality or state of being smooth.
  • UNDERTAPSTER
    Assistant to a tapster.
  • UNDERDELVE
    To delve under.
  • UNDERSTOOD
    imp. & p. p. of Understand.
  • UNDERDO
    To do less than is requisite or proper; -- opposed to overdo. Grew.
  • TROWELED
    Formed with a trowel; smoothed with a trowel; as, troweled stucco, that is, stucco laid on and ready for the reception of paint.
  • PLUNDERER
    One who plunders or pillages.
  • DUNDERHEAD
    A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead. Beau. & Fl.
  • TEN-POUNDER
    A large oceanic fish found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.

 

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