Word Meanings - BINNACLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night. Totten. (more info) bin) fr. Pg. bitacola binnacle, fr. L. habitaculum dwelling place,
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- NIGHT-FARING
Going or traveling in the night. Gay. - 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 - COMPASSIONATELY
In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon. - PLACODERMATA
See PLACODERMI - NIGHTMAN
One whose business is emptying privies by night. - BINNACLE
A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night. Totten. (more info) bin) fr. Pg. bitacola binnacle, fr. L. habitaculum dwelling place, - PLACEMENT
1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place. - PLACENTARY
Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification. - PLACE-KICK
To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n. - PLACID
Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek regard." Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy." Macaulay. - 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 - CONTAINMENT
That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller. - 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. - PLACIT
A decree or determination; a dictum. "The placits and opinions of other philosophers." Evelyn. - 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. - 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. - PLACOPHORA
A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura. - NIGHTLONG
Lasting all night. - LIGHT-FOOT; LIGHT-FOOTED
Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Tennyson. - KNIGHTLESS
Unbecoming a knight. "Knightless guile." Spenser. - ALLNIGHT
Light, fuel, or food for the whole night. Bacon. - SLIGHTNESS
The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard. - INDWELLING
Residence within, as in the heart. The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers. South. - UNKNIGHT
To deprive of knighthood. Fuller. - UNPLACABLE
Implacable. - DELIGHTING
Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor. - 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 - MIDNIGHT SUN
The sun shining at midnight in the arctic or antarctic summer. - SEVENNIGHT
A week; any period of seven consecutive days and nights. See Sennight. - FORTNIGHT
The space of fourteen days; two weeks. (more info) nights, our ancestors reckoning time by nights and winters; so, also, - DELIGHTLESS
Void of delight. Thomson. - REPLACEMENT
The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.