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Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants. Voluble stem , a stem that climbs by winding, or twining, round another body. -- Vol"u*ble*ness, n. -- Vol"u*bly, adv. (more info) turn round; akin to Gr. welle

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Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants. Voluble stem , a stem that climbs by winding, or twining, round another body. -- Vol"u*ble*ness, n. -- Vol"u*bly, adv. (more info) turn round; akin to Gr. welle a wave: cf. F. voluble. Cf. F. Well of water, Convolvulus, Devolve, Involve, Revolt, Vault an arch, Volume, 1. Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter. 2. Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue. a knave very voluble. Shak. Note: Voluble was used formerly to indicate readiness of speech merely, without any derogatory suggestion. "A grave and voluble eloquence." Bp. Hacket. 3. Changeable; unstable; fickle.

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    The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.
  • WIND-RODE
    Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; -- said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other. Totten.
  • HAVENED
    Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
  • TWINLEAF
    See JEFFERSONIA
  • WINDINGLY
    In a winding manner.
  • WINDTIGHT
    So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind. Bp. Hall.
  • ROUNDWORM
    A nematoid worm.
  • HAVENER
    A harbor master.
  • WINDLACE
    See SCOTT
  • HABITURE
    Habitude.
  • WIND-SHAKEN
    Shaken by the wind; specif. ,
  • ROUNDISH
    Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n.
  • ANOTHER-GUESS
    Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
  • TURNSTONE
    Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species . They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and
  • TURNINGNESS
    The quality of turning; instability; tergiversation. Sir P. Sidney.
  • ROUNDABOUTNESS
    The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
  • WINDBORE
    The lower, or bottom, pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine. Ansted.
  • POWERFUL
    Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
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    The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned. (more info) 1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander. Through paths and turnings often trod
  • TWINNER
    One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins. Tusser.
  • RE-TURN
    To turn again.
  • MISGROUND
    To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
  • INHABITATE
    To inhabit.
  • TWINGE
    OFries. thwinga, twinga, dwinga, to constrain, D. dwingen, OS. thwingan, G. zwingen, OHG. dwingan, thwingan, to press, oppress, overcome, Icel. þvinga, Sw. tvinga to subdue, constrain, Dan. twinge, and AS. þün to press, OHG. duhen, and probably
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    A cohabitant. Hobbes.
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    Wildcat insurance.
  • GROUNDWORK
    That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
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    1. Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as, nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.; -- opposed to Ant: diurnal. Dryden. 2. Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, nocturnal birds and insects.
  • INHABITATIVENESS
    A tendency or propensity to permanent residence in a place or abode; love of home and country.

 

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