Word Meanings - VERNATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation.

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• ROLLEY
  A small wagon used for the underground work of a mine. Tomlison.
• FOLDLESS
  Having no fold. Milman.
• ROLLABLE
  Capable of being rolled.
• ROLLING-PIN
  A cylindrical piece of wood or other material, with which paste or dough may be rolled out and reduced to a proper thickness.
• FOLD
  falten, Icel. falda, Dan. folde, Sw. fålla, Goth. fal, cf. Gr.pu a 1. To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter. As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. Heb. i. 12. 2.
• ROLL
  To apply to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of into successive contact with another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal. 10. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve. Full oft in
• FOLDER
  One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper.
• WITHIN
  with, against, toward + innan in, inwardly, within, from in in. See 1. In the inner or interior part of; inside of; not without; as, within doors. O, unhappy youth! Come not within these doors; within this roof The enemy of all your graces lives.
• ROLLWAY
  A place prepared for rolling logs into a stream.
• ROLLER
  One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather. 4. A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller towel. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially,
• WITHINSIDE
  In the inner parts; inside. Graves.
• COIL
  together, L. coligere; col- + legere to gather. See Legend, and cf. 1. To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing. 2. To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils. T. Edwards.
• ROLLER COASTER
  An amusement railroad in which cars coast by gravity over a long winding track, with steep pitches and ascents.
• COILON
  A testicle. Chaucer.
• ROLLY-POOLY
  A game in which a ball, rolling into a certain place, wins.
• ROLLER BEARING
  A bearing containing friction rollers.
• ROLLIC
  To move or play in a careless, swaggering manner, with a frolicsome air; to frolic; to sport; commonly in the form rollicking. He described his friends as rollicking blades. T. Hook. (more info) Etym:
• ROLLY-POLY
  A kind of pudding made of paste spread with fruit, rolled into a cylindrical form, and boiled or steamed. -- a.
• FOLDING
  The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc. Folding boat, a portable boat made by stretching canvas, etc., over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by tourists, etc. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Folding chairFolding door, one of two or more
• ROLLING
  1. Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a rolling wheel or ball. 2. Moving on wheels or rollers, or as if on wheels or rollers; as, a rolling chair. 3. Having gradual,
• MANIFOLD
  1. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated. O Lord, how manifold are thy works! Ps. civ. 24. I know your manifold transgressions. Amos v. 12. 2. Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to qualify
• TROLLEY; TROLLY
  A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like. A narrow cart that is pushed by hand or drawn by an animal. A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes. A truck which travels along the fixed
• CHOKING COIL
  A coil of small resistance and large inductance, used in an alternating-current circuit to impede or throttle the current, or to change its phase; --called also reactance coil or reactor, these terms being now preferred in engineering usage.
• EIGHTFOLD
  Eight times a quantity.
• INFOLD
  1. To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve. Gilded tombs do worms infold. Shak. Infold his limbs in bands. Blackmore. 2. To clasp with the arms; to embrace. Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee, And hold
• CONTROLLABLENESS
  Capability of being controlled.
• UNCOIL
  To unwind or open, as a coil of rope. Derham.
• MILLIFOLD
  Thousandfold. Davies .
• UNFOLDER
  One who, or that which, unfolds.
• MULTIFOLD
  Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.
• MISARRANGEMENT
  Wrong arrangement.
• FIVEFOLD
  In fives; consisting of five in one; five repeated; quintuple.
• DROLLIST
  A droll. Glanvill.
• FOURFOLD
  Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division. He snall restore the lamb fourfold. 2 Sam. xii. 6.